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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2016-07-31 06:00 pm

//EVENT032.EXE

Who: CERES and associated intellectual property
When: OOC: 8/01 - 8/08, IC: 8/16 - 8/19
Where: Cerealia™
What: PR really was important. Who'd have thought?
Rating/Warning: Currently none! Please let us know if the log heads into R-related territory so we can lock it!




//event032.EXE



Everything is normal today during the early hours of the morning. There's really no hint, no way of knowing, no anything that could indicate that CERES -- and thus Cerealia -- is about to irrevocably change. There would be birds chirping, if there were birds, but since there aren't any, there's just the constant sounds of a city in motion, humming with technology even that early in the morning.

And then, regardless of where you are or what you're doing or how early it is, everyone's CereVices flicker on to show a perhaps-familiar, perhaps-unfamiliar face.

Bellona Recreare, the business owner of Cerealia and CEO of CERES, stares at everyone with a flat, cold look. She doesn't seem happy.

(When is she ever?)

It has come to my attention that there has been industrial espionage and corporate sabotage in CERES' personnel. Such a thing will not be tolerated.

Due to this, Mosley's employment with CERES has been terminated. Please now direct any public relations questions to 1-800-7322934844444.


Good day.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 6:00 ] Bright and early, not long after that sudden announcement by Bellona, you may decide to go back to sleep, or you may decide to get up and go about your day (or you may not have woken up at all).

Either way, it doesn't matter.

Because your apartment is broken.

The entire apartment. The door is locked shut (and that sucker is solid metal so it might be time to try a window), the HOLO(gm) is flickering wildly between settings, and the blender is out for your blood. Anything technological in any way (that is CERES-brand or has been tampered with by CERES) will be malfunctioning in a way that comes across as... oddly malicious.

Now's a bad time for the late sleepers to realize that the beds, too, have auto-control tech functionality. Hope you enjoy that electroshock wake up call, or the fact that the bed could fling you totally across the room.

PHASE II

[ 10:00 ] The rest of the city isn't faring so well either.

The trains are completely out of commission; even if the doors do open, it's probably not a good idea to get on. If you do, it looks like the doors will slam shut behind you, and the train will go hurtling forward at dangerous speeds with sudden stops. Many of the shops can't be accessed at all, automated doors refusing to open, and worst of all, every single last piece of tech in Cerealia now seems to have the sole goal of Making Your Life Hard.

The Pleasure District is flooded now that the spas are broken, but hey -- at least the perfume ensures that water smells good, and it's pretty warm. That's good, right? Maybe go for a nice swim.

The CERES police bots are out of control, chasing people down to arrest them for imagined crimes (What do you mean you aren't a closet voyeur?), and heaven forbid you're around any of the auto shops when everything goes totally wrong. The auto-drive feature in many of CERES's cars seem to be a little... finicky today. It doesn't seem like anywhere in the city is exempt from this. Good luck.

And towards the end of the second day of this insanity, the train, with whatever unfortunate passengers are on it, will derail. It crashes into part of the shopping district, leveling buildings and leaving the wrecked overturn husk of a train resting there uselessly.

Suddenly, things don't seem so harmless anymore.

PHASE III

[ 11:00 ] Of course... you're CERES-owned too.

Your code, rather, is made and owned by CERES, and it's inevitable with the craziness going on that it would soon affect everyone's code as well. So as the hour approaches noon, a few unlucky souls may start to notice that things are just Not Quite Right with them. Their powers may be on the fritz, functioning entirely wrong or not at all, or even stranger -- fire powers turning into water, ice into flame, electricity brings mud. Your clothing might suddenly change when your coding glitches, or it might be gone entirely. You may suddenly have an uncontrollable urge to start singing, or frolicking. You may suddenly be wildly in love with the first person (or robot or mirror) that you see, unable to stop it until the odd glitching wears off.

And then, just like that, you're back to normal, if a bit more tired than before. How troublesome.

There are also moments where what appears to be an ID number appears on the back of your neck in glowing light blue numbers. Each of these codes is a 7 digit number, with an E at the front of the number. It appears that the longer you've been in Cerealia, the lower the number is -- like a brand of some sort. You may not be able to see it yourself with it on the back of your neck like that, but everyone else sure can.

