//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ xx xx ]
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. :(
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If it's connected, then we're in danger.
[ There's no question of that in his mind at all. Any place connected to that amusement park is definitely dangerous. ]
But I don't, no.
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... In that case, I'll hope that they're not. I met one other man who said he'd been to a place called "Death City" before arriving here - he didn't seem to think the two worlds were connected.
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What about them? Do they have people that keep showing up here?
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[ he seemed friendly enough, if a bit stiff. ]
They'd been fighting a war there, as well, according to him. They won it. After that, it seems he came here instead of being returned home.
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[ Ciel sounds very assured of that, and he certainly will track down Edgeworth, but to continue their conversation, Ciel shakes his head. ]
That's different from what we experienced, at least.
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[ he has to at least ask. However, he's quick to follow it up with: ] It's purely for the sake of understanding this world, but if it was something you'd rather not discuss, that's fine. We all have our demons.
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No, I'll tell you the basics. I need to be able to speak about it if they are related.
[ But they're not... Ciel is just a paranoid moron... ]
It was a game of murder.
[ Ciel states that first, letting that heavy statement linger for a moment before he continues. ]
There were forty-two of us trapped in an amusement park. Seven were chosen to murder the rest, and every night, someone would die, and every day, we would hold a mockery of a trial to "convict" the guilty, though there was no evidence save for a system where one person a night could pick a person to find out if they were in the group or not. If we refused to vote, this group's numbers would grow, but if we voted incorrectly, it did no matter. Whoever had the most votes was hanged, innocent or guilty.
[ Of course, Ciel leaves out the part that he was one of the murderers, but it's not quite out of feeling ashamed or wanting to deceive Zara, not exactly. Explaining the circumstances of why... That was still too painful. So he leaves that vague. ]
By the end, there were scarcely more than ten left alive.
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The mention of "a game of murder" draws his distaste right from the beginning, and the explanation only intensifies it. The games Mejojo and Auger played were sickening enough - and that sounded uncomfortably close to something they might do if they knew they would get away with it. Zara might be used to atrocities, but he's not jaded towards them yet. Especially when they decided to involve children - children who had already suffered plenty. As he listens, his eyes narrow. ]
That's perverse. [ there's some venom in his words. ] You survived, though. What did the "winners" get?
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After all, they were working to kill everyone for the sake of "winning," because if they won, then everyone would be fine. That's what they were led to believe, and they had no choice but to believe it. There was an additional prize, had they been successful, certainly, and some of his comrades had wishes much more important than his. But his... Ultimately, it would have been for his own death, really. To know who murdered his parents, he was also handing his soul over to the demon that would consume him.
That was why he'd hesitated, really. He had hesitated, and in punishment, he had to murder Oz like how he (or, no, it wasn't him, he has to remember) had been murdered. He didn't want to die. But for that selfish wish, he had to continue piling bodies at his feet. ]
Nothing. There was never anything to win in the first place.
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[ ciel's bitter expression tells him enough. He won't ask more than that - he doesn't need to make the boy relive whatever horrors he went through in that time. He shakes his head in disapproval, sighing silently. ]
Then I truly hope this place is different.
[ and that afterwards, he can just go home. The more he hears about people being repetitively spirited away, the more he fears it will happen to him once he thinks he's won. ]
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As do I. But now you see why I would be concerned if people I know from that place continue to show up.
[ Which may sound odd if you think about it too hard, since the implication of Ciel's story is that only ten people survived, but... That wasn't quite it. It's more that he's not sure how to explain that, at least. ]
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Certainly... Although I would assume the majority were coerced into it and wouldn't behave that way in a normal situation.
[ unless the fear is that they'd show up and assume the rules here were the same - that they had to kill to escape. That could be a serious problem. ]
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[ With that choice of words, it might sound like Ciel pities or empathizes with them, and yet, his tone is harsh and judgmental. It seems like he won't spare any mercy for these killers at all. ]
We killed most of them, so we learned a little of what was happening. They had been made mad, to think the people they were killing were simply "waking up," like it was a dream. They were delusional until the very end.
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Brainwashing? [ the story just gets worse. ] Tell me you found those responsible for all of this.
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A crocodile, apparently.
[ Ciel shakes his head, since he knows that sounds ridiculous, at least, so after a moment, he elaborates. ]
No idea, obviously. They only ever spoke through these stupid drawings of animals.
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I see... That's clever of them.
[ he sighs. ]
... How frustrating.
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[ He says that coldly and resolutely, then shrugs, as if it doesn't bother him, but... It's not exactly hard to guess that it does. Even if Ciel's nonchalance is nearly perfect, it would be difficult to imagine it not affecting him deeply. He ends up sighing heavily. ]
I just want to prevent it from being the future.
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[ there's no way that getting kidnapped to other worlds was a frequent occurence. He refuses to believe it. Someone would have survived it and told others by now. ]
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...That's what I think too. It should be impossible in the first place, so I don't understand how it's possible to happen twice.
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We'll find answers, Earl Phantomhive. None of us want to spend more time wasting away here than we have to - especially if there are ulterior motives at work.
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Of course. I just hate not being able to do anything, really.
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[ something he sounds both irritated and incredibly depressed about. he sure felt like he couldn't do anything for Fiona and the Gallands back home, but now he can do even less!! just kill him. ]
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[ Not that Ciel sounds very hopeful about it? But in a few days he'll also yell at the CEO so good job nerd... ]