August Event: Protesting the Mad Tea Party

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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

[elrohir_elrondion]

Call it habit, but he clutches the hilt of his sword as he steps out onto the grass of the world they entered. It honestly feels no different than being in ruins back home, but the air smells very different. Almost sick and hints of things not quite natural. Wrinkling his nose, he scans the area and lets his keen hearing tune into the sounds coming from the strange array of rocks.

There are what seem to be floating lights and a large table covered in teapots, jam, cups and some broken items. Around the table are smiling animals and one human that seemed to head the whole ordeal. "I do not suppose... we could just ask them nicely to pick up and go?"

He glanced back at the others, his eyes lingering on Fili before stopping on his brother. "They seem... a lively bunch." Or just really loud and intoxicated? But the girl Clara did say they were a bit insane.

[wearebothangry]

Bruce steps out of the portal and takes in the scene around him. "Okay then," he says with the calm of someone who has dealt with this sort of thing before. "We need to find the Mad Hatter first," he says easily, "if he can be reasoned with then it should be easy to get the rest of the group to follow him back to the library. If we can't find him look for Alice."

4! With a touch of catching the little creatures (and the cat annoyances)

[elrohir_elrondion]

Somehow, he caught a few of the strange butterflies made of toast and flightless birds with large eyes and tiny bodies. He had no words for the strange creatures... And maybe he shouldn't push them into a bag, but they did not seem to have cages. He just made more trips back to the portal to toss them through to the cat and the talking skull.

But this time, as he tried to snatch up the sugar jar with the drunk mouse, he jumped back when the cat appeared in front of him. Blinking a few times, the large eyes were far too big and glowed a little too bright next to the white bright smile. "One must ask, is that the best way to catch a mouse? There is more than one way, of course."

Elrohir stood still as the cat seemed to unravel before his eyes. What was this strange magic? The cat laughed somewhere behind him as he saw the mouse escape down the table.

3 - Local Law Enforcement!

[braveheart_clara]

Clara had been trying to help convince the party to come home, and it was tough going! Madness really is a problem! She had tea on her jumper, and there was a hole in her legging, and someone had ruffled her hair in tease, so she felt a bit frazzled. She was also scared to try any of the offered cookies or drinks. let's be honest, that isn't a smart thing to do. She tried to warn off the others about that kind of thing as well.

When the Dormouse sleepily came out of a tea pot, she tried to capture it, trying to school him up and take him back to where he should go, but it escaped and a short chase happened, leading her to nearly run into one of the local law enforcers.

Standing properly she looked up at the man, who looked beyond annoyed. "This party has gone on long enough, miss." He said in an authoritative voice. Little Clara stood as tall as she could, looking to the man.

"We've got this under control, my good man. Another few minutes and it will be cleared out." She hoped. She dug around in her pocket, pulling out a little black square and flipping it open. Thank some gods for her still having this on her when she was brought here, because the man was giving her a look that said he didn't think she was important.

Flashing him the 'badge' she held it up and spoke in her most important tone. "If you need proof here is my ID."

"Environment Agency UK?" the man read, sounding a bit dubious.

Clara snapped it closed and tucked it back into her jumper pocket. "That is correct! EAUK. The moment we heard about this disturbance we shot right on over. You see the mess they're making over there? If we have any more people crowding around and chasing down these offenders it could be an Environmental disaster! Historical horror!"

Clara tried sounding more stern about all this. "I need you and your men to keep back. Hold a line. Make sure no one else joins this ridiculous party. They shouldn't have made it here in the first place! Why was security so lack to start with?"

As the man started to speak, looking more uncomfortable, Clara interrupted him. "No matter! the trouble is done already. Please, help us help you. Keep everyone back. tourists, lookie-lous, your own men. We've got a crew here for clean up. We'll be taking them in for questioning, AND making things right. We're trained for this, are you? Yes, well. I have some work to do. Oh, and please, keep a look out for my superior. He'll be coming up the road here shortly. A short man in a large blue van. Please let him through." there was no one coming, but it might leave the man busy, and it would mean he wouldn't bother calling to check on all this if the boss was coming anyhow, right?

Clara gave the man a confident smile, ran a hand over her hair to fix it and started to turn and walk off. To make a show of it, she pointed at someone (anyone in her group that was near by) and called out. "Jones! Please be careful with that! This is a environmental nightmare."

Who ever she just yelled to, she went jogging up to them and leaving the officer there to look boggled and unsure. The man turned and went back, pointing two of his men to down the road. Maybe that would help.

She stopped before said person and huffed, looking almost pale. "I really hope we get this contained fast. I don't know if my story will be convincing long enough. Now where is that blasted mouse..."

2 - Stealing tea

[runestone_promise]

It had been easy to sneak up on the Wonderland party. Although he was not dressed in the bright colors of the guests, Kili was welcomed as soon as he drew near. A large rabbit pressed a plate of cake into his hands but when he tried to eat it, someone in a large hat took it away, scolding him before handing it to a grinning cat.

Plates and cups were swapped over and over until Kili was almost dizzy. At least until he caught up two of the wayward cups and he began juggling them. When the rabbit - the March Hare? - saw him, the hare demanded that he try three.

Soon he had three cups tumbling in the air while he picking up a few lyrics of the strange song the party goers sang. It was not exactly what he expected when he suggested stealing the china but it was working. At least the party at Bilbo's had given prepared him for acrobatic tea cups. Now if he could get someone to help him guide the March Hair toward the portal back to the Library...

4- TAMING THE BEAST

[msromanoff]

Natasha was never one to just stand around and wait, but when the big guy made his appearance, she did hang back a little to see where she would be of best use. She was also paying attention to herself because she knew if she got hurt... well that would end badly.

Everything had managed to get put back in it's place and it was only then that she approached The Hulk.

"Hey Big guy. The sun is getting real low," She said softly, wondering if it would work after all this time.