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SUMMARY: King Arthur needs to go meet with Queen Elphame. Celliwig holds a tournament to invite other people to come with during the communication and celebrate their newfound friendship. A temporary barrier was put up so the river is currently mostly impassible.

After the departure from Celliwig last month, the people of Celliwig have been working hard to make the area around their town safe again from the angered specters. For now, there are makeshift barriers that are preventing anything from crossing the river, dead or alive, except over the Pure of Heart bridge. It will, at the very least, prevent more from coming over and overwhelming the land surrounding Celliwig again.

The city is open and, while the Elphame traders have stuck around to help train people in the proper use and treatment of mounts, the safest way to speak to Elphame is through Celliwig's hall of mirrors. King Arthur, Merlin, and a couple of other members of the royal court entered to speak to Queen Elphame directly in order to find out what information she knew about the Calamity and to begin discussion of what it would take to reclaim Excalibur. With the magics of Avalon having recovered significantly enough to not be at risk of falling apart if some of the otherworlders leave while still maintaining the barrier to keep Avalon safe, they need to begin discussing action.

At the same time, in celebration of King Arthur's arrival and a royal wedding within Celliwig, a tournament is underway! Celliwig's tournaments work a little differently, however, and focus on a little more than just combat skills-- a modern tournament for the modern person. (Though there is fighting as well, of course.) Celliwig's Top Talents Tourney hasn't been held in a good many years since it's been closed off, so everyone is invited to participate. Invitations have been sent to all of Camelot's residents. The tournament categories are as follows:

Cutthroat Cooking - For the chef's out there! Compete against other chefs to show off who has the best culinary skills. All contestants start with 2,500,000G which will be theirs to lose through the course of the tournament. This money can be used to purchase sabotages to use on other chefs throughout the course of the competition.

Vicious Vocals - Singing competition. Anyone may participate, there are no auditions. Each contestant will compete solo first, then have to do a competitive duet with another person who moved onto the second round. The final round involves performing and singing at the same time, so you may want to go find friends to give you tips between each round and help you come up with an awesome set-up that will wow the judges!

Speed Sculpting - This one's for the artists! Celliwig is really big on art, in particular sculpture. Any decent sculpture can be sold whether it wins or loses. Sculpture form can be made with anything you want-- glass, sugar, and ice are popular choices in Celliwig because of the city's aesthetic, but any materials are possible-- plants, stones, clay, chocolate, fabric, whatever you want as long as it stands on its own after you're done creating. (You can use your magic to sculpt if that's what you want.)

Melee Mania - Fight your fellow competitors one-on-one. Weapons and magic are both allowed. Healers will be paid generously for assisting after combat is finished.

Familiar Feud - Let your familiar have a little fun and combat each other! They're the star of the show here and otherworlders are only there in a support role.

Mario Party - It's literally a series of Mario Party games. If you win your block, you move onto the next round and so on. 4 max players per game. If you don't rage quit at any point, you get free energy drinks throughout the day because this party isn't stopping.

Silent Assassin - This competition will take place throughout the course of the tournament. All competitors are kept confidential, but required to wear a hidden body cam so that the experience can be shared online for audience viewing later. All competitors are given fake weapons (paintball guns, rubber knives, and so on) with sensors in them and have to find and "kill" the other competitors throughout the tournament period.

Anyone who shows up to either participate in or watch the tournament will receive 50% off a hotel room and a single (Potion) Counter-curse.

How the tournament will be run is a little different from an OOC standpoint. Any characters can participate, but in order to determine a winner, we will need anyone who thinks their characters skill is great enough to win to comment to the name of the tournament they are entering HERE! If your character would have canon advantages in a category, write +1 advantage in your comment. (So if you are from an idol series, you'll have a leg up on singing, or if your character is a skilled assassin in their canon, they could gain a +1. It won't guarantee they win, but it will give them a leg up so we're not ignoring their skill!) If you do not think your character has any chance at winning, please do not comment. (Someone who's never cooked a day in their life isn't going to magically win the cooking competition, you know?) If you think/want your character to lose even if they may have skills, we do not need your information. This is only an RNG for potential winners. We will RNG the winners from those who comment for each competition as linked.

ICly, anyone who wants to thread any part of it out, go for it! You can thread out watching, you can thread out participating, interfering, anything you want! Thread out having an intimate moment with a healer after a battle, a tearful failure and hurt/comfort consolation, buying a round of vodka flashes for your fellow losers. Whatever you want! Just have fun.

SUMMARY: King Arthur & Co. are still in chambers. A woman shows up and claims they're in danger, argues with Glwelwyd that she saw it despite that those abilities are not possible right now. Players voted to determine the next course of this prompt. (This section may be skipped for prompts now, but is still posted for reference.)

