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Who: CERES & you
When: ooc: 03/22-03/25; ic: 12/09-12/10
Where: Cerealia's Entertainment District
What: Intro 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)

//event011.EXE The Gifts that Keeps on Giving ((You)) Nightmares It's been a whole month without any new arrivals. Who knows why? If you ask CERES, they won't bother with any in-depth explanations. They will simply claim that none of the code out there has been responding to their recovery methods, so they had to rework a lot of their technology. However, after several weeks of grueling work, they have finally experienced success! A fresh new batch of faces is coming in, and to celebrate their arrival and the real upcoming holidays, CEO Julius Vincere has arranged for a Christmas-themed carnival for all to enjoy. Those who arrive will wake up in Cerealia and be given a long, boring explanation and powerpoint as per usual before being ushered onto a bus (there is no escape. The robots will force you onto the bus one way or another). You will be unwillingly carted to the theme park where you will be immediately assaulted by a giant array of lights followed by several rides that you can enjoy. After you disembark from the bus, one of the snowman robots will be waiting to give you tickets to the rides and show you around as part of the Grand Opening. The amusement park will remain open for the rest of the month of December so anyone can visit as they please. The first couple tickets will also be on the house for new arrivals, but the rest will have to be bought with credits, so choose wisely! (Or try and sneak into the rides -- then face the wrath of the snowman robots and their snowman firearms :D) "☃ WELCOME NEW ARRIVALS ❅ YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SANTASTICAL FOREST OF CHRISTMAS WONDERS ❅ PLEASE ENJOY ALL THE RIDES CEO JULIUS VINCERE HAS HAND-PICKED FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT ❅ WE WISH TO BRING YOU MERRY FEELINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY ❅ COME GIVE SNOWTRON 5000 A HUG ❅ WHAT? YOU DON'T WANT ONE ❅ BUT I WAS PROGRAMMED TO CONVEY HUGGING AS LOVE THROUGH AFFECTION ❅ PLEASE DON'T RUN ❅ COME BAAAAACK, VISITOR ❅"

