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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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[buildyourworld]

[ What hug? He barely tolerates physical affection from the Ptolemy crew that he trusts his life with, there's no way he'll let a robot belonging to an unknown entity touch him. After a few short attempts at pestering him, the Snowtron 5000 gets a kick that send it zooming away. But because Tieria is too annoyed from being kidnapped, forced into a bus and then pestered relentlessly, he hasn't been looking where he kicks the robot to. Perhaps you're lucky enough to avoid it or if you're the unlucky one, watch out for the Snowtron 5000 heading right at you! ]

[ bonus ]

[ Tieria is one of those few who refuses to get on any rides or whatever it is they offer in an amusement park simply because 1) he's just not interested and 2) he's not about to give anyone the chance to attack him in an unfamiliar place. He doesn't trust CERES or their useless Powerpoint presentation, much less anything free from them. So when the santa bot asked him what he wants for Christmas, he tells it to scram instead. Which really doesn't stop the bot from shoving a present into his hands.

Not waiting to get home or wherever it is he'll be staying temporarily before opening it, all he does is stare at the offensive presents. Really? Sex toys? The fact that recognizes them at all is thanks to having a very clingy and annoying twin, but that doesn't stop Tieria from wanting to shoot that santa bot. With an annoyed huffs, he's heading straight to the nearest trash can so he can put the presents where they belong. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ Snowtron 5000 is indeed zooming straight at her, but she manages to punch it in the face before it lands or anything. Which is why it stops in midair for a couple milliseconds before landing flat on the ground.

Then she realises what she just did. THIS IS THE THIRD ROBOT SHE'S PUT HARM UPON SINCE SHE GOT HERE. And she just gasps in shock. ]

Oh no! Not again! Why was it flying towards me, anyway?!

[buildyourworld]

[ He's about to walk away when he witnesses that robot punching moment and promptly abandons his escape plan. A little annoyed with himself for causing unnecessary problem for others, he's also surprised at the girl's strength. Though that probably means she's alright and he wouldn't need to be worried about compensation, hopefully. ]

I apologize, it wasn't intentional. [ The poor bot hurries off to escape their brutality (probably reporting them to it's central command) before they can do it any more harm. ] Are you injured? [ He asks with a frown on his face as a round little robot with flapping ears bounces toward him. The Haro has bounced away from Tieria when the alien robot tried hugging him. ] Tieria! Tieria!

[ Not even bothering to turn around, he shushes the Haro up promptly. ] Shut up, Haro.

[psycholawgy]

[ She checks her fist when she's asked if she's alright. Her right hand is gloved, so there's protection! She's fine. And she's had a lot of practise punching things, so it's barely nothing to her. ]

I'm fine, but thanks for asking.

[ And when Haro comes in, she immediately gets distracted by it to pay more attention to the man before her. ]

Oh my gosh! Hello there! [ She crouches down to be on eye level with Haro and just smiles at it. ] You're so cute!

[yooknowit]

[ ... OH GODS. Thankfully, Yoon is able to spot the flying robot right away! A split second later, he would've been hit right at the side of his head. He barely dodges it, but at least manages. He ducks right before it shakes him up, then angrily looks at the direction where the robot was tossed from. ]

What the hell!? Watch it! You almost hit me!!

[ An energetic, short kid is huffing towards the direction, but he doesn't really know who threw the robot towards him. So he's looking around hastily for the guilty person in question. ]

[buildyourworld]

[ Next time, Tieria reminds himself, look where you're aiming when you're not in a Gundam. This sort of thing wouldn't have happened if he has a functioning radar but then again, if he's doing anything from within the Gundam, most people wouldn't have a chance to retaliate in the first place... which isn't helpful in this situation.

He actually considers just feigning ignorance since it looks like his victim isn't sure of who the perpetrator is but he's pretty sure Neil and everyone on Ptolemy would disapprove such juvenile life choice, so he sighs to himself and steps forward anyway. ] I apologize, it wasn't intentional.

