PHASE I [ 10 00 ] No matter how you feel about reading activities, you’re going to the library today. Whether you accepted that flier and its promise of 1000 credits if you came to experience the joys of reading, or you didn’t and one of the truancy bots grabbed you and dragged you there, kicking and screaming, the fact of the matter is that you’re going to the library. Today.
Now that you're here though, remember to please be quiet while in the library. The librarian will not appreciate it if you’re loud.
In fact, said librarian will gladly hunt you down if you’re loud. She hasn't had lunch yet and you look ever so tasty, after all. If you don't want to be eaten though, apologies and a hefty donation to the library will get her to back down. See how simple that was? And all you had to do was shut your piehole.
Also hey look, all of your friends are here too! You should go read with them. Quietly.
Welcome to the library.
PHASE II [ 1015 ] And once you’re in the library, well… you may feel drawn to a book. It can be any book. It may not even be the typical sort of book that you’d read. But you’re drawn to it, you pick it up, you read a few pages, and then something happens.
The effects may take hold slowly and worsen over time, or they may immediately grab you by the throat, but either way, you’re no longer acting quite like yourself.
And now that you’ve read a book, you’re allowed to leave the library without a fuss, book now safely in your arms along with your new CERES-issued library card app on your CereVice. The app is handy for things like seeing if a certain book is at the library or checked out, requesting for a specific title to be available, renewing books from the comfort of your home and checking on events happening weekly. (Tuesday Afternoon is the "Romance Lovers Book Club" and it seems to be personally recommended by Mosley himself! Wow!) Look at how handy that is! Of course, you can also try to escape through the windows without a book, but nobody will let you leave until you’ve at least checked out at least one.
Reading is good for you, kids.
PHASE III [ 100 ] Either way, you’ve escaped the library, right? You’re safe now, even if everyone around the city is acting totally strange. And, for a day or two, everything will just stay that way. Everything will probably be fine, right?
Wrong.
The third night after this disaster began, you’ll find yourself back in the library. You don’t know how you got there or why but you sure are here. One moment you were asleep in your bed, or reading like the night owl you are, and the next you’re in the middle of the library, wearing whatever you wear late at night. No judgment here, you rock those pikachu pajamas. You really do. ... Oh wait, you weren't wearing pikachu pajamas? Oops. You are now.
Anyway, the library is completely dark, and eerily quiet. But there are skitterings of creatures right outside of your field of vision, and no matter how you try, you can’t find a light switch. While nothing is jumping out at you immediately, this is also Cerealia. Who knows what’s lurking out there in the dark? Maybe you should take a swing and see what happens.
Of course, if you do get the zombie skeletons, you should feel bad about it; it seemed they were just trying to sort the books with a lot of enthusiasm. It's not their fault you were in their book-sorting way.
(Or... maybe it’s just your friends. It sure would be bad if you killed them. Please don’t kill them and get blood all over the books.)
PHASE IV [ 645 ] From the sun shining through the windows, it... seems to be morning. Yayyyy! You survived the night.
But you also made a mess. There are books everywhere, along with (re)dead zombie corpses, and they need to be sorted back into their proper places. You do know the system that Cerealia’s books are sorted by, right? Of course you do.
... What the heck is a Dewey Decimal System?
Well, either way you’d better get to work fast, because if the books aren’t sorted, you will be. If you inspect the corpses, you might notice that there's something off about them. That maybe they weren't there to attack you last night but to... clean up the library. And you stopped them, oh. So now it's your job to sort through this mess and if you don't, a certain giant metal claw will happily grab you and stuff you into a bookshelf regardless of whether or not your limbs fit.
(Also wow, rude, did the claw sort you onto the dinosaur erotica shelf?)
Either way, you can probably leave once the librarian gets here and forget this whole PR stunt ever happened. Thanks for reading with CERES!
BONUS [ xxxx ] So, remember those book clubs? It seems like they're not doing nearly as well as the library would hope (even with their sponsorship from Mosley!) so the library has decided to do something about that. Sometime during the next week, even if the effects of that book you checked out have worn off, you might be approached by some robots (holy shit are they huge too). They don't look friendly either. They'll have the official Cerealia Library logo on their chest and when they spot you they'll make a beeline right over, so you might want to run.
They're here to collect you and no matter how many times you try and outrun them, they'll just keep coming back. If you finally give in, don't mind the robot as it scoops you up (bridal style, naturally) and carries you straight to the library.
When you get there, everything's less threatening, of course. You'll be dropped right at the circle of chairs with everyone else (maybe you see a friend there too) and given a book to read. Is this... is this dinosaur erotica again? Of course it is. (Or maybe it's the robot western, the zombie noir? All these genres to choose from!)
And it seems like those robots aren't going to let you leave until you've given a detailed, thoughtful account of the main character's struggle either. They want to see tears.
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flynn scifo | ota!
