<strong>Who:</strong>Engaro the Mighty<br/><strong>Where:</strong>Egnaro’s throne room<br/><strong>When:</strong>2 days before opening to the public<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Dragonskin<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Cecile Feathermour, Hydorah, fans and spectators<br/><br/><strong>Match:</strong>LOT-1 (A Game of Queens)<br/><strong>Round:</strong>Prematch<br/><strong>HP:</strong>Over 5000<br/><strong>Status/Conditions:</strong>Promoter/Announcer/Non-participant<br/><strong>Elliquiy User ID (for die roller):</strong>69776<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Bob the Constructor bowed deeply before the throne.  "Your most exalted majesty, bane of the inferior, master of the lair of tentacles, most glorious fight promoter, and terror of the skies, it is an honor to submit to you this progress report regarding the Queen's Palace."<br/><br/><em>Holy crap,</em>Egnaro thought.<em>Did he blow up the entire East Wing?  Wouldn't I have noticed?</em>"Proceed."<br/><br/>"We have received Queen Cecile's specifications for her throne room, living quarters, dietary requirements and... other needs.  We are pleased to advise that if we start work immediately, we can have the room ready for her in time for the opening of the arena."  Bob gulped.<br/><br/>"I assume you have an<em>excellent</em>reason for the fact that you're speaking to me, rather than starting work immediately," there was a rumble in Egnaro's chest that he'd been practicing for occasions like this.<br/><br/>"Indeed, majesty.  You may recall that last week, you received a progress report regarding the Hydorah project."<br/><br/>"Bob, as much as I enjoy a bit of dramatic tension, if you make me continue to have to pull teeth, I'm going to start pulling out your teeth."<br/><br/>Bob gulped.  "You were so pleased, majesty, that you instructed one of the other construction teams to convert the East Wing into a personal palace for Hydorah, and you conferred upon her the title 'Queen of the Lair of Tentacles'.  This presents us with certain... spatial challenges.  Also, we're not entirely sure what to do regarding signage."<br/><br/>Egnaro chuckled. "Ahhh, well done Bob.  You have seen the paradox that I so cleverly created, and now I will reveal my fiendishly clever plan to you."  He paused, praying that Bob would think he was doing it for dramatic effect.  "They'll fight.  Obviously, we can't have two Queens of the Lair of Tentacles, just as we can't have two palaces occupying the same portion of spacetime." He gently stroked his Plot Device.  "It turns out that there is a clause in Cecile's contract that requires her to defeat the incumbent queen before she can claim the title.  It's not my fault that we, that she, assumed there was no existing queen."<br/><br/>"Therefore, let it be known that<strong>Lair of Tentacles Match One shall feature the challenger Cecile Feathermour as she attempts to claim the title Queen of the Lair of Tentacles from Hydorah!</strong>The winner of the match will have the East Wing for her palace, and all the privileges and rights of Queen.  The loser shall attend the Remedial Training Facility for a series of... consultations." He sniggered.  "<strong>The match shall take place on the grand carpet of tentacles, in the open air. Hydorah will be granted the center of the field as her starting position. Cecile will approach from the Eastern Gateway, as befits a rising star. Each of them may fight with their usual weapons, but may not bring allies.</strong>Come one, come all, and witness the Game of Queens!  For when you play the Game of Queens, you win, or you suffer."<br/><br/><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC Instructions to fighters</div><div class="spoiler_body">Feel free to make as many prematch poses as you consider entertaining (during the prematch round).  I'd like to see a 'round zero' pose from Hydorah showing her waiting at the center of the arena for her challenger, followed by a pose for Cecile's entrance - either a 'round zero' (Cecile enters but is not immediately within effective fighting range) or 'round one' (Cecile enters and has the initiative).  I'll leave it to you guys to decide who wins the initiative.  From round 1 onwards, you should be making a damage roll with each post. Please see the arena rules.<br/><br/>Please do not wait for me to pose from here on out during this match, unless you have a question or concern.  I want to focus on process for this fight, but may interject with bits of commentary and flavour during the match.  Feel free to puppet the environment.  If you have any concerns, objections or feedback on the fight arrangements, please let me know ASAP: I present confidently, but I'm winging it too.<br/></div></div>