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Who: Everyone who was once in Cerealia, plus some guest stars
When: OOC: 10/01 - 10/12 ; IC: 3/15 - 3/21
Where: The wide, vast jungles of Tellus. Cerealia is nowhere to be found
What: A special reward frees everyone from the clutches of Cerealia; too bad nobody's competent around here.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some scary images, some violence. Please let the mods know if the rating goes up or the log needs to be locked!

//event020.EXE

It is a quiet day in mostly reconstructed Cerealia. The robots are busily running into walls that were not there before, the Cybuddy bees are buzzing...and CERES has still not said a word. Attempting to contact them still gets the User Offline error. Strange...

But who cares if CERES is offline? After all, they are the cruel and tyrannical captors. A Cerealia without them must be better than a Cerealia with them. So there's nothing to worry about on this fine, peaceful day. Or, at least, that's what it seems like, when suddenly there's a voice in everyone's head. A chosen few may recognize the voice, for they will have heard it before, but to the vast majority, it is brand new.

Looks like someone has been saved, and a reward granted... and no, you don't have a single choice in the matter.

Your heroism will be remembered, lost and stolen souls.

You have saved me, and so now, I shall save you.

All of you.

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ day one ] It happens so quickly. One moment you’re in the colony, going about your daily life, and the next, you’re… floating. A moment later, every player character from the colony is transported with a wisp of fresh air to...somewhere very very different. The distance is far, but it is covered in what must have only been a scant moment, and it’s clear somehow, especially to air characters, that it was Caeli’s doing that brought everyone there.

There, naturally, being right in the middle of the jungle.

Everyone is then unceremoniously dropped. You may land on a tree, or in a patch of poison mushrooms (no really, look out for the colorful plant life, it’s probably poisonous) or in the river. There are some strange insects of all sorts and types, some of which have some uncomfortable side effects if you’re bitten, such as swelling or the uncomfortable urge to go hug the nearest person, and there are strange flowers everywhere, some of which glow only in the dark of night or the shade of trees. It is dreadfully humid, however, and a little hard to breathe--unless you’re of the air disposition.

Either way, you’ve certainly landed somewhere fantastical, so take some time to get used to your surroundings. It shouldn’t take too long to find everyone else, hopefully.

PHASE II

[ day two ] Of course, this far into the jungle, and making this much noise, it was only inevitable before some company was attracted.

Some are clearly dangerous, some are peaceful as can be and some are somewhere in between; approach at your own risk.

Either way, these monsters are all drawn to larger groups of people and a lot of noise, so it may be best to keep quiet...though the ones that keep their distance may be even more concerning.

Everyone is certainly being stalked at one point or another in the jungle -- and at night, there are eyes watching from the darker parts of the trees.

PHASE III

[ day three ] But perhaps if you follow some of those monsters deeper into the woods, you will stumble across an old, run down village of sorts. It looks as though time and the jungle has overtaken it. Exploring it will reveal plenty of homes that were clearly lived in however, by families and by people of all sorts.

There are empty rooms, covered in dust, and a central village fire, long gone out.

Small knick-knacks and various objects can be found… if you want to steal from the dead, you know. It’s a little rude. It appears they led a simple, peaceful life, however; most notably, there is no technology to be found.

And if The Bridge catches you doing it, she will look incredibly sad and ask you to put everything back in its proper place before she goes back to looking very irritated at Caeli. You may overhear words about how this “isn’t the right place” and Caeli’s unrepentant, “It is only a few hundred miles”. Looks like something went a little wrong in the transportation process.

Time to camp out for the night, perhaps. And your CereVices don’t get any reception out here, so no surfing the internet for you. If you try to connect to the internet, for some reason the device starts playing a song. Was that programmed…?

PHASE IV

[ day four ] By the fourth day, it’s pretty clear that you’re going to be stuck here for a bit. Pestering Caeli or Maris gets nothing, while the Bridge still can’t be approached for pretty good reasons. So… you’ll just have to make the best of it while they figure out their next approach.

Time to figure out how to camp with few supplies and even fewer nice places to sleep. Maybe try to make a fire (though it’s incredibly difficult, considering how muggy it is here) or try to find some bugs to eat (ew gross).

Of course, you can try hunting, but the prey doesn’t look too friendly, so be careful not to become the prey yourself. The same goes for fishing, it seems.

Some of the trees are poisonous, some of the grasses will cause unfortunate rashes, and some vines will lash out to grab at people (especially colorful ones); basically, this is an entirely untamed alien jungle, so it may not be the fun camping trip you'd like.

Time to work together to survive out here, at least for a little longer.

It’s your time to shine. This is Person Versus Wild.

PHASE V

[ day six ] On day six, the jungle goes utterly silent.

The monsters and animals disappear. The extra friends poof away hastily and suddenly. Maris and the Bridge fall silent (though Caeli admittedly continues floating there as ever). If anyone approaches them to ask, they'll just say that "she is coming".

