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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
When: 09/14-09/30 (ooc)
Where: Within ViViD/Entertainment District
What: Hardcore gaming.
Rating/Warning: PG-13
//event001.EXE
 ( Dates: 09/14 to 09/30 ) 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.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! ( 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 [ xx PHASE II [ xx PHASE III [ xx PHASE IV [ xx BONUS [ why[ 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. ] |
xx ]
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.
//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. |
Rei Kurosawa | OTA
[She wasn't one for games really, they weren't something she had an interest in or wanted to spend time on (then again, there wasn't much that interested her lately anyway), but something had drawn her in.
She was regretting this decision immediately. It's not the outfit that bothers her or the heavy staff she has that's bothering her, it's the fact that her tattoos have decided that in-game they're gonna be around full-time. She rubs at her arms and legs a moment (why were short dresses the costume for a Black Mage? How was that practical??) as if hoping they'd just rub off before giving up and moving on.
Outside of the starting area she stares down a small creature with a frown, looking between it and her staff.] Fire? [Feeling foolish she waves her staff, jumping in alarm when a fireball shoots out of it and destroys the creature easily. ALright. So that works, apparently??]
...Water? [She tries again and waves the staff, but since there's no target there's just a bubble of water being shot in a random direction. Sorry about your luck if you're in the way, enjoy being soaked!]
[ Bonus. ]
[Okay so she was out of the game now. And there was a stripper. A female stripper. Why did they think she wanted a girl excuse her.] I think there's been a mistake.
[The stripper doesn't seem interested, advancing on Rei as she rapidly backs away. Why was this happening to her? Why her!? She looks around in a moment of desperation, her normally cool and stoic facade cracking under these bizarre circumstances as she looks for help]
Excuse me! Please get this thing away from me!
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There's a loud splashing sound, and the next moment Shinpachi is completely doused by the water.. it makes him freeze in his tracks for a moment too, so it almost looks comical, the way he's standing there with water dripping down from strands of his hair. ]
W.. what's that?! [ He doesn't even realise Rei was the one who did that just yet, he's still trying to scrub the water out of his eyes with his fists here. ] Oi, you lookin' for trouble?!
[ you waNNA GO?!?! ]
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Rei winces and hurries over, wondering if it'd be practical to use fire to dry him out, but-- No that'd probably end up even worse.]
It was me, sorry. [She eyes him in concern.] It didn't hurt you, did it?
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But he does slowly recognize the voice, even if it takes him a moment.. Shinpachi removes his hands from his eyes so he can properly look at her, letting out a sigh - it's hard to say it's from relief or annoyance or anything else though. ]
Rei.. I'm fine, do you think I can't take this much? [ Fine, maybe he can accept being soaked here, even if it's uncomfortable. But just as he's about to continue, there's something else he notices on her that definitely makes him blink twice.
What is-- ]
O.. oi.. [ That's definitely a mix of concern and surprise in his gaze. ] What's that..?
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Well it is some kind of magic, so... [So who knows what it could do, she doesn't know!
When his tone changes, Rei knows exactly what the cause of it is. Her hand goes to her cheek--the holly vines curl up one cheek but, thankfully, the rest of her face remains clear-- and she looks away.]
It's just tattoos. My 'self' in the game has them, for some reason. [It doesn't sound too convincing, even to her own ears, and she shifts uncomfortably, crossing her arms defensively over her chest. This isn't like with Saitou who discovered the tattoos through touch, where they had something against each other and a mutual understanding to just not talk about it. Shinpachi was fully human and--
And her friend. It felt a bit wrong to keep it from him for so long when his own friends would know about it, and Rei shakes her head,aggravated with herself.] I had them in the-- real world, I guess you could call it, but they don't usually appear. Not like this. It's a bit difficult to explain...
Sorry, I know they're strange.
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N.. no, it's not that strange. [ It's a little strange, of course, but he's not that concerned with it. Instead he frowns a little, wondering if he really overlooked something that important with someone he actually called a friend. Was he just being that insensitive or what..?
Slowly he reaches out to touch the tattoo, as if it may disappear again just because of that. ]
I just.. I never noticed.
