//CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT?

[cannonades]

Who: Everyone! ... who glitches into this wonderful night, anyway.
When: OOC: 1/4 ; IC: 5/2
Where: Just your ordinary, adventurous ViViD level. Right? Of course.
What: You saw a flyer go out, a nice little promotion declaring that anyone who signed into ViViD today at a specific time would be awarded 500 credits. You thought that sounded nice, so you decided to log in for a quick game, thinking it would be no big deal. You absolutely did not get what you bargained for.
Rating/Warning: Let’s say PG for now. If this changes, please say so in the header of your thread and let Pip or Xan know so we can change the rating!

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//CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT?

You've seen the flyer. Or maybe you haven't. Whatever your reasons may be, you've decided to log onto ViViD today at around 6 PM. At first, all seems normal as the game loads, and you prepare to start on what should be an average adventure. Maybe you'll do a little fighting, or some exploring, or even a little platforming. Either way, there shouldn't be anything unusual about this. Right? You couldn't have been more wrong. The moment you log in, something goes strange. The game glitches around you, whatever world that started to load seizing up and freezing with static, warping with strange colors. And then a different setting loads smoothly like nothing ever happened. The first thing you notice is that it's sprawling and beautiful, if not a little ostentatious. Should your curiosity draw you from the courtyard you've arrived in through the great double doors, you'll arrive in... ... a ballroom. Welcome to prom.

