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Who: CERES & you
When: OOC: 12/20-12/31; IC: 10/21-10/27
Where: Cerealia & Vidia's Secret
What: Event log
Rating/Warning: PG-13 | Horror Ahoy!

//event008.EXE You Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance You were always warned about the little things that go bump in the night, but you didn't believe them, did you? After all, ghosts don't exist, and things aren't really out to get you in the dark. As the month draws nearer to its final days, however, you're going to want to double check that belief of yours. On the eve of the 20th, continuing on, you'll feel the signs. It'll begin with a flicker, something barely noticeable. Conveniently, that day, the cinemas will start showing some creepy movies (maybe you'll have seen similar ones back home, or have you?) and you can access Ceres' TV stations- amazing show and movie line-up on their devices or TV screen. All seems to be normal, really... except for the weather that seems somewhat chilly and dismal throughout, with chances of storms every now and then. 'tis the season to be spooky, after all. It's just the weather being weird... Until you get the feeling that something is in your house... and you sure as heck didn't invite it in. How will you know? Well, you might hear it, whispering in your ear, or maybe see it as just appearing as part of that movie, or on a Holo-screen you're walking by, and disappearing as quickly as you hear or see it... "You'd better not shout, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout NoT TeLliNg YoU whY Gonna taste you, spit you out, smell you soon YoU STINKy LOuT. Hope you like the company. We've been dying to meet you."

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Your first day will go normally enough, even if some things at work or school will behave a little oddly. Nothing too major, but enough to give you a sense of unease through the day. The real fun begins when the evening is in full swing, because things will feel even worse than before. Objects will disappear and reappear in the wrong places, your HoloGM at home or the workplace will decide to suddenly flicker into strange shapes and frightening objects before turning to normal, and who threw that lamp?? If you were planning on spending an evening of peace, well. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but... on the positive side, there's a fun stream of spooky shows to watch?! Just ignore the possibility of someone joining you... or not. Ignoring a guest isn't nice, you know. Will you run into the arms of a lover or friend, or run and hide? The choice is yours. PHASE II [ xxxx ] You're going to really not like what comes next, deep into the hours past 3 a.m. Hope you're not a cranky sleeper, because you may want to be up for this. Your Cerevice will blink a strange message that will merely read "W A R N I N G" and flicker to normal before you feel that your privacy has been completely compromised. Or at least haunted. Because the next thing you know? Ghosts. Lots of them. And they're not going to wait before giving you chase and letting your senses take the hit. Of course, you might just get lucky and not be visited by any of the ghosts at all- but then again, things will just continue to make you jumpy and spook you out throughout the time the others suffer. Hope you weren't counting on a lot of sleep. And as for those of you who will eventually become victims of your unfriendly visitors, well... hope your friends are around to help. Your CereVice certainly will. PHASE III [ xxxx ] What a rotten week. If you haven't been visited by your ghosts of eternal damage, you're going to have a nasty week at work with things going wrong and everything just points at you. If you have been hit by a ghost, you're going to be suffering the after-effects throughout. The good news is, your CereVices will do their best to compensate for what you did lose. You can voice activate them or touch activate them, or have them give you textual directions. Your healer friends however, can come in very handy and attempt to fix you up- and may even succeed! Though some effects may be stronger than the rest. Even ViViD will have some intriguing new stages that may put your recent condition into focus and have you work through them to gain a better boost. Just don't be surprised if it isn't entirely effective, but hey, remember when we said having friends is a good thing? Hope you've been making some, because they might just be the only chance you have against suffering this alone. PHASE IV [ xxxx ] As the week draws to a close, the effects of the hauntings will start to wear off, and surprise and joy, things will seem normal again. People won't be experiencing any irritations and jumpy situations at home anymore, and all will be well. Then night will fall and they'll come again. For those of you who were lucky enough to escape, the only trouble you'll have is the screams of horror and the frightening situations your friends are in (did we mention you had to make friends?)- you may have to get out of bed to help, hunt around- and probably put your life on the line. Because those that did get affected, will be dragged into a place of horror and fright, of shivers and quivers- Vidia's Secret: Premium Lingerie to suit all tastes. A beast of horrifying proportions awaits there, ready to tear your friends from limb to limb, so we do hope the captives are prepared to fight, or die trying. PURGATORY [ whyo'clock ] You died while fighting against the final boss. Sucks, but it happens. That's why you're here, after all. There isn't much, but make yourselves at home. The surroundings will look pleasant enough, little recovery huts with some cute digital medics of all types waiting in there to help you out. After about 12 hours in Ceres time, the characters will step out of ViViD and be given gift bags with "You Tried" stars on them, each containing a sexy set of lingerie (and animal onesies for anyone below 16) and pampering materials like bath bombs, chocolates, candles and shampoos to take the trauma off the last few days. For those that survived, they'll be getting the same, as well as "Well Done!" stars on their bags (and an extra massage coupon)- and all parties will recieve a little note contained within reading: "We're sorry, have some gifts. You can blame one of your own for being too curious, though. Remember to read the instructions next time, and don't go on witch hunts!" For those exploring Purgatory, just relax and enjoy the view. Also, your characters might have woken up wearing the lingerie or onesies during their "recovery treatment"... we're sorry they're the only clothes they'll get until they leave. :( [ 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 event 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.

