Trumpets blow loudly to introduce the start of the tournament day. Everyone is invited to watch or participate. Those who would like to sign up need simply sign in for the competition they seek to join in on. Sign ups open at 8am, though you can sign up any time before the start of your competition category. There are different prizes listed for each category!
In the sign-up area before the tournaments begin, there will be a number of entertainment shows going on: Some of the fae who were invited are giving enchanted body paintings. Once the painting is finished, they will travel across your body like a living tattoo. Please be sure to specify if you would like it to be permanent or temporary, and exactly what you want-- especially if you want a permanent one.
In addition to the body painting, there will be a number of clowns playing pranks and giving out balloons that, when popped, completely cover the surrounding 5 feet in glow-in-the-dark glitter that smells of your favorite scent. Each one will smell different depending on who is smelling it. What's more is the glitter actually dissolves after 12 hours, so you don't have to worry about it never getting out of anything. Amazing!
There are additional dance shows and parades going on through the town and near the sign-up area to draw people in, and little pop-up shops with merch you can buy to support the tournament-- cool t-shirts, sunglasses, hats, keychains, and more. Don't forget to download the Tournament Bets app so you can place money on your favorites to win and make bank! Maybe save some for the tavern afterward if things don't work out, though... or before you make any decisions, check out the castles' royal tea garden, beautifully decorated in a wide variety of wintery florals, which is set up and serving a delightful medley of teas with soothing effects. Just be careful-- each table has a magic grapevine that will communicate with another table, so you may end up hearing someone else's secrets on the grapevine... or just ending up with a fun conversation if you notice it before you say something you don't want to share.
As the tournament gets underway, it starts off with all of the multiview screens taking focus on the royal viewing box. In it stands a man that we have not yet seen before, but who stands with an air of dignity. He's wearing a suit, and a crown, and looks confident despite that he has many reasons to be hesitant- he is back from the dead, after all.
 | ”"My name is Arthur Pendragon, King of Camelot. Many of you may have heard of me from your worlds I'm told, and many still may not have, but I will begin with an apology. I should have been there for those of you who arrived months ago and have been bravely pursuing this battle without leadership. I am afraid a few millennia of culture shock have thrown me off course and the Advent of the Kardashians in my studies has not helped these matters. But that is little excuse. From here on out, I will be with you in your journeys. Those who have questions of me, I will be offering an..."
Merlin's voice comes in off-camera to help him out, since he's still not sure on all the lingo, offering "AMA" to assist, then Arthur continues.
"An AMA to you all in the coming days. But for the time being, let us celebrate the wins and strides you all have made with a tournament. Those brave enough to enter, I hope to see you vying for knighthood and fighting alongside me in the days to come. For the love of Camelot!" |
The video ends and the first tournament event begins. The categories and prizes are as follows:Close-Quarters Melee (No Magic): Any non-projectile weapon is allowed. All combatants meet on a sand lot surrounded by stands. The last combatant standing wins. Prize: 500,000G; (Item) Enchanted Sword, courtesy of the royal blacksmith and permanently enchanted by Merlin (Winner can choose what kind of effect they want upon contact with blade! IC choice, but must be approved by mods)
Physical Healing: All physical wounds will be divided among healers. Participation in this event will yield monetary payment of 10,000G per person regardless of win, as it is an essential service. The first person to complete their patient load will win the competition. Prize: 50,000G; (Recipe) Protective Charm
Long-Range Firing Competition: Archers, gunsmen, slingshot, or any other projectile-firing weapons or magic may be used for precision aiming at long-distance targets, both still and moving. It is not permitted to fire at other competitors, but distracting, blocking, and otherwise creating interference with curses, shields, and so on is permitted. Causing injury to other competitors will result in disqualification. Prize: 50,000G; (Item) Locked-and-Loading Projectile Purse
