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//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!

faithfulflame: (Rei Elegant)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-16 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Usagi is Usagi. Rei is Rei. And once she's finally opened herself up to passion she's a not bound quite the same way. It's tough, being away from the person she loves most, but she can't let that chain her down and stop her from making memories. It's been months. It's not like with Merlin, it's not temporary.]

Well. [What do you say to that.] Thanks. [A beat.] It's...probably time for us to go upstairs and set the appliances back into place, though. I'll need your help cleaning the burn marks off the fridge, too.
faithfulflame: (Mars Pride)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-16 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Mars gives Takeru a look and scoops him up with one arm.]

Takeru, I can fly. Just relax. I'll get us out of here.

Ready?
sayonaradumbass: (Default)

[personal profile] sayonaradumbass 2016-08-16 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[o-oh....sharing....might actually be caring? Wow!! Wow their teachers were right! Huh. This is quite comfortable, actually.

And the warmth is definitely making the comfort turn into drowsiness....]


Okay then.
niceguypose: (super flustershock)

[personal profile] niceguypose 2016-08-16 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
That is a good point! Er, a-and I will be glad to help you!

[Lee starts to glance around.]

But I am having trouble finding a- ah, ah!! [Lee then realizes that one was hanging off his shoulder this whole time without him noticing. He panics and turns red as he throws it across the store towards her. It's a pair of oversized bloomers with a heart pattern.]
hopetype: (pic#10399440)

[personal profile] hopetype 2016-08-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Before he knew it, he suddenly found himself being lifted off from the ground. For a moment, he looked rather surprised before giving a firm nod]

Yeah, let's get out of here as fast as we can!
theshiningone: (Guess what I did last night?)

[personal profile] theshiningone 2016-08-16 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Chill, A-tan! It's just good ol' banter.

[Smug as a cucumber over here.]
theshiningone: (DEVIL COOL.)

[personal profile] theshiningone 2016-08-16 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll be humming happily as he shakes her hand. Felt like that his fingers were working properly and he could feel the warmth of Togo's hand, so nothing strange was going on there.]

Traditional and standard handshakes are awesome too. Many bonds have been solidified with this. ♪
theshiningone: (Fan slapping averted!)

[personal profile] theshiningone 2016-08-16 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[And right on cue, he'll be holding his fresh new arm up. There was still the issue of dried blue blood on his jacket, but nothing a little wash couldn't fix.]

--Ohhh, look! My arm is all back together! My biodata is 100% percent functional again, baby!

[The jury is out if Hiro was too excited to hear Otome's question or if he was dodging it entirely.]
theshiningone: (This pleases the protag.)

[personal profile] theshiningone 2016-08-16 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
--Energy? Well, my biodata was damaged, so now it's trying to reconfigure itself into what it used to be. Don't feel very tired, but... I think I might get a little hungry from putting my arm back into shape at best.

['Hunger' was probably considered an imperfection in his Administrative biodata as he really didn't need to eat much anymore. As the Human Administrator, he decided to cling to it instead of overwrite it entirely with his Administrative Authority. The other Administrators were like computers who could not feel nor understand humans unlike Saiduq and Miyako who could.]

It's easier to think of my body as a giant computer full of apps instead of a normal human body now. I've still got a lot to learn about controlling my new Administrator powers, but I feel like this is a big step forward to becoming more stronger.

[Regardless, he's genuinely smirking with this discovery. Instead of brooding about it, he's doing his damnest to make the best of things.]
dereban: ❥ all icons are my own unless otherwise denoted. (Default)

[personal profile] dereban 2016-08-16 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah. You'll have to give me your three sizes, too.
powertotearer: (Kindness)

[personal profile] powertotearer 2016-08-16 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji had figured out a decent pace for himself and was sticking to it, trying his hardest not to get too tired. When he saw Chihiro struggling, he offered to push her up on the next fence.

"I can take care of that when it comes to it. But I don't want to use up all of my energy fighting now when I'm sure I'll need it later."
powertotearer: (Emotionally mature)

Re: Phase I

[personal profile] powertotearer 2016-08-16 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji knows that move and he hates it. For a minute, all he can do is have Ankh get uncomfortably close and force eye contact before he pulls away.

"I don't know! Maybe actually talk about it, since we can never seem to talk about anything without fighting? But no--you don't talk. You never do, and how many times have we ended up in danger because of it?"

It's unfair, considering a good half of the reason they do end up in this position is because Eiji is just as stubborn and forces the issue when he really shouldn't. But he doesn't care right now.
youraffection: (pic#10035397)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-16 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, seriously...!

[ He's definitely done with his bed as well, if he ever figures out how to subdue it. He's thankful, at least, that his probably wouldn't be able to fit through the door if it was able to open it...unless it got really crafty. ]

I've got a feeling that's not going to intimidate it!

