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Who: Everyone ever.
When: OOC: 10/15; IC: 09/17
Where: Cerealia - all five districts.
What: Intro, murder bots, and fun for the whole family.
Rating/Warning: PG-13

//event003.EXE

Welcome to the CERES! You are now under arrest!

Did you think the glitches were over? Boy, were you wrong! Through the last remnants of the digital kerfluffle, the latest batch of recovered code has manifested in CERES' computer systems as the guilty parties. Yes, that's right, all incoming arrivals are now placed on the wanted list, accused of having committed the heinous crime of creating and releasing the gorg0n virus all over Cerealia. These vicious twelve have been working together all along and conspiring against CERES, and it's now up to everyone to figure out if the new arrivals are truly guilty or if they are as innocent and confused as they claim.

In the meantime, CERES has dispatched assassination droids to stop the accused and bring them to justice via disembowelment. So while CERES rushes to stop the droids from committing murder, characters are perfectly welcome to a.) soil themselves b.) fight off the droids c.) run while soiling themselves or d.) cry a lot. e.) ask for assistance!

"ASSASSINATION MODE: ONLINE
OBJECTIVE: ELIMINATE THE ACCUSED
TIMEFRAME: 24:00 HOURS

JUDICIAL UNIT-00345 DISPATCHED"

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ 0001 ] It's a minute passed midnight, and the newest sets of recovered code are being spat out of ViViD and into Cerealia. Before the joyful reunions begin, an announcement starts blaring through everyone's computer screen, TV sets, devices, billboard screens, and so on. The image flashes with twelve names and twelve pictures along with a list of crimes each person has committed. They continue to flash again and again throughout the colony, alerting everyone of these heinous criminals. It's up to anyone if they want to engage them or stay far, far away from these perverts and miscreants.

As the arrivals begin to explore, they will see themselves plastered on just about every screen imaginable.

PHASE II

[ 200 ] It's still dark outside, hardly anyone out and about. It's the perfect time for an assassination attempt because that's when the information is received and processed by Cerealia's judicial system, but this isn't a job for any ordinary donut-eating cop. No, this is far greater than that. They bring out the big guns.

Twelve assassination droids, clad in armor and carrying katana, are immediately dispatched and sent to take out each of the accused at any cost. Characters are welcome to do any of the above choices while veterans to Cerealia can assist the arrivals, assist the droids, or just sit back and watch others suffer. It's completely up to you. They can also run into the droids on their search and try to interact with them.

PHASE III

[ 700 ] Your friendly CEO has finally gotten his ass out of bed, but by then, who knows how many people are left alive? After hearing of the kerfluffle, he decides to issue a cease and desist on the assassination droids, and instead, has his investigation units step in to confirm that the new arrivals are not guilty of any of the crimes and charges listed under their name. They will be pulled aside for painful, painful questioning before being released to explore as they wish.

To make up for all the damages and trauma incurred from the near-death attempts, Julius will also be giving the new arrivals a settlement of 20,000 credits each, so go out and party.

PHASE IV

[ 1200 ] By noon, the incident has been cleared up with little to no blood spilled (hopefully). New arrivals are welcome to explore and enjoy their new living arrangements or possibly lie in bed and just cry some more. Either way, welcome to the magic that is Cerealia. The CEO will announce that the last of the virus has been officially cleaned up and taken care of, and he'll be issuing a video with a public apology for all.

BONUS

[ whyo'clock ] Among the police droids dispatched, there will be a rehabilitative droid in a dinosaur suit, looking to cure the criminals of their improper behavior and their moral indiscretions through the power of LOVE and HUGS. It was developed after the researchers in CERES did extensive research on other worlds and found that this mystical creature was capable of creating worldwide joy and cheer. It will be chasing those who are on the Wanted List exclusively, but it will not stop at just them. Your character will be accosted and hugged whether they like it or not.

[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y 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 latest intro post. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

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[ Whether he's asking her or the dinosaur, Yang isn't sure. But she's currently crouched beside it, poking it rather solemnly. Well. ]

I think it's dead now.

[It's... definitely archaic. Hinata wonders why so many people here are from worlds that don't know a lick about technology or so on but hey what can you do.]

