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« 001 ⇢ INTERLUDE001.EXE »
Who: Mosley and these unfortunate souls
When: OOC: 6/27, IC: 1/26
Where: CERES Research Tower
What: Mosley takes a few lucky souls on a tour of the CERES offices.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some violence, injuries and possible death.
▶ VIDEO.EXE | IC: 1/25
▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES
When: OOC: 6/27, IC: 1/26
Where: CERES Research Tower
What: Mosley takes a few lucky souls on a tour of the CERES offices.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some violence, injuries and possible death.
▶ VIDEO.EXE | IC: 1/25
[ The broadcast comes bright and early for those paying attention to their CereVices; the man who appears on the screen is strikingly pale, white-haired and piercingly blue-eyed. He looks young, no more than nineteen or twenty and he's dressed in a crisp black and white suit. He stares into the screen for a long moment, long enough to be, frankly, just a bit uncomfortable.▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 1/26
And then white eyelashes blink and an awkward, unsure smile spreads across his face. He lifts a hand to fix his tie and speaks. ]
This is Mosley.
[ The smile drops, leaving him with a blank expression once again. ]
CERES has decided in a show of good faith to open our doors to you. I have been given the task of, [ He lifts his hands to emphasize with air quotes. ] "being your tour guide." If that is what I must do, so be it. The lazy worm does not get the apple, after all.
[ He looks down at the tablet on his desk, giving it a few taps and suddenly an icon appears on the bottom right hand of the video. ]
That link will bring you to a listing to make an appointment. You will be given a time. Show up promptly or do not, it is no matter to me. The tour will leave ten minutes after your given time and that will be that. Tours will only last a few hours so you needn't worry about the rest of your day. You will certainly return home in time to catch the latest episode of [ Air quotes again. ] "Banana is the New Black." I hear there's going to be a cliffhanger!
[ A pause and he looks oddly thoughtful. ]
I suppose you could also steal it off the internet? [ Blank again. ] Which would be wrong. Our lawyers will contact you if you do that. Do not.
[ And then another of those awkward smiles before quickly turning into something a bit startled and he taps his tablet again, ending the video. Replies to this feed have been disabled, unfortunately. Seems like someone isn't feeling very chatty. It's a miracle. ]
[ The next day, that Monday, those who take Mosley up on his offer will find that him standing there right in front of the main CERES office building, waiting. It’s with that same disconcerting smile that he unlocks the door and ushers them in.
Welcome, all of you, to our lovely CERES!
The group will find themselves standing in a lobby. Clean white walls and floors, a bright blue rug leading towards the elevators on the far wall, and a white reception counter. At the counter are two CERES robots answering calls and directing any visitors (though the lobby seems quite empty today) and on the wall behind them is a hologram of the CERES logo for all to see. Mosley stands in the center of the carpet in his usual suit and claps his hands together, putting on a smile. ]
Welcome to CERES.
[ And then the smile drops. Voice flat, he continues. ]
There has been... talk over the past few months that we at CERES have not been working 24/7 to help you, our clientele, return to your homes safely and soundly. There has also been... talk that we do not do anything. That this entire company is a farce, which is honestly quite hurtful to both me and the other hardworking staff at this company. Mr. Vincere had his way of running this place but Ms. Recreare is fond of a more hands on approach. We want to share that approach with you.
[ He spreads his hands to indicate to the building around them. ]
CERES has many fingers in many jars and they've all been sealed tight for a while. We would like to open those jars. So once again, welcome to CERES and please follow me.
[ After that, Mosley turns and begins to lead the group off. ]
▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES
This is the event log for these sign-ups! Your groups have been sorted below; here are a few handy links for you:Group 01 | OOC plotting
Group 02 | OOC plotting
Group 03 | OOC plotting
Group 04 | OOC plotting
Group 05 | OOC plotting
Group 06 | OOC plotting
Group 07 | OOC plotting
Group 08 | OOC plotting
Group 09 | OOC plotting
Group 10 | OOC plotting
There is no tagging order, so feel free to tag in whatever way works best for you as a group.
The tours will technically last 3 hours icly, but that may change as ic events happen; oocly, the threads will last as long as necessary, though Mosley will come and collect your characters if they are moseying around too long! There will be mod involvement in each of the tours.
If there are any questions, feel free to ask them here. You are welcome to plot with your groupmates by using the ooc top level comments linked above. Thank you!
▶ GROUP NINE.EXE
. . . LOADING MARIAN HAWKE.$$$ . . . LOADING MUTSNOKAMI YOSHIYUKI.$$$ . . .
. . . START TOUR.EXE. . .