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Do you like ferris wheels? This is an enchanting one where you get to ride around in a giant snowflake at a very limited speed. The wheel will turn excruciatingly slow before stopping abruptly, leaving you trapped at the very top. We hope you're not afraid of heights because you're going to be in there for a while! The windows on the snowflake will rapidly darken leaving you and your fellow riders trapped in the darkness. At that moment, you will feel something warm breathing down your neck and along the back of your ear. As you reach over, you'll feel like the chair underneath you is made of snakeskin, and a hissing sound will intensify as the "chair" squirms and as the breathing gets louder and hotter. Scrabble at the doors, fight your way out! Will you escape or not? Probably not, but the experience will last only a good five minutes before the lights come back on and before the ferris wheel starts moving again. The chair will appear as normal, and there will be no one else inside except any fellow riders who came with you. PHASE II [ xxxx ] If the ferris wheel didn't "do it" for you, then perhaps a fun house will? If you're a fan, that is! This Christmas-themed funhouse features a wonderful walk through a snowy forest convered in singing reindeer. The more you walk through, the more you will notice things like within the distorted mirrors, there will briefly appear strange specters. You will also hear a bunch of howling in the background, and while you may think that you're safe since they're trapped behind a mirror, you are very wrong. The lights will go out once more, and you will hear the mirrors shatter all around and feel yourself being grabbed and hurled to the ground. Whatever is coming for you is something you can't see, but it's advancing fast with impressive strength to hurl you back once more. You will feel pain erupt through your body before an engineer will appear to get the lights back on. Once they're back on, the reindeer will be happily singing, and all the mirrors will appear as they were before -unbroken. PHASE III [ xxxx ] After those interesting adventures, another option would be to simply visit the rocking santacoaster, a large, sprawling roller coaster that reaches 150 mph. You will be strapped into a sled and be shot through the tracks where you can scream and cry all you want except once you reach the tunnel, everything will come to a sudden stop (whiplash pending). You and the other riders will be in there for a few minutes, surrounded by a dozen santas as they start to fly out from the tunnel walls, carrying swords and swooping down to take a swipe at you. You better duck or be prepared to be cut up by their blades. The rollercoaster will abruptly resume, and when you reach the end, you might notice some bleeding, a little bit of hair missing, or some clothes shred up. If you ask the snowman robots about it, they will just shrug and claim they don't know what you're talking about. Please go enjoy a snowcone on the house! PHASE IV [ xxxx ] The Christmas whirl will be your last stop for the evening! This is a ride that goes round and round and round while tilting. Everyone will be strapped into it while standing up and forced to hold on as it spins, and somewhere in the midst of the spinning, the ride will suddenly malfunction. Yes, big surprise there! But it won't stop spinning. It will just be a rockier ride, and you will seemingly enter a new space where you will be among the stars and seeing planets all around you. Your own home planet will be amongst them before it breaks open like an egg and out crawls a friendly visitor. If you get bit by it, you will spend the rest of the day and night experiencing an array of possible symptoms, including: a voracious appetite, a fear of light, the urge to 'mate' with anyone who smells especially good, heightened senses, the ability to climb on all kinds of surfaces, irritability and crankiness... (( you don't have to experience them all. you can pick and choose which one you like. )) BONUS [ whyo'clock ] What's that jingling you hear in the background? Why, it's Santa Clause! Coming here all the way from the North Pole. The park will stop, and all the snowman robots will gather in the square, ushering along as many people as possible. Santa-Bot X-3 will be seated on his chair to welcome all visitors to sit on his metaphorical lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. He will then give them a nicely wrapped present and tell them that it's exactly what they asked for, but they can't open it until they get home. For those who can't wait and choose to open it quickly, they will get some nice treats from Mundus Caelestis. But beware! Those who do take this gift home will experience a weird after-effect as the lovely red and white toy will come to life on its own and hop out of the box that evening to try and violently electrocute the owner. The other one is completely harmless. [ 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 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. OVERFLOW IS HERE!!!

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Open!

[remainingtwin]

[Phase I]

[She just wanted to go home, was that too much to ask for? Apparently so since no amount of heel digging had done anything to dissuade her hosts (kidnappers? All that stuff in the powerpoint couldn't possibly be--) from shoving her onto a bus, and later from being shoved onto a ferris wheel. Not that she put up too much of a fight, mind. She's still a little shell-shocked.

The quiet, traumatized expression doesn't leave her face even once she's seated, Mio pressing herself against the wall of the snowflake and staring blankly at the floor, one hand touching at the ugly bruising around her throat. It's all a bit much for her mind to handle, though after a moment she finally looks ready to say something.] Why--

[And then the lights go out, and Mio just heaves a shuddery, long-suffering sigh.

And then the weird breathing at her neck. She launches herself out of her seat immediately and, probably, onto the lap of some other unfortunate soul stuck on the ride with her.] What was that!?

[Bonus]

[Dear god did it ever end. What do you want for Christmas, little girl? the stupid robot had asked, and Mio had glared and said in a very loud, clear voice:] I want my sister!

[The box in her hands clearly did not house her sister, and she glared at it with open disdain. Her grip tightened and with a frustrated noise she tossed it away from her. Regardless of whether it hits a person or the ground, when it pops open and out pops the, er, "gifts," Mio makes a squeaking noise of shock and embarrassment.] Wh-what!? I didn't ask for-- [paNIC]

[Other]

[Amusement parks mean food, and Mio is starving. Horribly so. If she calculated right, almost a week passed since she'd gone into the village, and even if it didn't feel that long, it had still been quite a while since she last ate.

So she surveys a counter of food, her stomach growling terribly loud as she does.] Ugh. [Mio turns red, casting a glance to whoever's next to her, sure they overheard.] S...Sorry. Um. How do I buy things here? [The technology is a little bit beyond her 1980s self.]

[other!]

