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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!!!

Comments

[bozu]

I have, it's just - usually the food has a bit more, uh... attention to detail, than this?

But... let's go get ice cream, sure. That's always a treat worth eating, at least! I mean, it's much better hand made, but what ice cream vendor makes ice cream by hand these days?

[Ice cream, ice cream!! Let's go, cuz!!]

[punchesyu]

You really call deep-friend oreos attention to detail? Man, you've got a weird sense of detail. [He leads Teruteru over to the stand where he saw it, a rackety, questionable stand that doesn't look very sanitary on a second glance (which Yosuke didn't get) that also is sporting bags of cotton candy hanging from the sides of the rotting wood.]

[The food in his arms, however, is getting finished up as they walk over. And he's ready for seconds. And thirds. And fourths.]

This is it! It looked a lot more appetizing when I passed it the first time.

[bozu]

[And Teruteru willingly follows Yosuke to the stand - or, at least, he follows up until he notices the state of the stand itself.

Which means he's stopping a few feet away, looking absolutely aghast at what's in front of him.]

... No. No no, nonono - this stand - it's nearly falling over from how rotted out it is.
And look - two of their bags of cotton candy have rips! The air's nearly melted all of the cotton candy inside!

Someone like me can't eat food from a stand like this, and I'm sure as hell not letting you eat from here either!

[He almost sounds offended at the stand's sorry state of affairs, like they've personally slighted him by subjecting their food to such things.
But this means he's going to grab one of Yosuke's hands and try to drag him somewhere else, though it's probably not very effective considering how small the chef is.]

[punchesyu]

No, dude, that other bag up there looks fine. [He walks up to it, but there's no attendant to the stand. What's up with that? He reaches upward, and tries to grab it, but no dice. Even if the little guy is tugging on his hand trying to get him to go somewhere else.]

Hey, hold on a sec, maybe if I stand on my tip toes, I can reach it... [And he does, grabbing the wood with one hand and sort of putting a food on the stand itself to help him reach up. What Yosuke doesn't notice though, is that he's climbing up the wood, his new spider powers surfacing...]

Almost....got it....! [Goes up a little farther and the wood starts to crack-!]

[bozu]

H-hey, maybe you shouldn't climb on it like that... [That cracking sounds, y'know, bad. And dangerous. He's actually worried enough that he doesn't know how easy it is for Yosuke to climb...]

If you want something to eat, let's go get something else! Cotton candy isn't filling anyway, r-right?

[He's going to hover around like he'd try to catch Yosuke if he fell, but we all know how well that'd work.]

[punchesyu]

Yeah, sure we can go somewhere else in just a- [It audibly cracks some more, and it's now that Yosuke realizes his mistake.]

Oh crap.

[And with a crash, the whole side of the stand collapses beneath him, and he tumbles down to the ground in a heap of rotted wood.]

Oooohhhh, I think I'm going to need a full body cast for that one... [But he has his cotton candy.]

[bozu]

[Congrats on making Teruteru squeal in fear, Yosuke - once he's certain everything's done falling though, he's gonna move to help his friend out of the rotted heap.]

Can you even stand after a fall like that? I can't believe you actually tried to climb that thing...!
And for what, some stale cotton candy? I could make you something much tastier and filling with half the pain!

[Yep, he's getting berated for that stunt. Not that he's going to help much, though.
He's a chef, not a nurse.]

[punchesyu]

I wasn't trying that hard-! Man, I was gunna leave money on the counter but there's no way I have enough to pay for this!

[He'll definitely accept the help to get up and out of the pile of wood. Managing to stand, he looks over at the stand and groans.]

Now what are we gunna do?

[bozu]

... Er...

[That's... a good question. What are they gonna do?
He has to stop and think about that for moment or so.]

We could... leave?
It looked forgotten about - perhaps it was going to be torn down, anyway!

["lol not my problem"]

[punchesyu]

Yeah, what the hell are they doing letting a stand that fragile still be here, someone coulda really gotten hurt! I know I'm going to be feeling it for the next week... [He whines, rubbing his ass.]

Did...anyone see us? [He starts to look around nervously. Crap. Didn't think about that. There's some people over at another stand with their backs to them, a few walking in the other direction. But Yosuke doesn't see anyone...maybe they could make their escape.]

[bozu]

... I don't think so...

[Which means, after a moment or so of looking around, he's gonna take this opportunity to make a break for it!!

At least he is Very Small and easy to keep up with. Let's go, cuz!!]

