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Who: Everyoneeeeee!
When: OOC: 1/15 ; IC: 5/7
Where: ViViD's new level: Your Health and You (And Giant Monsters)
What: Intro log, welcome to Cerealia!
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for violence, etc! Please let the mods know if the rating needs to be changed or if the log needs to be locked!




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The thing about Cerealia is, there really isn't any nature to be found here. Sure, you can go outside the walls of the city and explore the land beyond but who wants to risk a terrible, horrible death just to sniff the flowers? Not you, that's who! CERES understands that, CERES sympathizes, and sometimes CERES decides to take action when such problems arise. As part of the company's current "Healthier and Happier YOU" initiative, they've decided to let everyone get back in touch with nature a little.

Via ViViD.

Of course, this being CERES, the nature they've sent everyone to is more of a swamp. The place is disgusting, a real marvel of ViViD ingenuity and it smells like the dead. There's strange rustling among the leaves from creatures that may or may not want to eat you, and random pits that open up right under your feet with the goal of sending you straight into the marsh. It's not really that fun. There's no welcome sign either, no nothing except for swamplands as far as the eye can see.

Welcome to ViViD!

This is Mosley. One of our programmers forgot to include a welcome greeting for the level this time. How incompetent can you get? He's been fired now, it's fine. Instead, I will greet you today. Lucky you! You've been invited today to participate in CERES's "Healthier and Happier YOU" level where we've combined both physical exercise and relaxing meditation into the ultimate ViViD experience. Isn't that fun? You can... go camping and stuff. Or whatever. I don't... know...



Honestly, I don't even care. Have fun.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 6:00 ] Welcome to your new healthy living training ground! What does a swamp have to do with healthy living, you may ask? Absolutely nothing! To make up for it, CERES has outfitted all players with the proper equipment for their new healthy living lifestyle. They also may or may not have let you keep your shoes based on how benevolent the ViViD gods were being at the time. (Not very.)

Oh, and all newcomers will have something additional on their fancy new yoga shirt. It will be displayed loudly and proudly all over the front and back of it. And if you're one of the few not wearing a shirt, it will be on the back of your pants. As in, your butt. It will be on your butt.

What’s ViViD trying to say, anyway?

Regardless, it probably doesn’t matter as much as finding your way through the swamp. Some sort of dry land would be really nice right now, wouldn't it? You'll have to watch out for the mud that will suck you right down under the marsh, and the creatures with lots of teeth that will never surface from the mud but won't hesitate to snap up an unwary foot or two.

CERES is sure you'll be fine. Totally and completely fine.

PHASE II

[ 8:00 ] Eventually, if you try really, really hard, you’ll make it to a house. Actually, it’s more of a shack, really. If you clamber your way out of the mud and the gunk and the marsh into said shack, you will find it to be empty aside from a table. A table hosting a huge pile of... well, health drinks. See, there's totally a health theme in this level. CERES would never make a ViViD level that wasn't thematically appropriate. Never! Health drinks of all sorts and types and sizes can be found here and there’s even a sign too; it simply says:

Take one.

Well, that seems safe.

Unfortunately, you won’t be able to leave said shack until you do take one. And drink it. The door will lock shut and cover itself in more swamp until you do. Yay. Depending on your luck, the drink may do the following to you:

➟ Cause your ViViD experience to glitch. This may involve phasing through walls, seeing everything in 8-bit, or hearing really annoying old video game music everywhere you go.

➟ Cause status effects. This can include suddenly moving incredibly slowly, being turned to stone for a period of time, suddenly being on fire, suddenly being poisoned, etc etc.

➟ Be healthier. Mmm, kale and hummus smoothie. Taste those veggies.
If you try to take more than one, that’s fine too, nobody will stop you, but you probably won’t get lucky more than once.

PHASE III

[ 9:00 ] And back you go, out into the swampy wilderness. Don’t give up! Keep going! Eventually, you’ll find the end of this level. Probably.

Eventually, though, you may stumble across something in the mud and the muck. It’s... a little doll?

In fact, it’s a little doll of one of your most important people (or, alternatively, of someone you absolutely hate). It might be someone in Cerealia currently, or someone who isn’t, but either way, the doll is there and it’s clearly them (covered in mud and all). Be careful, though. If you toss it aside, you’ll suddenly see that important person being tossed aside. If you cut the doll, you'll suddenly see that person bleeding. Even if they aren’t present in Cerealia, whatever happens to that doll, you'll see it happening to them. Is it a hallucination or are they actually there? That's a little more up in the air.

And if they are present in Cerealia, well... doing things to that doll might very well hurt them too -- for real, this time, though.

Be careful! Or don't. You do you, as CERES would say.

PHASE IV

[ 12:00 ] And then, eventually you reach a quiet, swampy area. Not that the rest of the swamp isn't swampy, this area is just extra swampy.

There’s very little happening here in this swampy place; even the birds are no longer squawking. And for a long moment, everything will remain quiet and peaceful, a place of reprieve... until the swamp begins to bubble. Then suddenly, a new friend will burst out of the swamp, showering mud and gunk everywhere.

