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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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opennnn

[compossible]

phase ii

[Elcia has decided she very much doesn't like Christmas. Whatever Christmas is.

She's walking through this winter wonderland, blood dripping from her dress from whatever mess she'd been involved in back home (seriously, don't ask), though she doesn't appear to be injured at the moment. Don't mind the...bloody trail in the snow that she's leaving, though.

She stops, staring at one of the singing reindeer.]

Ugh...What are you so happy about? Some people didn't have a good day--or night, y'know.

[Yeah she's demanding answers from a happy reindeer, what of it!!!

...Seems she hasn't gotten far enough into the fun house yet for bad things to happen. Yet.]

phase iii

[She's not on the roller coaster, she's leaving it. Her dress is covered in blood, but not from this ride, at least. In fact, as she exits, she looks a little...bored...........]

I wouldn't suggest that one.

[She immediately beckons to whoever is closest, which might just be you, poor soul.]

I've never seen so many fat men in red before.

[That is clearly what was wrong with it.]

ii

[journaler]

[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?

[compossible]

And furthermore, you can't just pluck people out of their timelines to shove them into strange--

[Oh.

Her monologue has been interrupted.

Elcia blinks, tilting her head and turning away from the entirely unimpressed singing reindeer, glancing at Leia thoughtfully. Hurt...?]

I'm fine.

[A pause. She glances down at her blood-covered dress. ...Ah.]

... Really, I'm not hurt. At the risk of sounding really cliche, it's not what it looks like.

phaes iii

[poised]

[ ???????????? ]

How can you be speaking of overly well-fed men when you're covered in blood?!

[LIKE FOR REAL. Cue Natalia taking ahold of Elcia's arm and pulling her over to a bench now.]

Miss, please, come sit down with me.

[compossible]

[Whoa whoa whoa suddenly pushy princess. Elcia's not used to people invading her personal space with good intentions, and she very nearly has a kneejerk reaction to try to punch whoever it is in the face--

But thankfully for the both of them, that's restrained, and instead she allows Natalia to tug her over to the bench.]

...Ah.

[Well, the problem here is clearly--]

It's mostly dry now, I think, so it won't be making more of a mess. Don't worry about it.

ii

[espersions]

[ He's been to an amusement park exactly once in his life, and that was a fond memory, so when he heard about this place, he hurried over at once. He's clad in a black school uniform with gold buttons, with a muffler wrapped about his neck in a nod to the holiday atmosphere. He has his hands in his pockets and generally has an air of being very pleased with everything, particularly himself.

But when he hears someone snapping at the reindeer, he stops short and stares. After a moment: ]

Hey.

[ He waves at her. And then his eyes flick down, pointedly taking in her bloodstained dress, before looking up at her face again. ]

Any of that yours?

[compossible]

[That...gets a glance over her shoulder at what he indicates. And then she looks back down at her dress. Well, the blood's starting to dry now that there's no steady flow from any injuries, but nonetheless, it's pretty obvious that it's all from her.]

All of it, I'd assume.

[At least she's nonchalant about it.]

I hope you don't expect me to clean it up. Give a girl a break.

phase iii

[dereban]

... Oh, you mean the Santa robots? It's because it's in the season.

[ Even though it kind of creeps her out. Maybe because they're actually robots instead of people.. ]

[compossible]

It's in the season to try to stab people to bits?

[She pauses at that, tapping her lip thoughtfully with a finger.]

You have a very interesting culture, miss.

phase iii

[shivered]

[Elsa is staring a bit because. Is that blood? That looks like blood. Quite a bit actually.

So Elsa is quick to shake it off.] Are you okay? Did something happen?

[Also wow yeah she's going to avoid the roller coaster now except.] Fat men?

[compossible]

[Sorry, Elsa, it sure is!! It's enough blood for someone to have died from it...namely Elcia. Elcia was that someone.

But she just nods thoughtfully, choosing to ignore that first question for now.]

Fat men with swords. [...] In red and white suits.

I'm fine though, thank you for asking.

ii

[punchesyu]

[The sight of this woman is already really out there for him. He approaches her, since she doesn't appear hurt? Maybe she's in shock. Let's take this slowly, one step at a time.]

Uh, dude, reindeer...they don't really talk.

[She's lost it.]

[compossible]

...You don't say.

[She just gives him the flattest possible look in response to that, tilting her head slightly to one side. Yes, she's aware deer don't talk, now you ruined her monologue!!!

Ah well, the mood is broken now.]

These ones apparently sing, though. Is that normal?

iii! rng gives u cow

[souredsweet]

[What the heck, Elcia. One more weird newcomer in a round of newcomers that has managed to be phenomenally weird... It's like CERES took a break for a month and then decided to bring in a quirky mini-boss squad of 50.]

Oh— Miss, if you're injured, you shouldn't go farther in.

