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 [ 1000 ] 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 [ 1200 ] 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 [ 1500 ] 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 [ xxxx ] 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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;w; takerukun aahhhh.... uuu ;__;
Yeah I caused you a lot of worry didn't I? I'm really sorry, even if an apology won't really mean anything on my end.
[ She hugs him close as she aid that. ] I won't go anywhere anymore. I promise. You've been strong Takeru.
[ In any case there wasn't anything they both could do. Ishtar was here just like everyone else. ]
ALL THE FEELS
Now that his brother and his two other friends from his world were here, it only made him even more worried by the second]
It's not your fault, it's CERES! They're the ones doing all of this and they're nothing but bullies! They think they can do whatever they want without caring for any of us!
And...and that's just not fair!
[If she could hear it, there was a hint of anger in his voice]
yeah it hurts so badddd but so good ;w;
Yeah, they're terrible people but I'm no better letting things happen to you while I couldn't do anything. They're bullies and jerks. Of course they con't care for us. If they did we wouldn't be here now would we?
[ She mused softly to the tone of his voice. It did indeed sound a lot angrier than it was a few seconds ago but she couldn't blame him for being angry. She was used to these kinds of treatment but she didn't know how to stop it from happening. She also felt unbearably guilty for letting him worry about her. She didn't want to make anyone she cared about sad. ]
muhahaha
No, we wouldn't. But I still wish there was something we can do to say that this isn't right. I really want to talk to them because I don't want to start a fight.
[As much as he knew he had to, another part of him didn't. If there was just only a peaceful way to end all of this, he would gladly take it. But as of right now? He was starting to cry even harder than before]
no laughing at me XD
Sometime fighting's all we got. I'm not really into fighting them myself but it's not like talking at this point will solve anything. They're not easy to negotiate with.
[ She replied keeping her eyes closed. It was all too fresh like when she was dealing with the Doctors in the Facility. In the end, the Doctors ended up dead and they were left to rot-- and Ishtar didn't want that. She wanted to go home but not at the expense of other people's lives. ]
You don't gotta fight if you don't want to.
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[Not to mention how he had to fight his other self. He didn't know what was crueler, befriending his robot only to turn on him or having to bury it by the church. In addition, he had to fight his friend's other self too. Despite how much he wanted to talk to them, nothing worked.
Just thinking about it now was enough for him to make his stomach curn]
And I'm scared it might get even worse. I don't know what's going on but I think you need to be more careful from now on. They even mentioned that we need to choose a side too.
[Takeru wasn't planning on deciding right away but he figured he should warn her] A lot of people haven't but you need to watch out!
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[ She furrowed her brows together at his words. Ishtar was worried that Takeru might have gotten hurt in the process somewhere if they were being assholes and doing more horrible things to innocent people. Ishtar certainly couldn't forgive any of that. She was clearly upset by just hearing what Takeru had to say. ]
It's okay. I'm here for you. I'll protect you from the danger if you want me to. Of course, I gotta do my best not to worry you anymore since I caused you a lot of distress already.
[ She pulled back some patting him on the head after a moment, smiling. ]
Choose a side? But why? What if we don't want to either?!
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Well, maybe he should start with what happened a few days ago]
Well, they decided to give us these robots and they were suppose to help us. They looked just like us but...[Then his ffst started to tighten] After a few days, they started to attack us! And the worst part was that I thought they were our friends!
[Not to mention how he had to bury his robot as well. That was difficult enough]
That's what I thought too! Because they said for us to be careful if anything happens but...I just hope that no one would choose one any of them. I don't know what would happen if we did.
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