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. |
PHASE I [ 6 00 ] 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.
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[a pause.]
That is to say, I won't. I promise.
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Well. [ okay, this is pretty hard. he rubs the back of his neck before saying anything. this has been a habit of his whenever he got stressed, mostly because he remembers the pain of being hit by a metal bar from the ceiling. it really blows. ]
I just never imagined I'd wake up again. If you know what I mean.
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[she doesn't want to say she understands - as dangerous as her travels have been, she survived them all. she can't imagine the kind of fear she imagines he must have felt.]
I can see why it would make a similar situation an unpleasant reminder. I'm truly sorry.
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[ tadashi's just really stupid and likes to die in fires, that's all. ]
But, yeah. Now you get it. [ he sighs. ] I swear, I'm not usually like this.
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[more that she's expressing sympathy. her dragon experiences tell her that dying in a fire probably sucked a lot.]
It's not a trouble. I insisted on hearing what the matter was, after all. But, it looks as though this is a ball... Perhaps finding to distract yourself with would help you feel better?
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I'm far too old for prom, Adelina.
[ oh wait. does she even know what prom is? ]
It's for high schoolers. And I was almost a college graduate.
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I wasn't aware balls had an age limit, or that they could only be attended by schoolchildren. What a strange custom. But if you call them something different... Is a prom different from a ball?
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Prom is a dance held by high schools at the end of the school year.
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[aren't they too busy helping their family with farming or selling wares??]
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Not exactly. All it is, is a dance party. Proms do have a lot of people attending it, mostly with their dates.
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I see... Only, what is a date?
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[no, addie, he doesn't.]
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[ someone help him. ]
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How old are children in high school? I had assumed they are only slightly younger than you, but I must have been mistaken.
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[she comes from the middle ages this is ridiculous.]
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[ that's a no. ]
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[she just assumed he never mentioned a wife because he was too invested in Science and then accidentally died in a fire. oops.]
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Late twenties to their thirties?
[ wait. ]
Are you married?
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[they have like a year to live by that point, what is the point of getting married then??]
Of course I am.
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... We'd consider you to be really young to marry at your age. [ not that tadashi knows how old addie is, but he guesses she's eighteen or so. ]
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That's very interesting. I didn't imagine even things such as this could change between worlds. If it makes you feel more comfortable, I hadn't been wed for very long.
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What's your husband like?
[ big bro senses tingling. ]
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His name is Rhys, he's wonderful. We met days after he became a servant in the castle, so I've known him since I was around twelve. I told you my world has sorcerers, I believe? He is one, and he can do such incredible things. Days after we met, I asked him if he would be able to cast a spell to prevent spiders from entering the castle, because I was terribly frightened of them when I was younger. I never saw another one inside.
After that, we became more acquainted with each other, but we really grew close when I reached the age of sixteen. I was terribly nervous because I was going to have to face a dragon, which is part of a rather long story, but he wanted desperately to cheer me up. This was only around a month and a half ago, counting the time I've spent here... Anyways, sorcerers are trained to control the weather to some extent, so he brought down clouds from the sky and formed them into human figures, then used them to act out a play. Then he flew me to the desert, where I had a better chance of finding one. Being so high up in the air with him... It was amazing. [a whole new woooooooorld.] Then we were involved in a rather large battle together, and we were both knocked unconscious during the fight. I was so frightened when I woke up, because the particular circumstances of his injury meant that I wasn't sure if he had survived, and I believe he had the same worries. We were so relieved to see each other once more, because we didn't know if we would... We were wed shortly after that.
[DREAMY SIGH. calm down, addie.]
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