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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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Oh, the rollercoaster... that one sure was... something. I rode it, too. [ It was even less fun than she imagined. ] It was so dangerous, you'd think they'd have put up a warning...

At least there were free snowcones afterward? [ Because a free snowcone makes up for almost being murdered on a rollercoaster, clearly. ]

Is that so...

[He'd seen the presentation, sure, but he'd hardly had time to really process it. And then suddenly being faced with this place? Well can you blame him for thinking it really is the afterlife?]

It was not much of a presentation, though I have not yet given it thought. Afterward, we were all ushered onto buses and taken...here.

["Here" being spoken with so much spite.]

[Why is this guy just forcing his hideous present box at him like this? He really, really doesn't want it, but he might be relenting now and with just a bit of pouting, balancing both boxes in his hands.]

You know, I really don't want to be carrying two of these around. One is bad enough! Do you at least see any trashcans around here? The faster I can get rid of them, the better!

I've never known adults to play with toys before. [ Picturing it in her mind, she tries to imagine what kind of penetration can be used with it. ]

Wouldn't a scalpel be better?

[ Enjoy that visual. ]

[ He watches the girl carefully, noting the wariness and how she holds herself. Briefly, he wonders what made her so cautious, but he smooths away the thought -- not his concern, for now. ]

I don't mind helping. [ He looks at the food. It smells like butter and salt and something which doesn't typically show up in the food at the French restaurant. ]

Is it sweet? [ Something important to establish. ]

[Blackquill glances over at Phoenix, irritated at the interruption.]

No doubt we will continue to meet like this so long as these robots persist in harrying and attacking others, Wright-dono.

[Was everything alright? He felt terrified, the fear triggering old childhood nightmares of a bloodied room amd hands around his throat and blood dripping down his brother's back -

Reality comes back to him when he sees a much older Tenka from those nightmares and he looks the same as ever, save for his ability to walk.]

Aniki- I'm- I'm fine just a little caught off guard. Are you hurt?

[How was he even standing? He vaguely remembers some weird movie theater before and seeing his brother standing as he is now, but this still confused him. Of course, he'd feel better if he had a weapon he could use to defend himself. He raises his hand to the back of his neck and winces when his ribs twinge with pain. They were most definitely bruised from that fall.]

[She calms down and is able to answer his question as sensibly as she can.]

Some people have been here longer than I have. All things considered, while the information given to us about our homes is not ideal, the living situation in this world is actually accommodating.

[...

That's very hard for Belph to ignore, as he stares at the blood rather than take Elcia's hand.]

... Elcia, are you okay...?

[ And then there's this guy defending this robot. It's a new experience, seeing someone get up and walk around with its head bashed in, but Sakura's somehow managing. ]

It tried to assault me first. [ With a hug... but still. That's assault. ]

Uhh...

[ Does she really have to answer that question? She knows exactly what the holiday is about, but she doesn't know the reason why it's like that. So instead of giving a proper response, she just shrugs. ]

Who knows? Back where I'm from, it's usually a large bearded man wearing red. Usually it's just the children who tell him what they want for Christmas.

I agree that we should keep going, but not to find more.

[He places his hands on the mirror, using touch to guide him as opposed to vision. He's not going to find a way out, sadly, if he relies on his sight since the optical illusion of the mirrors is definitely messing with it.]

Instead, we should be searching for an exit.

[He's not curious to know the source of what happened, that'd probably be his stupid hero complexed brother if he was here. Instead, Hubert's more concerned about ensuring he can get out. If he can help guide the girl, even better. He's an asshole, but not that big of one.]

I would presume you are nearby if we're able to hold a conversation. I'm afraid I can't tell how near or far to me you are right now with all of these mirrors.

Hey!

[Kaito had passed entirely on the roller coaster, and understandably so. his encounter in the funhouse had understandably put him off any other amusement park attractions. but despite that, it was preeeeeetty difficult to miss how an entire group of people exited from the ride with a series of shallow, bleeding cuts.]

[he trots over to Hiro, one arm raised to flag him and his balloon bot down so he can ask]

What happened?

[ She seems jumpy; not that Leia can blame her. Probably scared, which obviously means Leia's got to put on the brave face. That said, even if Fuuka is fine, it certainly couldn't hurt either way. ]

You don't have to worry about me. Just hold still. I promise, it won't hurt.

[ With her two hands hovering over the cuts on Fuuka's arms, she starts to chant softly to herself. She closes her eyes, and there's a faint green glow from her hands and the affected areas; and as a bonus, her own wounds are healed as well. For a moment, everything is warm as the light fades and she opens her eyes again.

At least she doesn't have to shoot herself in the head...? ]

[ W o w, that's some grumpiness you got going on there. This guy would make a great prosecutor, though. ]

I didn't mean to bother you! I just wanted to make sure you were all right, since you were shouting. Does that mean you are?

