//EVENT024_OVERFLOW.EXE

[reparator]

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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//event024.EXE

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 [ 600 ] 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 [ 800 ] 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 [ 900 ] 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 [ 1200 ] 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 [ xxxx ] 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!

Comments

because i suck here's a bunch of overflows

[cockiest]

merrill

[cockiest]

[from here]

I don't think so. Here, let me try.

[He walks over to the door now, and tries it -- sure enough, it opens.]

Well, it looks like we can leave. I would just make sure...nothing else explodes on you or something.

rapunzel

[cockiest]

[from here]

[He pauses at her yelling at him, waiting -- but when she makes up her mind (and he doesn't want to clarify because she seems kind of up the creek right now) he'll tighten it so that there's tension between her and him.]

It might hurt a little, but I'll definitely get you out!

[And then he starts to tug, a little gentle about it at first but then putting more effort behind it so he can get her out of the mud ASAP.]

[corona]

[ Ah, yes, the violent hair yank. She's had enough experience with this in the past to know in advance that it'd be in her best interests to create some slack between them - only that is not going to happen with no free hands!!

So yes it hurts! She's definitely tearing up throughout the process.

But in the end it's all worth it, as Rapunzel, freed, comes free of the muck and stumbling in Yuu's direction. ]

[cockiest]

[Yuu lets go of her hair as soon as he is assured that she's free, and then moves closer to make sure she's okay.]

Are you okay? Sorry again if that hurt, I just didn't really know what else to do with your arms being down like that.

[But then he looks at her hair again...]

So what's up with your hair, anyway?

rise

[cockiest]

[from here]

Got it!

[He won't completely brush her off, after all, and then he nods.]

Let's go, Asuramaru!

[It's almost like the sword flashes in response, and he'll go for the tentacles first, trying to make sure he cuts them off before doing anything else. He doesn't want them to end up grabbing her, after all -- even though he should probably be way more worried about himself.]

[pseudonyms]

[He sure should be more worried about himself since he's right in the thick of it, but she's watching with wide eyes as the sword cleanly cuts through tentacle after tentacle. The monster's less than pleased, pained roars ringing through the swamp as it tries to grab Yuu each time he moves in for an attack.]

They're not growing back, keep it up! [She doesn't even need Kanzeon to realize the monster's health is depleting.] Without its limbs it'll drown! If you can get behind it, its weak spot is at the base of its head.

[cockiest]

[Fortunately, Yuu's fought much worse than this -- and he's usually not so concerned about himself anyway.

He nods at her pointers, and he tries to rush around the back of the monster so that he can take a hit at that too. Rather off it sooner than later, right?

But he'll be keeping an eye on her too, to make sure that it doesn't randomly try to grab her or anything again.]

merlin

[cockiest]

[from here]

[nothing like that, anyway.

But Yuu will just squint at Merlin a little bit because...???? ????? He's not making much sense here.]

Nope. You seemed like you knew what you were talking about...until now, anyway.

[A beat.]

Hey...wait, does that happen to look like someone you know or something?

[sortileges]

[ There are times when Merlin seems much wiser than someone his age... yet there are times like these where he just says the first thing he can thing of that happens to be utter rubbish. ]

Not exactly. It's just suspicious.

[ Though. Ah. ]

Isn't that the purpose of it?

[cockiest]

I think so, but I'm just making sure. That makes it the second time they've done something like that...

[For once, he's thinking about it, and then shakes his head.]

It's kind of like CERES teases us, isn't it?

pascal

[cockiest]

[from here]

[Yuu looks around a little bit, before edging closer to the mud and holding out his hand.]

I won't get stuck!

[...Probably.]

Can you grab my hand?

[rubyinferno]

[Hopefully! She wiggles a little to try and scoot closer. It... kind of works. She stretches her arm toward him, reeacchhiingg.... got it! Barely, but she manages to snag his hand.]

Oof... okay I got you. Puuullll! [Put your back into it!]

[cockiest]

[Good! His hand tightens around hers when she snags his hand, and he even puts his other hand on her wrist for a little bit more leverage.

And then he'll be pulling with all of his strength, moving back on his heels and putting more of his weight on there and trying to drag her out.]

I'm pulling!! Don't let go!

[Not that he'd let her let go so easily, but still.]

mika

[cockiest]

[from here]

[When Mika responds, there's a instant feeling of relief that washes over him, and he moves to hug Mika.]

I knew you were going to show up here!

[No you didn't -- but hey, he'd like to believe he knew what was going to happen. And...well, he might be getting a little dirty but he's not the cleanest ever right now either so that's okay too.]

You took long enough!

[canteatcurry]

Haa? What's that supposed to mean?

*the bit about taking so long, of course! Though it's a somewhat halfhearted protest, as he's really just glad Yu's here and safe and all...*

[cockiest]

[Okay, he's going to let go of Mika now, and try to brush the mud off of him. Not that he cares, because Mika's here and everything.]

I couldn't find you for a month. I kept thinking I saw you or the others--[Why are you saying this so flippantly]--but it wasn't ever you guys.

So...I'm just really glad I'm finally right!

usagi

[cockiest]

[from here]

I don't know.

[Well...he thinks about it, and then rubs the back of his head.]

When I first got here, there was a lake that showed you pictures you wanted to see of people back home. Maybe they're doing something like that again, but not really at the same time.

[Because that makes a whole lot of sense, right?]

[tiarae]

A lake.....? Maybe. I mean, Of anyone back home, besides my family, I'd miss Mamo-chan the most.

[Well, her friends too. But she has sort of at least gathered she isn't necessarily alone at this point. So it sort of makes sense? If the dolls are another part of this sort of thing from the lake, not that Usagi herself was around for that.]

[cockiest]

So that's probably what it is maybe.

[You sound so confident about this, Yuu.

He considers the doll again, and then shrugs.]

I wouldn't toss it or anything, but it's probably one of those slaps in the face that CERES does sometimes.

rey

[cockiest]

[from here]

[Well, like he said -- he understands the feeling. Being in a post-apocalyptic world means that he didn't see things like this often. But he's been here for almost a month now, so he's kind of gotten used to it.]

I know, right? It's really cool! Most of the stuff is pretty good, too. It's just hard to not buy too much.

[lightrays]

[ Buy too much - never a problem Rey had run into before. More often the not, the problem was buying too little and being unable to afford even the bare necessities. She'd always made do, and she'd do the same here, if in the opposite direction. ]

Do they pay you that well? [ She'd been offered three jobs on arrival and taken two of them, pondering whether or not she should have taken the third as well. It's just hard to imagine that much work being available in the first place. ]

[cockiest]

Pretty well, I guess. You don't really have to pay for the place you stay in or something like that, so that's something.

[This is coming from the kid that only has one job, so. Have hope, Rey!]

I mean, I still buy a lot of the stuff on sale and don't get the super fancy things, but that's fine with me.

rose

[cockiest]

[from here]

[Probably not. He just kind of cut off an arm or something.

But his grip tightens on the hilt of his sword, and he settles himself a little bit more onto the ground.]

Yeah, I obviously have to get rid of it.

[He doesn't do the whole thinking thing...]

Watch out, okay?

[He has no idea what she's capable of, so he'll pause for another second before running at the monster again to give it another hit.]

[skillful]

[ what's with you boys and the non-thinking-- it's fine, she has an idea of what to do. ] Just distract it enough and find an opening to lea--

[ But then it starts to sink into the mud...? With what sounds to be... crying?! No point in fighting to eat if the food is gonna be such a pain and hurt it.

Great, they made the monster cry. ] ..Huh?