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"
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//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ 00 01 ]
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. ]
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//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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This is all really confusing... [it doesn't really occur to her completely what kind of discrepancy in memories there could be. she'll accept that for what it is too, and just be a little relieved that he's not questioning where she ran off to or... anything about her decision to go off with bisley.
she still feels bad about it, even if she knows it's the best thing for everyone. she sighs, and then pouts after a moment, trying to remember what happened before wandering around avoiding assassinbots.] They could have at least tried to explain it easier, instead of showing all that weird stuff and pushing me out on the street.
[it's arguably a little more annoying than a spirius explanation. she'd rather pout about that than have to talk about her other choices.]
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But don't worry... we'll get things figured out eventually. [ at least, he really hopes they do. ]
For the meanwhile, it's not that different from back home. [ slightly more advanced technology, aside. ] They'll probably want you to go to school though... [ granted, she's the youngest person he's seen here, so he's not sure what the protocol is for that. ] They didn't tell you anything about jobs when you first got here, did they?
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[that's a sort of all-encompassing repsonse. if ludger says all that, she knows he's not lying. she can trust that it means he probably had a tough time too, and she also trusts that he'll be able to figure things out, because somehow, the answers always fell into their lap that way.
even when the answers weren't so good. it does beg the question of what's gonna happen with canaan and all the other fractured dimensions, and all the origin stuff... but elle can't bring herself to ask aboout where all that stands right now.]
School... yeah, I got something about that. Or that I could be, um... [so much happened that she needs a minute to remember what it said. they were all things she could understand, at least.] Pet store security... baked goods salesperson? And, um...
[ready for this one, ludger?] Lolita cafe kitchen help? These don't sound like very good jobs. I'm just a kid!
[seriously, who thinks eight year olds should be doing this kind of work? are they stupid or something?]
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[ or at least he hopes they were. if they weren't, he's going to have to have some words with somebody. no, young lady, you're definitely going to school, if he has to walk you there every day himself. which, well, he probably will. she's already been in mortal danger once tonight, and he's not going to risk that happening again. ]
You should just forget about them. [ especially that last one. ] At your age, you should be going to school with... [ the rest of the kids?? are there are any here??? ] ...everybody else. [ whoever that's comprised of. ]
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[okay, that's kind of a rhetorical question; elle obviously knows that jokes are supposed to be funny. maybe they want elle to inherit elize's maid costume or something... at least that's not something elle wants to do.]
School, huh... [she's considering it now, but it makes it no less weird. they never had to do stuff like this when they went to other dimensions before.] This place really is weird.
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[ that he agrees isn't very good. ]
It is. But it might be fun, right? [ just ignore all the gloom and doom about your world being gone and go learn some math or something. ] We're probably going to have to stay here for a while.
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We can't go back until we fix the problem here, right? [kind of like always, only with less divergence catalysts... she guesses. ludger hasn't mentioned any of the stuff that usually comes with that, so she isn't sure.]
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But we always managed to find our way through those and get back home. It'll be the same way here. [ at the very least, he needs to find a way to get her home. that takes priority over himself, though he imagines one will naturally lead to the other. ]
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["we can finish everything," sits on her tongue, but she hesitates and doesn't say it at all, for the sake of not wanting to get on aspects of that topic right now. and after a moment...]
Are we close?
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We are. It's right over there. [ and he'll point to an apartment building in the distance that... well, even from afar looks clearly out of something he should be able to afford. being vice president of spirius, unfortunately, hasn't really counted for much here. ]
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[shock and awe!! after being pretty well-acquainted with his apartment in trigleph... and obviously his financial situation, there's nothing she can be other than totally surprised.
it looks pretty swanky.]
Ludger, you didn't do anything weird to get a place there, right?
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[ no... it's actually pretty short and uninteresting, but he'd rather not admit to her that he'd somehow ended up stuck with an apartment there while he thought he was just browsing. after his life of crippling debt, he wanted to see how the well off lived!!
and now he's back stuck in a life of crippling debt. ]
But I didn't do anything wrong. It just sort of ended up this way.
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If you say so... But it looks pretty swanky. I thought you'd just have a place like you do in Trigleph. [because that makes more sense, especially since she really doesn't know all that much about ludger's newfound vp status.]
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besides, an eight year old really shouldn't be living on her own to begin with... ]
It's pretty big, at least. Rollo seems to like it. [ since he doesn't have to pay for it. ]
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Wow... it must really be fit for a king, then. [even if rollo probably wouldn't care as long as he's being fed...
she'll definitely be questioning this further when she sees the inside, no doubt.]
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They charge enough for a king... [ sigh. but okay, no griping. he'll lead her in, up the elevator and eventually to the apartment itself.
which, as promised, is pretty posh. complete with extra rooms he hasn't been using at all, which elle of course gets free reign over. at least now all this space will serve some purpose. ]
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This place is so big... [of course, this begs another question.] Ludger, can you even afford this place?
[she gets that it's expensive but ? actual king of debt, ludger will kresnik.]
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[ okay that's discounting the fact that the first few months have been free, and he's been saving up for when the boot comes down and he has to start paying... though thankfully, his job(s) pay pretty well. just like working for spirius, working for ceres has its perks. ]
It's not as bad as a 20 million gald debt, at least.
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mentioning the debt almost makes elle think that nova's going to just conveniently call any minute now. even if it's the middle of the night.]
I guess most things aren't as bad as that. It looks really expensive, though. [she'll take his word for it, either way.]
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We might be stuck here for a while, so I don't mind shelling out a little extra.
[ no, he definitely minds. he's just not going to complain to his eight year old atlernate universe daughter. ]
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Well, if you're gonna pull out all the stops, it just means we have to make the best of it, right? [wise words that came from who-knows-where. probably victor.
regardless, she's totally about ready to make herself at home... by sitting at the kitchen table. and maybe yawning a little, but she's not about to admit how tired she is before getting to eat.]
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[ someone's gotta enjoy the fancy digs, or they'll serve no purpose at all... someone other than rollo, anyway. he gets the hint though, and makes his way over to the kitchen where he starts putting things together. ]
After we eat, you should go to bed. We can figure everything else out tomorrow. [ or rather, that'll give him some time to try to figure things out... ]
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[it's kind of a sobering thought, but it feels kind of nice to her to hear it from ludger. she doesn't even totally know what needs figuring out, just some things here and there. in any case, she sits fairly patiently and waits, her feet swinging with a bit of excitement for his cooking in the meanwhile.]
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yet as much as it might confuse him, it's strangely comforting having her here too. it might be in a different way, but he has grown used to relying on her too. ]
Here you go. [ soon enough the food's done, and he lays out a place for her. and one for himself, even though its like 2 in the morning... fighting killer robots really gets your appetite going. ]
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of course, she's not hesitating to dig in, either.]
...It's good. It's really good. [she beams a little for a moment before her next spoonful. it's not really surprising that ludger's cooking satisfies her, but elle didn't think she would get to have it again.]
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