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Who: CERES & you
When: ooc: 03/22-03/25; ic: 12/09-12/10
Where: Cerealia's Entertainment District
What: OVERFLOW OF THE 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. If this post goes into overflow, we will make a new one to deal with the ever-hated captcha! Worry not!

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[ Rather than her display, it's her proximity that bothers him more than anything. If he had to form an opinion, it'd be that she was senseless— otherwise, he'd seen his fair share of offenders back at home. If she gets sick, she gets sick … That's really all on her. ]

Isn't it because you're an old hag, that you've got it wrong? [ It's fine to go with it since she said it first, isn't it?! ] Get your eyes checked.

[ He doesn't actually look at what she's trying to show him until later, when he's trying— again— to put a respectable distance between them. It's a process occurs in all of a few seconds: he zones in on the picture, tenses, then visibly darkens. ]

… What business do you have with this.

[ Actually, yes. Because Koujaku doesn't think these things through.

Also he can't punch a kid off of a Ferris Wheel that would be kind of defeating his point. ]

Yeah, I might just do that. [ It's safer than sitting up there, right? ]

[ moved to here! ]

[Seeing her chuckle is a good thing at least, and while his face may not really show it, some tension do dissipate from his frame.]

Of course. No man is born great; it is in their relentless pursuit for excellence and the awareness of their failings that they achieve true glory.

[He nods to himself, before falling into a pensive pause.]

I do not believe you should disguise your birthright. The significance of your nobility may be lessened here, but that makes you no less part of Arendelle's royal lineage. In order to guide a country to prosperity, the ruler must possess both understanding of the people's struggles and wisdom to exert his or her authorithy effectively.

[The home country that is totally NOT destroyed, thank you!! He's still reeling from that, honestly, but at least tackling the topic this way is distracting. He's no royalty, but he's spent enough time in court to know how it works, at least!]

[With his words, Anna's demeanor changed a little. The smile on her face slowly dissolved into someone who was deeply pondering about the situation at hand.]

I know, I’m not perfect and I know I’ll make plenty of mistakes even when I don’t have my title with me! It’s just….I don’t know. I’m a princess but ,unlike my older sister, I never had to worry about that kind of thing.

[Back home, Elsa was the one in charge of making new laws, taking care of the military, and other queenly roles as Anna played with her dolls in another room. Not only that, there was another thing to worry about too….]

And besides, I think my sister is a lot more wiser than me when it comes to ruling a country. I mean, she’s not here right now but… [She bit her lip a little] ...I never really ruled ruled one before.

[He's not afraid of cooties, really... Just... PROPER PERSONAL SPACE DISTANCE, okay....]

I suppose it... may be convenient.

[aka "why would taking selfies be any useful, ever". not to be confused with "what is fun and why would you want it".]

Nevertheless, this seems contradictory. Such a pragmatic device is bestowed upon all new arrivals to facilitate their living, correct? Yet we are informed of so very little of our circumstances. Would you know if there are any consultable archives within the colony, that may contain this planet's history?

[He'd tild his head if he wasn't straight like an arrow like, 24/7. Chal's eyes do widen a little in confusion, though. Was something the matter?

He follows Shinpachi's line of sight. ...Ah, those.]

These mechanoid-like entities?

[He blinks, getting a better look at her. A sibling?

...Oh. Oh. It's like that.]

Pardon me for assuming, Your Highness. Your elder sister, is she to be the future queen?

[Whelp, now he feels rude AND ignorant... The answer is probably 'yes' in this case too, but he's done enough assuming already for one sitting.]

[Meanwhile, Anna scratched the back of her head. All she could do was give him a nervous chuckle in response.

Well, she can tell things were going to get awkward again!]

Yeah, she is the queen of Arendelle right now! So, it just feels really weird to be taking her position when she's not here and especially when I don't have any real training just yet!

...I deeply apologize, it was not my intent to thrust upon you erroneous responsibilities, nor debase the rightful royal order of Arendelle.

[his knightly spaghettis...]

Would you... however, not face the possibility of ruling nonetheless, let it be in a different country, or a region within your own?

There are some books in the library, but they don't cover an awful lot about the history here. [The apologetic smile returns... Even if Oz isn't at fault for it, obviously, he still feels bad that he can't give anyone any answers despite having been in the city for so long.]