Waste. Do you know what waste is? Waste is unforgivable. Today, we are going to emulate waste. We are going to be the waste. We here at CERES have to appreciate our waste because what happens when too much accumulates? You destroy the planet! This isn't even our planet! So we sympathize with our waste, we appreciate our waste, we love our waste. We also recycle!
[ Mosley leads the group to the stairs and proceeds downwards. It's a short trip, only two flights to a level named B02 and opens up a door to a murky looking hallway. The lights flicker, the walls are kind of green, a water bug runs across the floor. This is definitely the basement. He beckons them forward to a set of red metal doors that reads WASTE MANAGEMENT above it.
As they enter the room, one thing becomes clear: it reeks. There's a few dumpsters around the room, a pile of trash bags and some janitor robots milling about. One of them waves at Mosley. He waves back. He leads the group to a large metal chute running from ceiling to floor in the corner of the room. With both hands, he pulls open the square door in the middle of it. The opening is big enough to fit the average human. ]
This is where we're going! You'll have to go down first, unfortunately, but I promise your landing will be soft. How else are you to fully embrace the feeling of being trash? You have to be the trash! Be it! Or get off my tour! I'll meet you right after.
[ He looks so pathetic and pleading that it really would be a shame to turn him down. Hopefully everyone takes him up on his offer and if you do, you will be, well, sent down the chute. The ride is actually kind of long, about ten minutes of sliding but each person will land someplace soft, just like Mosley said. Unfortunately, that soft landing is just a pile of trash bags in a larger dumpster. To the characters' right will be the incinerator, probably a bit too close for comfort. The rest of the room is pretty run down (and still smells god awful) but interestingly enough there's a huge door making up the wall to their left. There's a chance you can get out that way.
If they don't take up Mosley's offer, well, he'll be pushing them into the chute. Off you go!
If instead, you opt to wait for Mosley it will be obvious after twenty minutes or so that he's not showing up. He seems to have abandoned the group to their fate in a pile of trash, with a single door showing the way out, and a lit incinerator to one side. ]
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[It looks like he can, actually--one good shove is all it takes.
Her fingers scrabble at the wall on either side of the chute and she plants her feet against the rim. To no avail--she shrieks (sorry about your ears, everyone) in dismay and rage, throwing a hand out to grasp the nearest thing that might stop her.
Or person, as the case may be.]
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( Go in there? No way! He argues but in this situation, he wasn't the first one shoved down. I guess Mosley wanted to pick on someone a little closer to his size or something. )
Hey, hey! ( The moment someone else puts their hands on Bulma, Mutsu is trying to get in the way. This is no way to treat your guests! That's no way to handle a lady! This is an awful tour. ) What d'ya think ya're doing?!
I got ya--!
( And it's a tangled sort of situation, with Mutsu and Bulma holding on to each other, trying to stay out of the trash, while they're also being shoved in. It's like trash twister and they're losing together with Bulma hanging on in the chute and Mutsu half way in already trying to save her. He's too far in though, already on his tip toes outside, and really, all it would take is a little force to send them both falling in at any moment.
H E L P ??? ATHENA? HAWKE?? )
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... though, of course, she lets out a screech like the little canary that she is when she sees Mutsu (and what's left of Bulma from her point of view) struggling and trying not to fall down the chute. ]
Hold onto my haaaaa— [ Ah... No... she ends up pushing Mutsu, instead. Sorry. ] Oh my gooood!
[ (No one should ever tell Athena that she should be a gymnast, because she has the worst sense of balance ever. There wasn't even anything on the floor that she could have tripped on, AND YET...
At the very least, accidentally pushing her groupmates into the chute isn't the worst thing to happen. She ends up slipping into the chute, as well, headfirst. What fun!) ]
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she probably ends up standing there with mosley for a long awkward moment and if anyone tries to push her, she holds her hands up innocently. ]
Oh no, no. I'm well aware of where I belong.
[ and then she hikes a leg up to follow the other three into the chute. the only willing one. unfortunately for anyone she lands on, she's kind of pointy (the one on the far right, and no helm of course that would just be tacky). the huge sword doesn't help either. seriously, get out of the way. eventually hawke will join the others in the pile of trash and just sort of sit there a moment, rolling her shoulders a bit to knock out the kinks from the slide. ]
Are we all here? In this... trash heap? You know, I feel like this is a subtle insult towards my character but that might be a bit too cheap.
[ still though. ]
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Small mercies.
She lands in an undignified heap. It's one of the softer landings she's endured. It's also one of the smelliest, prompting her to pinch her nose and groan pitifully.] What did I do to deserve this? Why me!?
[Honestly, nobody appreciates what a delicate flower she is. She's still sitting there, picking trash out of her hair and trying not to breathe, when Hawke lands.] Hey, watch it!
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( And down the smelly rabbit hole they go.
