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Who: CERES & you
When: ooc: 01/15-01/22; ic: 11/03-11/06
Where: Cerealia's Research & Technology District and Beyond!!!
What: Intro and Event log
Rating/Warning: PG-13 | possibly nsfw (please let us know if you need this rating changed, or you are welcome to continue any naughty shenanigans in a private log)
Original Post: HERE.

//event009.EXE Always Believe in the Heart of the Cards Except When They Tell You to Kill People Welcome to CERES Research Tower’s latest event! For all you new folk queuing outside of the conference room where you were just made to sit through a lovely power point presentation, you will be asked to stay a bit longer and test out some games in their Game Testing Center. It’s a giant space located in the basement level filled to the brim with cubicles for everyone to sit in and enjoy their newest array of pop-up games. The games themselves will be in holo(gm) form and will feature suggestions from CEO’s post, including a simplified, 8-bit version of Tetris, Baseball, Soda Smash, etc. Characters can control the game through moving their fingers and tapping them against the holo(gm) screens. Surrounding the cubicles will be tables of food and more food for characters to partake in. It’s all safe this time. No mind-altering candy corn or gut-exploding Knight Burgers. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the party. For those who have been in Cerealia for a while, they should have received an invitation to the event and an offer of 1,000 credits just for participating. So come on down and bring a friend or ten! Meanwhile, CEO has a small welcome for everyone- “Good Morning and thank you all for coming! We have been expecting you. We hope you will enjoy what we’ve put together today. Ever since we got your feedback on << RAINBOW NARWHAL MELEE >>, we’ve been developing new games for all of you to enjoy. We’ve also tried to draw in some things from your worlds. We hope to hear more feedback from you in the future. In the meantime, feel free to sample our food, generously provided to us by TGICERES, a moderately-priced family restaurant located in the Shopping District."

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Music lightly wafts from the speakers as the showroom opens. Julius Vincere, CERES’ CEO, delivers the opening announcement before leaving the room. He’ll be watching through all the video cameras placed around the room, so be on your best behavior! You will be guided to one of the many cubicles where you will sit and wait for a screen to pop up with a game. Once that game is defeated, another will pop up and another and another until your character gets hungry/has to pee/is so done with this shit. PHASE II [ xxxx ] Among the game rotations is a simple 8-bit fortune telling game starring Aria, the fortune teller. Come be enchanted by her mysterious wiles as she reads your future. She will do some 8-bit arm motions before summoning a ring of cards that will float around her. Characters will be encouraged to pick a card -any card. Once one has been selected, it will turn around slowly and unveil a card from the major arcana. Aria will then give your character their fortune, and that will be that. End of game. Onto the next! PHASE III [ xxxx ] You’ve left the testing center, and the evening has passed. As you wake up to perform your normal daily tasks, a niggling urge emerges at the back of your mind. It’s faint at first, just a whisper of a suggestion that pokes at your brain like a mosquito bite. However, that bite starts to grow bigger and become infectious. As the day wears on, you find that one little suggestion escalating. The next day is even worse. It starts to dominate your every thought, making you carry out actions you never thought yourself capable of. Who is this person in the mirror? Who have you become? PHASE IV [ xxxx ] By day three, the impulse is now a full-blown addiction. It’s set into your psyche completely. You’ve become something else entirely –the embodiment of the card. You will be acting out everything without anymore resistance, and it won’t stop until the clock strikes midnight. That’s when you’ll reel back to your senses, and when it’ll all have felt like the worst dream ever. Or a nightmare really. BONUS [ whyo'clock ] Among all the games present, there is also an 8-bit version of CERESLearn. Yes, you remember the magical game that won your hearts over not too long ago. It will come complete with the same rules. You choose a subject, you choose an 8-bit teacher among the three (Astor), (Hilda), or (UN-Zippy), and you watch them as they try to erotically teach you what you want to learn. Is that an 8-bit boob or her arm? Who knows? But beware… as you may remember, these teachers house a very terrible secret. They will transform into an 8-bit giant bug that will chase around your protag as you guide them to run away with your finger, but you can also flick the bug on the holo(gm) screen to send them away for good. Those who figure out that little cheat code will immediately receive a special real-time shoulder rub as a reward from a robot that looks eerily like a carbon copy of their teacher of choice. [ 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 event and intro post AND OUR VERY FIRST OVERFLOW. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing what's going on right here and feel free to consult the FAQ if needed. Please leave any lingering questions in the OOC post, and we'll answer them as soon as we can. If this post goes into overflow, we will make a new one to deal with the ever-hated captcha! Worry not!

Comments

Koujaku

[littlestbaskerville]

[Lily watches as he grabs what she points too, he was really helpful, she likes that. Though when he stops she sees his shock and as she just continues to look up at him.]

They left me...I was the weakest and they marked me with the mark of the devil. Since I'm a Baskerville I can bring a lot of bad luck!

[It's the easiest way to explain it. Even as she points to the tattoo on her face.]

I'm not joking! It's okay though.

[kaba]

[ No amount of explaining is going to keep a grownup from having Feelings about this kind of thing though. Whoops. ]

I got one too, you know. [ He even parts his bangs a little to reveal the tattoo underneath. Never mind all the rest.

He wants to question her some more, but at least he's well aware that that might just make things worse for her. ]

I know it's not as okay as you say it is, but if you don't feel like talking about it, you don't have to. [ He's just being a boob. ]

[littlestbaskerville]

[Lily was just used to that, Baskervilles were known to warp reality...Lottie told her that.]

H-Huh? [Any other thoughts are gone when she sees the tattoo. Lily reaches to grab his hand and look at the tattoo. Her's was blood red but they looked really similar. Part of her is reminded of Fang and Doug, it makes her smile.]

