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Who: CERES & you
When: ooc: 03/22-03/25; ic: 12/09-12/10
Where: Cerealia's Entertainment District
What: Intro log
Rating/Warning: PG-13 | possibly nsfw (please let us know if you need this rating changed, or you are welcome to continue any naughty shenanigans in a private log)

//event011.EXE

The Gifts that Keeps on Giving ((You)) Nightmares

It's been a whole month without any new arrivals. Who knows why? If you ask CERES, they won't bother with any in-depth explanations. They will simply claim that none of the code out there has been responding to their recovery methods, so they had to rework a lot of their technology. However, after several weeks of grueling work, they have finally experienced success! A fresh new batch of faces is coming in, and to celebrate their arrival and the real upcoming holidays, CEO Julius Vincere has arranged for a Christmas-themed carnival for all to enjoy.

Those who arrive will wake up in Cerealia and be given a long, boring explanation and powerpoint as per usual before being ushered onto a bus (there is no escape. The robots will force you onto the bus one way or another). You will be unwillingly carted to the theme park where you will be immediately assaulted by a giant array of lights followed by several rides that you can enjoy. After you disembark from the bus, one of the snowman robots will be waiting to give you tickets to the rides and show you around as part of the Grand Opening. The amusement park will remain open for the rest of the month of December so anyone can visit as they please. The first couple tickets will also be on the house for new arrivals, but the rest will have to be bought with credits, so choose wisely! (Or try and sneak into the rides -- then face the wrath of the snowman robots and their snowman firearms :D)

"☃ WELCOME NEW ARRIVALS ❅
YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SANTASTICAL FOREST OF CHRISTMAS WONDERS ❅
PLEASE ENJOY ALL THE RIDES CEO JULIUS VINCERE HAS HAND-PICKED FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT ❅
WE WISH TO BRING YOU MERRY FEELINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY ❅
COME GIVE SNOWTRON 5000 A HUG ❅
WHAT? YOU DON'T WANT ONE ❅
BUT I WAS PROGRAMMED TO CONVEY HUGGING AS LOVE THROUGH AFFECTION ❅
PLEASE DON'T RUN ❅
COME BAAAAACK, VISITOR ❅"

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ xxxx ] Do you like ferris wheels? This is an enchanting one where you get to ride around in a giant snowflake at a very limited speed. The wheel will turn excruciatingly slow before stopping abruptly, leaving you trapped at the very top. We hope you're not afraid of heights because you're going to be in there for a while! The windows on the snowflake will rapidly darken leaving you and your fellow riders trapped in the darkness. At that moment, you will feel something warm breathing down your neck and along the back of your ear. As you reach over, you'll feel like the chair underneath you is made of snakeskin, and a hissing sound will intensify as the "chair" squirms and as the breathing gets louder and hotter. Scrabble at the doors, fight your way out! Will you escape or not? Probably not, but the experience will last only a good five minutes before the lights come back on and before the ferris wheel starts moving again. The chair will appear as normal, and there will be no one else inside except any fellow riders who came with you.

PHASE II

[ xxxx ] If the ferris wheel didn't "do it" for you, then perhaps a fun house will? If you're a fan, that is! This Christmas-themed funhouse features a wonderful walk through a snowy forest convered in singing reindeer. The more you walk through, the more you will notice things like within the distorted mirrors, there will briefly appear strange specters. You will also hear a bunch of howling in the background, and while you may think that you're safe since they're trapped behind a mirror, you are very wrong. The lights will go out once more, and you will hear the mirrors shatter all around and feel yourself being grabbed and hurled to the ground. Whatever is coming for you is something you can't see, but it's advancing fast with impressive strength to hurl you back once more. You will feel pain erupt through your body before an engineer will appear to get the lights back on. Once they're back on, the reindeer will be happily singing, and all the mirrors will appear as they were before -unbroken.

PHASE III

[ xxxx ] After those interesting adventures, another option would be to simply visit the rocking santacoaster, a large, sprawling roller coaster that reaches 150 mph. You will be strapped into a sled and be shot through the tracks where you can scream and cry all you want except once you reach the tunnel, everything will come to a sudden stop (whiplash pending). You and the other riders will be in there for a few minutes, surrounded by a dozen santas as they start to fly out from the tunnel walls, carrying swords and swooping down to take a swipe at you. You better duck or be prepared to be cut up by their blades. The rollercoaster will abruptly resume, and when you reach the end, you might notice some bleeding, a little bit of hair missing, or some clothes shred up. If you ask the snowman robots about it, they will just shrug and claim they don't know what you're talking about. Please go enjoy a snowcone on the house!

