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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2015-03-22 07:06 pm

« 011 ⇢ event011.exe »

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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ why:o'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!!!


defeets: (» so many hot guys)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-23 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . . ]

Bossy, aren't you?

[Give him a little bit to decide whether he likes it or not.]
deontology: (LXIV.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-23 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have objections?

[Gotta say, he'll think significantly less of someone who is going to refuse orders that basically boil down to "protect children and the people who can't defend themselves".

But Jae-ha just gets a flat, utterly calm look.]
defeets: (» don't use the word moist)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[His answer to that is easy:]

I object to the fact that you think you can order around strangers.

[It sort of solidifies Jae-ha's theory that this guy must be some sort of government official and Jae-ha's a fucking rebel, alright. Pirate's life for him, etc etc. But--]

Especially for something that should come naturally to anyone with any shred of decency.

[-- the orders align with his aesthetic so he's not as put out as he could be.]
deontology: (V.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-23 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[itp: jae-ha is a literal rebel without a cause....

Sousei just stares at him for a long moment (pausing only to flick away another santa, seriously, what is with these guys), and then makes a noncommittal noise in response.

Whether you like his orders or not, the fact is--]


There are people with common decency here. There are also many who do not care. [He will always vividly remember being attacked by someone else who had been kidnapped here, just because his job told him to.]

If you object to the tone, then I will make it a strongly worded suggestion, but nonetheless, there are people who require protecting in this moment.

[okay mister rebel!!!! he's significantly more concerned with kids like Lily and Elle than whether or not he's giving orders that are followed in this instant...especially because that's just his default tone, and he wasn't even intending to necessarily give an order properly.]
Edited (how do i english) 2015-03-23 05:48 (UTC)
defeets: (» if i wanted a dumb opinion)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-23 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[itp: jae-ha picking a fight with literally thin air

But at least that much manages to soothe his ruffled feathers enough that he no longer is considering this person to be needlessly bossy. Jae-ha also naturally has a prejudice against government officials, even though that's still just his theory (but also a very stubborn theory), but at least this one doesn't seem incompetent.

That's nice. So he just huffs softly in response to that before twisting to kick up another small whirlwind, sending a few more of the Santa bots flying.

Then, even with his back to Sousei, he can't help his curiosity-]


So what are you? [Besides really attractive.] A vigilante? A citizen with too much time and talent on his hands? Or a soldier?

[It may say something that he'd put soldiers last but whatever.]
deontology: (XLIX.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-23 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Magic, magic, magic. Everything about the people here is so magical. If Sousei was a bit more competent at his family's entire everything, maybe his ~onmyouji senses~ would be tingling.

Then again, watching Jae-ha kick up whirlwinds is enough of a clue to make it pretty obvious he's not just a normal human, even if it mattered in this instance (which it does not). The curiosity gets an arched eyebrow, but after a moment, he responds anyway.]


... I am the captain of a squad devoted to protecting my country in my world. Here, that has little bearing on the situation.

[He doesn't really expect anyone to treat him any differently based on what he was back home, but that's just...Sousei being Sousei.]

I choose to protect those who need protection here because it is the right thing to do.
defeets: (» ah. hak got rejected again.)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-23 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Little bearing? Well, no because-]

I'd actually say that explains a lot.

[At the very least, it makes sense to Jae-ha. A squad with the intention to protect the country - aka a government soldier who actually does his job instead of kicking around people. Sure. Jae-ha is willing to buy that much for now.]

How heroic of you. [He says it kind of dryly, though. Do you want a gold star for having a heart? He'll give you a kiss if you want.] Seems like they'd need that protection more often than not here. Any idea who's to blame for that?

[So Jae-ha can kick them in the face.]
deontology: (LXXV.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-23 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[You, sir, are kind of a dick.

Not that he's really bothered by that, honestly, and he's heard so much worse than that even from people in his own world. At that, he just responds so calmly and easily--]


I am not interested in heroism.

[Just in making sure that little kids aren't murdered by robots with swords. That's just common decency, especially since he is capable of protecting them. But... to have people assume that he does what he does for the sake of being considered a hero...it rubs him the wrong way. The dream Tenka had given him had been to be nameless, unknown, unspoken heroes, protecting the country behind a veil of anonymity.

He's never wanted anything else.]


Presumably, CERES is to blame, but there is no solid evidence either way. They will likely issue an apology at some point following this and claiming it was an accident.

[He's... very dry about that, for his part, but he doesn't want to share incorrect information, so he won't.]
defeets: (» you have my attention)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-23 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's true, Jae-ha is kind of a dick. He's also the type to admire heroic types in the privacy of his own heart, so don't worry too much about it. For now though, he'll continue to appear dickish in favor of covering up the softie that he really is.

Low-key tsuns.

Still though, Jae-ha just hums noncommittally to that. Not interested in heroism? It sounds familiar. He's just not used to that type of personality coming from a soldier. The struggles of living in a really fucked up country.]


So that's it? They'll just clean up with a half-hearted apology later and then brush it under the rug?

[He doesn't like that.]
deontology: (XI.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-23 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[That would be great if he wanted your admiration WHICH HE DOESN'T.

So instead, he focuses on the rest. That's easier, after all, and it seems as though they're approaching the end of the ride (thank god).]


Yes. That is precisely what they do. Further attempts to gain more information or explanations yield little of worth.

[He's so Done with it, even if he's as calm as ever as he explains.]
defeets: (»  gather round children)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-24 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[This, along with Jae-ha's conversations with other people, are kind of cementing the fact that everyone in Cerealia apparently knows... a lot of Nothing.

Awesome.

Except not at all.]


So do we know anything useful at all? I'm surprised there hasn't been a riot or some kind of renegade group at the very least.

[Where's this place's equivalent of well-meaning pirates?]
deontology: (II.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-24 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[really. a renegade group. really.]

Do you intend to head up such a group?

[He's...so unimpressed right now. Why is that your first thought? Why is that your thought process at all?]
defeets: (» if i wanted a dumb opinion)

[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-26 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Same as you, I have no interest in heroism.

[That much is a quick answer. What do you mean renegades aren't typically considered heroes?]

I just have even less interest in letting corrupt people get their way. And I'd say that putting people on rides that could endanger their lives is pretty ugly.

[okay but how do you have less interest than no interest]
deontology: (XXVIII.)

[personal profile] deontology 2015-03-27 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[That's not....... what he was asking or implying. He never suggested you were a hero....

ok jae-ha, ok.]


In that, we're agreed. However, the situation must also be considered.

[He crosses his arms, as the ride finally slides to a halt, ridiculous and unnecessary safety bars opening to finally let them off.]

So long as my actions may cause negative repercussions for those who are innocent and also trapped here [like rats in a cage, really; there'd be no escape] I do not intend to do anything overly reckless.

[...or let anyone else, really.]
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[personal profile] defeets 2015-03-27 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[continued here]