[ Because even if she says it doesn't usually appear, it's not.. actually possible for tattoos to do that, right? ]
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Snake and holly. I believe this went out of style around the time you and the others were running around. [Maybe the meaning behind them is lost to him because of that, or maybe he never knew to begin with. Symbolism didn't seem like a pursuit he'd take.
After a moment Rei sighs softly.] I don't want to call it magic, because it's not really. It's... It usually only appears if something non-human touches me. It isn't really a big deal anymore, so I didn't think it'd matter if you knew or not. [It's not like it can kill her here. Yet, anyhow, who knew if the curse might suddenly start up again, and the thought makes her shiver again.\
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.. it just.. doesn't sit right with him. Something about it just doesn't feel good, despite the fact that she hasn't told everything about it to him yet. It's just like instinct, like some feeling that breeds in the pit of his stomach as he stares at the blue, slowly pulling back his hand and letting out a sigh. ]
C'mon, Rei.. no matter what it's about, don't say something like "I didn't think it'd matter". [ It's not like he wants to pry, per se, since Shinpachi does respect people having things they'd rather not talk about. But he at least wants to make sure she knows, because he's entirely sure Rei isn't the sort of person who's used to talking about stuff in general.
Her tries to catch her gaze the best he can. ]
Like I've said.. we're friends. That means you can talk to me 'bout anything. Even if it's something like this I may not fully get or whatever.. when you have friends, you don't have to deal with stuff by yourself, y'know?
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And it wasn't as though that steadfast desire wasn't waning as time went by.] Friends... [Right. She'd said that herself, hadn't she? But the last friend that got involved was currently laying in a coma straddling the line of living and dead.
Rei looks up and lets him catch her gaze for a moment before looking away as she considers.] Yeah. I'll-- When we get out of here, I'll tell you... everything. [She looks down at the tattoo covering her hand and feels her heart ache.]
But in the meantime, don't we have monsters to fight? Or something like that?
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A dragon, actually. You've heard of those, right? [ If they already had those legends in his oldass times, then surely they must be in modern times too, one way or another..
His seriousness lightens up a little though, enough for him to smile again. ]
It's probably gonna be pretty dangerous, so make sure to stick close to me. I'll protect you. [ he doesN'T TRUST THAT MAGIC WORTH SHIT ANYMORE OKAY.. ]
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Ah slag, this again.
[Dammit, what is with these people shoving sex synthoids at everyone? He rushes up behind the machine and pulls back, trying to wrestle it from coming any closer to Rei.]
I gotcha Rei!
so sorry for the delay!
She takes a few steps back, wondering if she should run and abandon Terry to his fate, or try to help somehow. In the end, her conscience wins.] Is there a way to shut it down or redirect it?
no problem!
[Because that's his basic reaction to dealing with crazy robots.]
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[Well if it works, it works. She runs around to find something and returns with a chair, it being the only thing she could figure would be heavy enough that she could still pick up.]
Look out! [it's all the warning she gives before she swings it. On the bright side, it's enough to stop the android. On the bad side... Well, hopefully no one wanted to sit in that chair anytime soon. Panting Rei rubs at her arms, shaking her head.]
I shouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning.
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Once she yells out the warning call he lets go of the robot and jumps out of the way, covering his head just in case. However he dodges fast enough to avoid being hit and stares at the remains of the robot after. He lets out a small snicker at Rei's words and shrugs.]
Just another manic Monday, right? [Is it even Monday? He's too disorientated to know, but whatever.] You okay? Those things have been going after everyone who went into ViViD.
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Yes, I'm fine. Just... surprised. They've been going after everyone? [Rei frowns, both annoyed and a little disturbed.] Who thought people would like that? If they wanted to reward us they could have given us money or something useful. Not a... dancer.
[She glances to the robot heap] I wonder if they're going to get angry about that.
i could have swore i tagged this, sorry for the delay!
[He shrugs. They're robots, he's not going to be concerned with their well-being. More important that Rei is okay.]
Anyways I think we should get out of here. In case they do get angry. Or, well, start trying to give us a "dance" again.
It's okay! I'm sorry too, work is hectic orz
[Still, his idea isn't a bad one. She grimaces slightly at the idea--no, no more robot dances please--and nods]
I don't like video games to begin with, why did I even bother... I hope it was worth it, though. [Rei steals a glance his way] Did you get sick?