And soon, she does appear. She moves slowly, lacking in feet; they are roots, as though that of a tree. Nonetheless, she has no troubles with moving forward, slow bit by bit. She does not speak, not at first, and behind her, trotting lightly through the woods, there is another. Both feel strongly of spiritual energy, just like Maris and Caeli. And eventually, after observing the people gathered, they can be spoken to.

BONUS

[ day ??? ] After spending some time in the jungle, emotions might be running a bit amuck. And those emotions might bring some unexpected...friends. Yes, let's go with friends.

Because if a character is typically grumpy, gloomy, stoic, lineface, or anything along those lines, they may find themselves followed by a bright, happy bird. That bird feeds off of those emotions, and will just cheerfully follow around any lineface character for as long as possible. Or until they smile. The birds are otherwise harmless, chirping happily every now and then and following them around like a friendly shadow.

Happy, cheerful, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, energetic characters, on the other hand, will soon find themselves followed by... a different friend. Or maybe a handful of them. It depends on how cheerful they are. Either way, these creatures feed off of happiness and fun, but they will also chew on hair or an ear if they're allowed to get that close, making horrifying, chittering noises as they follow anyone who is in a good mood.

[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive 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 October event! Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. This event will last for the month of October, or IC 3/15 to 3/30. This log will last from 10/01 to 10/12 or IC 3/15 to 3/21. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here.

Please treat this like a jungle mingle log, and feel free to make your own logs in estoria in the jungle as well! You'll be here for a little while, so go crazy and get some exploring in. Feel free to contact the mods if you have any questions on what can be found in the jungle in any given area.

Thank you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Phase I]

[Minato's thankfully had the foresight to check his Evoker and sword right before there's the sensation of being warped...elsewhere. And by elsewhere we mean re-appearing on top of a tree branch.

It catches him by surprise and only a quick grab for the branch saves him from faceplanting onto the forest ground, but once he does get down there's the matter of finding everyone else- Ket and Rinne would be worried about him, of course, and the air is stiffing enough that he'd rather not linger alone for long.

Which is clearly why your character might be baffled to see him attempting to reach for a gun-like device in his effort to get down from the tree. Why can't he just let go from the branch?]

[Phase IV]

[Awkward incident on the first day aside, Minato's nothing if not a quick learner and he's managed to get about as adjusted as a city boy can get to the wilderness by alternatively chasing the monsters away with his Persona and-

Well, today he's doing something a bit more unusual with a tub-like object that's suspiciously filled with water almost to the top along with equally suspicious water all around it. He looks to the left and then to the right before raising his Evoker to his head, yelling something that sounds like 'Seth!' before shooting himself, a swirl of blue light surrounding him before Seth appears mysteriously...

Actually, that's not what your character will see. What your character will see is Minato having the time of his life relaxing in a tub of hot water with his clothes and Evoker neatly placed on the ground. How the hell did he do that? Asking him isn't particularly help either, because all he'll say is this:]

This isn't too bad.

[Bonus]

[On the rest of the days Minato can be seen frowning at a persistent group of birds and attempting to chase them away in vain by waving his sword at them. They seem friendly enough to him so he's not sure why they're tailing him whereever he goes, and he can be heard muttering to himself that he just doesn't understand these birds.

Finally at some point he'll turn towards someone and ask:]

Do you...have something like this following you too?

[Wild Card]

Have at anything else!

Edited 2015-10-01 01:25 (UTC)

[ Rinne's had a pretty rough few days. He'd been out in the woods quite a few times, but roughing it like this, with no provisions or anything? This was harrowing. He was sore, exhausted, and wanted to have a word with whoever had dropped everyone down here.

And then, he came across this sight. Rinne tried his hardest not to be bitter a lot of the time, but seeing Minato relaxing like that in a hot tub, acting like he doesn't have a care in the world?

Rude. ]

Is this where you've been this entire time?!

[ Obviously not, but this had to have been a plan he had at some point! ]

Nah, just got here. [When Minato leans on the tub and places his hands outside Rinne will be able to see that he does have some bite marks courtesy of tenacious bugs, but after an awkward incident with his Evoker and an esper he's just going to pretend to be oblivious to any non-combat related uses of his powers.]

Are you alright, Rokudo-san? You seem kind of tired...

Edited 2015-10-01 07:17 (UTC)

[ Well, at least Minato hadn't been necessarily goofing off the entire time and maybe he deserved the rest and maybe he didn't. But that wasn't the point.

The point was, it wasn't Rinne. ]

I've had a long week so far, and I haven't had a bath yet.

[ "Me next, damn it." ]

Oh, do you want one then? [While there's a part of him that's instinctively resistant to the idea, Minato's not one to let a friend languish and he does have an idea that will allow Rinne to be happy with his bath and him to be happy with not having to explain his Evoker again.

He looks up at Rinne, head tilted in contemplation.]

I can help you with it, but you'll have to get the water yourself. Is that alright?

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