After a little thirty-second announcement involving the new Squeak-o-matic 5000, guaranteed to leave your house without a single squeak, the very familiar undead Trials host popped up in the center of the spectator arena. The arena itself, just a small five minute walk from the portal, was carved entirely out of stone, seats chiseled into the structure and painted white, as to differentiate them from the rest of the place. Instead of a concession booth, there were several merchants selling their products, from the latest Horsemen collectible figurine, to of course, refreshments, near the bottom of the seats. Each seat was raised one after the other, a series of large screens taking up the enter of the area on all sides to accommodate all viewers.
There was however, a slight problem with the weather. As in, it was pouring. A Reaper-made barrier however, had been constructed to combat the problem once inside the spectator arena, the water bouncing off an invisible shield from above. The contestants however, waiting outside to have their picture taken and then be instructed on their next trial, was not so lucky. In fact, it wasn't just raining, it was raining and windy, the water literally pouring into the ground in giant bursts of torrential droplets. It was impossible not to get entirely, soaking wet, and in fact, it was probably easier to get less wet at this point to simply jump into a giant lake.
A few parents and Amityville staff members seem concerned as they passed by the small huddle of contestants waiting outside, but the Bogeymen ushered them along, muttering a few things about how damaging the Human World so much, so on so forth.
"Now, may I direct your attention to the screens, to where our brave participants will be facing the Trials of War!" There were a chorus of cheers again, those who had made it specifically just to view their family members participating, or others who simply had friends or acquaintances. There were even many who were just simply curious: citizens of Halloween who wanted to understand the Four Clans a little more. The participants on the screen looked miserable, windblown, and soaked, the camera occasionally picking up on a giant buffet of wind that would cause everything to shake for a little bit. "Today, in the Trials of War, all participants must split up from their groups. They represent their groups in spirit as each group member must choose one obstacle course to overcome. Group members should choose carefully: selecting an obstacle course that is their greatest weakness will handicap them greatly! In addition, each group member must complete three obstacle courses, in each hour. They will be given a fifteen minute break between courses to catch their breath, and if necessary, be patched up. These courses are treacherous in their own right, so don't underestimate them, participants!"
One could only hope, judging from a Four Clans member, dressed in very simple, minimal clothing talking to the participants, that they were getting the same instructions.
"All participants will need to collect red flags. There are four red flags in each course, the amount of red flags they collect will be averaged by each team member in the group so unfortunately, having one single weak link, can affect a group's winning chance! The rules are simple with each obstacle course. When the judges signal off with a 'GO', all participants must make it through the obstacle course, or as far as they can, battling any elements they get thrown at them. Each participant will be given a Lepus Guide. If the Lepus Guide deems the participant unable to continue, they will signal the recovery team, who will bring the participant back to the healing tent. Now everyone, wish the participants good luck! We shall see them soon in a few minutes after all of them have made their choices on the courses."
General Map layout of the Trial of War
OOC
IF YOU ARE A SPECTATOR:
- You can either use your non Trials character OR you can create a GUEST STUDENT character. Please only use a GUEST STUDENT character if you have a character quest already up and running and make sure to adhere to the TiH roleplaying guidelines. NATURAL FORMS ARE NOT ALLOWED, please only use their "humanoid" forms, due to obviously, limited spectator booth area.
- THIS THREAD IS THE ORP for all spectators! Feel free to post your student, interact with other students, ask questions, so on so forth.
- PLEASE DO not roleplay "parents" or other characters, and simply leave them as 'npcs'. Your character can make note of them or briefly exchange a couple of words, but we want to keep TiH obviously student-centric
- Unfortunately you will not be able to play Hunters in golems at this time, sure they have free time but not this much free time
- This ORP can potentially get large! Make sure to QUOTE whomever you are talking to. If you wish to have your char ICly leave the spectator booth, make sure to post an EXIT post for them at the bottom of their post (they head back towards the portal out) and then an ENTER post if they come back in so that everyone knows!
IF YOU ARE A CONTESTANT:
- This is the second day of the trials! Before you get started, please read the above RP to see "IC instructions" and then see the thread below:
- PLEASE CHECK HOW TO MAKE MAKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE THREAD FOR YOUR GROUP and then HOW TO RUN AN OBSTACLE COURSE HERE
- There is also a DAILY STATUS EFFECT in play! Be sure to check in on it HERE. Daily status effects (OOC), which are actually something like IC hourly status effects, are detonated by the weather. There will be three different weather combination, so make sure to apply the mechanics both oocly and icly for each player running an obstacle course on that day!
- You will also be given a lepus guide which will be hidden in your backback the entire trials. See more information in the OBSTACLE COURSE THREAD