[allfortheclan]

[ Hello, fellow twin-less twin. Shirasu is more interested in the sweet-smelling food kiosks than in any of the rides. Since "fun" is not something he tends to indulge in. The young girl looks embarrassed and is asking a question he can answer, so... he does. ]

You use your credits with your device. [ Shows his to her, and offers a pleasant expression. ] What would you like?

[remainingtwin]

Credits on the device... [She grabs her own device after a moment of searching and frowns at it, not connecting it together.] Do I just order and it takes it from here?

[What does she want, though? Her stomach growls again and she grimaces. She wants an actual meal, but junk food will have to do for now.] I don't know. The popcorn looks good, I guess. [Everything looks good for someone who can't afford to be picky right now.]

[allfortheclan]

[ What's popcorn...? He looks at what she's indicating and tilts his head. ]

I've never had that before. But if you ask for whatever you want, the money will be deducted. [ The technology is kind of mind blowing. ]

[Other!]

[sjokolade]

[Mio wasn't the only one who was having some trouble with technology here. After looking at at bunch of people with food, all she could do was just stare at everyone who managed to 'buy' them so easily! Oh c'mon, she thought to herself, she couldn't be the only one who didn't know how!

Well, maybe asking someone wouldn't be so bad?

And sure enough...!]

You got me, I don't know either! [Smooth Anna] But I thought maybe I could ask someone and figure it out!

[remainingtwin]

[She looks rather defeated.] Maybe it's free? [Though she kind of doubts that, looking skeptical at the people walking around happily eating.]

It can't be that hard. Right? [STARING DOWN A CORNDOG... She doesn't even know what that is, but it's food so it has to be decent, right? Mio hugs at her stomach with a wince. At this point tealing looks pretty good.]

[sjokolade]

[Don't think Anna didn't notice! From one hungry girl to another, she gave her a chuckle]

Of course not! I think it'll be easier than it looks! I mean, how hard can it be to these weird looking things anyway?

Trust me, you won't ever go hungry once she figure it out!

[Easier said than done. Now that she was at the vendor, she was staring at it.] Uh....what does this do? [She said before it prompt the kisok to do just about........!


Nothing]

phase i

[dereban]

[ Although she knew all too well that it was probably a bad idea to go on any of the rides provided by the CERES CEO, she couldn't help her curiosity. Plus, this would be good information to know for any future endeavors. ]

Well... [ She glances away, feeling uncomfortable as she's latched on by the other girl. ] I don't know. but calm down, it's probably fine.

[ Probably. ]

[remainingtwin]

[Mio lets go almost immediately, twisting her hands in her lap instead to give herself something to focus on.]

Probably fine?

...Is that you breathing like that? [please tell her it's someone actually here.]

[dereban]

It might be an auditory illusion. This place can mess with a person's mind. [ She points at her ears with a rather calm expression, trying her best to keep a composed expression before shaking her head at the question. ]

No, I'm pretty sure it's not.

[ Hitching a breath, she takes several glances around. It's too dark to tell. ]

Let me see if I can't brighten the situation. [ That was a pretty bad pun, but it fits. She doesn't necessarily like being in this darkness either, which is why she reaches out for her cell phone and turns it on. At least that should be a reliable light source... ] Do you see anything?

[Other]

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee looks towards the girl with a sympathetic smile.]

Allow me to show you! Ah, what do you want to eat? [It's okay, he's got a bunch of jobs, he's like a sugar brows.]

[remainingtwin]

[he shies back, feeling a little self-conscious.] I don't... [She bites her bottom lip, worrying it between her teeth. Everything looks good...]

What's a corndog? I guess I could try that.

[suGAR BROWS PLS.]

[niceguypose]

[He just nods with a reassuring smile.]

Ah... a corndog! Sounds like a delightful choice!

[He then calls over to the attendant.]

Two corndogs, please! [He'd like to try one for himself as well! And then he makes sure she watches as he demonstrates the credit transaction.]

other!

[harepiece]

[APPEARS because where there is food, there is Oz. He's so ready to guide every lost and hungry soul on to the path of snack righteousness by pointing out what all of the best things are...]

