Who:
messor & you
When: 08/23 (ooc)
Where: CERES Gardens
What: Job Fair
Rating/Warning: PG-13
"I'm the reason half of you are drunk at the moment." (CEO-SAN, NO...) "I'm the reason half of you are drunk at the moment." (CEO-SAN, NO...)
//GAME ⇢ START.EXE
Welcome to your life!
So you've been introduced to the wonderful world of Tellus, and now, you're wondering where to go. Never fear, for the wonderful CEO and his team of supportive companions have ensured that you won't be completely lost!
Heading towards the residential district, you find yourself facing some lovely hovering signs directing you to the large, beautiful dome garden in the center of the district. It's a rather large and intriguing location, and it's so huge that you may need to get a bike or transport to get where the arrows are pointing you to. Still confused? No trouble! The cute androids are willing to walk you there, or point you to the garden carts to transport you around.
Once you get to the flower garden in the eastern garden sector, you'll find a large and flowery ground with pretty streams against the backdrop of the high rises of the city where a Job Fair will currently be held. This is where you'll be getting a look at the very many jobs available within the Colony, and these are just a few to start off with!
Of course, that's not all to do here. Feel free to make your way around and see if you can find someone you know, or stop by the food stalls where a variety of meals to tempt you are around. Take some to your new residential spaces, and be sure to try the special delicacy of the planet, "Knight Burgers" are being served. The "Garden Burgers" are the vegetarian option, so don't miss out!
Meanwhile, your resident CEO is clad in an apron, happily grilling away and handing out succulent burgers to his new arrivals.
"So we meet again, hm? Oh? You don't remember me? Well, don't worry. We'll get to know one another very well soon enough. In the meantime, try a burger."
He holds out a single burger on a spatula with a smile, waiting for it to be accepted. |
//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ 12 01 ]
The hologram trees flicker to life as they shed petals around the area. It's a brand new semester. Will CEO-senpai notice you? There are several booths set up around the garden where characters can meet their new employers and start asking questions. They can also get glimpses of their new work place and pick up their uniforms/training manuals. If your character is still undecided about their unemployment, they can take the opportunity to see what other kind of options are available. There will also be a booth for the CYbuddies and HOLOgm if they want to sample the new technology for themselves.
PHASE II [ ???? ]
One of the booths has several helmets characters can wear to upload themselves into ViViD, a state of the art virtual reality game, and enter one of the game stages to participate in a solo or team mission. They can sample a few minutes of gameplay as they enter a short battle with one of the NPC creatures. They'll quickly become familiar with the state-of-the-art technology as all pain and wounds experienced inside will feel real and will appear on each character's body. But what an awesome game it is! With amazing digital quality surround, it's a world like none other... but be careful not to fall too fast! (Those monsters even smell real, don't they?)
Feel free to talk to Vidia, the game host, if you need help getting things going!
PHASE III [ 1430 ]
The afternoon drones on as normal. Everything seems a little too mundane. Too uneventful. Some professional masseuses are on hand to lure you away and relax some of those frown lines and brow wrinkles. In the midst of it all, you find yourself starting to notice that the hologram trees are shifting ever so slightly. Within them, there's a glimpse of something from back home. A loved one, perhaps? A familiar face? You feel compelled to follow them further away from the party and into one of the quieter areas. The image then shifts into a warped version of yourself before vanishing entirely.
Other holograms will start flickering around you at the same time, showing buildings from home -your house? your old school? your work place? -Until there's a shadow overwhelming it, spreading outward slowly.
Then something else appears within the darkness for a moment, lost in a single blink. That one second passes so swiftly it's barely noticeable.
PHASE IV [ 1522 ]
The garden party & barbecue is winding down. Your resident CEO has run out of burgers to give, but he's happy to pass around drinks instead. The other stalls are still open though! Come collect a few frozen margaritas or ice cream to kick back and enjoy while under the sun. There's even a raffle for those who deigned to spend some money on a ticket. The prize is a luxury getaway weekend at one of Cerealia's finest apartment buildings. You'll get the penthouse suite for two whole nights and all the amenities you can think of at your disposal. Don't wait! Hurry up and sign up for it now.
