//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

rhys | ota

[echoistic]

PHASE II:

[Coming from a world with nothing resembling 8-bit music—heck, Rhys hasn't heard a lot of music in his life, period—he has absolutely no idea what it is he's hearing.

... It's catchy, but that's beside the point.

Sorry if you run into him, since as soon as he sees someone else, he'll be walking towards them to grab onto their shoulders (and maybe shake them a little).]

D'you hear that too!? It's not just me, right!? I'm not just going crazy!

[HE SWEARS HE'S NOT CRAZY—though you, uh, may or may not be hearing that same music, depending.]

PHASE IV-a:

[Rhys may not have his weapons, but he still have his physical capabilities, meaning that when the monster lunges for him, he easily cartwheels out of the way, even in the swampy mess.

... Meaning that that creature is going to continue on and grab whoever was behind him, which would prooobably be you. From where Rhys lands on his feet, he clicks his tongue, before blinking.]

Ah, sorry about that!

[Except he's also kind of laughing, so it's debatable how sorry he is that the monster... caught someone else instead of him... or how worried he is for the now-in-danger individual.]

PHASE IV-b:

[So you know who hasn't bothered to read the nutrition label on his shirt (mostly because he lacks the literacy skills and vision to do it easily) and actually has no idea what it is? Yeah, Rhys here. And thus, he has no clue what's going on when the monster tosses him, as he catches himself to ensure a smooth landing.]

Hey, c'mon! That was a pitiful throw, y'know! And you almost had me, so what's the big deal!? You're the dumbest monster I've ever met!

[Pri... orities...? Though he's at least backing away to make his escape.]

BONUS:

[Hello, there is one (1) very enthusiastic Rhys running up to you and shoving his tiny tree in your face. Personal space? What's that?]

Look, look! The thing's growing meat! A tree is growing meat!

[THIS IS SO EXCITING.]

[echoistic]

[From here:]

... You sure? You swear up and down that I haven't been fatally poisoned or
anything?

[spyrites]

[.... He can't be sure because This Place™ but...]

I'm pretty sure but here... [He lifts his hands near the guy's chest, not touching but close to it. From his hands emits a soft light. It's mostly greenish-yellow and he'll feel a gentle warmth coming from it that spreads throughout his body. It lasts only for a moment before Jude lowers his hands and shakes his head.]

No poison that I can tell. If there had been that arte would've purified it. So don't worry about that. [It's just ViViD messing with him which... might not be comforting either.]

[echoistic]

[... Yeah, even without Jude actually touching him, he still jumps back.]

Uh... hold on, what did you just do!?

[echoistic]

[From here:

Rhys looks thoughtful for a moment, glancing around as well.]

... D'you know if any monsters here make this funny noise that doesn't actually sound monstrous?

[echoistic]

[From here:

Rhys places a hand over his heart, looking a little offended.]

What, d'you take me for some kinda murderer? I'd only attack 'em if they were doing it maliciously, and hey, I beat I could just beat 'em up.

[damfool]

Just don't end up in jail. I hear the food isn't that great.

[ Here are some words of wisdom from Japanese Warlord, Rhys. That said, he probably shouldn't leave the guy like this huh? Crazy or not, he looks like he needs help. How troublesome. ]

Well, I can't tell you much about why you have game bgm playing in your head, but maybe we can look for people who can.

[echoistic]

Hey, food is food! Jail doesn't sound so bad if it at least gives out free meals.

[Jails, to be honest, are pretty uncommon where he's from. Neris is the only place he can think of that utilizes one.]

Awesome! The more, the merrier, right?

[He reaches to slap the guy's back in what hopefully comes across as a friendly gesture.]

[echoistic]

[From here:]

Yeah, but that was totally like something out of some kinda tale—a heroic figure shouting, "Fire Wall!" as flames erupt from around him, vanquishing the foe...! [... The monster is still right there, but eh, details.] Nothing I've seen before, that's for sure!

[majinken]

That's what I used to think when I first learned this stuff too! [he even said as much, proclaiming he could be a legendary king of heroes. this is said more purposefully so his sword can hear it, since dymlos had been the one to act as if that mentality is ridiculous.

solidarity is great. but!] I don't really think it's much like that, even if it seems pretty cool.

[this is probably a bad time to get distracted from the monster, but as long as it's still stunned... it can wait a second, probably.]

[echoistic]

[He waves his hand with a:]

Pssh, those stuff are all written and told by people anyway. All you need is someone to write or sing about your heroic tale, and bam! Presto! You've got the stuff.

[echoistic]

[From here:]

Seems real enough to me! I mean, I ate one, so yeah. You wanna try?

[swirlied]

[ Yuuri looks at the tree for a moment. What if it's dangerous?

...Well, if it is, he'll just come back to life here anyway. He shrugs. ]

Sure, why not?

[echoistic]

[He plucks a tiny piece of bacon from the tiny tree, before holding it out.]

Here you go: your one free sample! I promise it's not poisoned or anything. Probably.

[echoistic]

[From here:

He'll be sure to ask again!]

Everything changing? Like what?

[pseudonyms]

Like...[Gosh, how to explain it.] Have you ever played a really, really old video game and the graphics are really blocky? Things are looking a little like that, but not everything. This is so weird.

[echoistic]

I... have no idea what a video game is! Or... gra-ficks? Explain, please?

[echoistic]

[From here:

His smile takes on a bit of a stiff edge, since, well...]

I haven't seen him around, so probably not. I bet we'd have found each other by now, otherwise. And I mean that in a "we're good at tracking people" kind of way, not some kind of... questionable way. Just so you know!

[mombastic]

[ "Good at tracking people" sounds kind of questionable as it is, but who is Otome to judge, really-- all she does is nod rather sagely. ]

I see... then I can help you out with buying food this time around. Is that okay?

[echoistic]

[From here:

Rhys isn't 100% sure of what just happened, since he's mostly going off of sound and waves in the air here, but regardless, he'll be providing helpful commentary:]

Ooh, nice badass one-liner!

gj rhys

[discard]

[.......]

Shut up.

[Ah yes, that sounds about right. This is the point where Leon's going to just.... try to walk away now (don't let him walk away, rhys).]

[echoistic]

[From here:]

Nah, not those kind of wires! More like... "I'm gonna cut you" type of wires?

[braavado]

[Tilting her head as she tries to imagine it. Nope.]

I think I'm gonna need a demonstration when you get your gear back. Anyway, can you fight without it?

[echoistic]

[From here:

Even without a proper visual sight, he can get a good idea of the movements in other ways, and so he can tell what's going on as he debates what... to do...]

Uh... hold on! Coming to your rescue, lady! Hopefully.

[Though his rescue is going to take a few moments as he heads to a tree to break off a branch with perhaps a bit more strength than one would expect from someone with his build, before he runs to where Okuni's caught. Jumping up, he whacks the tentacle with everything he has!!!

... It probably doesn't do any real damage, but hey, it might've annoyed the monster??]

[osuni]

I heard that!

[WHAT 'HOPEFULLY'???? Okuni dangles like a limp fish from the monster's grip because it's hard to get out when you're upside down and also it sure is interesting watching Rhys run to her rescue. She's impressed when he breaks the tree branch and then...]

[he's approaching and he looks like he's going to whack the tentacle... WILL IT DO ANYTHING??? fortunately Okuni doesn't continue to dangle, instead she flips herself up and kicks the tentacle as fiercely as possible with her free leg. LEG AND BRANCH COMBINED successfully annoy the monster, who decides to drop Okuni... on top of Rhys unless he DODGES]