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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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[huh? t-together? England flushes a bit, because no one ever wants to do anything with him. it's quite a shock]

A-ah... If you... insist... [awkward old man is awkward. and touched, honestly]

Only if you want.

[See, she picks up on that weird feeling, wondering why exactly he's so flushed and awkward. She'll totally hide behind him if it's a bomb.

but either way, she offers it over]

On three?

[hopefully it's not a bomb then. England takes the other gift and flips it over once to examine it before looking back at Rei. then he nods]

..........

[when was the last time England opened Christmas presents with someone? must have been several years ago. that's depressing]

One. Two. Three.

[And she peels off the wrapping with Arthur, assuming he goes along with it.

And when greeted by the candy-cane colored vibrator...she turns bright red and recoils like it's some sort of snake!]

...I should have known it would be something stupid.

[England opens up the package Rei gave him and... oh. it's the adult mistletoe. and he. doesn't even show Rei. he just kind of crumples it up in his hands]

Incredibly stupid. [his face is even more red than before! honestly, to get a gift like this... it would kind of be funny if it hadn't been given to a teenager! suddenly, England worries if other kids got presents like these]

[She grumbles and kicks the fallen parcel towards a trash can. She’s not picking that thing up, no way.]

At least I got one and not some child though. That would have been worse.

I was thinking the same thing. [England tosses the AHEM adult mistletoe into the trash. also worse, he could have opened the vibrator. ANYWAY]

We...should probably find something else to think about, yes?

[Like not adult toys, with an adult Englishman.]

[YES GOOD IDEA]

R-right! [he clears his throat] Other than that, how have you been getting along here?

Al...right I suppose. [She's shaking her head.] Frankly, I have no idea what to expect, since I just arrived and have nearly died three times.

[geh!]

Wh-what happened?

The rides, naturally. The house of mirrors has a demon, the ferris wheel is possessed, and there are robotic Santa Claus in the roller coaster that attack with swords.

I didn't go near the Tilt-and-Whirl.

I... That doesn't sound very Christmas-y at all.... [WHY IS HE SURPRISED] I'm sorry you had to go through all that.

Don't apologize for their insanity.

[Folding her arms, she grumbles and starts walking towards...maybe a food stand.]

Is it any less insane with time, Arthur-san?

[so they have met! she wouldn't know his name otherwise, he doesn't think. ~~unless she was a psychic~~ England follows, walking along beside her]

Not at all, I'm afraid. If anything, I think it gets worse. [WOW JUST SCARE THE YOUNG WOMAN GJ MISTER CYNIC]

[She's honestly not sure why the name popped into her head. But she has this odd sense that they have before. It's vague, but whatever. ~~Wibbly wobbly timey wimey~~]

Lovely. Then I'm glad to know I'll slowly go madder and madder. Just what I've always wanted.

[Cynic meet sarcastic cynic...]

[hey, England can be sarcastic cynic too. but only if he's really pissed off, or wants to make a joke]

At least you won't be the only one. Though i don't suppose that is enough of a consolation.

Oh, it's consolation enough.

[A laugh.]

Misery does love company yes?

Yes, yes, it does. [and, oh, the misery England has. tons of it. for a brief moment, there is a flicker of sadness behind his eyes, but he manages to steel them again quickly]

So, you obviously know what Christmas is. I take it you're from earth?

[IT's hard to miss that, but Rei is not the prying type. Not yet anyway.]

Yes. I'm from Japan. And you...are English?

Ah, yes. I'm from England. [ahh! Japan! England is on fairly good terms with him. they're kind of friends... at least he thinks? don't worry, Japan, he'll watch over your citizen!] Though I've been to Japan ['s house] on several occasions.

Oh? Where have you been?

[This is relevant to her interests!]

Hm. Let's see. [he counts off on his fingers] Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Okinawa... Almost everywhere. I took a tour of the whole country many years ago.

Goodness, that's the major points aside from Niigata and Fukuoka, definitely.

[A beat]

Out of curiosity, what year is it for you, um...back home.

[oh! Niigata sounds familiar! yes, he's sure he's been to those places too, but it was a while ago. probably over fifteen years ago, or something]

2014. [he says without hesitation] Late November.

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