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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!

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.
maidhem: (game -- gentle)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-02 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
It never came up!

[Felicia was already grabbing onto Raven's arm and looking around for some place that would help him stay more comfortable. In the Pleasure District, they hopefully wouldn't have to look too far...]

We're....ah, what did mother call it? We're two-egg twins, not one-egg. So we're like regular sisters, we just were born on the same day.

But...

[Felicia cast a glance at the diminishing snow flurries around the square, clearly confused.]

Though I'm better at fighting than she is, she was always much better at making ice. She once froze an entire harbor, you know-- I could never do anything close to that, even in our village.
fishyoldman: (RANGER)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-02 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
T-that's okay! All ya need ta do is less with the ice and more with keepin' poor old Raven warm!

[When she grabs his arm, he's as incorrigble as ever and takes it as an excuse to huddle closer to her. Totally for an excuse to share body heat and for no ulterior motive, really.]

I can do an ice arte too, y'know. Though wind stuff is more my thing... and I couldn't do anythin' like freeze a harbour either.
maidhem: (peering)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-02 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Except Raven's hands were much chillier than Felicia had anticipated, and she looked up at him with a flash of worry in her eyes as he shifted closer.]

...I normally don't even use my ice to fight. It doesn't work like that, but we should get you inside quick!

[A glance around revealed a large, ornate door with a flickering sign featuring a friendly looking banana and donut by it's name.]

Hotel Banana and Donut...sounds more like a bakery, doesn't it?

[She glanced up at Raven again, looking hopeful.]

This looks good enough, don't you think?
fishyoldman: (SERPENT)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-02 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raven snickers. He's mooched around the Pleasure District enough already to know exactly what kind of place this is, and even if he hadn't, he'd have been able to hazard a guess. The name alone is snicker-inducing.] Ooh, a bakery? I do like me some buns.

If you're into this stuff I'm not gonna say no, cutie pie. It'll warm old Raven's bones right up!

[His shivering is all but forgotten and he's already leading her inside. Maybe this isn't such a good idea, Felicia.]
maidhem: (peppy)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-02 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[The banana on the sign sees all, Raven-- and the sly smile on it's cartoony face, the way it seems to be pulling the blushing donut along, shows that the banana sympathizes as well.

There was nothing friendlier in any world than a sympathetic banana.

Felicia just pushes the door open and drags Raven inside, singularly focused on one task and one task alone.]


Maybe some warm buns and honey, and some tea, will help. Those always cheered Flora and I up when we were little.

[Still holding onto Raven's arm, she looked around the deserted lobby. Although the flooding from the spas had ruined the streets, the tile floors and the plush carpets in this building seemed undamaged. The lights turned on without a problem...

But there was no one in sight.]


Uhm, hello? [She called, voice echoing in the empty building.] There's two people here looking for a place to warm up. Can anyone help us...?

[After being met with silence, she turned her attention to Raven again.]

You think it's okay if we just go in?
Edited 2016-08-02 22:11 (UTC)
fishyoldman: (RAIN OF HEAVEN'S TEARS)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-02 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now he can't tell if she's really that innocent and oblivious or whether she's doing this on purpose. There are naughty girls out there that like to play pretend with things like this, right? String guys along with how cute and naive they are, reel them in, and then...

Well, his imagination is getting carried away with him, so if he's shivering now, it's more with anticipation than because of the temperature.]


Sure. Let's just hurry up and pick the nearest room, the lock mechanisms are probably all busted anyway.

[Desperate measures for desperate times, right? Though Raven is desperate in another way than she's thinking of.]
maidhem: (questioning)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-02 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nope. The blessing and curse of dealing with Felicia is that everything that anyone needs to know about her can be discerened in a single conversation.

She really was that oblivious, and so single mindedly earnest that she couldn't see that Raven's problems lied elsewhere.]


Okay, then. Now we don't need to worry about those crazy robots attacking us for burglary later. [Because, priorities. Felicia's brows knitted together in worry when she noticed that his shivering had yet to abate despite leaving the cold outside, and she started dragging him across the lobby to the nearest room.]

Goodness, though, we need to get you warmed up! It'd be silly to get frostbite in the summer-- and I'm still not sure how that even happened!

[Was Flora playing a trick on her, or were her ice powers out of control? Either possibility was worrisome for Felicia in different ways, but she needed to keep herself together.

After all, Raven was here, and Raven had problems. She didn't know what excess cold would do to his heart, and she didn't know how to help if something happened.]
fishyoldman: (LOVE SHOT)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-02 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[For all her worry, Raven seems to be in good spirits, if not downrighth excited. And as predicted, the doors have been left unlocked, so even though the place is deserted, they can just let themselves right in. And not a killer robot in sight!]

