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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2014-12-17 09:10 am

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Who: CERES & you
When: IC: 10/19 | OOC: 12/16
Where: ViViD
What: Intro Log
Rating/Warning: PG-13

//event007.EXE

The Haunting II: Haunt Harder


ViViD has opened up a new world that new arrivals will be pulled into while frequent players will be invited to check out. This particular setting is the new beta world that CERES is constructing in time for the Hallow's Eve celebrations and festivals. It's a world inhabited by the undead and several ghouls and monsters of typical horror lore. Inside, one will encounter werewolves, lichens, vampires, succubi, incubi, specters, mummies, and so on. They will be on the prowl and eager to attack, but players need only concern themselves with getting through and getting out.

At first, players will awaken outside of a large manor supposedly owned by a wealthy noble who is rumored to be practicing strange alchemic experiments within. Many know him simply as The Count.

New arrivals and those logging into ViViD will first find themselves being greeted by their guide at the start screen:
"F̳̰̘̝̭͚̙̝̺̅̀͋̊̑͐̎͜͝͝͝Ü͎͉̗̬͍̫̤̳̳̓̉͌͛͒́̔̎͝ͅÇ̢͎̳̰̫̝̝̮̣̈̓̽̂͒̌̾͊̊̓K̯̺͎̬̟̠̳̤̙̥̍͊͒̐͌̏̍̂̚̚!̧̛̹̲͎͕̥͓̥̻̟̿͐̔̑̈͗̕͘͠-ɯǝɥʇ ʇɐǝq oʇ ʍoɥ sı ǝɹǝɥ

¡ǝuo lɐuıɟ ǝɥʇ ʇǝǝɯ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq sʇsoɥƃ ɹnoɟ ǝlʇʇɐq oʇ pǝǝu llıʍ noʎ

ʎɐpoʇ suoıʇɔnɹʇsuı ɹnoʎ ƃuıʌıƃ ǝq llıʍ ı

ɹouɐɯ ɐıɔoɹʇɐ oʇ ǝɯoɔlǝʍ

slɐʌıɹɹɐ ʍǝu ollǝɥ"

//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I
[ xx:xx ] Yes, those are all the directions you get. Welcome, indeed, to Atrocia Manor. On the outside, you'll notice a faint howling in the distance. You better start running. That howling is only going to get louder as the werewolves start approaching. They roam in packs and will approach you from all sides, leveling a menacing stare at you before-!!!

-licking your hand. They'll all suddenly surround your character and start licking and lavishing attention on you as their tails wag from side to side happily. They may even roll over and show you their bellies for belly rubs. Please give them a treat and lots of love.
PHASE II
[ xx:xx ] Once you survive that grueling challenge, it's on to the next part. This is where things start to heat up. The inner atrium of the mansion is dark, only lit by faint torches. In the center are three of the four ghosts that were spoken of, slowly moving in circles around a shrouded figure. Before you can glimpse at the figure, it disappears and the ghosts turn to you and start approaching from every side. They block you in, leaving you in the center and slowly looming around you.

Their howls are prolonged and deep, piercing your ears, and they seem to want to lead you into a room. You can choose to run from their frightful faces or you can follow them. They will seat you down at the dinner table then slowly pull forth a power point presentation. This is your love and/or sex life. Yes, you have a sad one. How dare you? The ghosts will guilt you for this, and somewhere in the midst of their lecture, you notice a faint figure moving along the windows. It's only for a flicker of a second that it appears, but the impression it leaves on you remains.
PHASE III
[ xx:xx ] Feeling tired already? Well, don't stop and rest now! The challenges will only get worse. As you escape the three ghosts, you will ascend the stairs to the second level. Awaiting you is a vicious vampire …panda. Does it want your blood? Nope. It wants to talk to you about how to properly file your tax forms for a successful tax return. It will then lecture you on the EVILS of tax evasion. Be prepared for a scary ride with this one. It's not letting you out of the room until you listen to everything it has to say. For those who attempt to escape, it will… do absolutely nothing. It will sit there and watch you run.

PHASE IV
[ xx:xx ] You escape the horrors of both the first floor and the second floor only to arrive at the basement. The mysterious fourth ghost awaits with its back turned to you. It's covered in a shroud, and you are sure it's going to talk about diversifying your stock profile next. Oh, how wrong you are.

Because this one legitimately wants you dead, and it will wear the face of your worst enemy or your least favorite person while swiping down a scythe to reap away your life quickly. It won't be easy to kill, but once you whittle down its life halfway, it will finally reveal its true form. That's when the entire dungeon will start to glitch, and the ghost will cradle you between its hands before warning you:

sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ
sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ
sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ
sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ
sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ
sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ sn ǝɹǝʌǝɹ sn ɹɐǝɟ


It will then fade away, and congratulations! You won! Sort of...
BONUS
[ why:o'clock ] Congratulations on surviving Atrocia Manor! Here's your complimentary coupon for 35% off on your next Vidia's Secret purchase. Wasn't that a fun ride? But wait. There's more! The final final boss awaits you outside in the courtyard. It's the most gruesome of them all. The worst ghost you can encounter because it's one that has known great suffering and is out for vengeance.