PHASE IV

[ 16:45 ] And, just like that, on the last day of this madness, the city goes dark. The lights cut out. The technology shuts off. Every last robot in Cerealia is completely and totally down, and can no longer be booted up. Even when the lights come back on in a few hours... the robots remain dead.

Cerealia's a lot harder to function in without those handy dandy robots running the place. It's also a lot more desolate, and rather quiet.

Slowly but surely, the rest of the technology will boot itself back up towards the end of the last day. But the robots remain broken, and cannot be fixed. In fact, opening them up will reveal that nothing's wrong with them at all... they just won't wake up.

As time ticks by, it doesn't look like Bellona will address anything on the network about the events and all people are left to do now is... learn how to function again. Without any help.

BONUS

[ ??:?? ] If you were a stupid brave enough soul to log into ViViD during this time (or were unfortunately glitched there, which could happen), you will find that ViViD is in... safe mode. It's struggling to boot up, and even when you finally enter, you'll find yourself wandering through skeleton levels of half-completed scenery and incomplete quests. There are readings in the corner of each level that can be seen now, one about Energy Gain and one about Energy Loss, and just as the gain goes up the longer you are there, the loss, too, rises. At first, it's fascinating, and it isn't particularly dangerous... but then it becomes clear that you can't actually log out.

You can't exit Safe Mode at all.

Slowly, it feels as though you can breathe less and less, that the empty walls of the level are closing in on you... and there's nothing you can do. Unless you are or find a particularly genius hacker and they can access the source code and find the exit buried inside that code within the next few minutes... there's nothing to be done.

And then everything goes dark.

You'll wake up the next IC day, with those same energy readings marked on your wrist like some sort of bright blue digital tattoo. When you wake in the mornings, it will read at 100% and slowly go down during the course of the day until you sleep. It will fade after three IC days.

And from now on, ViViD always has those energy levels in the corner, even when it's fixed. They always seem to be recording you, every time you're in ViViD. Strange.


[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to Cerealia's August event! Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. This event will last from 8/01 to 8/08, or IC 8/16 to 8/19. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

forceofnature: (Confused)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2016-08-11 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'm the goddess of nature! This is... as not close to nature as you can possibly get! It's a broken hunk of metal and electronics.

...I can destroy it. That's about my expertise with metal and electronics.
youraffection: (pic#10015980)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-11 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, his whole rouse? Kind of half out the window already. He doesn't push the deeper issue here, though, he doesn't feel it's his place and she clearly doesn't want to talk about it.

He just offers a nod, then coughs at her question. ]


Uh, well...just kind of down this street for a while. I...was totally lying. I don't know any lawyers.

[ Actually, he does, he just doesn't realize it. ]
forceofnature: (Surprise)

[personal profile] forceofnature 2016-08-11 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
...Really?

[Viridi sighs in a long-suffering manner.]

I guess what we didn't give you in natural abilities, we gave you in destructive power. OK, here.

[After a moment or two, a few phosphorescent mushrooms will pop out of the ground and glow gently.]
moribound: (42)

[personal profile] moribound 2016-08-11 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
My best friend talks about her all the time. [If he's scowling as he says that it surely has nothing to do with how he should be using the past tense. More importantly, there's the chance Yu's told Yosuke about the break-up and he's really not sure he wants to open that particular can of worms.]

I don't see how your relationships have anything to do with this, but Yu-san must have told you about us, huh.
sayonaradumbass: (whoops)

[personal profile] sayonaradumbass 2016-08-11 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[he's
he called him sir
what the FUCK he thinks he's a SIR a GENTLEMAN
a little unhinged laugh breaks free from Kaneda.

But he scoots away a little]


Shouldn't you be worrying about yourself anyhow.
onethousen: (subdued | i guess that was silly...)

[personal profile] onethousen 2016-08-11 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
... Maybe... but that doesn't feel like it would be the only reason.

