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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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ota;

[millionth]

[phase iii

talk about deja vu. hiro hasn't seen any powerpoints outside of classrooms lately, but even as he tries to take in this weird one about blah blah blah the world ending — um, excuse him, but the world was just fine last time he looked around which was, like, a minute ago — and blah blah aliens — are aliens even real? 'cause it'd be cool if they were real (aside from the whole world-destroying part) — it's all strangely familiar. he chalks it up to his aunt's horror movies. fred's the one who'd dream about stuff like this, not hiro.

the only good thing about it is that baymax is with him the whole time, though he's not so helpful when hiro wants someone to pinch him to make sure this isn't a dream.

I cannot pinch you. That would cause you pain.

kind of the idea, there, buddy, but okay.

it's good for snowtron 5000 too, he guesses, since baymax is pretty happy to give the other robot a hug. hiro wasn't going to go on any rides at all, but come on come on, a free roller coaster? how much can a few minutes on one hurt?

he's definitely kicking himself for asking that question before long. flying santas?? with swords???? if you're on the roller coaster with him, he's sadly pretty useless for anything but ducking and pulling whoever's sitting next to him down too. hiro left baymax to wait near the ride and hurries to find him as he leaves it; once he's been looked over, you may find yourself approached by him and a giant balloon robot.]

Hello, I am Baymax. I was alerted to the need for medical attention. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain? [and from hiro:] You okay? That ride was kind of... [a cringe.] crazy.

[sjokolade]

[There were many things that Anna regretted and this was definitely one of them. Sure, she said, go on the roller coaster. Sure, go and have some fun, you never been on one before! Sure, it looked exciting and fun except for...you know, all the stuff that was trying to come and kill you!

Now that it was over, the only thing she could do was limp a little in pain from the injures she gotten from it. With cuts all over her arms, she winced with each step she took.]

Oowwww....who's bright idea was this anyway? [She mumbled to herself before she heard some squeaking noises nearby. What the...]

Uh....[Was all she could say as she stared at said giant balloon robot. Say something, Anna! Anything at all!] ....What?

[millionth]

Search me, [hiro says, frowning, answering a question not really aimed his way. he's even more glad than ever now that he has baymax with him; the robot was literally created for situations like these, and people need the help. he came out more or less unscathed, save one or two nicks on his hands and a lot of unruffling in general (but who can tell, maybe, given how messy his hair is anyway).]

I will scan you now.

[as baymax does that, hiro points a thumb at him and says by way of explanation:] He can help you out. He was designed to deal with injuries.

[psycholawgy]

I'm... fine?

[ He tells both Hiro and the giant. Talking thing. She looked absolutely dissatisfied when she got off the ride, and now she just looks like a total mess because her giant hair ribbon looks like it's been eaten by gnats. It doesn't even look like a ribbon at all. At least that was the only one—apart from her blazer—that got ripped. It's mostly her hair, though. The consequences of giant hair! And she hasn't even noticed it. ]

And crazy is right.

[ But now her attention is focused on Baymax. He doesn't even answer him, but instead, just pokes at his tummy. This... this is pretty interesting. ]

Hi? What are you?

[millionth]

[hiro's in pretty similar shape. the beauty of messy anime hair is that it's hard to tell when it's been messed up even more!]

I am a robot, [baymax answers. hiro goes on:] Think of him as a robotic nurse. If you're hurt, he can help you feel better.

[stagewright]

My hat has a pain scale of 10! [ Trucy, that's...not at all what was asked. She does recognize Hiro, but she's hardly focused on that, instead holding up the blue silk top hat. Which indeed is missing the top half of it...whoops.

...her arm is also bleeding but she is apparently ignoring that in favor of her poor dear departed hat. ]

Look at it! It's completely ruined!

[millionth]

[hiro — does a double take. talk about deja vu, for real, even though he's pretty sure he'd remember if he ever met a girl dressed like this around san fransokyo. then again, maybe not — styles can be pretty weird.

baymax blinks, then announces:] I will scan you now. [after a beat:] There is a laceration on your right arm. I recommend a topical antibiotic and a bandage.

[and baymax moves to approach her so he can spray that wound!!!]

[remainingtwin]

[She crouches by the exit, arms resting on her knees and her head resting on top of that. She just wants to go home, is that too much to ask for? A few deep breaths to try and calm herself--there's nothing that can come from having a full-blown freak out in the middle of an amusement park, she keeps telling herself, but it doesn't stop the startled yelp when she's suddenly addressed.

She topples backwards and sits heavily, frowning at Baymax and Hiro. There's an ugly set of bruises around her throat, but it doesn't look like it came from the ride, though the cut at her shoulder probably did.]