[ What can they do, though? ]

...I've got an idea!

[ It's probably not super safe to do it in the apartment, but really, the apartment isn't safe to begin with right then. ]

Can you hold on for a little longer?
faithfulflame: Color by <user name=Messala> (Mars Stunned!)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-16 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Mars focuses on that last bit. On that burst of emotion, that...terrible surge of longing. That's easier than thinking of worlds destroyed. And it seems like it has more meaning, too.

Her eyes soften and she gestures towards the gazebo, heading over and taking a seat before she answers.]


I'm...yes. I grew up on Earth.

[Canting her head slightly she studies the woman before her, pressing her lips together. She seemed alright. Trustworthy. Tormented, but...noble. It was hard seeing her like this, even if they just met.]

I'm going to guess that where you're from is very far away. And that you have no idea where it is, or what it's like.

[She gestures towards the garden.]

It has places like this. And then some. It's a shining jewel in our solar system. The only living planet of ten, now. And you'll like it. I...I can promise you that much.
faithfulflame: (Mars Over the Shoulder)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-16 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[AND AWAYYYY they go!]
bewrightback: (i'm really lost right now)

[personal profile] bewrightback 2016-08-16 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
S-sorry, sorry! [He waves his arms uncertainly as he tries to think.]

What about.... the sound of rain falling when you're indoors? That's... pretty relaxing, right?
fadeling: (Default)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-16 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He almost protests, but ultimately doesn't--it won't help and it will only make her more upset, so instead he just nods. He doesn't have to leave--he won't if she's still hurting.]

Yes. Make it more to make it less.
tiarae: (To the war)

[personal profile] tiarae 2016-08-16 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ami-chan was doing a list and figuring some antidotes. But this isn't like going into the jungle itself. I'm sure we'll be fine.

[Usagi is nothing if not an optimist. And she doesn't seem to mind the other theorizing aloud. It's something she's used to, between Ami and the rest they have to deal with at times back home.]

I never really thought about if the plants were. But this just seems to be technology? Or, from what I can tell so far....
heiwana: (pic#9950204)

[personal profile] heiwana 2016-08-16 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
...the dojo would be fine. It is the least likely to be...affected by all of this.

[ So the dojo it is. It's also familiar and everyone can find some comfort and relaxation from that. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Red Dress)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-16 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
That is good.

[Rei does know the stories, and she knows what it's like, remembering something that should've been forgotten. That's her life, in a lot of ways.

Alas though, her stomach grumbles.]


Hey. Do you think you'll be alright, if I left you here for a little bit and brought back food? I don't really have much here, and I want to be on the safe side. I shouldn't be gone more than thirty minutes.
youraffection: (pic#10104967)

[personal profile] youraffection 2016-08-16 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
How is that helping!? That's basically going around naked!!

[ They're so productive together... ]
tiarae: (As you)

[personal profile] tiarae 2016-08-16 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't call it boring if you meet her if I were you. You'll make her challenge you. But I am doing better, with her help. And here I still have Rei-chan to go over my homework with me too. And Mako-chan now!

[It's more fun with friends. And obviously being older, both of them are more familiar with the stuff Usagi is studying at present.]
tiarae: (Sigh)

[personal profile] tiarae 2016-08-16 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! This isn't anything to thank me for, really. But okay. I guess the sooner we start on it at least, the sooner we'll be sorted figuring and cleaning the mess from all this....

[Even if she would much rather sleep and catch up on the rest that was interrupted this morning by her rude bed. Still, Usagi gives a nod of agreement even as she sighs and seems resigned to the task at hand.]

notsogreedy: (you're guilty)

Re: Phase I

[personal profile] notsogreedy 2016-08-16 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ankh's expression turns especially frustrated as Eiji succeeds in pulling away from him. And then that accusation-

"So I put us in danger? Aren't you the one who always runs out into everything like an idiot? I'm usually the one who has to go stop you from getting yourself killed."

...and on that note. "You know what? You want to talk about this. Let's talk." His voice is less loud as he says that, but not any less angry. "You're right. After everything that happened, I don't like fire. Maybe I'm scared. But here's the real question:" He steps closer again, grabbing at Eiji's shirt this time. "Why the hell aren't you?"

Not once in all the time since they'd gotten here had Eiji reacted to flames like they were any kind of trouble. Just now, he even made it sound like it had been weird for Ankh to be worried when he almost caught himself on fire with that stupid sponge. Eiji's the one who died in that mess so how can he be so calm about it?
forgeabettertomorrow: (Ehehehe well...)

[personal profile] forgeabettertomorrow 2016-08-16 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

O-Oh! Yeah! All good over here! The hole in the tank...[Sealed...itself...?]

It's all closed up now! No need to worry!