[ At least he looks adequately sorry? ]

[yooknowit]

[ Well... Because of that, Yoon calms down. He's still frowning in disapproval though, since there's even younger kids than him around here. One of them could've gotten hurt.

But it's done, no one actually got hurt, and Tieria properly apologized. So... ]

Okay. As long as it doesn't happen again... I understand wanting to hit the robots, but launching them is dangerous.

[gareki]

[ Nope, definitely wasn't expecting a robot coming at his head. If he'd been hit by that thing, it definitely would have knocked him out. Luckily, Gareki manages to barely dodge it and the concussion he would have received. ]

Hey!! Watch where you're kicking this thing?!

[ He could have just walked away right after, but nope. Gareki goes ahead and kicks the Snowtron 5000 back at Tieria. ]

[buildyourworld]

[ He's going to apologize but the moment Gareki kicks that poor abused Snowtron 5000 back at him, that apology vaporizes with it. Way to overreact, stranger. The Haro that has been hiding behind Tieria all this while bounces around blaring in a loud electronic voice at the incoming danger as Tieria dodges it like the Combat Type Innovade he is. ] ENEMY ATTACK! ENEMY ATTACK! DANGER! DANGER!

I could say the same about you. [ Pot. Kettle. And Snowtron 5000 collides with one of it's own, to the surprise of other visitors. ]

[gareki]

It's more of a counter attack.

[ Why did he bother to correct that annoying ball of metal.

It's a good thing these robots aren't programmed to attack out of self defense. They pale in comparison to the sheep robots in Circus. Well, it'll be the good for him. Gareki won't have to worry about consequences for kicking and knocking out two Snowtrons out of commission. ]

An eye for an eye. I like to pay people back two-fold.

[ Except the two damaged Snowtrons were totally coincidental. ]

Arrival

[aerialassault]

[Cliff noticed the Snowtron careening in his direction a mere heartbeat before they collided-- it was enough time for him to sidestep and slam a gauntleted fist into the bot in a fierce uppercut that stopped it in it's tracks. Immediately he followed it with a roundhouse that sent the poor bot flying into the nearest tree-- now reduced to a sparking heap.]

How many times do I gotta tell ya? Find someone else to hug.

[After enduring two trips between worlds and two announcements that his world was a mere fabrication within a span of three days, Cliff's tolerance levels for shenanigans were at an all time low. He was one misstep away from starting a brawl in the midst of the Santastic Fun Land.]

[buildyourworld]

[ Apparently violence is the only solution available to deny the Snowtron's hug because just as Tieria kicked his away, he gets a face full of bot boxing a few steps away. Impressive, really. He wonders if Hallelujah can do that much damage in just two hits but now is not the time to think of his comrade because all it does is make him even more irritated at his situation.

But another look at brawling stranger surprises him. That's Cliff Fitir who helped him out back in the film theater, Tieria would recognize that tank of a body anywhere. ]

Cliff Fitir. [ He calls out as he approaches him, with a Haro bouncing behind him and a rather girly drawstring bag over his shoulder. ]

[aerialassault]

[Well. That was a pleasantly familiar voice to hear in all of this. Cliff glanced over his shoulder at the slim young man, a smile glinting in his eyes.]

Yo. Tieria. Man, you don't even know how nice it is to find someone who makes sense around here!

[Between the unpleasant surprises tht lurked in all of the rides and novelties, and the absurd level of Christmas cheer that permeated every inch of this place, finding the level-headed Tieria was a welcome treat.]

[sjokolade]

[As the Snowtron 5000 went straight for Anna, she didn't seem to notice. For all she knew, she was trying her best to keep up with the festival cheer! However, just as she saw the ground slowly darken, that was when she looked up!]

Wha-? Whoa, wait a minute, what is tha-?!

[She shouted before said robot nearly landed on top of her. Good job, Tieria, now what?]