[ For those who choose to participate, winners will be chosen at random by RNG. ]
BONUS [ whyo'clock ]
There's a bidet hidden in one of the garden bathrooms. Has your character ever enjoyed the grand luxury of a bidet? It's time for them to get acquainted with the sweet, sweet feeling of being clean.
[ The garden party & job fair will be long, so take your time enjoying both and dreading what's to come after. 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. ]
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//RUN.EXE
Welcome to CEREALIA's Official Intro Log. Please forgive our appearance as we are still going through the final stages game completion… mostly fighting with table codes. While most pages are under development and/or hidden from the public eye, please don't feel discouraged, since knowing everything doesn't always make the experience. Your characters will know as little as you. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience. Please read that and this ooc post thoroughly before playing. Thank you!
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messor & you
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That is, the CYBuddies have been something of an attention draw - the cats in particular, which are pretty adorable - but Shinpachi's face is somewhat familiar and his clumsiness is definitely something that is 100% laughable. FINALLY, SOMEONE WITH WORSE LUCK... But okay, laughing at the nerd wouldn't be a good first impression. Have some helpful advice instead, Shinpoodles.]
Would you like me to flag down the manager for you, sir?
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But fortunately(?) for Kaoru, Shinpachi doesn't recognize his voice instantly. Mostly since he doesn't even look up from the CYBuddy to look at Kaoru when the latter speaks up, he's much too busy glaring at the thing. ]
No way, that's not the way a real man deals with this stuff! [ And he's already reaching out to grab the small crocodile out of its display.. he'll punch a crocodile, he'll punch a duck, he doeSN'T GIVE A FUCK... ]
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ANYWAY, guess who has two thumbs and is definitely not going to help Shinpachi out here?? Kaoru wonders vaguely if his hand is gonna be the next thing to be eaten by the crocodile. It would be 100% more hilarious than his phone, at least... Basically that is the sole reason Kaoru decides to stick around even after determining that Shinpachi is a hopeless moron.]
There's likely a way to retrieve it safely if you know how to use these...
[But please continue to ignore the voice of reason and get some fingers bitten off for maximum hilarity.]
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Hey, do ya know who I am? If I wasn't tough enough to handle one of these, then there'd be something seriously wrong!
[ Which is why he's already placing his hands on both sides of the crocodile's jaw, trying to practically tear them apart to retrieve the phone, even if it's sure a struggle.. what is this thing even made out of?! ]
Besides--.. [ Okay, he's finally looking up now he's realising he's probably going to have to figure out another way to pry the crocodile open. But that's when he spots Kaoru, and when it finally hits him just who he's talking to.
Not to mention the fact that Kaoru is using his act again even though they clearly went over this the last time they saw each other. ]
.. you!
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BUT THEN HE HAS TO LOOK UP dammit shinpoodles you can't even fail right, kaoru demands at least five fingers in compensation for not following through on stupid potential limb-losing antics. Either way, the look Shinpachi gets very much says "me?", and one of Kaoru's hands rises, mouth quickly obscured behind a silk sleeve.]
It's... Nagakura Shinpachi of the Shinsengumi, correct? [In answer to his first question, because there really is no way to address "YOU!!!" in polite terms...] ...Are you all right?
[Both because A) hand in crocodile mouth and B) what's with that reaction there, friend...]
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So with the crocodile's jaw still firmly lodged in his hands but his efforts on breaking it open given up for a moment, he just plainly scowls at Kaoru. Seriously, how stupid does Kaoru think he is for not recognizing him again?
