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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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[Why. Why. It was strange how insistent they were about everyone getting onto the buses. Leia always thought so, but when she saw the carnival, she also thought it might not be so bad.

She's still a little shaken up from her ferris wheel ride, and now she's somehow found her way into the fun house, which is dark and totally uninviting (the singing...somehow makes it worse). I'm not scared, she thinks, as she passes by mirror after mirror, never looking at one for too long; and she'll hear Elcia before she sees her.

When Leia does see her, it's through a distorted mirror; and after investigating a bit further, she learns the blood isn't just smeared onto it.]

H... Hey. Are you hurt?

[The excitement of the place was something Lily was wary of, considering the way other 'fun' things in Cerealia went. Most times it could seem like tons of fun and then something bad happens. It was a common thing in this world.

So as she runs around she takes note of the fun house and approaches it. She's a little too curious about it until she runs into the man exiting it. At the impact Lily falls back on her butt and looks up at the man.]

Hey!

[~~GOD WHY~~ Ai shakes her head]

Um, the material's plastic so it isn't edible! It's just made to look like candy, but the intent is quite different!

Edited 2015-03-22 23:55 (UTC)

Man, I sure am glad seein' ya here! Guess I was right about the chance of someone from home appearing after a few days!

[ Aside from the fact that Naruto still has both hands, there's nothing remotely different about him. Of course, Naruto himself didn't even realize that Sakura's acting a bit... off from his viewpoint.

Oops. ]

[The newbies must have dispersed enough that a certain grumpy midget isn't anywhere in view by the time Peko comes across Maribelle. She'd broken off from Hinata and Komaeda because three sets of investigating eyes is better than one group moving en masse.

Peko actually walks right past Maribelle at first, because while Maribelle is blonde and carries herself like an authority figure, she's not Peko's authority figure. But then, Peko double-takes. This person looks -- new. Not meant as a slight, but more that Peko hasn't seen her around the city. And if there's anything Peko's been doing, it's been trying to find new people. So pardon her question as she turns on her heel and stares maybe a little too intensely at Maribelle.]

Excuse me. Are you -- have you just arrived?

[Lily was already shaking in the fun house, it was just more scary than she liked. Trying to hold back her tears, she continues to move forward. Then there's a hand on her shoulder and she screams.]

Ahhh!!

[Lily lashes back by summoning her chain that then tries to bite the man touching her.]

[ Being from a country that has yet to discover Christmas in any real sense, the theme of this carnival is lost on Shirasu. Finally, he's been put into a room with a robot in a red hat with a bag and turns when he hears the incredulous question. ]

Do you know what's going on?

[Kaoru was still dizzy from riding the fast moving metal death trap. She was regretting it almost as soon as the thing moved and now she was regretting it more. Her body hurt from the whiplash that had come as a side effect of their sudden stop and she had no time to really react before suddenly men were advancing on them and trying to stab them. With an angry shriek, she ducks before trying to get herself out of the straps holding her into her seat with one hand while the other swung out with her wooden bokken.

That is, until the guy nearest her spoke up. She stares at him for a long moment before a blade goes swinging right past her ear and she has to tilt her head awkwardly to avoid having a chunk of it removed.]

No and I'm starting to regret coming here at all-!!

[Angrily, she swings out with her fist, punching a Santa square in the face in an attempt to slow him down.]

Edited 2015-03-22 23:58 (UTC)

--gah.

[That would be one of Weiss's sled-mates, who probably made that sound just as the coaster. He'd been enjoying that, thank you very much, as terrifyingly breakneck as the speed had been. Naoki grips the side of the sled and rises to his feet after a glance at Weiss.

Well, since she's getting her fight on, he ought to do something too. One of the santas flies his way with a sword, but he flicks up his hand casually and a blast of wind intercepts it, strong enough it's easily slammed backward.]

So much for the ride being fun.

Edited 2015-03-22 23:59 (UTC)

pre-phases; on the bus;

[ While AndrAIa does reflexively reach for the length of metal strapped to her right leg when she's being ushered towards the bus, she forces herself to relax after a beat. Probably not a great idea to attack the natives (?) yet, especially when she has no idea where Matrix and Frisket are. Granted, she can actually buy the backed-up data story from the power points - she'd backed herself up, once - she's not entirely willing to take the story at face value.

After that split second of near reaction, she seems almost easy-going, however. AndrAIa takes a window seat and will speak with anyone who looks her way with casual friendliness, although she might take a moment to double-tap her icon and whisper Reboot just to be sure it won't do a thing.

