+ 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

[powerofmabel]

Wait. [She grabs him by his vest, narrowing her eyes. She can be distracted easily, but sometimes her iron will is stronger.] Shepard's about to do something!

[krmvgivv]

[DANG IT MABEL.]

Nothing we have to watch! [He puts a hand on her shoulder.] Look, Mabel, chess involves capturing pieces and you know how Wonderland is. We don't have to...

[Shepard and Snow are already fighting. He winces.]

You can still look away.

[powerofmabel]

[Her hand is still on his vest, her nose wrinkled in exasperation.] I'm not stupid, Dipper, I-

[Oh...

It's not the first time Mabel has seen someone get killed in Wonderland, so that part is only a little bit sickening- she wouldn't call herself desensitized, but it's easy to close her eyes and remind herself that it will be okay. No, what gets her is the sudden cheer from the more violence-inclined people in the audience. The sudden bloodlust and excitement of the crowd. She takes a shuddering breath, and tries to keep calm. Steel yourself, Mabel. It's just Wonderland.

It's fine.]

Haaa... You know, when I read the Divergent Maze Hunger Royale books and had all those crazy fantasies about it, I didn't think I'd be on this side. Oh boy. It's, uh... It's way different in real life, huh?

[krmvgivv]

[Sure is. Dipper swallows, putting an arm around her.]

They'll come back. It's Wonderland. They always come back.

[powerofmabel]

I know that. [Her voice sounds very small.] But it's weird that we have to keep watching it. You can't just change the channel or go outside or throw the book out the window because obviously the main character should have hooked up with the cute broody one.

[krmvgivv]

Well, we can leave? [He grimaces.] I mean, we can't actually leave the stadium, I guess, but we can go somewhere we can't see.

[But it'll still be happening. There's nothing they can do to change that.]

[powerofmabel]

[Mabel blows a lock of her hair out of her face sadly.] Wanna take the snacks under the bleachers? [and then sheepishly...] Maybe someone put gum underneath the seats.

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper gives a half smile.]

Would it be magic gum? Or do you think someone's already stuck some down there?

[powerofmabel]

Guess we'll find out. [She gives him a light punch in the shoulder.]