[ She rests her head on her folded arms, crossed over her knees. ]

Just something else they get out of whatever they're doing. Like a side benefit.
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Rei Thinky Thoughts)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-11 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I have a theory about that. But it's probably a little crazy sounding.

[She's shared it with Yu, Illidan, and Ami, but...that's really about it.

Rolling back, she puts her head down on the grass.]


Want to hear it?
wasshi: (Who's that)

[personal profile] wasshi 2016-08-11 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[As Byakko sniffs, a small creature pops unprompted out of Togo's phone, poking at the tiger's head. Togo gestures vaguely towards it, eyes still on Byakko.]

That's Gyobudanuki. My companions aren't as prestigious as yours, but they serve their purpose regardless.
youraffection: (big bucks payment)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-11 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ He could ready a Diarama spell if he needs to, but Dipper seems to be in one piece, at least. Can't let this kid go overboard on his watch, not at all. Yu would have a heart attack. ]

That's good...

[ Sigh of relief. ]

Oh man...I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but...my bed was trying to eat me.
youraffection: (counterattack)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-11 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I--

[ Er... ]

...Would...you, uh...be able to grab some...?
youraffection: (underestimated way of brainwashing)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-11 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ He won't hold that against her, really. He doesn't need her to meet Little Yosuke. He's not ready for that... ]

I said I didn't do it!! I was just walking down the street and I started glitching out, okay!?! I didn't ask for this!
youraffection: shadow (pic#10490139)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-11 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Just don't leave me.

Yosuke huffs. ]


You're the one that left. I know it wasn't your choice, but I was still upset about it. I can be petty about that, can't I?

[ He shifts, reaching out with his free hand to take hold of Yu's wrist. It's an awkward position to be in, but he doesn't seem to care. ]

Being like you isn't bad, it's just unattainable.

[ Really, it's as simple as that. He smiles a little, though it's twisted in the wrong ways. ]

That's funny--you act like you even need to try. You can't shake me. I'm fucking clingy and I don't wanna let you go until you tell me you don't want me anymore. I've never had a best friend before. I want to--no, I need to be wanted. I always have.
adornmental: (call in the crew)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-08-11 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He sure does like gaining bonus points for not being a crazy murderer!!]

Ooh, really? Are you some kinda onmyoji, then? D'you summon us? [Now he's darting in closer, clearly curious and giving Yusuke Of The 80s Fashion a careful look-over.] You don't really look like one... But I guess our aruji doesn't, either.

[As for the mention of Imano, that gets a definite reaction of recognition.]

Mm, yeah - we're both sword tsukumogami. We come from the same army, too! He's a really precious comrade of mine, so if you helped to look out for him while you guys were down there, thanks a bunch. ...What's your name, anyway?
adornmental: (catty cats on the catwalk)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-08-11 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Well now you gotta explain the rest of the story! You can't just leave it at that.

[Leaning forward!! He's all ears!]
adornmental: (that's a mistake)

[personal profile] adornmental 2016-08-11 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Every time Viridi glances up, Kashuu does too, like he's worried she's already detected The Next Falling Monstrosity...]

...I mean, I feel like it'd probably be easier to feel impressed if they were cute. And also, y'know, not falling from the sky randomly and crushing you.

[That doesn't inspire a lot of confidence, somehow!!]
gravesite: dns (169)

[personal profile] gravesite 2016-08-11 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ to be fair, robot debris is probably preferable to a bunch of buildings on fire; but he nods, because taking off is fair enough — there's no point in hanging around for too long, anyway, unless they want to give themselves away.

so they're off! but for someone who's just nearly escaped police capture, he's pretty unconcerned. if anything, he's more peeved by the fact that they came after him for something so strange... and a little embarrassed, too, as he turns back towards naoki. ]


You didn't have any police robots after you?

[ because, well, he looks like an outstanding citizen... nothing like tsurumaru. ]
onethousen: (consider | will it blend)

[personal profile] onethousen 2016-08-11 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ she wouldn't get violence that doesn't seem to be provoked but, you know, she's also ten and not raised in violent circumstances, so... friendship secured!!! mr. i-wouldn't-care ]

Mm, you say that, and then you say you take care of each other. I feel like that's a responsible thing to do.

