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//EVENT029_OVERFLOW.EXE

Who: Not CERES
When: OOC: 5/15 ; IC: 7/7
Where: Tropical ViViD Estates
What: CERES thought everyone deserved a bit of a break.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for some questionable swimsuit choices. Please let the mods know if the rating should go up!

//event029_overflow.EXE



You know what everyone needs after rampant robotic attacks and another iteration of clone wars? A vacation! That’s right everyone, you deserve this. CERES understands what you need. CERES is here for you all the time, so never doubt that this is a pleasure colony, and they are here to look after all of your needs. Kick your feet up, relax, and let CERES Recreation and Activity Necessity Keepers (Team RANK, that is) set you up with your ideal getaway.

It’s as if you can sense the incoming relaxation and luxury before you even completely finish loading. There’s the warmth encompassing your entire body as your code gets transferred into this particular ViViD Level. A cool, refreshing breeze hits you. The sounds of waves gently lapping against the coast fill you with relaxation. The sun, the sand, the surfs, it’s all there – welcome to the beach, baby!

An echoing greeting message from the ocean comes next, if you can translate it.


OOOOOOOOOOOOHMAHH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHD.

YOOOOOOOOOOOORRRALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.

KYOOOOOOOOOOOT EEEENAAAAUUUUUUUF TOOOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 08:00 ] That said, isn’t that breeze a little… too strong? It feels like it’s brushing up against all of you, if you know what I mean. When you open your eyes and look down, it becomes rather clear why. It seems that you’ve found yourself in some pretty interesting attire. Everyone. No exceptions. You appear to have two options – be overcome and scream like the Victorian maiden your heart says you are, or strut like a model in this stuff. Turn some heads! Work that up do!

But don’t worry, we’re also conscious about safety here at CERES! Therefore everyone’s also been provided a pair of super high-tech safety-tested appendage protection floatation devices (STAPFD for short.)

At least everyone around you is caught in the same sort of attire – and everyone around you also appears to be stuck inside a giant sand castle. It’s entirely malleable to what you want it to be! Want to see a fancy sand bidet? Feel like adding a sand statue in your honor? Think that wall should now be a door? Well, with enough perseverance, you can make it happen!

Just uh, be careful about getting sand in your… everywhere.

PHASE II

[ 10:00 ] Someone broke it. Not pointing any fingers, even though you sure do seem like a prime suspect, but someone broke it.

It almost starts like an earthquake with how the castle starts to rumble, the sand shaking right beneath your feet. And then the walls right next to you start to cave in followed promptly by the ceiling right… above your head. Oh dear. The sand starts to run and fall, losing its structure and shape. The hallway behind you starts to cave in, ceiling first and then the walls follow suit. Now the sand really is getting everywhere – but not just uncomfortable places. It’s in your hair, your eyes, your nose…. this sure doesn’t seem like a pleasant way to go!

Best to start running – there’s a trusty drawbridge to get over the moat (because what’s a sandcastle without a moat?) but who knows how long until that, too, is going to give way? Best to cross over it before it starts to shake and disappear too. Or if you don’t make it, hopefully you can land some pretty impressive airtime to make it to the other side!

If not, well...there'll be the sensation of sand crushing down upon you, filling your mouth and eyes, and you won't be able to breathe at all – and then you're alive again on the beach (but possibly in yet another new, uncomfortable, skimpy swimsuit). Honestly, be more careful, would you?

PHASE III

[ 12:00 ] However, once you do make it to the other side, it’s all smooth sailing from there! Or is it? Hah, as they say, life sure can be a beach.

Which is what this is.

Welcome to your Beach Episode, folks. Now that you’ve made it out of the collapsing sand castle, you’ve made it to the luxurious, picturesque golden coastline. Sure, you’re coughing up fine, luxurious, sand dust right now and you’ve definitely gotten sand in all of your crevices thanks to your swimsuit, but that’s okay! Go take a soak in the ocean or something or cool off with a smoothie. There’s a smoothie shack off into the distance, complete with a long chalkboard with… well, probably a few familiar names? And some unfamiliar ingredients. Sounds appetizing right?