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I [ 600 ] There are tables scattered around the periphery of the room, and a DJ, somewhat out of place in this beautiful setting, is stationed at the back, spinning out tunes to help you get settled into the start of the night. On the scattered tables are... punch bowls? They look tantalizing, and they come in quite a rainbow of colors. Should you be brave enough to take a sip, you'll find interesting things will happen. Drink the red punch, and you'll end up in rococo fashion. Drink the pale champagne-colored punch, and you'll find yourself sporting elegant regency attire. How about that cool blue punch? You'll step right into the roaring 20's. What about that dayglo orange punch over there? How about some far out 80's, man? That futuristic purple punch will suit you up in Tron style. And then there's one last punch bowl on a lonely table in the corner. No one can quite identify that color. Is that ... brown? Brave this punch bowl and you'll be, uh ... richly rewarded with modern-day fashions. Will you step up and test these refreshments, for science? Or will you be the first onto the dance floor, or to make an insane request of the DJ? Last but not least, certain Cerealians who glitch into the level may find they have a specific corsage attached that they cannot remove! If they stick around long enough, they'll find one other lucky soul with a matching corsage. This is your ViViD assigned date! No one is going to force you two to dance... but you might find that the longer you put off dancing, the tighter that corsage gets around your wrist, or the more it begins to prick your chest, depending on its location. Might want to rethink your position... Dates: Shijima Kurookano & Himeko Inaba Trucy Wright & Enomoto "Ene" Takane Adelina & Rock Lee Byakuya Togami & Lailah Archer & Touka Kirishima Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane & Maya Fey Leon Kuwata & Alisha Diphda PHASE II [ 730 ] So you're here. Whether out of curiosity or you've resigned yourself to the strange festivities, you're in. Maybe you've been wallflowering it up for a while, even with the cool kickin music playing. Whatever the case may be, the DJ announces themselves (DJ Slim Shaydee, not to be confused with that knock off from Earth). You're welcomed in an enthusiastic manner. Also hey, if you're near a table, see those cute placards? Yeah the ones in the center pieces mixed in with the bowl of candy and flowers. You'll notice they have a neatly typed out list— DJ Slim Shaydee says whoever fulfills the criteria on the list will be crowned Prom Royalty. Who doesn't want that??? Successfully complete a slow dance Do the cha cha slide OR do the electric slide without messing up the turn Make out in the rose garden out back Have a dramatic fight with a close friend and storm out (you may come back after) Comfort a crying friend in the bathroom If you're a minor, accidentally get drunk Successfully spike every punch bowl within a 20 minute time limit Confess romantic feelings to the object of your affections To truly kick it off or maybe give those ambitious types a head start, DJ Slim is gonna play you (yes all of you) a group dance! Hope you know the moves to the Cha Cha Slide. If not, don't worry, the song will tell you every step. Oh and one more thing — anyone who fulfills an item on the list will get a confetti surprise. What does this mean? It means a golden, multi-faceted little ball will spontaneously appear over your head out of nowhere soon after you fulfill a condition, hovering for a moment before it explodes into a shower of confetti. Enjoy! PHASE III [ 900 ] Whew. All these fast paced songs sure have you tired out, right? Maybe take a sip from the many punch bowls around the room if you haven't tested them out yet. Or try your hand at fulfilling another portion of that list from earlier—by spiking the punch. Better work fast though, the bowls themselves refresh fairly quickly once they sense contamination. See how many you can get in one go! Or if you're not a dirty prankster, see how many people you can catch spiking those dang bowls. While you're doing that, the DJ seems to want to wind down the energy in the room. That means, you guessed it: time for that coveted slow dance. As the first chords of the song play, the doors to the garden veranda and hedge maze open. How romantic. PHASE IV [ 1000 ] It's the end of the night, and maybe you've been trying your best to satisfy all those win conditions. Or maybe you haven't! Either way, it's clear from the mood in the air that the time is drawing near for the announcement of the Prom Royalty. The DJ brings the lights low, and spotlights hit his stand. He brings a mic to his mouth, and announces grimly that there will be no Prom Royalty. Apparently, no one satisfied enough of the win conditions! How can that be? Surely someone tried! Well, whatever happened, the DJ isn't happy, and the lights in the room will come back up. The DJ will mess with some of the equipment at his station, and all across the room, small panels will open up near the ceiling. Pouring out will come ... balloons? And not just any balloons - they're water balloons, and not only are they somehow floating, they're coming straight for you. How are they flying? We just don't know. If they come in contact with you, they'll frizz your perfect prom hair. Worse, if you apply even the mildest force to them, they'll immediately pop and drench you in freezing cold water, leaving you drenched. The ballroom quickly fills with these angry little balloons, threatening to flood the room completely if too many of them pop. Will you flee and save yourself? Try to save your friends? Try to reason with the DJ and stop the balloon menace? No matter what you do, you'd better work fast. The floor is already getting dangerously wet... BONUS [ hour ??? ] Remember that garden maze? From a certain point of the evening on, prom guests have been free to wander through as they please. They're beautiful, a rose maze by day that looks even more breathtaking at night with fairy lights glittering and winking in between all the flowers and leaves. Maybe you wandered out there to get away from the craziness in the party. Perhaps you want to be a true wallflower. But should you explore this maze with another at your side, you'll find it a pleasant enough trip, and if you manage to make it all the way to the center of the maze, you'll discover a secluded little gazebo that seems like it was placed there just for you. Go in alone, though, and the maze seems like a completely different place. The fairy lights will be dimmer, less pleasant. You'll hear a rustling too loud to just be the wind. What was that sound? Turn around, and nothing is there. Too late you'll realize that the maze itself is alive, and has been watching you this entire time. It doesn't like lone wanderers. Better run fast or find a way to get out of the plant's clutches before you really become veggie. However, if you get caught, you'll be trapped by the sentient vines that shoot out from the walls and bound to the side of the maze until another lone explorer finds you. At this point the vines will reach out and snap up that unlucky soul, too, wrapping you both up in a not-so-tender embrace. You'll both be stuck there until you can do whatever it is the maze wants that will convince it to set you free. What is that? Well, it does seem to be fond of lovers... and public displays of affection.

Comments

[niceguypose]

Phase I

[Well, this game is certainly unlike any that Lee's ever taken part in. It seems a lot like that ball which Natalia held months ago! ...But he tries not to dwell on that too much, because of the pain of absent friends. So he tries to figure out the objectives of this game. That seems like the natural first step!

And he narrows his focus on the differently-colored punches. Surely there must be something special about them which will help with the game! He feels like he has come up with a clever plan. So he mixes every last punch into a single cup and drinks it.

Rock Lee has soon become Frankenstein's prom date. He is now wearing a rococo jacket over a pink 80s shirt, a regency tophat and a 20s bowtie, with part of the Tron bodysuit acting as his 'pants'.

He tries to look over his new form and come to terms with it as he surveys the dance floor and tries to adjust the corsage on his chest.]

What could this mean? Could the true purpose be... to dance?

Phase II

[Rock Lee has surveyed the list, and although some of the options sound mortifying, he is determined to do his best and see if he can succeed at this challenge. To be a 'prom king' - it sounds very romantic. Time to get to work.

a. Rock Lee is on the dance floor, ready to 'train' for one particular item on the list.]

DJ Slim Shaydee-sensei!! Please, teach me the movements for either of these dances! I am ready, and my spirit is burning!