(Not that it occurs to him that Kaoru might just not remember Zelien altogether.) ]
'course I'm not alright, do you really think that dumb act'll work on me twice?! [ He moves to practically point at Kaoru, except he's still holding the CYBuddy so it's more like him holding out the crocodile in Kaoru's direction.. the poor thing just opens and closes its mouth a few times, it's so confused by everything that's going on.. ]
And don't gimme any of that "what act" talk either!
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Kaoru's brow furrows almost immediately, but the look is one of quiet confusion. At least part of it is genuine this time, because why does this shit keep happening, god...]
I'm not sure that I understand, sir... This is the first time that you and I have spoken.
[Since there is like a 99% level of certainty here that this particular dingus was not any of the dinguses that have been bumped into... Kaoru is pretty sure that he would recognize a meathead this big, anyway.]
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What, now you're gonna play it this way instead?! It's really annoying to keep going over this with you agan and again, okay, I don't have time for this shit--
[ But just through the middle of his
temper tantrumfit, he suddenly stops. And looks. Not that Kaoru looks different, considering he donned that disguise too in Zelien and all, but there's something about his words that seems.. vaguely genuine compared to the other times he's heard Kaoru lie.And since he's less of a dumbass than he looks and acts like, the wires in his head slowly connect to tell him that of course, this is a different place, what if they dragged in a different Kaoru?
(Sure, there's still the possibility that Kaoru is lying out of his ass since Shinpachi doesn't even trust him as far as he could throw him, but still..) ]
.. You've gotta be kiddin' me. [ What a lame joke, new place. ]
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THAT SAID Kaoru doesn't really know exactly what tipped Shinpachi off to the fact that jamjars have struck yet again, but hey, not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth here.]
I'm afraid that I still don't understand... [It's repeated again in the hopes that a more eloquent answer will be given now that Shinpachi's got... whatever that was out of his system, but relying on someone else for something like that is probably not a great idea. So, as an addendum:]
I'm not kidding about anything, sir.
[But Kaoru is paying very keen attention to the way Shinpachi reacts and talks now, albeit as covertly as possible. this isn't exactly a situation where saying "could you explain a thing to me" is an option, judging by how hostile that reaction had been.]
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I already know about you, so no need to pretend. I already know you're not a woman, and that this ain't the way you usually act either.
[ Pretty much a slightly more elaborate way of saying "you're a shitlord and I know it", judging from his tone.. ]
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Ah... These accusations again? [This is actually entirely baffling too, since Kaoru is fairly certain that Okita wouldn't have had the time or chance to explain the situation in full to anyone else so quickly, unless he literally just tore out of the park to hunt all of the other captains down... Cerealia is not being a kind place so far, wow.
Either way, Kaoru's posture is the reverse of Shinpachi's; timid and vaguely menaced, both hands clasped in front of his chest.]
For such things to be said... I don't understand why people that I've only barely met are being so cruel.
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We've already been over this, even if you don't remember it. [ And Kaoru is just about the very last person he'd like to explain the concept of jamjars to in great detail, to boot.. ] When you're cruel to other people, they'll be cruel in return, yeah? No matter how cute you try to look, you can't hide what's on the inside.
[ Words.. of wisdom from Shinpachi Nagakura.. put it on the fortune cookie stat. ]
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If I don't remember it, it isn't very fair to speak as though you expect me to. I haven't been cruel to a single person here, either...
[Being out of the loop to this degree is something that deeply gets under Kaoru's skin, but at the very least, he isn't the sort of person who would let the scant benefits pass by, either. It may be a detriment, starting off in this strange city with at least two captains already aware of his shitheadedness, but if anything can be done to soften that impression... Well, it's not beyond Kaoru to try.]
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Yet.
