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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

[flaredo]

[ Well, Yang's not about to grump about it, so lucky for Naoi he got the optimist and not the ice queen. She takes a moment to shake out her hair, before she replies. ]

Yeah? You mean no one ever gets parades and balloons?

[unjustify]

[Somehow his uncannily good luck prevails yet again... But that question gets a negative headshake, tragic as it is to admit just how bad at welcome parties these people are.]

We could probably do something like that on our own, though! Or they're probably going to end up killing the next batch, with how much they've progressed from bad to worse.

[flaredo]

I got the feeling they wanted us alive... or was that just my imagination?

[unjustify]

They say that, but it's a little hard to believe when each batch that's come after mine has been attacked.

[TRUST NO CERES.]

[flaredo]

Each one? How many batches have there been?

[unjustify]

You're the third! [Said very matter-of-factly. He reaches up, tipping down the brim of his had a little.]

...Well, if mine was the first, anyway. I didn't really run into anyone like us during our arrival, but I can't be sure that there weren't any. The CEO came out to greet us himself, though, so I think we probably were.

[flaredo]

The CEO, huh... he didn't seem to be on the ball this time.

[unjustify]

He wasn't the last time, either. Guess the rest of you are just out of luck.

[flaredo]

Nah, it's fine. It doesn't look like there were too many casualties.

[unjustify]

It's going downhill pretty fast, though. I'd hate to be in the next group of arrivals. At the rate things are going, they're the ones who will end up dead for real.

[flaredo]

I get the feeling they'll show up on fire.

[unjustify]

[He seems to seriously be considering that...]

...Maybe! It'd be a pretty flashy entrance.

[flaredo]

And painful! If it comes to the point where I'm considering myself lucky just for this, I'm gonna have to wonder.

[unjustify]

It'll give you the chance to look back and say "at least I wasn't on fire"! That's got to count for something.

[flaredo]

But I've been on fire before.

[unjustify]

Oh. [THAT'S ROUGH BUDDY.] ...At least you're not on fire now. Were you dead before coming here too, then?

[flaredo]

No, it's part of how I fight. As far as I--

... Wait, "too"?

[unjustify]

[Just nodding like it's the most obvious thing in the world, wow.]

I am, at least! Not many people... what, set themselves on fire to fight and survive? [And then she's getting A Look™... He's both incredulous and vaguely impressed!!] So it seemed reasonable to assume the same.

[flaredo]

I didn't think anyone was dead... [ slowly shaking her head. ] The fire doesn't hurt me, though, it's just a part of me?

[unjustify]

[He hums at that, a sort of "huh" noise.]

There are probably a few of us wandering around. [Tragically he does not have dead - or formerly dead - radar.] How's that, though? Did you train in the mountains for years or something?

[flaredo]

Not exactly. They don't have combat schools where you're from?

[unjustify]

Combat schools? [...] My school is a combat zone, but it doesn't actually teach combat.

[flaredo]

... If it's a combat zone, you just fight within it then?

[unjustify]

Something like that. A little fighting is unavoidable in that situation, but it isn't so bad.

[Since they're all already dead and all...]

[flaredo]

... Wait, hold on. If you're already dead, shouldn't you be past the point of fighting?