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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2016-05-15 12:00 am

//EVENT029.EXE

Who: Not CERES
When: OOC: 5/15 ; IC: 7/7
Where: Tropical ViViD Estates
What: CERES thought everyone deserved a bit of a break.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for some questionable swimsuit choices. Please let the mods know if the rating should go up!

//event029.EXE



You know what everyone needs after rampant robotic attacks and another iteration of clone wars? A vacation! That’s right everyone, you deserve this. CERES understands what you need. CERES is here for you all the time, so never doubt that this is a pleasure colony, and they are here to look after all of your needs. Kick your feet up, relax, and let CERES Recreation and Activity Necessity Keepers (Team RANK, that is) set you up with your ideal getaway.

It’s as if you can sense the incoming relaxation and luxury before you even completely finish loading. There’s the warmth encompassing your entire body as your code gets transferred into this particular ViViD Level. A cool, refreshing breeze hits you. The sounds of waves gently lapping against the coast fill you with relaxation. The sun, the sand, the surfs, it’s all there – welcome to the beach, baby!

An echoing greeting message from the ocean comes next, if you can translate it.


OOOOOOOOOOOOHMAHH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHD.

YOOOOOOOOOOOORRRALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.

KYOOOOOOOOOOOT EEEENAAAAUUUUUUUF TOOOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 08:00 ] That said, isn’t that breeze a little… too strong? It feels like it’s brushing up against all of you, if you know what I mean. When you open your eyes and look down, it becomes rather clear why. It seems that you’ve found yourself in some pretty interesting attire. Everyone. No exceptions. You appear to have two options – be overcome and scream like the Victorian maiden your heart says you are, or strut like a model in this stuff. Turn some heads! Work that up do!

But don’t worry, we’re also conscious about safety here at CERES! Therefore everyone’s also been provided a pair of super high-tech safety-tested appendage protection floatation devices (STAPFD for short.)

At least everyone around you is caught in the same sort of attire – and everyone around you also appears to be stuck inside a giant sand castle. It’s entirely malleable to what you want it to be! Want to see a fancy sand bidet? Feel like adding a sand statue in your honor? Think that wall should now be a door? Well, with enough perseverance, you can make it happen!

Just uh, be careful about getting sand in your… everywhere.

PHASE II

[ 10:00 ] Someone broke it. Not pointing any fingers, even though you sure do seem like a prime suspect, but someone broke it.

It almost starts like an earthquake with how the castle starts to rumble, the sand shaking right beneath your feet. And then the walls right next to you start to cave in followed promptly by the ceiling right… above your head. Oh dear. The sand starts to run and fall, losing its structure and shape. The hallway behind you starts to cave in, ceiling first and then the walls follow suit. Now the sand really is getting everywhere – but not just uncomfortable places. It’s in your hair, your eyes, your nose…. this sure doesn’t seem like a pleasant way to go!

Best to start running – there’s a trusty drawbridge to get over the moat (because what’s a sandcastle without a moat?) but who knows how long until that, too, is going to give way? Best to cross over it before it starts to shake and disappear too. Or if you don’t make it, hopefully you can land some pretty impressive airtime to make it to the other side!

If not, well...there'll be the sensation of sand crushing down upon you, filling your mouth and eyes, and you won't be able to breathe at all – and then you're alive again on the beach (but possibly in yet another new, uncomfortable, skimpy swimsuit). Honestly, be more careful, would you?

PHASE III

[ 12:00 ] However, once you do make it to the other side, it’s all smooth sailing from there! Or is it? Hah, as they say, life sure can be a beach.

Which is what this is.

Welcome to your Beach Episode, folks. Now that you’ve made it out of the collapsing sand castle, you’ve made it to the luxurious, picturesque golden coastline. Sure, you’re coughing up fine, luxurious, sand dust right now and you’ve definitely gotten sand in all of your crevices thanks to your swimsuit, but that’s okay! Go take a soak in the ocean or something or cool off with a smoothie. There’s a smoothie shack off into the distance, complete with a long chalkboard with… well, probably a few familiar names? And some unfamiliar ingredients. Sounds appetizing right?

