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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)

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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 ❅"

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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.

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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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I suppose it does, doesn't it? [She laughs, it's weak, but it's definitely a laugh.]

I've been holding up well enough I guess. This whole...amusement park...has me a little on edge, but that might be because it was April when I left. And now it's suddenly Christmas?

How about you?

That's weird. It was a few days before Christmas for me, so this really doesn't seem out of place... [He taps at his chin in thought.]

Well, I'm still in one piece. The funhouse was decidedly not fun, but otherwise things haven't been so bad here. I've managed to find a few familiar faces around.

You went in there too?

[She looks over her shoulder, a baleful glare not at all disguised. If she could, she'd set the place on fire with her mind, you see.]

How about the roller coaster and the ferris wheel? Those were...equally disturbing.

Y-yeah. [He looks down and shakes his head.] I can't even describe what happened in there.

I didn't go on any of those rides. ...I try to avoid heights when I can.

I can explain it.

[She turns back to Phoenix, her face flat, kind of expressionless. She's used to giving these kinds of speeches, and having older people not believe her, but maybe he's different?]

But I doubt you'll believe me, honestly.

After what I saw in that funhouse?

Try me.

I'd say that there was a poltergeist of some sort. A malicious spirit.

A malicious spirit... That sounds bad.

Did you you try any methods of... I don't know, exorcism or something?

I did.

[She sighs, holding up a paper o-fuda that's been charred and blackened. Like the ends were set on fire.]

This is what happened.

[He peers over, looking at the burnt paper in concern.]

Whoa... I've never seen anything like that before. [And then he glances back at her.] You weren't hurt too, were you?

O-fuda. Spirit binding scrolls.

[She glowers at the paper, obviously angry...but at the failure, not at him.] And no, I'm fine. It knocked me down and vanished. What did it do to you?

[So they were those kinds of scrolls... I wonder if her collection could rival Miss Tenma's.]

Pretty much the same thing... I'm glad that you're alright, at least.

Thank you. You too.

[Looking around, Rei’s lip curls with a hint of disgust.]

Is it just me or is all of this just incredibly…tacky?

Trust me, you're not alone. [He gives a groan as he looks around at their surroundings.]

A mix of tackiness and horror... I guess that's what you get when it comes to some strange people from another universe who probably only know about this kind of stuff secondhand.

You’re probably right. I hadn’t even thought about that. CERES probably doesn’t even really know the meaning behind Christmas. [Then again, Rei’s pretty sure she doesn’t either, given her Catholic schooling and the conflicting ideas her own faith throws at her.]

Are you from a world that has Christmas, though? I hadn’t even considered there being places that wouldn’t…but we are in space. And from different realities or something.

[She makes CERES sound like the opening scene of a Christmas special. Will their hearts end up growing three sizes, I wonder?]

That's right, I am. In fact, as I remember it, it was just several days before Christmas back home.

Well that must make this a little easier to transition to then.

[Rei has no heart, Phoenix. ~~It's been stolen at least once by evil space queens~~]

And you said you have friends from home here? Many?

[He scratches at his head a little nervously at that.]

Well... I guess you could say that quite a few of them have been cropping up around here...

Oh? Friends...and enemies then?

[Or are you making a pun?]

[No puns! Not this time at least.]

Oh no, no enemies. I hope that doesn't jinx it... but I guess you could say it's a mix of friends, acquaintances and people who are pretty much family.

Oh. Well…that’s pretty lucky then. More lawyers? And your daughter?

[She remembers that much about you, for sure.]

Yes, my daughter is here, as are a fair number of lawyers. [And... Larry.]

Have you seen any familiar faces?

No. So far it's just me, and a few people like yourself.

[She sighs heavily.]

I'm not sure, though. There are so many people.

[He frowns sympathetically.]

We'll keep looking, Rei. Maybe someone will turn up. [She seems mature, but it can't be easy for anyone her age to be without anyone she knows.]

Perhaps. [She won’t pretend that she wouldn’t find it somewhat comforting to have friends around.] What…do you make of the claim that all of our worlds have been destroyed, though?

[Because thinking of everyone as dead? Is just not an option.]

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