Since it obviously doesn't, she'll try to strike up a conversation or two. Which can be answered, unless someone cares to call her out on the weird attempt at Rebooting herself. ]

You're new to this system as well, right? What did you think of those powerpoints?

phase ii; fun house;

[ Information gathering is definitely a thing she'd like to be doing, and so AndrAIa's been allowing herself to be shepherded towards rides and attractions, though she refused to go up in the ferris wheel. Way too slow and far too locked down for her tastes; she didn't like to not have an exit. A funhouse is a lot more open-ended, even if it's a little too game-like for comfort. It wasn't as though she was going to relax in these new circumstances, separated from her companions.

The walk doesn't bug her, and she may drift into a group, although the first sighting of a spectral figure has AndrAIa freezing and once again reaching for the length of metal at her leg - though she doesn't extend the trident. The howling is harsh to her sensitive hearing, and it's when things go dark that she does pull the trident into her hand, extending the points and fighting back for all she's worth -

Only to have things go back to happy snowland when the lights go on. ]

What in the net - ? [ She's getting the hell out of dodge, for sure, but she doesn't quite put the trident away so she's just...toting that around as she looks around, tense in comparison to her earlier easygoing smiles. ]

why'o'clock;

[ The santabot cannot possibly say anything to induce AndrAIa to go and sit on his lap, but she does watch from a little ways away, her arms crossed and eyebrows raised. ]

I fought a User like that once, [ She comments, half to herself. ] It's still a dumb look.

[ Maybe it's a good thing Matrix isn't around. He'd be in a Mood, and this wouldn't help at all. ]

wandering around/wild card;

[ AndrAIa can be found just generally checking out the park, usually seeming to be fairly friendly and curious if a tad cautious. So if none of the other prompts work, feel free to meet the game sprite poking around booths or purchasing a snow cone, idly fiddling with the starfish in her hair. ]

Ah, well...! Usually in these kind of things food are never that great, but at least there's some decent ones outside of here!

[ There's a blonde guy that's suddenly talking to you, what do? ]

[ Suffice to say, Leia can't exactly call herself a fan either. She's breathing a bit heavily as she walks. It's been... an experience, and even though it's given her plenty to write about, she feels like the wind's been knocked out of her.

No words, nothing.

Seeing Pearl helps, though, and that snowcone almost looks like a beacon in the dark dreary night. It's easy for her to smile, to be brave for someone else... the girl looks scared. ]

Hey, that looks pretty good.

[Anna wasn't too sure what was going on but whatever it might be, she might as well have fun here right? Or at least, just enough where she didn't have to think about this place for a little bit.

And besides, she never seen a festival quite like this one anyway so let's see what they had to offer here for everyone!

Of course, just as she was about to enter into said funhouse, she saw someone coming right out and....!]

Uh...what happened in there? [...So much for having fun]

[Sorry did you say don't trip on him, or "completely not notice he's there, step on him, and fall flat on her face" because that's exactly what just happened.

Mio sits up with a splutter of alarm, turning over to see what just happened] Oh-- [SHIT.] Are you-- Are you alive? [Please don't be dead oh my god]

Plastic, huh...

[ He'll look at the thing a little closer. Though the material is different than what he's familiar with, and the color definitely threw him off, Gaius is definitely a worldly person and once he gets over the external appearance of it, he gets a general idea of exactly what this is. And drops it back in the box with disgust. ]

Crivens! Are all your gift-giving traditions so bizarre?

[Maribelle starts as Peko approaches her so suddenly and blinks at her in surprise for a moment.]

... Oh, yes, darling, just now. In that strange metal contraption. Tell me, is this how they always welcome newcomers into your midst?

[The fair was bright and colorful and way different than anything she's been to in her life! So it's only expected that she's running around excited about it. Although she is nervous as well...most times these things aren't always all fun. Something goes wrong fast in this place!

Still when she sees the cotton candy her eyes light up. Then she sees the man with it.]

Mister...what is that?

Edited 2015-03-23 00:01 (UTC)

[ Where he's pleased as punch to see her, Sakura's pleased to punch him to dispel the illusion. The moment he's in close enough she wastes no time in bringing her fist down in a blow meant to knock him straight into the ground below them. ]

Who the hell do you think you are?!

[A. On the Bus]

[Everything's come with an odd feeling of deja vu. Although it's a specific kind of deja vu involving unsettling movies and spanking robots, but that's neither here nor there.

Right now what's here is him, on a bus, with the apparent survivors of his and several other people's worlds.

