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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.


prismatically: (stella027)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-01-27 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Nuh-uh! [ Said with a very unnecessary shake of her head. ] Not unless you want it to be. A couple of people are going all out and getting full on tattoos, but I just wanted something kinda fancy for the festival. So long as you tell them you don't want anything permanent, it'll come right off at the end of the day!

[ Just listen to her shilling like this. I promise she hasn't gotten a sponsorship from the fairies, she's just diggin' her facepaint. ]
luciing: (pic#14192883)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-01-28 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Another star spins across her face, and it's either that or her words that earn her a slow blink from him. ]

Do you know what foreign magic powers your marking?
prismatically: (bwbatch001)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-02-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope! Not a clue!

[ AND SHE REALLY JUST LET THEM PUT IT ALL OVER HER FACE ANYWAY, HUH ]

But if I had to guess I'd sayyyyyy, maybe light magic? That's all illusion-y and stuff.
luciing: (pic#14227455)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-02-02 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her laughter fits the festive melody of the activities around them, bright, buzzing with excitement and delight despite the winter-chill in the air. Somnus watches her with an unchanging, grim expression, a perfect marble-carved contrast to it all.

Somnus raises his hand, palm upward-- a universal sign of enough, a gesture for commanding pause-- and then lowers it back to his side, where it slips silently back beneath his cloak.

She is young, yet; such needless recklessness, this, when the future awaits... ]
Maiden, take greater care.
prismatically: (StellaIcon003)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-02-04 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Take care?

[ She stares at him for a moment, her brow a little furrowed. ]

With... face paints?

[ The woosh of his words flying clean over her head is almost audible. ]
luciing: (pic#14093479)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-02-04 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ It appears she works through the puzzle of his words with a delicate crinkle of her brow, but not for lack of trying. Meanwhile, his own countenance remains solidly serious. If she seeks to understand, he doesn't offer more to elaborate directly. ]

Are you not wary?
prismatically: (bwbatch004)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-02-04 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really?

[ She shrugs. At least 50% of this is typical teenage "I am invincible and will never die" hubris, but the other 50% is a little more complicated. ]

I mean, it feels kinda bad to be suspicious when they're just trying to do something nice so everyone can have a little more fun at the tournament. You know? I know not everybody's super jazzed to be here so maybe it doesn't work out for them, and I'm not gonna lie, I'm not super happy about it either... but while I am here, I wanna try and enjoy it!
luciing: (pic#14093476)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-02-04 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The stars dancing across her expression complement her outlook, and after such an explanation, it would perhaps be underestimating to view it as merely a juvenile tenet. There is balance, of course, between taking risks and indulging in these foreign magics, and she opts to take the latter. This is her choice to make.

In which case, he has nothing more to say. May no harm come to her.

In the same serious tone as before: ]
Very well.

[ Brushing his cloak aside, he straightens and turns slightly from the youth, his stance as if making a move to leave. ]
prismatically: (stella010)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-02-05 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And before he can even take one step away from her, Stella pops back up right in front of him again, blocking his path. ]

Hey, hold up a sec! Did you say you were gonna get one done?

[ See how she spun it around on you like that, Somnus? ]
luciing: (pic#14093479)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-02-05 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bouncing back into his vision, Somnus stops in his tracks to regard her with the most unaffected, and dead, of expressions.

Perhaps it simply has been too long since he’s had a body, let alone taken a form that isn’t covered in armor, to emote anything more. ]


Step aside, Maiden.
prismatically: (bwstella013)

[personal profile] prismatically 2021-02-06 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For a split second, Stella's sorely tempted to plant her hands on her hips and stay exactly where she is, because she's a dumb teenager who doesn't like doing what she's told. But she also recognizes a losing battle when she sees one (for... the most part) and with a little huff, she steps to the side and out of his way. ]

Jeez, if you didn't wanna get one, you could've just said so!
luciing: (pic#14093476)

[personal profile] luciing 2021-02-06 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And with that, he takes his leave. ]