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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Cool! Lemme just set all this down...
[ She gets her tea set up nice and neatly on the table without much fuss and then settles herself comfortably into the seat opposite Caster. ]
It's super busy today, huh? Everyone's really getting into it with the tournament!
Caster has literally no idea what to do with this relentlessly friendly pink person and it's great
It's an interesting turn of events, yes. I was not expecting the King himself to make an appearance, either...that's done no small part in drumming up excitement.
stella just [extroverts externally]
[ She knows what she's talking about! She's vaguely aware of the Arthurian canon! She totally gets it. ]
Yes and Caster just [curls up in cloak and hisses in introvert]
[Although, that raised a point.]
...It sounds as if your world's mythology is not too dissimilar to mine.
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[ She shrugs a little. ]
Makes you kind of wonder how many differences there even are, right?
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[A small, hollow laugh at that. Who was she kidding, she couldn't really call herself that anymore.]
But that aside, it does make you wonder... what myths and legends are favourites of yours? I'm curious.
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[ Of course, now she's been put on the spot to answer, her brain goes completely blank. Stella Has Had No Interests, Ever. But eventually, she manages to shake things loose enough to make some come out. ]
Well, I remember when I was in middle school, I was super obsessed with Greek and Roman mythology and stuff. [ You know, because she's gay. ] And I was crazy into fairy tales as a kid, too. I had this big, huge book of them that I got from a thrift store once and I used to read it cover to cover like, every night.
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Greek and Roman mythology, hm? I must admit I'm somewhat...invested in those myths, myself.
I can't say I've read many fairytales, though.
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[ She laughs, more to herself than anything. ]
Like, okay, there's this one I used to really like of this princess who's being sent to some other country to get married to some guy, but along the way her maid like, beats her up! And steals all the stuff she was using to identify herself and she forces them to change clothes and swap places and stuff. Oh, and she has this magic horse that tells the truth? It's a lot... uh, anyway, in the one I read, the crappy maid girl has the horse just locked up in the stables so it can't tell anyone the truth and some servant boy overhears the horse talking and rats the maid out.
I didn't know until I was like, fourteen or something that in the original, she just full on kills the course! So it can't talk to anyone! Isn't that crazy?
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Greco-Roman mythology is no exception to that... After all, people cannot hope to truly know of the events from the Age of Gods had they not witnessed them. And even then, the people were swayed by other factors.
[But she's getting distracted now, and she'll go quiet to listen to Stella's story.]
...What an awful maid. It doesn't surprise me that version was toned down to tell a child.
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[ She titters to herself before continuing. ]
A lot of them are like that, honestly! Really makes you wonder why the heck we started telling them to kids in the first place.
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[A pause, before a different thought occurred.]
...I would like to see them try explaining any story involving Zeus in a way that's in any form appropriate for a child.
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Oh my God, right? Right?! They just straight up didn't explain any of that to us in class when we were doing mythology stuff. I ended up finding it out when I was reading stuff up on my own and it was pretty wild. Especially since they always kind of made Zeus sound like a nice guy when they told us stuff in class, but nope! Couldn't be more far off!
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[That was enough to make Caster burst out laughing.]
Ridiculous- that's absolutely ridiculous-
Let me guess, they made Aphrodite a kind, empathic entity as well?
[Was that a little bitterness? No, it was probably nothing.]
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[ Stereotypes! ]
And they always make Hades the bad guy, for some reason. But when you read other stuff, he kind of just sounds like a pretty chilled out dude?
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[Biases!]
People never liked speaking of Hades. After all, using his name might catch his attention, and as a God of the Underworld, that hardly seemed a sensible choice for prolonging your own life. It's easy to extend that logic to 'Hades is evil', if you don't want to think too hard about the culture at the time.
...Do I want to know what they said about Hecate?
[There was a strange wariness in her tone as she asked that one. After all, that was a Goddess she deeply respected.]
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[ Stella hums in thought as she mulls it over. ]
You know, I actually dunno? Gonna be honest, I was the sorta kid who just read all the flashy sounding stuff, so she didn't show up in a whole lot of the stories I read. She always sounded pretty cool whenever she came up, though.
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[That was a relief, at least to her.]
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[ RIP to you, Hecate, but Hades is different. As the kids might say. ]
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Come to think of it, I should really check if the library has any books on myth...
[And then hide them.]
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[ check out r/showerthoughts over here ]
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[And check out r/actuallyabeingfrommyth over here?]
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[ She shakes her head a little, as if to get herself back on her train of thought. ]
Uh, anyway! So what kinda stories do you read, anyway? Mythology and fairy tale stuff, I mean.
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[Stella wasn't even...questioning the idea all myths were real?]
Mm, mostly mythology and such. As I said, Greek and Roman mythology are particular areas of interest for me.
[Please send her Greek Myth memes Stella she'll "love" them.]
Are there any others you find particularly enjoyable?
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[ That's hyperfixations, babey! ]
I still like going back and reading my faves, though.
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