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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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[impheired]

Getting off the bus:
[Could this day get any fucking worse? Kuzuryuu would like to think it can't, but his luck has always proven otherwise so it probably will. But really, to go from all that bullshit back home, to ViVid, to a goddamn powerpoint of all things, to this? A theme park? Somebody out there has it out for him, he's sure of it. So when he gets off the bus, it's with a look of disgust on his face. One that all but screams "oh hell no."]

[And then he tries to immediately turn around and leave, only to be stopped by one of the Snowtron 5000s.]

Fuck off, scrapheap! [Okay but consider this: hugs. Hugs are what it was built for and clearly he's in dire need of them.] What? No! No, don't you fucking touch me! [Did he just pull a knife out to try and threaten a robot, he sure did. Because that's totally going to get a mechanical being to respect his personal bubble.]

Phase III
[Maybe if he rides a ride, the stupid robots will let him leave? Maybe that's the trick. And as much as he hates theme parks, roller coasters are at least tolerable. Even Monokuma's stupid theme park hadn't managed to ruin those for him. (now funhouses, on the other hand...) So, somewhat begrudgingly, he gets on the ride. He even manages to enjoy himself a little bit at first, in spite of himself. Then the rollercoaster stops and he suddenly regrets his choice in ride quite a bit. Because this is just evoking all kinds of traumatic flashbacks that he didn't need today.]

[By the time he gets off the ride, wiping blood off his left cheek from a shallow cut sustained from ducking a hair too slow. A sane person would probably start looking for a band-aid after that but apparently this kid is too badass for that.]

Th-the fuck are they trying to pull with something like that!? [Hey you, yeah, you, you were on the ride with him, right? Want to commiserate about it?]

Make your own adventure:
[After the great rollercoaster debacle, Kuzuryuu figures it's probably best to avoid the rides. He can be found either walking around, attempting to leave and probably being stopped by robots again, or, most likely, sitting on a bench somewhere with an offended scowl. Feel free to bug him, maybe try and drag him on one of the rides? Who knows.]

phase iii

[stagewright]

They cut off my hat! [ Trucy is totally up for commiserating. Congratulations, Kuzuryuu, you have found a girl a little shorter than you who seems to be indicating her blue silk top hat. ] Or they cut off the top bit.

[ A pause, and then she continues with clear frustration: ]

But the top is the best bit! How can it be a top hat without the top?! [ She's apparently not remotely concerned about the cut on her arm, the hat is the important thing. It's not that she's too badass for medical attention, she's just way, way too focused on her poor departed hat. ]

[impheired]

[Someone shorter than him, amazing. The first amazing thing to happen today, really. He gives both Trucy and her hat a someone off-guardedly baffled look. And weirdly enough, it's not even about her skewed priorities.]

...how did you not manage to lose the damn thing before it got to that point?

[WHO WEARS A HAT ON A ROLLERCOASTER? Really, you were just asking for trouble there, Trucy.]

the last one.....

[particularity]

[There is only one person Hinata knows who's short and yet walks around in that kind of suit and with that kind of... posture. Kuzuryuu might not even see him at first, given Hinata spots him walking through the park from behind, recognising the hair and everything and just kinda staring as he does whenever he sees anyone he recognises.

And he wonders when he'll be from this time around-- he thinks he can see the string of his eyepatch though, maybe he'll be as Sonia was--]

Kuzuryuu! [He'll call out, speeding his steps and no he doesn't look shaky, relieved, don't know what you're talking about except he completely does and--

Pekoyama's gonna be so happy to see you.]

.

[impheired]

[That voice had better not be some stupid robot playing tricks on him. That had better be the real, honest to god Hajime Hinata or heads are going to roll. When the shorter boy turns around, Hinata will find that he's not mistaken: he definitely saw an eyepatch string from behind. Because there's a whole eyepatch to go with it. Also a small, fresh cut under his left eye that definitely wasn't there the last time Hinata saw him but doesn't appear to be anything serious. He...he still didn't even attempt to find a bandage for that. Amazing.]

Hinata! [Finally. Finally something went right today. No he doesn't look happy and relieved to see you, you're clearly seeing things. It's all in your head. He's still as scowly as he was a second ago.] Where the fuck were you hiding on that stupid bus, huh?

[What do you mean people were here before him? This possibility has not quite occurred to him yet.]

let's make that adventure

[bozu]

[Can he nervously stare at him from behind one of the food stalls, instead? Because that's definitely what he's opting to do, after recognizing Kuzuryuu's voice in all that ruckus.

On one hand - it's one of his classmates! One of his classmates would be hundreds of times more comforting to hang out with than any of the strangers around.
On the other hand, it's Kuzuryuu. He'd probably lose a finger if he said anything wrong, and boy does he say things wrong all the time.

Plus, y'know, the whole party thing that happened. That's probably grounds for losing an arm or something. And he kinda needs those.

... After a moment, though, he'll walk up to Kuzuryuu on the bench, holding two things of cotton candy; one for himself, and one for his... friend???? Maybe??]

