August Event: Protesting the Mad Tea Party

[central_librarymods]

It is the year 2015 AD on a fog laden day during the fall. Stonehenge is a monolith of ancient mystery and history to the people of England and all around the world. Tourists pour in from all corners of the globe to see this historic location… but in the mists of dawn, the light pierces the grayness and soon objects can be seen moving.

A man with frazzled hair and a large top hat directs in a long table and various creatures sneak in. The March Hare is in attendance, as is the Door Mouse and the Cheshire Cat. If you look closely enough a few strange animals waddle in along with the White Rabbit, arms laden with tea cups and pots that clatter noisily in the once silent world.

“We must hurry, yes, hurry!” The Rabbit taps his watch as they all scurry, laughing merrily to set up the table and find any chair they can. Yes, the tea part is starting, but the sun is also rising. Tourists will be coming soon. And to find such a sight?

The Head Librarian has cloaked the Mad Tea Party to seem as no more than a group of unruly teenagers throwing a party and singing drunkenly in Wiltshire, England this day… But even that will not stop them from being arrested for disturbing the peace. The clock is ticking… don’t be late.

Your team will enter through the blue white portal and step out into the damp early hours of the morning… catch them. Bring them back. Do not hurt them. They are simply looking for a bit of fun and the perfect place for tea! Careful… their madness is contagious.

[OOC: This is for Team: Protesting the Mad Tea Party only. You will play out your ‘chaos’ and adventures in collecting the Wonderland citizens and returning them home. This is ONLY for team work and getting things done. If you have questions, you can call for Bob the Skull or The Cat to help you. Bob will be running communications. Once you finish the event (or at the same time if you will), patrons may use this time to use portals to enter Modern day Wiltshire and go shopping in a private log. But not in the team log.]

Update!  To help the event conclude, options are being provided to help organize the groups.  These can be tagged meme style to help give more structure to the tasks.  Current threads can be completed and new ones started. 

Options

1.  Reasoning with Madness.  Maybe the patrons can convince the party goers to find a new place to have tea?

2.  Out of Refreshments!  Now's the time to nab the teapot or the jam and make a break for it!  Maybe the Mad Hatter will be too worried about the china to remember that they were supposed to be having a party.

3.  Don't get Arrested!   Keep the party goers from going to jail!  The police are getting impatient with this group of 'teens'.  Maybe a patron or two can keep them from trying to arrest the citizens of Wonderland?

4.  Clean Up Crew!  The Mad Hatter's parties are always messy.  Make sure that none of the cutlery wanders off and keep the locals from trying one of those interesting Wonderland cakes!

Comments

Re: Hope no one minds if I shove Clara into this mess somewhere!

[msromanoff]

Natasha sent a mock pout in Bruce's direction. "Way to kill all my fun Doc," She teased, shooting him a grin, as she looked at Clara. "Bruce is right, no weapons, they are innocent." She paused, looking around.

"We should split up. It might make things easier?"

[runestone_promise]

Watching the others as a plan began to develop, he grinned at the mention of the party at Bag End. For a moment, homesickness caught him and he glanced over at Fili. At least he had his brother here. Although that did not stop him from thinking of Bilbo and how much he would love the Library.

And how he would fuss over the tea party. The way he had when... "Could we lure them back? Bilbo chased us all around Bag End when he thought we might break his dishes. Perhaps we can tempt them away from the Stones in a similar manner. They can't have a tea party if we take their tea."

[filidough]

Fili just grinned at the elven brothers before attempting to focus on the task at hand--

Something that was much easier said than done because of how ridiculous this all was. He found himself playing host to a toast butterfly of his own, lifting a hand to touch the thing where it rested on his shoulder.

"Kili does have a point. We could turn it into a game of chase. Round them all up that way," he piped up, shooting his brother an impish sort of grin.

[elrohir_elrondion]

"That is a brilliant idea. If they are 'mad' as they say... perhaps a game is what they need." He nods to the dwarven brothers and grins to his twin. "As for my sanity, I believe you are mistaken. We both know you are the least sane of the two of us."

Well. That actually stood debatable on both sides. They certainly had their moments.

"Shall we round up the strange... ah.. creatures? Or do you think there is another way to catch them?" Elrohir frowned as he watched the cat disappear at one end of the table and flicker back into view closer to them at this end of the table. A toothy smile broke lose on the feline face that was anything but sane...

"By the Valar that is a strange thing to see..."

[huntingorcs]

Elladan mimes a wounded look and leans on Elrohir's shoulder, grinning at the dwarven brothers.

"You wound me, my brother, and in public, no less! But that sounds a most estimable idea. Perhaps if we were to grab the teapots..."

He blinks at the vanishing feline.

"...That, muindor nin, is probably the biggest understatement of the day. Perhaps it will be amenable to mice?" He offers doubtfully.

[braveheart_clara]

Hey, Natasha, she completely agrees with Bruce on this one. They are innocent, just crazy. She just nodded, not saying anymore to that. Splitting up might be alright, though they knew where the party was. It was going to be more a problem of convincing them to leave then it was finding them.

As one make a comment about taking tea pots, and they start agreeing about making it a game and chase, Clara grins, watching them all. "Brilliant! I actually think that would work well for most of them. This group does love a game. If we can get them to play a game of chase and keep away, we should be fine! Round up of the smaller things might be a breeze if we get the main ones away."