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[reparator]

Who: CERES & you
When: ooc: 03/22-03/25; ic: 12/09-12/10
Where: Cerealia's Entertainment District
What: OVERFLOW OF THE 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. If this post goes into overflow, we will make a new one to deal with the ever-hated captcha! Worry not!

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pyrrha's continuation. (still ota!)

[reuser]

( they call her magneto because she's so neato )

milla.

[reuser]

[ Come one, come all, take in the wonderful exhibit that is Pyrrha’s weirdly timed need for apologies in all social circumstances - ]

I’m sorry.

[ She stole your kill, like a cheating camping asshole. Forgive her, Milla-senpai. :(

Slipping up straighter, she slides her own weapons back to their holding spots. ]

shinjiro.

[reuser]

( idk it's not my tag val )

sticks my tongue out at you

[unevoke]

[(Hey man, those gifts can be tricky little bastards sometimes.)]

They don't have legs to chase us with.

[But Pyrrha's absolutely correct that this golden opportunity for escape ought not be wasted, and Shinjiro promptly starts walking away from the trash bin and towards the general direction of the exit. Freaking fun houses and roller coaster rides are one thing, yelling trash cans are a different thing entirely and not something he wants to be around any longer than necessarily. Thank goodness his trash can at home is plastic and lifeless.]

yang.

[reuser]

She didn’t.

[ It’s said, smoothly as anything, and true besides. Weiss had never done anything but be nice an welcoming to Pyrrha (even if she’s vaguely aware how that niceness can be borne out of a honed sense of opportunity); pushing past that sticky little thought, she continues - ]

There’s no need to be concerned. I’ll go say hello [ again! ] to her shortly.

[flaredo]

... That's fine, but you still looked like you choked on a turkey bone.

[ SHE IS VAGUELY CONCERNED. ]

naoki.

[reuser]

I’m alright, thank you for asking.

[ The car still feels uncomfortably warm but the hissing has long since fallen silent; whatever threat the inky darkness held, it’s long since banished. Despite that, Pyrrha is in no real hurry to sit down. With a shudder, the wheel begins turning once more, rickety metal creaking in a rather worrisome way. Resisting the urge to look over her shoulder, she says, ] I hope they’re bringing us back down.

[ And not, you know, into a surprise pit of hellfire or the labyrinth of amala anything. ]

[masakados]

[Yeah no he's all for everything but hellish surprises...

Naoki shifts to get a better look outside, staring suspiciously as though he expects to see a retreating snake or a demon or something of the kind but, nope, the outside's just the outside. He flexes one hand back and forth, as though he regrets not getting to punch whatever-it-was.]

Looks like they are. Hopefully I'm not saying that too soon. [He exhales a disappointed sigh.] So much for getting to enjoy the ride, huh, Pyrrha?

kaoru.

[reuser]

[ Had it been her? Pyrrha blinks down at her gloved hand for a moment before shaking her head. ]

I don’t think so. It’s possible we’re being toyed with.

[souredsweet]

[KAORU DOESN'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT. Why do bad things happen to questionable people??]

Then— we should find a way to exit this, shouldn't we? Before anything else happens.

[Hesitantly standing...]

komaeda.

[reuser]

[ Eat.

Them.

]

I promise it won’t come to that.

[ She thinks. She hopes. This entire compartment is made of metal; she’d resort to massive property damage if necessary. Even so, though... (Just in case, Pyrrha’s fingers tighten around the base of her short sword.) ]

[unluckless]

I hope not. It seems like terrible luck...

[He says this quite nervously, even if he's still smiling. That would be his luck, wouldn't it? Aaaah he'd hate to drag someone else into it. He'd feel terrible about that.

But she does sound confident anyway.]

Maybe it's just a trick.

tenka.

[reuser]

[ She allows herself to be steered, stepping in time with his direction without losing a step or turning a hair. ]

His heart was in the right place.

[ Pyrrha, you’re talking about a robot trash can. ]

—I mean, I think.

[sunshrouded]

[Good job, Pyrrha. Tenka just laughs faintly at that, amused.]

As much of a heart as those guys can have, right?

[Though once they're far away enough, he trusts that he doesn't have to steer Pyrrha anymore. Instead, he just lets go and falls into step right next to her, offering a smile.]

Yeah, I think so too. Glad you were able to throw away whatever it was though.

anise.