PHASE IV

[ xxxx ] The Christmas whirl will be your last stop for the evening! This is a ride that goes round and round and round while tilting. Everyone will be strapped into it while standing up and forced to hold on as it spins, and somewhere in the midst of the spinning, the ride will suddenly malfunction. Yes, big surprise there! But it won't stop spinning. It will just be a rockier ride, and you will seemingly enter a new space where you will be among the stars and seeing planets all around you. Your own home planet will be amongst them before it breaks open like an egg and out crawls a friendly visitor. If you get bit by it, you will spend the rest of the day and night experiencing an array of possible symptoms, including: a voracious appetite, a fear of light, the urge to 'mate' with anyone who smells especially good, heightened senses, the ability to climb on all kinds of surfaces, irritability and crankiness... (( you don't have to experience them all. you can pick and choose which one you like. ))

BONUS

[ whyo'clock ] What's that jingling you hear in the background? Why, it's Santa Clause! Coming here all the way from the North Pole. The park will stop, and all the snowman robots will gather in the square, ushering along as many people as possible. Santa-Bot X-3 will be seated on his chair to welcome all visitors to sit on his metaphorical lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. He will then give them a nicely wrapped present and tell them that it's exactly what they asked for, but they can't open it until they get home. For those who can't wait and choose to open it quickly, they will get some nice treats from Mundus Caelestis. But beware! Those who do take this gift home will experience a weird after-effect as the lovely red and white toy will come to life on its own and hop out of the box that evening to try and violently electrocute the owner. The other one is completely harmless.

[ 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 what's going on right here and feel free to consult the FAQ if needed. Please leave any lingering questions in the OOC post, and we'll answer them as soon as we can. OVERFLOW IS HERE!!!

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[Amazingly it's a good call that he didn't say it because that would've been a MOOD RUINER while she's too busy being impressed by his mad kicks.

Nothing says hot like a man turning psychotic robots into shrapnel. Or that might be just her.

So she gives him a small clap first.] Indeed I am very impressed, you have such magnificent skill...

[Which starts to slow down before she starts looking him up all over. IS THAT A CUT?! Is that a hand in his face while she tries to look at his neck.]

A-are you hurt? None of the metal touched you did it? Don't do that again without warning, I did not know you were able to do that?! I thought you were going to die.

It has been about two months for me, but I know of some people who have been here for about four or six.

[ kind of sucks she has to be the bearer of bad news though. ]

Do you know anyone here from your world?

[What would Shirou do if he was a superhero? He'd kill his girlfriend, probably.]

Please don't ask me that. [ He's just gonna shake his head intensely at that question and then frown. Nope.jpg]

You must have a lot of free time on your hands.

[ He already looks like he's had quite a good feed before coming here, though... ]

Yeah, people don't really come here for the food.

[ Surprised with the sudden close proximity, Tieria instinctively takes a step back. He likes his personal space and doesn't appreciate anyone barging in. Since it's clear as day that the stranger is not injured, Tieria finally snaps back to his senses and the first thing he heard from him has the Innovade raising a brow. Beautiful? Really? There's only one reason anyone would call him beautiful (or any of it's variety) and that's when someone mistaken him as a woman. This crap still follows him all the way to the supposed core of the world?

No. He doesn't want to deal with this after everything he's gone through today. The surprise on his face melted into an icy stare as he turns around to leave. ]

I'm going to drop you.

[It's kind of just an annoyed murmur though?! KID, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING. But of course Jae-ha actually has a heart.... and so he doesn't drop Oz. He'll just shaking his head though before he looks down at the view before them and snorts, vaguely amused.]

At least you can appreciate a good power when you can see one.

[Because Jae-ha's The Best.]

[Today has gone by terribly. Shirou reaches his hand out towards Fuuka as if he wanted to help her. He really doesn't want to leave her alone.]

Do you need help? [It won't hurt to ask.]

[SHHHH IT'S JUST AMERICA, HE'S LIKE A COCKROACH. If it were anyone else......

But ah...she's sorry, though it's better to find out now than sooner when something worse happens!]

At the moment, we can't predict when these things happen, or what, but we can remain vigilant and support each other. Many here are also combat ready.

[Hey Lena did you see what i did there.]

Malfunctioning in what way? What happens when someone tries to break one?

[And more importantly, did tasers work on these robots?]

Nothing!

[Just the windows darkening through what could be ghostly and occult means.]

I don't know!

But it better be nothing!

It's not so much scared as it is hoping to get out of here in one piece.....

[IF HE'S GOING TO BE HONEST, but then he shakes his head easily, regaining himself. After all he's talking to a cute girl here!]

You seem remarkably bold though, lovely. How fearless of you.

[ she gives a small giggle and pulls out her device to show him. ]

This is your device. I think they gave something like this to you when you got here, right? It's basically a phone with different functions on it.

[ she stands a little closer so he can see the screen as she turns it on. ]

It's already pre-programmed with everyone's numbers, so you can call or send messages to whoever you want. You can also access the network, where you can make public entries for other people to see. It'll take some time to get used to, but it shouldn't be too hard.

[Shiho would willingly give up one bullet from her gun to see that thing singing at Law.]

It's like tag. It touched you last, so you're "it".

[It seems Oz trusts in Jae-ha's heart because he still doesn't seem too concerned even after clearly hearing that annoyed murmur. Clearly, because he laughs... WHAT A BRAT.