It is... you and some other people were all over everything earlier, saying you're criminals. I don't get it...unless it has something to do with that "gorg0n".

[Hinata shakes his head in disbelief. He's assuming he's part of some new arrivals, and turns now to crouch by the droid. Don't mind that he's just going to... investigate this a bit...]

This is a machine. An android. It's made out of metal and wires and other stuff by people. There are a lot here, each built for a different purpose, but they're completely different from people. They don't have... autonomy. [But he sounds a little unsure here. After all, Nanami's her own person, and she's an AI.]

Okay, okay-- [ and that is legit the only answer (or warning) Sousei will get, before she catches the droid around the waist and heaves.

And there it goes, flipped over her shoulder.

Sorry, dino sir. ]

Yeah-- it's a virus that's been going around. I'm guessing it's responsible for all the malfunctions in technology and... other stuff.

[He's being careful, he'll only poke a little and not with the metal end of his spear.]

And now this. Maybe. It's really all that CERES's fault, for not doing anything properly to begin with. [GRUMBLE GRUMBLE]

... So basically, they think I made a virus to break technology and that's why they're out to kill me?

[ Well that's one way to do it, but even Leanne, after her days here, knows that the droid won't go down easily like that. ]

Yeah, ah, I guess you can call them robots. That's what everyone I know calls them, anyway. [ Meaning that she's still familiarizing herself with the technology around them. There's still plenty of people doing the same, especially since anything revolving around it seems to have had some kind of problem since day one. ]

So they can't be taken down that easily.. and I'm guessing this one can probably endure as much as the ones from earlier.

[ Well that was unexpected. ]

Woah, cool. Nice throw.

[ No really, that was cool. ]

PHASE I:

[You know, it's probably a good thing that he has less need for secrecy here than he does back home, because being a wanted criminal doesn't help much with the 'staying low' thing—not that he's ever really been able to do that.

(If CERES is telling the truth, then nobody knows who he is; if not, then really, he has much, much bigger things to worry about.)

In any case, when he sees the notice, he just... laughs. Because this is pretty ridiculous, honestly.]

Downloading nude photos? Are they for real? Well, I suppose that could potentially work as blackmail... though the 'attempt' part is a little insulting.

[#goodpriorities]

PHASE III:

[It's been an annoying couple of hours, but hey, if Shinnosuke gets free money out of it, he's not complaining.]

20,000 credits, hmm? Not bad for seven hours of work. Can I be a falsely accused criminal again tomorrow?

[One finger through one of the holes in his knife's handle, he'll be twirling the blade around his finger, like the upstanding, not-at-all suspicious citizen he is.]

BONUS:

[Can he kill that thing. Seriously, can he kill it.

... Well, he doesn't plan on getting even remotely close enough to it for that, having seen what it does to the others.

【In an instant ♪ In a flash ♪ In the time of a flash ♪
The flash of time, the flash of an instant ♪ In an instant ♪ In a flash—】

With the song filling his mind through the headphone in his right ear:]

Acceleration switch—

[In the duration of an instant, he moves, accelerated through magic, as he jumps onto the roof of a building to get away from that damn thing. There, he'll just be scowling at the droid, yep.

Honestly, it's worse than the assassination droids.]

Yeah, like that. [ ludger was probably the exploding little sibling in his case... ]

Except ten times worse.

Details.

[ Ludger, please, she can take it. ]

[ sigh, well, this was really the only way things could go, now that he really thinks about it. ]

They fed us burgers. But they didn't tell us what those burgers were made out of. [ he'll let her imagination fill in that blank. ] Nothing really happened at first, but after a while it started making people see things. And other stuff.

[ he scratches his forehead a little, just to make sure it's still normal. ] I grew scales.

[ That was indeed quickly over with, Hokuto really expected more from the droids, but it's not like he built them or caused the chaos, or wished for it, so it isn't really any of his business in the end.

But, "intend no harm" to him? While he didn't doubt it - most people here were surprisingly too good for their own well-being - he really didn't care if it was dangerous to be close or not. ]

I'm not particularly worried.

