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[reparator]

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!

Comments

[foodcritic]

That doesn't sound like something most people would just "walk off..."

[spoken as if she's not from a place where that kind of thing happens...]

[flaredo]

Ruby and I have been fighting for years, so we're pretty resilient! Even though exploding doesn't typically happen to us.

[foodcritic]

...You're a fighter too? [elle's like: meeting so many people who are able to fight. like, literally everyone she knows.

she knows too many cool people for this world.]

[flaredo]

"Too", huh... yeah, I am. Not professionally, yet, but it's something.

[foodcritic]

You're trying to be a professional fighter? [okay, she doesn't really know many people like that. most of them are just really good at it for reasons unknown to her.]

[flaredo]

The term's actually Huntress, where I'm from. They fight monsters and protect people.

[ ... And she's actually in the middle of some indecisive stuff regarding it, but you wouldn't know just to look at her. ]

[foodcritic]

Huntress... I've never heard anyone call it that before.

[but she's obviously no stranger to the idea of people fighting monsters, for whatever that may be worth.]

[flaredo]

But you're used to people fighting monsters?

[ Well now. ]

[foodcritic]

[she nods, although the look on her face is more like "well, duh..."]

I've seen a lot of people do it.

[flaredo]

I thought it was a common thing, but I guess some people lead totally, monster-less lives.

[foodcritic]

Really? I don't think I know anyone like that.

[flaredo]

I met a few yesterday! I can't even imagine what that'd be like, honestly.

[foodcritic]

Me neither. I guess everything here really is just pretty weird, though. It's nothing like home at all.

[or... even places that weren't home exactly.]

[flaredo]

Well, for now... let's make the most of it until we can get you back where you belong.

[ Whatever that took. She's not sure she believes that their worlds are entirely gone. ]

[foodcritic]

That's all we really can do now, huh.

[she says it kind of thoughtfully, reminded of the barebones explanations she got earlier from ludger. elle gets it though, to some extent.]

[flaredo]

Well, we could cry and scream, but that's boring.

[foodcritic]

I don't know if it's boring, but it sounds stupid. [she's a tough kid okay..!! this is hardly traumatic enough to warrant crying.] It's not like that would help.

[flaredo]

Nope, so we're not gonna do it. Do you know what you want to do next, Elle?

[foodcritic]

What I want to do? [that gives her pause; she hasn't really thought about that at all yet. she was still just trying to calm down and figure everything out.] I don't really know...

[flaredo]

I know that's a lot to ask someone who's as new to this as I am. If you don't know yet-- honestly, that's fine.

[foodcritic]

...What about you, Yang? Do you know?

[flaredo]

Sort of? [ she'll glance off in no particular direction, sighing under her breath. ] I want to figure out the truth of this place. And to do that, I'm going to have to investigate, get to know people-- if it was a matter of punching the right person until they talked, trust me, I'd be all over that!

[ Don't admit this to an eight-year-old, Yang. ]

[foodcritic]

It doesn't seem like it's gonna be easy at all.

[whatever it is they have to do, exactly. she just knows that as nice as some stuff about this may be... there are too many things that need to be taken care of elsewhere. things elle doesn't think can wait.]

[flaredo]

Yeah, I know it's not. But I think anything that's easy isn't usually worth it.

[foodcritic]

[she nods in understanding... maybe she shouldn't at her age, but elle definitely understands what yang means.]

We're just going to have to work hard then. So everyone can go back where they're supposed to...