[Romeo's dressed like this, yes, that's Zorro. He's also wielding a rapier, swinging it about as he seemingly randomly pops up on the plane.]

And this and that and there and-! ...Wait, I didn't mean to come here. [Takes a step back and looks around.] Weird, where did the rest of my stage go?

[Rena appears on the plane, bringing with her her cleaver and an entire red festival booth. She was helping prepare for the Watanagashi Festival, you see. She's lifting the cleaver over her head to cut wood, but she stops abruptly upon realizing where she is.]

...Huh?

[Everyone is here.

Every inhabitant is brought together all at once, no matter what they were doing prior. The Twins and Meredith are standing together, not looking to their test subjects, no - their eyes are on the stars.

Slowly, at first, then faster and faster, each star turns off, every light, ever luminescence vanishing, until the only light that remains is that vague glow which each subject emits.

And then those lights go out, too, and all are left in darkness.

The first voice heard in the dark is the cool, calm voice of Meredith Sault]

We appear to be experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.

[ooc; Sorry for lateness! We, er, just woke up. On threadhopping for this post: if someone tags directly to the post, hop in as you like. In threads created from tags to the post, ask permission to threadhop, as you would normally! And if your character does something big - like, say, lighting up all the lamps in the Colosseum - but you don't want to make an IC post for it, note it in the OOC comm so that other players can keep track of everything.]

[After quite a bit of wandering, mild cursing, and fumbles (even with light), Willow has found the kitchen. The light above her expands to cover the whole area as she starts to look around.]

It's time to face facts; we can't leave, so we're living here a while. I'm making dinner, but food's rationed till things go back to normal... if they go back to normal. I can cook, but if you can't...

[She sighs, then smiles.]

Welcome to Chez Willow. No need for a menu, because, well, you don't exactly have much to choose from. If you're hungry, you'll eat.

By the way, if I catch anyone wasting food or raiding the kitchen... [She narrows her eyes.] You will wish you never stumbled on the Plane.

So. Let's get cooking.

[ The lights are going up in the coliseum, spilling a steady glow in the general area. Slowly, it gets brighter. This is because Angela is there, using fire spells to light all the torches and wells of oil that will keep the area lit. There is also a blue, non-fire glow coming from the coliseum grounds, where Fumie is setting up screens displaying maps of the Plane for anyone who happens to need to find their way from the coliseum. Sam is lurking about as well, investigating the area for anything normally overlooked that could be of use (like, uh, bathrooms). ]

There. All lit. [ Angela smacks her hands, then looks over to Fumie. ] How are the maps coming, Fumie?