[ Spirits didn't really work the same way as live humans, even when the spirits found themselves suddenly visible to everyone ever, when they shouldn't actually be visible. No big deal, though. ]

PHASE I

[elle's definitely a bit disoriented as all this is going on — there person she'd intended to leave with is missing now, and she didn't even remember leaving marksburg. at first, she stands in the street, confused: this couldn't be that place right? though it wouldn't be the first time she ended up in another place or dimension without realizing it. she doesn't get all that much time to think about it though, as the billboard overhead catches her eye.]

Wanted... [but then she realizes that it's her name and picture up there. this isn't the first time elle's seen an unwarranted wanted poster though, but it wasn't her before. she crosses her arms and huffs.]Hey, I didn't do that! I don't even know what a "mafia... crimelord..." is.

[and why would she? she's an eight year old girl who doesn't know much about these things, especially since there is no actual mafia where she's from. she does know she can't just stay there though; this isn't like the wanted posters in elympios, people may actually recognize her. she knows she should find bisley... but with all this new, unfamiliar stuff that definitely doesn't feel right? she wants to find ludger or her other friends more than anything else. so off she'll go, slowly trotting through the city streets, curiously (and cautiously) eyeing her surroundings.]

PHASE II

[the walking around is definitely starting to wear on her. the walking would be as bad if it weren't two in the morning, but she's eight. she's tired, growing increasingly scared, and has no idea where to go or what to do from here. it had been an upsetting day as it was, even before all of this... so now what?

well, elle's not getting a lot time to think about that.

she sees one of the assassination droids heading in her direction; she's not exactly sure what it is, but she knows it's not good. whenever she saw anything dangerous — whether it was monsters, humans with weapons, or, well, anything with a katana? elle makes it her job to be scarce and try to stay out of harm's way. it doesn't work right now though. the droid's got it in her sights, and elle has absolutely no line of defense. the fear takes over, and she begins to run... only to find herself cornered after a couple of minutes.]

Stay back, you creepy jerk! You better not do anything! [yeah, that's definitely not going to deter it, but elle has the brief hope that it'll either back off, or someone will hear her yelling and throw a flare bomb, a demon fang... anything. of course, the droid isn't stopping, so as it's about to swing it's sword, elle panics, crouching down with her head over her knees. in that panic, she only lets out one tearful yell:] LUDGER!!

PHASE IV

[once all is said and done, elle is exhausted. still, she's not really totally really to settle in yet. for now, she's swaying softly on a swing in the residential district's park. her eyes are downcast as she holds back tears — only the occasional sniffle as she bites on her lower lip. everything is going so, so wrong lately. why this, life?]

Stupid...

Edited 2014-10-15 19:52 (UTC)

[ despite the lateness of the hour, ludger is out and about tonight, mostly because he recognizes one of the faces of the "criminals" being broadcast over and over. he's seen elle before here... or at least, images that he thought were elle, but over time he'd caught on to how cerealia's tricks worked.

but this was different. this wasn't just some hallucination or illusion. elle was definitely here now, and she was being hunted down. if he didn't find her before one of those droids did, he wasn't sure what would happen. so he'd spent most of the night frantically searching around, though given the size of the city, he was beginning to give up hope that he could really find her like this.

until he hears a faint, familiar sound, anyway. he starts running before his mind has even processed what's happening, recognizing a hint of desperation in that voice.

by the time elle shouts his name, he's already upon her, swords unsheathed and ready for action. his first slash intercepts the assassination droid's sword, while a second forces the robot back. he's already seen what these things can do... but even if he hadn't, he's angry enough that there's no way he'd lose. ]

Elle. [ his voice is strangely calm despite it all, though he can't turn back to face her with the droid still in front of him. ] Are you alright?

[ there are a multitude of thoughts racing through his mind as he considers what elle being here means - back home, she'd already taken off with bisley, and he'd hoped that maybe the older man could somehow keep her out of this place's reach. but none of that really matters at the moment; for now, he just needs to take care of this opponent as quickly as possible and get elle to safety. ]

Pretty much. Or... the virus is doing this somehow. I don't know. Whether it's CERES or that virus isn't important right now, what's most important is that it's dangerous around here for you and those other people.

[Once he's determined that droid is really down for the count he'll just crouch down and, you know... investigate it. Contemplate dismantling it.]

Especially if these things are a result of that...

