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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These things aren't dead, but... Eh, well. It's hard to explain. [Hard not so much in the "it's complicated" way (even though IT SURE IS), but rather in the "I'm Kashuu and I don't like talking about things that make me unhappy" way.
In any case, he's very respectful with his handling of things here. Maybe because of the way things were where he grew up, he's extra mindful.]
Mm, neither of those two have passed through this place yet. They wouldn't be here. [HOPEFULLY?? Who knows where the others are stored... The ones "dead" back home but not yet retrieved from the code.]
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That's fine. I won't go anywhere, there's time for that another day.
[ Also, it's not that Nagasone is skeptical about what this place can do to bodies, but he hasn't even been here for a couple of hours. No need to break Dad with paranoia, or having to make his punk son uncomfortable. At least neatly laying over a sheet is kind of... cathartic.
Time to get more for others. And go Gumi diving into Corpse Mountain. ]
This place "takes" those who arrive then? Or, what they told us was "salvaging"?
[ On one hand, please save his otoutos from whatever happened. Like he'll be glad to know that he has three of his fellow gumis are here.
On the other, don't they dare fucking do this to his otoutos, especially Urashima. ]
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[It's a simple but somewhat relieved answer. Nagasone's already doing wonders for his scattered sense of organization, at least... It's too easy for him to start feeling overwhelmed with all of these issues to deal with piling up one on top of the other, so being told it's okay to save something for later is nice.
For now, he'll refocus on tidying up the Corpse Stack... There are plenty of pieces of material in the sanctuary, at least! And since it's so degraded, he can't imagine anyone would care if he took a curtain or two, which is totally what he does.]
Kinda. They say they're saving us, but it's basically their fault that everything happened anyway so "takes" is more accurate, I think.
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So it's controlled by those that you shouldn't trust, that kind.
[ One that tests the will of peeps essentially. His voice is quite flat with that remark. Realistically there isn't much to be done right now, Naga's upset but there isn't anything he can charge down and slice up. He'll just be a buddy with Kashuu in the salt department. ]
Are you okay? You sound like you've been here for longer than anyone should be.
[ And there's Commander/Comrade/Dad Mode. ]
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[Ah, the trials and tribulations of being war swords... At least it means they all have ample experience when it comes to dealing with stuff like this.
BUT OH NO, THE DREADED COMMANDER/COMRADE/DAD MODE. Kashuu's gone for so long without it that he's almost forgotten what it feels like to dodge questions!]
Well, I've been here for a while, yeah. But I'm fine.
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Are you sure?
[ /points to the below thread with Yamato
points at you
#DADLIFEISSUFFERING2K16 ]
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Either way, as seen in The Great Microwave Incident of 2016, no one can crack Kashuu quite as fast as Nagasone... He's still not letting up! But much like Yamato, the guilt for stepping around truths is strong.]
Would I say I'm fine if I didn't mean it? [...Actually, no, not gonna give him the time to answer that one--]
Anyway, things are getting worse by the day here. There's not really a lot of time to rest, y'know?