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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)

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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 ❅"

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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.

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--gah.

[That would be one of Weiss's sled-mates, who probably made that sound just as the coaster. He'd been enjoying that, thank you very much, as terrifyingly breakneck as the speed had been. Naoki grips the side of the sled and rises to his feet after a glance at Weiss.

Well, since she's getting her fight on, he ought to do something too. One of the santas flies his way with a sword, but he flicks up his hand casually and a blast of wind intercepts it, strong enough it's easily slammed backward.]

So much for the ride being fun.

Edited 2015-03-22 23:59 (UTC)

[ she'd argue that all those months of training had led up to this moment, able to withstand the barrage of attacks coming her way and doing pretty darn well, all things considering... but it would be a lie to say any of team rwby ever anticipated having to go toe to toe with rocketing santas ~~or if the world of rwby has santa or christmas at all...~~

still, she tries not to be too hassled by the fact that this day just keeps progressively getting worse, because that will just make her more irritated than she already is. and nobody wants weiss schnee that irritated.

at least this guy seems to be willing to take up some slack. when she finishes parrying off a santa's rather impressive backswing, she spares the man a glance. ]

What part of this monstrosity was fun for you?

Mmm-- Probably the speed and the height?

[He answers in good humour, considering...

And Naoki's gaze cuts to the side at another approaching santa. He watches its sword swing down, then moves his hand to punch at the flat of the blade (as you do), watching the metal splinter easily and sending that one careening off with another blast of wind to its beardy face.

Once that's done:] Sounds like it wasn't your thing, though.

[ there's a sharpness in weiss' gaze as she watches him fight. he moves like some hunters she knows — the upperclassman fox and lie ren of team jnpr, come to mind — fighters who hone their aura and control them in ways she never could get the hang of, no matter how hard she tried to train herself to. though she knows his skills here don't quite line up to what she knows of her world, his movements remain so effortless and casual that there is still a slightly bitter twist to her lips, which she purses briefly before answering in a lofty tone: ]

I would have preferred it without the added company, I think.

[ she punctuates her point with a sudden flick of her wrist, sending her rapier slicing through the air, and a sprinkle of bright blue dust towards an incoming santa, who suddenly freezes solid in the air. ]

[He can feel her attention, but he doesn't react much to it aside from a glance over, taking in her eyes and her hair and the lofty tone with strange expression. Almost like recognition.

Another santa that comes too close goes cartwheeling off courtesy of a punch this time, and Naoki shakes his hand loose. He's trying not to use too much of his strength; couple a narrow space with a precarious perch and he's worried about wrecking things.

Another quick look over to take in her swordwork with interest, coupled with whatever she's using to freeze them...]

Eh, same here. I like rides better when there's not an ambush of-- Santas with swords right in the middle. [--] Looks like they're running out of them to throw at us, though. I'll take care of this side.

[ if she hadn't been regarding him just as critically, she might have found the attention a little unnerving. but they're clearly both used to combat, though there's something about the way he holds himself that makes her think he's not trying nearly as hard as she is.

which just frustrates her more, tbh, but competition is the spice of life. or something!

at least he seems to acknowledge that she can hold her own, even if this nonestop fighting has made her a little breathless by now. she hasn't yet used her glyphs, at least, which is conserving quite a bit of her energy, but endurance was never really her thing in the first place. ]

Don't get too complacent — I don't trust this thing to let us off that easy.

[ she's turned her attention towards her sword by now, though, using her free hand to spin its chamber to change its setting. her thumb pauses over the red vial sitting within its chamber, but she bites her lip in thought. no — flames in these small quarters? even if it would wipe out a good handful of santas, it would not bode well for the two of them. ]

...Hey. [ she hasn't turned back towards him, nor has she lifted her sword again. instead she keeps her attention on the new batch of santas speeding towards them. ]

That wind thing you did earlier. Can you widen its berth?

[Sorry, Weiss... but he'll compete with you more later if you want!!]

I won't, I won't.

[He laughs as he catches a santa that comes in close, gripping it with his fingers, digging in before punching it back, a crunching blow that scatters it. Stupid things. He cocks his head as she calls to him, not looking away either as he cracks his knuckles slowly, appraising their company.] I can. Got something in mind?

[--teamwork? He's still not used to teamwork aside from his demons and even then.]

[ bring it tattoo boy >:'C ]

Sort of.

[ she's not entirely sure if it'll work out as well as she'd like — she doesn't often summon so many glyphs at once, but if it means getting rid of all these santas at once, and sparing them both some time and extra energy...

she straightens a little, and spares a few seconds to glance around them, mapping out where the santas are. just as they get closer, her free hand lashes out, two fingers jabbing sharply in the air. within a second, a bright cyan glyph appears beneath every santa. with a twist of her hand, the glyphs turn black, effectively holding each santa in place. ]

Now would be a nice time..!

[He'll bring it, ice queen!! C:]

Got it--

[He immediately understands the second that he sees the santas stop moving and his hands spread out. The wind he was using earlier was nothing in comparison to the wind that whips now, spreading out around them, just shy of an actual tornado, though he could do that as well. But he's trying to not make other things collapse.

Twisting his hand, the wind slams into the santas, letting loose enough power to crush them and, if that weren't enough, bring them crushing into each other if Weiss releases the glyphs.]

[ and release them she does, if only because summoning so many at once after all the physical fighting she's done has proven to be quite taxing on her. with the man otherwise preoccupied, weiss takes advantage of his distraction and slumps back down into the sled's seat as gracefully as she can manage.

she still has a pretty good vantage point to appreciate his handiwork, though, and by the time the last of the santas crash into each other, and they're left alone once more, weiss lets out a content little sigh. ]

Not bad.