Everyone's doing their best to look for things exactly like that, though. If more is found, you would hear about it quickly!

[He looks across to where she's pointing and nods. It's definitely a wheel, and it does look nice and high at the top, although it's also moving a whole lot. Maybe standing on one of the supports would work better...]

It's a possibility. [Should probably say thank you...but doesn't. Nope, he's just going to start walking in that direction instead, although he does glance at the girl to see if she going to follow or not.]

Whaaat, really? You don't want to keep going?

[ He's probably seen that her leg is bleeding - it's hard not to, with the lights back on and all of that. But bleeding is seriously low on Shuu's list of priorities when he's used to everything around him healing way easily from something like that. ]

I don't like staying inside of cramped spaces. If they'd like to take it outside, that's fine with me.

Don't worry about it! It's not your fault and besides, you wouldn't have known otherwise if I hadn't told you so it's not that big of a deal! Just relax!

[Seriously, Chal! Buuttt...again, she bit her lip a little before glancing down at the ground]

Yeah, I had thought about it but I thought maybe in like a couple of years or so I would do that. Not like right now or anytime soon! I mean, I don't even know where to begin! How do I even rule a country?

[How does I queen???]

[She was about to just wish him luck, but the glance makes her wonder if he expects her to come with. Well, if he's new and he needs a guide... Fine, she'll catch up with him.]

Two pairs of eyes are better than one.

[possibly get on a ferris wheel with a strange high strung alien dude? sure why not]

[ It's weird. Because this guy really seems convinced of what he's talking about, but.. there's no way that's the truth. Shuu just can't accept it as easily after what he's had to deal with for years - it's just too deeply ingrained to suddenly forget about.

But on the other hand.. well, can't be much trouble letting this guy try to prove it as long as Shuu keeps his guard up enough to make sure he doesn't get literally backstabbed, right? ]

Fi-ne. If you're so desperate to prove it, then why don't you? [ Says the guy who was threatening to kill him liteRALLY THREE MINUTES AGO.. ] It's not like we're going anywhere as long as we're stuck here.

[The moment Anna said those last words, Nico got a bad feeling in his gut. No, Anna, that was definitely not his hand because both of them were gripping the hilt of his sword. He didn't say that right away, not wanting her to panic. Instead, he instructed her in a low, steady tone.] Whatever you're holding, if it's not the doorknob, let go of it very slowly.

[ nerd.

anyway, weiss kind of wrinkles her nose a bit at that. ]

I wouldn't call it magic. [ the word has become too associated with fantastical, whimsical things. it somehow feels like it's undermining what dust is and can do. ]

[he's a pretty big nerd, yeah]

It's not? [oh... now he feels foolish. he just assumed that the colored dust was magic without knowing anything about it! good job, England. but Weiss said it was energy...] How does it work?

[ A small nod. ]

Yeah, those things. They're supposed to guard stuff around here rather than actual humans. [ Something that already just doesn't feel right to him in and of itself, although there's a little more he's thinking about here, judging by the frown on his face that lingers even as he looks back to the other. ]

They've malfunctioned before already though. Thinking a new batch of people brought into this place were criminals and all.. [ Does he have to fill in the blanks on that "and all" as to what said robots would try to do to perceived criminals. ] I don't think we can trust them at all.

Ignorance is no excuse for lack of consideration and foresight, your Highness. I thank you for your grace, but I still have much to learn.

[He gives a small nod and leave it at that. Not going to drag it on and make a bigger deal out of it. So focusing on the question!]

It is not so complex and daunting as you may imagine. A ruler should reign with the good of the people and the land in heart. Can you envision acts, to that end?

This revelation is unsurprising. [Said drily, which CAN be differentiated from his usual seriousness, albeit barely.] What of any information on the Flamines? The invading race that supposedly is responsible for our predicament?

[As he gives a small nod to the assurance; the Cerevice can truly be useful, huh.

...Granted, he hasn't had the chance to sit through and scowl at the SOL calls yet...]

[Poor comrade is in for a rude awakening... THAT SAID, his answer is a (likely very predictable):]

We don't really know anything about them, either. ...Actually, I haven't heard them mentioned by CERES at all outside of their arrival powerpoint.

It's an element, obviously. [ she waves a hand in the air. SCIENCE, england. SCIENCE!! ]

Different types of Dust do different things — fire, water, wind... et cetera!

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