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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[ REASONABLE OBJECTION, since...she didn't. She is apparently not down to drink the punch because ??? it seems like a crapshoot? ]
As to human clothes, why would I bother to collect extra...? It's a pain to deal with money and things, so I don't.
[ ?????? WHAT DOES SHE DO TO SURVIVE bum off of people in cat form tbh... ]
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Because you can't just go around wearing the same thing every day! [He's SCANDALIZED-- even more so now, with the implication very clear in her words that she really is wearing the exact same thing all the time.]
Geez! If money's a problem, just find a way around it! Get people to give you free stuff or something, you're cute enough for it! [Kashuu that is terrible advice.]
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[ tbh she doesn't see the problem here...KOUICHI WOULD BE SCANDALIZED TOO...shijima and her attempts to pretend to be human
or uh
her complete lack of such attempts... ]
The bird used to deal with clothes, or I'd just borrow some from Miharu...choosing them on my own is a nuisance, isn't it?
[ so it's laziness more than anything else? ]
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It's not a nuisance! It's super important! [The most important thing ever.
Or at least close to the top. Like, definitely top three.]
If you seriously don't wanna pick out your own clothing, just stop by the boutique I work at. I'll give you stuff to wear. It's seriously just depressing to see someone with only one thing in their wardrobe otherwise, y'know?
[He's so exhausted.]
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[ yeah she
never used her key card to get an apartment. SHE SHOULD MAYBE GET ON THAT. ]
Eh...fine, fine. If it matters that much to you...though why a sword should care about clothing any more than a cat, I don't know.
[ weirdo................... ]
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[He doesn't think she's just wandering around like a homeless cat... He's A FOOL.]
Anyway, appearances are important. Im-por-tant! If you look like a mess, people probably won't take good care of you anymore.
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[ TRULY A FOOL..........although honestly she thinks he's the crazy one. ??? People taking good care of her??? Well, it's true she's lived as a house cat for a while, but for a long time before that...
...Well, the bird was around to nag. But she's a wild thing first and foremost.
Shijima rocks up onto her tip toes to reach up and flick Kashuu on the forehead with one finger. ]
Ehhhh? For someone who says such things, you're nagging in a way that seems to be taking care of me, though? Is being taken care of and taking care of others such an important thing?
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[He says it breezily, nose wrinkled at the forehead-flick. Really, he does mean what he says, too - for deeper and more personal reasons than he'd let on, of course, but the end result is still the same. Being taken care of and taking care of others is what a sword's existence is all about, anyway!
Even if it involves copious murder in many cases.]]
...Anyway, are you seriously saying you just bum around outside or whatever? Do you not have an actual apartment?
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[ She's not sounding any more serious, at least...though why she's calling a sword a child is questionable. Probably that's just not going to stop; it's sheer habit to refer to everyone around her as Younger, since they usually always have been until Cerealia. ]
I do not. Didn't I say such a thing would be a nuisance? It's such a human thing...a bed and closets and doors that lock. If there's a warm spot on a roof or by a window, that does well enough for a nap, doesn't it...?
[ hobo granny.............. ]
Eh, I suppose it was annoying when all those spirits attacked, but I expect that would have been annoying even if I had an apartment...
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[But... but he isn't arguing against the fussiness claim, apparently. He'll fight you, granny!! (Actually, he won't - he prefers to be at that wonderful line between young and old.)
THIS WANDERING BUM, THOUGH.]
A nap, maybe. Maybe, but you need to sleep! Geez. It was definitely less annoying in the apartments than it was out on the streets where any cleaning robot could come and ruin your day!
[He's only guessing, though, since he quite obviously isn't a hobo like she is. He also had to deal with some impressive tomfoolery from the appliances in his apartment but still...]
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[ is...is she teasing him for fun now...MAYBE... ]
If you care about this so much, you can choose the place...I never used that key card they gave me.
[ #LAZY #ACTUALLY A CAT #SHE DOESN'T WANT PROPERTY ]
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[Isn't that exactly the phrasing someone could expect from a person who cared about clothes and stuff!!
This crazy cat, though... He gives her a look, eyes narrowing somewhat suspiciously like he thinks she's pulling his leg. Too bad he didn't catch the teasing when she was actually teasing?!]
...If that's okay, then I'm getting you the apartment across the hall from ours. You seem like you need someone to make sure you don't end up living in a box.
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...What's wrong with living in a box?
[ YOU'RE TALKING TO A CAT, REMEMBER ]
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It's not a place to live! Seriously!
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[ SMUG CAT FACE ]
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Why would I?! Boxes are too cramped! There's no heating or AC or comfy couches to sit on!
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[ why does she keep saying that...but, wonder of wonders, shijima actually laughs. ]
If I'm in my usual form, they're perfectly uncramped...though, I do like couches.
[ visits kashuu
sheds all over his couch ]
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[It's definitely being fussy, but let him live in his delusional world...
He stares at cat granny for a few seconds like why is this happening, but then:]
So come stay on our couch, at least! It's big and soft and our apartment is warm. That's a lot better than a box, right?
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You want to be my host family, then?
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Actually, he doesn't mind that much. Shijima's been nice! And he likes cats, so:]
Sure! We've got a ton of food and stuff, and I'll be able to help you with your clothes easier that way.
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Mm...in that case, I accept. If you need me to kill anyone, let me know.
[ ..................
is that a normal thing for housecats to offer...................shijima what are you even doing...
does she think that's a fair trade or something... ]
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But she's talking to a morally grey punk here, so instead of being as concerned about this as he rightfully should be, she just gets a way-too-cavalier:]
It's fine! If I need to kill anyone, I can just do it myself.
[#swords]
But I guess I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the offer? [At least he manages to sound vaguely "I'm not sure if this is an okay thing here" about it...]
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IT'S LIKE HER ONE MARKETABLE SKILL...besides looking adorable........
killing things and looking cute, the only things she is remotely decent at i guess ]
I'm not good at cleaning things. [ so she was offering as a way to do chores???? shijima how does your brain work ]
But, in that case I'll just follow you home. [ THAT'S CLEARLY SETTLED good job kashuu you earned (1) freeloading cat ]
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IS KILLING PEOPLE THE SAME AS DOING DISHES TO HER, THOUGH.]
That's fine, we've already got a chore wheel that's preeetty full. [One that he tries to get out of as frequently as possible, but that's neither here nor there.
But he's apparently a-okay with taking this freeloading cat home?! No one ever told him not to bring home strays. In fact, Haru encourages it... He was doomed from the start.]
O-kay! Just let me know when you leave this dance and I'll show you where we live.
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[ SHE'S MOSTLY STAYING JUST OUT OF SHEER BOREDOM...
on another note, kashuu will probably find himself getting all her paychecks from her dumb jobs since shijima has 0% interest in money, so at least there's that??? ]
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