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Who: Everyone ever.
When: 09/14-09/30 (ooc)
Where: Within ViViD/Entertainment District
What: Hardcore gaming.
Rating/Warning: PG-13

//event001.EXE

It's my party and I'll tank if I want to!
( Dates: 09/14 to 09/30 )

Welcome, new players, and old, alike. So, remember getting into the lovely little test drive that you found some new friends in? We hope you've been helping some of them out, it's good to make friends. But! Our lovely scientists have been hard at work, and they've finally released a proper, completed stage to help you all along into the world of Tellus.

Or just messed that up too.

Unfortunately for most people, with the release of the beta version of this new level of ViViD, the new arrivals will also be shoved right in (with all their received items in a special pouch they can transport out of the game with them) and have to be helped out until they can get to a logout portal, or risk being stuck in there for a while! Yes, friends, YOU will have to go into the game and help the newcomers get out, or risk certain dragony death.

On the 14th of September, signs and advertisements will start flashing for those in-game already.

Welcome to the world of Cadmus, a vaguely Greek-inspired fantasy-based land, covered in dragons, and we thank those who played in our beta stage. Players, you have done well- but the three guardian dragons (Ismen, Colchi and Nemeus) are still at large, and we need your assistance bringing them down! The adventure is within ViViD, and you'll bring their scales to the Queen, who needs them to survive.

Unfortunately, everyone can carry only one scale each because once a group defeats them, the dragons' bodies will vanish, but until this period of the game, they will keep reviving until the queen is healthy enough to help silence them for good. Do not fear, though! The land itself is filled with several mountains, waterfalls, and large castles/castle towns, a beautiful sight to see. Technology is very sparse inside, however, and players will be relying on their own abilities to carry out the mission to completion. Oh, and there may be people who need rescuing... can you get to them in time?

And the compulsion to participate will be strong. So, players, will you and your team be able to rescue the poor folk stuck in there , and defeat the dragons, and get the scales to rescue the queen? Well. Time will tell, of course!

The situation is simple:

For New Arrivals:

✩ New players will be part of the group of folk needing rescuing and escape. New players WON'T leave the game after their arrival briefing, and end up in this little glitch of a system. Those that weren't in the test drive will end up here post-arrival briefing!
✩ Once a character already in the game reaches a newcomer, an escape portal will open up instantly on a point on the map. Both parties can log out from there and enter the colony, or they can band together to keep playing. Note that once they find the portal (they may have to fight some enemies to get to it, but they'll have a map!) they can log in and log out normally.
✩ New Arrivals can escape/log out once they join a party with another newcomer as well if someone in-game hasn't found them, and find an escape portal which will appear in random, dangerous locations where they may have to fight enemies. They'll level up and their options to log out will appear when they find the portal (and they'll be led to it with a map!) But only if they join up with another newcomer! (this info will be revealed to them once they're in the vicinity of another new arrival)
✩ If your newly-arrived character goes solo, well... they'd better be ready to fight a dragon to escape, because that will be the only way they'll get out. If they reach GAME OVER through death, they'll wake up in CERES' Hospital and be inactive for a day.

You can log in and log out as many times as needed, and once a group of players has defeated all three dragons, they won't have to fight them again nor will they be compelled to join the game once more (but they can log in and help others who haven't defeated them yet!)

For Players Already In The Game:

✩ Compulsion to play will be high, and soon, you'll know why!
✩ Remember the details you have as well. There will be people who appear to look like people your characters know, and the virus will make them act erratically and attack your own. Be wary and be swift!
✩ Helping the new arrivals will allow them to log out easily, much more easily than they would going solo or with another newcomer. Your characters will get information on-screen telling them this, and it'll be nice to follow!
✩ Players already in-game can log in and out any time.

During this period of time, the dragons will respawn to fight those who haven't defeated them yet. Getting those scales to the queen is important, so make sure you get through to them!

Side Quests : Knights in Seed Buns
( Dates: 09/14 to 09/21 )

Remember those Knight Burgers? Yeah, hah hah ha... players who ate them during Cerealia Welcome Barbecue will be experiencing certain interesting side-effects that can only be fixed by either getting to the hospital- or performing a side quest in the Cadmus Event, to look for the Tree of Asclepius.. This will be pointed on the north of the map, guarded by the Priestess who was in the beta stage. She will however, be different and may attack those who try to steal- she will be more hesitant to let people delegated to fight for their friends take the fruit, but she'll give in once you fight her protector, The Talon. Don't worry, he's harmless... and will participate in a duel to defeat and kill him (he'll respawn after) to hand the fruit to the player from the tree. Players who don't delegate, and are feeling the ill effects and complete the mission while making it to the tree themselves will bypass the battle. This information will all appear on-screen!

