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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!

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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.

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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.


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//RUN.EXE

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ordaining: (35)

[personal profile] ordaining 2016-05-15 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Look, any other situation and he would be fine. Being stripped and humiliated is not one of those situations, sadly. He's too busy looking up at the structure of the castle (because trying to work out an exit is better than focusing on the lack of clothes) to notice she's there at first.

He glances over at her voice, only it's short lived as he looks away sharply. ]


Sorry, I wasn't aware-- [ Well, he should have expected it with how everyone is, but she's a person who deserves respect and all. He cuts off when it registers what Aeneth's saying and while he doesn't look at her still, he does look ahead of himself. ]

Enlighten me, Inquisitor... How are we supposed to have fun in a situation like this?

[ He feels like he can't move without everyone seeing... well everything. ]
neverexpected: (here comes an even LAMER joke)

[personal profile] neverexpected 2016-05-16 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Aeneth can't help the giggle when Cullen turns away. Not that she's mocking him, far from it, (in fact, she finds it remarkably decent of the man) but given the ridiculous circumstances, it's hard not to at the very least smile.]

Just look at everyone else!

[She makes a grandiose gesture to the other inhabitants, NPC or otherwise, of the giant sand castle, building things, knocking said things over, and generally having a good time (until the inevitable breakage).]

Surely we can spare a few moments to catch our breaths. Perhaps build a sand dragon?

[Because things are weird and someone hasn't had enough time to come to terms with this whole everything's gone, HOORAY!!! scenario.]

[Hint: It's Lavellan.]
ordaining: (7)

[personal profile] ordaining 2016-05-16 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Look, the presentation was one thing to deal with (and he finds it hard to believe, honestly, even with all the shit going on back home) but this is something else.

He'd rather be fighting against Corypheus tbh... that's saying something. ]


I'd... rather not. [ Why are you trying to turn him into a peeper? ]

Though I admit, that does sound relaxing, despite the situation.

[ But he can't imagine trying to sit down in this awful outfit without sand Going Places either. ]
neverexpected: (normal smiles are a thing)

[personal profile] neverexpected 2016-05-18 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Then it's settled.

[Nothing has been settled.]

Let's build ourselves a sand dragon!

[Lavellan, Cullen doesn't want that what makes you think that is a thing he is even remotely interested in.]

Which end shall we start on? The front or the back?

[The denial is strong with this one, Cullen make it stop.]
ordaining: (23)

[personal profile] ordaining 2016-05-18 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Why is it suddenly settled?? They didn't make you Inquisitor so you could build sand dragons, you know?! ]

A-- [ Oh my god. Why. His hand moves towards his head, before he thinks better of it and just crosses his arms instead. For a second it looks like he might break it to her gently... but no. ]

We really don't have the time to be making anything with the sand. If we don't find a way out of here... I don't really want to think of that.
neverexpected: (a dash of confidence hoyeah)

[personal profile] neverexpected 2016-05-20 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Nobody else seems to be in quite a hurry to leave.

[Because the majority of them are NPCs or new people who have no idea what is going on. But hey, details.]

Perhaps this is their attempt to apologize for our initial arrival? The desert illusion wasn't particularly enjoyable, so I can see this as a means to make up for the inconvenience.

Unless you believe us to be in some sort of danger?

[You know, outside of the whole wearing nothing but thin pieces of cloth and string, thing. Or the fact that the giant castle is probably as stable as a half-played game of Jenga during an earthquake.]
ordaining: (21)

[personal profile] ordaining 2016-05-21 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Which he's going to point out, come on gurl they don't have time for this??? ]

Probably because they seem to be in the same situation as us. If there's time after we find out what is going on, I'll... consider it.

[ Hard to say or promise really, but he's hoping it will be enough to get her to stop... this nonsense. ] It's an unfamiliar environment, of course there might be dangers we're unaware of.
neverexpected: (C:)

[personal profile] neverexpected 2016-05-24 03:31 am (UTC)(link)