The day after the end of the tournament days, all seems well and peaceful as usual within the city of Celliwig. The mirror hall that King Arthur's party had gone into is still closed shut. The Hall is guarded by a 7 foot tall man with a long, scraggly beard and huge rippling muscles named Glewlwyd IV. (You may have seen him around at past events.) None may enter until negotiations are completed, and it is his sacred duty passed down by his ancestors to ensure that none shall pass his guard. Most in Celliwig won't even try, knowing the futility of such an action, which is why it is particularly peculiar that Gwion can be found yelling outside of the halls that they need to be let in. After an argument and a call to action, some other worlders chose to find Gwion and ask questions.

	"Listen to me, there's something wrong, you need to let someone in there! Look for yourself! I saw it!"
	"Time is frozen, the future cannot be seen. A dream is but a dream, not a prophecy. Disrespect from the people of Celliwig interrupting a meeting of the fae and King Arthur's party would spell much more certain fate.

After one more failed attempt to get past him, the woman stomps off to a nearby bar to blow off some steam, and ends up posting to the AOL Network instead.

The King's party is in danger. No one is allowed in or out, but they're going to die if you don't work together to get past Glewlwyd. You can ask how I know, but it's a real long story and we're real short on time, so I'm kind of going out on a limb here. I'll be at Celliwig's bar if anyone wants more details.

SUMMARY: A very close battle ensues in front of the Hall of Mirrors, with the doors eventually being forced open to reveal a dark, possessed hall. Reflects prey on characters' deepest insecurities and anyone who falls victim to them are trapped within the reflections. King Arthur and the Pure of Heart and Brave of Soul Mirror used to communicate with Elphame are possessed by angry specters trapped on Celliwig's side after the river barrier was put up.

After the drama caused by Gwion's warning, the city of Celliwig is rather unsettled. There's an air of tension thick enough that you could hear a pin drop, and enough people who thought it was more important to protect the integrity and wishes of the fae than to worry about the unlikely chance that a seer had a vision while time was stopped. A large number of people have shown up to stand by Glewlwyd's side and defend the Hall of Mirrors, a show which will not be forgotten by the people of Celliwig... However, the strength in both numbers and battle goes to those wishing to enter the Hall of Mirrors. The battle is strenuous, a mixture of both Celliwig citizens and Camelot's otherworlders, and anyone wishing to play out part of it should put either defense or offense indicators in their prompt title to clearly attract those wishing to play out the fight.

Those who manage to break through the line will make it into the Hall of Mirrors. The first and most notable thing once the door is open is that it's as dark as night. Not at all conditions for a meeting. And it's cold, condensation and fog forming at the door where the freezing night of the hall and the summer heat outside. It is not at all like it was the first time visitors were allowed in to place their Pure of Heart and Brave of Soul crystals in the mirror to communicate with Elphame. There is absolutely something going on, and those on either side of the battle may want to redirect their attention to the Hall. None of the party seems to be seen. Those who dare to venture forward into the hall will find themselves rather quickly at a loss for where the door went. There is a dim light still visible from it, highlighting the other people in the room and the edges of glass and mirrors throughout the hall.

An eerie blue glow reflects through the number of the mirrors, but it seems to move about as if passing impermenantly. Those who try to chase it will find themselves further lost from the entrance, until they find themselves face to face with a reflection that doesn't seem to follow their own movements. This reflection will begin to speak with the character's voice, then immediately target the character's deepest insecurities. Every bad thought that they've thought of themself is fair game. If the character can remain calm and keep moving forward, then they will not fall victim to the trap. However, should they react with a burst of emotion, argue, or be unable to move forward when faced with their own insecurities, they will find themselves trapped in the mirror, replacing the reflection.

Those who manage to pass the mirrors will find themselves at the Pure of Heart and Brave of Soul Mirror. The communication is still open to what appears to be an ornately decorated, natural throne. The Queen is long since gone, having been escorted to safety to keep her safe from the cursed mirrors. Notably, every crystal lining the edge of this mirror seems to have been infected by the blue, almost spectral color. Approached, a chilling laughter echoes from the possessed mirror, but the laughter is finished by King Arthur himself, back turned and facing the mirror. He turns around and wields his sword, ready to defend the mirror, eyes filled with the same blue as the mirror. As more people approach, reflections of Arthur seem to walk out of the mirrors as well to fight more and more people. It's hard to tell which is the real one, so can you really kill him to get him out of the way and get to the mirror? Fight the small army of King Arthurs and gather enough death mages to exorcise the spirits out of the mirror.. or maybe just smash it. Did you think this was the last choice you'd make this week?

Please refer to the plotting post for any additional plotting needs and to check added notes for the third prompt. Timeline-wise, the new/third prompt doesn't start until the 23rd. The poll for it is here.