But the view really is nice, so he'll try to be slightly less of a tyrant out of gratitude.]

It's nice, being high up like this. When everything is so far away, it's easier to look at it all, right?

[If it's a cut, he didn't notice until now - probably because it just managed to feel good to him. Just another breeze and he does put a hand to his neck then, curiously lifting it to his neck - and ah yes, that is a trickle of blood. Hm.

Still though, he just smiles lazily before licking his own finger clean of the red.

Then, with his other free hand, he catches the wrist of the hand on his face before leaning in closer, likely invading Vietnam's personal space just a bit.]

You're so worried over me.... Well, if the lady truly wishes it, then I suppose I can stay right here.

[Though the last few words are spoken slowly, just as Jae-ha rests his forehead on Vietnam's, looking into her eyes with a cool expression.

Is it the adrenaline or is it having a cute girl worry over him? Who can say? All he can determine is that he doesn't mind this at all.]

[ At any second, Kaneki honestly expected his best friend to then frown at him or outright reject him for what he was. Someone who would dislike the idea of how he'd not told him or hid away from his friend to avoid him finding out the truth.

It was never done out of spite or anything negative, but out of that fear and worry he'd damage the one relationship he valued over anyone else. Hide was so close to him, he was like family and he refused to lose him over something like this, but he couldn't reverse time and take back what he had become in such plain sight. Instinct had taken over when he heard someone call out for help before and he had ran forwards, acting for someone else's safety without any shame or hesitation, and perhaps it was his close tie with Hide that his instincts knew who it was before even he did. Someone so precious to him still existed now in this realm and it made him happy even beneath the underlying fear and stunned silence of what this situation had become.

His legs were frozen in place despite the rising urge to just run away from this situation, trying to think of something else to say to Hide but the words wouldn't come even as he watched the blond push himself up off the ground and to his feet. As Hide kept his distance he began to think his fears were true, though the words that came after just made him blink numbly in muted surprise. ]

You... knew? I don't understand...

[ Kaneki expected harsh words and his friend to turn his back on him like he was afraid of for so long, but when kind words and that equally bright, genuine smile was there instead, it was more than unexpected. Once again, his friend was too good to him, even if he didn't understand why - or how - he knew about this. About him. ]

They don't want to give you something nice, that's for sure! [Meruru's just kind of staring at Cliff. SORRY she's fifteen and 5"1 so he's practically a giant to her.]

Are you alright? [It'd be impolite of her to not ask how he's doing.]

[How can he be so carefree?! He's even licking that blood off of his finger, while she's frowning and trying to think if she can reach her bag and get out a bandage, then he'll be fine. She's got this.

Or he's got this, as he takes her wrist and leans in. Thankfully she's too worried to react. For now.]

Yes...stay right here, I do not wish for you to get hurt...any...more.........

[That's his forehead on hers. Her cheeks are burning up and she could feel her chest beat like it wanted to break out...

She headbutts him hard.]

Two someones so far, but hopefully more....

[He hasn't even really gone looking. He knows those two someones are able to take care of themselves, but he's been more on the lookout for a certain red-haired princess. It just makes him too anxious to not be by her side.]

So do they bring people here in waves? Is that even possible?

You're pretty fearless yourself if you think it's fine to tap a strange girl in a dark room like this. Tensions are kinda high 'round here, we don't want any heads rolling on the ground now, do we?

I see, I'm glad you aren't alone.

[ everything must be so new to him, at least he has people who are familiar in an unfamiliar place. ]

Yes, but surprisingly, there wasn't an arrival of newcomers last month. No one knows why that was the case, some think it might be another glitch in the system.

[ . . . . . . . in truth, a lot of that is very foreign to him. What's a phone? What does it mean for something to be pre-programmed? What do you mean everyone already has a number, isn't that a bit inhumane? What does it mean to call someone? What exactly is a network, and why do you need public entries as opposed to private entries?

Basically, he's questioning everything that she just said.]

And these are... common in your world?

[ It wasn't like a lack of support regarding Hide himself, but rather the dangers behind what his friend wanted to do which seemed unnaturally reckless and not like something that Hide would normally suggest. Same went with that unusual attitude that he couldn't understand where it came from; that abrupt frown and clear disapproval made no sense.

Why was he looking so upset at him saying what seemed like common sense to most? ]

That's because it was a tree and not something that if you fall from it, will end up with more than just a few broken bones.

[ He's trying to be lenient in attempting to make Hide see some kind of sense. Yes, he's worried about what will happen to the blond if he tries this but he also knows that if Hide persists, it's not like he can't go and help him if he falls or something.

After all, Kaneki did want to keep Hide safe, no matter what. ]

I do think you've done a great job climbing up everything else so far... why not take a break, Hide?

[ Well, that's a whole lot of information Ryuko certainly didn't care about. Listening to this guy rambling on certainly reminded why she hates waiting in lines. Or just waiting, period. ]

What would I do? I'd fly into the sun and disintegrate if I have to listen to you talk for another minute.

[ Hello. ]

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