Without warning, that creature is going to try to grab for the nearest person (it might be you!) and let out a mighty roar when they have them. Then, they'll hold them up to... read the nutrition facts on their shirt? What?

Of course, it will try to gobble you or whoever else it grabs if it finds, say, the salt content to be acceptable (the monster is watching their carbs). If it's not, then they'll just fling you away and move onto the next snack. For those without a handy nutrition facts label on your shirt, well, it might just take a gamble and try to eat you anyway.

Great. A health-conscious monster. That's just what this level needed.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Finally, you’re free of the game. Without warning, you’re dumped into Cerealia properly and you’re able to scrub the mud and gunk from your clothing (wait why did that come back with you and where are your normal clothes?). You're able to then make your way to your new place of residence (or old) and...

There is a tiny tree there waiting for you. Isn’t it cute? And if you take care of this tiny tree, it will eventually bear fruit! Tiny fruit. Itty bitty fruit.

Depending on which tiny tree you get, it will be one of the following: a tiny dildo tree, a tiny bacon tree, a tiny kazoo tree, a tiny carolina reaper tree, or a (dumb) tiny hats tree.

Everything will, naturally, be tiny. Enjoy your new healthy CERES gift!


[ 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 January intro log! For your convenience, we have compiled the characters' arrival experience here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

overemotionally: (Listening intently)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-15 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[The "once-over" glance reminded him that he was covered in mud and grime. Great. This day was going swimmingly.

He watched her without hiding his surprise as she froze the damned thing entirely. And what was that visor that appeared out of nowhere?]


That--how the hell--?

[He's gaping at her as he runs his hands down his arms and chest attempting to at least get some of the filth off of himself.]
allergictoloveletters: (I have faith)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-01-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
One moment, please. [She offered a small smile, inclining her head before she summoned the Mercury Harp again, the monster stiff and about ready to crack.]

MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY! [Her fingers strummed across the harp and a torrent of water and ice slammed into the frozen creature and it shattered into a frozen grass and water, splattering atop the frozen mud as well. She scanned the area to make sure that there weren't any relatives of the creature going to rise from the mud before she offered a brighter smile to James.]

There, I'm glad you're safe. We should be able to log out very soon. Are you sure nothing is hurt?
overemotionally: (wtf are you talkin about)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-16 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Kirk just stands there and gapes for a couple of minutes.]

So. Ah. Yeah I'm sure.

...

What planet are you from and what the hell kind of technology was that?

[He's dead serious about this.]
allergictoloveletters: (No time for games)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-01-16 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I am from Mercury, though I live on Earth now. I am Sailor Mercury, guardian of Wisdom and Water.

As for the technology, it is my own. [She pressed her earring again and the visor disappeared.] We should be able to log out now, I believe.
overemotionally: (radiating confidence)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-16 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kirk blinks a few times.]

What species are you?

[That's usually a pretty rude question to ask where he's from but he can't help it. She looks Terran and she certainly doesn't look like any species he knows that could survive on Mercury. Not with...all that water at her disposal at least.

Also she...she made that technology??? Kirk brightens up slightly, despite the literal and figurative mess they're in.]


Your own? What kind of power supply is that? The projection system...is it a scaled down force shield? I've never seen anything like it.

[They had a lot to talk about clearly. Focusing on something so mundane as his interest in the technology she was using was a good distraction from the reality of why he was there in the first place.]

And um. Nice to meet you. Name's Jim Kirk.

...Uh, do I call you "Sailor" or "Mercury"?
allergictoloveletters: (No time for games)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-01-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I am Mercurian. [The last of them, in fact.] I am also human, though. And you can call me Mercury. That is more than acceptable. [Well, sort of.

At his sudden interest in her technology, Mercury couldn't help but smile. She was never one to turn down an eager student.
]

Why don't we log out and then we can discuss more regarding science and technology. I'm sure you have quite a few questions, Kirk-san.

overemotionally: (come again?)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-16 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Mercurian...[Ah that last bit explains it. Half and half? Definitely would be pressing too far. He's not sure he ever heard of the Mercurians which is...odd.]

Just "Jim" is fine. And that sounds dandy.

[He likes using old Earth slang.]

So, Mercury, how do we know we're done? Or log out for that matter.
allergictoloveletters: (In darkness we'll rise)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-01-18 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles.]

Well, there tends to be a door that will appear.

[Like the one currently behind Jim.] And a menu will ask if you wish to log out. [She gestures to the one now hovering by her head.]
overemotionally: (wtf are you talkin about)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-18 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jim gives a little start--he wasn't expecting that.]

Yesterday. I wished to log out yesterday.

[So he selects "Log Out" and walks right through that door.

And unfortunately, he's still covered in grime upon exit.]


How...?
allergictoloveletters: (Thunder and rain)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-01-19 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Mercury was pristine as ever, the transformation having removed the muck and grime from near everything but her boots.]

Welcome to Cerealia, Jim-san. Are you alright?