[It's enormously satisfying to see them all crashing into each others kind of like dominoes, let him just say--

Naoki settles back down in his seat when no more appear forthcoming. It won't be good if the ride decides to pick itself right back up and he gets flung off. You know, he'd be okay but he'd still be kinda miffed. He leans forward in his seat slightly, folding his arms against the front of it.]

Pretty good, even. What was that you were using to keep them in place?

My glyphs?

[ she watches him out of the corner of her eye, critical for any tone or expression from him that may offer offense. (she's careful, too, to keep her breathing even. it'd be embarrassing to look so winded when he hardly looks affected.) ]

It's just something I taught myself to do. [ she doesn't quite know how to explain something that's been so innate and common in her world, so she winds up defaulting to the textbook definition: ]

A person's Semblance is a projection of one's Aura, which is an innate, personal power usually unique to an individual.

[ yes of course she'd memorized it. ]

[Well, that answers one thing for sure.

Naoki has kind of an unusual reaction once he hears Semblance-- he grins. And he looks strangely pleased.]

Semblance, huh. So that really does make you the Weiss that Yang told me about. [The girl who got a pie to the face-- except she asked him not to say that so that'll just be in his head.] Unless I'm wrong and there's more than one girl with your hair and eyes and [...] refinement.

[That's not how Yang put it exactly but he's being polite.]

[ there's no missing that grin, and the more he speaks, the more wary weiss becomes. she doesn't often like to be in uneven grounds with someone, particularly when she has the sense the person knows way more than he's letting on. ]

Are you a friend of Yang's?

[ her tone is casual, but her eyes are sharp. she hadn't realized yang was around, but he's definitely speaking with familiarity. ]

[Naoki's not oblivious to her wariness, no, not in the least; if the eyes weren't enough, she's giving off that feeling. Wariness or mistrust isn't a deterrent to him, though, so he nods readily.]

Yeah, that's right; we spar together and hang out sometimes. She told me about you-- and the rest of her team. [Shifting, he offers one of his hands to her.] I'm Naoki Kashima.

[ sharp blue eyes only flick down from his face to his hand, and for a few seconds it looks as if she isn't going to take it at all.

then she reaches over, calmly slipping her hand into his to give it a nice, firm shake. ]

Weiss Schnee. [ she realizes introducing herself is redundant, but it felt too rude not to. ] A pleasure.

[ when she withdraws her hand, her tone remains nonchalant. ]

What exactly has Yang told you?

Nice to meet you too.

[He'll shake her hand back firmly, tucking his arms together when she's pulled her hand away.]

She told me you guys's names, what you all looked like and a bit on what you were like... enough for me to recognise you if we ever ran into each other. [He tips his head slightly, adding:] She said you were proper... and that you liked doilies.

Edited 2015-03-23 19:09 (UTC)

[ weiss had been prepared to expect the worst.

but she never thought yang would betray her quite like this. ]

—she mocked my doilies, didn't she? Didn't she?!

[ a tiny fist slams against the edge of the sled, lips pulled into a perfect, prissy pout. ]

Don't believe everything she says, okay! Fifty were a perfectly reasonable amount!

[Naoki had no idea of what kind of landmine he was stepping on... there's some history here, yes, serious conflict. At first he looks sort of surprised, then neutral... He's good at fighting the urge to smile.]

You'd know better than I would. I don't have much experience with doilies.

She didn't mock them or anything [she did], though. Just mentioned. Like how she mentioned Ruby likes weapons and cookies.

[ doilies are a perfectly wonderful manifestation of organized fun, and it is a sad person indeed who does not recognize this!! ]

Really.

[ squinty eyes at you, naoki!! ]

[Naoki can look really honest, okay, and here's his honest face. He nods. (He will endeavor not to get you in trouble Yang.)]

Yeah, really.

[He shrugs a shoulder lightly.] Anyway, you like what you like, right? [And since he knows about one of the (weird) things she loves, he'll share one of his (weird) things to make it more even:] I mean, I like occult stuff and my friends never really got that.

[ a few more critical moments of intense squinting before weiss seems to relax, defaulting to giving him (and yang) the benefit of the doubt.

(—but don't think she won't give you a talking to about gossip, young lady!) ]

Is that why you're covered in tattoos?

[ she tries not to say it in a way that implies she's secretly judging him for it.........

but let's be real, it's kind of her default tone. 8(;; ]

[Can you believe that's the first time he's gotten that question? It throws him for a loop at first.

But then he shakes his head and laughs, flapping his hand.]

No, no. These don't have anything to do with that. Me liking occult stuff is on a a relaxed hobby level, not a 'time to get an occult tattoo' level.

Edited 2015-03-24 16:30 (UTC)

Oh.

[ a pause, because that still doesn't really explain the tattoos, which she had admittedly been more curious about than the occult stuff in the first place.

but let's not be rude here, weiss... ]

What do you like about it so much?

The... occult? [You're asking about his occult interests, Weiss??] Huh. Well...

There's so many different things that can be called occult. You got stuff like magic, alchemy, astrology... And all of these methods that people've come up with to try to do more than they could usually. Rituals, trying to predict the future, finding meanings in stuff in nature or coincidental things...

It's like a way of explaining and thinking about things. That's why I like learning about it, 'cause it's so different from other ways of thinking.

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i just realized her canon point is pre-doilies BUT WHATEVER i'm sure weiss talks about them 5ever

love of doilies is eternal!!

finally, someone understands... ;~;

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