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[reparator]

Who: Everyone who likes books! (And everyone else too, deal with it.)
When: IC: 4/12 - 4/16 ; OOC: 11/26 - 12/03
Where: Cerealia's Library
What: Time for some safe, clean, book-related fun!
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for suggestive and dangerous situations. Please inform the mods if the rating needs to go up or if this log should be locked!

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//event022.EXE

The library. A place of books. A place of learning. A place that definitely exists here in Cerealia to encourage learning and reading and all of those other good things! In fact, you can get your special Cerealia library card today! Just come on in and they'll upload it right onto your CereVice for you, as easy as can be. Why did it take so long for you to get a library card? Who knows! But now even you can check out those bright and shiny and in no way technologically advanced books all over the library. They have everything! Fantasy, Action-adventure, that dinosaur erotica you've always wanted to read... What's that? You're looking for non-fiction? What in the world are you talking about? That's not a real book genre, don't be ridiculous. Books are for entertainment, not information! Just use the internet for that, silly. You must've cooked up something like that in some strange fever dream, tight? How awful. Stop being ridiculous and go read your fiction, okay? No y e l l i n g in the library. No r u n n i n g in the library. Be p o l i t e in the library. And please do not get blood on the books.

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I [ 1000 ] 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. [ 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 NOVEMBER 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 from 11/26 to 12/03, or IC 4/12 to 4/16. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

Comments

ota!

[immobileyes]

[ PHASE II. ]

(a.)

[ Mary was probably spotted in the library earlier, giving a curious glance through whatever book she just so happened to grab first. But when you see her again... whether you know her or not, something's obviously Not Quite Right with her.

Maybe because somehow she's gotten into a CERES zoo enclosure and is facing down some kind of giant alien giraffe-- and by facing it, we mean running after it, apparently trying to grab its tail. Why? You might want to ask her that. ]

(b.)

[ Oh, look, it's Mary! A Mary who is on the roof of a nearby building and calling down to you, because-- ]

I don't know who you are, but can you move? I need a clear landing spot!

[ She will be saying this whether she actually ought to be acquainted with you by now or not. Huh. (Please don't let her fling herself off the roof.) ]


[ Phase III. ]

[ Look at that, now it's a Marychu. Who doesn't actually care about what she's wearing at the moment, because she has much bigger concerns. Her memories are slow to return, and honestly, she still doesn't recall a lot. Maybe bits and pieces, and those confuse her more than reassure her, but what truly matters about the situation right now is that Mary is in Pikachu pajamas and also at the time of her abduction, she was still wandering around and trying to jog her memory via extreme stunts with clothes hangers.

Sadly, any stunts will have been cut short, but it left her with something important.

Namely, when any loud noise occurs, or you round the corner, you're going to find yourself with one fierce-looking and somehow still shaking medusa pointing a clothes hanger at you. ]

This is dangerous, so stay back!! I-I'm pretty sure it'll hurt!

[ FEAR HER. ]


[ WILDCARD. ]

[ Go wild, homies. ]

Phase II b

[a_meebo]

[That person happens to be Mikleo. Normally, he'd be internally losing his mind while externally trying to calmly talk her down from the roof.]

No, wait, I'll come up and join you, Mary!

[Yeah, this isn't normal behavior for the water seraph. He tells his small back to sit and stay somewhere next to the building before using his water magic to vault him up to the rooftop. He'll even do a flip for style points!

He might also be assuming that Mary simply didn't recognize him from so high up. Oops.]

Okay, so, what are we doing?

[Whatever it is, it seems like it'll be thrilling!]

[immobileyes]

I'm jumping off to get my memories back.

[ A pause, as she tilts her head. The person in front of her certainly isn't ringing any bells, but more importantly-- ]

Why are you here?

phase ii b

[coefficiency]

[ Today is a lovely day. The breeze is perfect, blowing through his hair and giving him the ultimate effect of drama. They really should put him on the cover of a book, he thinks. His charm is impossibly high.