I'm-- Fine? I guess. As fine as anyone can be after that. [And then she sends Baymax a wary, confused look. what the hell is that.] What's a Baymax?

[millionth]

[hiro frowns, crouching so they're closer to eye level. he's not really tall enough to have been looming over her or anything — like certain robots are, maybe — but it feels more natural, less awkward.]

Baymax, [he says, eyebrows quirking] is a personal healthcare companion. He can probably do something about those wounds.

[hiro shrugs in the direction of her throat and shoulder, though especially the latter — seems like an easier fix.]

I will scan you now.

[littlestbaskerville]

[Not sure what a roller coaster is, Lily approaches the ride only to find the weird balloon thing. A little in awe of it, she's ready to go touch it when she sees the boy getting off the ride. Then they come towards her, well that worked out!

Excited, she bounces in place.]

What's that?

[millionth]

[the boy looks a little worse for the wear, but mostly just kind of frazzled and ruffled. he turns with some surprise when he hears her speak up, but almost has to laugh at her reaction.]

He's Baymax. He's a robot.

[spiritpearls]

I'm not in pain, maybe just traumatized... [ She is bleeding from a couple of cuts, but she's too shocked to really feel the sting. ]

It really was! I didn't know big roller coasters would be so... violent! They should have had a warning sign up.

[ She's sticking to kiddie rides forever now, holy crap. ]

[carptricks]

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?

[ukakus]

[There are a lot of things Touka regrets. Like, say, getting on that deathtrap of a roller coaster. Maybe she even regrets sitting next to this kid, if she happened to be Hiro's unlucky roller coaster buddy. Which would mean she was equally as useless, because it's not like there was much to do beside ducking, screeching expletives and pulling the person next to her down. Whoops.

For some reason, though, even if her clothes have been ruined and she looks just about to commit manslaughter, she's completely unharmed. And that's totally odd, because from the look of her right sleeve she should have a nice gash on her upper arm. Huh.

Oh, well. She raises both eyebrows when she's approached by them, staring at the giant balloon thing like she's half expecting it to go haywire like everything else here.]

I'm... fine, so I don't need any medical attention. Thank you. [Said as politely as possible, even though she's pretty ticked off. Ugh.] What about you, kid? You okay?

[axilium]

[The balloon robot is not, in fact, all that strange to him, because hey, robots come in weird shapes where he's from too (and talk as well, for that matter).

Belph wasn't really any better on the rollercoaster, and now that it's over, he's looking a bit disheveled, though at least not seriously harmed.]

... Well, that's one way to describe it. I'm feeling more and more enlightened to the holidays of this place by the moment.

[Conclusion so far: 'Christmas' is really weird.]

[harepiece]

I'm all right! [AND HE IS miraculously, because he came into this amusement park more ready for death than a normal person probably should be. It's what happens when you end up stuck in one that specifically caters to murder for a week...

So on the ride itself, he had been pretty good about ducking and dodging and keeping everyone nearby as safe as possible, but it seems he's had similar thoughts and has been scouting out the area for anyone else on the ride. At the very least, he didn't notice anyone being left behind once it was over... SMALL MIRACLES.]

Are you? And, um— [Glancing up and up at BAYMAX. He's pretty sure he would have remembered seeing something like this on the ride...] ...Your friend? I don't need medical attention either, but thanks! You might want to be careful if you decide to go on anything else, though. That ride probably wasn't a fluke.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . oh, he recognizes this kid. Admittedly Tenka's looking really unruffled from the ride, but that should come as no surprise. He's pretty used to fighting robots by now, even though he does feel bad every time he has to tear them apart but that's his bleeding heart talking.]

Oh, hey you're--

[Then Baymax talks and Tenka blinks before grinning easily, deciding in record time that this robot is a good robot.]

About a 1, big guy! I'm pretty untouched. Thanks for asking. You okay? [And he turns to Hiro and ruffles his hair.] Didn't know you were on the ride, buddy. My bad.

[bakudanma]

_{[ That was certainly something, but thankfully it's over. Katsura has been here for weeks, but he hasn't seen anything that odd before. He's not sure what was more awful; seeing a children's tale turned so violent or the whiplash at this rate. ]}

Fu hahahaaa. Child's play. I could easily take the Santa-dono down in an instant.

_{[ He appears unscathed, but once he is approached by a giant balloon and a kid to boot, he looks them over up and down before slowly taking a bite of the snowcone he was given. ]}

Nonsense. A samurai doesn't measure pain in increments. He feels nothing as long as his soul is strong.
_{[ just as he says that, blood drips from several cuts on his face, through his clothes too.. ]}

They hardly touched me.
_{[ there was additional blood coming out of his nose. how?? why. ]}

[immobileyes]

[ Is she okay? Mary normally loves rollercoasters, had made sure to follow Seto's once-stated instructions to use her ribbon to gather her hair back in a low ponytail so it wouldn't get in the way, but she hadn't expected killer robots.

