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« 011 ⇢ event011.exe » OVERFLOW

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
[ 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.
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//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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Makoto

[personal profile] omurice 2015-03-26 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
((cont'd from here))

[He’s about to make a sarcastic remark, but he can see just by his expression that he’s also seen the same presentation and likely isn’t able to make heads or tails of it. Hubert’s rather aloof, but at least he has some human decency not to be rude to someone who appears to be suffering. And besides, it might be a good time to talk to someone about what they saw.]


Yes, it was a rather interesting presentation. Though given its contents, I’m not entirely sure if I am to believe it.
cordated: (RINSE.)

[personal profile] cordated 2015-03-30 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a lot to take in all at once, if that's what you mean.

[ If nothing else, he's assuaged by the fact that Hubert's indulging him for the ridiculousness that constitutes their current situation. Barring the mandhandling treatment the robots were inclined to bestow on every new arrival, he would've been half-inclined to head on the bus himself, if just to find a way to rationalize. Dropping his chin in his palm, he keeps his gaze pinned on the upholstery with an intense fixation. ]

It doesn't seem real. There must be some other reason! ... It's kind of hard to believe it's all just an elaborate ruse, though.
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[personal profile] omurice 2015-04-01 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I can agree with you on that. It must mean they have something to gain by showing us what they did, otherwise they would have no real reason to put us through such emotional trauma.

[Of course, Hubert wants to flip out too, but no use having two people do that right now. Instead, he uses this time to attempt to remain calm and reason through this. Ugh, if only Pascal were here, she would be able to reason through this with her technological expertise. Though there is an expression of agitation on Hubert's face, but he chooses not to look at the other person, instead choosing to stare out the window. Though his expression may be able to be seen by the reflection.]
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[personal profile] cordated 2015-04-03 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
But what, though? It isn't as if I have anything valuable with me. Do you think they might've been dropping hints of some kind? Something else for us to do, maybe?

[ His expression softens when he catches Hubert's frustration emanating clear through the refracting glass, and Makoto turns his head away from the window, hands unconsciously squeezing into fists, fine-drawn disbelief on the rise. ]

It's hard to imagine that they'd bring us here without a single ulterior motive.
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[personal profile] omurice 2015-04-04 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're absolutely correct. They need some sort of motive.

[Though he wonders...]

Perhaps them showing us that show was to create a motive within us.
cordated: (DRIFT.)

[personal profile] cordated 2015-04-05 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
It's strange. Do you think it might have been a ploy?

[ Barring the wavering note of doubt, he's markedly anxious in inquiry, but it's really that he's disinclined to think the worst of people who have supposedly saved his life. ]

They must've had incentive for doing it, then — it can't be that simple dragging everyone to one location like this.
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[personal profile] omurice 2015-04-05 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
That is one theory to think about. However, it's presentation had felt far too real, even if it was far to surreal at the same time.

[He doesn't want to believe it, yet at the same time he doesn't want to not believe it and have it end up really being a reality he needs to face. The practical side of him says it's all false, but...]

If we could figure out that reason, then the solution to everything would fall into place. To find the reason, however, will be much easier said than done I imagine.
cordated: (RINSE.)

[personal profile] cordated 2015-04-05 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The only thing that's keeping from flying off the handle are sensible people. If they end up going slack-jawed in bewilderment, he doesn't have many options before he starts outing himself as the real crazy one here, slowly acclimatizing to the idea of universe-wide annihilation. ]

So ... it's really no good, huh. We're the only ones left.

[ His tone lacks inflection as he turns his gaze down, staring morosely at his careworn sneakers. ] I didn't think it'd be easy. They didn't give us enough to work with. I don't think it's anything we can accomplish on our own, though.

What do you think you'll do from here on out?
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[personal profile] omurice 2015-04-06 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Me? Look for clues on what is actually going on. Though for now, we need to play along apparently since they have a destination for us to reach.

[And he's not really thrilled to know what it is -- just that it's best to see where they're going and play along before having to possibly fight. Or if he can figure a way around without fighting, that would actually be ideal. Until then, he has no information on the situation other than what they were shown. That is what worries him the most.]
cordated: (STEAM.)

[personal profile] cordated 2015-04-11 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
You're right. I guess it's better to stay on the safe side in the meantime until we can figure something out.

[ Lapsing into mediatory silence, he adjusts the collar of his jacket, fastidiously loosening it for need of a preoccupation. He's just about resigned himself to staring out the window for the duration of the trip, but he turns, smile just that side of reservedly diffident. ]

I'm sorry for being so forward. I don't think I introduced myself earlier. I'm Makoto Tachibana.