That said, once you do ingest some of the smoothie with the name of a newcomer, you might suddenly find yourself feeling a bit… different. You’ll be taking on some of their traits, one of the most intense parts of their personality – or you might need to take a second to sit down because you’re suddenly seeing one of their memories. Whoa. What do they actually put in this stuff?

PHASE IV

[ 15:00 ] For the brave souls that venture out into the water, you have even more adventures waiting for you. Anyone who’s swimming around, wading in the water—hell, even looking at the water is getting scooped up and deposited in one of these giant orbs. But don’t take up too much room, because someone else is getting shoved right in there with you. Time to get cozy with your new friend, because it's only going to get worse as the waves begin to carry you out into this big, blue, virtual ocean. Hopefully the choppy waves don’t bounce you around too much or – well, you could always get really friendly with a stranger! Why not?

At least until it’s made very clear that fresh air does not make it back into these balls. That seems like a bit of a design flaw. Now what? Fight the other person who’s inhaling all your air? Suffer through it for swimsuit-clad fun? Or if you break it…. well, you sure are stranded out in the ocean. Or are you?

After enough flailing, you’ll be met by a giant, dumb-looking creature who will then eat you whole.

Everything goes dark. This is surely the end --

And then you're in Cerealia proper; it seems that was the exit to the level (but why there?) and you'll find yourself either in one of the fountains or the pond in the park. Either way, you'll be very, very well. And this time, that's not virtual. But hey, at least you'll have all of your stuff with you.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Do you hear that?

Anyone idle on the beach will hear a distant melody coming from further out into the ocean. It’s a beautiful, elegant song that automatically makes the listener stop what they’re doing and immediately wander toward the noise. It takes you a moment to recall – it takes a moment to think about anything now, really – but you remember hearing the smoothie shack owner say something about mermaids populating the beach. Could this be their song calling out to you? Whether you would normally abide by this kind of call or not, you find your feet walking further and further out into the water, the shallows lapping up to your ankles and up and up as you are drawn in by the song.

A rather classic song, though the usual instances of French are also replaced with the very enticing, enchanting nonsense promise of omelette du fromage........and then they try to drown you.


[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive 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 May intro log! For your convenience, we have compiled the characters' arrival experience here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

notsogreedy: (Default)

Jinga

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-05-23 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
(From here)

Why not retire, then?

[He sounds only mildly interested as he scans the surroundings for anything noteworthy. They're still looking for a way out of here, after all.]
freeinghorror: (i guess we could)

Jinga

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-05-23 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He tapped the rock they were standing on and then started to walk slowly, head tilted to the side as he looked for something that wasn't quite right.]

That usually isn't an option. Horrors have long memories and they always return to the world.
notsogreedy: (this all comes down)

Jinga

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-05-23 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Horrors?

[That was a new word. Whatever bit of land they had found wasn't big, so there wasn't much there to explore, but he kept an eye out for anything that seemed like it might be out of place. Of course, it was just as possible that there was some other island out there they'd have to get to.]
freeinghorror: (this lightsaber is busted)

Jinga

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-05-23 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, he wasn't suppose to tell anyone that was not a part of the Order about them, but that was part of his old life before the Fall. He reached the end of the island, looking at the water and huffed before reaching into his vest and pulling out a rather odd glowing blue butterfly that looked slightly wet. He tsked at it and blew on the wings.]

A type of demonic creature that are mostly appetites on legs and wings that have to wear a human's skin in order to survive the human world, but some are ancient evils of unlimited cruelties. The ancient ones may not be able to enter the human realms a lot but they don't need to when the young ones are so easily controlled by them.
notsogreedy: (here's to being human)

Re: Jinga

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-04 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Some people would be either concerned or impressed or both by that information. Ankh just filed it away as something he hadn't known before. The glow of the butterfly caught his attention, and he glanced over, watching him try to blow it dry.]

