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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[I] CUTTHROAT COOKING;

[... Why had she agreed to participate again? It's near the end of the competition and Machi is standing in a plain light blue apron in front of what looks like a fairly passable curry. It's heavily simplistic and the vegetables aren't uniformly chopped but it doesn't look dangerously bad. She's actually decently proud of the outcome everything considered.

However once she deigns to taste her own creation -- oof, the tears in her eyes. Even the ever hungry and curious black kitsune Mugetsu has his muzzle all wrinkled up and is snorting up a storm near Machi's feet.

See the curry isn't bad. It tastes fine actually, not mind-blowing but definitely inoffensive on first taste. Then the taste sets in and apparently the spiciness? Cranked up to eleven or so.

This is what one gets from someone with a Green ability who is equally as green in using it -- randomly over-spiced food.]

[II] MARIO PARTY;

[Machi looks just a little bit tired out. She's holding an energy drink delicately between her two hands.]

I never knew video games could be so taxing...

[Can you tell she doesn't play them that often? And after the cooking debacle she's been at it all day because she's just that determined to master all of the games. That's a futile task though it seems.

Even her black kitsune familiar Mugetsu hangs limply around her shoulders just snoozing away.]

[III] HALL OF MIRRORS;

[Machi shouldn't have come. There was a group, yes, but honestly she had only come to hear Gwion out or... she wasn't sure really. Maybe she wanted to be of help too? Her grasp on this elemental magic she had wasn't particularly strong yet but much like when the cleaning items ran amok Machi can't quite bring herself to ignore what's going on.

Just when she considers turning back she naturally can't find the exit again even if it should be right behind them. The blue light is so prevalent, highlighting the edges of the many mirrors here and the people as well. Her attention is caught by the blue glow and like many she begins trailing it's movements from mirror to mirror. Is it trying to lead them to any one mirror in particular? She knows little about the mirrors themselves and with the group becoming slowly scattered she ends up more or less alone until --]

Because you've already ignored so much?

[At that the teenager pauses in her steps, hands clenched together near her chest. The image reflected back isn't all that different from her honestly, though the expression her mirror self is so much more... lifeless.

Machi's mouth goes dry for a moment. Was this part of that eerie blue glow?]

[IV] WILDCARD

[Feel free to drop any other prompts you think of here! Also hit me up via PMs or on plurk @ goodluckstarfighter if you need to plot or have any questions.]

[ Machi may be temporarily distracted by the intense spice, but it's really, really hard to miss the incredibly loud: ]

MACHI-CHAAAAAAAAAAN!

[ It echoes across the entire crowd watching the competition. It echoes throughout the entire land, probably, considering the sheer strength of Minako's voice. This is some intense cheering. Like an entire cheerleader squad in one person. ]

Machi-chan, you can do it! Machi-chaaan!

[ Is she very obvious yet.

She just keeps cheering too, as if she doesn't even realise Machi is pretty much about to cry over her food. ]

[OH GOD.

Machi visibly jerks up straighter at the sound of her name rippling almost across the universe. The voice is so familiar and it takes a moment for her to place it but about the time she flicks her eyes over to catch who it is in the crowd shouting it clicks.

It's that girl. Machi goes from tears over how spicy her curry is to vivid red.]

ST-STOP SHOUTING LIKE THAT!

[... Why is she shouting back though?]

[ Does Minako not notice how embarrassed Machi is? Does she not care?

It's impossible to tell, but the megaphone-volume-voice doesn't seem like it's stopping anytime soon. Some other people in the crowd definitely are looking at her, but Minako doesn't seem to pay them even one bit of mind. ]

Why?! [ Asked with a cannon-like volume. Sorry, Machi. This is your fate now. ] I'm just supporting you, Machi-chan! You can do it! Just listening to your supportive friend over here..!

[ This is some INTENSE support. ]

[It is such intense support. It's like some odd form of deja vu where she missed Kakeru so much that a girl with the same type of weird intensity had to show up. ... Would that be deja vu? Whatever.

And she didn't miss Kakeru, not even a little.

Or the President.

Or anyone else for that matter.

As it is Machi set about trying her best to finish up some other dish in time that isn't the fiery intensity of her curry still just as intensely flushed. She makes it too right under the wire with some crispy fried pork that when test-tasted hasn't suffered at the spicy hands of her uncontrolled Green ability.

She doesn't win of course but she looks happy with herself, if still a little flustered.]

[ Of course the moment the competition is over, Minako is already rushing over to the other girl's side. At first she's of half a mind to start cursing all the other people competing, but then she realises Machi doesn't look disappointed about losing.

No, she seems.. kind of happy, actually. And that makes any and all protests die on Minako's tongue. Instead she just smiles at the other girl once she's close enough to speak up without needing to use her megaphone level voice. ]

Hey! You did well!

Machi Kuragi | Fruits Basket | Elementary / Green + Kitsune Familiar

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