+ The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone in Wonderland!
Where: The chessboard hills
When: Monday, June 11, all day starting at 10:00 AM
Rating: R for (sometimes excessive) violence
Summary: The Queen of Hearts has declared war and the time for battle has come.
The Story:
♥ ICly, the Real Things who will act as pieces volunteered and are led by the Red Queen. The Mirrors were chosen by the Queen of Hearts without being given a choice. The Queen of Hearts announced her choices to her Mirrors very directly, with an order to show up at 10:00 AM on the chessboard, ready to fight. The Red Queen announced her choices more politely, but just as firmly, with a text message sent out over the network listing her pieces and requesting their assistance to protect their fellow Real Things. Characters were not ICly able to respond to this message.

♥ Those pieces who choose to obey the summons will have time to gather any items or weapons they might want to have with them, within reason. Those who don't heed the summons will find themselves suddenly and instantly transported to their square on the chessboard when 10:00 AM rolls around. They will arrive with anything that was on their person at the time, as well as one weapon (whatever it would be normal for them to use). Likewise, any spectators who are not in or around the stands by 10:00 AM will find themselves transported there.

♥ Each player sports an armband, white for the Real Things and Black for the Mirrors, with the shape of their assigned chess piece embroidered in the opposite color. Royalty pieces wear crowns indicative of their status. Should a pawn be promoted to queen, a crown will appear on their head.

♥ Pieces will find that they can't leave their assigned spots until they're told what square to move to by either the Queen of Hearts or the Red Queen. And if they refuse to move, after a couple of moments, an unseen force will scoot them along to their new space.

♥ When threading moves on the board, please find the appropriate top-level under which to comment! It might be helpful to label your thread with which move/encounter you're playing out.

♥ Players on the board can not communicate with those in the stands and vice versa (other than by jumping around and flailing, I guess). However, players on the board can communicate directly with those in squares adjacent to them or with any challenger whose square they share. Since some pieces have a lot of down time, feel free to have them chat with others on the board while they're waiting around.

♥ Directions from the Queens can be assumed. Go ahead and play out moves without waiting for a comment to officially announce them.

♥ The plotting and info post for this log is here.

♥ For your convenience, here are links to the thread headers:

The Donation Box
Pre-Game
The Game - Moves 1-20
The Game - Moves 21-40
The Game - Moves 41-60
The Game - Moves 61-80
The Game - Moves 81-100
The Game - Moves 101-117
The Holding Area
The Stands

Have fun!

Comments

[normandysbest]

[Okay, so, we're doing this.

Shepard stumbles, but regains her footing quickly, grabbing her closest gun off her back, a subtley glowing piece that she clicks a trigger on, causing a ball of crackling energy to start gathering at the tip.]

Well, all right, you asked for it.

[She swings her arm up like a side punch and releases the ball at the arc, sending a fist-sized amount of electricity surging forward. She also uses the opportunity to drop into her tactical cloak, disappearing in the chaos to circle around and get a good shot.]

[evilsnow]

[ Whatever blast that is that hits her, takes Snow to her knees and she yells out in pain and anger before using her magic to 'poof' from one end of her square to the other. It buys her a half second to gather fire in her hands and shove it with everything she has at the other woman. She isn't even thinking tactically - which will be her downfall - she only wants to make her suffer. ]

[normandysbest]

[She sidesteps, keeping her trigger on her gun as it charges again. She'll need to be faster moving, but if she can box her in, she'll be in business. Shepard fires a few smaller balls of energy in a swept line, swapping hands to grab out her submachine. As she's got it, she charges forward, peppering a spray of rapid fire bullets forward.]

We don't have to do this! You give up, it can be over!

[evilsnow]

[ She may be magic, but she isn't bulletproof, and as she's shot, one last fireball erupts from her hands, right at Shepard. Pressing her hand to her stomach, she sinks to her knees but the defiance on her face is still strong. ]

I refuse to give you the satisfaction.

[normandysbest]

[She has to stay and aim the shots, so the fireball hits her point blank, only enough time to throw her hands in front of her face. Her suit instantly lights up with temperature warnings, the kinetic barriers keeping her head safe getting chewed up by the flames. She sweeps her hand off to the side, extending the omni blade from her left to use as a makeshift shield.]

Frankly, I'd just like to not shoot you, but okay!

[The tip of her hair is smoldering, but she doesn't seem to care as she closes the distance for another shot.]

[evilsnow]

[ Both Snows, it seems, are extremely stubborn but on opposite ends of the moral scale. Still, the mirror goes down with the next shot, flat on her back. And still, even though she's being moved off of the board - and extremely early at that - she didn't back down and for that she's proud. With her dying breath, she just can't help but threaten. ]

I'll...have. Your heart.

[ And then: death as she vanishes from the board. What an asshole. ]

[normandysbest]

[Shepard stands, crouched a bit as she breathes and the mirror is dragged back and away. Her heart, huh? She chuckles, drawing herself up.]

Well, you should buy me a drink first.

[But she looks out to the crowd, gives them a little two fingered salute, before taking her eyes straight to Hearts.

One down, a lot more to go.]