[punchesyu]

[He feels really bad, he really does. He quickly grabs a bunch of money out of his pocket (which isn't much), leaves it somewhere in the wreck of the stand where he hopes the owner will find it and starts running.]

Dude, wait up! Don't just leave me here!

[bozu]

[NOPE TOO LATE but no, really, he's super easy to catch up to. 4'3" and very chubby, man, it's not like he's a cheetah or something.

Once they're actually far enough away, though, he's going to fall back onto his butt with an exhausted sigh.]

... If you get a letter about this, I hope you know I won't be taking any blame.

[punchesyu]

[He breathes hard after running away because let's be real he's still not in the greatest of shapes.]

I left some money, I hope that covers it... [It won't, but it's the thought that counts! He's sorry, he really is!]

I didn't mean to break it! Besides, there's no security cameras! We'll be fine, right? [He messed up and man he knows it]

[bozu]

It... it was bound to collapse on its own, right? So...!
Let's just forget about it!
As far as I'm concerned, that never happened!

[The safe way to live life: pretend nothing bad ever happened. Yep.
... All that running made him really hungry, though. He never even got to eat anything good...]

Ahh, at this rate, I'll never find anything edible in this park...!

[punchesyu]

Yeah, you're right! It's probably better off that way anyway-! [He doesn't exactly believe himself, but well, nothing they can do now unless they really wanted to get into some major trouble.]

Dude, we gotta find some more food, I'm still starving. Let's try the other side of the park! [He says in haste, because the other side of the park meant away from the stand he just ruined.] I bet we can find some hot dogs or something! Yeah! There's totally gotta be more stands around here!

[bozu]

Right - the other side of the park!

[Give him a second to get up - but he's totally ready to go find some real food around here.]

Let's go find something worth eating!
Or at the very least, something that isn't completely inedible. [He doesn't have very high hopes for this park.]

[punchesyu]

Totally! [He says as he's already starting to head over to the other side of the park. He's not running though, so Teruteru should be able to catch up.]

Man, I could really go for a huge bowl of gyodon or something, I feel like I haven't eaten in hours and I just finished a whole bunch of food...

[His stomach even growls...]

[bozu]

Aha... if I had the means, I'd make you four whole bowls, just for you! But as it is... I'm not sure we're even allowed to leave the park just yet.

[Just don't ask him to make tonkatsu. That's off limits.
He's keeping an eye out as they walk, of course - scanning the stalls to see if they offer anything good...

And suddenly, he's grabbing Yosuke's arm and pointing at a small stall, hidden between two large and obnoxiously bright ones.]

Ah - that stall's selling pizza!! There's no such thing as bad pizza, let's go!

[punchesyu]

Pizza? [His ears perk up and he can barely make out the little stand that the short guy is pointing at, but he sees it.]

Sweet! You don't gotta tell me twice! Plus there's no line, go go! [And with that, he will happily, and quickly make the rounds over to the stand. The smell is so delicious, he's already drooling. Hopefully the smell matches the taste.]

[bozu]

Right, go go!

[IKEEEEE - i mean

If there's one thing that can give Teruteru the energy to run, its food! Once they get up to the stand, it's obvious they have a few slices on display to show the kinds of pizza they offer - and it looks pretty dang good.
Because, well, it's pizza. Even bad pizza is pretty good.]

Ahh, so few toppings... but I'll have whatever you have! Let's get as many slices as we can!

[punchesyu]

Alright! [He'll take that challenge, and heck, he likes most of what's up there anyway. He wonders how much he should order, considering how hungry he is. And for Teruteru, how much does he eat?]

[Approaching the counter, he orders-]

We'll take four entire pizzas with pepperoni and sausage please!

[They only come in large size.]

[bozu]

[Four large pizzas between just the two of them??
Maybe they really are related! - I mean, uh.
Yay, food!

Teruteru doesn't seem deterred by the sheer amount of pizza in the slightest; in fact, he's nodding in agreement!]

All meat, huh? I can't say I'm surprised, mhmhm!
But you know, this means I'll have to find you some sort of fruit treat to chase it...

[punchesyu]

Dude if you can find some, I'm totally down! Hey, if you wanna find dessert, I'll wait here for the pizzas. We can park it right over there at that table. [He points to one of the many picnic tables littered about to let park-goers sit down and eat their food.]

How's that sound?

[Is this safe]

1/2

[bozu]

That sounds wonderful to me! Maybe I'll find some drinks, as well...

[And hopefully not spend too much money.
But either way, he'll let Yosuke go pick a table as he scurries away to find something tasty enough to go with their meal!]