+ 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

[hairdont]

[She has a point, so Josuke lets out a rough exhale.]

At least this way, most of people who can't defend themselves against some of the stronger Mirrors aren't part of it.

[beautifullies]

[ She makes a sound of agreement, then closes her eyes and lets out a breath as she braces her hands flat on the table in front of her. ]

I won't be happy if something happens to you young man, do you understand me?

[ She's old, don't argue. Also, she cares. A lot. ]

[hairdont]

[Then Claire's gonna be devastated in about 48 moves...

Josuke stops cutting the linen, and looks down at the pile, not wanting to look at Claire.]

I understand. [A quiet breath of his own.] But better me than somebody else.

[beautifullies]

[ It's that sort of selflessness that will always make an impact, an impression on Claire, and she steps away from the table and goes to Josuke. And in the ultimate mother move, she reaches out, cradling his face between both hands and kissing his forehead tenderly. Then, she pulls back just enough to look right at him. ]

You're important to me.

[ He saved her life once, and if she could fling herself out onto that chess board in 48 moves, she would. ]

[hairdont]

[He isn't expecting it, and makes a note to fix his hair in a few minutes but while it's happening and immediately afterwards, he's stunned into silence. His gut twists in a knot and for the first time he feels unsure about having volunteered.]

...I'll be okay. I promise.

[beautifullies]

[ She knows it isn't a promise he can keep, but she still accepts it and smiles softly, stepping away. ]

Good. Now. Finish cutting the linen before you have to go.

[ No matter how hard she tries, she'll never be able to stop being a mom, doing mom things. Especially when she so deeply cares. ]

[hairdont]

[The quiet tension breaks and Josuke grins.]

Wouldn't want you mad at me for leaving the job unfinished.

[He resumes cutting the linen... and there's definitely a few times where he messes up and has to restore the linen with Crazy Diamond so he can redo it.]