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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He hears only the last part of someone saying that men with guns stormed in... where? His hearing has been dampened from a potion he’d taken to counteract his curse, and Gokudera is looking around for someone having a conversation. Unfortunately, he doesn’t immediately assume it’s someone talking to a couple dogs. Maybe someone was walking by?
Are there some bandits in Camelot? Gokudera’s got enough to worry about keeping the Vongola Family a secret. The Tenth would want to step in and help out, he’s sure.
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"When I get back, I'm going to finish it once and for all. I'll kill every single one of them." A pause as she considers another option. "Hmm... Or would it be better if I left one alive to send a message, a challenge for them to chase me? They'd never be able to find me in Lunatia, and maybe I could take the danger away from Kouta. They're only interested in me, after all."
If she left Kamakura, her enemies would assume she'd left the city, or the prefecture. Never would they imagine that she fled to another world entirely. Then they would forget about Kouta and waste the rest of their time combing through Japan, and then the world once they realized she wasn't in the country anymore. Lucy also gets an amused thought of her enemies tearing their hair out from all the frustration and stress. Perhaps that would be the better option.
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"Hello?" There, he's going to treat it like a telephone. Anyone looking over will see him talking to it. He has no idea who the owner of that voice is.
Hearing Lunatia sets him a little on edge, though. Hopefully whoever is talking about that other planet does not know him or his Family.
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"Uh, hello? There aren't any plants that can talk in this world, are there?" she asks. Her asking about talking plants is proof that her voice isn't actually owned by the grapevine either.
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"No. I'm one of a kind!" He says and gives a mock sigh. "I was beginning to think no one would ever be able to hear me!"
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"Really?" She makes herself sound amazed. "How long have you been here? Who planted you? How do you talk? And why can't anybody else hear you?"
She wants to see how fast her questions are answered.
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"I've been here for two years! I started as a seed. If I could find another grape vine, I'm sure I'll make a lot of grapes and have my own talking children to keep me company!" He grins while speaking. This is too ridiculous and fun.
"Why... I don't know how I can talk! You're the first person I've spoken to! Or the first person who's spoken to me! Maybe there is so much magic in this place, finally I can be heard!"
Gokudera has to put a hand over his mouth and turn his head away, he's having to contain his laughter to the point it's bringing tears to his eyes.
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"Surely there are other grape vines who can talk? You can't be the only one."
As she's saying that, she detaches both her dogs from their leashes and silently motions for them to spread out, giving them a wink. Thanks to her animal magic, her motions are more understandable to Milly and Tobias and they get the hint, going in opposite directions. They act like they aren't looking for another person talking to a plant, sniffing at the ground, pausing to scratch a nonexistent itch, or to roll around on the ground. Lucy herself slides down from her chair to hide behind her table, and the tablecloth only helps with keeping her hidden. She's still close enough to a different part of the same grape vine she's been talking to.
"I have another question too."
Lucy leans closer to the grape vine, takes a deep breath through her mouth as silently as she can, and screams as loud as she can! She doesn't care about disturbing the other poor, innocent bystanders. Again, even if the plant can talk, at least she'll get a laugh from vexing it.
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Gokudera is idly spinning his familiar's bubble ball around on the table, and he looks like he could be talking to it. There's nothing obvious outright to suggest he's talking to the plant, except maybe the fake voice he's putting on. Again, it's all in good fun.
"Oh?" He blinks and strains himself to hear. The potion he's taken has dampened his hearing, but that scream echoes through multiple grape vines. Gokudera is far from the only person trying to enjoy their tea and solitude to clap hands over his ears. It's a lot less dramatic. Instead, he stands up and looks around, wondering if the girl he was speaking to through the plant is hurt, and that's why she'd screamed.
He moves about to look for her, hoping that he hadn't provided a distraction that got someone hurt.
"Larry." His familiar appears as a bush, slithers out on its belly, then pushes webbed paws into the dirt. "Look for someone injured." Gokudera's wondering if maybe someone got burned from their tea? He doesn't see anyone looking clearly injured.
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At least it seems like the plant, or other person if it wasn't the plant, stopped talking to her at last. Meanwhile, her dogs continue with their search.
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"Did you hear someone scream?" He asks, fingers flexing around the bubble he'd taken with him. It shrinks under the pressure, and he pockets it.
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Should she tell the truth and say it was her? Or put up another act? Bah, she'll just say it was her. It's not like she had done it out of maliciousness, just a childish prank.