This side-quest can be played on this log, with newcomers and old players alike! Also feel free to make your own logs through the week for the non-game parts!

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ xxxx ] You're logged in, you have your objective. Your character is exploring the world of Cadmus, meeting friends and enemies alike. The NPCs are kind enough, providing directions. There are even a few minor enemies to battle as you gear up to handle the big bosses. For the new arrivals, they will be waking up immersed in the game straight from being pulled from the nexus code. They won't know they're in a game for the most part, not until the peculiarities start to pile up. Hurry up and start asking questions. Team up where you can and get the hell out as fast as you can.

PHASE II

[ xxxx ] While immersed and exploring the terrain, familiar faces start to appear, those from your world that you've been thinking of, missing, obsessing over. They seem sweet and cheery enough, a smile on their face as they spit out generic information. At first, it's strange, but then you start to notice their tone becoming more and more hostile.

Within moments, your weapon is in their hand, and they're attacking without warning, looking for the fastest way to send you into the dreaded game over by forcing you to fight against your own move set. These corrupted NPCs will continue to appear all over for the next few weeks, the result of a digital virus infecting the game, so beware of sudden death.

PHASE III

[ xxxx ] The dragons are waiting for you to pluck scales off them, looking harmless enough. You think they're cute and cuddly and might go in for a bit of a petting. Then suddenly, they'll reveal their true forms to you, face delightfully splitting open to show off a black hole of teeth, teeth, and nothing but teeth. It's your choice whether you want to take them on or wet yourself a little, but they'll be coming after you regardless.

PHASE IV

[ xxxx ] For those suffering from the horrid Knight Burgers, the end of the road is the Tree of Asclepius Quest. Look above for further information.

BONUS

[ whyo'clock ] Congratulations! You've won, and now, your character is able to log out successfully. With great success comes great prizes. As your character remains seated and hooked up to then ViViD console, they'll be approached by a robotic stripper of either sex. Yes, your prize (for completing, other prizes will come up later) is a CERES-sponsored lap dance, complete with a stripper scantily dressed in fabric stamped with the CERES logo on it. Within the nexus code, a delightful tune was recovered to accompany the scintillating gyrations of said stripper. You are now the Drake to their Nikki Minaj.

Run while you can.

[ You can choose to set your threads in the game or before/after if you'd like. Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//ETC.EXE

✩ Make your own top-level posts on any dates or a range of dates, and plunge into adventure! Open them up to newcomers or all, and post some starters to get going! You can post as many as you want, anywhere and all.
✩ Once dragons are defeated for a player and their party, they won't have to fight them again. They'll respawn for the duration of the event, but they'll be considered defeated by them unless they join a party where a group of players hasn't defeated them.
✩ Players already in the game can log in/log out at their leisure. Players newly arrived to the game will only be able to do so once they've found a portal, after which, they'll be able to log in and out as the others.
✩ At the end of the event, the Queen will be revived and she will destroy the dragon spawn core, freeing everyone from the compulsion of playing.
✩ Credits and Prizes will be rewarded at the end of the gaming period. We'll put up an OOC post then, and ask for whoever feels they accomplished the mission to reply.
✩ Defeat of the dragons if your character managed them all can be handwaved, however, if your character is physically incapable of doing so, please do not say that they did just to get the credits and prizes (15,000 credits per dragon for all players in the party!).
✩ All participants, whether they accomplished the missions or not, will get prizes, so go on and slay some dragons!

Also, remember our NPCs? They'll show up at random to help and assist those that need it. If an NPC's help is urgently required, please put in a thread titled "Open to NPCs" and set it at the city center fountain within the game, and they will show up there to reply!

... and Ceres Inc would like to apologize for this glitch in gaming for the New Arrivals, and hope you will continue to help their research.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[PLAN B IS READY FOR THIS SITUATION. He gives Naoi an annoyed look, but he doesn't stop moving because those steps are damn scary.]

Far, far away from here, obviously!