That said, once you do ingest some of the smoothie with the name of a newcomer, you might suddenly find yourself feeling a bit… different. You’ll be taking on some of their traits, one of the most intense parts of their personality – or you might need to take a second to sit down because you’re suddenly seeing one of their memories. Whoa. What do they actually put in this stuff?

PHASE IV

[ 15:00 ] For the brave souls that venture out into the water, you have even more adventures waiting for you. Anyone who’s swimming around, wading in the water—hell, even looking at the water is getting scooped up and deposited in one of these giant orbs. But don’t take up too much room, because someone else is getting shoved right in there with you. Time to get cozy with your new friend, because it's only going to get worse as the waves begin to carry you out into this big, blue, virtual ocean. Hopefully the choppy waves don’t bounce you around too much or – well, you could always get really friendly with a stranger! Why not?

At least until it’s made very clear that fresh air does not make it back into these balls. That seems like a bit of a design flaw. Now what? Fight the other person who’s inhaling all your air? Suffer through it for swimsuit-clad fun? Or if you break it…. well, you sure are stranded out in the ocean. Or are you?

After enough flailing, you’ll be met by a giant, dumb-looking creature who will then eat you whole.

Everything goes dark. This is surely the end --

And then you're in Cerealia proper; it seems that was the exit to the level (but why there?) and you'll find yourself either in one of the fountains or the pond in the park. Either way, you'll be very, very well. And this time, that's not virtual. But hey, at least you'll have all of your stuff with you.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Do you hear that?

Anyone idle on the beach will hear a distant melody coming from further out into the ocean. It’s a beautiful, elegant song that automatically makes the listener stop what they’re doing and immediately wander toward the noise. It takes you a moment to recall – it takes a moment to think about anything now, really – but you remember hearing the smoothie shack owner say something about mermaids populating the beach. Could this be their song calling out to you? Whether you would normally abide by this kind of call or not, you find your feet walking further and further out into the water, the shallows lapping up to your ankles and up and up as you are drawn in by the song.

A rather classic song, though the usual instances of French are also replaced with the very enticing, enchanting nonsense promise of omelette du fromage........and then they try to drown you.


[ 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 May 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!

mieldelimon: (Default)

i know right? no halibuts about it

[personal profile] mieldelimon 2016-05-16 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay! You didn't pick your suit.

[Aww. She really feels bad for Lee. Maybe she should try to find a towel or a robe for him to wear? Definitely something to do.]

Ah, I'm fine! I'm just figuring out a way to get out of here without sand getting into everything.

[Hence why she hasn't moved from her spot yet.]
gerte: (pic#10248197)

[personal profile] gerte 2016-05-16 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's probably no coincidence that Franziska shares the same last name as another Von Karma. She's actually his daughter. ]

It's an honor to meet you Rei Hino.

[ Rei still deserves to have a normal greeting. That question makes her raise a brow actually. Those two names are not only familiar they're actually relevant to her in every way. ]

Miles Edgeworth is like a little brother to me. Phoenix Wright's someone I know of as well. Have you met them?

[ A natural question in response, really. ]
vasavi: (pic#10260669)

[personal profile] vasavi 2016-05-16 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ It wouldn't make sense to throw him so he'll decline that almost instantly but there's another question immediately following the first — ]

Throwing me is ill advised. [ He's not exactly #beefy but he's wearing some golden armor on his shoulders that weighs heavily by itself. ]

I can't fly exactly, no. [ """Exactly""" he says... ] If you want to fly, I can hold you and prana burst. It's like flying in a sense. [ He's thoughtful about it for a moment, while also side stepping a falling clump of sand. ] I will leave the choice up to you.
mieldelimon: (Default)

[personal profile] mieldelimon 2016-05-16 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Right...

[She gives a slight nod, slowly opening her eyes so that she can look at Hiro properly.]

I heard... a sound. I watched enough movies to know that... I shouldn't follow it, but.. my body moved before my mind can keep up with it.
failures: (✎ leave maya alooone)

1/2

[personal profile] failures 2016-05-16 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Even if Dazai was kidding, even the implication gets Larry completely flustered.]