Ahh, never thought I'd get to come to a place like this escorted by such a pretty lady. If ya take me over to the bed, you can thaw the cold in my lovin' arms, Felicia darlin'.

[Aaand there he goes, not even bothering to be coy about it any more. If she doesn't get the hint even in a place like this, maybe there really is no hope for the girl.]
maidhem: (peppy)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Truly, there was no hope for her at all. Raven could have laid the flirtations on as thick as a pudding, and she still wouldn't understand. Instead, pleased to have such a coopeerative patient, Felicia smiled as brightly as she could in these strange circumstances.]

Great, that'll make my job much easier, [she said, firmly leading Raven over to the plush bed.]

Just get comfortable, okay? I'll make sure you're all right.
fishyoldman: (JUST LIKE DANCING)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-03 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, okay! [The giddy way he's acting, there might well be a full blown dream sequence playing out in his head of how this about to go down, even if it has literally nothing to do with what Felicia is thinking. He sits on the bed and looks up at her with an eager grin.]

Am I supposed ta sit or lay down for what you have in store?
maidhem: (peering)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Just....just get comfortable!

[It was only now that Felicia was noticing Raven's actions-- and how they seemed stranger than before. He must be feverish, she decided. It would explain why he was so chilled before, because his body was working it's way up to a fever state.

She needed to hurry.

Flouncing across the room, Felicia ducked into the closet on the far side of the suite and started digging through the mess of hangers and supplies for a spare blanket that she could use...]
fishyoldman: (BATTLE KNIFE)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-03 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa, sure thing.

[Now Raven really doesn't know what she has in mind, but he'll kick back on the bed, laying down and making himself comfortable while she waits. Though he does have the decency to stay clothed -- right down to his boots -- just in case a killer bot bursts in on them. He might act like a moron, but his combat instincts are at least intact.]
maidhem: (game -- thoughtful)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Felicia will be more than grafeful for those intact combat instincts if a robot does decide to arrest them for alleged indecent exposure, but for the moment that thought can't be further from her mind. Finding a thick, comfy blanket in the mess of the closet, she lets out a soft 'ah ha!' before pulling it out and stepping back into the open.]

Here we go, [She said, rushing back over to the bed and gently draping the blanket over Raven's relaxed figure. He really had gotten comfortable, she noticed-- but that just made her job easier.] This should do the trick of warming you up, no problem!

Except...

[Shouldn't there be another heat source to help with this? They didn't have a fire, but...

She had herself, and her job now was to take care of patients with the same dedication that she took care of Corrin with. Toeing off her shoes, she slipped under the blankets with Raven and snuggled up close to him, wrapping her arms around just to be doubly certain that he was going to be as warm as possible.]


...Sorry if this is too much, [she said, shifting into a more comfortable position.] But there wasn't a heater in the closet, and I would feel terrible if you got sick because I wasn't paying attention outside.

Are you any feeling better now?
Edited 2016-08-03 02:55 (UTC)
fishyoldman: (DARK WINGS)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-03 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Raven had no idea what he'd been expecting, but it wasn't this. He looks baffled when she drapes the blanket over him, and even moreso when she climbs into bed and wraps her arms around him. In any other situation he might be more enthusiastic about cuddles in bed with a pretty girl if she wasn't giving him some serious mixed messages.

...Maybe she really is just trying to nurse him, with no other intention in mind. He looks at her, their faces almost touching, and doesn't even try to mask his disappointment.]


W-wait, you went through all that effort of takin' me to a place like this and all you wanted was a lil snuggle with old Raven?! Why didn't ya say so...
maidhem: (game -- ashamed)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean....you're not sick?

[She was completely unabashed by their closeness as she met his gaze, and instead felt her cheeks starting to burn in embarrassment and shame at her mistake.]

But, the ice-- and your hands. I thought--

[--What had she thought? Helping her friends had always been her singular focus in life, to the point where she was at times blinded to the reality around her. While there was no doubt that she appreciated Raven's company, she didn't want to make him feel bad either...

Groaning in frustration, she turned and buried her face in the pillow underneath them.]


I'm sorry. I screwed something up again, didn't I?
fishyoldman: (WIND BLADE)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-03 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh heh... Did I ever tell ya yer cute when ya get all flustered?

[Well, if she really wants to cuddle he won't say no, and maybe he can think of a way to distract her from her own embarrassment. As she buries her face in the pillow, he moves to put an arm around her shoulders, a big dumb grin on his face.]