[And he tugs the sideways, right out of the "normal" world of ViViD and into a fairy path, where the dragon will have a hundred times more trouble seeing them, let alone catching up. Enjoy that nausea-inducing pink view, Naoi, but it's at least less deadly!]

[HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW that his weird-looking fairy friend has access to weird-looking fairy paths, gosh!! He definitely seems startled by the sudden change in scenery, blinking rapidly like that will clear his vision. But no... no it doesn't...]

Wh— How did you do that?! Did you get some kind of extra equip?

[HE'S JEALOUS.]

[Don't look too long, buddy, or you really might get sick, if you've eaten recently. Fairy magic comes with nasty tricks, after all.]

What?

[He gets another annoyed look for that. He doesn't get exactly what Naoi is on about, except that he's jealous and thinks he was cheated, somehow.]

Don't be ridiculous! This is entirely natural!

[Race-locked powers, suckeeeeer.]

[GOOD THING HE HASN'T... EATEN..... or this could become a very embarrassing situation, mostly for him.]

What do you mean, natural? [Frowning mightily!! But he's focusing on Cynbel instead for now, which will at least partially save his dumb ass.] That was definitely something extra. Didn't you just open a new path?

[Good thing for both of them, honestly. That's nasty, even when you're not the one being sick.]

I mean, it's not anything you can do! It has to do with my race, and humans just can't do it. Do you understand?

[HE WOULD AGREE... even if he was the one barfing, he would still agree, it is really nasty.]

Oh! [...] Wait, so you didn't just choose that for yourself from a customization menu or something? [Showing up like a tiny fairy-like thing would be neat and all, but he'd totally come in as a dragon if he had the choice.]

[He shakes his head, sighing deeply. Naoi, come on!!]

No! I was born able to do it. It's not something you can learn or pick up or... whatever it is you are talking about!

[ViViD and assorted techie slang is not something he's up to date with, unfortunately.]

[THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. Even though he's seen some weird things before, most of them have still been on the humanish side of the spectrum!

...But since he is used to weird things, he just sort of stares with some measure of scrutiny at Cynbel for a second before nodding decisively.]

That's fine, then. I was going to be irritated if you got some extra equip that the rest of us didn't even know about!

[He needs to make more non-human friends, they have the most fun.

Cynbel just smiles, because while Naoi's finally getting it, he's still not quite on the same page as Cynbel.]

If I did, would I use it so easily? That sort of thing would be too valuable to make light of it, even with a dragon on our heels!

[That gets a hum of acknowledgment from him, since it's sensible!! And he's starting to piece things together.]

Then it's something that was opened to you because of player status, right? [By which he means "ARE YOU A DANG FAIRY" but of course he words it in a way more suiting to gaming.]

[He tilts his head, trying to figure out Naoi's meaning.]

I suppose so?

[That's such a confusing way of phrasing things. Can we go back to normal talking, like when they were planning to destroy a CGI dragon??]

It's nothing I gained from this game, if that's what you mean. A Man like you could never do it, unless you were manipulating the system, like you thought I was.

[NO now they are stuck in speaking RPG...]

Yes! That's what I said. [Naoi why] You came into the game with that ability already intact, basically! ...Right?

[Can't they at least speak Tolkien-based rpg, Cynbel can follow along there....]

Yes! You have it, exactly, though I don't know why you went around asking in such a way. I've been able to do this since long before I came into the game.

[HE'S PREPARING CYNBEL FOR THE FUTURE. Just think of this as Future Boot Camp.]

I asked it plainly! [Just let the topic die here or he'll continue to be a moron.] But that's a unique attribute, if that's the case. I don't think I've ever met anyone else capable of doing something like this...

[NOT HELPFUL, he could at least teach Cynbel how to use a stove!!]

Have you never met any of the Fairy people before? It's a rather common trait for them.

[He says it like he's trying to put some distance between himself and Fairies in general.]

[Maybe he'll do that, too!! It's just a grab bag of surprises with him!]

Fairy people? [He shakes his head, but at least there seems to be no judgment present - only curiosity. This is what happens when you spend years and years living with dead weirdos and then a couple of weeks in a murdergame...] Nope. That's a handy trait, though! Is it something innate or can it be taught?

[He's guessing innate BUT BOY WOULD IT BE COOL OTHERWISE.]

[Cooking Time with Bad Decision Buddies, a fun new tv show for the kids!!]