[who doesn't love history? and who doesn't love it when the historical book ends up being a nice, ol' historical erotic? high and mighty king flynn sure enjoyed the literary read! it started off dull, but a few minutes in and his whole attitude changed! not about the silly book, of course. only a simple peasant would be enamored by mere text. what changed was that he realized what pressing matters need attending to most of all! reading is not the best way to spend his time. a king can read any day! literacy and books are a plenty for one of royal blood.
no no, what a king needs most of all is a queen. no, queens. who could possibly settle for one? leaving so many individuals without the pleasure of his company simply feels far too cruel a fate. flynn, a good and just king, will not permit for that!! all are welcome to sit side by sit on the throne with him... or to keep him company in his bedroom chamber.
thus the hunt for queens begins immediately once outside the library. king flynn is not a picky king. man, woman, robot, etc: all make good queens. other kings even make good queens. everyone makes a good queen! his eyes land on you and immediately he starts forward to take your hand in his own and place a kiss on the back of it.]
My fair maiden [guys count, too], your angelic beauty has attracted me from afar. [he lifts his head to so to meet the gaze of this potential queen to be.] Please, do me the honor of ruling this humble empire by my side as my queen.
bonus.
[the door to the book club opens as the library bot brings in yet another member bridal style. no complaints or struggling or resisting comes from the new member. what greets those inside is something far different, far... stranger.]
Are you certain you would not prefer to join me in ruling? You need not be ashamed; I will love you regardless of your metallic nature.
[no dice. the robot, as per the entire trip, so rudely ignores the attempted advances. how tragic. robots possesses every right to rule and are every bit as fine to seduce as humans. they need not hide their feelings!! how terrible a life this poor thing has lead to keep his emotions so firmly hidden.
unfortunately for the king, the bot remains completely disinterested in joining the royal scifo family no matter what gets said and practically slams the blond down into a seat. rude!! flynn pouts upon getting unceremoniously thrown down like... like... LIKE A COMMONER.]
Robot, though a seductive piece of work you may be, even you have no right to treat your king so poorly! [that pout quickly shifts into a seductive smile.] Unless we were to take this elsewhere...
[yes, follow book club members, this is an attempted seduction of a library bot...]
Phase II | dear god in heaven, flynn
He doesn't immediately regret it at this point in time, considering he has now somehow amassed a small pack of shiba inu CYbuddies. Later, he'll regret everything. For now, though, Mikleo's kind of looking to see if there's anything exciting to do that can get the adrenaline pumping.
The seraph is interrupted by Flynn taking his hand very suddenly. Mikleo is confused, which then turns immediately to embarrassed confusion. What the fresh hell is this???
it is entirely possible that nobody has ever flirted with him before in his life, especially not this terribly]Wait, what? [Hang on, Mikleo's brain is trying to catch up. His pack of shiba inu stare at Flynn and do synchronized tail wagging.] Uh...queen? That's pretty. Forward. Of you, Flynn.
[He has no idea what to say other than that. What do?]
heaven is clearly missing an angel, mikleo
One ought to be nothing but forward with one so enchanting, so... [he leans in and gets WELL into mikleo's personal space] breath-taking.
[was that a hint of huskiness in his voice at the end? why yes, yes it was. flynn is so fully taken in by the beauty of mikleo. ...you know, as much as a king who'd marry everything would be.]
1/2 dear heaven, plz take him back home asap.
2/2 he just can't handle this, heaven.
Mikleo should really say something.]
Uh....
[Masterfully articulate, Seraph Mikleo, especially since that comes out as more of a squeak.]
I-I appreciate the compliment, F-Flynn, but....
[He might be glancing around a little desperately. Someone please save him before Mikleo decides to take drastic measures.]
GOOD THING SOREY IS HERE TO SAVE HIM kind of
NAH, HE'S HERE TO MAKE MIKLEO SUFFER MORE
MAOTELUS SAVE THE QUEEN....
NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU .......
pops in real quicklike
bless you edna
bless her and someone should stop Mikleo...
someone should stop a lot of this
should stop ALL of it tbh
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cutting in for a hot second
mikleo, his almost-savior ;o;
the best sheep a shepard could ask for
he swears to Maotelus
maotelus can't save them
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phase ii.
Leon didn't exactly want to go to the library (he was pretty sure this was some horrible trap in some way or another), but either way Stahn was willing to go which means Leon had to come too. Just to make sure Stahn didn't do anything stupid, you know how it goes with dumb protags.
But somehow along the way (probably while being manhandled by robots), he managed to lose track of Stahn, and while he hasn't touched a single book, that doesn't mean the people around him aren't acting strange.
Which is why he's not quite prepared when Flynn takes his hand, and he freezes up even more when he kisses the back of it because what.]
W-what do you think you're doing?!
[This is the worst thing ever....... but to Leon, it's just rubbing in the fact that people mistake him for a girl, because he fails to realize how open-minded of a king Flynn is.]
