What's up Chicken Little (Midpoint mingle)

[midpointmods]

PLAYERS: Everyone!
LOCATION: Midpoint, and the Lucky Break for a precious few
GOAL: Wind down and gear up for next round
WARNINGS: None
OTHER: Have fun!

Ten people wake up in the morning to find notes on their bedside tables, coffee tables in the suite, next to their bathroom basin, or even on their pillow next to their face. One wakes up in a cool jail cell with sand, dust, and the distant whistle of a steam engine for her alarm.

For Soldat and Jo, the note reads: Round 86 begins in three days. Your briefing will be delivered tomorrow morning by Nicholas St. North. Be prepared.

Taako, Hajime, and Yoda, get a similar one: Round 86 begins in three days. Your briefing will be delivered tomorrow evening by Nicholas St. North. Be prepared.

For the rest - Fuwa, Inara, Sara, Irene, and Misty, the note reads: Round 87 begins in three days. Please pick up your final teammate and your briefing from The Lucky Break.

North has no information for anyone just yet, but for half the players active this round, there’s nothing to do but loaf around town waiting, and trying to casually suss out who might be on their team and who they have to fight, until the next day when they get their instructions. This has happened before, older players will assure them: if there’s no new players, sometimes they don’t make you trek all the way out to the jails for your briefings.

For the other half of the active players, there’s a new teammate and information to pick up. Who wants to make the trek and crowd into the small jail to free them?

And of course, there’s the expected couple days of chatter as every player, active or not, crowds into the saloon to see who’s getting sent out this month and who isn’t. North has plenty of food for everyone, as usual; there’s a series of shows playing all day at the theater (which turns out to be the Adam West Batman); and everything makes merry the best they can, up to the time people have to leave to get to work entertaining the masses. Good times, right?

Comments

[resignedcheetah]

She opens her mouth to respond to Sara, but then Fuwa says that and she shuts her mouth, taking a few deep breaths. That sounds... "So we're their tools. Not just their entertainment. Our chess pieces." Her voice is a bit distant and she swallows another drink of water before handing the canteen back.

She's just going to try to ignore thinking about what Fuwa just said for a minute. "Then... it's a matter of biding our time until we can collect the resources to fight back against whatever they throw at us."

[vigilanteclub]

"Resources, intel," Sara agrees. She takes the canteen and straps it back in place at her hip. "Allies are going to be the real hard part. The teams shift, so an ally one month might be on the opposing side the next. It's a smart move on the part of our captors."

She glances around the dusty cells with a slight grimace.

"And on that note, why don't we blow this joint? I don't know about either of you, but I'm always more comfortable where I can at least pretend the walls don't have ears."

[ragingwolf]

That gets a dry huff out of Fuwa. "Why would they put cameras in here? It ruins the surprise for people if they get to see our info beforehand." But his tone is utterly sardonic, and he steps back to lead the way upstairs and into the achingly hot sun. He's surprisingly fine, in his heavy coat and high boots, but he's not sure how Yua might handle the heat.

...or that other small fact. "I hope you know how to ride a horse, Yaiba."

[resignedcheetah]

Her jacket is a little heavy for this weather, but she can deal with it. The idea of changing sides has her glance at Fuwa. "Out in the open is likely safer, unless they can make the cameras invisible.

A horse? A horse, why wouldn't it be a horse... "I'm a fast learner." And if all else fails, she can probably just transform and run alongside them.

[vigilanteclub]

"I can teach you the basics," Sara says, tone amiable, as though she's not at all perturbed by a cattle drive with at least one direly inexperienced rider - and no one at all who's likely to be experienced with actually driving cattle. "We should have a few days after we get back to town for you to get some practice in."