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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!

flaredo: (Let's keep moseying)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-08-01 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you always throw your mixers out the window?
fishyoldman: (FALLING FURTHER)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-01 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raven looks relieved as the ice starts to melt. He has even less tolerance than the average Nohrian -- his body temperature is a little lower than the average person's thanks to his heart. It does mean he does great in hot weather, but not so great in situations like this.]

Ah... Sorry, I haven't seen anyone l-like that. Y-you didn't tell me you had a t-twin!

[He's trying to sound excited at the prospect of another cutie like Felicia, but the shivering and teeth chattering kind of ruins the flirt attempt. Oh well.]

Goin' inside sounds good, s-so long as there's no killer machines around.
niceguypose: (smile)

Phase III-b (I'm not sorry)

[personal profile] niceguypose 2016-08-01 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rock Lee happened to be in the Pleasure District, trying to run damage control himself. But he was stopped in his tracks when he saw that person from behind.

That silvery hair, that dark skirt, that bamboo sword...! It could be only one person.

And so Rock Lee began to eagerly dash towards that person and called out.]


Peko-san!! I cannot believe that you have returned at last! [It just has to be her!]
gravesite: (134)

[personal profile] gravesite 2016-08-01 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ but it's because kashuu is still so young and trustful of comrades that have deceived him numerous times... through leaving banana peels in the citadel hallways, things like that. this situation is no different, except that unlike every other situation in the past, it's easy for kashuu to replicate what he's done.

and sadly, he continues to be a fool until the very end, when the last thing that can be heard from him among the sudden, frantic splashing is some kind of screeching noise. ]


Kashuu—!

[ but he's not going down without a fight — he's going to take advantage of kashuu's Full-Body Tackle and attempt to pull him beneath the water's surface too, because comrades splash together, ride together, die together, and become horribly soaked in perfume-y spa water together.

(ultimately, this is just water that goes up to any regular person's knees...) ]
fatalstriker: (pic#7632312)

phase ii;

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2016-08-01 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's not too often yuri really ends up in a bind, but the bots had done a good job of surrounding him. when one was at his back, it was easy enough for it to knock the sword from his hand before yuri could properly dodge it.

rare, but it does happen when he's completely outnumbered.

fortunately, yuri recognizes those arrows—especially as love shot comes flying at him—so before he even has raven in his line of sight, he realizes that he's more or less saved from this bad situation.]


I'm fine. A little pissed at their cheap tactics, but it's not like I expect anything less from this city at this point.

[a pain in the ass, but somehow not the worst situation. even after taking a few hits, he's probably looking less tired than raven is right now, at least.]
flaredo: (Pooossibly bad idea)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-08-01 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Acting normal" is probably off the list too.

[ She's seen some weird shit. But yes, she'll reach out to take Jessica's hand, shifting to her feet. ]
fishyoldman: (VARIABLE EDGE)

IIIa

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-01 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raven's tired. He'd sincerely like to just curl up somewhere and go to sleep until this whole mess blows over, or his body starts working like it should again, whichever happens first. But there aren't any safe places to hide right now in a city so rife with technology, and he'd have a guilty conscience when there are people out there who need help.

He didn't anticipate Darin as being one of those people, though. Raven watches, bemused at those weapons that just seem to appear out of thin air... and then a little concerned at the aura around Darin himself. He approaches without getting too close -- who knows if something sharp and pointy is going to pop out of thin air next -- and calls over to Darin.]


Hey, kid! Need a hand?
faithfulflame: <user name=livebites> (Mars Fingergun)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-08-01 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[A burning arrow lances out and pierces the robot's head, sending it down in a heap.]

Did it hurt you?
gravesite: dns (157)

[personal profile] gravesite 2016-08-01 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ upon hearing the fine scraping of a blade being unsheathed, tsurumaru readies a hand on his own blade, but soon discovers that self-defense won't be necessary, as it's just sayo. he'd reach out to pat his head if he could, but in this darkness, he can't exactly... pinpoint where sayo's head is at all. ]

Ooh, Sayo, there's no need for that. It's just me! Please don't stab me in the dark, okay? Let's head towards the dojo together, and then you can stab me there all you want.

[ IT'S A JOKE please don't... or maybe he's not joking at all, who knows? ]

Is that the only bar you have? If that's the case, then I'd feel bad taking it from you.

[ listen, sometimes his elderliness kicks in... he certainly doesn't want to take the only article of food that sayo currently has on him. ]
unpreparer: (dafuq)

you saw nothing

[personal profile] unpreparer 2016-08-01 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Excuse you, you were on his side during the Great Trouser Debate, why are you yelling about his pants now. TRAITOR!]

You shouting is not going to get this to go any faster, if you haven't noticed, I am the only thing between you and a heap of twisted metal.

[Totally disregarding the laundry comment. His pants smelled like the corpses of a thousand demons. It is the manly scent of victory.]
Edited 2016-08-01 22:59 (UTC)
unpreparer: aphoticicons@lj (Default)

2b

[personal profile] unpreparer 2016-08-01 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[He had been in the area when he noted the familiar presence. He hadn't intended on saying anything, while he did have a habit of watching Rei from afar to make sure she was alright- and to judge those she hung out with. Had to make sure there were no unsavory characters among her friends. Hence how he knew this one was a close friend of Rei's.