"Yeah, that was me. Sorry. It was just a dumb prank that didn't work out."
At least whoever was talking to her through the vine stopped.
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"A prank? I thought someone was hurt." Gokudera says, seeming a little bothered, but it's a relief that no one is actually hurt. "You should go play around somewhere else." He shakes his head.
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“I was content with my tea and talking with my dogs, when I heard a voice from the grapevine. It claimed to be a talking vine, but I’m pretty sure that was bullshit, especially with the cheesy answers it gave me. As payback for thinking I was stupid enough to believe it, I wanted to scare whoever was on the other end. Obviously, that didn’t work.”
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"Probably scared everyone and that person..." He says and then looks around to find that he's stepped on the nearest grapevine. "There are voices coming from a lot of the plants. Maybe you invited it by speaking too loudly." Says the boy who seems to have no control over the volume of his voice and is compensating by projecting when it's completely unnecessary.
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“Oh please, you don’t know anything about me. I haven’t screamed like that in over ten years. I was speaking so only my dogs could hear me. Maybe whoever was on the other side of the vine shouldn’t have been screwing around and minded their own business.”
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Gokudera shakes his head, clears his throat. "I don't and I'd rather not. I'd just be more careful around grapevines if I were you." And he looks down and grinds the vine under his foot to help with his point. This isn't anything against her. Just that she made him (and other people) jump, so he's not appreciative of her failed prank.
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“Why is my prank affecting you so? I mean, I get that I disturbed everyone else, and I knew screaming would do it... I didn’t expect anyone to laugh either. But it’s not like anyone got hurt enough to be sent to the hospital.”
Her tone of voice is not sarcastic nor sneering. She seems legit unable to understand his feelings. She’s gotten better at being empathetic thanks to her time in Lunatia, but Lucy still had much to learn.
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"And it's not just your prank. The grapevines are just broadcasting random crap. Ugh. I shouldn't have even bothered with the fucking tea" Gokudera scratches the side of his head. It's bad enough he can't hear and that's supposed to help him, but then somehow he can hear things that are legitimately not his business when he doesn't want them to be.
CW: mentioned past child abuse
Then you're much more caring than most of the people I came in contact with in my world. Most people didn't seem to give a shit for each other, even if they didn't have horns, or they only pretended to care for the sake of their public appearances.
[When Lucy murdered people to use their homes, some had been normal families with no dark secrets, sure. But there were others in which their previous occupants had lived a double life. Whether it was because Lucy happened to see the bruises on the bodies, or a fridge full of alcoholic beverages, or the husband's secret stash of lewd photos from his other woman. Lucy often came across the latter by accident while searching all the rooms for money. But even outside those homes, Lucy had the misfortune of often seeing the worst side of humanity rather than the good.]
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[Gokudera looks down at the smaller dog and lifts an eyebrow before kneeling down to pet it. He’s much more fond of animals than people, but this isn’t a kitten. He’s not going to be using his baby voice and cooing at it.]
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[She points a finger at the cat-ear-like structures poking through her pink hair.]
They're not hair decorations or ears. I may have been the first to have them, but more horned girls soon followed.
[Milly the corgi is happy enough from his attention, even trying to lick at his hands while he pets her. The small dog has a purple sweater on to keep her warm from the cold. Lucy takes a moment to sip at her blooming flower tea.]
My boyfriend would agree with you, how people don't care I mean, as would I, but Nyuu wouldn't. She's too nice for her own good.
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[Gokudera doesn't mind that dog trying to lick him, just pets and pats at the short dog, scrubbing his hand against fur and then stroking over her head.]
I don't know who that is.
[Should he?]
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[The last bit is said in a sarcastic voice. Although no one really makes fun of her horns in this world, she still can't help but feel some animosity toward them. They had still been a great cause of her suffering.]
You probably will eventually. There's a point for why I'm bringing her up. I don't expect you to believe me, but you'll find out for yourself when you meet her. Nyuu is my other half. We are split personalities. So, it's possible that I might be acting different should you run into me again, except it won't actually be me. It could be Nyuu in control at the time.
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[A shrug. Gokudera has some taste in fashion and he could see people making fun of her if they were large or ugly, but they seem fitting for her.]
So then she wouldn't recognize me?
[He feels meeting someone with split personalities justifies his reaction to Zuko a few weeks ago. Gokudera makes a soft cooing noise at the licking Milly does, obviously willing to give the dog more attention than the girl.]
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