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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[And "shitty" doesn't explain the legality of it at all.]
[... ... ...]
[Or does it?]
Are they going to get off with just a fine, then? Or will you be arresting them outright?
[You know, this would explain a lot about Hunk's preoccupation with food, if humans will arrest you outright for making things that taste bad. After all, he always seemed quite concerned about doing the right thing, right? Yup. Makes total sense.]
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Neither. I wish I could stop this mayhem, but I guess what these bastards are doing is legal. I will, however, investigate who the hell hired those clowns. I'm going to have some words with those people, and if it's the king himself.
[Now he's just being prickly and petty. He's hungry and out of cigarettes again, his familiar is an unreliable bird man, he only has fire magic while other people have four or more elements at their disposal, and everyone is pushing him into participating in contests and games when all he wants is a police force or something to join so he can stop feeling like a fish out of water.]
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[She circles around a bit, to cut him off before he goes marching off to complain to the management about the clowns.]
It would be one thing if they were breaking the law, but — these clowns are here for our entertainment! You cannot have them removed for simply doing their jobs!
[Of course, Allura is a little biased here, for the same reason that she was actually pretty concerned about the glitter's legality: she's already gotten quite a bit on herself, and she happens to like how it makes her sparkle.]
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Handing out balloons is fine, but they shouldn't pop them on unexpecting people! Also who's going to clean up all this glitter?
[He gestures at her.]
You're going to be picking that out of your hair for hours!
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[Why are you talking about that like it's a bug? It's a feature.]
Why do you have such a problem with it? It doesn't seem harmful for me. ... as long as you don't eat it.
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It smelled edible.
[Otherwise she's kind of right... whoever organised the clowns hopefully also organised a clean-up service. He just has a bad habit of making every problem he encounters his problem.]
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[Then again, based on what she's seen of their diet so far, humans seem to get plenty of roughage in their salads. Maybe he likes eating flowers.]
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[Hijikata's diet is the worst. He'd put mayonnaise on flowers if that were all he had.]
Where do you come from that flowers smell like this to you?
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... and what is mayonnaise?
[She has no idea what a mistake she's just made.]
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You've never had mayonnaise?!
[Altea has to be an absolute hellscape if it doesn't have it!]
Normally I'd invite you to try some, but I have no money.
[He says that so bluntly... he's making himself look really good here, a glitter-eating weirdo and broke on top.]
Anyway, it's a condiment-- the only one you'll ever need, really. It makes food taste good. Up until now you've probably just been... subsisting.
[His expression is completely aghast. At least she hasn't completely lost all her spunk despite her joyless existence, but still, something needs to be done about this!]
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That... seems peculiar. Is it something from Earth? Because none of my human friends ever mentioned it — not even the one who had a particular interest in cuisine.
... how much is it? I only have a bit of money saved up, but...
[Allura no — don't let this man trick you into buying garbage!]
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[That's just negligent!]
It's not expensive, in fact it's often complimentary at restaurants... let's check out the meal stalls.
[If she follows along it'll take less than a minute until he lets out a small triumphant sound and points at the nearest stall selling hot savoury food.]
There! The delightfully pale yellow stuff!
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[And, conveniently, at that moment someone picks up the bottle and applies a little to a burger, adding to a growing puddle of condiments on the patty.]
It looks like milk, except... gooier. [She sounds a little disgusted, and then continues:] Does it come from the same place as milk?
[Because being goo is not a problem for her. Green space goo is delicious, okay?]
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It's made from eggs.
[He says that very seriously. Who even cares about the tournament anymore? So what if she's a potential rival for the prize money in the categories he signed up for? Right now his mission is to lead this poor space elf lady who's led a life of dismal deprivation to the light.
Never mind that she has to pay herself... look, not every heroic deed can be perfectly executed.]
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[And then she asks a very important question for any alien trying human cuisine:]
Eggs from which animal?
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[He knows his stuff!! Okay, so this is Avalon... but it's like your average RPG world, right, and he's actually seen chickens around, so he has no reason to assume otherwise.]
They're birds.
[Just in case!! Just because she had friends from Earth that doesn't mean she knows what a chicken is.]
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[And somehow, that's reassuring for eating the eggs themselves. It likely doesn't require anything strange or uncomfortable to prepare, the way milking a cow did.]
So, what's the best thing to try it on? [She turns her head towards the food stall's menu. Honestly, she doesn't know what most of these human foods are, either.]
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[Bless Japan's "KFC for Christmas" tradition. Now they're on the same page!! (Never mind that he sees nothing wrong with milking cows, even after being hit with a couple of bull traits - ears, horns and tail - on his last isekai adventure... but that's neither here nor there).]
Have you actually eaten it before? Let's see if they have if here.
[Sure enough chicken nuggets with chips (this is England, right... otherwise make that fries) are on the menu.]
Otherwise I'd recommend the fried fish! But really, you can't go wrong. Anything tastes good with mayonnaise, and mayonnaise tastes good on anything.
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[So, at this completely trustworthy man's suggestion, she goes up to the food truck and orders herself a basket with strips of fried chicken tenderloins and wedge-shaped chips. And...]
So I apply it like this?
[She drizzles a very small, conservative, completely reasonable amount of mayonnaise. Just on one end of one strip of chicken. Because you know — maybe she won't like it, right?]