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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!!!


masakados: (someone please take me away)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-24 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoki shifts then-- to stand somewhat behind her.] You go first. I'm right behind you.

[If it manages to catch up before they get to the exit, then at least he can take a hit. He doesn't know how strong she might be with that... what she had before. She could be like Yang for all he knows, but he's unwilling to take chances.

He reaches out to give her shoulder an encouraging nudge-- quickly.]
verified: (& there's no one)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-24 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't want to leave him behind with it, but she also knows that if he told her to go first, she should trust him. fuuka wavers a little, hands trembling as she tries to find an alternative, but ultimately runs toward the light as fast as she can when he nudges her. she'd just slow him down if she stayed anyway. she'd be more useful outside, where she could provide support out of harm's way.

she hears a loud howl once she reaches outside, startling some of the robots. but she quickly fires her evoker again, summoning juno and attempting to reach naoki.
]

Can you hear me? I'm outside now, are you okay?
masakados: (always digging)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-24 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[And it's a good thing that he did tell her, he thinks-- because shortly after she runs, something strikes him hard, grabs at him. The only problem is that Naoki isn't the easily toppled sort, so he lashes back and there's fire, more now, crackling and roaring around him.

He can't see what's attacking him even if it can see him but he guesses it wasn't ready for fire. He hears mirrors shattering around him again, and then the invisible weight bearing against him; he lashes out blindly, thinks he strikes a body hard.

Naoki won't let himself be knocked down, no--

He's not sure how long the scuffling goes on when the lights come on-- and Fuuka's voice reaches him.]
I'm fine... you're all right? [Can she hear him if he talks? Either way, he's looking around at unbroken mirrors before heading to the exit.]
verified: (but i will never do you wrong)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-24 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ she can sense the thing attacking naoki but she still can't figure out what it is exactly. it's not a shadow, but she isn't even sure if it's actually real. he seems to be handling himself fine, however, and once the lights come back on, she speaks up again. ]

I'm okay, everything seems normal out here. What about you? Are you hurt? [ he seems fine, but it won't hurt to double check. ] I can't sense whatever was chasing us anymore...
masakados: (that sparkle in my thoughts)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-24 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoki's patting himself down as he gets closer to the door out, but he's not hurt enough that he's concerned about it-- it takes a lot. And his body will shortly heal on its own anyway.]

Nah, looks like I'm not. Whatever it was disappeared, though.

[He pushes through the door, spying her. Ah, she's in that... whatever it is again, and he approaches, a little more relaxed now that he's outside.] Disappeared more, anyway. I couldn't see the thing even when it was trying to attack me.
verified: (& there's no one)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-24 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ once she sees him outside, she dismisses juno, meeting him halfway. she's glad to see he isn't hurt at least, though now that she has a good look at him, she wonders how she didn't notice the markings on his skin before. ]

That's strange... usually, I would be able to identify it too, but I couldn't get any reading from it. [ she frowns a little, hands clasped in front of her. ] It's like it was never there in the first place.

I'm glad you're okay, though. Thank you.
masakados: don't take any of my icons! (but i don’t just want replies)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-24 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoki's expression relaxes even more-- into a proper smile, one shoulder hitching up slightly.] You're welcome. Glad we both got outta there unscathed, even if whatever-it-was was trying to make sure we didn't.

[A shake of his head. But, now that they're out of immediate danger...]

You were talking with me earlier through that... [A wave of one hand, he doesn't know what to refer to Juno as.] ...and would you normally be able to get a reading through that too?
verified: (where you belong)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-24 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ she smiles too, laughing a little. ]

Yeah, but it was really thanks to you! I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble, but I really appreciate it.

[ she probably wouldn't have gotten out so quickly if it wasn't for him. she nods at his question though, ]

Yes. It's um, Juno... a persona, a physical manifestation of my subconscious. [ it's a little weird explaining it; back home, only the SEES were able to use it and it's not like they've used it around others before. even natsuki had forgotten about it after that one time she saved her. ]

With Juno, I'm able to scan locations, enemies and provide support. I can find people too, and communicate with others through a mental link. I'm not sure how much I'm able to do here, but she seems to have most of her functions.
masakados: (so i can show the way)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-24 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A persona... I thought it was a demon, at first.

[His voice lacks a certain inflection when he says it, like the tone one would normally use if "demons" cropped up. And he's spent so long around demons of all appearances that saying that much doesn't come strangely...

Well, all one needs to do is look at him to realise he's not precisely ordinary. If the fire and fog didn't give it away.]
Those're some useful abilities that you have, though.
verified: (to make you feel my love)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-24 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it makes her pause once he says it, and she isn't sure what to say at first. she had spent so long trying to make herself useful that to hear it for the first time was a little surprising. SEES depends on her now and she knows that, but having someone actually coming up to her to tell her that is something else entirely.

she feels her ears warm and she shakes her head, embarrassed but relieved.
]

Thank you. I'm just glad they were able to help.
masakados: (still nothing)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-25 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
They were. It's too bad that it was dangerous enough that you had to use them, but... being able to communicate like that, find a way out... and in more normal fights, it's the best when you can find out an enemy's weaknesses.

[He gives her a thoughtful look before he raises one of his hands in a casual wave.]

...But, anyway, we never got a chance for introductions before. I'm Naoki Kashima.
verified: (where you belong)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-25 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, that's... pretty much everything she does. ]

Well, hopefully I won't have to use them often!

[ said with a wry laugh. with cereal's track record, that's probably an empty wish but. one can hope. ]

But it's nice to meet you, Kashima-san, [ just... to be on the safe side. she can't really tell with his markings (even though they are pretty cool). ] I'm Fuuka Yamagishi.
masakados: (who invented this!)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-25 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully.

[A little wry in turn...

But the suffix gets a quirked smile and a light tilt of his head.]
Nice to meet you too, Fuuka. [Immediately super informal first names let's go. He will actually ask, though:] Unless you'd rather Yamagishi?
verified: that we met (i've known it from the moment)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-26 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh no. was she being too formal? is he actually the same age as her?? did she embarrass herself again??? how do interactions with people your age???? christ.

she fumbles, shaking her head and waving her hands a little.
]

Ah, no, Fuuka is okay! Um, w-would you rather me call you Naoki instead...?

[ why is this so complicated. ]
masakados: (even though i’ve realized the truth)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-26 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Naoki represses a smile at her fumbling because it's cute no why are so many people here so cute--]

Yeah, please. I figured you were in high school too.

[He glances down at himself, plucking the front of his hoodie idly, eyeing his own tattooed hands. IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO TELL HIS AGE ISN'T IT...]
verified: (i could offer you a warm embrace)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-26 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ SORT OF......... it also doesn't help that he's a little intimidating?? because he looks so cool and fuuka is not. cool. at all.

he looks like a superhero that could save the world. (oh wait.)

but hey, he's in high school! this is great! a chance to make friends! she relaxes a little, smile coming back to her face.
]

Oh, what high school did you go to? If you don't mind me asking? I attended Gekkoukan in Iwatodai, I'm a junior.
masakados: (and live as if you'll die today)

[personal profile] masakados 2015-03-26 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[One might argue the cool thing with that persona of hers she was using earlier, tbh--]

Iwatodai? [A considering look, like he's trying to figure out if it sounds familiar. But in the end, nope, it doesn't ring any bells.] I went to school in Shinjuku, in Tokyo.
verified: (Default)

[personal profile] verified 2015-03-27 12:05 am (UTC)(link)