[ Mitsuru was merely minding her business, as usual. She's managed to avoid the hugging robots too, but one being thrown at her? Well that was new, and it was only through her quick thinking that she sidesteps the flying dinosaur. Her heart's still racing, and she's got a hand to her chest. ]

I wasn't expecting that.

... On both counts, sadly yes. I know it's none of my business to apologise but when I arrived, there was a barbeque and cocktail party. None of this.

[ she gestures to all the robots, the mass of people and the general confusion. ]

Hi there.

[ It's abrupt, coming from above—because there's one Supergirl floating down from the sky towards him. ]

I saw you on the screens. [ Awkward... ] What a welcome, huh?

There is nothing typical, per se.

[ She crosses her arms, recalling each and every incident that has happened since she arrived. ]

When the previous set of retrievals occurred, they could not log out of ViViD unless they killed some highly dangerous dragons. So I tried to get as many people out of there as they could, because there were some who were unable to fight.

[ And there's that look of disgust, because there's nothing she dislikes more than incompetence which puts people into danger. Especially if they can't fight back. ]

{ Something's stirring in Mitsuru's sub-conscious, and she can feel it as she walks back to her apartment. It causes her to stop when she feels that stirring. She knows the first thing to do is to summon her Persona.

She takes the Evoker from it's usual place on her belt and with the pull of a trigger and the sound of shattered glass, summons Artemisia.

She concentrated, Artemisia searching for the source of power. It was a power similar to that she encountered before, but she couldn't pin point it. Another Persona user? Who could possibly be here? Mitsuru looks around, but it seems that whoever or wherever this Persona user is, she's approaching them soon enough. ]

(( ooc: artemesia can be sensed but not communicated with ))

[she doesn't really know what to expect at first; is it going to hurt? will she die? elle isn't exactly expecting that ludger will come to her rescue this time, because how could he? her understanding of what's been happening since she arrived is spotty at best... so much just goes right over her head when it comes to adult explanations of things as it is. she'd cried ludger's name out of desperate instinct.

maybe at one time, she'd have cried out for daddy, but even in her greatest panic, her memory of what happened at lake epsilla couldn't be overcome. ludger though... ludger had always come to her aid from the moment she arrived in trigleph. so maybe she shouldn't be all that surprised that he's the exact person who prevents her from meeting a certain unfair death. but even as the blade never touches her and she hears the sound of someone (or something) retaliating] on her behalf, she doesn't look up until she hears the familiar sound of ludger's voice.

...Ludger? [tears brim her eyes, but she doesn't move any further. elle knows better than to put either of them in further danger; if she had somewhere else to scoot off to just to stay out of his way, she absolutely would. for now, she stays put, nodding her head.] I'm okay.

[physically, at least. she has so many questions, so many things she doesn't understand though. her heart is racing and she's not sure if she wants to hug ludger or yell at him for saving her when he probably shouldn't have, given the circumstances back in the prime dimension. even if she called out for his help... maybe she shouldn't have done that, but she couldn't control herself, either.]

[ She hears her, thanks to her hearing (still a little Super, at least) and turns around in time to dodge her. ]

These guys don't have any manners, that's for sure.

[ She's punching a droid in the face, wincing slightly because it actually hurts now. Stupid power nerd. ]

Even murderers who use bras deserve a little courtesy.

[ YEAH, SHE'S SEEN THE TABLOIDS. And is a little unsure about them. ]

Not a clue.

[At least he's willing to admit when he doesn't know anything. But when he turns to face her, he just tilts his head slightly.]

Oh! To the first part, I mean - but I know for a fact that that guy would never break a law or do anything even slightly embarrassing without being prodded. [He's an expert at that.]

As for me, I'm not even sure what my supposed crime means....

[He almost hit a kid!!! That's even worse!!!!!

Still Tenka looks appropriately concerned as he comes up to Hinata, tilting his head to get a good look at him.]

Sometimes I don't know my own strength - but more importantly, are you alright? You're not hurt, are you?

[The aniki instincts are strong with this one.]

Wh-What?!

[THAT WAS NOT AS PLANNED.

Still, Tenka's crouching on the other side of the weird dinosaur thing, concernedly shaking it.]

Ah, I didn't mean to do that! I shouldn't have thrown it hard enough to kill it....!

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