Hence why she's nursing a bleeding shoulder, where the fabric on her dress has been ripped, and at the sight of a GIANT BALLOON ROBOT APPROACHING HER, she shrinks back instinctively. ]

Um--

ota;

[ruby_roses]

[Ruby was actually doing okay. She couldn't get to Crescent Rose because of the way they were strapped in, but she'd been punching any of the robots that got in range of her fists... with the robots giving zero reaction to her pathetic punches. That was until Hiro had tried to get her to duck, where she informed him she was fine... only to get hit in the forehead with one of the swords. However, there wasn't even a mark on her afterward. When Baymax approached she went a little wide-eyed, rubbing her forehead slightly.]

Uh... 1, I guess? It was just a little bump really. [Sword to face, Ruby. Sword to face.]

It wasn't that crazy, for this place actually...

[Excuse her, Hiro, she's just going to kind of... poke at Baymax for a bit looking like a kid in a candy store.]

[allthreefourths]

[ haah. fortunately hiccup's avoided riding any metal death traps today. see, he listened to that little voice in his head that usually went "maybe not" that he usually avoided listening to. things set up by CERES were always so odd, and that mixed with toothless's slight disapproval?

... well. needless to say, he could deal with flying on toothless being the only 150 mph experience he's gotten in his life. especially with the state of people leaving the ride, and he finds the confirmation of his good decision staring him right in the face. he is amongst the crowd leaving, however--him and his dragon--as they look over the people, hoping to see people from home, to help anyone who seemed too hurt... so perhaps it's easy to think they're one of the few who've gotten out without a scratch.

when the marshmallow and boy approach, hiccup is left looking up and toothless is tilting his head in confusion. ]

Uh. Hi. There's-- probably other people you can ask. [ he answers, though he's. not entirely sure what's going on.

at least hiro is less of a point of confusion, and hiccup offers him a glance. toothless, on the other hand, is still entirely on the marshmallow, wings slightly raised in curiosity. ] And Iii wouldn't know about the crazy. He [ a gesture of the head towards toothless ] wasn't too fond of it, so I decided to pass on the... metal death trap, apparently.

[ good ideas.

... and glancing right back to baymax. ]

[eggcream]

[Now, Souda isn't anyone who actually rode the roller coaster, he's too much of a weenie for that, but he does notice Hiro and the big balloon robot, and curiosity gets him to mosey on over with his face lighting up the closer he is to Baymax.]

Woah, what kind of robot is this? D-do you mind if I check it out?!

[topscores]

[He wasn't really expecting something like that, and he is sporting a little bit of a scratch when he gets out of the ride. When Baymax starts talking to him, Nice just...stares...before answering.]

One.

[He's fine, really. There might not be a whole lot he can do but he can slap another bandage on himself at least.

But when Hiro speaks up, he looks down at him.]

There's a lot of crazy things here. I guess you'll have to get used to it.

[tofus]

[Rise is never going on a roller coaster ever again. Never ever, ever.

She looks like a disaster once she's out of the ride, at least in terms of her hair do. It's frizzy, tangled and she swears one of the robots cut a little bit off at the end. But at least they both came out of it alive. Barely. The most she got was a small cut on her arm.]

Crazy's kind of an understatement, dontcha think? [There's a kind of nervous laughter and an exhausted sigh. Man, that was more stress than she needed right now.] This sort of thing shouldn't even be running! Someone should shut it down.

[When she finally notices that Baymax could be with him, she glances over at the big plushy robot.] What is this?

[swimpai]

((Ai remembers staring at the large, pillow like robot as he stood in line for the roller coater and staring with a bit of fascination. He knew Cerealia had some pretty crazy stuff in it, so it isn't like Baymax is weird, he's just... kind of cute? Although, in the crowds of people, Ai never identifies who the robot belongs to before being ushured toward his seat.

Post Flying, Sword flinging santa.... It's probably good that Hiro and Baymax stop by!! Because Ai, now with clothes so shreaded you'd think something went wrong while trying to look punk, is staring lifelessly into the crowds of people wondering what went wrong. It wasn't like this the first time he saw the newbies get introduce... It wasn't... It was just puppies. Scary wolves are puppies... and santa is....))

Heh? ((Cool air puffs out as he tries to respond to whoever is talking to him, cold eyes turning to stare for a moment. But in a moment, they're alive again, looking between the two with darting glances, dazzled.)) Ah!! It's you! ((He's talking at the robot a moment, then looks at Hiro.)) Ah... Is he yours?