And that...?
freeinghorror: (to tell the truth)

Jinga

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-04 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The wings fluttered as it wobbled to its legs, tiny chimes accompanying the act. Jinga studied it, watching as it picked its way across his hand and settled on his index finger, wings spreading out to catch the sunlight.]

A small spell my wife is talented with, usually used as a messenger or to scout out an area. They usually do not last long but this one is tied in with my code and thus has gained a slight personality.

[An annoying personality he would say, but there are moments when it could be useful, like right now.]

Stop that and try to find the way out of this level. [It chimed and then took off.]
notsogreedy: (here's to being human)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-04 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He watched the butterfly fly away, a little frustrated that he'd lost his candroids along with his clothes when he arrived on the beach. Having a Taka and Tako to add to the search efforts here would be useful.]

I still don't know your name.

[Which is his way of asking, but also a general observation. It's a little funny given some of the other answers he's already gotten.]
freeinghorror: (don't tell me)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-05 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He watched the glow of the butterfly fade in the sunlight and then glanced over at Ankh. He had been giving his name out as 'Jin' to most people mainly just so Ryuuga wouldn't start huffing at those that he had talked to. It had been his given name, though he felt separate from the man Jin when he became the Horror Jinga.

But it really didn't matter considering just who he was stuck with right now.]


I was born Jin but I go by the title Jinga. What about your name?
notsogreedy: (i wish i knew)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-05 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ankh.

[His eyes scanned the small island for anything else he might have missed, but he was running out of things to look at by now.]

Think your butterfly's going to find anything?
freeinghorror: (on the throne)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-05 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
It's attracted to large energy supplies, so it may find a way out. I do not have the same control as my wife does, so it may just come back to bother me like it normally does.

[He doesn't sound too hopeful that it would find anything. It was basically a last ditch attempt in trying as far as he could tell. So he was certainly not surprised as the glittering blue creature reappeared and headed back for them.]
notsogreedy: (this all comes down)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-05 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Ankh watched Jinga as he gave that answer. He could feel a lot of desires coming from him, and it was hard not to notice that something flared every time he mentioned his wife. The butterfly coming back pulled his attention from that subject.]

Tch. No luck, then?
freeinghorror: (erk no wut?)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-05 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like it.

[Well, it was worth the try. But even as the butterfly came closer, it was apparent that something was following it in the water, something large and dumb looking. Jinga pulled back from the edge of the shore even as the butterfly came right for him, chiming away loudly.]

Idiot!
notsogreedy: (the blind are)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-05 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[It didn't take long for Ankh to notice what Jinga was looking at. Why that sea monster of all things? To be honest, he was amazed it even noticed something like a butterfly. That couldn't be much of a snack for something that big.

But he wouldn't spend time dwelling on that thought. Before the creature got over to where they were, he was up in the air again.]
freeinghorror: (grry now)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-05 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Jinga went into the air as well. While the island seemed sturdy enough, he wasn't going to take chances with it holding up to that stupid looking sea monster. And of course the butterfly went straight for him, leading the whale straight for him too. He growled as he snatched the insect from the air and tried to gain more distance.]

What is wrong with you? I said the exit, not hungry monsters that I cannot kill!
notsogreedy: (no sight or sound)

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-06-05 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, even reacting as quickly as they did, it wasn't enough. The creature was determined, and it leapt into the air on a course to catch both of them. Without any chance to dodge, Ankh disappeared into its mouth.]
freeinghorror: (oh pls stahup)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-06-05 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[If the butterfly wasn't a piece of his code because of crazy Makai magic via his wife's skills, Jinga would have tried to crush the thing. As it was, he also didn't get out of reach of the monster's jump. So with one last swallow, he disappeared into the gullet of that creature. Ew.]