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Detention [5.04.08] - Saturday 800 to 1300 (the Danger Shop)

Harriet was looking suspiciously bright-eyed this morning as the detention-goers arrived. "Good morning. Today you're going to experience a little taste of Britain's ancient past. Possibly her imaginary past, but never mind. Today, each one of you is going to be Arthur, King of the Britons, and venture forth on a sacred quest for the Holy Grail."

She smiled at each of them in turn, looking far too amused. "It might not go quite as you expect it to," she added, then shooed them off. "Just go through that door to change into appropriate costume. Oh, and those of you with powers of any kind are not to use them. You are to approach this exercise as if you were an ordinary, non-magical, non-mutant, non-gifted human being. Arthur began his quest with only the blessing of God and strength of arms. You are to do the same."

Amber Atkins
Jaina Solo
Jenny Sparks
Romeo Montague
Ronan Nolan

Sokka

[ooc: YAY WE HAVE OCD! And instructions in the OOC thread.

definitely wait for the OCD

]

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As you do.

If you need to.

...by garbing yourself in the proper attire. There are a large number of identical costumes (http://arago4.tnw.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/holy-grail/thumbnails/03-we-are-all-britons.jpg) available, in all different sizes. Get dressed and help yourself to a shiny crown, sword and shield and don your chainmail and tunic.

[ooc: Feel free to interact with each other in this thread, the rest will be individual quests.]

And lovely woods they are, too, all green and vibrant, with a charming path. Well, charming except for a terrible battle blocking your way.

A knight in black battles a knight in green, only to triumph in the bloody defeat of the green knight, (quite obviously fake) blood fountaining out of him as he collapses to the ground.

Now the black knight stands, sword braced on the ground, blocking your path.

There's no door nor drawbridge in evidence - but maybe the grail could be inside? I'm sure that no doubt charming man who's watching you from the parapet would be able to help.

Edited 2008-04-05 11:41 (UTC)

Your ~~wild fleeing~~ path away from the castle leads you into rocky terrain. On a tall rock stands a horned and hairy man, and wherever he points his finger, there is a huge, fiery explosion.

Surely he must know something about the grail.

*cheesy intermission music plays* Snack break! If you could find it in a movie theatre, you can find it here (including hot dogs, and very British meat pies and sausage rolls).

[ooc: totally interact with each other in this thread, if you like.]

A boat with a dragon prow floats into view. There's a calm lake in front of you, in the middle of the lake is an island, and on that island is a castle.

Yes! At long last, you have found Castle Aaaaaargh!

There's a swell of triumphant music and ethereal voices calling out Arrrrthurrrr. You'd best get in the boat.

Edited 2008-04-05 11:26 (UTC)

Yup, we're doing Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

You can ping into the first three quest (forest, castle, enchanter) threads at the same time - you don't have to wait to complete one thread before you move to the next one - but you can't ping into the last thread (the boat) until you find out what happens to you in the enchanter thread. Some of you might not make it.

*SPOILERS* Everyone gets turned into a newt - either when they answer one of the three question incorrectly/say they don't know (at the end of the enchanter thread) or on the island with the castle.

Don't worry, you'll get better when you leave the danger shop.

I'm getting some sleep now. I should be up by noon EST, but you've got a ringer for the black knight, and she'll be up before me! Any concerns or questions, ask em here or get me on AIM @ iplayoneonfh.

Edited 2008-04-05 12:04 (UTC)

Romeo Montague

Romeo blinked a little at the costumes. Well. This is familiar, he thought, then pulled on the tunic and chainmail.

He liked the sword. The crown he could do without.

My availability will be very spotty today, but I'll do my best to at least ping back everywhere.

Romeo wasn't sure what to make of this, especially the spurting fake blood. "Good morrow, sir," he ventured. Perhaps politeness would let him pass.

Jenny Sparks

Romeo didn't notice the man watching at first; he started on the long walk around the castle, trying to find an entrance.

Romeo was starting to think hitting Sokka had not been worth this. He tried to creep past the horny guy unnoticed.

Jenny grumbled to herself as she got into her costumery. Once she had her tunic and chainmail on, she shimmied out of her Union Jack t-shirt under the tunic and put it back on over the tunic. If she was going to be representing for England she was going to be representing for England right proper. Even if they didn't have the Union Jack back then.

Then she plunked a crown on her head at a rakish angle and asked, "How do I look?"

Jenny stopped a fair distance from the black knight and said, "Good morning! That looked rather painful, didn't it? Are you all right?"

"Very British," Romeo obliged. "What about me?"

Jenny looked about a bit for a door before she decided this wasn't going well and decided to ask the chap on the parapet. "Oi!" she called up. "Have you seen a grail around here by any chance?"

"This no powers nonsense is for the birds," Jenny ~~whined~~ observed, but she nonetheless headed toward the zappy man, ready to dive out of the way at a moment's notice. She knew a bit about the 'point and explode' trade herself, after all.

Jenny raked him up and down with a critical eye before deciding, "You'll do. Where's your crown?"

Romeo gestured vaguely at the table where he can left it. "They don't seem practical, if we'll be fighting with swords," he said. Not that he had the slightest clue how to swordfight, but whatever.

"Do you think I have to wear it?"

"No clue," Jenny admitted, "but you're supposed to be king of the Britons, so..."

"So a crown is called for," Romeo had to admit.

He balanced the unfamiliar weight on his head, taking a moment to fuss over how his hair would fit under it. "Better?"

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