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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)

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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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[ That hand he was offering? Yeah, not there anymore. Any thought of helping or apologizing (never mind that he's at fault to begin with) evaporated when she opens her mouth. He should have expected much worse, really.

But instead of being nice to his almost victim, he's just going to give her a look for even asking that question. ] Ask yourself that.

[ At least he hasn't walk away yet, just in case she actually need help. He might not want to apologize now but he's not going to leave her helpless. ]

[FOR A LOT OF REASONS, but mostly:]

Because there are a lot of newcomers here today who don't know what it's like here. I wouldn't want anyone to have to face the things that might happen here without a little backup, so it's better for there to be at least a few of us around.

[HE DID INDEED and he already knows what it's like inside that creepyass carriage. Of course, there's the chance that he might have been particularly lucky, too, and had a relatively tame ride while other people are dealing with a lot more...

And it's for that reason that he isn't going to hesitate much here EVEN THOUGH HE PROBABLY SHOULD. Shouting now:]

Stand back!

[Which Yue will hopefully be able to hear and heed, since the window will come splintering down a few seconds later.]

[HIS CRAFTY PLAN, DEFEATED... But Oz will just find another way to get them both some cotton candy.]

That works, too... [But where's the fun in it!!] All right! I'll go get one. Wait here a second, okay?

[AND OFF HE ZIPS. He'll be returning with a red balloon, since it had the longest ribbon he could find.]

Is this good?

[Oz will protect his new tomodachi if that happens okay NO WORRIES HIRO. Hiro and his squishy large friend...]

That's how it usually is. [Which is pretty alarming but such is life in Cereal, unfortunately.]

But we'll be able to leave soon! ...Probably. [Probably.]

[That is just his natural talent as an Oz in the wild. He glances back up at her at the question, making a little 'hm?' noise of curiosity before shaking his head.]

Nope! I'm like you, but I showed up a few months ago. [And then SUDDENLY AND CHEERFULLY extending his hand toward her with a big, sunny smile!]

My name's Oz! What's yours, miss?

Edited 2015-03-25 08:28 (UTC)

[ He nods to acknowledge the thank you and pushes his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. ]

Have you learned of anything about this place?

[ Since he has absolutely no intention to get onto any of those free rides, he might as well talk to those who has to find out what they're all about. ]

[ He just gives her a dubious glare; is she yanking his chain? That doesn't even make sense to him. ]

....Why?

[ please educate him, inaba. ]

[ Her breathing slows a pace, drawn straight into the pit of her belly for an additional measure of silence. The air around them feels warm with life - his and hers and something else’s - and Pyrrha tries to feel out the auras in the boxcar. Jaune’s, sun-bright and unrealized; hers, purposefully invisible, honed to a point… But that’s it. Whatever else shares the space with them, it either lacks a true soul or is beyond her abilities to recognise.

By now, the hissing has grown louder and louder. With it, the illusion that it’s coming from every corner and angle, filling the air around them to capacity.

Standing, her shoulder brushes Jaune’s, saying a bit for the tight proximity they’ve found themselves in - ]

It’s not human.

[ For the moment, her weapons go purposefully undrawn. ]

No need.

[ He's not normally this short-tempered (not anymore for years anyway) but today has been exceptionally stressful so his tolerance level has long since hit rock bottom. But instead of going off at her, he's doing the right thing by walking away instead.

If he wants to leave, Tieria Erde will leave.

Perhaps their next encounter would be more positive. ]

I... beg your pardon?

[ Did he say tree branches?! That doesn't bode well for Jaune Arc. ]

[ Where it came to the heightened senses, he couldn't do anything about that or really understand, not even entirely aware that was part of the reason that Hide was wanting to climb this thing. All he did know was that this was a very reckless and stupid thing that could get his friend seriously hurt.

For a second Kaneki seemed like he was going to argue against what Hide brought up before he exhaled a small sigh and shook his head.

If he was seriously bringing that into the conversation, then it really was a definite solid proof that his best friend was NOT acting like himself. Rational, cheerful but not anywhere on the level that he would say something like this so easily. Had there been more time he would have tried to figure out what suddenly caused this but for now had to focus on the matter at hand, a somewhat tired and defeated look crossing his features. ]

If it's company you want then I suppose joining you won't hurt.