It will follow you around and try to eat you basically. One floating dot at the time until it can reach you.
[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE
Welcome to CEREALIA's latest intro post. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's usual arrival experience (which is not entirely applicable this round for reasons stated above^) and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!


springful: (eating people feels kinda good)

phase iii;

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-17 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
A lecture...? [That sounds innocent enough but she's instantly suspicious because wow the last lecture she had here in ViViD was ten different kinds of awful. "Seductive" teachers and monster bugs... Yeah, she'd definitely prefer not to experience that again okok.] What kind of lecture?
fatalstriker: (pic#7632312)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-17 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[well, at the very least... it's nothing nearly that bad. if anything, it's the exact opposite of that, so she really doesn't have to worry about much. save for being bored to tears, of course.]

A pretty boring one, unless the evils of evading taxes is your thing. [which is he somehow doubts is the case here.]
springful: (the kohaku smile)

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-18 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... [yeah, gonna give a small sigh of relief at that.] That's good to hear. [a beat] Although I can't say I'd like to sit through that either.

[she was a good student in school, but not that good a student. taxes are not something she's particularly interested in!!]
fatalstriker: (pic#7632399)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-18 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's not exactly the big battle they were advertising when I got sucked into this.

[and he imagines other people are probably in a similar boat. he doesn't even have a full understanding of how ViViD even works, aside from it not being... real, or whatever. really, he needs to finish this so he can go sit down and try to piece together all the information he does have.

how could this happen to me, muffled simple plan in the distance, et cetera.]
springful: (perpetually silent and gloomy)

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-18 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
It's nice that it isn't so dangerous here, but... [Honestly she came in here expecting fight of some sort, so for once she came in actually prepared!! It's going to be a little sad if she did all that preparing and psyching herself up to go in only for it to turn out to be a waste of time.] It's a bit anti-climactic. After last time, I thought for sure there'd be something terrifying here again.
fatalstriker: (pic#8055994)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-18 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless they're setting us up for something later. Who knows, maybe there's a trick we have to figure out first.

[it wouldn't be the first time he's been in a situation like that. obstacles usually end up standing between him and whoever it is he has to actually fight, so it wouldn't surprise him in the least.

in this case though, it seems a little more vague and ambiguous than necessary.]
springful: (so what on earth does the sleeve do)

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-21 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true. Even after these harmless and even mundane situations, I wouldn't trust the situation to remain that way.

[never trust anything that seems too ordinary right... sakura's not that used to dangerous situations (of this sort of kind at least), but this place is weird enough where she just kind of expects something bad.]
fatalstriker: (pic#7632310)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be surprised if it didn't. They sounded like they were setting us up for something a little more than lectures we probably don't need.

[he's not even sure he'd call this too ordinary. it's not outwardly threatening or dangerous, but it still falls far from normal on the spectrum. unless getting schooled about his love life is normal, in which case... well, yuri isn't even sure what to do with that.]
springful: (quietly resents rin in the corner)

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-22 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[she nods.] After the warning, I would've thought there'd be something a lot more dangerous. [like monster bugs tbh.] It would be nice if everything stayed relatively safe like this, but maybe it's just further up ahead.

[which really reinforces to her how vivid really is something of a game... it sort of makes sense thinking about it like that, but man, she is not used to this kind of thing at all.]
fatalstriker: (pic#8056110)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-23 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
It'd probably be nice, but I wouldn't get my hopes up, either.

[granted, yuri could be 500% off base right now. but that's what he's been under the impression of, even if the reality of what's going on right now is different. it just makes him all the more wary, because when is there ever a situation in yuri lowell's life that doesn't end in him drawing his sword?]

We should stay on guard for now.
springful: (so what on earth does the sleeve do)

[personal profile] springful 2014-12-29 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[she doesn't blame him for it at least. not even just here inside vivid, but this place in general often turns strange if not flat out dangerous.]

Right. Who knows what might be waiting further inside.
fatalstriker: (pic#7638005)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2014-12-30 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[he nods to that, agreeing with what she's saying. and then, a genius idea, of course.]

Interesting in sticking together for now? We may fare better that way.
springful: (fuck takeuchi ufotable is here)

[personal profile] springful 2015-01-01 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
[she brightens up at that, giving a small smile.]

Yeah, that sounds great! There's always safety in numbers after all, right?
fatalstriker: (pic#7598022)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2015-01-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what they say. Besides, we're both here anyway. Wouldn't do us much good to split up now when we don't know what lies ahead.
springful: (the kohaku smile)

[personal profile] springful 2015-01-02 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true. It'd be a bit silly to go our separate ways at this point. [After all, they're more or less heading to the same exit.] Whatever's up ahead though, here's hoping it stays as harmless as a boring class.
fatalstriker: (pic#7632334)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2015-01-04 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
( continued here if you'd like!