You're like me! Was your a mark of the devil too?

[Back to the other topic she shakes her head.]

Koujaku...it's okay. It was a while ago, I found the Baskervilles.

[kaba]

Something like that. [ She’s been through enough that she doesn’t need him to explain, anyway.

At least, he thinks, she won’t turn into a crazy beast version of herself. He can hope.

Please stop smiling like that he might pass out from the sheer adorable. ]

But I got people to look after me, too. [ Sort of. Clear probably counts. ]

Guess we should go ahead and find those Bask—Basker…uh [ HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THIS SHIT ] your family [ ??? ] soon, huh?

[littlestbaskerville]

...wow...Fang and Doug got one like mine too! [She remembers when they did and he lifted her up. Part of her feels a ting of sadness thinking about Fang.

Not really a beast...but she does have some crazy moments.

No luck there Koujaku, especially now that she knows about that tattoo!]

Really? That's good! [Lily has met Clear...and made him cry...oops.]

Here? The Baskervilles...Leo is here but not near by and I stay with Vincent but he can be mean.

[kaba]

[ To be fair, it’s really easy to make Clear cry… ]

He’s your big brother, right? [ Changing the subject and taking a wild guess here because he refuses to believe that Vince over her is mean in the more traditional context. No one needs to see him throw a tantrum around a bunch of video games. It’s not pretty. ]

Guess they can be kind of mean sometimes.

[littlestbaskerville]

[She wouldn't feel as bad then...because she felt awful about it.

At the comment Lily shakes her head.]

Nu-uh! He isn't my brother.

[Although it does get Lily to think for a moment.]

Really?

[kaba]

[ He should know. He was Aoba's surrogate annoying older brother for a while back there. ]

Yeah, it might look that way at first, but brothers always got your back. [ Except Vincent because GOOD LORD ]

Still, even if he isn't your brother, he's still family, right? [ Little does he know. ]

[littlestbaskerville]

[Best annoying big brother, Koujaku.]

...Really? [She's kind of curious about that now.]

Yeah...I guess so.

[kaba]

Yeah, really. [ But she doesn't kid, right? Maybe he should be a little more uneasy about Vincent's supposed "meanness" for a bit. ]

Ahh, well, until we run into him or someone else, I'll be honored to keep the beautiful Miss Lily company, if you'll let me!

[littlestbaskerville]

[Oh Koujaku...wait until you learn that he shot her.]

I don't mind! ...I'm beautiful?

[kaba]

[ Welp. Someone should hold him back and maybe make him think twice about engaging the prissy blond dude, then.

For now he's pretty captivated. ]

Sure you are. You've probably broken a lot of hearts by now, haven't you?

[littlestbaskerville]

[Don't get beheaded by Vincent...she would be sad, Koujaku!]

...I don't think I have? [She might be worrying now...]

[kaba]

[ He's not worth being sad over. Vincent would know. ]

I mean… [ spluttering ] You probably got a lot of guys falling for you is all.

[ Metaphors aren't his strong point. ]

[littlestbaskerville]

[Koujaku is to Lily now!]

Oh... [Face red again.] You say silly things.

[kaba]

[ …WELP your funeral, kid ]

I…get that a lot. [ He's only just thought of it now. Beyond Aoba calling him out on it, anyway. You can never tell with Aoba.

Ahem. ]

Just because it's silly doesn't mean it ain't true.

[littlestbaskerville]

[Lily's just blunt about most things.]

You do?

[Still blushing she nods softly.]

...How would I know though?

[kaba]

[ Bless her he needs more people like that. ]

Hmm… [ He makes a show out of thinking this over, as if contemplating her innumerable aesthetic qualities. ]

Your hair is really nice, for one.

[littlestbaskerville]

[She will be your new friend for sure!]

... [Quiet for a moment she then tilts her head. Softly she grabs at her hair, looking at some of it.]

Lottie did it...it was really messy and she fussed about it at first.

[kaba]

[ Yay! ]

Then she must be really good! It sure doesn't look messy to me now.

[ Well he means it—like so many other things, as a matter of fact—but it's really nice to know that someone's taking care of even the littlest things for Lily. ]

[littlestbaskerville]

She is! Lottie has really pretty, long pink hair. I really love it.

[She wishes she was here, she would have a lot of fun...she's sure.]

You have nice hair too!

[kaba]

R—Really? [ It's not as if he isn't used to compliments about his hair, but that is so sweet and he really is doing his best to be indulgent. ]

That's 'cause I'm a hairdresser! Is she one, too?

[ Why is she so cute. He could listen to her all day. ]

[littlestbaskerville]

[She is the compliment queen!]

Uh-huh! I like it...the stick in it is pretty too.

[Yeah, she just called it a stick, Koujaku.]

Hair...dresser? We're Baskervilles...

What's a hairdresser? Do you dress hair?

[The mental image of this...is weird for Lily.]

[kaba]

[ Queen of his heart more like ]

Yeah, kinda. [ He doesn't mind calling it a stick in the least, though his hand rushes up to the pin anyway, in a gesture of "oh, this old thing?"

He's flattered. Unduly. But flattered all the same. He pulls the pin out. ]

I could dress your hair up real nice, maybe… [ He leans in and holds the pin up to her hair. ]

A stick's a good start.

[littlestbaskerville]

[She will take those hearts!]

Oh... [Watching him, she's curious out the stick it is pretty...she wonders why he wears it still though.

When he pulls it out she makes a small move, as if to stop him but she stops herself instead.

Blushing a little more, she grips the hem of her top.]

Really?