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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Leon's of course unaware of all of this strategizing. The entire point of this is not to overthink it so much! Overthinking it is what's freaking him out! Any hidden message in the hand on his shoulder isn't heard, but . . . it does feel nice. It feels like acceptance of the situation, at least, which is kind of what's going on anyway; it's just the deep politicking of kissing that's lost on Leon, a guy who just likes to kiss.
(Even a guy, apparently, but that's the part he's not thinking about right now!)
He eases up a little on his own grabbing onto Togami's jacket, wrapping his arms more loosely around him. Things aren't so tense this time—at least, not yet. Casual kissing, for a good cause, or something like that. Leon takes the invitation to touch their tongues, but he isn't exactly aggressive about it—what kind of challenge is that?]
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He can't help himself; he starts smiling into the kiss, too amused to keep a straight (so to speak) face, and finally has to break it to mumble up close to Togami's mouth.]
Dude . . . are you tryin' to win kissing?
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[ What's with that reaction! He takes a moment to catch his breath and figure out how he's meant to respond. Obviously he was trying to win. But then, Leon is implying that he wasn't supposed to be. But then, Leon's opinion doesn't really count. But then, it's hard to defend himself when he doesn't have much experience to draw on in this area, himself. But then, Leon started it! But...!
He huffs, annoyed, his irritation a thin mask over his confusion. ] I am not trying to lose it.
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What is that? Hilarious? Kinda charming in its complete awkwardness? A great way to break the tension? Maybe all of the above. Whatever it is, it's not like it's a bad thing; something about this feels a little more normal, now. There's some new ease and confidence in Leon's expression, and he laughs, not unkindly.
(In fact, maybe still a little more huskily than he meant to, but whatever.)]
I hate to break it to you, but everyone wins kissing if it's kissing worth doing.
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...He thinks about what he just said, though. Is his kissing just not—"worth" enough?! Is that why they're still stuck here?! He swallows, preempting any bile from rising in his throat and spoiling things even further. He suddenly feels as if that might be a danger. ]
And I suppose you're the arbiter of what kisses are worth doing? [ His voice is wary—darkly uncertain. He feels like a cornered animal, lost without any strategy. So, fittingly, he continues as if he were raising his hackles, with a hint of a growl: ] If you think we're missing something here, say so directly.
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[Yikes. His hand is still on Togami's shoulder, and he automatically slides it around to rub at the back of his neck, palm kneading comfortingly against the skin under his collar.
Which is a much, much more intimate gesture than he would ever normally offer a dude friend, especially in a situation that wasn't completely dire, whatever Togami might think about it right now. But since they're already in this position, still tangled up together and catching their breath from kissing, it's just kind of . . . what happens. His hand is already there. It feels natural. It also feels good, but he doesn't waste a lot of mental energy on that right now; it is what it is.
Maybe later he'll remember it and feel weird.]
That wasn't even an insult! It was supposed to be a compliment, duh! C'mon, relax some . . . the only way to "win" is to enjoy yourself!
[Which they'd both been doing before. But Leon's slipped into advice-giving mode, not fully working through the implications of this in his head. (You know, the "let's have fun and make it feel good" implications.)]
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But if relaxing's what they're supposed to do... Ugh. ]
What we care about right now is what these vines consider "winning". [ And he'd sooner strangle Leon with some of these vines than agree that they've been enjoying themselves enough to get them to loosen this far—okay, no, but that's definitely what he would say if he were asked about it. ]
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Considering Togami's grumpiness, he coaxes him a little—kissing a few times at his lower lip and then gliding his tongue over it, before actually meeting his lips, without too much force at first. But he keeps his hand where it is, cupped warmly around the back of his neck to hold him there. (Also without much force at the moment; it's not like Togami couldn't back off.)]
Hmmm . . .
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[ He is in fact reluctant at first, but he knows he's going to have to go through with this, so he allows himself to be coaxed. Once their lips meet, he kisses back slowly. Casually. Relaxed. (But is it really relaxed if it's forced?) ]
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At least, it can be more relaxed than it was. And it is this time; it's easier to just hook his arms around Togami's neck, close his eyes, and drift away on kissing again without thinking too hard about—anything unfortunate about this situation, which means not thinking too hard about the situation at all.
It still feels good. Before long, he gets noisier about it, even moaning the tiniest bit against Togami's lips as he settles into a good pleasurable rhythm of lazy making out.]
