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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2015-12-15 05:00 pm

//EVENT023.EXE

Who: Everyone + the ghosts of Christmas past the ghosts who aren't the ghosts of Christmas past
When: OOC: 12/16 to 12/23 ; IC: 4/22 to 4/26
Where: All around Cerealia
What: We have some new friends visiting.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for violent and dangerous situations; please let the mods know if the rating needs to go up or the log needs to be locked!




//event023.EXE



The metaphorical sun is shining today -- until it isn't. All of a sudden, there's a creeping sensation up your spine, and the sense that something bad is coming. The day seems a little darker. And those closer to the source who are in their homes in the residential district will understand that sensation better than anyone.

The pure of heart throughout the city who have been feeling under the weather lately will suddenly feel a terrible sense of all-encompassing dread overcome them. A loud metal groan will echo throughout the city as once again, the city undergoes surprise renovations. But today it is not what has been keeping the residents in – but rather some surprise visitors who have wanted out.

And there's a message on the wind, one that might be heard for anyone who listens hard enough...


Murderers.

Murderers.

Murderersmurderersmurderers.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 9:00 ] The peace of the morning in the Residential District shatters just as the wall caves through. It’s a small segment of wall -- no more than five feet across at most. And yet the crash and groan of the metal being stretched is ominously accompanied by the distinct piercing screech of metal and another sound. A raucous noise, a combination of ungodly wailing and sharp, victorious laughter spills forth from the hole left in the wall as a myriad of ghosts and spirits erupt from the newly created exit. Characters with any type of spiritual sense will find themselves nearly overwhelmed by the amount of negative ghostly energy that suddenly floods Cerealia and characters with no sense of preservation will find any attempt to enter the hole blocked by the fiercest of ghosts, met with deadly force if they try to pass, as the ghosts won’t hesitate to do things such as reach straight into your body to try to stop your heart.

These ghosts are out for blood, and they don’t seem to stop no matter how you try to talk to them -- they just hiss out, over and over again, “Murderersmurderersmurderers.

From there, the ghosts move on. Their true target, after all, is CERES… but to them, there’s no difference between the character players and CERES. They’ll go for whoever gets in their way, phasing through walls and becoming tangible long enough to reach for characters before fading away again. Characters with special abilities will find themselves in a similar state. Their abilities may increase and decrease in power sporadically, or be completely gone. They may attempt to cast a spell only to find that the wrong spell is cast instead, or an attempt at healing may end up a more dangerous spell. Be careful with your own magical skills!

Those with items or powers specifically intended to ward off spirits will still fulfill their intended purposes when used – unless malicious spiritual energy gets to them first.

PHASE II

[ 14:00 ] It seems the ghosts have more tricks up their sleeves. It seems that a not-so-friendly ghost has decided to play a game with you. It doesn't matter where you are, or what you're doing, because a moment later a voice calls out -- Hey. Can you see me? -- and once you turn your head, you’ll come face to face with a surprise.

Who is it in this world (or your world, or any world) that you have managed to disappoint the most? A family member? A friend? Yourself? They face you now, eyes full of sadness, and they say, “I need you to do something for me.” Without another word, they’ll turn away and begin to walk. Your vision grows foggy, focused solely on the need to do whatever this person wants – they need you, after all. Your legs move to follow them, unless you manage to somehow resist.

But you apparently don’t seem to notice that you’re the only one who can see this person – or that they’re leading you stray toward that monorail track with the sound of the train coming closer, or that busy intersection, or right off the sky bridge.

PHASE III

[ 6:00 ] Other ghosts don’t feel like borrowing faces in order to inflict damage. No, they’ll inflict their damage on a far more personal level. They manifest suddenly and without warning – then all it takes is a simple touch. A ghostly hand reaches out to you and it feels like the cold wraps around your heart, and your vision skews, and then... they leave just as suddenly as they came.

Those who have been around for awhile may very well recognize the ghosts, at that.

But the damage has already been done. Depending on a character’s assigned sense, they will feel one of the following changes:

Sight: Hopefully you aren’t in the habit of bending the truth. Dead men tell no tales, they say. But what happens to a living person unable to tell lies? Any attempt at telling any lie or falsehood will cause the character to feel as though their throat has closed off, and they can do nothing more than choke.

Smell: The cold passes, but in some way that it never really leaves. And then everything seems perfectly normal. Nothing has changed, right? You're fine -- except that in a short period of time with how crazy things are, it becomes apparent that you're unable to feel pain. The damage to your body is the same as ever, but dangerously, you can't feel a thing.

Taste: It would appear as though the ghosts have a sense of humor. From those who rest in eternal slumber, try a few days of being unable to sleep. Everything seems fine at first... but slowly but surely, that lack of sleep will start to take its toll.

Hearing: Most others would feel relief once the ghosts left, finally a moment of peace. But you? You don’t feel anything – nothing kind, anyway. Rather, you have been left unable to feel joy. Everything seems either bleak or as though it simply has no emotional impact at all.