If he sees someone he knows from his world, he may give a normal greeting; otherwise, with people he doesn't know, he'll just casually try breaking into conversation.]

Has this sort of thing ever happened to you before?

[[If we're just accepting that there's multiple worlds, why not assume they've been destroyed and remade before?]

[B. Refreshments]

[He's avoiding the rides - not out of suspicion, per se (but he may be growing some after hearing from the people who actually went on them) but do to a fear of heights. He'll be hovering near whichever ride Trucy is on at the time, often looking on in concern.

You can also find him trying to look for and acquire some refreshments. And maybe checking out any souveneir stands?]

[C. Phase II]

[There's just one attraction that Phoenix decides to check out the Christmas funhouse. This one involves his feet staying firmly on the ground, after all.

Then all of the horrors are happen and a grown man's screams echo through the house.

Just like that, it's all over. And Phoenix is looking around frantically, trying to find any trace of what he just saw.]

Did you... Did anyone just see that?

[He glances around desperately, looking at the mirrors.

Those mirrors were all broken a minute ago. I saw it. Maybe they're hiding some kind of passage...?

After staring one mirror down for a moment, he tries to charge at it to see what happens. What happens is that he slams into the mirror and falls over, grumbling in pain.]

All right! Now, I need you to memorize that card reaaaaaaaaal hard! And don't tell me what it is, of course.

[ She will pause for him to do so, before holding out the fanned cards once more, for him to shuffle it back in... ]

[Holy crap, she's cute. JACKPOT.

Though when she jumps, his heart aches for her a bit. Oh no, she's scared.... well he shakes his head in response to that, agreeing easily and keeping a hand on her shoulder as the other goes over his own heart.]

It certainly isn't. Don't worry, lovely girl, I won't let any harm come to you. If you need an attendant, I will happily stay by your side until we find a way out of this dreadful place.

[smooth-talking but at least his voice is nice to listen to]

PRE-PHASE: even robots deserve some love?

[ as one of the many new arrivals coming in, miyamura comes and goes as he's shepherded to. he does a great job of blending in, to the point of almost being invisible, really...

at least up until the moment that snowman bot starts trying to wave its weird metallic stick-arms are you. in moments of crisis like this, there truly isn't time to think about things — sometimes, you just gotta do.

even if that means hopping in the way and scooping that snowman bot up into his arms and swinging them away from you, crying: ]

Go now while I've got it! I'll hold it back for you!!

[ sometimes, you get the hero you need, and not the hero you deserve.

]

PHASE II: house of horrors

[ A: if you happened to enter the funhouse with miyamura, you'll be treated to his ~~girlish~~ screaming the moment the lights go out. actually, that's a lie, he would have started screaming the momemnt one of those weird mouth-faces appeared in a mirror, likely grabbed for you in his fear, and cowered behind you (regardless if you were actually any bigger than him) and pathetically asked if it's time to go home yet.

however, once things start getting violent, the screaming has stopped. instead you'll hear a firmer tone from him, sharp shouts of your name (if he knows your name) or other attempts to contact you and make sure you're alright.

B: when the lights finally come back on, he'll look a bit ragged, his glasses askew, and a bit of blood streaming down the side of his face. ]

...I think they mislabeled this ride.

CYOA

[ feel free to come up with your own prompt! :) ]

[For all that this place is an amusement park, Blackquill is left thoroughly unamused by being chaperoned into it. He has no intention on going on any of the rides, but it seems they're forced to stay here for the time being, leaving him to explore the park grounds.

Which is when he spots a familiar hat and cape moving through the crowd, and she joins the line for the rollercoaster. Wasn't that...? He looks around briefly, wondering if her father is nearby, and decides to approach.]

... You're here, as well, I see. [What are polite greetings even.]

[So it's an amusement park full of things that want to kill them, is about Hinata's conclusion. He's sighing and closing a little notebook in his hand, slipping it into a back pocket as he looks around. He's still not finished looking around yet. He probably ought to go on the rides, just to experience what he's heard from others--

(About now he's passing by the area full of food stalls.)

--so that he can see if there's something anyone mithat's Hanamura's voice. He pivots sharply on a heel and forgets to look down initially but no that's him just a short distance away and Hinata stares with a stunned expression and wide red eyes.

And, feeling somewhat blindsided, he calls out weakly:] Oi...

Hey there, tall, dark, and handsome.

[That was supposed to be inner monologue but it came out and you know what, he doesn't look even a little bit sorry. Rather, he's happy to watch Hak work before throwing more knives lazily just past the other man to stab other Santa's in the shoulder and slow them down.]

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