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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he clicked his tongue against his teeth, squaring his shoulders out. he ... really didn't want to fight these things. would they even fight back? could he knock one down? how heavy were they? to be honest, they felt pretty strong, as far as how insistent they were on ... touching various parts of keigo's body. ]
It doesn't matter. Now there's two of them, either way.
[ and one was reaching forward, skimming a palm up keigo's side. ]
S-stop that!!
[ keigo rose his knee up, kicking out at the robot's midsection. ]
What is with you stupid robots?! I'm not interested!!
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But right now, all she and Keigo had was her. (Okay and maybe technically him. But she wasn't Shiho if she counted on others.) So with a sharp smile, she flinches only a bit when she feels the robot step forward to tuck one hand against her cheek, skimming it low down her shoulder and then to her arm, saying something absolutely filthy that she's pretty sure should get it put in a jail. Or maybe through a wood chipper.
But she tilts her head, eyes deliberately innocent and wide. It's not like the robot can tell there's anything wrong with all that suddenly feigned innocence anyway.]
Ehhh, no way~ Any kink? [What could she do...she had to do something. Anything.]
Even if I said I want to tie you up and make you beg? Ah. And what if I said I wanted to put my foot on your head?
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...started humoring the robot by talking about kinks. ]
W-w-w-what are you doing?!
[ keigo hissed, whipping his head around to stare at her. he could feel his face turning pink at the things she was saying! it was one thing for a robot that was programmed to be lewd to say things, but a young girl?? it was almost too much to handle! ]
D-d-don't encourage it!
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A ladylike adult who was talking about bondage in a very cheerful voice.]
Oh no~
[Shiho reaches out and links her arm with his, careful not to touch him with her hands, respecting his mind-space by not using her psychometry on him by accident. That and if they had to run, it would be faster if she was already holding on to him.]
Look at... [shoot what is his name...this is what she gets for not using psychometry] ....Suzuki. He's turning so pink just thinking about you two tied up together in a super inappropriate position while we watch. [One of the robots actually whips out a rope, taking one step forward, then another...Shiho tenses, only to have it walk right past them to the other robot who also has a rope.
....This is getting weird.
But hey, at least the robots seem distracted as they circle each other, both determined to tie the other one up to them.]
Ah, that's so sexy~ [Making frantic motions with her free hand, she starts dragging Keigo backwards.] Oh no, I'm blushing, be still my heart, I ship it, etcetera, etcetera-
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...just go with it.
in either case, keigo was not entirely thrilled with this turn of events. it only got worse when she linked their arms together like that; girls were never that brazen with him, at least not the younger ones... it definitely caught him off-guard, resulting in an even redder face than before.
it didn't help that she decided to just give him a name like that. it was like some kind of weird role-play... keigo looked between the girl and the robot, wondering what was truly the worse fate between the two...
...no, ok the robot was the worse fate, let's be honest.
in fact, keigo was so sure that one (or both) of them was going to get the business-end of that rope that he started to tense up considerably, shoulders squared and legs poised for a sprint... but... ]
...ah.
[ any and all shame keigo had felt quickly drained from his face, replaced with a totally unimpressed and slightly disturbed expression. robot bdsm was not something he thought he'd ever have the privilege (???) to experience. ]
...Y-yeah, so... sexy...
[ keigo didn't even try to play it up. he just followed her lead, backing up along with her. ]
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You need to put more feeling into it, Suzuki!
[Not that the robots were paying any attention to them at all. But Shiho is almost having fun in this moment, still wary but safer in the knowledge that her plan was working, at least. Not to mention the fact that this guy had actually blushed when she linked their arms.
That only cements the thought in her mind that he's like a little kid, honestly. Though to her, anyone that wasn't an eighty-year-old man wearing middle school uniforms was considered a baby.
Shiho doesn't stumble, not with her hand on the wall and knowing where she was going, taking eerily unerring steps. For a moment she forgets that Keigo can't see the box that's coming up behind them.]
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grimacing, he stepped along with her, putting on a theatrical voice, like he might under more ... humorous situations. ]
Oohh~! Make sure you tie it tightly~!
[ ...terrible. utterly terrible. he wanted to die THIS WAS AWFUL. ]
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That's the spirit~ Tighter!
[In response, one robot jumps the other and two proceed to wrestle, trying to get the cords around each other. She would probably find this whole situation hilarious in hindsight. Right now though, Shiho's focusing more on getting away first.
She sidesteps the box, pulling Keigo along only partway.]
Lift your feet.
[Or maybe take a look behind. She's not picky which it is just as long as he doesn't trip over it and alert the robots to the fact that they're escaping.]