Some of Bulma's screeching is probably canceled out by his own own screams. There's a lot of screaming going on here, isn't there? They're tumbling down, hitting the sides of the chute. Some where in between, he tries to collect himself, bracing for a landing he can't quite see aaaaand-- )
Oof! ( He lands somewhere off to Bulma's side, doing some sort of half roll so that he lands on his back instead of his front.
It's hot, it smells, his ears are stilling ringing from the screaming, ) Ugh...
( Just ugh but now isn't the time to be sitting around feeling sorry. He's quick to get up and offer a hand to Bulma who fell first and he'll look back at Athena and Hawke when they fall after, ) Is everyone okay?
( You know. Besides being in the trash. )
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Her reflexes are quick, though, and she immediately crawls on all fours to get out of the dump and to the floor. The first thing she tries to do is to calm herself down and not hurl. She coughs a ton of times, hitting her chest and stomach with a fist just to hold back the choking feeling, amongst other nasty things. ]
Oh man, oh man...
That's one experience I never want to try again.
[ The heat is something she quickly notices, and she wants to get the hell out, so she points at the door. ]
Come on, we need to get out of here.
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You all act as if you've never been shoved anywhere before. Have you no adventuring spirit?
[ i mean really!! hawke's just going to lift herself out of the dumpster in one quick push and land on the cement underneath them. she shoots a wary look at the incinerator and approaches the big door. but everything is kind of... dark? she can't really see what anything looks like beyond the dim light of the incinerator so instead she returns to the trash. ]
Hey, someone help me find a stick. We can make a torch using the flames and finally be able to see something.
[ OR someone can go see if they can turn the lights on but look, hawke is from ye olden times you can't expect her to think of that. instead, she's just going to rummage around the dumpster for now, looking for a piece of wood or something. there's a lot of weird trash in here, ugh. ]
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Also slimy and covered in warts. Okay, on second thought that experience and this one are about even. She peels something sticky an unidentifiable off her back.] Oh, gross...! If this is your idea of an adventure, you can keep it!
[... but Hawke does have a point, and after a minute of sulking Bulma sucks it up and staggers down from the trash heap.]
You guys look for sticks, I'm gonna find a light switch.
[Hands in front of her, she finds the wall and starts feeling her way along it. Maybe she'll get lucky.]
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On one side of the room, a massive door makes up the wall. There is a button to one side of the door: a clear way to open it.
Otherwise, they are completely and utterly alone. ]
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( He's trying to stay in good spirits right now. Being in a sour mood will do nothing to improve the atmosphere here and let's be real... in this situation, anything that doesn't make things worse is better than nothing at all. The heat here doesn't bother him so much-- he is, after all, a sword created from a smith's fire. The dark does and he really doesn't need Hawke to tell him that they need to be able to see.
He places a hand to his sword, making sure it's secure by his side and just... prepares. )
Alright, but be careful. ( He's trying to get his eyes to adjust so that he can help with the search. ) There's no tellin` what could be crawling around here.
( Bugs, rats, the normal things, and who even knows with this world. )
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Her necklace projects its own light, but it's not strong enough to illuminate the whole place. It does, however, serve the same purpose as a cellphone which you turn on so you can maneuver through your home if you're trying to sneak in and not get caught after partying and getting drunk without telling your parents. (Breathe. That was a long description.)
And she makes way for the door, clicking on the button without a shed of hesitation. She'll take whatever's on the other side than stay in this trashy (ha ha) inferno. Hopefully, the other side is illuminated. That'd help them a lot, too. ]
▶ CHECKPOINT ONE.SAV
. . . CONTINUING TOUR.EXE. . .
[ The other side is only dimly illuminated by the light of the room they're currently in as the door slides open slowly with a groan. It is clear that this door has not been opened for a very long time.
The splash of water is the first sound that will hit their ears, as they end up on what appears to be an old, abandoned docking station of sorts.
There is nothing else in the room, and nobody else; the only noise is the splash of that dark water, impossible to see down into with the lack of light.
There are no other doors. ]
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... and that isn't what she expected at all. she blinks, pushing away from the dumpster and walks slowly into the new room, stopping at the edge of the ... pool? of sorts. she squints down at the water before taking a quick survey of the rest of the room. then she looks back at the other three. ]
I'm not the only one noticing the suspicious lack of exits, am I?
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... Maybe not. Maybe the only place to go is up. The sound of water is definitely welcome, and she perks up a bit. Even more welcome is the cooler air when she steps through the door and into the docking area, close on Hawke's heels.]
There has to be one somewhere! People come down here to burn the trash sometimes, right? They can't take the chute back up.
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Mutsu sure is going to walk into this new room. The sound of water is interesting and he'll find himself gravitating towards the pool, trying to get a look of what's in there if he can. Not that it helps much so he'll opt to look around.
