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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!

Comments

I'm pretty sure, Kaoru's probably going to try to grope him at some point. Is that all right?

[queenofminiskirts]

[She's been this way since basically forever.]

Eh? Your name's also Kaoru? [Whoa. Talk about a coincidence!]

Oz

[candycoating]

You mean there's a version of these things that goes fast?

[ Okay, he couldn't deal with that. It's bad enough something is slowly dragging him hundreds of feet in the air, it would be way different to be whipped around at the same time. ]

[breakin]

[ He's a weird guy, Mireu can see that much already. Something about his whole demeanor and behavior just seems slightly to the left of normal, but Mireu's not really one to judge. He spends so much of his life trying to get people to believe he's naturally weird himself, he's gotta respect the guys that just have a natural gift for odd behavior.

Or, at the very least, he's not really bothered by the way Haru is staring at him now that he's actually looking at his face. He's not bothered by the response either. He's inclined to agree, even if he's not going to say it. ]

No one? You never know... some people have some pretty interesting ideas of what's fun.

I think that sounds like a solid plan

[punchesyu]

[For that beauty he'll gird his loins among other things]

There's more? Who are they? [He says with some bit of urgency. That means Shinjiro might of run into some of his friends from home.]

[andimfine]

Let's call it unexplainable. [ Way to not be straightforward at all, Apollo. He just feels better now than he did at the start of the conversation, so he felt that some thanks were in order. ]

[bozu]

Aha, please - just use my name, I don't mind! But it's quite the pleasure to truly meet you, Kaito-san - [hey he used western order don't blame the chef] - and now that I have a name, I have to ask!

When you asked about a Super High School Level Magician, were you asking for yourself? I do have an interest in magic, you know; especially if you can perform a few private tricks, hmhmhm!

[It's almost like Komaeda is a distant memory, now; hopefully Kaito's ready for a million flirts and sexual innuendos.]

[candycoating]

Wait, so do I have a number? How do I find out what it is? -- Well, more importantly, how do I find out someone else's?

[ Because there's a big buff white haired dude that owes him chocolate and the only way he's getting it is to figure out how to message him, and Gaius' google-fu is weak. ]

I know you. I was just trying to direct folks-- sorry if I missed you.

[aerialassault]

Well, yeah. I've spent time on ships more than planets in recent years. It's kind nice walking in the dirt every once in a while...

[He scratched his head.]

But, we were talkin' holidays, right? You get used to folks celebrating ones that you don't too, after a while. It's just how people are.

Maribelle

[candycoating]

[ It's official, these two are way too old for technology. Gaius couldn't set up a router if his life depended on it. ]

You're right, it does seem tedious. [ Slowly, almost methodically, he'll select and type out the letters 'Hello', and be kind of aggravated that the keyboard isn't in line with the alphabet. Who even designed this thing? Don't they have any common sense? ] I'll use it if I have to, but I'd rather use pen and paper and a good messenger. Much simpler.

They like to congregate in groups

[breakin]

[ The save will only last them so long. Once the spider gets bored over there it's bound to be back, so they need to figure out a way to get out pronto.

Mireu looks over at Cliff, talking in a low voice. ]

Any ideas now?

[ Because he just used up all he's got, but this is still not the way he pictured himself going out. ]

England

[candycoating]

Well, when you lead in like that, I have to ask-- where exactly are you from?

[ Because he doesn't look like he's from Ylisse, or any of the other countries, which must mean he's from another universe, right? ]

[candycoating]

Say... you wouldn't mind showing a guy without the first clue how it works some pointers, right? I've got a deal going on with someone where I need to figure it out, so I'd appreciate it a lot.

[bozu]

Mmmmhmhmhm! Well then, you're in luck! I'm quite skilled, you know; I can prepare any food from any culture, especially my own!

If you'd like to have nostalgic treats, I'd happily prepare them for you whenever you'd like!

[... After all, his main cooking style is home-y, traditional Japanese meals. It's all he really made back at his mom's diner...]

[queenofminiskirts]

[She listens to him talk, but she can't work up the sort of worry people who didn't have monstrous powers might feel.

Still, she takes a few steps back from the mirror.]

What do you mean 'get to us'? Is it like pranks or something? [But he didn't sound like he was talking about pranks...]

[deontology]

They do not.

[He...makes it pretty clear by tone alone what he thinks of people who don't protect the citizens.]

[candycoating]

Welp, reason isn't going to work with these guys, let's bail.

[ He gives up so easily, too. It's not like his half-assed plan was ever going to work anyway, but why not try? Anyway, as soon as he utters the words 'let's bail', he takes her by the arm and dashes into the crowd with a speed only a thief with the law on his trail knew to use. He doesn't exactly have a shield, or... anything, for that matter. But he does have the advantage of disappearing into a crowd. Hey, if he doesn't have a real shield, he can only assume they won't fire wildly into the crowd after them.

Which would be absolutely terrible. ]

[aerialassault]

[Agh-- that sound still unnerved him, even weeks later. He hated not being able to see the enemy.]

A little, [he admitted,] I was in a den of 'em a few weeks back-- I think. Telling time gets weird when you're jumping from local time to the galactic standard. Lots of 'em were big, but some were small enough to fit in here...

[And that wasn't even counting the ancient Crosell in his factoring.]

Ruby

[candycoating]

[ Sorry, Ruby. It was a thief joke, and it wasn't even a joke, for that matter. ]

Don't worry, I wasn't too worried about something like that. It's just an automatic carriage, right? Without the horses. I don't have the slightest clue how it moves, but that's not really important right now.

[punchesyu]

[It's now that he turns and really pays attention to the mirrors. One darts through another mirror to his left, and he finally gets a good look at it.

And gulps. Now, he's not sure if he's in the TV world or not...]

Those things look like they're straight out of some horror flick. [And suddenly, again, the lights die and mirrors shatter all around them. Bloodcurdling howls ring out, and he hears something charging.]

[candycoating]

I'm starting to think the less questions I ask, the better. There's no way a guy like me would understand all of it, anyway.

[punchesyu]

Yeah, like I've never done that be-

[Oh]

It's just like-! [Suddenly he gets all excited.] Yeah! Great idea! [Man her ideas are even better than Chie's.]

[candycoating]

[ Okay, he's following your lead. Because clearly, the only way to make sure you're not about to get eaten is to stab the fuck out of the thing that's moving until it's not moving anymore.

But it's still moving, oops. ]

Crivens! It just won't stop wriggling!

[aerialassault]

[Cliff nodded.]

And being ready to move if we've got an opening, [he added.]

...It's Cliff, by the way. Cliff Fittir. There's a lotta kids 'round here, don't ya think?

[It seemed almost suspicious, for an army that was cobbled together on the fly.]

[punchesyu]

[He inspects it for a second.]

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I'd use as a paperweight rather than a phone.

[What is it like a Nokia]

[sjokolade]

Can't say that I have but it was really cool to see all that weird stuff here! Like that place with all those moving pictures and all the electricity around!

It's really cool!

[Those movies were in color! How awesome was that???]