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( e-eh....?!

well, it certainly does a job in distracting Izumi from her reflection, startling and taking a step back as Jyushi makes his declaration and pose. he certainly does command attention (take that, reflection, she was right that he has the potential to be an actor, and a good director needs to be able to find potential!) and she breathes a sigh of relief at a friendly face.

unfortunately, her reflection only seems to find this all hilarious. )

See, he's a better actor than you! Your director was right. You have no talent. And why should anyone take direction from a bad actor?

( ...ngh. no. she can't concentrate on that. it's fine. it's not nearly as important as what's going on here, and it would be selfish of her to dwell. )

We... Um. Let's go, Jyushi-kun.

( far away from her nasty little thoughts. )

I.. It's okay..

[ wheeze ]

Y-You made it, Machi-chan, so.. it.. it couldn't.. be...

[ ...

Suddenly Minako goes silent.

A moment later she just straight out collapses onto the floor. Girl down, I repeat, girl down! ]

[At some point when entering the celebration, Asriel may hear the screech of a small brown falcon circling above him. Soon enough, Robyn runs up to call him down.]

Merlyn! There you are. [Merlyn flies down to land on Robyn's arm, and she gives Asriel an apologetic look.]

Sorry. He doesn't normally just take off from me like that.

[Normally Robyn would be more surprised by Asriel's appearance, but at this point she's already met a few people here who don't look very human.]

[ at least a topic shift is a reprieve from the verbal abuse? he's helping! ]

Ah, man, I dunno exactly. That shit happens sometimes? People gettin' disappeared into fake Singularities and then other, innocent people get dragged into it too.

[ while he does mean that the caster medea of chaldea was an innocent (in that particular situation) person who unfortunately got sucked in to play a minor NPC in sengoku era japan, he is also definitely referring to himself (another situationally innocent person) who got unwittingly roped into things thanks to ryouma. ]

You were runnin' a restaurant. [ he shrugs. ] Don't mean much, only that I seen ya before.

Really? Before I came here, I always wanted to see a real dragon.

[She's seen a few of them here by now, but it's still no less exciting to her.]

I can...sort of do the same thing, though, since I've got animal magic.

[And she's a Wolfwalker, which she still considers herself even if her abilities are different than they were back home.]

( her reflection is only winding up, and perhaps that's a good thing, because that dig doesn't hurt enough to drag Kate's attention towards her reflection. what else could she have done, given the circumstances? )

There was lots you could have done. What was wrong with retail? Too good for it?

( — nah. she's not going to engage with that, either. the army was more money than she ever would have made in retail, and she would have been a fucking disaster dealing with customers. that was no secret to anyone. but the lack of reaction certainly isn't making Kate's reflection any happier than this stranger's is. )

Tch. You think they'll ever stop pretending? ( at least there's another reflection to commiserate with her, right? ) Oi, Katydid. The only reason you're a weapon is because you were too weak to be better than that.

( that seems to do it, and Kate's fingernails dig into her arms, her teeth grinding even more fiercely against each other, until her jaw aches. )

Y'right. C'mon.

( does it matter which way? just pick a direction and walk. )

Well, if they believe in Rowena, I guess I'll have to believe in her, too. What about you, Merlyn?

[Merlyn swoops down to land on Robyn's arm, and he gives an affirmative screech, which makes her smile.]

I'm glad you agree, too.

Glad that we all agree on that very, Robyn. I’m pretty sure that she’ll be able to handle this match on her own.

(As soon as the announcer begins to open the match, Harry then looks at the other side of the arena to hear some noises, footsteps from what he can hear, signaling the arrival of Rowena’s opponent.)

Oh hey, I think that a familiar is about to come out and face Rowena right about now. I wonder what does it looks.

Are you, now? I totally couldn’t tell.

[It’s very tempting to lean in for a kiss, especially at the flash of his canines, but they resist the urge.]

Mm, it’s definitely nice to see you fighting without having to worry about you too much. If only it was always like this…

They're dangerous places to get lost in. [his eyes flickering to the mirror again, the thick, black handprint there] And they can play terrible tricks, sometimes - worse, because we should be able to believe our own heads.

[like in Amoi, too - when their memories were wrong]

That's why we need other people, sometimes. To help us. To be less worn down than we are, by the things we've heard or thought before.

...Hayato, may I hold your hands?

.... You mean to say that the man you're so keen on helping has a powerful mage in his employ and yet still needs the likes of us, with minimal information and limited abilities, to come to his rescue?

[Can you feel the exasperation coming off him Claude? Can you? Is the mirror in the way? Well if he could just get out he could be frustrated with you face to face but it seems like... oh yes.

He can't.]

You realize a dark haired man in his thirties with a beard is incredibly vague, I trust?

[Hijikata is glad that Zelgadis is here - not because he's wavering or doubting himself, but simply because it's great to have backup to verbally fire back at his reflection with.]

