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[Alevice]

Also, 3 morepeeps guys. Get your friends to join!

Fiiine, just one guy dammit.

[Alevice]

Wih agrymatter banned again, that leaves us as 6 per team. WHile I would prefer more, I dont have much hopes. I will wait until the end of the day for more recruits, otherwise we will start,

[Alevice]

Okay guys, we will begin shortly. SOrting roles and all that. You will get a PM soon^tm

[Alevice]

The sun has risen at last. The battlefields seem empty. What in the nae of the Hand of God has just happened? A malevolent curse has been unleashed on the eternally rival kingdoms. Everyone has been scattered, with just vague recollections of their past. Definitely forces beyond understanding are playing with you. They probably grew bored of the eternal stalemate between the fated kingdoms. This seems like a convenient way to give end to this war once and for all.

Let's hope that's indeed the case...


DAY 1 HAS BEGUN

[Landshark RAWR]

Gee whiz, this is an interesting development!

[Alevice]

The grand voice of the Handmaster has spoken. It says:

"Dont forget to include in PM convos"

[Glyph]

And so our battle begins! Something truly strange has occurred, and my memory is failing, but still I know what I must do. I must remember the names of my comrades, and together we shall vanquish our foes!

May glorious warfare favor my side, and grant a victory for our most royal king. The false king and queen shall fall beneath the blade of our impervious army!

[Fifth]

And so we are sent from one stalemate to another.  Only more a more confusing one.

How are we to find victory when we can't tell friend from foe?

[Landshark RAWR]

random knight stabbings?

[Alevice]

The Handmaster is aware of the possibility, specially since this is the first day. WHich is why the Handmaster has granted this day without a need for public hanging (unless the populace wants bloodhsed, whicb the Handmaster wont deny). This means this day will last just enough to everyone to gander at each other, and night will surely happen soon.

In case the stalemate continues, he already hs an ace under his imaginary sleeve that would help address the situation. He would prefer not having to rely to it, so we shall see.

[Garthy]

Wow... my head is killing me. I think I drank far, far too much. I may have hit my head, I feel a bit giddy. What a terrible hangover.

Where the heck am I?

It was definitely a wild Knight out last night.

We were out celebrating the recent promotion of one of the Pawns. Although I have to say that his promotion definitely got to his head- he started strutting about like a Queen, as if he owned the place. Still, it was fun. Everywhere you could see, someone had a drink of some sort. The pawns were doubled and barely able to move, and even the Bishops were well and truly fiancettoed, and they're the ones who usually never change their colours.

Even the King and Rook had castled more than once, and you know that nothing can get in their way when they do that.

The Queen had obviously had far too much to drink, and was all over the place, giving the Bishop and Rooks a hard time for not being able to keep up with her. But a few words from the Knight mellowed her up somewhat. We all have our talents.

I saw a couple of cute pawns en passant, and despite a quick clothing J'adoube, their minds were elsewhere. They just stood there, stubbornly waiting for me to get out of the way. I think one may have been stuck against the wall, unable to find the door. In the end, one of them put the moves on me when I stepped to the side; you can never really tell what those pawns are thinking. My gambit paid off in the end though, and I hardly broke my tempo. I had hoped to fork the two of them, but more pressing matters arose.

Anyway, it was time to pay the bar tab, and wouldn't you know it, but as soon as the check appeared the King was nowhere to be seen. You know what he's like, always letting someone else take the check or doing anything to avoid it. Anyway, I was pretty much pinned on the matter, so I just took care of it. It was a small sacrifice to make, I guess. Besides, the King's pretty helpless at the end of the day, and you know how you just feel that irrational urge to protect him?

As the evening went on, we finished off going bar hopping with the Knights.

...

Hang on a second, something's not right. There are now twice as many people here than I started out drinking with. I had expected to find myself amongst my allies: A King, a Queen, a Rook, a Bishop, a Knight, and a Pawn. That's six, not twelve. We may have gotten mixed up with the pieces from the "other" kingdom. You know the one I mean, the bad one. The one that isn't us.

I have the feeling that there will soon be the need to make a capture. I had planned to direct my attention toward a random person who hadn't yet made a move, but if we can remain silent this first day, perhaps that is for the best.

[Alevice]

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

Garthy has earned the following achievement:

Hurricane of Puns
+150 Points!
"It is said that he who dares to unlock this achievement twice, the Handmaster will sever his head without question!"

[Garthy]

Don't worry, I'll keep my actions in check, mate.

[crowe]

Well said, Sir Garthy -- unless you are a pawn, or a queen, or the enemy of course. May our forces go to victory against whomever we were fighting against!

[Garthy]

Yes, death to the forces of the opposite colour! I think we can all agree on that.