Hawke is right, there don't appear to be any other exits. At least, not ones they can se right now. )
That guy said he'd come meet us too so has to be coming from some where. ( So where is he now? ) Can't see him coming down the chute after the fuss he made.
Right, Mosley-san?!
( He calls out loudly into the room, hoping to maybe hear something back from their missing guide. )
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But Athena's learned to inspect every nook and cranny available. It's vital to do so as a lawyer, and even more vital for someone who wants answers from CERES. ]
Let's try to examine and investigate this place before Mr. Mosley even comes. If we want answers as to why we're here, we have to search for them on our own.
[ The pool of water is the most curious thing in the room for Athena, and she walks up to its edge, crouches, and puts her ungloved hand in it. Eventually, she scoops up some water with her palm to get a better look at its hue. Oh, and she'll smell it, too. ]
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Unfortunately, the platform they are standing on is incredibly old; as soon as both Athena and Hawke are standing on the edge, the rusted metal caves, and gives way, sending them on a trip down into said water.
It seems to be harmless water, however, aside from its salty taste, and incredibly deep. ]
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but seriously, hawke wasn't expecting that at all and because, well, armor, she sort of sinks like a stone into the water and you all get to watch a very desperate bird claw her way to the surface. thankfully, they're still sort of at the edge so with a gasp, she grabs at the nearest railing and pulls herself to the edge of the pool.
then she lets out a very sarcastic laugh. ]
And now we're in the water! Because that's exactly what we needed! Bloody fantastic.
[ she isn't really able to pull herself out just yet because again, heavy armor so she's just going to bob there and clutch to the railing. she'll look over at mutsu and bulma now and bark out at them. seriously! take some initiative here! ]
You two! Stop being useless and actually find something we can use. Hysterical blue haired girl, try and find something dry for this one and [ to mutsu: ] you, the one who still thinks that our guide hasn't abandoned us to our fate, go check if we missed a door in the last room.
[ then to athena: ]
You, are you hurt?
[ at least she didn't insult her?! ]
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She drapes it over her arm and hurries to the wrecked edge, crouching and looping an arm through the rail while she extends a hand to Athena.] Here, grab my hand! Let's find someplace safe to pull you out.
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( When the edge caves in, he starts to dash over to help but then--
"--go check if we missed a door in the last room."
He's used to responding to orders but wow, he really wasn't expecting them from the one who fell in the pool? There's a split second before he follow through, first making sure Bulma has the situation taken care of here. So far, so good? )
R-right!
( And he spins on his heel, dumpster diving. Again. By now, his eyes are used to the dark and he can make out things much better than earlier before. Now, let's see, if he was a door where would he be... He begins to check the walls! He'll even look behind some of the piles. Look, there has to be another way in or out of this place some where. )
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Take this— [ First thing's first, she has to make sure her necklace is safe. A little water likely wouldn't hurt, but any longer, and it'd probably break. The light immediately switches off once she removes it, though. Any contact made by any other person and the necklace won't result to anything, since it only responds to Athena.
She moves to another side of the pool without even asking permission from the others. (It's not like there's a team leader anyway??? Someone ought to put her on a leash.) YOUNG, WILD, FREE. ]
I'm going to go see if there's something we can use underwater!
[ The Aquarium she's been to had a really deep pool and it was a murder scene. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING OF NOTE HERE, WHO KNOWS. Back down into the water she goes, staying very close to the pool's wall. Someone seriously needs to put her on a leash. ]
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Though he will find some friends behind some of the piles of trash. They skitter towards him. Have fun with that.
Meanwhile, Athena dives under the water, and just in time to see her new friend. It was creeping towards her, almost curiously as they were talking, but now that Athena is down under the water, it seems to decide that she's worth grabbing.
So it does, grabbing her leg and dragging her towards it. Athena doesn't seem to be resurfacing yet, though the fish's fin might just break the top of the water. ]
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[ that's hawke's snark to bulma as she watches the two of them. hopefully mutsu leaving will help them find something and when bulma comes over to hand her jacket to athena, hawke's about to try and lift herself out of the pool. seriously, this armor is so heavy.
but then athena goes back under and hawke presses a hand to her forehead with a sigh. ]
Oh, for Maker's--
[ except what the hell was that? hawke's still got her eyes on where athena went under when suddenly her underwater shadow gets replaced with a bigger one and -- IS THAT A FIN?! hawke plunges underwater immediately, keeping her eyes open despite the salt to see if athena's still there and gets a good look at her new friend. sweet maker. she'll claw at the surface of the water with a gasp and in a really quick shout, ]
MONSTER.
[ then she dives back under, just in time to grab the back fin of the thing and tag along for the ride.
welp. that's two down. ]
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▶ END TOUR.EXE
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