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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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Nooo, it's not that I don't celebrate Christmas but we never really had a festival on it! So what's not to be excited about going to a festival for the first time?

[That and the joys of being locked up for almost 12 years of her life. It can do a lot of things to a person!]

So c'mon, turn the frown upside down and let's have some fun!

[That's what happens when you live in the 1840s and spent 12 years of your life closed off from human interaction]

You sure you want to risk that? I mean, after all that other stuff that's been going on in the rides, you never know what's going to happen to you!

I don't want my arms to be nearly chopped off again, thank you!

[All Anna did was stare at him and then back at the funhouse.]

Well, what even happened in that funhouse anyway? I still don't think it's going to that bad where your life is that much in danger!

And besides, why would they go through all that trouble during a festival? It seems like a good way to make you sad!

[How could he just stand there and be calm after what happened? He's not human!!]

Now, I don't think that would happen! It all happened a little too fast for anyone to take any pictures! Unless they're able to have super speed or something!

[At first, the young princess was struggling to get up from the damage that happened. Luckily, she managed to miss most of if but it took her a while to recover from that shock!

Which was why she sat there for a couple of seconds as she stared at the snowbot before someone came by]

No, I'm okay, thanks for the hel-

[And then her eyes widen. Hey wasn't that the guy....?] You're that guy I met the other day! What are you doing here? [Nevermind that everyone was more or less shoved into a bus to come here]

_{[ Gundam probably hears another commentary off to the side; Katsura probably wasn't yelling at it, but the funhouse was also getting a strange look from this guy over here. ]}

—I know I've been a good political activist this year. I haven't even vandalized a cop car, or clogged the government's main toilet line. If Santa-dono is somewhere, he is probably in here, I know it.

_{[ He shifts uneasily. Something about this funhouse rubbed him the wrong way. ]}

Please. All I want is paws for Christmas.
_{[ was he closing his eyes like he's making a wish?? something like that.
are these guys just gonna stand here and have their own conversation with the funhouse? ]}

[Anna wasn’t the only one who felt the same. After coming down from the ride, the only thing she wanted to do was to tell the management what was wrong with them! With cuts all over her arms and parts of her face, perhaps wearing her green dress wasn’t the best idea in the world. Regardless, she wanted answers right now!

Once she marched up to the nearest robot, she found a blond practically screaming at one of them.]

Hey, hey, what’s going on over here? [Although, based on the way he looked, she had an idea of what happened]

[That's just it. He can't take a break. No matter where he goes his senses are hounded by constant scents and sounds. He can hear people's conversations from a few feet away and he tries to block them out they're always there. Whispering into his ears.

It's not like he can just leave the park. There's no telling how far a walk away the city is. He's trapped here in this loud, smelly place until they're all once again led back onto the bus. But if he can just have a moment to clear his head...

The Ferris Wheel certainly looks like it could be high enough to put a little distance between him and everything else.]

I'm not going to break any bones. Besides, you can come to. Getting up there should be nothing for you.

[Awkward is what Anna does best! Let's make everything even more awkward so it can be 100x as awkwar- okay no.]

Then how about I try again? [She said before making her way to the other side of said robot before giving it a hug!]

Now that way, my aim is totally right and we'll get this thing off in no time!

Then what is he made out of it? It doesn't really look like any of the other things I've seen around here!

[She said as she let him scan her]

But oh yeah, I will! It's not everyday you get to see someone quite like yourself!

Awww c'mon! Can't you even give me a little hint? Giving a little bit away never hurt anyone!

[Seriously!]

But the name's Anna, it's nice to meet you! Are you new here too?

[His time has come.]

[He's not even going to bother to correct her about his name because he can actually kind of live with that nickname. IT'S BETTER THAN THE ONE OWARI STUCK HIM WITH, ANYWAY.]

So I've heard... [Why are all these rides so terrible. Why.]

[Okay but yes, let's go attempt to intimidate those snowbots...and utterly fail at it. Because even with his glower and threatening yakuza stance turned up to 11, only snowcones await them. Which you better believe he is going to outright refuse and then probably tip over the snowbot who suggested it. Fuck you, snowbot. Fuck you.]

[ He'll kind of be raising an eyebrow at that. ]

You sound like you've never heard of sarcasm, buddy. Besides, just because I can think of it doesn't mean someone should do it.

