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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

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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
[ 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!!!


aerialassault: (thinking -- so that's it)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2015-03-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cliff glanced away, idly scratching at the stubble on his chin almost sheepishly when confronted with the straightforward question.]

You ask that...but, it's not like there's any warning 'till after the ride's already started. And, at that point? Well, there's not much that can be done 'bout it.
buildyourworld: (Judging you)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2015-03-25 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ He raises a brow at his reaction, but once he heard Cliff's answer, he shakes his head in understanding. This is one of those who actually went on those rides. ]

What other warning is necessary when some unknown organization that kidnapped you and a bunch of other people across the universe is giving you free rides?

[ If you think he's judging you, then you're absolutely right. He is. You and every other person who went on those rides. ]
aerialassault: (lookout -- the eagle)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2015-03-25 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Those words were a tad harsh in Cliff's opinion, but not entirely out of the ordinary given what little he understood about the young man. Another would have asked the same question with far more force and emotion-- and the responce could have been equally impulsive for them to still drop the subject for the time being.

Cliff had a hunch that Tieria wouldn't accept anything that wasn't rational and level headed.

He sighed. This was not a conversation he wanted to have.]


I can't speak for anyone but myself in this regard, Tieria, but I'm willing to believe that these guys won't immediately endanger our lives or try to kill us from the outset. Didn't you listen to the power point? We're soldiers to them. No one wastes their cannon fodder on dumb things like this.

....besides. This is hardly the weirdest thing I've been through this week, and the rides haven't really hurt anyone. Frankly, I'm just gonna roll along with things until someone gives me a reason otherwise.
buildyourworld: (why am i even)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2015-03-25 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He snorts at the mention of that failure of a presentation. If it's up to him, whoever in charged of it would be fired immediately. ]

If you actually believe that, I have no comment.

[ He can be rude and insult your intelligence but he frankly had enough for the day and he doesn't want to add anymore frustration onto his plate by arguing with the only sane person he kind of appreciates here. In a way, Tieria is actually glad that this guy has a positive outlook but it pains him that he can also be so careless about it. ]

I've seen plenty people who will chuck their cannon fodder first thing into the firing range to know that it's not beyond anyone if they have their goal set. Maybe it hasn't killed anyone but I heard people were attacked. That's enough reason for me to not trust anything CERES has to say until proven otherwise.
aerialassault: (attentive-- i'm listening)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2015-03-25 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[The seemingly careless demeanor was simply his way of coping. He preferred to watch and wait until he had a legitimate target to punch in this instance. He understood that most people would be less tolerant, but...

he shifted uneasily.]


It ain't so unbelievable for me, seeing as this isn't the first time I've heard those words this week. And the people delivering the news seem a whole lot more personable than the other folks-- they seem like something more than just programmers, yanno? Like they're regular folks who have a stake in all this too.

Can't say I'm fond of the welcome, though. Even if it might just be a side effect of the circumstances. It was all back to normal in a blink after those incidents in the rides, like nothing ever happened. Like a...a 'bug' is what I think programmers would call it.
buildyourworld: (i don't care)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2015-03-26 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wait a minute. ]

What do you mean this isn't the first time you heard of this?

[ He grips the strings of the drawstring bag tighter, as he frowns at the sudden revelation. ]
aerialassault: (neutral -- cutting to the chase)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2015-03-26 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[That sure was an intense reaction for someone who wasn't at all involved in that particular situation.]

That's right, [He said, crossing his arms. It was a touchy subject, but they had all heard similar news at this point. Perhaps, Cliff realized, the reason he adapted to it as well as he has is because it wasn't new to him anymore. It was just an annoyance.] It ain't the first time I left the known universe either, but the last time was something I did of my own will.
buildyourworld: (Huh?!)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2015-03-26 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If only he comes from after the 50 years of interstellar travel with Setsuna, he'll take this news a lot better but alas, he's not and thus is thoroughly shocked. ]

Just... how?

[ How advanced is the world he's from to travel out of universe?! ]
aerialassault: (thinking -- might be too much)

[personal profile] aerialassault 2015-03-26 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cliff grew quiet, save for a frustrated huff as he thought of all of the people who had recently lost their lives because of all of this trouble. Federation officers and civilians alike, good people and monsters in the guise of intelligent beings, had fallen before the veritable mess they had suddenly found themselves embroiled in.]

...I'm no scientist, [he began, slowly.] But, some talented scientists found something they shouldn't 've about twenty years ago and started something that's only just now coming to a head. I don't get all the details, but there's some young people back home-- probably around your age, to tell the truth-- who are caught in the middle of all this. They didn't deserve this kinda responsibility, but it's on them anyway.

[He chuckled now, wryly:]

Honestly, the three of them and their powers combined made it like stepping into a teleporter. Or....I dunno, a really fancy door if teleporters don't exist yet where you're from.

It's complicated. And...it doesn't really apply here.

[Cliff glanced away, uncomfortable. This was all information that Tieria didn't need to know. But, since he was wondering why Cliff was being so 'careless'...]
Edited 2015-03-26 15:16 (UTC)
buildyourworld: (At the shopping district)

[personal profile] buildyourworld 2015-03-28 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
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