[ It's decided. Should Hide do this and start to fall, there'd be no question in that he would sooner give up his grip or activate his kagune to assure his best friend's safety. Though even with this thought, there's a small touch of bitterness in his voice when he adds something onto his previous words. ]

As you said... it shouldn't be a problem for someone like me.

With good reason. It's... ah.. a relief nobody's been killed from it.

[ There's a bit of a disdainful look shot back at the coaster's general direction before he turns his attention to the small girl in front of him. She's not asking more about his 'weapon' yet and for that he's sort of grateful on a level because it was just entirely too complicated explaining it all at once. ]

Just like everything else i've seen here, nothing really seems safe, does it?

[ Really, Pyrrha? That's what Jaune's been trying to say from the beginning! He doesn't know how to feel about the confirmation, though. How did a... non-human manage to slip in the cart with them? Isn't it his job to be vigilant and protect his team at all times? Their world is gone because they weren't strong enough to protect it, but Pyrrha is still with him by some miracle, and he's not going to lose her to these monsters, too. ]

They are the darkness, and we are the light... [ He mumbles to himself, like a mantra to remind himself to believe in his Aura. In their tight space, he presses his back against Pyrrha's, so that way nothing can come at them from behind. ]

Pyrrha. I... [ he swallows his fears before continuing. ] I won't let anything happen to us.

[ it does provide some relief! she's not sure how she'd handle it if everyone else remembered minako being a boy tbh...

in any case, she nods in affirmation. ]

Okay, I'll try to find her. Or I could contact her on the device too, right?

[ another pause, and then: ]

Um... were you going to visit the carnival, senpai?

[ His sword clashes with a Santa's weapon. ]

Huh? Oh, no, it's okay. [ clash! ] I figured I'd just take it easy, [ clash! ] enjoy the whole holiday atmosphere, [ clash! ] maybe rethink my life choices. [ thrust! ]

--OF COURSE I NEED A HAND HERE, C'MON MAN!!

[ yeah, that's... pretty much everything she does. ]

Well, hopefully I won't have to use them often!

[ said with a wry laugh. with cereal's track record, that's probably an empty wish but. one can hope. ]

But it's nice to meet you, Kashima-san, [ just... to be on the safe side. she can't really tell with his markings (even though they are pretty cool). ] I'm Fuuka Yamagishi.

[ Well, Jaune Arc, time for your finest hour. ]

One.

Two...

Three!

[ His blood rushing and heartbeats so loud that they drown out the hissing noises, he immediately stands up, pulling the girl with him and into his chest. He keeps her pressed against him as he draws Crocea Mors, it would be a tragedy if he accidentally hit her in the middle of his sword-swinging frenzy after all.

The real tragedy here, however, is that before he can strike anything with his sword, the lights suddenly come back on and the cart is slowly starting to move again. ]

[ What the--? What just happened? Jaune looks down at his companion to see if she's okay, only for the penny to finally drop. Is this... this is... ah.

Well, hello there. ]

[ Jaune immediately lets go and starts screaming like a girl. Anyone from the outside would think that it's Weiss who's shrieking in despair. ]

--KYAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

It's okay, I was thinking the same thing too. [ said with a sheepish laugh... ] But I'm glad we're both on the same page.

[ she wonders what part of japan he's from. his school uniform is definitely different from hers though. ]

Mm, I hope it'll be fun! It seems very big itself... I'm not really sure where to start.

Well... I don't have much experience with carnivals, but generally people don't include animals like snakes on rides such as these. I think people often see them as dangerous and not very suitable for a family friendly attraction.

Even if it was just an illusion, I think people would find it unsettling.

Yes... I think I've had enough of them for today.

[ or the week, the month... the rest of her life. ]

Are things usually like this here? Um, really dangerous even though it's supposed to be safe?

[ Here's someone who narrowly manages to avoid the projectile— and he watches as it bounces off the wall of a booth, then off the ground, then as it skids to a stop near his feet. It's not like he's obligated to do anything about it here, but he lets out an exasperated sigh, and bends over to deposit it in the trash bin next to him anyway. ]

… You couldn't throw it away like a normal person?

[ she's a little startled by him, not really expecting to be helped, but she quickly shakes her head. ]

Oh, no, I'm okay! I'll be fine, thank you.

[ considering there may be other people with more serious injuries, she was lucky enough to get by with just a few cuts and scratches. ]

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