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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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[sugarcoats]

Phase II

[Somehow, this entire park was built like some sort of twisted Circus show; all lights and cheer and things to see and do, but wrong. If someone was having a bad dream about an amusement park, it might be a little bit like this.

Running into the so-called fun house hadn't proven to be his best idea, either. What else was he supposed to do, though? He was sure that he had seen a Varuga in there, amongst the mirrors and the snow.

Whatever had been in there had moved and fought like one, and even though he had been able to summon his swords and put up his own fight, the lights clicking back on suddenly made it seem to be pointless. No Vargua, no nothing, but him staring back at himself and the unbroken mirrors.

Shaking his head and patting himself over to make sure there weren't any serious injuries beyond soreness and some minor scrapes, he exited the fun house.]

Jeeeez, what kind of twisted place does that, anyway? What if people tseriously, seriously hurt in there? It's not right!


Why o'clock

[Asking for information, directions, anything useful at all had proven futile, and the festive robot was clearly uninterested in doing anything but shoving a brightly wrapped gift box at Yogi and getting him out of the way.

Well, if he couldn't get any help, he didn't see why waiting to open the gift now was a bad idea. Who knows what it might contain; something dangerous or not, he didn't want to put off finding out.

He ripped the paper off and flipped the lid open, only to suddenly stand very, very still and peer into the box, color suffusing his face from the collar of his shirt to his hairline. No, no, that definitely wasn't a strangled scream he let out before slamming the lid back onto the box.

He just has to... find a trashcan to stuff the box in before anything else happens. This was the worst present ever.

Phase II

[littlestbaskerville]

[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!

[sugarcoats]

[Really, he should have been much more wary, but the strangeness of everything has left Yogi confused and not as sharp as he should be right now, despite everything.

The unexpected obstacle of a small child barreling into him makes him let out an oh of surprise before he is gasping and crouching down to hold out a hand towards the girl, unsure of if his assistance will be welcome or not.]

Ah, ahhh, I'm sososo sorry, I didn't see you there-- are you hurt? Do you need help?

Phase II

[sjokolade]

[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]

[sugarcoats]

[That's right, other people might not realize how dangerous it was in there. He couldn't just let someone wander in there without warning them.

As he talks, he alternately wrings his hands or gestures at the entrance to the attraction.]

There were-- I mean, I thought I saw um, some bad things, so I went in there to try and stop them, but then the lights went out and various things happened and I don't think it's safe for anyone to go in there at all. It's really dangerous!

Phase II

[candycoating]

[ Fun house? More like done house. He'd very nearly drawn his sword in there, and he's starting to become convinced he should never go back in any of these rides. What of the completely harmless carnival attractions back home? He was fairly sure there was nothing that locked you in a house with a beast that made you fear for your life. ]

Tell me about it. Is this what all of your festivals are like? If so, I want to book it back home real fast.

[sugarcoats]

[Yogi has seen and participated in more shows back home than he could count, and while he isn't sure if this man is talking about the kind of shows he's used to, or some other type of festival, he can't help but compare it to what he knows best.]

Circus would never put on a show like this, not ever. None of this is fun, it's just bad and scary and I don't see how anyone could think that this was a good time at all, you know? I really don't like it!

phase ii

[poised]

[Admittedly Natalia's not entirely sure what to make of everything herself - she's never been to a carnival quite like this before! It's all so.... bright and sparkly. Even the festivals of Kimlasca aren't nearly so.... in your face, for a lack of a better phrase.

Still though, overhearing someone complaining about this place being twisted or people getting hurt, she gets concerned. So she turns to Yogi and upon seeing his tussled state, approaches with a concerned tilt of her head.]

Excuse me sir, what happened? Are you hurt....? If you would allow me to see your injuries, I'm a trained healer....

[sugarcoats]

[It was nice to hear a friendly, concerned voice after that. Just because he was somewhere terrible didn't mean the people would be like that, of course.

He smiles, though it certainly falters when he hears the entire offer of help.]

I'm okay it's just-- wait, did you say you're a healer? Like... like a... doctor?

[Because he might be taking half a step back right now, just in case.]

why :)

[kicksilver]

[ While Yogi's looking for a trashcan, this boy decides to stop him in his search to hand him the same packaging as the present from the Santabot. Although it's already opened. WHO CARES. ]

Hey. It looks like you could use some cheer in your life. Take this!

you are the devil

[sugarcoats]

[It takes him a moment to realize what just happened, but Yogi starts to push both boxes back at him, shaking his head enthusiastically.]

No, no, I've got plenty of cheer, I really don't need these! You can have yours back, thank you anyway!

why o'clock because why...