W-well, now! I had no idea you were here, too!

[And offering that cotton candy! It's a white one, like it's supposed to be peppermint or something. Y'know, Christmas and stuff.]

It's always nice to have someone around to share new experiences with, though; wouldn't you say?

1/2

[impheired]

[You really should have just walked away, Hanamura. You should have gone with the second hand of it's Kuzuryuu and just slowly walked away before he had the chance to notice you.]

[Kuzuryuu looks up from his bout of ground scowling, only to have that look be replaced with one of shock instead. How about that eyepatch, Hanamura? That's definitely different from the last time you saw him. Just what the hell happened on hellmurder island after you left?]

Hanamura?!

2/2

[impheired]

[WHAT? HOW? YOU'RE-- oh wait. If everyone is just data, he guesses he shouldn't be all that surprised by this turn of events. Of course the coma kids could be brought here too...]

[That doesn't mean he's happy to see you though. It's right back to scowling because of all the people. So that disgusted look is back in an instant.]

If that "someone" is you, then the answer is no. [And definitely not if it involves sweets, that cotton candy had better not be for him.]

How about that last option there yes.

[hamham]

[He'd been doing a fair amount of wandering himself, sort of edging outside of the crowds as best as possible and maybe trying to figure out how to leave, but this kind of stops when one of his hamsters squirms from his scarf and takes off across one of the walk ways. And of course the man is going to follow in a slight panic, because how many people are actually going to watch out for little rodents when they're walking in a theme park?

But it's okay, little Maga-Z makes it to Kuzuryuu in one piece, crawling up the bench and making his way to sit on his leg. Because hello there friend! Gundam seems pretty lost and could probably use your company!]

Maga-Z! Maga-Z where did you--

[Oh. That sure is a classmate that he never thought he'd see again his hamster is sitting with. Hi Kuzuryuu.

He's very confused.]

makes own youthful adventure - 1/2

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee is jogging through the amusement park, but he comes to the stop when he sees someone sitting on the bench.

He stares at the one-eyed boy for the moment because he looks familiar. So, so familiar. He was told about this boy before...

And finally, it clicks.]

adventureeee

[spiritpearls]

[ The rides are dangerous and awful, true fact. But that doesn't mean that the themepark is a total loss, at least there's refreshments. Pearl has a fluff of candy cane cotton candy on a stick when she sits down next to this clearly friendly blonde guy.

It actually takes her a moment to realize her fellow bench-sitter is scowling. Maybe he's having a bad time...? Pearl gives him a bright smile. ]

Did you get stuck on any of those rides...? I know they sure weren't what I was expecting!

[ because they were all worth scowling over what a nightmare ]

bus...

[deontology]

[Sousei is not pleased by this at all. He did not want to be ushered onto a bus today. He did not want to be shoved into an amusement park!! Why are there so many lights? Why are there such huggy robots?

Why is there a really familiar looking kid threatening a robot with a knife?

Sousei blinks, very shortly surprised, and then he steps forward. He did tell Peko, after all, that he would protect her young master if he ever showed up, and here he is.]

That will not accomplish what you want.

[Robots and knives, not so good, he's realized. It's why Sousei doesn't even bother to unsheathe his sword before smacking the robot away with a satisfying clang.]

Blunt damage tends to take them longer to recover from.

[~the more you know~]

Phase III

[troubadear]

[Maribelle rushes off the rollercoaster herself, her hair a mess as one of her ribbons had been sliced to bits and her parasol gripped like a baseball bat. She may have been using it to try to deflect the swords.]

They- Are they attempting to have us killed?! [Too shocked to even be horrified by the cursing for the moment!!]

[unluckless]

[Somehow a tiny eye-patched yakuza threatening a hugging snowman with a knife isn't even the strangest thing he's seen today.

At all.

Another classmate. It's like a reunion. There's a smile on his face, vaguely more subdued than it once would have been, knowing the truth about his classmates these days. And himself. But hey at least he's come around to consider the whole "let's kill us all" bit as a mistake. Hinata has really had a good effect on him.]

Aaah Kuzuryuu-kun, they're a little more tenacious than that unfortunately. If you don't want their attention, it's better to direct it elsewhere.

[Find a sacrificial hug victim. Also hello.]

Adventure of course!!

[ineptus]

[Man aside from all the dangerous stuff this place isn't so bad. The hugging snowmen are cute as all get out, and the food is amazing! Well, subpar, but who knew that these kinds of delicious Christmas-y concoctions existed! So it's no surprise to see her wandering around with four sticks of peppermint cotton candy in hand with her pig in toe.

What is surprising, to her at least, is seeing this short kid wandering around in a suit. Because who wears suits to amusement parks?

...wait. Suit. And eyepatch?

Hey there, Kuzuryuu, you've got a little girl running up you excitedly.]

Hey! Hey hey hey! How old are you?

[Don't be too offended by that question...it's hard to tell, and she doesn't want to get anything wrong.]

phase iii;

[flaredo]

[ Yeah, sure she was, and she totally punched a robot's head off, but he didn't see that (maybe). Thankfully, her hair is intact, or the entire ride might have gone down in flames. Quite literally. ]

Weeell... pulling the plug on our lives, maybe?

phase iii!