The only kinda sickness I have is love sickness! So I figured you brought me to this here love hotel for a cure. [...That was so lame...]
maidhem: (worried)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Love sickness? A love hotel?!

[She looked up at him again, eyes wide in absolute horror when she realized just what she had walked into with this. As much as she respected Raven and liked to believe that he made good choices whenever he could, she was completely flabbergasted that somehow she had allowed herself to get so caught up in her worry to let it get this far.]

I did bring you here to help you, but not like that!

[She squeaked, and buried her face in the pillow once again-- as if that could cover her shame.]

Oh~! Mister Niles was right in that I'm too easy to tease, but what are we gonna do? It's not like we can go back out there right now!
fishyoldman: (GARNET CHAOS)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-03 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's not shivering or feeling cold any more, at least, so coming here wasn't a complete waste of time. But teasing her about the whole situation seems more fun than pointing that out, especially because she had him going for a while.]

Guess that means we're stuck here. Why not use this here room for what it was meant for?

[She can't mind all that much if she's stayed in bed with him for this long, right...?]
maidhem: (tsun tsun)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-03 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Just-- just cuddling!

[She was flushing so deeply that even her ears were burning in her embarrassment, but she knew better than to be caught up in this web now that she understood what she had walked into. Raven was fundamentally better than those strangers at the Maid Cafe, but she still wasn't confident in all of the ramifications that a more intimate act could bring upon them.]

I'm not confident that either of us can take responsibility if anything else happens in this place, and I really don't know how to explain anything to anyone if someone else from home ends up here. And....and I'm not exactly ready for kids.

It'd be dangerous for them here anyway. I can't, in my right mind, take that kind of risk.

[....Now, if there were Babyrealms in this universe, they might have a different end to this fairy tale.]
fishyoldman: (RANGER)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-04 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Raven looks confused all over again when she talks about taking responsibility, which turns quickly to alarm.]

W-whaddaya talkin' about k-kids for all of a sudden... [He sits up and scoots well out of range of Felicia.] You're kinda freakin' me out-- gah!

[There's a THUMP as Raven scoots so far backwards he falls off the side of the bed and onto the floor. That's... one way to make an escape.]
maidhem: (worried)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-04 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-- sorry!

[Felicia gave chase, scooting over to the end of the bed to peer at Raven on the floor, definitly looking alarmed herself.]

Times are rough back home, and a lot of my friends got married pretty quick. Things happened, they did what married people do, and many of them have had kids by now.

...Except, it's dangerous to have kids in a war, and we're lucky that we've got a dragon for a friend. She helped us find other worlds where the kids could grow up peacefully...except time is weird, and what's years in those worlds is only days in our home.

[She nervously tugged at her hair, wondering how much she should even be telling Raven about all this. But, nothing from her home really mattered in this city.

Shaking her head, she continued.]


Soliel is actually the daughter of one of my peers. I know it's hard to believe, because she looks just a little bit younger than me, but it's definitly true.

--And, no. I don't really understand it, either.

Edited 2016-08-04 00:13 (UTC)
fishyoldman: (VIOLET WEASEL)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-04 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
My poor back...

[He grumbles, sitting up none too gracefully and rubbing the small of his back where he landed on it. Is he even listening? Probably not, since what most of Felicia is saying is going right over his head.]

Uh, I don't know nothin' about dragons or whoever this Sol-whoozit is, but I ain't lookin' ta get married or have kids with anyone. Far as I know, no one can have kids here even if they wanted to.

[He's pretty sure that's common knowledge, but then, he does spend more time around the Pleasure District than the average person. And Felicia is Felicia and all.]
maidhem: (derp)

[personal profile] maidhem 2016-08-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
They...can't?

[Felicia just stared at him, dumbfounded.]

You mean that's possible? I've heard rumors of there being ways to protect yourself in...in the act, but none of them were very effective. I've never heard of anything like that without some sort of magic or curse being involved.

...Or maybe if the people were injured or sick.

[She paused at this, now sitting up under the sheets with her legs tucked underneath her, chewing on her lip in worry.]

...

We're not sick, are we Raven?
fishyoldman: (INDIGO BEASTS)

[personal profile] fishyoldman 2016-08-06 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I mean--! [Raven just drags a hand along his face. Here he'd gotten his hopes up for a good time at the love hotel, and instead he was treated to... this.]

Argh, let's just forget the whole thing, okay? I got that ya ain't interested loud and clear.

[And he is not giving a grown woman The Talk.]

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