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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!!!


poised: (✰ shut up just shut up)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-23 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Admittedly that.... is already a question that manages to get Natalia to frown a bit, looking thoughtful.]

They do seem sincere... however I'll be the first to tell you that there have been no mentions of aliens or any such nonsense since I've arrived. The people who are in charge - CERES - do make themselves known on occasion but never for anything useful.

It's typically for frivolous and possibly dangerous matters such as... well, this. [A very purposeful gesture indicating to... literally everything outside the window. For real, how is any of this supposed to help them fight aliens?]
Edited (thanks html) 2015-03-23 20:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-23 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So they pulled us here with the intention of stopping world eating aliens and they want us to go to festivals? Back home, that wouldn't fly at all. We were in the middle of war, and there was no stopping for anyone. And even a war is hardly anything in the face of the loss of a world.

[ He's a little more than frustrated to hear it, but Natalia is only the messenger, so there's no point in getting mad about that. In any other circumstance, he'd be just fine with taking it easy on arrival, but the dire circumstances have him thinking otherwise, for now. And even then, he's not sure there's much a thief can do. ]
poised: (✰ jade i will cut you)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-23 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[bless u, gaius.]

Oh, I agree entirely! As important as it is to make sure that the people of the land feel safe, covering it up with giant, blinking contraptions and momentary reliefs does absolutely nothing in the long-run. There are plenty of capable people here with all sorts of different strengths and yet none of our help has been utilized whatsoever.

[Annoyed princess, at your service.]

The people in charge here are irresponsible and neglectful to say the least.
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That probably just means that they're trying to hide something. Never trust a politician who can't get his story straight and just keeps throwing goodies at the crowd to distract them from stuff. Someone should really drag them out and make them answer some questions.

[ As noble as that sounds, it probably worked better back home, and not, say, where they have the power to drag in people from destroyed worlds. They probably have the power to stay as hidden and distant as they want to be. Hell, gods back home would have had less less power. ]

Buuut I'm guessing the brute force option doesn't work as well, here. A shame, since it's one I'm used to going with.
poised: (✰ i'm kind of a big deal)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-23 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
If brute force worked then I'm certain it would've been utilized by now. There are plenty of hot-headed people here as well, after all.

[Some of them are her good friends too - hence why she would've guessed that if it was possible, she would've heard about it. Regardless, she's just shaking her head then.]

It's all very frustrating. It speaks nothing of what happens when their plans happen to go wrong too.

[is what she says as they're slowly but surely getting closer to the top of the ferris wheel]
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-23 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Gaius has slightly forgotten his ferris wheel-related stress from earlier, and he has to admit the view is quite nice (even if it's too high up to tell anyone apart on the ground now, like he'd originally planned.) ]

I'll put it aside, for now, even if I'm sure it's going to keep me up for a few restless nights. What do people do around here, if they're not off slaying godless aliens? I got assigned a job, of course, but surely that's not all I'm supposed to do... right?
poised: (✰ listen up fucker)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-23 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a situation in which case you truly do have just about all the freedom you want. [She sighs faintly at that and waves a hand.] I have a job but to fill in the extra time, I work at the hospital. Some friends of mine are seeking to give swords lessons and others still just fill time with sparring.

At the very least, nothing stays dull for long.

[She says, as they reach the top of the ferris wheel and they stop suddenly, causing Natalia to grab onto the seat to keep herself from lurching forward and her expression turns into one of annoyance.]

Rather like this.
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-24 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Guess you wouldn't want to let your blade go dull in a place like...

[ Okay, what? He was fairly sure they weren't supposed to stop, right? It was a ride that just kept on going... oh gods, it's going to lurch out and start rolling, isn't it. The lights go dark and all of a sudden, he can't see her right in front of her. This is not good. ]

What's going on?! Is this-- this can't be normal, right?
poised: (✰ please put on some pants)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-24 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[In the seconds before it turned dark, Natalia was already reaching into her quiver to perhaps shoot down any possible threat -- and then it was dark and all her hopes of doing that were dashed rather immediately.]

I don't believe s-- eek...!!

[She'll apologize in a second about how undignified that was but she sure did just feel something breathing down her neck. Gaius may here a rather forceful thump as Natalia automatically reacts to hit the material behind her before realizing that it feels like snakeskin.]

What is this...?!
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-24 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, nope, nope nope nope. He's suspended in the air at unfathomable heights and something is breathing down his neck and the chair is squirming. He's only got one way to react to this, and that's to grab his sword and plunge it into the seat, not that Natalia can see. Unfortunately, this does not slay the chair beast and he's still stuck with the gross hissing sound. ]

Gods! What in the world is going on?!
poised: (✰ jade i will cut you)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-24 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't say that I have an answer for you--eugh....!!

[Whyyyyyy does it feel like there's something slithering around her ankles, dear god no, she didn't ask for this. The chair is still moving and she can't really sit around for this any longer. Rather, she's moving to stand and kick at the general direction of where the door used to be. She's not about to just endure this.]

It's not budging!
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-24 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Careful! If we're really up this high, plummeting to our deaths isn't going to help us either!

[ He's not sure if he wants to be consumed by a nameless monster or drop thousands of feet in the air. Neither of them is sounding really ideal, so he's just going to keep stabbing his seat with the blade and hope that does something (it probably won't.) ]
poised: (✰ shove an arrow up yours)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-25 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah in complete honesty, she hadn't thought of that. But she's still determined to try to find some way out. Even if she were to create a hole somewhere, it'd still be dangerous, wouldn't it.....]

Well at least it'd be a step up from being trapped!!

[She says as she reaches into her quiver to try to use the tip of her arrow to stab in the general direction of the windows. it's getting downright suffocating.]
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-25 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's going to get in so much trouble for ruining one of the seats, isn't he... while he thrashes about with his carefully aimed sword, and kicks at the door, he's fairly sure he's about to be eaten up by a ferris wheel gondola monster. It was a good run... up until he got transported here, at least.

But all of a sudden, it's like nothing happened. The lights are back on, his sword is still driven in what is now a thoroughly ruined seat, and the door isn't even remotely budging. And it's starting to move again.

There are many things he should comment on, like what the fresh hell was that, but instead, the first thing out of his mouth is: ]


...

This seat was like this when we got here, got it?
poised: (✰ have you considered not being an ass)

[personal profile] poised 2015-03-26 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . . Gaius.]

Normally I wouldn't overlook property damage but I do imagine that CERES picked this fight, so I'll turn a blind eye to it just this once.

[She says as if she wasn't ready to break down the door.

Gently putting her arrow back into her quiver now that she lacks interest in breaking the window....]
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[personal profile] candycoating 2015-03-27 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)