+ 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

[theunrestrained]

Well...

[ You're making this too easy, Maze. ]

I guess you guys aren't really friends then, are you?

[selfworthbitches]

Guess not.

[Hmph.]

Makes sense, though. Not like this monogamy thing's gonna last for Lucifer. Might as well get the jump on him.

[theunrestrained]

Listen, just because she doesn't treat you like a friend should doesn't mean you shouldn't be her friend.

[ Mirror Chloe has such an earnest look on her face. She's just being so thoughtful. ]

You should talk to her about that. I mean, you're the one who's going to have to clean everything up when he breaks her heart. And you know he will because, like you said, monogamy is never going to work for him.

[selfworthbitches]

You know, I will. [She gives Mirror Chloe a half smirk and punches her gently in the arm.] Man, I don't know what Real Decker was talking about. You're not half bad.

[theunrestrained]

[ Chloe catches Maze's hand and holds it for a moment, meeting her eye with a sly smile. ]

We're all from the same place in the end, right? We gotta look out for each other.

[selfworthbitches]

[She eyes Chloe.] Well, I'm from Hell, and you're from Wonderland, so actually we're from pretty different places.

[theunrestrained]

[ She eyes Maze right back. ]

You suck at knowing when someone is flirting with you. How do you ever get laid?

[selfworthbitches]

[Maze eyes her, then shrugs, smirking.]

Wow, you're as good as Real Chloe at flirting, huh?

[theunrestrained]

And you're about as good as a rock at realizing when someone is doing it.

[ Her mouth twitches into a smile. ]

I know we have this war thing going on but... We should, you know, hang out sometime.

[selfworthbitches]

[Maze could protest, but that's... an intriguing offer.]

Can we? I thought you were stuck on your side.

[theunrestrained]

[ That's what Mirror Chloe is counting on :) ]

Not always. We'll just have to make the best of the opportunities we get.

[selfworthbitches]

Mmm, well, this seems like a good opportunity. [She takes a step in closer, reaching for Chloe's hips.]

[theunrestrained]

[ Chloe is a little surprised, but not shocked at how easy this all is. She steps forward to meet Maze halfway, raising her hands to brush her fingers affectionately over her arms. ]

You definitely like to get right to the point, don't you?