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[reparator]

Who: These suckers and E R R O R
When: OOC: 5/29, IC: 7/15
Where: CERES Research Tower and Beyond
What: It seems an old friend has decided the situation is progressing too slowly.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Violence, injuries and inevitable deaths.

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▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 7/15

For those unlucky saps who disappear today, ranging from early in the morning towards the middle of the afternoon, well...they can't be reached by CereVice.

Any attempt to do so will bounce back the message User Currently Occupied.

It's an odd message, and one that's never been used by the CereVice. How strange. It's probably nothing though, right? No contact can be established between groups or from groups to outside people in Cerealia, whether by technology or magic. You're cut off from everyone but those in your groups, now.

Otherwise, all abilities will remain intact.

As for the people who do disappear, well... things get a little hairy really quickly.

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▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES

This is the event log for these sign-ups! Your groups have been sorted below; here are a few handy links for you:

Group 01 | OOC plotting
Group 02 | OOC plotting
Group 03 | OOC plotting
Group 04 | OOC plotting
Group 05 | OOC plotting
Group 06 | OOC plotting
Group 07 | OOC plotting
Group 08 | OOC plotting
Group 09 | OOC plotting
Group 10 | OOC plotting
Group 11 | OOC plotting
Group 12 | OOC plotting
Group 13 | OOC plotting
Group 14 | OOC plotting
There is no tagging order, so feel free to tag in whatever way works best for you as a group.

The characters should not ICly be gone longer than 5 hours -- if they survive, of course. There will be mod involvement in each of the threads.

If there are any questions, feel free to ask them here. Please try to avoid asking hypothetical questions (such as "What will happen if my character does [action]?") as that's part of the fun and risk of the interlude! You are welcome to plot with your groupmates in this post. Thank you!

Comments

[forceofnature]

Um...

[She frowns slightly as she sits up and tentatively pokes at the floor with a foot.]

I mean, it's not like I don't know how to walk. ...It was just mostly optional. I'll probably be fine.

Where to?

[mombastic]

Let's head back outside and see where this path leads. If you feel unwell at all, though, don't hesitate to say anything.

[ And if no one's got any objections, Otome will usher them all outside to do just that. Shall we take this nice path that probably won't lead to our untimely demise?? ]

[cannonades]

[ No objections here. Trowa will let himself be ushered out by Otome. Though he will keep an eye on Viridi, just in case. The last thing they need is another incident involving robots and fainted girls.

Hopefully this path leads to an exit. That would be nice and maybe wishful thinking. ]

▶ CHECKPOINT FINAL.SAV

[complices]

. . . NEW FILE CREATED . . . CHECKPOINT FINAL.SAV . . .
. . . CONTINUING ESCAPE.EXE. . .

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[ It's really a surprisingly pleasant walk. The path is leafy, green, and actually quite airy. It's not cold or warm, and nothing jumps out at them or tries to kill them.

In fact, it's all quite pleasant until they round the corner and there's a woman there.

She's very ethereal, and clearly not entirely human, if she ever was -- and when she sees them, her eyes widen, and then narrow dangerously. This seems safe. ]

[forceofnature]

[At one point, Viridi trips over a branch and murmurs something about needing to remember to abolish gravity whenever she gets home to Earth, but otherwise, she manages to put one foot in front of the other well enough.

The fox is cradled in her arms carefully because it loves her forever and will never leave.

The moment they round the corner and spot the woman, though, she freezes.]

Is that... Occidi? Are you Occidi?

[She doesn't look like she's an earth goddess. Where are all the requisite floral motifs?]

[mombastic]

[ It's a good thing Otome's used to demons and giant alien lifeforms that occasionally resemble giant household objects that have made poor life choices. Her own eyes widen, but only briefly, before she takes a deep, careful breath. Occidi or not... ]

I'm sorry if we're intruding. We're just trying to find a way out.

[complices]

[ There's a flicker of a reaction at the name "Occidi" -- recognition, perhaps, but not owning, and then she's putting a clawed finger to her lips. ]

Shhh.

Do not...speak that name.

Not here. Not ever.

[ She turns her attention to Otome. ]

But... do you know too much...? I wonder...

[cannonades]

[ Occidi? He's not sure he's really heard that around before. Still, it doesn't seem like it's this woman's name. Trowa keeps a wary eye on her, wanting to be cautious even if she's not currently indicating violence. ]

Not enough. We just want to find the exit, though.

[forceofnature]

[Viridi blinks for a moment before she murmurs to herself.]

Apparently, we don't know anything if we didn't even end up in the right shrine.

[Now is probably not the time to be cheeky.]

[mombastic]

I know we were called here. I don't know why.

[ And this she says steadily enough. ]

I don't know what "too much" information would be, but I'm really not interested in learning more. Not now.

[complices]

[ There's a long pause as the woman inspects them, and then quietly, under her breath, she makes a frustrated hissing noise. ]

I...do not believe you.

[ And then she steps a few paces forward.

That's all it takes, really; the implants in their eyes and brains will temporarily short out due to the proximity to her, knocking them unconscious. It won't kill them, thankfully; they'll just be unconscious. When they wake up, they will find that they are in the middle of the street in the Entertainment District, next to a manhole that they cannot get open.

They will all have blindness in their left eyes for 2 IC days, as well as a tendency towards vertigo and nausea of various levels of severity, ranging from very little to vomiting.

After that, they'll all go back to normal. Viridi's god-like powers and abilities will slowly trickle back to her over the course of 3 IC days, until she's back to her normal self as well. Congrats, probably! ]