What?! No! That is the last thing I wanna see! That's why I'm makin' you aware of it so it doesn't happen!!
adornmental: (an icon for hotarumarus pets tbh)

THERE IS WHEN UR OLD

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-05-16 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL, NERO!!

But, more importantly (and of most immediate concern), they're now right on the whale. He goes very still, but he's still clinging to Nero because the whale fear is real.]


...Maybe we should, like. Just... not move. For a little while. Maybe it'll forget we're up here?

[Or maybe they should just POP THE BUBBLE AND FLEE NOW.

Except Kashuu isn't budging, ah.]
pseudonyms: (Redesign me)

[personal profile] pseudonyms 2016-05-16 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Kneeling down is absolutely not an option for her so uh, yeah, she'll leave that to Yu. She is hovering over his shoulder however to watch the pair of them and also make sure she can really see Yosuke and make sure he isn't hurt aside from a bruised pride and probably sand abrasions. Yikes.

It's also a subtle way for her to get a better look at the scar on Yu's chest without directly staring. This is the first time she's really seen it, too, and Yu had told her he'd explain later but it didn't mean she wasn't wary and curious all the same. Questioning could come later. Yosuke was the focus right now.]


Look on the bright side! At least there aren't any sand worms in this game. [No little worms to cling to Yosuke's feet...but then again at least in the desert they had their own clothes.] But he's right. My first game was in a really disgusting swamp. You get used to it.
Edited 2016-05-16 05:27 (UTC)
failures: (✎ mugshot)

[personal profile] failures 2016-05-16 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay Larry, deep breath.

It's more of an exasperated huff, but he does calm down a little. He crosses his arms, frowning and decidedly not looking Dazai's way.]


Beats me. They always do ridiculous crap like this to us. Like, this isn't even the first time I've woken up in ViViD wearing practically nothing.

["They" being CERES. Larry doesn't seem to have a favorable opinion of them.]
tsukainikui: (pic#10274730)

[personal profile] tsukainikui 2016-05-16 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Yamato is also the sort who holds on to things for as long as he can, for longer than he should, and longer still. And... Souji hadn't let go of him, so the least he'd been able to do was return the sentiments, right? At the very least, he got the trait honestly. So of course this is allowed, for as long as Souji wanted it, for as long as he needed it, it was allowed.]

I'm here... I'll always be here...!

[He promises so fiercely through the tears, like he's thought of this time and again, like he's considered breaking from the citadel to try and change history for the better for him, has the sneaking suspicion the only reason he never did was because illness isn't something that can be struck down with a sword.

He promises, and fails to take into account where they are, now, that they can come and go at the whims of the world with little say in the matter. That's never been a problem. It won't be a problem, if he doesn't consider it.

There's a hand on his face, wiping away the tears, and he laughs and sobs and holds tighter for a brief, brief second before catching himself, before loosening his hold so if it's difficult to breathe, at least it's not him that's causing it directly. And he shakes his head, too, because no, he shouldn't stop. He shouldn't stop doing anything at all, because he's here, despite everything.]


It's okay... It's okay, Okita-kun, I don't mind...
offbrand: <user name="chillarmy"> (Why can't I get a freaking job?)

[personal profile] offbrand 2016-05-16 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have a pretentious side!

[ she pulls the towel around her shoulders closer defensively, as if that would prove anything. she's very tough, you see. ]

I'll just ask my son. He likes poems and stuff.
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pseudonyms: (Gonna lose it)

[personal profile] pseudonyms 2016-05-16 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Can't say I do. [Sorry about her. It really sinks in suddenly that Lissa is...woefully out of her element to think that it was a serious suggestion, and she can't help but tilt her head slightly.] Where are you trying to go anyway?
johnnyjoestar: (wary)

[personal profile] johnnyjoestar 2016-05-16 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Johnny frowned a little from his seat near the blackboard. The guy was at least as annoyed as he was about the situation, but it didn't make him feel much better.]

Yeah, everyone keeps saying that like it's supposed to mean something, but it doesn't mean jack-shit to me.