[b. The other objective seems like a natural one for him - to comfort those who cry in restrooms. He decides to try to seek these people out as soon as possible in order to begin this healing process. So, he runs up to the men's bathroom and kicks the door open while crying out dramatically.]

PLEASE DO NOT CRY!!

[...He may accidentally do so to the woman's restroom as well.]

Phase IV

[Rock Lee is a trained ninja, and he is trying to fight water balloons. It's not a battle that's easy to win, as every apparent victory still involves him getting soaked.

Still, he'll run back and forth, and when he sees a water balloon closing in on anyone else at the party, he will dramatically leap in the way to take the hit for them, while shouting out cliches.]

You are too young to die!! [He will say that no matter how old the person in question may be.]

Bonus

[Rock Lee, still wearing that original costume, has been ensnared by vines in his attempt to cross the garden. And now here he is, stuck to the wall as he tries to figure out an escape.]

Ack...! I... I cannot move at all!

Phase I

[seakingbait]

Lee-chin!

[Keimi calls out from across the room. She's managed to drink her way into a cute little black dress and pearl necklace, but she's far more interested in whatever you managed to stumble your way into.]

What, um... did you drink?

[niceguypose]

Keimi-san! [He greets her with a friendly smile and notices tat she is dressed very nicely!] You look very lovely!

Ah, I happened to drink every type of punch!

[seakingbait]

Oh! Thank you, Lee-chin! You look very... [bad.] colorful!

Are you having fun so far?

[niceguypose]

Thank you very much! [He smiles at the compliment.]

Ah... Yes, I have been enjoying this place! It seems to be very different from most ViViD games. What about you, Keimi-san?

phase I

[patrimony]

Lee!

[ She'd only just arrived, but it didn't take her long to spot Lee at all. She makes her way to Lee, only to look rather... confused when she sees just what he's wearing. ]

Pardon me, but did you arrive in that attire...?

[niceguypose]

Alisha-san! [He takes off his top hat for the moment to be polite.]

Ah... my attire? [He looks down at his clothes, a little embarrassed.]

To tell the truth, I was not wearing this when I arrived, and I do not know if it is sold in any stores. [Does he think that she wants one for herself??] These clothes... I drank some punch, and they suddenly appeared on me!

[patrimony]

That is quite peculiar. Could someone have used some sort of artes on the punch?

[ Though, it's a little amazing, too. She'll make a note to be careful of whatever she chooses to drink when the time comes. ]

[niceguypose]

Hmmm! [He pauses in thought.]

They are a variety of colors, so it does seem like they were prepared in an artistic manner! But... I do not understand how that made this happen...!

Phase IV

[onerous]

[The thing about the shrine maidens of the mountain and their elaborate clothes, is that they were designed to get wet and designed to look good during it, if not better. But managing to look nice while drenched wasn't Yuri's idea of a good time. None of this was, really, and despite not being fond of her robes she'd avoided the punch after seeing everyone else suffering. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Honestly she'd been hoping some prom royalty reveal meant she could leave, but, welp... Guess not. She's already drenched so honestly she's not sure why lee's bothering to try and protect her when she's resigned herself to her fate but there he goes...]

Uh. [Just once she'd like to get though more than a couple days of normalcy. Just once.] Lee-san? Are you alright? I don't think the balloon would have killed me... [It's all she can think to say right now as her brain still plays catch up on the suddenness of his intervention]

[niceguypose]

[Yuri is a important person. Of course Lee had to go all out to protect her from any assault. Even when it was just... adding water to water. On... clothing that seemed to go along well with water. Hm.

But he looks back at her with a sheepish frown as he faces the facts.]

Maybe it would not. [He pauses for a moment as he looks towards her.] B-but it is not a risk I wanted to take!! I do not know what I would do if that balloon did something to you, Yuri-san!

[onerous]

[There's a lot of ways she could respond to this, but in the end Yuri closes her eyes a moment, breaths a small sigh of resignation, and when she opens her eyes again it's with a hint of a smile.]

Probably just made me more wet. But... Thank you. But you really shouldn't throw yourself into harm's way just for someone like me. You have to think about yourself too. [THEY'VE HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION BEFORE... Yuri feels like this is a conversation she's going to have a lot, actually.

She looks down at the puddles beginning to form and pulls the hem of her robes away slightly with a frown and a grimace.] I think we've got bigger problems to worry about anyhow.

[niceguypose]

[It is the conversation that never ends. But he frowns as he thinks over er first point.]

