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[reparator]

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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open;

[punches]

[ Well. That was something all right. By time she's pushed off the bus, she's looking for something to punch and Snowtron 5000 makes the perfect target. That one won't have a perfectly spherical head any longer as she leaves quite the dent behind. Anyone is free to catch her doing this or warn her against it, though it'll do no good. ]

    ➯ PHASE I.
[ Sakura is a woman who isn't phased in the slightest by these things, but even she has to admit this is a bit creepy. Normally she can see right through the illusions caused by Genjutsu, but this is something else entirely. She sits still and concludes that waiting inside a cart is a bad idea. That's her first trip. The second time around, she climbs out of the cart before it stops and uses that five minute pause to look around the amusement park. Feel free to catch her hopping out while it's moving, that's probably spookier than the whole snake thing. ]

    ➯ BONUS.
[ What Sakura had asked for was answers and weapons. What she got was a red and white object that vibrated when she flipped the switch. Walking around with it is probably in poor taste, but it's not as if she knows what it is. She's a ninja and has spent most of her youth training with throwing knives. This doesn't look like it can be used to assault someone, but what does she know? ]

What do you call this weapon? [ So why not ask the closest person? ]

phase 1

[sagemodes]

[ To be honest, Naruto was just chilling inside one of the carriages, right before it stops, at least. The darkening of the carriage and then everything else that came after it just leads to him kicking one of the windows open. Before he just climbs out in order to get away from whatever the heck that was.

...It was not until he looked up and blinked that he realized that there's someone familiar standing atop one of the carriage.

...He blinks again, one more time. Before he just. Immediately. Jumps towards the general direction of the pink-haired girl. ]

Ah, Sakura-chan! You're here too!?

[ incoming orange-black annoyance. ]

[punches]

[ One of the basic things they learn is to not declare an attack before doing it and yet here Naruto was, years later, still screaming before he made his move. Fortunately that's the only thing that saves him as she turns her gaze sharply in his direction. ]

Naruto! [ She... thinks?

There's something off about him that causes her guard to rise slightly. Even if it's been a couple hours since she last saw him, the image was fresh in her mind. Something was off and for the second time in ten minutes she's wondering if she's fallen victim to powerful Genjutsu. ]

[sagemodes]

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. ]

bonus;

[dereban]

D... Do you really want to know what it is?

[ She's sweating rather nervously as she passes by, why is it that every single time something as strange as this happens she has to deal with it. Why? ]

[punches]

[ She asked, didn't she? The girl's reluctance to answer gave Sakura all the knowledge she needed to know that whatever it was she was holding was something that was best kept in the box. Fortunately her jacket was repaired upon arrival so she just tucks it inside one of the inside pockets for now. ]

You don't mind telling me, do you?

[dereban]

I don't mind, but it's not a weapon. [ Running a hand through her hair as she heaves a deep sigh, creasing her brow in frustration. ]

It's an adult toy used for penetration.

punching phase

[impheired]

[Not exactly being a fan of the robots after his own run-in with one, Kuzuryuu is certainly not going to try and stop Sakura. Instead, he just kind of watches from a few feet away. Okay, yeah, you're gonna punch that thing, sure that's going to be super eff-- dear lord what happened to its head?]

Goddamn, nice shot.

[That's really all he can think to say here. He's actually pretty impressed by that feat there. He's almost tempted to applaud.]

[punches]

[ There may have not been a whole lot of chakra left after healing an entire war's worth of combatants from near death, but Sakura's fairly certain that this was a good use of it. A part of her might reprimand herself for it later, but right now? Damn, it felt good. ]

Huh? [ Even with an audience. ]

Those things were starting to piss us all off, weren't they?

[impheired]

Well they were definitely pissing me off, if nobody else. [But he says it in a way that kind of suggests if people are sane, they'd be at least as annoyed as him.] SO I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one. You should do us all a favor and punch more of 'em.

phase zero

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee had come to the park as quick as he could, eager to see this place's idea of a youthful holiday.