[Okay, yes, he'd sat through the futuristic-looking slide-show, but it sure as hell didn't mean he understood it. Sounded like everyone was just looking for something to blame. He supposed he could get behind that, but it didn't change a lick of what was going on right now.]

It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense. Are they trying to make money or not? It seems like some kinda joke.
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[personal profile] whiteris 2016-05-16 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
I won't look. Don't worry about that.

[ Cloche's outfit is revealing much of her skin like everyone else. The most embarrassing part about this is losing all your shame along with it. She pauses and puts her pride aside for two seconds. ]

Does being like this bother you ?

[ WHY WOULDN'T IT? ]
freeinghorror: (low ceiling)

[personal profile] freeinghorror 2016-05-16 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He follows, swerving to the left as something came out of the water and snapped mere inches under them before it fell back, sending water up around them. Jinga twisted and steadied himself, his hand going for the sword resting at the small of his back as he watched the creature twist and dive.

There was something off about it.]


We need to find the exit to this level.
adornmental: (huuuh?)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-05-16 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[When isn't Kashuu hiding an ugly tangle of feelings... That's just his perpetual state of existence that he's had to come to terms with.

Though in this moment, it's a little bit easier for him to push those feelings aside just because there are so many other things to focus on. Like CERES! And how mad he is at them!! He wants his space, okay. He wants to be able to do a quick check to make sure Okita is still standing and then book it in the other direction to collect himself for a while. Instead, he's confronted with the fact that Okita went home for god knows how long, stepped who knows how many paces closer to his own death, and now there's no time or space or room to do anything but attempt to move forward. Kashuu is good at that, but even he needs his breathers sometimes.]


Geez... Just stay crouched down a little like this. [Like him!! He sure isn't trying to stand up straight, nope.] It's probably easier to balance, y'know? Anyway, we can probably just—

[He was going to say roll the ball back to shore somehow, BUT WOW. Between getting dumped inside and now, they sure have drifted pretty far away from the beach?!]

Eh— Hey! They're not just gonna set people out into the ocean, are they?!

[IT'S CERES, OF COURSE THEY ARE.]
thatdamnknight: (look like the innocent flower)

[personal profile] thatdamnknight 2016-05-16 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[bringing up the dead sailors thing won't happen from flynn's end. no reason to make this beach day any less fun than it already is, right? right.

he smiles lightly, though the smallest hint of amusement plays on his face. not many people would be so concerned over sailors missing a single shoe.]


A proper sailor likely possesses a spare set of boots in case something happens so you needn't worry.
vasavi: (pic#10271502)

[personal profile] vasavi 2016-05-16 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Master. [ Looks like he didn't need to order the drink to summon him — there wasn't really much logic behind that but the Lancer seemed intent that it would work? WELL LOOK, it kind of did. Chuya is here...regardless. ]

I don't need to drink. I had intended to order it with the idea that you would appear so I wouldn't have to scour the entire beach for you like I did the desert. [ nod, nod ] I suppose it's "normal". You can't get more normal than "sparkling water mixed with regular water" however the price...

At any rate, are you ordering from the menu as well?
offbrand: <user name="chillarmy"> (what do horses "like" to do?)

[personal profile] offbrand 2016-05-16 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, at least it gets her to stop digging like an anxious dog for a moment. she looks over at Veronica, taking the extra effort to keep her eyes off the swimsuit. it's only fair, since she doesn't want to be seen, either... ]

Oh, no, I... was thinking of hiding in the sand for awhile.

[ she cringes at how dumb it sounds out loud. maybe it's time to think of Plan B. ]
babermetrics: (horseplay is morally indefensible)

[personal profile] babermetrics 2016-05-16 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, right. This guy's gotta be new; this is one of those forced entries into ViViD. By now Leon's been here long enough to take "fuck CERES" for granted, and sometimes he forgets not everyone has. Of course it's not gonna mean anything to him.

And it's not like Leon likes being the bearer of bad news—it's so uncool—but there's no way around it in these situations. He leans on his elbows on the counter, swinging his legs a little as he looks between the new guy and the blackboard.]