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But he supposes the physical sensations themselves aren't bad. It's unpleasant to think about if you describe it in words—wet and slimy, invasive, direct exposure to each other's germs... But the lips are a sensitive part of the body, and they soak up the stimulation well. And as someone who isn't often physically touched, he finds Leon's arms around his neck strangely soothing.
Thinking about it this way is meditative, and by the time he ends up letting another noise slip, it's more genuinely relaxed. ]
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He makes an answering noise against Togami's lips, a little less relaxed, but not in a bad way. It's still casual and comfortable, but with a thread of breathless tension in it too. His hands start to knead at the back of Togami's neck again, less consciously this time.]
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That's nice too, and seems like it would be on the right track, so he leans forward and presses their chests together, taking advantage of that closer proximity to change the angle and depth of the kiss. ]
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Tall. That's how it feels. Togami is fucking tall as hell. They're not even on the ground right now, they're being held up in the air by vines, and when he moves closer, Leon can still feel how tall he is against his body.
He has never before this moment in this whole incident been quite this aware that he's kissing a dude. Togami isn't even a Fujisaki kinda dude, or even a Naegi . . . he's bigger than Leon. His chest is flat with zero tits on it and warm and solid and pressed right up against Leon's, and Leon has to tip his head back more into the kiss because he's shorter!
It's throwing him off. It's all different, all wrong. He wants to hate it.
He kinda does hate it, but he also kinda moans, sharply, in surprised pleasure, when the angle changes and the kiss deepens and there's a body pressed harder against his own.
Goddammit, is he too easy?! His hands begin to slide down Togami's back, dragging down the cloth of his fancy prom jacket (which is just like the fancy clothes he always fucking wears anyway).]
Mmm—
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Anyway—Togami isn't having a crisis anymore, now that he's accepted enjoyment of the kiss. Unfortunately, that also means that he's fulfilled whatever criteria the vines had for him. As he leans forward, he doesn't quite notice his limbs slipping out of the loops that had previously held tight. It's only when he places a hand on Leon's shoulder that was supposed to have been trapped in vines that he realizes what's going on—
But by that time, he's already transferred enough of his weight onto Leon that being freed from the vines just means toppling over together towards the ground. He instinctively pushes away with a shout as he falls, to hopefully at least avoid an entire person's weight falling on top of either of them as they make impact. ]
Gah—!
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[That all happens in one confused adrenaline rush of impact and tangled limbs. Thanks to Togami's quick (instinctive) thinking, it's at least not as many tangled limbs as it could have been. Leon's mostly unscathed, just shocked by how sudden it was, panting for breath and checking to make sure all his him is still in place and safe. It is.
He leans forward to check on Togami, too.]
Dammit . . .
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He holds it out wordlessly to Leon, still breathing too hard to speak. ]
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Ugh. Leon swallows hard; at least right now he's still a little too busy catching up with reality to be quite as awkward as he could be. He wordlessly flips the blade back in and pocket the knife. Despite his relative lack of awkwardness, his cheeks are still stained pink.]
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Once he's finally got his breath back, he just focuses on getting to his feet, brushing himself off. ]
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Instead the sane normal Leon part of himself just gets to his feet with a groan and makes sure all of his everything is back in place, at least as much as he can. Maybe now's a good time to try logging out of ViViD again. Seems like a plan.]
—So, uh—
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[ He pauses, trying to remember everything that was going on before he got stuck in this maze. ]
What's left, again? Would you like to come cry in the bathroom?
[ Togami at least hasn't given up on what he was doing. Otherwise why did he even just spend so much time making out with someone!! ]
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[He's right on the verge of logging off and "going home" to sulk and feel confused and awkward on his own; the prom's not on his mind anymore. It takes a moment for him to even remember what the fuck Togami's talking about. When he does, he can't help but laugh; some of his tension drains off with that, at least.]
You're kidding, right? You're going back in there? Do I look like a crying in the bathroom kinda guy to you?
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[ Actually maybe Leon is his only male friend?? Well, Naegi is still there at this point in the timeline, but... ]
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[The fact that he even admits they're friends in the first place . . .
Well, that's pretty nice, actually. Leon's embarrassed tension from the past several minutes (how the fuck long has it been anyway?! how long did we kiss) is starting to evaporate off. That's pretty nice, too. Leon moves closer again, less on the verge of just running off.]
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