entrancelogs | + The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

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:

Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[There's only so much he can defend his Real when he doesn't really know the demon's mind, so he just smiles slightly and lets it go at that, moving on to the next point at hand.]

You're a good person, Claire. I hope you know that.

[ Even she doesn't know what the Real's true feelings are on the matter. She can only go by perception at this point.

Still, when Gadreel says what he does, she looks down, smiling just a touch, clearing her throat. ]

I appreciate you saying that. It could be debatable, depending on who you ask. But appreciated nonetheless.

If you're not going to believe an angel, who will you believe? [He asks her lightly, giving a gentle touch to her arm.]

I don't lie. It's not in my nature.

[ She lets out a breath, looking down and closing her eyes, nodding, swallowing. ]

I believe you. There are just moments in my life I'm not quite proud of. People I've hurt.

[ Namely Frank. But still, when Claire looks back up she gives a small smile. ]

It means quite a lot that an angel would think such a thing about me.

I might not be Real, but I like to imagine my opinions still hold the same weight.

[He doesn't sound bitter about his particular status, only quietly accepting of it.]

None of us are without sin here.

May I ask...what are your abilities? Exactly? Can you heal people as well?

[ She's curious, considering the mirrors are supposed to be opposites. ]

[He laughs, gentle and soft.]

Of course. He was an angel once, too, you know. He can still do everything he could do then.

[Gadreel just has more of an inclination to use his abilities actively, while Crowley seems to just want to be left to his own devices.]

Did you want to know everything I can do?

If it isn't too much trouble? Please don't feel obliged.

[He hesitates before he answers. Nervous, perhaps? It's difficult to tell, but there's a flicker in his eyes as he shifts them away from hers for a moment.]

I... alright. You already know I can heal, that applies to most injuries a human or angel might suffer. I... might be able to bring someone back from the dead, but I'm not sure. I've never tried. [A small, awkward smile.] I'm not a high ranking angel. A Principality, actually, but that gets made fun of a little these days.

[Ehem.]

So, that's regenerative... but there's more. I can turn myself into different shapes, I can... turn people into salt. I can make you... believe things that aren't true, or see things that aren't real. I can manipulate you to make you do things you wouldn't normally do, and you wouldn't even know it. [His gaze, which had drifted off from hers, slides back again.]

... and I have a lovely singing voice.

[ That list of things should, probably, worry her. Especially the idea that he (or his real counterpart) could control someone at the drop of a hat. Still, she decides not to focus on that and reaches out instead to squeeze his wrist, smiling softly. ]

You'll have to sing for me, one day.

[Both of them could. Neither of them - perhaps notably - actually do. Gadreel turns slightly pink and smiles modestly, rubbing a hand around the back of his neck.]

I think I'd like that. One day.

[ Claire smiles softly, but then lets out a breath, stepping back and making sure he knows her offer to help with anything still stands. ]

If there's ever anything I can do for you, Gadreel, you'll still contact me?

I-- yes, of course. [They'd made a deal, of sorts, hadn't they? The angel is worried about what the outcome of this 'war' will be... and what it will mean if the Queen of Hearts wins.]

I'd like it if I could lend you a hand, until this is over. I'm feeling at something of a loose end wandering around the stands.

I won't say no to that, considering I'm not sure what to expect from people on both sides who hate the other quite vehemently.

[ Why can't they all just be like Gadreel? ]

[Gadreel smiles, quite pleased with the arrangement. What was he going to do here, after all, except wander around the place fretting about what was happening?]

I'll take a walk around and see if there's anyone who needs help getting back here.

Thank you. And if we don't get the chance to speak again before this is all over, I appreciate everything.

+ The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now +

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