Tell me about it. It's just one bullshit trick after the other. Do they think we're too dumb to catch on, or what?

[Darin battles as fiercely as he ever has. He's come a long way from simply being able heal minor wounds. Now he can channel specific strength buffs with pinpoint accuracy, strengthening groups of muscles when they're needed rather than just wasting stamina and magic buffing his entire body. It's much more efficient and makes him a force of nature on the battlefield.]

[With the Arthurs dispatched, Darin hurries to check on Cecelia.]

Are you alright? Any wounds?

Are you kidding me? You're assuming just as much as I am! Where I come from, the death of a King on foreign lands is as good of a declaration of war as any! Not to mention Camelot has a whole slew of magically charged shock troopers coming in every few weeks! And in case you haven't realized it, I mean us. That's more than enough reason to kick off a war on either side!

Look, customs get broken! Alliances can be reforged! But people don't come back from the dead! The life of Arthur is worth way more than Celliwig's dumb customs!

I don't want to have to go through you to try and save him but I will!

Actually...yeah, an extra pair of hands would be helpful.

Do you mind?

Hijikata.

[When Darin addresses his friend, it's strangely cold. Unnerving coming from someone like Darin to say the least.]

Don't pay them any mind. It's not a big deal. If they think I'm going to react to the things they say then this is a really weak trap.

[Behind him, a reflection manifests.]

Hahaha! Trying to look cool in front of your friend? Just tell him that these are the things you hear in your head every day! That you're a joke! A monster! That you're going to be the reason Avalon falls and with it, the rest of the multiverse!

[Darin thumbs at the reflection over his shoulder while not really paying it any mind.]

See? Can't do any worse than that.

...Now...hear me out.

Have you considered mixing...something else...

Into it?

[Like actual food?]

Yeah?

Truth be told, I wasn't too fond of my home either.

What made yours so bad?

[Darin stares at his own hands and form for a minute. He's never exactly been stealthy and with this magic concealing him, his mind is already working on how to turn it into an advantage in the battle. He could sneak up on a lot of Arthurs...or go after the mirror itself...]

[He shakes his head. Claude put his trust in him just as he had done so when receiving this magic. He had to follow through with the plan.]

You got it. I'll be back to back you up! I promise!

[Less embarrassing than teen-Morgan, so don't worry about it.]

Pfft, if she really believed that she wouldn't be here to begin with. That's a fear born of getting burned once, not out of truth.

Hey, don't forget. You're the one that saved me in those stockades. You were stuck with me ever since.

[He continues to brace her, even after she pulls away to wipe at her tears. He clearly has a lot of questions but he also knows how painful something like this can be to talk about.]

...Can you walk? We should move...

[Darin was more than a little surprised to see Bakugou defending the Hall rather than in the party attacking it.]

Kid, you gotta let me through. I don't want to fight you and I know how important this alliance is with Celliwig but there's more at stake here!

[They've both discussed and tried their hand at working on developing their Blood magic together, and of course the first time they'd met in person they had been fighting orcs alongside one another, but Jade realizes she and Kate have never had an opportunity to spar in earnest like this. Really, it seems overdue, and the fact that there's an audience as well as a prize to be run?

Well, those things just make it all the more exciting.

Jade grins broadly as she looks to her friend, squaring off her shoulders with both fists raised, fingers curled in tight.]

You know, we really ought to have gotten around to this sooner. I'm ready when you are— show me your best!

[She loves a challenge.]

[A sense of pride and honor when it comes to competition is one of the many things that Jade and Makoto have in common— it was part of what made Jade so eager to go up against her friend, glad to have managed to grab a station right near hers, but it has become very quickly apparent since the start of the event that not everyone here shares their values, having had her own pots swapped for muffin trays.

Makoto's exclamation quickly draws her attention, and both eyebrows shoot upwards when she sees exactly what it is that has her so alarmed.]

How are you supposed to cook with that?

[Especially since they've already started! It was one thing if you planned to use a limited space or resources, but this is something else altogether.]

[The maze of mirrors is seemingly endless, and having now seen this place for herself, Jade feels guilt for initially wanting to respect the wishes of the fae regarding this "meeting"— further thought and discussion head lead her to throwing herself into the fray with those storming the Hall with the intent of protecting the King, and while she had expected they would be met with resistance, what they found was far stranger than they could have imagined.

She moves quickly, doing her best not to let herself be distracted by what some of the mirrors show, aiming to work her way deeper as she tries to map out the maze in her head with some limited degree of success. Her focus is shattered when she hears a scream from around the next corner; without taking a moment to consider if she recognizes the voice, she picks up speed and takes the next bend at a run, only to find a familiar face— and, of course, what the mirror in front of her shows.]

Marianne!

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