[ He'll give Kaoru that much, since he doubts he could already be enough of a shitlord to warrant the description "being cruel to someone" in that little time they've been here so far.. unless they brought Kaoru before. But even if he doesn't specifically know just how deep the depths of Kaoru's awfulness run, Souji actually bothering to bring it up gives him good enough of an indication, considering that guy's pretty good at being the king of awful as well. ]
'sides, are you really allowed to say anything about fair? Try being upfront for once instead of tryin' to lie your way out of everything like this, then maybe I'll let you get in a word or two about fairness. [ Here's to hoping no one is watching this though or it just looks like a beefy guy bullying a young shy woman.. whoops... but Shinpachi's so caught up in all this that he doesn't realise that, anyway. ]
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But Kaoru, on the other hand, is very acutely aware of how this would look to anyone passing by, which is part of the reason there's so much dedication to the whole act.]
But I haven't lied about anything. [Such accusations!! Kaoru has only spoken the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (with maybe a few artful embellishments) since arrival.]
And "yet"... [With brows furrowed upward, the expression on Kaoru's face is only looking more upset.] I don't know what has happened to leave such a sour impression, but I wouldn't be cruel to anyone here. This situation is already so difficult and confusing... The last thing that anyone needs is unkindness.
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The last thing, huh?
[ Yeah, he has a hard time believing it.. Even if he was like OH FEEDING SOUJI THE OCHIMIZU WAS TOTALLY FOR HIS OWN GOOD he already didn't believe a single part of that either since seriously, drinking the ochimizu is never a good thing and it wouldn't have been hard to goad Souji into it with the state he was in.
Although it leaves him a little paranoid if Kaoru still has another bottle of it with him... ]
As long as ya really believe that [ said with a tone of "I DON'T THINK YOU DO..." which he doesn't even bother to hide ] then I guess we won't have a problem either, huh?
[ mentally points at eyes points at kaoru ]
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THIS IS A BARE MINIMUM VICTORY since it's pretty obvious that Shinpachi doesn't actually believe what he's saying, but as long as he's going to play along for the time being, Kaoru can be satisfied with it. Besides, it's not like it'll be difficult to make it seem like he had been telling the truth. There's no reason to misbehave in this situation. (and then Chizuru shows up and that plan goes out the window wHOOPS)]
I do. [Believe it, that is. He's Naruto levels of dattebayo. But just for show, Kaoru will fold both hands together and dip into a perfectly polite bow, looking a cross between upset and apologetic.]
I apologize for whatever has been done to upset you so, but I can promise you that I would prefer for things to remain peaceful.
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[ Not that Shinpachi doesn't love swordfighting, because he sure does.. but on the other hand, he'd prefer it if Kaoru would just pull nothing at all. Especially not on one of his friends. But if he can keep things from escalating for now and just keep an eye on Kaoru later, then it should be fine, right? No matter how much he doesn't believe this act whatsoever anymore. ]
Guess we're at an agreement then. [ Seriously barebones victory.. ]
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That said, Kaoru sure isn't about to risk it taking a turn for the worse by sticking around. Raising from the bow, hands still folded, a step back is taken.]
Then I won't burden Nagakura-san with my presence any longer. Please excuse me.
[He hopes that crocodile eats your hand, pal!!]
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Yeah, I'll see you later. [ Laced with a hefty tone of that he really will see Kaoru later, because if cowroo thinks this means he can just go off and do whatever and get away with it, then he's messing with the wrong Shinsengumi captain here.
Your feminine wiles may work on Sano and Heisuke, but not on him, okay!! .. Not.. anymore, anyway... But at least he doesn't seem to be making any move whatsoever to keep Kaoru from leaving. ]
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Gross, though, the last thing that Kaoru wants to deal with is repeated run-ins with any of the Shinsengumi members. So that "I'll see you later" gets no verbal reply at all, because no! No, he will not - not if Kaoru has anything to say about it!! It's a big city, okay, surely it could be manageable if he really tried.
A polite nod is given and then he's turning on his heel to leave. If nothing else, at least Kaoru assumes that Shinpachi is either honorable enough or enough of a blockhead to not take advantage of a turned back to attack...]