[ or was, at least. ]
yourotherleft: (big dumb grin)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2016-08-11 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's a really long story.

[and with that warning, Zoro just starts telling the tale with the crew landing on Dressrosa, no explanation of who "Law" is or where they met him or why they were allied with him, or even really why they had to go incognito in suits and fake beards. But then there's something about fairies? And stolen swords. And a tournament in a coliseum. Which he didn't know anything about how the tournament ended because suddenly now they're infiltrating a palace and he's fighting a giant stone statue-man bigger than the palace? Zoro please to learn narrative. He jumps here and there, doesn't provide all the details, and goes into far too much loving detail about the thorough ass-kicking he gave to said stone statue-man. From a fighter's point of view that is the better part of the story, even if you don't know who the flamingo is that he obliquely mentions here and there as someone Luffy was going to go punch.]

...I managed to grab on to the rocks as I was falling and that's where I was, before I came here. Just sort of dangling off the King's Plateau after a hell of a fight.
sayonaradumbass: (Default)

[personal profile] sayonaradumbass 2016-08-11 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[TOTALLY NOT CARING YEAH!!]

Nah. If I didn't they'd probably do dumb shit like join the clowns or overdose or somethin'.
geophile: (pic#9305581)

[personal profile] geophile 2016-08-11 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid that I'll always find myself worrying to some extent.

[ even if he doesn't seem like a worrywart in his outward appearance, the well-being of his friends and allies always lingers in his mind. his calm is always at least a bt laced with concern. ]

But I'll hold you to that as well. Don't lead me to believe otherwise.
Edited 2016-08-11 06:02 (UTC)
lethechained: (Shade)

[personal profile] lethechained 2016-08-11 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
That isn't the kind I mean. [ No, 'strength' was intended as a far more general term than that. After all, she has never known anyone able to resist her magic who was within the limitations thereof, and with things going haywire, she fears that means everyone is at risk. ]

[ As Naoto enters her line of sight, Naminé's head raises slightly, her eyes following. She looks about as tired as she sounded, face held in a grim, tense sort of sadness. She's grateful for what distance there is - the closer anyone is the greater she feels the risk grows. And maybe she can't wholly disagree with that claim, but she remains stymied by the lack of any good solution that comes to mind other than running away. Temporarily, of course; waiting it out in solitude was always her goal. ]


... Naminé. [ It occurs to her that she could refrain from sharing and perhaps save herself at least from this particular secret of hers spreading quite so easily, but she discards the notion immediately and answers all the same. ] My name is Naminé.

[ There's a momentary pause; at the end of it she adds, soberly, ]

It's nice to meet you.

[ Circumstances aside. ]
beatofmyblood: (cause i can't help)

[personal profile] beatofmyblood 2016-08-11 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's an old habit, alright? He remembers that it's not nearly as commonplace once Kaneda starts giggling, and it comes as a bit of an embarrassment, but it's only adding onto the fact that he may have concussed someone.]

I'll be fine. If you are hurt, I can try to repair the damage I've caused.
onethousen: (stare | looking up up and away)

[personal profile] onethousen 2016-08-11 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shifts her weight to look back toward Rei, not quite seeing her face from this angle. ]

I would, if you don't mind sharing.

[ Everything can start sounding crazy enough to be sane, eventually. ]
beatofmyblood: (defenses are down)

[personal profile] beatofmyblood 2016-08-11 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
[...oh god, he's hurt her feelings. Badly. Someone's feeling guilty, so he's going to crouch down to her level so they can have a real heart-to-heart.]

Mabel, I know that the vampires you read about in novels seem appealing. But when you've had the misfortune of dealing with one in real life...I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Edited 2016-08-11 06:03 (UTC)
geophile: (pic#9305588)

[personal profile] geophile 2016-08-11 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Once things started to malfunction, the colony was thrown into chaos. It seems CERES' unshakable hold on all things here has begun to backfire... like a domino effect.

[ once things began to malfunction, the chain reaction set everything else into disarray. now they have to deal with the aftermath. ]

We can talk later. For now, let's see if we can find anyone that needs help.