EVENT ✨ What is Camelot without a Tournament?

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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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akira kurusu | persona 5 royal

[fooligans]

( A: Poorly drawn cat )

[ It seems that these body paintings are quite popular. The lines to the fae offering to make tattoos are long, but Akira accidentally manages to find a fae artist who can't really complain about having too much work. ]

How about a cat? I'm leaving it up to you.

[ After about fifteen minutes Akira ends up with a tattoo of a cat. Even if it might not be considered a masterpiece, it brings a smile to his face. After a few moments, the cat is gone from the back of his hand and appears on Akira's left cheek. ]

It's still here, right?

[ It looks like the cat tattoo decided to take a nap there, actually. ]

( B: Close-Quarters Melee )

[ Equipped with a knife, Akira walks onto the arena after the announcer summons him. He doesn't look particularly strong and yet here he is, his fingers wrapped tight around the handle of his knife while speaking up to his opponent. ]

Loser cooks for the winner for a week.

[ An additional incentive might be nice. Definitely not as flashy as the prizes promised by the King, but still. ]

( C: Lunchtime )

[ Akira hangs out in the food stands area when he notices a distressed man who apparently needs to hurry home immediately—at the same time there's no way he could leave his business unattended. Somewhat nonchalantly, Akira offers to help the man while he's away since making pretzels shouldn't be too hard.

And actually, it's not that bad, except he never expected that so many people would come to grab one. Trying to incorporate magic to make things faster turns out to be a bad idea, especially when one of the pretzels ends up flying right into a customer's face. ]

Hey, can you help me out here?

[ Whether it's a familiar face or not, Akira's a bit desperate. ]

( D: Single Element Knock-Out )

[ Ironically, fire element is the one Akira feels most comfortable with now despite all the mishaps from a couple of months ago. Setting something on fire by accident used to be rather frequent, but after some practice, Akira's gained control over it. ]

If you're using fire...I guess it's going to be fighting fire with fire, then.

( E: Wildcard )

[ Hmu if you'd like to do something else, we can plot or yolo all the way. I can write custom closed starters too! Here's Akira's plotting comment, but feel free to either PM this journal or drop me a line on plurk at koohii! ]

Them cats

[whatsamada]

[When Ken heard a familiar voice speak up, there was a moment of panic. Here the boy was trying his best to cover up a certain Neo Featherman helmet tattoo on his hand. Covering his other hand on top of the other, he hoped Ren wouldn't be able to see it!]

You mean the cat? Yeah, it's on your face.

[Pause] It's kind of cute though.

[fooligans]

Hope it stays here for a while at least.

[ It's even moving a little in its sleep. ]

Did you get one?

[ It's a biiit suspicious that Ken's covering his hand like that but pointing that out would be no fun. ]

[whatsamada]

[Ken didn’t say anything at first. As his eyes wander down at his hand, he wondered if he should tell the truth. While he would, it doesn’t stop the internal struggle of saying it out loud.]

Yes, I did.

[He gave another long pause]

What about it?

[fooligans]

Nothing, really. If you don't want to show it off, it's fine. I'm pretty sure it's cool, though.

[ Listen, he has a poorly drawn cat napping on his cheek, he can't judge. ]

Lunchtime

[phoenixwiz]

Hey Akira, do you need some help in manning the pretzel booth?

(Harry was already nearby the pretzel booth when he sees Akira having problems in running the booth and fulfilling customer orders. The work at the cafe he is in has helped tremendously a lot in being quick on his feet in getting orders out to customers.)

It looks like the pretzels are on demand right now. No wonder everyone is lining up from them.

[fooligans]

I'd appreciate that, seriously.

[ The line is only getting longer and longer and he's making more and more mistakes. This cannot end well, espeecially if he's the only one working in this booth. ]

I thought it's going to be a hot dog eating contest, not a pretzel one. Here, I have something for you.

[ Akira's wearing a plain green apron, but it looks like there's one more of them and it sure is special. ]

[phoenixwiz]

(It wasn’t long for Harry to jump in, takes one of the aprons and wears it, and starts going through the orders and pretzel making.

Granted, he just learned to make some a couple of weeks ago before the Solstice Night Run, but it is enough for him to get a grasp on them.)

Alright, so where I should start with now? Pretzels or taking orders?

[fooligans]

How about you make pretzels for now and I'll take orders? We can take turns. Things should get easier once we're through this lunchtime rush...

[ Or at least Akira truly hopes so; if he knew that pretzels are so popular, he'd...probably do it anyway. But he'd look for help before someone ended up with a pretzel on their face, at least. ]

C

[fangirls]

Huh?

[ The request for help is a little unexpected, but the poor guy looks pretty overwhelmed. Unfortunately, it seems like most of the people around are more interested in adding to the line than helping him out...

She nods. Poor guy, it reminds her of the crowds that had surrounded her grandma's tiny tofu shop when she'd first gone back to Inaba. ]

Oh, sure. What do you need me to do?

[fooligans]

Ah.

[ Although he's the one asking for help, Akira's a bit surprised that someone volunteered considering how long the line has become. ]

Can you take orders and give out the pretzels? I could focus on making them—

[ Wait a second. She...seems familiar, yet Akira can't quite recall where he has seen her before. ]

b

[divinereaper]

Are you really that confident in winning? Yeesh, and I thought I was confident.