Of course, his tall dark and brooding moment is interrupted by a sudden shout. Glancing up, he places a hand over his heart and then dramatically holds it out for the young lady. ]

Sweet miss, don't worry, I'll catch you.

[ He probably will. ]

[immobileyes]

... Catch me?

[ Blank stare. ]

Why?

wildcard!!

[coexistent]

[guess who's sending a worried text when mary doesn't show up at the usual spot?]

mary... is everything okay? [did he do something to make her mad? did she get hurt or something?]

[immobileyes]

[ There's a very long pause, which probably won't do much to make Roxas any less worried, but finally, a response! ]

Mary... is that me?

Phase II-b!

[cutebutexpendable]

[ Caught off-guard for once, Styx cranes his neck to stare up at Mary, his eyes widening in utter disbelief. ]

Are you out of your goddamn mind!? That's a terrible idea!

[ He gestures to the four-lane street around him, wide enough to accommodate heavy traffic. ]

How the hell do you think you'll fit your titanic scaly ass down here? You'll kill us all! [ Aah, the wonders of fantasy fiction. ]

[immobileyes]

... S-scaly? I have scales?

[ THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT. A vital clue?? Hold on, she's just turning in a circle on the roof and trying to examine herself. ]

IIb... or not IIb? (no, actually, it's IIb)

[windstepping]

[ To put it simply, Dezel has... no idea what the hell is going on. Why i everyone acting insane? Why do they keep ending up in the damnable library? (Really, does he look like an egghead like Sorey or Mikleo?)

And most importantly of all... is that Mary on that roof over there? ]

What the hell do you think you're doing?!

[ Such concern. ]

[immobileyes]

Eh--! [ The sudden sharpness of Dezel's voice makes her flinch-- but she stumbles forwards, rather than backwards, and suddenly she's falling off the roof.

Well. This was the end goal, if the method was a little less thought-out. ]

ii a!

[adornmental]

[AH, IT'S that girl whose hair he promised to braid once! Mary, he thinks?? Mary...

Mary, what are you doing chasing around a giant alien giraffe?? Kashuu - who knows by now that this is going to be A Long Few Days - is immediately pressed up against the chainlink fence and shaking it to try getting her attention.]

Hey... Hey! Get outta there!

[That giraffe looks Rude, okay.]

[immobileyes]

... Huh?

[ Mary slows, abandoning her pursuit of the poor giraffe (temporarily) in favor of turning around to squint at the person on the other side of the fence. ]

Why?

IIB

[espersions]

[ A dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets. But on the 12th floor of the Acme building, one man is trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions...

No, that's not right. Not quite. It isn't night, it's afternoon. He's on the street. But there is someone standing on the 12th floor of the Acme building, at least where it would be, if the Acme Building had 12 floors. It only goes to eleven.

I looked up, and there she was. A dame with hair as white as snow, backlit by the dying rays of the afternoon sun, standing on the edge of the roof. She's talking. She's saying something. ]

H-hey!

[ She wants me to move. She wants me to move so she can jump, but there's more to it than that. If she wanted to kill herself she'd do it quietly, and if she could fly she just would. ]

I'm not falling for that!

[ Making it look like an accident, that's what she's trying to do. She wants me to move where she can jump right on top of me. Another small tragedy in a dark city where nobody's problems amount to a hill of beans.

Well. This devil who looks like an angel is going to have to try harder than that. ]

phase ii b

[thatdamnknight]

[who happens to walk by? why it's king flynn and wearing far fancier clothes than he was earlier. those were peasant clothes and he is NO peasant. how much did they cost? pssh financial worries are for peasants, too.

the shouting gets him to look up and... smile. what a cutie little potential queen.]

My dear cherub, you have already landed firmly into my heart and have solidified your rightful place as my queen.

[sorry, mary, he's not moving BUT he is stretching out his arms. come to him, future queen number... 57? something like that. the number doesn't matter. what matters is that he will catch you!!]

Please do not fear for you may land into my arms, as well.

2a

[sewayaku]

Mary!! Get out of there right now!!

