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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!!!

Comments

[punchesyu]

[What a way to welcome Yosuke to this new world by telling him that all his family and friends are dead, putting him on a bus and forcing him to go to an amusement park. Oh, he's really happy right now.

You better believe he is backing away from that snowman.]

Phase I: The Ferris Wheel

[He figured he'd go on this ride so he could sit and really absorb what's going on. You know, because it's a lot to swallow and it's just a little too much for him to handle without freaking out. Feel free to talk to him before the lights go out, but when they do-]

What the hell is going on?????!!!!! Somebody get me outta here!

[HE'S SERIOUSLY THINKING OF CALLING HIS PERSONA BUT IT'S SO SMALL IN HERE....]

Phase II: The Fun House

[Okay, that had to of been just his imagination or something going wild on him on the ferris wheel, right? This one can't be so bad. But when danger strikes, this time he is calling his persona, as a reflex- and a huge giant of a monster stands next to him when the lights snap on.]

Phase IV: The Whirl Ride

[The planets are awesome. The fact that the ride might be broken is freaky. But, he has never screamed like this in his entire life. There is a giant spider and it's going to eat him. And with his luck, of course it bites him. Of course it does. Feel free to be on the ride with him when it happens.

But afterward? He feels weird, he looks a little weird, like he's not feeling all that great. Or just different. Until he orders half the menu at the food stand, or suddenly he's freaking out and screaming because he's just discovered he can walk up walls.

And don't worry, he won't hesitate to hit on any girls that happen to really smell nice...]

Wildcard:

I wrote out some prompts but if you have an idea for anything else or any of the prompts I didn't use, please feel free to hit me with it!

IV for hilarity...

[invoker]

[ It's a carnival and Mitsuru's been here long enough to not trust anything that happens here outright, so she's currently patrolling around the area, looking for anyone who looks too out of it to take care of themselves or alternatively, look like they need help getting away from a robot.

So she approaches Yosuke, a kind smile on her face. ]

Are you alright? If you're feeling ill I can take you to a clinic.

omg yes

[punchesyu]

[Wow this girl. Wow. She's wow. His eyes blink a few times, and tries to play it cool.]

Ill? Oh, no, I'm fine! You know, just got off of one of those rides and trying to adjust to not spinning around in circles like that-!

[He's totally blowing it and he's not a good liar]

[invoker]

[ That gets her to tilt her head slightly, but not once does she lose any of her composure nor her smile. ]

I see. So you are alright then. Very well. Are you new here to Cerealia?

Phase II

[aerialassault]

[What the hell?

Cliff spat on the ground when the lights came back as abruptly as they had went out, and stared at the discordant peace of the fun house with wild eyes. Wiping his mouth with a bloodied hand, he stared dumbfounded at everything. Nothing was broken, there was no trace of of any kind of scuffle around them...

Apparently, he had to have punched the floor or something. This was too unreal.]

Yo, [he said, dragging himself up to his feet.] Is everyone all--

[Full stop. Cliff stared at the giant monster that was standing next to the teen, and for a moment briefly wondered if this was a new kind of Proclaimer or something. But the design was too different, it was--]

What. The. Hell.

[punchesyu]

[Yosuke is holding his stomach, in pain and really, really pissed off. He doesn't know what the hell that was but it was fast and even Susano-o couldn't stop it. He stands ready for another assault, but it's not coming, not that the lights are on.]

[Shaking, he looks over to Cliff, breathing hard.]

Yeah, I'm fine, but- [Looks to Susano-o] oh....crap.

[Millions of questions now that the fight is over how did he call his persona and shit it's still out for people to see]

[aerialassault]

Yeah...'crap.'

[Cracking his knuckles to loosen the tight joints, Cliff sighed and tore his gaze from the 'monster'. Instead he leveled it on the otherwise inconspicuous teen.

If not for this thing, Cliff would have never given the kid a second thought.]

I'm assuming you know what that thing is, right? 'cause I sure as hell don't.

Phase one.

[faithfulflame]

[Rei jumps at the sound of Yosuke's screams. She was a little unnerved herself, but she wasn't to the point of yelling in a confined space.]

Hey! Stop screaming, Yosuke-kun! It's not going to do any good to get all worked up about the power going out.

[punchesyu]

D-D-Dude, don't you feel that creepy breathing on you?

[He's purposely trying to move himself away from it but it's not going away!]