[ She's guessing you either really are or really aren't, she can't tell. ]

[He would hear her better once the world stopped spinning and his ears stopped ringing. He does see her perfectly well, of course, and dismisses that he's hurt - the concern on her face telling him what she might have asked.]

I'm fine! Just- just winded that's all.

[He winces, wrapping one arm around his ribs and pushing himself up with the other.]

Are you hurt?

[Shiho had always had good memories of amusement parks which only made it harder when she was ushered rather unwillingly off of the bus to be faced with all of those twinkling lights and to know that she wasn't sharing this with people she knew and actually cared about.]

{Phase 1}
[Honestly, Shiho found the whole ferris wheel cliched and extremely underwhelming. For one, it was really slow. For another, it was really slow.

That is, until it stops completely at the top.]

Oh, great. It's broken.

[But her eyes narrow as the windows begin to darken and she reflexively reaches out for someone, anyone. THIS BETTER NOT BE GHOSTS.]

{Bonus}
[Thank goodness for psychometry. Shiho just gives the present in her hand a Very Unimpressed Look and promptly tosses it to the nearest person.

Catch it? Get hit by it? Either way, she doesn't need that dumb red and white thing.]

[She supposes... she understands a little bit? But she shakes her head then.]

I'm uncertain of what this machine has in store - but from what it looked like, it was mostly harmless when others were on board. I would not step into something that I knew was dangerous.

[As for his question, she moves on to those easily enough.]

I have been here for a few months now, actually. [And she yields more information easily-] But I do believe that introductions should come first. My name is Natalia. I am happy to answer any lingering questions that you may have.

[ If nothing else, Sousei swooping in like Batman brings a small smile to her face. Fingers dislodge their tentative grip on the unwanted box, teetering somewhat helplessly on the waste bin’s rim. Pyrrha lets it go and is content to forget about it for the moment. She has better things to do! Like, for instance, say, ]

Hello Captain.

[ It’s good to see him again. That much comes through in her tone. ]

I’m glad to see you’re doing well, considering the circumstances—

[ Unfortunately, as the present topples off the bin and onto the ground, the trash receptacle is very, very put out by this fact. ]

I’M SO ALONE. [ Launching upward, it flies over toward Sousei, gently prodding the man’s knees. ] DO YOU LOVE ME, Aвe ɴo Soυѕeι? [ The name is pronounced mechanically, words automated, as if they were plucked straight from an entirely different recording. (Because they totally were.) ]

Edited 2015-03-23 02:31 (UTC)

[ WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

But cue her sobbing brokenly out here in the public. THAT SURE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. ]

[ . . . . cute but also a little concerning. Isn't this a grown man?]

Not a doctor. Please don't be nervous.

Oh? Do they expect you to hammer out three-course meals in your forge? Or is it blades your customers are made to swallow?

[...And there he goes, laughing at his own joke.]

[What a way to welcome Yosuke to this new world by telling him that all his family and friends are dead, putting him on a bus and forcing him to go to an amusement park. Oh, he's really happy right now.

You better believe he is backing away from that snowman.]

Phase I: The Ferris Wheel

[He figured he'd go on this ride so he could sit and really absorb what's going on. You know, because it's a lot to swallow and it's just a little too much for him to handle without freaking out. Feel free to talk to him before the lights go out, but when they do-]

What the hell is going on?????!!!!! Somebody get me outta here!

[HE'S SERIOUSLY THINKING OF CALLING HIS PERSONA BUT IT'S SO SMALL IN HERE....]

Phase II: The Fun House

[Okay, that had to of been just his imagination or something going wild on him on the ferris wheel, right? This one can't be so bad. But when danger strikes, this time he is calling his persona, as a reflex- and a huge giant of a monster stands next to him when the lights snap on.]

Phase IV: The Whirl Ride

[The planets are awesome. The fact that the ride might be broken is freaky. But, he has never screamed like this in his entire life. There is a giant spider and it's going to eat him. And with his luck, of course it bites him. Of course it does. Feel free to be on the ride with him when it happens.

But afterward? He feels weird, he looks a little weird, like he's not feeling all that great. Or just different. Until he orders half the menu at the food stand, or suddenly he's freaking out and screaming because he's just discovered he can walk up walls.

And don't worry, he won't hesitate to hit on any girls that happen to really smell nice...]

Wildcard:

I wrote out some prompts but if you have an idea for anything else or any of the prompts I didn't use, please feel free to hit me with it!

I certainly would not recommend the ferris wheel... [Why did she think the roller coaster would be any betterwhy]

[Quickly makes an effort to finger comb her hair into something more presentable.] Oh, of all the nerve! They could have seriously damaged my delicate features!

[That was....terrible.]

I suspect it was because my skills at the forge are just as good as my skills at the stove. Namely, the only two things I take pride in.

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