[ that is the sound of poor, harangued Zara, leaning over the railing at the zoo and shouting at her with a look of deep concern on his face. Normally, he doesn't go to the zoo (or care for it), but he's been called as an emergency contact of the person currently causing a ruckus on the property. Needless to say, this isn't what he was expecting. He figured Mary had gotten hurt or lost somehow.

But no, she's chasing a giraffe. Of course. ]

phase ii b

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka goes through two thought processes.

1. Oh, his sweet baby girl is pretty high up. Seems like she's getting over some of her fears! So long as she doesn't get too close to the edge-- OH GOD THAT'S THE EDGE, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE EDGE

2. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS]

Mary-chan?! No! Hey, wait, hold on!! Don't jump, you'll give Aniki a heart attack....!!

[OR LIKE. ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE HE'S PRETTY SURE WHAT HE'S FEELING ALREADY IS CARDIAC ARREST.]

phase iii; to break the chain of ii's

[adminproof]

...I don't think that will.

[Fortunately, his book effects have worn off by now, so he won't be a complete asshole to her in this most dire of times. He floats over a bit closer, with no sound of footsteps.]

phase iii

[dereban]

... Are you sure?

[ Skepticism fills her entire face as she plants her hands on her hips, frowning. It seems that she doesn't seem to fear her as much as she probably should, not in the slightest bit. Just because she has selective amnesia doesn't mean that she's going to take everything at face value. ]

Because that's a clothes hanger.

ii-b STARTS UP THE CHAIN AGAIN

[scenting]

[ hey, mary! remember malia? the very grumpy girl who thinks being scared of stuff is dumb? yeah, she's not going to be very helpful in this situation even if she's still being followed around be a rose petal tornado.

she squints up towards mary when she hears the shouting, mouth pulling into a frown. is malia that easily forgettable? well, okay. whatever. malia's still going to talk smack anyway. ]

I'm not moving. You'll just have to land on me.

[ malia no ]

phase iii

[retorter]

[ Souji obediently comes to a stop, but moreso because he hadn't expected Mary the shaking medusa or the clothes hanger. ]

Hm? [ looks down at her... he's also dressed in pikachu pajamas, but that is a fact of life that he's willing to ignore at the moment. He does, at least, have his sword in hand, since he can't exactly carry it on his waist. ] You're going to have to try harder than that if you want to kill me, you know.

[ but he sounds totally amused by this, so maybe this is okay?? ]

iii

[topscores]

[Oh my god, that clothes hanger looks really intimidating now that Nice looks at it. Normally, it probably wouldn't be that bad...but it is Cerealia, and he did pick up one of those books earlier.]

So you're the one who's been after me!

[This is probably not going to be good.]

ii a!

[colonially]

[You know what, Quatre is going to ask exactly that, because he's puzzling it out. And maybe it looks a little fun -- though he'd rather try to ride the thing if he's being hones wit himself, but that doesn't stop him from hopping the enclosure.]

Mary!

[Just her name as he jogs out.] Need a hand? [Wnat to wrangle one of these things? They should totally try to wrangle one of these things.]

phase iii

[good_ideas]

[An equally amnesic Shiho wearing sharp pyjamas is staring down at the tiny girl brandishing a clothes hanger in front of her.]

....Isn't that a clothes hanger? [Thanks to not remembering anything (in particular, the fact that she was a psychometer and therefore shouldn't trust anyone or anything), Shiho is pretty calm about this whole situation and hasn't yet decided to say anything rude.]

III

[zombiedude]

[Nico actually feels fairly within his comfort zone right now. The dark, quiet, and zombies are all things he's used to, and once he's discovered that the zombies aren't attacking people, he's not on edge.

He could do without the dumb pajamas, but at least it's dark and people are less likely to see him.

He's still got that skill of being so quiet that he startles people when he pops up besides them, so when he turns a corner, he's not too surprised to see someone looking startled by him.

Then he sees who it is and sees what she's holding. He squints a bit in the darkness to see that... yeah, that's Mary brandishing a coat hanger.

He holds his hands up in surrender, smiling a bit in light amusement.]

I'll take your word for it. I'd prefer not to be stabbed with a hanger.