It's really easy! You woke up with a card, right? You have some points on it already, and you can just use those points to pay for things! But you'll have to be careful until you start working, since there's not much you can do if you run out of points. ...Well! I guess you could play ViViD, but- [A rapid handwaving motion.] -that's another thing entirely.

[remainingtwin]

[She stares at him, surprised. His sudden willingness to speak up and explain leaves her reeling and she struggle to keep up despite the rather straight-forward explanation.]

Oh. I don't... I was jut going to go to school, I guess. [She barely feels well enough for that, let alone taking up a job, but she supposes she has to do something while she's here.]

ViViD's the... game thing, right? [The powerpoint and everything was all a little confusing.]

[harepiece]

They give students an allowance, but it's smaller than what you would get if you were working. Not so small that you couldn't live on it, though!

[He's just the One-Man Energetic Blonde Parade here, apparently, rattling off explanations like he's had to give them hundreds of times. He hasn't, of course - he's just good at hopping headfirst into conversations...]

And yes, that's ViViD! Some people use it as a training simulator but some people join competitions or complete tasks for points.

phase i

[idealistic]

Whoa--!

[ ah. that sure is a girl jumping onto his lap. not that he's not used to others using him as a lifeline (hi Zelos) but he was a little focused on the breathing down his neck that he can't help but jump like three feet in the air when he feels Mio land on him.

of course, he won't push her off. he will opt for grabbing her shoulders instead: much more secure. ]

Hey-- take it easy! They're just messing with us, it's okay.

[remainingtwin]

But--! [It certainly feels real enough and she shudders and recoils as the breathing gets louder.]

Why?! I just got here! I haven't done anything! [WHAT DID SHE DO TO DESERVE THIS besides a few things bUT STILL]

[idealistic]

[ he can hear that breathing too, and he pulls her away from the source — wherever it is — as he tries to look for said source. ]

I don't know. Just don't let it get to you, oka--!!

[ oh god thaT SURE WAS THE CHAIR MOVING UNDERNEATH HIM ]

phase i

[confind]

[ He's been doing a lot of heel digging himself. The last time he was around a ferris wheel was a day that didn't end well for him, and he didn't have much of a desire to ever return to one.

Alas, here he is after having been manhandled onto the ride by overly pushy robots rounding up the newfolk, staring intently out the side of it and waiting for this all to be over so he can go home again.

Things never go easy for him though, and the wheel grinds to a slow halt; he shoots Mio a look, to see if she's got any idea of what's going on, but it doesn't take a psychic to know she's in the same boat as him. ]

Is it--

[ Broken? Who knows, because she's cut him off launching out of her seat, and he's got a lap full of random stranger in a dark room at the top of a ferris wheel with nowhere to go. ]

Yah!

[remainingtwin]

[She's not sure how she feels with the knowledge that if this was something she could distinctly feel as paranormal, she probably would've reacted much better. But there was no sixth sense tingling here that told her restless spirits were behind this; just the harsh breathing that isn't coming from her and, she can tell, isn't coming from the guy she's unfortunately clinging to.

Probably she should be more embarrassed about that too, but she's too startled to think much about it.]

What's happening? [Her voice is tight, but at least she slides from his lap to the seat, just clinging to his sleeve now as she tries to figure out what's going on-- or more importantly how to fucking stop it.]

[remainingtwin]

Overflow here!

other!

[ineptus]

[Mabel had been in the process of ordering her own food when she's addressed, pausing her order to look at Mio.]

Huh? Oh it's easy! You just tell them what you want!

[She finishes her order, taking the hotdog and soda she bought and turning back to the other girl with a grin.]

Like that! I could get you something if you're hungry and not sure about it though!

[remainingtwin]

You just... tell them? I don't have to give them money or something?

[She looks uneasy, but she doesn't particularly want to make this little girl waste money on her. So Mio steps up to vendor, only to hesitate and step back again, embarrassed.] I don't really know American food that well. What's good?

[Burgers and hot dogs are pretty standard even for her, but who knows if they do anything weird with them here??]

[remainingtwin]

Overflow here!