Lunch: Lunch break! There are plenty of food stands available for anyone to purchase whatever food their heart desires, but for the competitive lot, there is a hot dog eating contest to participate in or enjoy. Let the ref know if you would prefer vegan hot dogs, as they are available. Prize: 20,000K; (Recipe) Instant Loperamide
Animal & Hypnotic Obstacle Course: This one is for the animal and cognitive users. Use animal magic to direct a blindfolded animal or hypnotized peer through an obstacle course. Whichever team finishes the course first is the winner. (No one will question whether or not the hypnotized participant is there willingly, but make sure you discuss OOC.) Prize: 50,000G; (Recipe) Enchanted Gold Rose
Dark & Light Submission: Dark magic users will be given instructions to utilize shadow magic to essentially swallow their light opponent into a vat of darkness and pull them into pitch-black dungeons underground. Light magic users are to utilize their light magic to overwhelm the shadows and prevent themselves from being pulled under. Light magic users are given intsructions to create hardlight bindings to stop their dark magic opponents from controlling the shadows. Whoever secures their opponent first wins. (Multiple winners.) Prize: 10,000G; (Potion) Countercurse
Alchemy & Kinetic Animated Battles: An alchemist and a kinetic user pair up to alchemize a warrior of their choosing. It can be made of any material you like-- stone, straw, brick, mud, steel, whatever, but it must be made to be mobile and armed as you please, as kinetic users will then be tasked with animating various parts of the body and fighting the alchemists's creations against each other. Prize: 50,000G to each member of the winning team; (Potion) Animatia
Single Element Knock-Out: Elemental magic users may select one element to fight with. Each magic user is given their own platform in a pool. The goal is to knock your opponents into the water. Note: The water of the pool is not usable in the competition; using the pool will result in disqualification. You can jump from platform to platform to avoid hits but leaving the pool area will result in disqualification. Prize: 50,000G; (Recipe) Glowstick
Magical Melee: Like the close-quarters free-for-all, any magic type may join in. All combatants meet on a sand lot surrounded by stands. The last mage standing wins. Prize: 500,000G; (Item) Channeling Staff
Anyone who participates will get the following: A big thank you, a free meal ticket redeemable at any food stand during lunch, and (Recipe) Cool Firework. Reminder that players who want their character to win should sign up on the plotting post here. You can thread anything out on the log. Please sign up before 11:59pm on Friday 1/22. Results will be drawn live if we can figure out an easy way to do that and posted on Saturday.
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of the gremlinsthough, so he doesn’t outright narrow a gaze in suspicion or call her out. there may be the smallest, tiniest of squints though.two more ticks and… okay, it’s difficult not to put two an’ two together. the arm? is that it? shiro’s still getting used to it being gone too. he can only assume that it’s-- unnerving to look at him and see the empty space.
but huh. shiro would have thought out of everyone, with her discipline and diplomatic nature, allura would be better at hiding her gawking. lance must be rubbing off on her. ]
Briefly. [ shiro tries not to focus on it. instead, he keeps his easy smile, although it just as easily tightens into something more self-deprecating. ] Thought I’d give it a shot and test this out. [ this being the new body and his left-handed skills, or lack thereof. a huffed, breathy laugh. ] But I think I might have gotten ahead of myself and paid the price.
[ got knocked around a bit. he's likely to have some bruises tomorrow. ]
SORRY ABOUT THAT the last tag tried to submit on its own
So I can see. [Oh, she shouldn't make assumptions, but...] They did direct you to the healers after your bout, didn't they? Perhaps we should have them take another look, see if they can provide some aid. [Or better aid, if someone healed that up as it is, and threw out the remaining pieces.]
TOTALLY FINE.
concerned?
well. allura did just hold his soul inside her not too terribly long ago. given that, shiro supposes she has reason enough to fret over the well-being of her ( ex ) paladin. ]
That’s not necessary. [ kindly, yet firm in that way of his. ] From the looks of it, the healers have their hands full. I’d hate to take up their time and energy when there’s others who need it more. [ just bruises, princess! sure, he’s still healing from being dead an’ all, but he’s a tough cookie. promise. ]
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[Something is starting to strike her as horribly wrong here. Shiro might be willing to go to great lengths to help others, but that's always come across as actions born of great compassion — and definitely not over indifference towards his own well-being.]