[harepiece]

[No one's too badass for a frilly Victorian handkerchief, right?? Because THAT'S WHAT OZ IS HOLDING OUT for Kazoo to take...]

Here! You're bleeding... [Oz, on the other hand, seems perfectly fine. A FLUKE, PERHAPS.]

Try not to get on any more rides if you can help it. They're all going to be like that, I think.

byob

[souredsweet]

[GUESS WHO ELSE NOTICES AND RECOGNIZES KUZURYUU?? Yeah it's this punk right here, who spots The Bench Dweller as he sits scowling the night away... Kaoru can't just walk by!

So, cautiously approaching:]

Are you all right, sir? This carnival hasn't been very kind to the people here... [Maybe he went on the spinning ride and got sick?? Or maybe his face is just stuck like that...]

adventure time!

[arcanaofdeath]

[Hello Mister grumpy face sitting on a bench. You look like you've just bitten down on a slice of lemon. Or lime. Whatever made Kuzuryuu's face twist more.

Pharos will be standing behind the bench, one elbow propped up on the back of the bench, chin resting on his hand. He studies Kuzuryuu from the side for a few seconds before--]

Good evening.

first prompt!

[unathletic]

[ There's something oddly familiar about this guy and he isn't sure why. He doesn't really recall seeing the face in person before, but there's something about the yelling that's just.. like he's heard of this before..

(From Peko's descrption, but he doesn't realise that right away.)

Still, the yelling catches his attention enough since he's seen these types of punk a lot in life, even if it doesn't always come with a knife. But Heung Soo's not terribly worried about that or afraid, so he just approaches clamly. ]

Yelling at it isn't going to help anything.

were making our own adventure arent you excited

[eggcream]

[After winning a carnival game, the one with the hammer that people use to test their strength, Souda's nonchalantly walking around with a giant stuffed reindeer under one arm and a snowcone in the other. And that's when he spots his good friend Kuzuryuu, sitting on a bench looking ever so done with the world.

Now, the two aren't on fantastic terms but Kuzuryuu lived through everything with him... and he wasn't completely heartless like Souda first thought when they met in the beginning... so, you know what? He's gonna come over and try to cheer him up!

By shoving the giant reindeer in his face.]

Here. [A guy giving another guy the prize he won at a carnival is kind of... but it's okay, they're friends..]

i choose my own fate

[allthreefourths]

[ and in true hi-im-hiccup-and-im-late fashion, of course he'd notice the guy he told peko he'd watch out for after she's already been alerted. not that he knows that, of course. so while hiccup might be noticeable to kuzuryuu due to the large black dragon currently following him, the short mobster sitting on the bench is very distinct to hiccup for very different reasons.

so, of course, he pauses his walking. and, in the interest of not being creepy, he approaches when it clicks (toothless as well). yes, that was... kuzuryuu looks different, a bit, but it certainly was him, wasn't it? ]

So... What do you know about nine-headed dragons?

[ #nicenormalgreetings. ]

III but i'll avoid bringing up peko 4 u

[sewayaku]

[ poor Zara just came distressingly close to losing his ears (for the second time, he thinks dryly) and is wondering if the bizarre sense of danger permeating every "ride" is normal for this sort of festival. They don't have this technology in his world, but his gut is telling him that no, it's not. Mostly due to the fact that most things supposed to be "fun" don't involve swinging blades and bleeding for those involved. Or going that fast.

He's got one hand on his head gingerly touching the aforementioned ears as if to make certain they are still here when he's addressed; the best answer he can give is a sigh and a shrug. ]

I couldn't tell you. I assume that ride isn't supposed to be a death trap? [ someone sounds done with all this. His attention is quickly drawn to the injury on Kuzuryuu's face, however. ] You're bleeding.

incoming adventure time with aniki

[sunshrouded]

[The thing is that Tenka has heard about Kuzuryuu.... but he hasn't quite gotten a physical description of him. That's a little awkward, isn't it? So he's wandering around completely unawares, fanning himself with a rather elaborate metal fan, and otherwise looking entirely the part of a civilian. Hell, it's even hard to tell that his fan is metal unless you get closer.

But the thing is that even though he doesn't realize that Kuzuryuu is looking for Peko, Tenka's still looking for.... someone else. So he wanders up to the young man and tilts his head.]

Yo friend, [what a familiar greeting for a stranger] wouldn't suppose you've seen a guy about my height, long brown hair, probably looking just as unhappy to be here as you are?

[Ah and he adds when he realizes that he's seen a lot of new faces-] Oh and if you're new here, ask all your questions. I've been here a while and let me tell you that I've seen some shit.

off the bus

[mywayofhelping]

[A man with long blue hair and a half-mask is watching from not too far nearby. By luck or otherwise, the robots don't seem to be bothering him right now. He seems a bit amused at the scene before him, however.]

If you're so averse to contact, perhaps you would do better to avoid it?