[gareki]

[ There was a lot of commotion going on at the square when all of the robots had decided to gather there. They're handing out a bunch of presents to everyone, but Gareki decided not to bother with it. Considering all of the rides he bothered to visit, nothing can come good out of this.

The boy has yet to realize what a good choice he has made.

Catching sight of Yogi fumbling around with one of those boxes made him curious though. Just before the blond manages to toss his special gift into the trash, Gareki casually approaches and stops him from behind. ]

What are you doing?

screams into a pillow

[sugarcoats]

[Oh no not this, not now. Any other time, Yogi would be delighted to see Gareki, would be tearing up and telling him about the awful things happening and making sure that he was okay at the same time.

Right now though, it's all he can do not to panic and just shove the box into the trash as far as it will go. That would only make Gareki far too curious.

Careful not to tense up too much he, puts as much casualness into his voice as he can muster at the moment.]

Gar-- hi, I didn't see you uh, there-- I'm just throwing this away, it's just some garbage, you know? I got it by mistake, so I don't need to be carrying it around or anything like that.

why o'clock

[scaryintuition]

[Hide is just wandering by, minding his own business, when he hears a man nearby scream. He turns to look, just catching said man as he slams the lid down on the gift box. He reads panic in the man's posture. Panic and possible embarrassment? In any case, Hide is now curious to see what's in the box.]

Did Santa Bot not give you what you asked for?

[sugarcoats]

[Why couldn't it have been a present that was even a little bit on this side of normal to hand to strangers? He offers a smile that is trying very hard for relaxed and shakes his head.]

No, no, it didn't, not at all! I'm just-- I don't need this kind of thing, so even though it was a present, I think I'm just going to. Get rid of it as soon as possible. I'm sure the what was it called, the Santa Bot, will understand!

» WHY OH WHY

[emotive]

[Ai Thao hears someone screaming and whips around to see Yogi pushing the box into the trashcan.]

Oh, my goodness! Are you alright sir?!

[sugarcoats]

[Yogi whips around at the voice, hands held up like he is trying to prove his innocence over something. At least he didn't have to deal with the gift box anymore.]

I'm great! I'm fine, there's nothing wrong! Sorry, did I startle you?

Why?

[buildyourworld]

[ The thing about being tall, blonde and red in the face in public is that you're extremely visible to people around you. One of such people is Tieria, who witness the whole color changing face and the heard the strangled scream loud and clear because he's just a few steps away. Amused, he chuckles before pointing Yogi to the trashcan a couple of feet away from them.

You're welcome, stranger. ]

[sugarcoats]

[He really should've expected to be laughed at, but it was still just embarrassing enough for Yogi to duck his head slightly as he crammed the opened gift box into the trashcan as far as he could. Feeling a bit better, he turns and smiles at Tieria with a little laugh.]

Thank you, that helped! I really needed that! It's just that that wasn't a good gift and I didn't want to end up walking around with it all night or taking it with me. That would've been bad.

why not

[yooknowit]

[ The unsophisticated scream can catch anyone's attention. In this case, the curious Yoon... Don't worry, though!! Despite his youth, he's far more mature than some people will ever be. Sadly to Yogi, he has yet to find that out. So the curious youngster will now be staring intently at the older one...

He can't just scream like that, and not expect anyone to question it. ]

So, what's with that reaction?

[sugarcoats]

[It isn't as though Yogi isn't used to being looked at strangely by people younger than him, but he frowns a little at the box containing the horrible presents and stuffs it into a garbage can.]

I just saw something unexpected! Lots of people would be surprised and make noise when that happens, right? And then I decided that I really, really didn't want what the Santa robot was giving away. That's all it was!

WHY

[brbwalking]

Is that usually how you react to a present?

[ She's a little curious, admittedly. ]

[sugarcoats]

No, I lo-- oh! [He is just now noticing her ears, and while his first thought is post-human, he almost as quickly remembers that this isn't home and not everyone might look the same as he's used to. Don't stare, don't stare, just answer the question.]

Um, I mean, I love presents, what's not to like about them! But they're usually thoughtful and sweet and definitely not at all like this.

phase ii

[offstrings]

[already having gone through the house and experienced things she rather wouldn't have, she's more than willing to talk to somebody else in the same situtaion. where she would usually be a little skittish about approaching new people, there's always something about sharing an unpleasant experience that makes it easier to interact with others. with a small frown on her face, she tries to convey sympathy to him, given that he just went through what she did.]

Things like that... happen here a lot. It shouldn't be something you should be getting used to, but... that's kind of how it is, eventually.

why

[tofus]

[That present? That reaction?

Rise doesn't blame him, holding onto a box herself. She swallows hard when she catches his face, trying hard not to turn as red as he was. These presents are an embarrassment to the concept of presents.]

You too, huh? Come on, we need to find garbage around here to get rid of these.