[ Nope, he's in no way confident, but he's not about to say that. But even if Akira is someone he knows, he's not about to go easy. That wasn't to say that he wasn't surprised when he found out he was his opponent. He assumes a ready stance, clearly ready for anything. ]

Fair fight, yeah?

[fooligans]

It's more fake it till you make it kind of thing, to be honest.

[ There's no denying that he did gain a confidence boost overtime, but most of his fighting took place in the Metaverse, so being too cocky might not be a good idea here. ]

Yeah, sure.

[ Since magic is banned, Akira has no other choice but to charge forward right away, pretty sure that this is going to be a close-range fight for most of the time anyway. ]

[divinereaper]

[ He stands his ground as Akira charges in, trying to find out what he was planning-- but he doesn't put too much thought into it, as his usual plan is to charge in as well.

So there he was keeping a defensive stance, arms raised to block whatever attack he threw at him. ]

[fooligans]

[ It's not like he has any elaborate plan, especially now that the first attack got blocked. Throwing his knife is not only against the rules, but it's also a terrible idea no matter how you slice it.

Nothing would stop Naoto from picking it up and using it against Akira, after all. For the time being, he makes sure to stay at a safe distance, so he'll have enough time to react if the other boy decides to attack. ]

Not going to the offensive yet?

catte

[morns]

( it takes a couple of hours for Kate's tattoo to be painted on, an intricate map of black lines stretching across her back which is promptly hidden under her clothes as she steps away from the booth and bundles up against the cold once more.

... well, damn. maybe it was a good thing that she stumbled into the booths early, because the queues have exploded.

(Kate, you're partially at fault for that.)

eh, she's done with this place, so what does it matter? everyone else can wait around in the cold if they so choose. she's just going to—

run into a kid with a cat on his face. her eyes linger obviously on the spot where it naps before turning to the kid himself. well, it hasn't disappeared, so... )

It meant to be there?

[fooligans]

I guess so. That's what cats do.

[ Sleep on someone's cheek, alright. ]

You can get a moving one from the fae not too far from here. She has a really unique style, I'd say.

[morns]

Is it?

( she's never had, well, any pet. but if cats sleep on your cheek, that seems... inconvenient. and as for moving tattoos? )

Got one already. ( a moving skyscape across her shoulders, the sun rising and setting over the buildings of a bustling city.

although... could another one hurt? they're not actually using needles this time. ) S'pose a second wouldn't hurt.

( but what... )

[fooligans]

You can always ask for a non-permanent one if you're not sure. Mine's supposed to disappear tomorrow.

[ Otherwise he'd get too distracted. ]

Anything you like? Or you can get a matching one.

[ Since he's patting his cheek with his index finger, the message is clear: matching poorly drawn cats. ]

[excalibeam]

Hn...!

[ Loser cooks for the winner for a week? Saber doesn't exactly have much in the way of cooking ability... mostly other people are the ones cooking for her.

...what do you mean that makes her sound like a freeloader!? ]

Very well, I will hold nothing back...!

[ She definitely seems more determined than before, somehow? Funny, the effect that food has on people. Particularly, Saber. ]

[fooligans]

[ Rest in pieces, Akira. He has no idea what he's gotten himself into. ]

Okay. [ Thankfully, he enjoys cooking. ] Ready whenever you are.

[ He seems to be more concentrated than before, yet his stance doesn't change much. ]

oh damn I forgot to put B on the subject, oops

[excalibeam]

[ Oh he'll be fiiiiiine. Definitely not in a bad situation after placing food on the line.

In any case, she eyes his stance. She can tell he's focused, and considering his choice of weapon, his stance may not need to change much at all. Still, she won't be underestimating him or anyone in this competition. ]

Hah...!

[ Saber takes the initiative and charges at him, sword raised to swing down at him. ]

b!

[incinerators]

[ Pyrrha honestly wasn't expecting Akira to enter this tournament, but she's glad to be able to battle against him. She's interested in seeing what he can do, and he might very pleasantly surprise her! What he says gets her to grin at him, and she readies her weapon, a javelin; and her shield. ]

Very well. I accept your dinner challenge, Akira!

[ She gets into a defensive stance. Your move, Akira. ]

[fooligans]

[ A loud sound announces the start of the match, so before they start for real, Akira flashes her a smile. ]

Hope you're ready.

[ At least one of them will come out with a prize, so it's not a bad deal. Even though Akira understands, albeit a bit too late, that he might be underequipped for this with just a knife.

Well, he's not in it to win in the first place, but it should be a nice practice. Charging head-on is something he considers for a moment before trying to attack from the side and be fast about it realizing that it may get blocked. ]

[incinerators]

[ Pyrrha's eyes are trained on Akira and his movements. She is expecting him to charge in head-on for whatever reason, so when he tries to attack her from the side, she's a little surprised. Still, she reacts right away and holds up her shield to block his attack.

As she holds up her shield, she lowers herself more so she can try to do a sweeping kick to trip him and get him off of his feet. ]