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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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sakura ➯ rock lee

[punches]

{ to be continued... }

[ The moment comes and goes all too quick. As sentimental of one as it could be, there are too many other things for Sakura to focus on. He's relieved she's alive and she's frustrated for the same reason. Everything she was told initially was sketchy, but what else was there to believe? She hasn't seen much else. ]

Do you believe what you've been told about our world? [ She asks not to belittle him, but out of curiosity. ]

That everyone is just... gone?

[niceguypose]

Hmmm... [He pauses for a moment in thought, and then he chimes affirmatively.]

Yes! Er... for now, that is!

[punches]

[ For now. ] Guess it's up to me to unearth the truth about what's happened, huh?

I'm not easily distracted by things like... this. [ Whatever this is. ] Some kind of festival?

[niceguypose]

Ah... I'll help you any way I can, Sakura-san! But I believe in you!

[He quickly reaches for a pamphlet he got on the theme park.]

It appears to be something like that! For a very unique holiday!

[punches]

[ It's nice to have someone here who believes in her even if right now she feels completely incapable of catching up. The technology is advanced beyond what she's used to, but Lee doesn't seem all that bothered by it. If he can do it, then she can as well. ]

A holiday? [ Admittedly she's not in the mood to celebrate, but blending in despite her emotions is second nature to her. ]

How do we celebrate it?

[niceguypose]

[Lee's had some time to adjust to the technology... or do what he feels is adjusting but still comes with a lot of fail. And having Sakura here on top of Naruto already being here definitely puts him at ease. Alongside his team, they're the people he trusts the most in the world, and these two are especially the ones he has faith in to an unrealistic degree regarding their abilities to save worlds.]

Hmmmm! [He gives an intense look for a moment and then his face disappears into the brochure as he, well, intensely reads.]

This is a holiday of gift-giving and good will! It's for celebrating the bonds between people, and- and... [He squints (intensely) as he tries to make out the last part.]

..."letting Snowtron 5000 hug you a lot"?!

[punches]

Gift-giving and good will, huh? [ While it appears to be a good holiday, she's not all that eager to get involved in the hugging. ]

I've got to pick up something for both Naruto and yourself.

[niceguypose]

Ah... S-so kind of you! [He turns his attention away from the brochure with a bright smile.]

I must get something special for you as well, Sakura-san!!

[punches]

You're under no obligation to do that. [ She's all too quick to point out. ]

I mean--you have plenty of good will to go around, so a gift is unnecessary.

[niceguypose]

A-ah...

I am glad that I am considered to have such good will! But... I still want to show my appreciation in such a way! It is no obligation for me but what I feel is right!

[punches]

There's no point arguing it. [ Some battles aren't worth picking and this one is a victory she'll let him have. ]

How long have you been here, Lee-san?

[niceguypose]

It has been... I believe it has been a little over a month now, Sakura-san! And Naruto-kun has been here longer than me.

[punches]

[ He's been here all this time alone? That's terrible.

... why is it always Naruto that's forced to be alone, she wonders bitterly to herself. ]

You must have made some friends here. Introduce us sometime?

[niceguypose]

[He nods quickly. He hopes that Sakura can have lots of friends here! Especially if it will help her feel less lonely, and if they can help her in ways that he cannot.]

Yes. I've made many friends here. I would gladly introduce you to every last one of them!

[Although somehow, there will always wind up being some random inconveniences or scheduling conflicts preventing Lee from introducing her to a certain someone who is in need of friendship training.]

[punches]

[ That's good because it's likely Sakura wouldn't be able to help with that kind of training. ]

Want to walk with and tell me all about them? I'm curious.

[niceguypose]

I would be so glad to!! Who should I start with... Ryuko-san? Natalia-san? Yata-kun? Rin-san? Oz-Kun? Peko-san? Ahhh... I don't know where to begin!!

[punches]

[ Those are mostly girls. ] You're kind of popular, aren't you?

[ Motioning for him to follow her as she walks through the amusement park. There's a lot to take in and standing idle really isn't her style. ]

[niceguypose]

[Somehow friend harem]

I suppose so! But it is easy to meet many interesting people around here, especially through that communication device. I am sure that you will find making many friends to be simpler than it thanks, as well!

[He smiles as he moves to follow her, while starting to take in the sites of this bizarre area.]

[punches]

[ The colors are a bit odd and she's not sure why there are so many lights. Wouldn't lanterns be more effective? ]

The CereVice?

Is that what everyone uses to talk to each other? I kind of prefer speaking with people like this, but if that's the primary contact, then I'll have to adapt to it.

[niceguypose]

[Everything looks so merry and cheery, though! So Rock Lee has a goofy grin.]

Yes... That is what it is called! I do prefer speaking in person... but I must admit!! The convenience of the CereVice is very engrossing! [As will be seen by how many chain mail texts he passes on in a few days...] And it makes things easier when everyone is spread across such a large city.

[punches]

A large city? [ Must be bigger than home if he's calling it that. ]

All right, so I'm following. This CereVice is used primarily for communication due to convenience... and anonymity? I recall being told that was a feature. Anyone could say something without repercussions.

[niceguypose]

Yes, larger than any I could have imagined! [He nods.]

The CereVice... Yes, It can hide one's identity! So it must be a good tool for those who wish to remain hidden, like spies and secret admirers. It's odd... Some of the people from other worlds seem like they are familiar with this type of technology already.

[punches]

Familiar with it? Do you think they've been planted here to keep an eye on us, but aren't very good at it? Seems sketchy to send untrained individuals on a mission.

Maybe they had no choice.

[niceguypose]

P-planted? I... I never considered it that way! Most of the people here have seemed so trustworthy... but from homes with technology very different from ours! I... I am not sure!

It is truly tragic if they had no choice...

[punches]

There's no point in confronting them right now.

[ Not without knowing the full story. ] We'll just keep it to ourselves and continue to investigate. Is that the only thing you've been able to pick up about them?