[reuser]

[ Taking the question as having been directed toward her, Pyrrha doesn’t waste a moment jumping into helpful mode. ]

That’s called mistletoe. Have you never seen it before?

[ The question is gently given, wholly without judgment. ]

[ionicwoman]

Mistletoe? I've never seen that before! [wait, wait, could it possibly be worth a lot of money?]

What is it, what is it?

ruby.

[reuser]

Oh, thank you, but that's not necessary.

[ Pyrrha's never been a huge fan of sweets, although she appreciates the sacrifice Ruby is willing to make on her behalf. ]

sousei.

[reuser]

[ Is he… telling her to go warn people? Pyrrha toys with the idea of asking before disregarding it. It is a smart suggestion, whatever his intention; she’ll end up doing it regardless. ]

You don’t need to worry, [ if you were going to, ] I'm capable of defending myself.

[ Following, walking, following, walking - ]

Did you have any trouble?

I

[futurefree]

[Blake wasn't overly concerned, yet. She was remaining calm and keeping herself from making any sudden movements. Granted, she still lacked an explanation for the random snake noises.]

Yeah.

[She nods.]

It doesn't sound like it's coming from any sort of speaker.

hiccup.

[reuser]

I’ve already dealt with a few of them.

[ It’s an easy enough admission. Pyrrha doesn’t look especially concerned. Generally, though, it’s easy enough to pin her as a combat-type. A rifle-slash-javelin-slash-sword and shield on her back, and who even knows if she ever stops wearing the armor and battle belt?

Hiccup’s apology wins him a smile from Pyrrha. Otherwise, she’s comfortable waving off the awkwardness. Adding, belatedly - ]

Thank you for the rescue. I might not have made it, fighting my own shame like that.

[ Hey, she can joke about it. That’s something! ]

sakura.

[reuser]

I’m not quite sure.

[ Something to think about? Nah. Pyrrha is quite content to leave the subject be, but another robot waddles over. This time, it’s holding out a tray of some sort of powdered, flaky pastry. ]

HUMANS. TRY THIS DELICIOUS FESTIVE TREAT OR BE EXECUTED FOR TREASON IF IT PLEASES YOU.

[ ...Yeah, why not.

Pyrrha picks up one pastry and takes a quick bite. It’s not poisonous, fortunately. In fact, it’s quite delicious! Swallowing her taste test, she plucks up a second pastry and offers it to Sakura. ]

jae-ha the magic dragon.

[reuser]

—I see.

[ Although a bit startled by the forwardness, Pyrrha can’t find any reason to complain. Her expression could be guarded but it isn’t. Troubling evening events aside, it’s hard not to be lulled into a festive, easygoing sense by the sheer prettiness of Christmas. ]

Well, I hope you'll at least let me pay you back somehow.

[ Not a lead-in for a come on, actually. Pyrrha is just this earnest and nice. ]

jaune.

[reuser]

Yeah, I’m alright. Thank you for catching me.

[ Reinforcing her own personal space, albeit in a stately manner; hardly scrambling. The proximity may be uneasy for some but Jaune is her partner, and the person she frequently trusts with her life. Being made aware of his warmth, the ebb and flow of his pulse, the shifting of his throat as he swallows - these things aren’t new or novel to Pyrrha.

In a more telling gesture, her weapons find their way back to their holding places of their own accord. It’s a very unsubtle way to use her Semblance but, well. There’s only Jaune here. ]

We should try to get out of here before whatever it is comes back.

[ And then, as the car floor creaks below her foot - ]

How are you with heights, Jaune?

other

[rollin]

[ Remember the funhouse? Yeah, not fun at all. Yata can still hear his heart beating in his ears long after the lights switch back on and he's out free. Still wary of what's real and what isn't, he jolts up with a yelp when Pyrrha passes him by. ]

AAAAAAAAH—

[ But the scream of terror quickly changes into something more... confused when he sees who accidentally brushed against his shoulder. ]

Aaah!? Oh... Sorry. I-I thought you were a thing.

phase 1

[feytality]

[Well, Maya's starting to think this amusement park could use some real tweaks. On the other hand--]

Don't say that! That's going to set off all the horror movie stuff! Next thing you know, the lights will be going off, and we'll be locked in, and--

[And just like that, the windows are darkening. GREAT.]