[Of course he would say it's nothing. Of course. But she felt that subtle crack when she'd tightened her grip, so it's only a few seconds before she forces herself to loosen it to the point where she's really just clutching the back of his jacket. Not moving away at all, but at least she isn't squeezing now.

Her breath is still coming in quiet gasps to try to swallow her tears as much as she can, then she's lifting her head and nodding as if to try to firm her resolve. It's a couple more breaths before she manages to ask,] Would you... like to find somewhere to sit...?

[Instead of just hanging out on this corner. Preferably somewhere with their backs against a high wall so they can at least pretend to be paying attention to their surroundings.]

[Yogi would normally never get rid of a present, no matter how small or confusing it might be, but this is a special case. The less people that found out what was in the box, the better.]

I think, this time, it really is necessary! It's-- there aren't really a lot of different ways to use what's in here. Or... I guess there are, but still, I don't want it!

[The need for a trash bin and disposing of what's in the box is growing more pressing by the minute, so Yogi is looking around more desperately.]

I mean it in a way you probably don't understand. So we can leave it at that.

I'm not messing with me, I'm Katsura.
_{[ The look on his face shows he clearly isn't kidding. ]}

Are you new to this place? Ah, you should probably carry a weapon of some kind on you if you are.
_{[ sort of.. shoves that little robot with his sandal. ]}

[Good, he doesn't have to beat you up! He would hate to have to do that to his brother.]

Great. [He is so not looking forward to whatever comes along with the whole physical or psychological effects part of all this.] What the hell is the point? Like...are the people running it just that braindead? You can't ask people for help and then turn around and pull something like carnival of near-death-and-possible-maiming. [A beat.] Or was all that powerpoint bullshit a lie.

[He's still not sure what to think of it, honestly. The part with the aliens sounds really far-fetched, but then again, so does a high school girl ending all of civilization as we know it.]

[Japan's a start, even if he's never been to Inaba (or any place outside of Iwatodai save for that one field trip during junior high). That means Personas are probably localized.

Past that though, he's got nothing. Better find out more about this guy's weird Persona world first.]

What's this 'TV world' you're talkin' about? Do you actually go inside of a TV?

[Said with so much skepticism because seriously, that shouldn't be possible.]

Forgive me. My stomach is usually as strong as my soul, but I think that yakisoba I ate earlier was also bad.

_{[ With that, he does his best to shift away from Apollo and crouch down to the ground— and—
There he goes, puking all over the ground. He tried, but some of it might have gotten very close to Apollo's shoes. ...MAYBE. ]}

I see! But you know, you don't always need a reason to buy someone a present. Sometimes it can be a "just because" gift. Eh, except in this case I guess. I don't think that Santa robot knows how to pick out gifts properly!

They were. It's too bad that it was dangerous enough that you had to use them, but... being able to communicate like that, find a way out... and in more normal fights, it's the best when you can find out an enemy's weaknesses.

[He gives her a thoughtful look before he raises one of his hands in a casual wave.]

...But, anyway, we never got a chance for introductions before. I'm Naoki Kashima.

[?????? Look, trash bins can't be choosers, and Shinjiro shoots the loudly protesting bin an unimpressed look, making no move to remove its new friend from the vicinity.

Said new friend seems to be quite offended at the insults flung its direction.]

HOW DARE YOU. I AM CONSTRUCTED OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY STEEL, WHEREAS YOU ARE COMPOSED OF NOTHING BUT BASE IRON.

[Meanwhile, Shinjiro's paying no mind to either of them.]

Most things in this place can't be. [And then, upon noticing the gift still in Pyrrha's hands, remarks:] You should still throw that away.

[ Phew... That's a relief, at least. It isn't as if she can honestly do anything about it from where she's sitting, especially since they're so high up. ]

Thank you. Sorry for all the trouble.

... Did we meet in this place?

[ He would have been more surprised, but he's met a girl who claimed that they met already. Apparently he'd been running around in Cerealia about a month ago. Perhaps he's met more people he wasn't aware about.

Unfortunately for Gareki, Athena didn't really know much about his situation. Maybe he can learn something from this person. They seem to have been on good terms, especially if Gareki had been teaching this guy things like making drinks. ]

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