PHASE I [ ?? ?? ] This time, ViViD is a deathtrap.
There is random magma everywhere, monsters will spawn at random, and at some points, the game is entirely unplayable. It’s like the dev team totally disappeared mid-constructing the level.
Oh wait, that’s exactly what happened.
Monsters may spawn on top of you, you may suddenly be standing in a poisonous bog, you may suddenly lose your powers, or your senses, or so many different things --
It’s time to get out of here, ASAP.
Thankfully, the exit is obvious. Like. Blindingly obvious. It’s got a big sign over it that says EXIT
And just like that, you’ll be out of ViViD and --
PHASE II [ 0830 ] When you wake up (and it’s strange, because you were sure that you were logging out just a second ago), it’s in a pile of bodies.
They’re cold, but not in the same sense that a dead body would be cold. While they are lifeless and look incredibly real, they don’t feel real. They feel like dolls, mannequins, empty models and nothing more. Their code doesn’t seem to be functioning right.
And what some characters may realize upon looking at this pile of bodies is that they are all of the characters who were sacrifices before. Any character that was dropped who had a high magical or spiritual affinity is there in that pile of bodies, lifeless and eyes blank and vacant. Even you might be there, staring at your own dead body -- but it isn’t real It can be touched, but it’s really nothing more than a lifeless body.
You’ll have to crawl out of that pile of bodies to get anywhere, and then you’ll realize -- you’re in the Sanctuary, a building built by the characters as a safe place from CERES. And it’s looking pretty run-down at this point. The technology in it no longer functions, there is no security on it whatsoever…
Oh, and now there’s a pile of bodies. Great.
PHASE III [ 1000 ] There’s also a robot.
It’s wandering from place to place, though it’s impossible to follow. One second it’s there, the next it’s just gone.
Also, it’s wearing this. Weird.
But even with that on its face, the robot seems focused on one thing in particular. In fact, it has a sign, and it says:
Down with CERES. Up with Robots.
That’s a happy, cheerful message. If you try to go up to it to talk to it, it will look at you before...bonking you on the head with the sign and running off. That’s incredibly rude.
Alternatively, you may be safe and sound in your home, but then the doorbell rings, and there’s the robot again. The duck mask is gone, but now instead it has a pin on his fake lapel, and then he’s shoving a pamphlet at you.
He tips his hat, and then he’s gone. Weird.
(Also, if you hold onto the pamphlet, it will lead you directly to the person whose picture is on it, and you’ll feel like you’ve known them and have loved them for years.)
PHASE IV [ 1245 ] But not all is fun and games and shenanigans. There is something...well, strange happening, and the first real realization of that will be when it starts to rain. More than just the localized rain that a few unfortunates have dealt with -- no, it’s raining completely and totally, and that’s when it might hit you.
For the first time in Cerealia, there’s weather.
It’ll rain for a few hours, and then it’ll stop and become hot and sunny. It may get humid, considering it’s a jungle planet. At night, it’ll get rather cold.
Seems like whatever was keeping Cerealia’s atmosphere stable is now gone -- which also means that characters may start to occasionally experience headaches, nausea and dizziness if they go too close to the walls. It seems safer in the center of the city, and the Residential District is still okay, but… there’s no doubt that the planet’s atmosphere is starting to encroach on the city.
BONUS [ why o'clock ] But who cares about all of that? More importantly, you are here in this… totally not shoddy city to have fun, and it’s still being advertised as a pleasure colony. Or, well, it would be if, you know, CERES was still around.
But close enough.
And as a pleasure colony, it would figure that the first robots to really get fixed are...well, the Pleasure District robots. Unfortunately, the Pleasure District is still a nice big mess, so now they’re wandering the entire colony, looking for people they can hug, massage or...try to drag into more explicit activities.
Welcome to Cerealia!
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iii.....
Then he sees the person holding the sword, and his #TIMETOKILL mode is temporarily shelved, but his good mood in no way lessens!! nice ]
Oh, Kotetsu-san.
[ SUDDENLY, HIS DAY GOT A LOT BETTER. ]
Were you in the middle of trying to kill someone?
[ nice sooj ]
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Ah! Nice seeing you here, Okita.
[ Thank god he also does not mind Naga and his moments of impeccable life decisions like #TIMETOSTAB. Also Sooj is very cordial to him. It's nice??? Sooj is a good.
Even when asking... that. ]
If it reached that point... I wanted to give that robot who suddenly hit me a piece of my mind, but he's quite fast.
[ Nagasone is a slow uchigatana.
Totally not from Kondou.]no subject
You as well.
[ it’s nice to see kotetsu!!! Though, his gaze sharpens. ]
I see. [ #timetokill ] If it’s just a matter of speed, then the both of us should be more than enough to handle it. I can give chase and try to corner it, and then Kotetsu-san can give it the beating it deserves.
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tbh he is all for this plan. It would work, two swordsmen are better than one, and giving that robot payback would be a glint of light shining through this gloomy day. ]
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Gah--!
[ That is a lot of rain, holy crap. Normal rain wouldn't stop the double death duo, most likely, but this torrential downpour is so bad that visibility low and the floors are slick where the water isn't pooling. ]
Another time, let's go.
[ He may be gently yanking Sooj in the other direction to find shelter. If Yams and Kashuu's former owner were to get sick, he'd never hear the end of it from Yams (and maybe Kashuu). Also Kondou may be haunting him somehow. ]
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but this is also fine, tbh. Souji readily moves in the direction Nagasone tugs him in. if it was anyone else, he'd probably say something snarky like 'SO YOU CAN'T KILL IN THE RAIN??? AMATEUR' but it's Nagasone so
he'll follow!!
until they get to a building that's not glitching in and out and has a convenient overhang for them duck into. ]
Is this okay, Nagasone-san?
[ sooj thought he wanted to kill?? he holds out his hand underneath the drops and looks down at the droplets. ]
It's just rain. And it's not bloody or acidic or anything weird like that either.
[ surely it'd be fine to FIGHT IN THE RAIN!! and get sick and die!!! ]