[buildyourworld]

[ Today is not a good day and while he's irritated enough with being kidnapped and everything else, he has to admit that his luck is rotten (or however human describe it) after narrowly hitting the forth person with those pesky Snowtrons. Huffing to himself, he steps forward to extend a hand for the girl. ]

Are you injured? [ The moment recognition sinks in that this is the same annoying girl he met earlier, his urge to apologize is slowly dwindling to a zero. He can already imagine her rattling off at him and that makes him even less thrilled with the idea. ]

[sjokolade]

[At first, the young princess was struggling to get up from the damage that happened. Luckily, she managed to miss most of if but it took her a while to recover from that shock!

Which was why she sat there for a couple of seconds as she stared at the snowbot before someone came by]

No, I'm okay, thanks for the hel-

[And then her eyes widen. Hey wasn't that the guy....?] You're that guy I met the other day! What are you doing here? [Nevermind that everyone was more or less shoved into a bus to come here]

[twomeals]

[Yue's dodge skills are next to nonexistent, and his natural reaction to surprise attacks is generally to stand like a deer in headlights. So is it any surprise that he fails to dodge the Snowtron 5000? No, he's getting knocked down like a bowling pin.

Luckily the robot's not too heavy...]

[buildyourworld]

[ Oh sh--- Congratulation on being his first casualty in Cerealia, Yue. Tieria rushes forward to yank the offending Snowtron off the guy it collided with, hoping that he's okay. So much for being a responsible adult, Tieria Erde. This is not how it's done. ]

Are you alright? [ He squats down next to him, trying to gauge if he has broken anything. ]

[twomeals]

[Lucky for both of them, there's nothing worse than scrapes and bruises! Head-on collisions still hurt though, so Yue's just going to take his time getting up.]

Ah...that hurt.

[niceguypose]

[Rock Lee sees the robot flying at him! And he's excited!

But he remembers the last time he struck a robot that was sailing at him, he was reprimanded because it wasn't actually supposed to be a test of his strength.

So, he cries out towards the person who kicked it.]

Is this a test of strength?!

[buildyourworld]

[ The test of what? Just who would think of a robot flying towards them as a test? Probably someone insane, Tieria's mind comes up with a plausible answer but that doesn't contribute anything to what's taking place now. ]

No! Are you crazy?!

[ His little round bouncy robot agrees. ] Danger! Danger!

[defeets]

[Flying robots? Well, meet a flying man! Jae-ha is coming straight out of the sky to land directly on top of the robot, making sure it collides only with the ground and not with anyone else. Then he sighs, as if only minorly inconvenienced by that before looking in the direction of where the robot came from.]

Hey.

Who does this hunk of junk belong to?

[buildyourworld]

[ Wow, that's impressive. That man just landed on the robot from the sky, as easy as Gundam does it. No, wait, more like what the hell just happened? Tieria looks up the sky just to be sure he's not seeing things but no, there's no aircraft for the man to jump from. And logically, for safety reason, one needs safety gear to jump from one. This man has neither an aircraft nor a parachute.

So, excuse him while he stares in confusion. ]

[alpako]

[ She's not paying attention, until someone screams and Saya looks up, only to glimpse the robot heading her way. Her reaction is instinctive, from hours of ViViD in training--focusing, she imagines a barrier. There's a brief flash of light and the robot suddenly halts to a stop inches from her.

She did it...! Saya looks at the sight in front of her in amazement, and then realizes she's being stared at. Face instantly colouring, she turns to flee--in Tieria's direction. ]

[buildyourworld]

[ Tieria is in the middle of a run to get her out of harm's way when the scene unfolds in front of his eyes and he ends up skidding to a stop in shock. Just... just what kind of people does CERES restored?! It looks like Tieria will have a lot to get used to in this world... and he's not sure if his blood pressure is ready.

But when she suddenly runs toward him, he considers moving aside but he's curious about what she just did so he remains where he is, bracing for minimal impact. ]