[So let's clear it up. Let's lay it all out there.]
Shiro... you do realize your arm has gone missing, don't you?
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still, in one last ditch effort to understand, he actually glances to his right side, taking in that emptiness. nothing new. nothing amiss. it’s exactly as it was when he first awoke in this body… with allura standing right there. ]
… Yes? [ he sounds uncertain. and he doesn’t particularly like this out-of-depth feeling. so it’s his turn to be direct. ] I don’t think I follow, princess. You seem… surprised?
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[Because now she's even more confused. Has this all been one comic mishap, much like Pidge's gender, where she's the only one that didn't realize the Galra installed an option to freely detach the arm?]
[No, wouldn't that be more obvious? It really looks like it was broken off, and some healer repaired it as if it had never been there, and then called it a day.]
[While she's at it:] And what happened to your hair? I know it was changing color, but I was under the distinct impression that would be something slow and gradual. It's as if it changed overnight — what happened?
[Hmm. One of the other paladins may have mentioned that stress was a likely cause of Shiro's early graying. But even at their worst, the rest of the team wasn't this much of a hassle.]
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immediately, shiro pulls up possible explanations. memory loss comes first. shiro knows a thing or two about that, but… it seems unlikely she’d suffer a random bout of amnesia when she seems otherwise unharmed. next, he wonders if he’s the one that’s confused. did he imagine everything? maybe he’s still in the black lion. maybe he’s hallucinating. maybe none of this is even real. his headspace doesn’t exactly have the best track record of reliability.
but no. it’s not that. can’t be that-- he doesn’t want it to be that.
so then he’s left with… slav ( he can practically feel his newly housed soul wanting to abandon this body at the mere thought of that guy ). mental scarring aside, slav spoke of alternative realities. all things considered, it’s not far-fetched, especially here, when he’s meeting people from various places that don’t coexist with what he knows.
so if he follows that possibility… is it beyond reason to believe that the powers of this world could pull versions of themselves not totally in sync with one another? is this allura not his allura? ]
Allura. [ not wholly convinced, but aching, just slightly, at the idea of it, shiro frowns and cuts through the questions for one of his own. ] What’s the last thing you remember? Before you found yourself here.
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[Oh, she does not enjoy the way he said that. As if she's suffering a sudden bout of amnesia. But... that seems unlikely, doesn't it? Not unless it's a side effect of her traumatic entry into this world.]
[And she remembers that. Vividly.]
The last thing that I recall was the crisis on Naxzela — when Haggar nearly detonated the entire planet, while Voltron was trapped upon the surface by a gravity well.
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inserting his soul into this body must have melded something beyond the physical. the memories are hit an’ miss. some are distinct and clear, while others haze at the edges an’ blot out in the center. one thing he does know for certain though? naxzela wasn’t what he would call recent.
the frown is still pulling at his mouth, but he tries to keep the majority of his mounting distress from making itself known. ]
And you guys made it out okay?
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[Oh no, does Shiro have amnesia? No, that makes the timeline even more confusing.]
[Alternate timelines are starting to rise in her mind as a possibility, too. And certainly, it would explain the drastic physical differences between this Shiro and the one she remembers. Besides, aren't there many people here from different universes, salvaged from the frozen timelines? It would be easy to pick two from timelines that were only slightly different.]
[But it's not a conclusion she's eager to jump to. Instead, she'll continue to talk through it.]
It was a narrow escape, but with my channeling, we were able to free Voltron and turn the entire situation around. Just as we were celebrating, our ship received a hail from... Lotor...
[She shakes her head.] And then, I was falling into icy-cold waters, arriving in this world. And that entire timeline is now frozen, evidently.