[Or insult the reindeer either, honestly, even though Kaoru won't bother stating that much. If they suddenly became murderous, it would be Another Day In Cereal. At least these ones are just aggravatingly cheerful and not doling out tax information...]

poor poor cowrude

[compossible]

[She is here to make everyone's lives hard, mostly--but as soon as Kaoru is calling out to her, she crosses her arms, turning to look at him thoughtfully. Not... human. Okay. That makes him one in a crowd of many, apparently. That's not something she was expecting, but she also really doesn't...care......

Ah well, that's the Elcia life.]

So if I'm not injured, I should go further in? I'm not sure if that's the best advice either, but I'll keep it in mind.

phase ii;

[immobileyes]

A-ah! [ All she sees is the BLOOD TRAIL and Mary's instantly fluttering (fluffering?) closer, eyes large and anxious. ]

Um, you're-- you're hurt?

[compossible]

Wrong!

[Ah...at least she sounds cheerful enough for the fluffering girl. Because she's cute....... admittedly, she looks cute all flustered like that too.]

I'm perfectly fine. Singing creatures aside--they're kind of starting to give me a headache. How about you?

iii

[yooknowit]

What are you doing walking around in those!?

[ Elcia, please... There's NPC children around!! Plus, it'll be a nightmare to do laundry once the blood completely dries up! Yoon hasn't noticed any injuries from her (as a result of already being healed earlier on), so he wonders how did she receive blood on her dress. He doesn't want to find out... Maybe someone beside her got badly cut up. (tears.gif) The rides around here are horrible, after all. ]

There's a laundry service by the pool attractions. We'll take your dress there after buying a new one first.

[ We hope that she wouldn't mind the company of a mother hen. ]

iii.

[allthreefourths]

[ it's a boy and his dragon that elcia's beckoned to here, and they both are quite obviously concerned at her current state of dress (and the fact she called the roller coaster of all things boring). or, well, the state of her dress. and it might be more accurate to say that it's hiccup that looks Quite Concerned; toothless is more. well, he's lowering down to the ground a tad, wary.

people covered in blood are usually!!! bad news!! ]

Uh. Noted. [ right, talking to him, she's talking to him. his eyes linger on the ride she's referring to, then the blood, before he moves to her face, lowering the notebook he was writing in just before this whole awkward... thing. he's still looking a tad... confused. concerned. brows raised. ] It's a first for both of us, I guess. I mean, I've never seen a girl in that much... red before.

[ "red" is a euphemism and he is making it very obvious that it's a euphemism. ]

phase iii

[unathletic]

[ .......

Why is he being beckoned by this. He doesn't want to be beckoned by this. He's read enough manwha to know where this one ends, you just don't talk to anime girls in bloodied dresses, okay.

But there's nowhere for him to really go and walk away without it looking super awkward, and.. well, it does speak to some vague part of him deep down that can't help but worry about people all the time. So even though he makes sure to keep a few paces distance from her, he does frown. ]

.. Are you alright?

[ BECAUSE YOUR DRESS IS JUST. SOAKED. JUST SO YOU KNOW.

He doesn't like one bit of this. ]

phase ii;

[unpresidential]

[he doesn't really care much that she's talking to the reindeer, especially not when it seems to be annoying her. it's kind of stupid, sure... but a lot of things here are stupid.

he's not really interested in that, because nam soon is a little more concerned with the bloody trail. it doesn't look to him like she's hurt, but still. it's alarming!? he's been the guy covered in other people's blood before, he knows how it goes.]

...You're leaving a trail. Of blood, I mean. Someone's going to wind up worrying about it. [even if it's alarming, he doesn't sound overly concerned as he pipes up. it's more of just... an observation than anything else.]

phase iii;

[blacksong]

[Maybe another person would be concerned about all the blood, but not Zero! Mostly because being covered in blood is also a usual occurrence for her, so hey, who's she to ask?

She's more curious about the roller coaster anyways.]

Is that all that's bad about it? It's not like they're actually talking to you or something, is it?

iii

[topscores]

[Nice notices the girl covered in blood when she first gets off the ride, and after a quick assessment (and realizing that she's kind of cute), he realizes that she's pretty much fine.

She wouldn't be beckoning to him and speaking if she wasn't, anyway.]

Then clearly you've never been to America during the Christmas season.

[...Neither have you, Nice.]

iii

[alpako]

[ So much blood reminds her of a bad memory. Saya's just stares even as the other girl speaks to her...

And then, almost shouting, ]

Are you okay?!

ii!

[scenting]

[ have a girl nearby eating some sort of festival treat. like, rudolph the red donut or jingle bell fried dough. actually that last one. yes. she's sucking sugar off her thumb as she watches elcia talk to the reindeer and after a moment, decides to speak up. ]

Why are you talking to the robot? [ a beat ] Also, why are you covered in blood?

[ this is the beginning of... something. ]