He had practically just arrived when he heard an all-too-familiar shout accompanied by the also familiar sound of gratuitous destruction. His heart skipped a beat and his mouth opened in a silent gasp as he turned and beheld it.

The whole scene probably looks a little like this.

Rock Lee stares in awe as he quietly tries to will himself to utter her name...]

S- S- Sa...

[She's alive. She's here and she's alive.]

[punches]

[ While he's on the brink of tears in his emotional state, Sakura's busy wrapping her hand up. A bit too busy to notice him at first.

How could she hear him over the shrieks of terror from one of the rides or the gasps of joy from people running into Santa-Bot X-3? In her mind she's already lining out a list of things she needs to do. Find a high point, use it to overlook the scene and look for anyone that might be familiar.

Good plan.

Sakura turns and faces him directly as her jaw drops in surprise. She was told everyone had been dead, but Lee! He has always been a survivor. Overcoming impossible odds and always being there for those who needed their own enthusiasm kicked into gear. ]

Lee-san?

[niceguypose]

[He's a survivor, much like a bushy-browed cockroach.

The tears, they are flowing. He had faith that everyone in his world would return eventually, but seeing Sakura overwhelms him with emotion.

As she notices him, he finally manages to cry out.]

SAKURA-SAAAAAN!

[And he runs straight towards her, his arms spread out for a hug.]

pre-phase

[pixelacious]

Ooh, nice shot! [ Another one for the approval group, although AndrAIa herself had been trying to hold back from attacking the robots. Clearly this girl isn't having that issue... ] You were that close to deleting him entirely!

[punches]

[ Deleting? What a strange way to put it. ]

I let him off easy. [ Which is the truth. She could have flattened him entirely if she focused hard enough. ] Courtesy for escorting me here against my will and all that.

[pixelacious]

These guys are more than a little basic, I'll give you that.

[ Actually, it was sort of cathartic to even see someone else beat the things up... ]

...And I can't say I see why they felt an amusement park was so important a stop. I'm AndrAIa, by the way.

Pre-Phase

[scaryintuition]

[Hide is stepping off the bus and getting a look around when he becomes an eye witness to a pink haired girl's assault on the Snowtron 5000. He winces after getting a good look at the size of the dent she leaves behind. Self preservation would say not to bug a girl that strong, but Hide's never been good at listening to that instinct.]

What did that robot ever do to you?

[punches]

[ 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. ]

[scaryintuition]

How cold. It just wanted a hug.

[Sure, the robot probably shouldn't chase people and force hugs on them, but that's no reason to maim one.]

Bonus because I am evil

[fierybluebird]

A dildo. [ Marco no. ]

Are you really going to use it as a weapon?

[ He will not judge you if so, since his wife is crazy like that, but still. ]

[punches]

http://estoria.dreamwidth.org/45851.html?thread=13880859#cmt13880859

pre-phase

[dishonorstudent]

[ No, dear, you go on right ahead and beat it up. Anything with the CERES logo on it deserves no less. Ryuko's just going to stare and wait for the girl to be done, before finally speaking up. ]

You must be new around here.

[punches]

http://estoria.dreamwidth.org/45851.html?thread=13884955#cmt13884955

bonus

[swimpai]

((This is embarrassing. Ai isn't sure what he's expected to answer when he first looks at the pink haired girl, because realistically speaking, he doesn't know much about weapons in the first place.)) Weapon?

((His eyes draw a line down and stare at the weird almost candycane shaped thing for a moment not 100% sure himself because tbf.... this isn't really something he'd expect to see waved around in public.))

It's... Ah!!! ((His hands shoot up and shake in front of him, palm out to Sakura.)) No! No no, that's not a weapon at all, and it's actually very uncivil to wave that around in public.

[punches]

http://estoria.dreamwidth.org/45851.html?thread=13889307#cmt13889307