B-but... I would always want to do what I can to help someone like you, Yuri-san! And... it is better for these unusual clothes to get wetter, then the nice robes that you are wearing! [Never mind that they're both wet already.

But then he looks down at the puddles in concern.]

Ah! Puddles! [He looks up at her with an intense look.] Could this be... the true trap?!

ii b!

[adornmental]

[Kashuu's spent a while scoping out a good time to go to the bathroom, you know, waiting for the optimum time when the lines had died down and it seemed relatively empty. It's no good if he has to share counter space, after all, since the sole reason he's come here is to retouch his makeup. Even virtual makeup can wear off, apparently?!

Either way, he's in the middle of applying a fresh coat of mascara when Rock Lee LOUDLY BURSTS IN, and the surprise causes this moron to jump, jabbing his eye with the wand.]

Ow—!!

[Well, he wasn't crying before, but his eyes are sure watering now...]

or not ii b

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee takes in the sight, and he starts to tear up as well.]

Kashuu-kun...! [That's definitely water in his eyes. You did it, Lee, you found your crying bathroom friend.

He quickly runs up to Kashuu's side and holds up a handkerchief.]

Please tell me! Who hurt you?!

you were just waiting for that werent you

[adornmental]

[One step closer to prom king...! Kashuu will be so grateful to help out.

Or he will be once he's done pitching a small fit over this whole mess... He reaches out to take the handkerchief, pressing it below his eye, which is probably a bit red.]

You did! Geez! Don't just come barging into the bathroom at the speed of sound like that... [TRAILING OFF INTO A MUTTER as he eyes his own reflection. No way can he go out there looking like this?!]

Phase I

[cresthopes]

[What better way for Takeru to celebrate his release from bring grounded than to go straight into the ViViD? Of course, he has something really amazing up his sleeve to show to everyone but until then?

He and Patamon just happened to be wandering around until his eyes caught something rather interesting]

...I'm guessing you must have been really thristy weren't you, Rock Lee-san? [Said the boy wearing a totally gnarly bright green jacket on him!]

[niceguypose]

Takeru-kun! Patamon-kun! It is a pleasure to see you both - you are looking very charming! [He greets them both with a thumbs up.]

Ah... I was a little thirsty, and I needed to see what the combination of all punches would yield!

[cresthopes]

[With that, Takeru couldn't help but give Rock Lee a giant smile as well!]

It's really nice to see you too! But you're a lot braver than me! I don't think I can even try to see what all those drinks would make me look like!

But the pants are really cool though! What are they anyway? [What are tthhhhooossseeee??]

II-B

[popsometags]

[ Rinne was taking a moment, just one to himself and to wash his hands before he's interrupted by Lee yelling in his direction! Giving him just enough time to leap back thinking that there might be trouble, and slipping on a wayward soap puddle. ]

Gya--! [ THUNK. Rinne's gracefully flat on his back in the bathroom. No tears yet, though! ]

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee takes this as an indication to be even louder, as he rushes to Rinne's side.]

Young man!! Are you alright?! This cannot be the end! Please, fight it! [He stares down at him for a moment, wondering if he will have to apply CPR.]

[popsometags]

[ GASP. Rinne's eardrums are being punctured, and when his eyes finally focus, he sees a really emotional pair of eyebrows... ]

H-Haven't you heard of knocking?!

Phase IV

[imano]

[ Well, this tantou-spirit resembles a child, so Lee can almost be the big-brother hero of his dreams or something.

It also helps that Imanotsurugi knows how to be almost as theatrical. It works in favor of his cute image. ]

Oh, thank you Mister Big-brows! Water balloons are kind of scary, huh? But you're here~

[niceguypose]

[Yes, he will be glad to try to nii-san at this young-looking fellow. He weeps as he hears those words of gratitude.]

You are very welcome!! Please do not worry. I will do everything in my power to protect you!

[imano]

[ Aw. what a wonderfully sincere person. It moves Imanotsurugi most certainly, but he shouldn't have this kind stranger sign his life away! Well, not really a life-or-death situation, but... prom spirit! ...exuberant ninja spirit? ]

Ah, thank you! But... I can take care of myself, sir.

[ To prove it, he gets in the fray of those water balloons. He runs to a convenient table and back, this time with a stack of napkins for the soggy, weepy ninja. He even gets a little smug and does a flip on the way. ]

Here you go~ Now please, don't cry anymore!