Comments

[unjustify]

[He can basically feel the shoulder pat, regardless... Thanks Yang, he needs it.]

Good, because I'm not doing that again. [Mumbling something that sounds like "what the hell" under his breath before hauling himself up to his feet and then hauling Yang's body up by the arm. It takes him a second to situate himself, but he'll loop one of her arms over her shoulder so the dragging will be as minimal as possible... Except it's still a good four inches of dragging and Naoi doesn't want her to wake up with scuffed shins!!]

—And why are you so tall?!

[ANGRY SHRIMP. He's trying to heft her up in a piggyback now...]

[flaredo]

[ Wow, watching poor little Naoi have to try and lug her unconscious body is more hilarious than Yang actually anticipated. At least the ghost seems to be willing to stay out for the duration of this struggle. ]

I ate all of my veggies.

[unjustify]

[Thanks, ghost, you're just as much of a pal as Yang. EVENTUALLY HE SUCCEEDS in Mission Piggyback, but he probably looks stupid as hell.]

Don't be stupid. Eating your vegetables doesn't actually make you taller.

[flaredo]

Worked great for me.

[ Here is an invisible shrug. ] I guess you stop growing when you die, though.

[unjustify]

That's a given.

[A marginally aggravated sound follows, which is partially because Yang's so dang hard to carry and partially because he's stuck at 5'4" for the rest of his undead days...]

It'd be pretty strange otherwise, wouldn't it?

[flaredo]

I wouldn't know! I never thought about what came after death, but if you're still breathing, I feel like you should still be able to grow. Unless, you're like-- thirty or something.

[ it's fine, Naoi, most girls are under your height still. Just not this one. ]

[unjustify]

[He's coming for you next Yang.]

So we'd all grow taller, but not age? [See it's just a weird, tricky situation... Being dead is funky.]

[flaredo]

Maybe your hair would grow, too?

[ HMMM. ]

[unjustify]

[TRYING TO LOOK AT HER before remembering that oh right, he can't...]

What kind of weird world would that be? Not one I would want to spend time in.

[flaredo]

So then what's your actual world like?

[unjustify]

It's like high school - like the one here, basically.

[Welcome to hell.]

[flaredo]

... Seriously?! School? [ that's terrible. ]

[unjustify]

[School for eternity is indeed a special kind of punishment. But, that said... Naoi almost shrugs, but that's a little difficult to do when piggybacking an unconscious sack of potatoes.]

It was pretty tedious, but for most of the students there, that was the first chance they had to have a normal high school life.

[AN ENTIRE WORLD OF TRAGIC BACKSTORIES.]

[flaredo]

... So was it a school for people who'd had some kind of trouble when they were alive, then?

[ and excuse you, she's a pretty sack of potatoes. ]

[unjustify]

[She is the prettiest sack of potatoes he's ever carried, it's true.]

You could put it that way. Some people went to school but couldn't really enjoy it; others never got to go at all. I guess you could call it a second chance or something.

[Or something...]

[flaredo]

... I guess I can't really judge them if that's what they wanted.

[ but she still sounds a bit dubious. ]

[unjustify]

Like I said, it can get a little tedious, but there are other things to do outside of schoolwork. In fact, a lot of people avoid doing that.

[Since they might end up disappearing POSSIBLY FOREVER, SO...]

[flaredo]

Yeah, that'd be me. So what did you do, then?

[unjustify]

I was the student council vice president. [And also trying to take over the world on the side.]

Even though it was tedious, I didn't mind it too much, I guess.

[flaredo]

[ It happens. ]

You do kind of come off as student council material...

[unjustify]

[GIVING-- oh right, she's still invisible and now he's just staring at part of her body's arm.]

What's that supposed to mean?

[flaredo]

[ good thing her body is unconscious!! ]

That you're smart and bossy.

[ She loves you really. ]

[unjustify]

[Oh.

Well.

He has no problem being stuck with either of these traits, so he immediately looks less offended... what a moron.]

You have to have that kind of personality to herd around idiots.

[flaredo]

You're a shepherd of idiots? That must be hard.

[ that's probably how Weiss feels. ]

[unjustify]

[Just nodding like yep, that's it, that's definitely him. He is the weary shepherd.]

I guess someone has to do it, though. [Maybe he feels vaguely responsible for his idiots...]