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I think my eyes have never beheld true beauty up until this very moment. [he clasps leon's hand with both his hands as he straightens up.] And I would be honored would you allow me to see more.
[whatever way the queen interprets that is... probably accurate. flynn's laying on the charm as thick as possible.]
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Leon's immediately trying to tug his hand away, though whether or not he's successful depends on how tightly Flynn's holding onto it.]
Don't touch me!
[Yes, this is definitely going great.]
Let me go right now!
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choo choo all aboard the phase II train
But that will have to wait because right now there is a strange blond man taking his hand and asking him to... be his queen? Why. ]
You have about three seconds to let go of me.
[ He will hit you. ]
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[true to that word, dezel's hand gets released in JUST under 3 seconds. hey, if the guy doesn't want to be touched then he won't. king flynn respects boundaries of such dazzling potential queens. letting go of the hand doesn't mean that flynn's been deterred in any way, however. oh no, the wooing of dezel has only just begun.]
Might I learn of the name of the sorcerer who has ensnared my heart so thoroughly with this spell of love?
[maybe flynn steps a little closer, too. just a little. closer isn't touching, right? right.]
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[ "what the hell" is Dezel's new motto for Cerealia, because he hasn't stopped asking that since he got here ]
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Phase III...can't help myself
...Why?
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Why what, my little princess?
[even flynn isn't far enough gone to try to hit on someone so young. thank whatever gods for that much, at least. THAT SAID, lily won't be spared from witnessing the seductive gazes still sent back over at the robots. come on, botty, you know you wanna be queen.]
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...Why are you asking the robot to marry you?
[The gaze has her squinting her eyes.]
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phase ii;
But he can't really give all that away (what if more people find out? who knows what they'd do), so he'll just smile at Flynn.]
An interesting proposal, but I'm afraid I will have to decline. I have my own kingdom to manage, after all.
[...Unless. Unless he takes him up on his offer and marries(???) Flynn in order to gain control of his kingdom, and then kills him after the fact. One less potential threat to his throne.
Good lord.]
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A merger between two kingdoms will only strengthen them.
[appealing to logic to sway the rational minded tends to work well. it IS true, too. two kingdoms are better then one. it's similar to two queens being better than one. and 100 queens? simply best.]
Together you and I can have an empire like no other and [his voices drops a little, becoming more husky] so much more.
[not only can he offer a powerful joint kingdom, but saiduq would get the prize of having such an amazing and perfect king. no better prize than that exists! why, it's so great a prize that it needs to shared with as many people as possible. hopefully being queen number 89 is cool with this one.]
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That is true. I must ask, however, what you mean by "much more".
[Is he really gonna make Flynn say it...looks like it.]
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ii yea
[No there's no reaction. Hinata's so still he might as well be frozen in place. Or a statue. Would you try to make a statue your queen, Flynn?]
...Uh. I think you mistook me for someone else.
[YEAH NO. He's just going to slowly tug his hand back out of Flynn's hold and look around for an escape. Listen, this is for both of their sakes. He can recognise right away by now the effects of CERES being CERES.]
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needless to say, flynn keeps his hold on hinata's hand instead of releasing it at the tugging. not only does he not let go but he leans into the other man's personal space while smiling a seductive smile. there will be massive apologizing when he's back to normal, but for now? let the wooing of the potential queen continue!]
How could I ever mistake another for someone possessing such a divine, enthralling aura as yourself, my dear Hinata?
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bonus.....
[ too bad the lit fic Souji read still has a residual effect on him, because he crosses his arms and scoffs out loud ]
Man, you're really bad at this, aren't you? [ no souji.... it's not flynn's fault that the robot can't feel Emotions ] If it didn't work before, then it's probably not going to work now.
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Perhaps you are correct. Perhaps my efforts are best turned toward one more worthy of such attention and devotion.
[hint hint, souji. someone has officially set their sights on you.]
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would you like to end here and handwave the rest or continue??
ending here works! would you like flynn to send an apology text to souji?
SURE!!! now they can be best friends :)))))))
phase II
[As he takes her hand, she blinks.... and gives him a weird look]
Did you hit your head or something?
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Not at all, I do wholeheartedly appreciate your concern, my lovely Maya.
[that flirty smile being sent maya's way is very unsidekick-like. whatever's wrong with him, it's definitely worse than just a bump on the head or something.]
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phase ii;
She's positive that she's never seen this person before, but he speaks as though they've definitely met before! ]
And just why would you be interested in me, a stranger? [ Surely, he has alternative motives! Does he know that she's a princess?! That has to be it! ]
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Have you never heard of love at first sight, oh sweetest cherry blossom? [he steps closer, placing a hand over his heart in what is hopefully a sincere motion!] My eyes have never beheld anything so stunning so it is of little wonder my heart reacted so intensely.
[more like he just wants to have a couple hundred queens, but little, unimportant details like that are little and unimportant.]
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