[faithfulflame]

I...do...N-[She's about to say she doesn't but then...oh! She feels something brush against her neck.]

ahhh! W-What?! Something just touched my neck!

phase i;

[axilium]

[Ow, his ears.

Belph, on the other hand, while getting increasingly unnerved, is doing his best to remain calm.]

Feel free to try and get out, if you feel like falling to your death.

[punchesyu]

Don't say ominous stuff like that!

[Did the seat just writhe underneath him? He looks down in the blackness, wishing so much that he could just see what's going on.]

[axilium]

What? It's true.

[He'll just stand up to get away from the seat, though.]

... I'm guessing you don't have a light handy.

phase ii

[arcanaofdeath]

[Pharos didn't expect to experience... this when he stepped into the Fun House. And Yosuke clearly didn't either and as his Persona floats next to him, Pharos eyes track it from several feet away.

He doesn't look scared but rather fascinated, a small smile curled around his lips.]

Were you that worried?

OH forgot to mention it's Susano-o, not Jiraiya

[punchesyu]

[Grasping his arm, where that thing had grabbed him and knocked him back, he looks up in pain to see if anything else was coming out of the shattering mirrors to attack them. But there's nothing, and he's confused. He's not totally buying it, that the monster is gone, but the small boy's voice cuts through his thoughts and he looks over, shocked.]

Yes, I was that- hey! That thing didn't hurt you did it? [Wait for it the fact that his persona is still out will hit him soon]

Phase 2

[ruby_roses]

[When the lights come back on, Yosuke may see a tiny girl with a massive scythe in her hands looking around like she's about to shoot something. For Ruby this one was a little too close to home. She doesn't see him immediately, but she's not lowering her weapon for the moment.]

[punchesyu]

Woah...Ruby...

[She wasn't kidding about the monster fighting thing. He kinda forgets about Susano-o for the moment.]

You...you look awesome!

Phase i

[littlestbaskerville]

[Lily's excited as she bounces in the seat of the car. For a moment she looks at the man with her before she smiles brightly.]

This is neat!

[...then the lights go off and he screams. Never one to handle darkness and freaking out well herself, she panics with Yosuke.]

Ahhhh! What's happening?!

[punchesyu]

Something super gross just slid past my arm!

[He doesn't know what it is but it's REALLY FREAKING HIM OUT]

Wildcard

[sjokolade]

[At this point, Anna wasn't even sure why she bothered to go toward the roller coaster. After that disaster of a funhouse, she thought that it would be so bad! Sadly, that wasn't the case.

Now that she was standing near the ride with cuts on her arms and with her hair all over the place, it was a miracle she was still alive!]

Are all roller coasters like this?! What in the world is this festival's problem?! [Someone's not a happy camper]

[punchesyu]

[He too, really needed to get outta the funhouse, having been subjected to its terrors as well. He's not looking too good himself, and spots Anna. Oh wow.]

Dude, what happened to you? [He looks beat up but he's not bleeding.]

phase 2

[unevoke]

[Things Shinji will understand: why the hell a fun house is called a fun house. There's absolutely nothing fun about crappy decorations and cheap scares all in the name of entertainment. Sheesh.

This place seems to have done at least a little better in the decorations department—as well as the scares. There's glass shattering, lights flickering off, and he's tensing and curling his hands into fists only for the lights to come back on and for him to see something that looks an awful lot like—]

—A Persona?

[punchesyu]

[His fists are balled, pissed off that whatever that thing was caught him off guard like that. He'd barely had time to call up Susano-o before it hit him again, and then the lights snap on.]

Where'd it go? [He looks around, but doesn't see the thing that hurtled him to the ground a few times. But he sure does hurt.]

Ah...holy crap! Uh! Wait, hold on a second, what did you call it? [Did he hear this guy right? He called it a persona, right?]

II

[sewayaku]

[ well, that was alarming. Zara was all ready to try and protect the people in the funhouse with him against whatever the hell is in here with them - wolves, monsters, ghosts, maybe? - but the lights suddenly flicker back on, singing reindeer and all, with no monsters in sight.

Except that huge one right there. ]

-- Stay back! [ pointing his sword at the disco frog persona now. ]

CRAP I KEEP FORGETTING he's end of p4 so it's susano-o I'M SORRY ;;

[punchesyu]

Huh? [Oh no this dude is going to pick a fight with his persona um crap crap crap]

Wait! No, it's cool, he's with me! [UH ADMITTING TO THAT IS WEIRD but not as weird as being in the TV so????]