If something happened to her, Rei would undoubtedly be upset, so he want against his anti-social tenancies and hurled one of his glaives at the bot. The heavy weapon knocked in over, and maimed it, but didn't completely break it... well, break it more than it was before.

With that done he dropped from the sky and faced the young woman, disregarding the flailing bot for now.
]

Are you alright?
gaian: (half-assed)

[personal profile] gaian 2016-08-01 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds like something you practiced with, um...

[He pauses, because talking weapons, while not unheard of (there's the legend of the hero Lance and Drevas, after all), aren't something he encounters often. Or, well, ever, on a personal level.]

... your sword...?

[???]
manolia: (6)

[personal profile] manolia 2016-08-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kidnapping? Is it a kidnapping if it's to save its life? Huh!]

[Chibi shifts the robot on his shoulder - he doesn't look to be having any trouble carrying it, at least - and turns to face Kashuu with brows still knit.]
He does not look to be living, unfortunately. [None of them do.] I simply figure that I might be able to figure out why they have all so suddenly deactivated.
gaian: (wet blanket)

[personal profile] gaian 2016-08-01 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karl can't hide the look of surprise on his face once he realizes what she's doing—he's not oblivious as to what the gesture is for, but being deprived of a proper parental presence all his life means that no one has ever done it to him, making this rather odd for him.

He doesn't have a fever, at least. If anything, his skin is somewhat cold to the touch, as if he's been running around in the winter air.

... It might not be too strange, considering what she already knows... and the fact that he soon glitches again, as (after a blink-and-you'll-miss-it flash in his eyes) there's promptly a burst of water and ice in the air, raining around them.]


S-Sorry!

[This one wasn't his fault, for once, but ack.]
majinken: (23)

[personal profile] majinken 2016-08-01 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems really weird... I can't really make sense of why it's happening like this.

[though, train crashes aside, things haven't been awful so much as annoying.]
manolia: (5)

[personal profile] manolia 2016-08-01 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah? [Chibi looks over at Athena, wondering for a moment-- Ah, Stook is in there.] No, no, this is just--

If you touch me with your powers going all stasis like that, I swear on the Goddess' name--

Fine. [SIGH.] Anyway, he is an AI I designed to accompany some technology from my home. I was able to regain him from ViViD. Without my arms, thank you very much!
gaian: (unimpressive)

[personal profile] gaian 2016-08-01 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karl wishes this were an issue in sorcery, as that's vastly less personal to him, but since it isn't, he keeps silent in that regard.]

... Sure.
majinken: (pic#10033842)

[personal profile] majinken 2016-08-01 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[nailed it. karl nailed it so well that stahn doesn't even skip a beat here.

(much to dymlos' chagrin, as noted by his exasperated sigh.)]


We didn't practice at all... that's probably the weirdest part of all! I never even heard a song like it before now...
mombastic: (Oy vay)

[personal profile] mombastic 2016-08-01 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Is this her fate? Three out of four encounters end with Otome getting drenched? A pause, and then she slowly draws her hand back, if just to wring water out of her increasingly curly hair. No fever, but involuntary use of his powers... ]

No, it's all right. You're not the only one whose abilities are acting up.
yourotherleft: (gdit sanji)

<3

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2016-08-01 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[because he wasn't nose-first in said pants during the Great Trouser Debate, that's why!]

What the hell...? What happened?

[Zoro's haki has been on the fritz, entirely, so he hasn't seen anything coming, up to and including a train shoving a giant demon into him. So, the thought that Illidan didn't just body-slam him for fun but had been genuinely slammed into him didn't occur to him until now]

[personal profile] truedetective 2016-08-01 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh good. Exactly the person she wanted to see.

...actually it's not nearly as bad as it might have been. This young man defies every shred of logic in her body, but he seems perfectly kind enough.]
Um, yes, please! I'd be-- really, I'd be very grateful for that!

I'm not going anywhere, so...
truedetective: (12)

[personal profile] truedetective 2016-08-01 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm inclined to agree! --but standing around isn't going to actually help any! [She reaches out almost to grab Lili by the elbow, and then... thinks better of it. No, she'd better not.] Let's get away from the building. I don't think anything inside it is safe! Come on, this way.

[She actually doesn't know the district that well yet, but "away" is a direction in which she can perfectly well go.]
mombastic: (Yamato smiled?)

iv

[personal profile] mombastic 2016-08-01 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sure is a good thing that nurse who had a way higher level than him once hears a mutter just as she stoops to check on the fallen body-- and manages to refrain from yelping in shock. ]

That answers one question, at least-- what hurts the most?

[ Can she try helping him sit up? ]
beatofmyblood: (in this monster land)

[personal profile] beatofmyblood 2016-08-01 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[There are a hell of a lot of questions both of them need to ask each other once they're safe and out of this mess - he's wondering how Darin can hold up a god damn building on his own, for one - but he's right.]

I...If I helped a-anyone in the way, c-could you manage for three minutes by yourself? I-I...

[He desperately tries to think of any way he could use Hamon to aid this situation, but it's rather difficult to strategize with the full weight of a building resting on your shoulders.]

We both have to stay strong!
gaian: (pain in the neck (and side))

[personal profile] gaian 2016-08-01 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He really is sorry, even as the stirring in his blood is making him vaguely nauseous.]

I don't know whether... to be relieved or worried about that...