+ Chess is a Gentle-Queen's Game +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone in Wonderland!
Where: The chessboard hills
When: Monday, July 15, all day starting at 10:00 AM
Rating: PG-13 (probably)
Summary: The Red Queen has accepted a challenge from the Queen of Hearts.
The Story:
♥ ICly, characters who will act as pieces were chosen by either queen. 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 chosen pieces and requesting their assistance to protect their fellow Real things. Characters were not ICly able to respond to this message, but the Red Queen will be available after the event for questions/demands/angry rants.

♥ 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 fliers 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).

♥ Each player sports an armband (since mirrors do tend to look so like their counterparts ♥), black for the Mirrors and white for the Real things, with the shape of their assigned chess piece printed in the opposite color.

♥ 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 thread under which to comment! It might be helpful to label your thread with which moves/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 who enters their respective squares. 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 them being officially announced.

♥ The plotting and info post for this log is here.

♥ For your convenience, here are links to the thread headers:
The Game - Moves 1-22
The Game - Moves 23-40
The Game - Moves 41-55
The Game - Moves 56-71
The Game - Moves 72-83
The Game - Moves 84-98
The Game - Moves 99-114
The Holding Area
The Stands

Have fun!

Comments

[no_eels]

The yowl that follows the attack is lower, more garbled. Really, it's impressive that it isn't louder, given how much damage is now done to him. Toothless pridefully refuses to give this singular Viking any more pleasure in the situation as he unwillingly collapses to the ground, wings splayed next to him.

[masukunduh]

Yousuke limps towards the prone Toothless, and raises one leg to plant his foot on top of the dragon's head.

"So? Are we done here?"

[no_eels]

Were this some place other than a chess board, the Night Fury would be rallying rather than give up. But this is the chess board, and the reason he's lost so spectacularly is the inability to maneuver himself as he normally would. So he growls softly — resentful, bleeding — but doesn't move. He knows the body language of submission as well as anything. Dragons use it all the time to determine who wins a fight.

[masukunduh]

Toothless' position reminds Yousuke of a dog who's lost in a scrum. Slowly, he takes his foot off of his head.

"Good. I had fun, dragon. It's been awhile since I've been able to fight all-out against a giant monster."

[no_eels]

Toothless continues to glower, rumbling deeply and wetly in the back of his throat. Talk about a blow to your ego. Conceding to a fight doesn't mean you have to like it. He stays that way until he vanishes, taken off the board.