Opening the pathways is something only Fairykin can do, though anyone can traverse them, if they find themselves a doorway to an open path.

[He drums his fingers along his arm where they're crossed, shaking his head.]

It's a dangerous thing to do, however, so I wouldn't recommend you try!

[They're gonna win so many awards... SO MANY.

But he's looking pretty curious by now, hands set at his hips and head canted a little to the side.]

Makes sense. Most of the tales about fairies that I've heard are pretty adamant about a person not traveling into their territories. [Weird things about dopplegangers and baby-snatchers and living for hundreds of years dancing until being set free only to find eVERYONE YOU LOVE HAS DIED.]

...Does that only apply to the living? [Naoi is a very curious dead person...]

[He's pretty close on his idea of fairies, because the majority feel pretty comfortable with all of that. Cynbel isn't, though, and his body language gets more nervous, fidgeting with his hands and avoiding eye contact, when Naoi talks about it.

But at the question, Cynbel's head jerks up in surprise.]

Why would the dead be concerned over such a thing? They can no longer move, so they have no need of pathways.

[Why would lifeless bodies be a problem?? He doesn't get it right away.]

...Unless you speak of the undead?

[CYNBEL THE NICE OUTLIER... His brow furrows a little at that though, and he waves his hand.]

No, I mean like me! [Which explains nothing...

But at least he's not so bad with conversation that he lets things die there, so he'll carry on with:] People from the afterlife! ...If they come from ones where they can actually leave, anyway. It wasn't like that for me, but I've heard it's different for some.

[MORE LIKE CYNBEL THE "RA0ISED BY STUFFY, PEARL-CLUTCHING BACHELORS" OUTLIER...]

You... came from the afterlife? You're dead?

[He shakes his head, deeply confused. That alone probably answers Naoi's question (Cynbel has no idea if it'd work for the dead), but he continues anyway.]

I don't understand! How can you possibly be dead, when you speak to be right now? I've never heard of such a thing before.

[CYNBEL... THE LIFE OF THE FAIRY PARTY.

But this is both kind of neat and very surprising, all things considered. Not even fairies know about ghosty dead people?? Does that make him a supposed mythological creature's mythological creature? But considering he is about as casual about being dead as a person can get, he just answers that with a nod, patting his chest.]

That's right! I don't really understand how I'm here myself, since usually we're separate from the living. ...In fact, I guess you could think of it like this ability of yours! Except instead of existing in the same place as the living, we're somewhere else entirely that only the dead can reach. That's what the afterlife is, you know? Just because we can't normally communicate with people doesn't mean we aren't there.

Edited 2014-11-02 03:54 (UTC)

[YEP, SHOCKING LITTLE OLD LADIES, that's Cynbel for you.

As Naoi explains, Cynbel's eyes widen out of their normally half-lidded look, showing interest and how freakishly huge his eyes actually are. But he seems to be understanding the explanation, at least!]

A separate world for the dead... I had heard of such a thing, but I had no idea if it was true or not.

[It sounds perfectly logical to him, but that might just be because he wants to believe it.]

Does that mean your afterlife was destroyed before you were brought here, as well?

[He must be in high demand at fairy court, wow.

He is also very lucky that Naoi is not the sort of person who would make a "grandma what big eyes you have" joke at that, since good lord, it's like he can probably see Alaska from his house. Instead, he just earns himself a thumbs up.]

It's definitely true! On more than one count, even. The afterlife that I was from was just one of them. [The one where sad dead kids end up...]

Anyway, it is, if you believe what CERES says. I'm not so sure about it. Those guys may be a bunch of blockheads, but they're stubborn and strong. After all, they even managed to best their god! [Which is him. He is the god.

Insane theatrics aside, though, he really does believe in their capabilities. ...Even if he might also be a little concerned - just a little.]

[Wow, fairy tale jokes with the fairy... Should have seen it coming.

But Cynbel's expression only gets more shocked, somehow, because this is just starting to sound insane.]

They beat a god!? Truly!? But why would they even start a fight with on in the first place?

[Guess who hasn't made the connection about Naoi = some weird afterlife god yet... Besides, fighting gods just sounds like a bad idea, even for Cynbel.]

If they're so strong, and CERES is telling the truth, then they'll be sure to arrive here soon enough. People like that would fight to survive, after all, even if they are dead people.

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