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What new and wonderful and exciting ViViD level awaits you today? What fun time will you have in ViViD this time? Surely it will be a work of art that CERES has been working on for months and months --

Actually, wait, CERES isn't even around, are they?

Uh oh.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.

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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!

[ 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. ]

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Welcome to Cerealia's September intro log! For your convenience, we have compiled the characters' arrival experience here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

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Phase II.

[Well this is a pretty terrible start to the day.

Namazuo remembers this place. He has no way of knowing how many months it's been, but too much happened while he was here--how could he forget getting washed away by a water spirit after traversing a dangerous, alien jungle? How could he possibly forget dying at the hands of a monster for the sake of a friend he'd made here?

Overall, though, he'd always thought of Cerealia as a fairly decent place. It wasn't home, and he longed for his brothers the whole time, but his master had been here, and his comrades. They'd had plenty of fun, even despite the chaos and danger they faced because of CERES.

This, though... this is...

It's not new, exactly. It reminds him of the Nexus Code, those faces he'd seen while he'd been in limbo, after dying but before coming back to life. But even that was nothing compared to this. Opening his eyes to find himself face to face with his own lifeless body, buried under the empty shells of his family. ViViD was terrible enough, even with the exit so clearly marked, but this isn't ViViD. It's reality.

He can't stop the instinctive yell that escapes him, once it clicks, exactly what he's looking at. They aren't real, but they're awful nonetheless, and he's frantic as he tries to claw his way out of the pile. He's small, but there are a lot of bodies, so a little help would be appreciated.]

Phase (III and) IV.

[Alright, well, after a weirdo encounter with a rude robot, Namazuo's got a pamphlet in his hand. Okay.

It's not the weirdest thing he's seen all day. But he hasn't exactly looked at it, too busy wandering around the colony, taking in the changes. He's following his feet, mostly, and if it's your picture on the pamphlet, he'll end up inadvertently bumping straight into you. After the traumatic experience of waking up, forgive him if it takes him a second to apologize-- but he will, with a sheepish little laugh.]

I'm so sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention!

[And then, of course, there's the rain.

Whatever he's doing when it hits, he stops, staring up at it with wide eyes. That certainly wasn't what he was expecting today--but it's certainly not unwelcome. He'll stand with his face tilted upwards for a little while, and then...]

Blech!

[Yep, he's catching raindrops in his mouth.

(They aren't very tasty.)

Join him?]

Blech?

[ What kind of reaction is THAT to rain? Then again, when was the last time he saw rain... oh right, the major flooding! That was a long time ago, so maybe this water will be different (and less likely to wreck havoc in the colony).

Tilting his head up, he also tries to catch a raindrop in his mouth!

... ]

What... is this flavor?

[ It's indescribable in the worst way??? Help? ]

[You'd think they would realize that alien jungle rain inside a colony that lacked weather until recently would not taste like fresh spring water... but here they are.]

It tastes like... oil? [Is that it? Is it even possible to describe this taste?! HE HAS REGRETS.]

[ One has to have an open mind, much like their open mouths, when facing unusual things like a rain that has never happened before.

Regrets or not, they must live with the consequences. ]

Does 'sadness' have a taste, Namazuo? If not, I believe we may have found it.

[ Is this time for a celebration... ]

Namazuo Toushirou | Touken Ranbu | OTA

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