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

[ Bless you, Jessica. Liv smiles at the hand squeeze, then smiles a little brighter. ]

Well, back home, whenever I eat, I take on the personality of whoever it was, and I see flashes of their life. I've been everything from a kindergarten teacher to a dominatrix. It's kind of crazy and gets in the way, but...I also kind of miss it? Wonderland gives me some kind of generic brain so nothing happens.

[ Her eyes widen and she laughs in shock. ] Oh my God, awesome!

[ And then a stupid idea comes to her. She turns her body towards Liv, dropping her voice to a whisper that's clearly full of excitement. ]

D'you think you could eat some of my brain? You think that'd work?

[ It'd grow back, so why not? She'd always wanted to do a real science experiment, anyway! ]

[ Liv is so taken aback by that (shocked, but not necessarily appalled) that her mouth hangs open for a few long seconds before she closes it. ]

Uh...I mean. Yeah, I only need a bite-sized amount but just...sawing open your head while you're still alive is a pretty traumatic thing? I'm guessing. I wouldn't know. Also, it's true that you can't die then unless there's a stake through the heart?

I-I mean, it hurt a lot becomin' a vampire? If I can handle that, what's loosin' some brains for a few minutes? And, like, maybe you could do it durin' the day! I'm basically dead for real when I'm sleepin'. 'Cept for today, apparently.

[ Would getting cut up wake her regardless of that, though? Now she's starting to question her idea. A little, anyway. She still wants to see someone act like her! ]

But yeah. Stakes are bad. So don't use wooden instruments? Or silver. Then we'll be a-okay!

[ Free brains and experimentation! Fun stuff! Learning! Who could turn it down? ]

Is stainless steel okay?

[ Wow, she really shouldn't be entertaining this?? And yet here she is. She misses real brains so much. Generic brains all taste the same. ]

I could take the uh, sample, and by the time you woke up, everything should kick in. And it lasts about a week. You might be really sick of it by then. But the important question is, what if something goes wrong? I have no idea how Wonderland's magic actually works. If someone took out a part of anyone's brain, usually, either they'd die or they'd lose a function or skill or ability. I have no idea how it would impact a vampire.

Umm. Yeah, that's fine!

[ Is there silver in stainless steel? She has no clue. But she trusts her new buddy wouldn't use silver on her.

Here come all the responsible, adult questions, though. Why can't they just do stupid stuff and ask questions later? ]

I promise I won't get tired of it. And, like, did Paul Revere wait around to go warnin' everyone about the British? Nope! Sometimes you just gotta go with your gut and do stuff. If somethin' goes wrong, we'll find a way to fix it. Just take from a part of my brain I don't really need!

[ She smiles. ] I'm tryin' to help out a friend, 'cause I know how you feel.

[ Liv will absolutely do everything she can to not actually kill Jessica for real in a 'doesn't come back' way. She still looks slightly nervous, but she nods. ]

Okay. Okay, I'll...eat some of your brain. [ Is this making friends when you're dead??? ] Oh, I know! Hypothalamus. It controls all the stuff when we're alive that tells us when to eat normal food, drink water, go to bed. Neither of us needs that, so you can definitely function normally without it. You...don't need to drink water, right?

[ Just checking. ]

[ She makes a face then laughs. That's a weird word, but she trusts Liv to know it's not an important part of her brain. ] Nope. Only blood for me.

[ Would removing that part make her stop wanting blood, though? Hrm. She'll try not to think too hard about it. Everything'll grow back! If she can heal from everything else, then no worries!

Jessica beams at her. ]

Well, guess it's a date, then! Once things've calmed down 'round here and whenever you're up to it, I'll be ready and rarin' to go. Then we can be like sisters! Just, uh...hope you don't mind seein' a bunch of Bible study. There's gonna be a shit ton of that.

Wouldn't be the first time I've gone religious if I'm being honest.

[ But on that note...]

Most of the time when I do this, people obviously can't warn me about how I might start acting or what I might see. I mean, technically I know it'll be terrible because they were murdered. But uh...some of the personality quirks have been a total surprise. Like the time I turned into a raging alcoholic. That was unexpected and terrible.

[ She briefly scowls. ] Oh fuck no. That ain't me anymore. If you go spoutin' off stuff 'bout church and shit, I'll prolly end up findin' out if vampires can puke or not.

[ A certain word gives her pause, though. Her eyebrow creeps up and she does her best to keep her tone casual. ]

Sucks 'bout the alcoholic thing, totally, but...you eat off of murdered people? Not judgin' or anything.

[ She really didn't have much room to talk in that regard, after all. ]

Oh! Wait, no, let me clarify. I work in the morgue. And whenever an unknown cause of death comes in or a murder victim with no leads on their killer, I eat the brain so I can help the police figure out what happened.

[ Which is hopefully better sounding than just looking for random dead people to eat. ]

Jesus fuckin' Christ, you're so cool. Bein' forced out here's totally worth it now!

[ She giggles cheerfully, wrapping Liv up in a quick, tight hug. New BFF, for sure!

Then she realizes, oh yeah, there's craziness going on on the field. Jessica makes a face when she sees things have gotten pretty goddamn fucked up since she last looked. ]

Fuck. Maybe I should be payin' attention to this shit.

[ Liv accepts her new best friend!!! Bonus points because she'll understand what it's like to be dead and all the things that come with it. Like being one of about 10 people awake in at 3 in the morning.

But she turns her gaze back to the field and nods with a wince. ]

I should probably head to the medical tent. I am, technically, the other doctor. I'll see you again later?

Oh, shit--yeah! Don't let me keep you!

[ She smiles at her and waves. ] See you later.

[ At night, she hoped. Everybody else could enjoy the sun for her. ]

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