Touch: How many deaths have been caused in the name of heroics? Apparently in an attempt to keep future casualties down (or perhaps for their own laughter), the ghosts have left you unable to be brave. Suddenly, a situation you'd face fearlessly is one that has sent you running, panic sharp in your chest.

These effects will last throughout the event, if a character is caught by them.

PHASE IV

[ 10:00 ] While chaos erupts throughout the city, some of the more misguided ghosts (but still bloodthirsty, so very bloodthirsty) just happened to run into the wrong part of town and don’t know how to give a proper scaring. One ghost seems to think that it was a great idea to possess a masseusebot from the Spa. You’re grabbed suddenly! You fight for your life but can’t seem to get yourself out of its metal grip! With expert precision that only a robot can mange, it finds your pressure points – and releases all that tension from this Incredibly Bad Day. The ghost inside the robot is confused, distressed -- why is this human suddenly so relaxed? It only wants to murder. But the only illegal thing happening here is how good this massage makes you feel.

Maybe later you’ll walk down the street and get stopped by the ghost that possessed a balloon dispenser. Perhaps a ghost has possessed the friendly McCERES mascot, and is now handing out coupons with murderous intent. And of course, there are always the hug bots...

Look, they tried really hard, okay.

Of course... they might end up possessing technology a little closer to home as well, at which point it's not so funny.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Hopefully you have friends who have ghost-fighting skills. Or ghost-taming skills. Or ghost-bellydancing skills, who knows, we won't judge them if you don't. But what of those poor people who come from worlds where the supernatural is some weird television show?

Worry not, poor souls, for CERES is here to provide! Some time after the ruckus begins, characters will find what looks to be a hand-held vacuum cleaner situated innocuously in their rooms (only one per person, you greedy gus). The logo on the side will helpfully inform you that this is of CERES make, because the paper pamphlet beside your new device? Well, it's more like a picture book. Observe Stick-Man Sully as he uses his vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts! Learn from his stellar example! Do not stick the hose in your mouth or attempt to give the vacuum CPR, there's a big X over that picture. Also of the one where Stick-Man Sully sets his captive ghosts free once more, we don't want that, do we?

Your new ghost vacuum should prove effective against any ghastly ghoul that shoots your way, but beware! Should you capture a ghost and not turn in your vacuum to CERES for weekly ghost disposal, your ghost will serenade you in the wee hours of the morning with its song of choice. If you capture a whole horde of ghosts, well, congratulations. You have a boy band living in your vacuum.


[ 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 DECEMBER 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 12/16 to 12/23, or IC 4/22 to 4/26. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

digiteyesed: (pic#9548429)

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[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-19 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Are you absolutely sure this isn't a ghost? She's floating just like one and definitely doesn't look quite human, but at least she's not malicious like them. Instead of touching him she floats upside down right in front of his face. Ene always goes more for distraction and silliness rather than any sort of sincerity or seriousness. This kid looks like he needs his mind taken off of some things.]

Oiiii, kid, you okay? Don't worry, I wasn't followed, I'm better than that!
zerotohiro: (Fuck duct tape)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-21 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Normally he'd actually find the distraction amusing and welcome, but the moment that Ene appears in front of his face the only thing he can do is yelp in surprise and try to back away, finding there's nowhere else to go with the wall behind him. Still, once he finds that she's not a ghost and instead she's just...floating...his curiosity piques again and temporarily overrides his newfound fear.]

...how're you doing that? [He'll even go as far as to tilt his head to try and figure it out. Jack Frost has pulled similar tricks on him before, but it's hard to recall that right now. He's also not quite answering the question of if he's okay. That's debatable.]
digiteyesed: (pic#9548453)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-21 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rolling over right side up to smile at Hiro innocently, kicking her legs. Legs that are missing feet and just taper off into light and digital code. It's fine if he doesn't answer, and fine if he startles for a moment, as long as fear is overridden her plan is working.]

Doing what?
zerotohiro: (I think I get it)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Her plan's working very well. The alarm's disappearing from his expression and replaced with something more fascinated than previously.]

Floating? But I think I can kinda get it now. [His eyes flick between her legs and her feet and her face, clearly working things through in his head.] It's kind of a neat trick.
digiteyesed: (Call me maybe)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-22 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Excellent, Ene feels so pleased at that she is the best at cheering kids up! Being called neat doesn't hurt either.]

I'm full of neat tricks~ So what do you get, hmm? Let's see if your guess is right.
zerotohiro: (You've lost it)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[It helps that this particular kid is impressed by the strange and weird things. He's usually more comfortable finding his backing in science and solid facts, but Cerealia's piqued his curiosity enough to start learning about the unexplainable. So, when Ene challenges him with that question he purses his lips in thought.

(His fear's temporarily subsided as well, so there's that.)]


You're some kind of spirit, aren't you? Not a ghost. Ghosts can make fully solid forms, I think. [That doesn't explain her feet though.] Except it's too precise to just spirit energy or whatever. Am I close?
digiteyesed: (pic#9548393)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-22 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Bzzzzt!

[Crosses her arms and a loud buzzer noise sounds from somewhere, alongside her childish exclamation.]

I can see how 'spirit' would look close, but it's not! I'm definitely too precise for just spirit energy.