Ah, yeah, you just got here, huh? That's always the first thing they do is some weird crap like this on all the new people . . . they're definitely not trying to make money! It's a hundred percent just to screw with us! It's like, trying to get a rise out of us, I guess. Sometimes it's actually dangerous, but sometimes it's just annoying like this.

. . . I dunno, this one could be dangerous too . . .

[Some of those drinks are definitely not actually edible. Leon glances back at the board. Motor oil, huh?]

So which one's you?
johnnyjoestar: (cool)

[personal profile] johnnyjoestar 2016-05-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[While he was used to beautiful women approaching him from time to time, he usually had a little more on than a scrap of fabric and a few stray grains of sand. Then again, she wasn't doing much better on that end of things. He supposed it was just as likely that whatever had put him in his strange suit had done the same to the others here, it was just... a little much to take in all at once and a little hard to keep his eyes focused on her face and not, well, all the things that tiny green outfit wasn't covering.]

Uh. Hi, yeah. I guess you could say that, given then uh- circumstances. You a local?
offbrand: (can spiders love?)

[personal profile] offbrand 2016-05-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ how did she end up with the best son ever?? she throws her arms around him and hugs him tightly. ]

Aww, that's so sweet!
caraminya: Manga (60)

[personal profile] caraminya 2016-05-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Huh, do they? [ Well, he hadn't even paid mind to them yet. Upon closer inspection, however, he freezes. ]

Aren't those titles for the ingredients a bit..extreme—

[ Haha yea— these titles were just for fun right? No one actually used brain bleach for a smoothie.

Well, he's free to keep thinking that, but we all know the truth. ]

I mean, they looked (past tense?) edible... [ Maybe he's starting to rethink this a little. Educate him, maybe. ]
thatdamnknight: (wherefore art thou romeo?)

[personal profile] thatdamnknight 2016-05-16 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[the dahngrest strip club won't be gaining flynn 'the knight without shining armor' scifo in their act any time soon, sorry to say.

that commentary instantly snaps flynn to attention. more accurately, his face flushes beet red and he looks like a true deer in the headlights.]


Wha-- N-no, I... That hadn't been...

[he'd been staring. he had. no denying it. he swallows, deciding better to admit to it like an adult than deny it needlessly. really though, how could he not have stared? seeing a knight so esteemed and highly respected as schwann dressed like this...]

I apologize. I was taken off guard upon seeing you here and in... [this hideous monstrosity of a bathing suit] this attire.
spes_phthisica: (Do not choose)

[personal profile] spes_phthisica 2016-05-16 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[It's beginning to dawn on him that the way Yamato is reacting is, while different from his first reaction to him before, still more like a first reaction than a reunion. He's not entirely sure, of course, and honestly it doesn't matter. They can clear that up later, if need be. All that really matters, regardless of the circumstances, is that they have both experienced far too much separation and loss right before this very moment.]

Well, I'm glad you don't mind. [A small, teasing laugh, and Souji unceremoniously tweaks the tip of Yamato's nose as if that's the most natural thing in the world. It is, really - he's always been a tactile person, with a rather limited understanding regarding the concept of personal space, so of course it comes naturally. And Yamato is, after all, his own sword. They're practically part of each other, aren't they?]

But it really was just like this the very first time I met Kashuu Kiyomitsu as well, you know? It's a bit alarming that I keep making my beloved swords this upset, you know? It's just about the last thing I want to do.

[His voice remains more warm and teasing than concerned, at the very least. Really, it's in many ways a very good way to meet, apart from how he's now pretty obviously leaning on Yamato, as if he's definitely going to keel over in case the sword lets him go for even a second.]
speariting: (42)

[personal profile] speariting 2016-05-16 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[...Considering he's rocking the sexy butler look, it's probably for the best that she doesn't recognize him. But he also feels quite foolish for jumping straight to conclusions. Not everyone is like him, of course.

Explaining this sort of thing is also always kind of hard. Well, best to be honest, right? Sano rubs the back of his neck...and comes away with more sand on his hand. Ugh.]


Ah...yeah, sorry about that. These places don't always make a whole lotta sense. I've met you before but you don't remember. Which is fine, just...weird.

[He tries to wipe off as much sand from his hands as he can.]

Anyway, thanks. For getting me out of there.