[......Probably. To be honest she's still not entirely sure on her existence, but she vehemently refuses any title like 'spirit' or 'ghost'. She is a perfectly alive human thank you very much, she just doesn't look like it!]

Besides, I'm solid enough, aren't I?

[If he wasn't wearing a helmet she would prove this by MERCILESSLY RUFFLING UP HIRO'S HAIR but as it is she'll settle for trying to tickle him.]
zerotohiro: (No kidding?)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He jumps because wow, no, loud noises aren't good at the moment but at least he isn't running away. Instead, he scrunches up his nose when she says he's wrong. How's that possible, and what does that mean?

So instead, he's moving to actually poke her hand but finds she's faster and it startles a laugh out of him before he rolls away.]


Whoa, hey. Don't even try it. [It's an idle threat, but he's suddenly reworking that theory.] Solid enough, but spirits can do those kinds of things, too. What makes you different?
digiteyesed: (pic#9599121)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-22 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oops, at least he looks okay? Ish?? Not lingering on the jumping too long if he's not either, wiggling her fingers at him.]

I already tried and won. Anyway, I'm different from a spirit because I'm not a spirit, not everything has to be magic you know.

[I mean. She's definitely magical. No part of what happened to her was not demon magic. But it was also SCIENCE!! Creepy occult demon science. So she's technically not lying!]
zerotohiro: (Neckcrack?)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course it doesn't. I'm from a world where magic's not even real, it's just science. [And it's about then that it occurs to him that perhaps there's something to that statement.] ...is that what you're trying to hint at?
digiteyesed: (pic#9548384)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-22 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ene beams, clasping her hands behind her back and looking the picture of innocence]

Getting warmer~
zerotohiro: (Picture of innocence here)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...you're an experiment? [That wouldn't be as weird, honestly.]
digiteyesed: (Clean your damn screen)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-22 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes, but that's a rude question about a very sore subject and she iss ending this guessing game right now it's not fun anymore.]

Cold! I'm a cyber girl.
zerotohiro: (No seriously)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-22 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, Ene :( That's just how Hiro works. With that answer though he pauses, trying to parse out what that really means.]

Like...digital? Because you definitely don't look like a bot. [A beat.] How's that different when we're all made of code?
bluescreenofdeath: (Send this to everybody)

[personal profile] bluescreenofdeath 2015-12-22 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's way different! I'm used to living inside phones and computers and things, here everything's in the computer and I can touch it! Look!

[A much more fun topic is her newfound physicality GRABBING HIRO'S HANDS 8D Looooook I'm touching someoneeeeee]
zerotohiro: (STOPSTOPSTOP!)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-23 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHY IS THERE HAND-TOUCHING AHHH ENE NO. He's trying to yank his hands back due to not really being used to people just doing that, but he's stunned anyway.]

Where did you even come from then? How's that possible?
digiteyesed: (pic#9593076)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-23 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[WHY WOULDN'T THERE BE HAND TOUCHING, hand touching is the best. But fine. Take your hands and be BORING Hiro.]

That's a good question, who knows how any of this is possible? Probably the jerks who brought us here, actually.
zerotohiro: (No kidding?)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-23 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
What about back in your world? [He knows about AIs and the like, but this is different than that.]
digiteyesed: (pic#9593023)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-23 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Some places are more advanced than others, I guess.

[What is a straight answer]
zerotohiro: (Physical? Or emotional?)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-23 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And what makes you think your world's more advanced than mine? [Oh look, there's a shred of the real Hiro Hamada.]
digiteyesed: (pic#9548452)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-23 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh good, bite back! Encouraged by his sass, all according to plan]

The guess of magic and spirits first? The complete inability to recognise someone so technologically advanced? The amazement at how someone like me could be possible? I can keep going.
zerotohiro: ([armor] Tease)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-24 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Is it so technologically advanced, or is it so old that technology like that hasn't been used since before I was born? [Hiro Hamada the sass master, ladies and gentlemen.] Most of the AI I've seen are a little different but function way beyond the capabilities of most of the ones I've met here.
digiteyesed: (The sweetest and most innocent)

[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-24 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
Are you calling me outdated? That's so mean.

[Puts on an upset and offended face!! Super hamming it up.]

I can't believe you'd say something so rude, how old do you think I am? Kids these days! Saying things like -

[And here Ene plays a recording of Hiro's own voice exclaiming "Where did you even come from then? How's that possible?"]

- then turning around and saying it's not only possible but old fashioned and incapable now? So mean!
zerotohiro: (Hiro you little shit)

[personal profile] zerotohiro 2015-12-24 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whoa. Playback. Now that's kinda cool and he'd say so but no way. Oh no, he's on a roll now and he shoots back with a playful little smirk. Thinking about this instead is a much better alternative.]

You're not proving that I'm wrong though.
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[personal profile] digiteyesed 2015-12-24 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now this has become about much more than distracting and cheering Hiro up, Ene's ego is on the line! Folding her arms, giving him a challenging smirk.]

I bet you can't name one thing your AI's do that I can't do better.

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