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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.
[ 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!


punchesyu: (guess i should get around to naming thes)

you're fine~

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-03-27 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude... [He says really, really nervously.]

I am so. Not. Moving.

[Something brushed up against him....]
nostatus: (you follow good advices to the letter)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-03-28 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, there sure is something breathing down Shinpachi's neck now too, and he sure doesn't appreciate it - in fact, his hand is already on the hilt of his sword, and he's pretty glad that he decided to take that along with him right now since he already didn't trust this place a whole lot.

He tries to feel with his free hand first though..

.. only to feel the seat underneath him feeling an awful lot like a snake. Ah, yes, there we go. Reptiles. ]


Dunno if this is fake or the real deal, but it'd be pretty damn impressive for them to cram a full snake this size in here.
Edited 2015-03-28 14:18 (UTC)
punchesyu: (mutha effin puke all ova u)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-03-28 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[He utters one of those tiny anime whimpers when a character is about to discover something really awful in the next two seconds, letting his hand fall to the seat to discover the new texture.]

Yaaaaaah!!! The seat isn't a seat anymore...! [Accompanied with a low hiss from the corner, nearest to Yosuke.] We're totally going to die-!
nostatus: (someone who who could simply)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-03-29 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Are you a man or what, Yosuke.

Wait, nevermind, don't answer that one right now. They got bigger problems on mind, and Shinpachi is already pulling his katana out of its sheath. NOT TAKING ANY RISKS HERE, NOPE SIR. ]


Kid, get up and get behind me-- I've handled bigger than this!

[ Technically not a lie. The snakes in Zelien were pretty damn big, okay-- they just weren't contained in dark ferris wheel carts where you can't see anything worth shit. But minor details, minor details.. ]
punchesyu: (Yo dude keep it down)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-03-30 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sure! [He yells back with a bit of fear. Scrambling up out of his seat and behind this guy he's with in the cart, he feels a little less...masculine now that he's hiding behind someone. But he would much rather not die. Not dying takes precedence here.]

Where the hell is it...I can hear the hissing but I can't see anything...

[Whoops is that a hiss near their feet now? Hiss hiss.]
nostatus: (the most amazing things that)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-03-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, Shinpachi is not going to wait even a moment - he's just going to slam his sword straight into the floor.

.. into the floor, yes, because suddenly it's not concrete there, since his sword really does seem to sink into something in the darkness. There's no hiss or anything indicating he really hurt it, but he can feel his sword cut through something soft until he raises it again. ]


Damn, this thing is either really big or something else is up.

[ All bets are on the last one. This place is just way too weird, how do they expect him to fight something like this? ]

Do you have any way to get us some light? [ Because Shinpachi can do a lot with a sword, sure, but it's not exactly a flashlight. And having a good overview of the situation might help a lot right now. ]
punchesyu: (OH NO WAY DO HE GOT THA BOOTY)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-03-30 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yo, watch it! [He leaps back in a delayed response as the sword slams into the floor. But what's weird is that he doesn't hear the clang against metal. And that makes him even more worried.]

L-Light! Uh... [His first idea is to light up the car with the summoning circle for his persona, but he's not okay with doing that in front of someone else quite yet- but damn if he isn't going to be okay with it REALLY SOON because HE DOESN'T WANT TO DIE]

Wait! I got something! [Grabs his ipod out of his jacket!] Here! [And fumbles with it a ton before he finally manages to turn the little screen on to give a faint glow. It's not much, but it's something.] I can still barely see anything...

[Is that a black and white pattern of a scaly mess on the ground, he thinks it is.]
nostatus: (and you know what that means)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-01 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ THAT IPOD IS JUST AS STARTLING AS A PERSONA?!

Okay, maybe a little less, but it's still.. odd. Shinpachi's never really seen one of those things before despite being stuck in this place, he just doesn't really get modern technology, being from the 1860s and all. So he just frowns for a moment as Yosuke pulls out his.. whatever the hell it is.

At least it means some light. And at least he knows what those scales mean. ]


It really is a snake..

[ Why do these things keep following him. Seriously. That determined for revenge?

But despite this being a.. well, fairly bad situation, Shinpachi still tries to be as focused and calm about it as he can be, even as his grip on his sword tightens. ]


Where is its head? Its eyes are the weak spot! [ He's learned this much by now after wrangling gigantic snakes before. ]
punchesyu: (No way-!)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-02 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
What?! [Just as he's trying to get a better look, he sees the scales at the same time as Shimpachi's annoucement, and

drops the ipod

it clatters to the floor, face down, making it harder to pick it back up. He scrambles to pick up the device but it met with a nasty hiss right in front of his face.]


WAAAA AAAAAAHHHHHH! [And falls right on his butt while trying to pick it up to get away!]
nostatus: (and here i am again)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-04 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .. yeah, okay. He gets it. This kid isn't going to be much help in this whole thing, so Shinpachi just tries to trust his instincts as well as he can with where the hissing is coming from in the dark, thrusting his sword in that direction. He's going to need to take care of this problem before whatever snake they managed to worm in here eats either of them--

But just as he swings his sword, the lights go back on.

And the cart looks exactly the way it did right before this whole thing went down, leaving Shinpachi looking.. well, a little stupid to be standing there with his katana out in a ferris wheel cart of all things.

He just.. slowly blinks...

Was all of that just now real or what. ]
punchesyu: (welp freaking out again)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-04 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is a sword blade near the front of his face. Thanks to falling on his butt, it's not directly in front of his face, but it's too close for comfort. He blinks once as his eyes adjust, and then flings himself up and away from the edge of the sword.]

Dude-! You totally coulda stabbed me!
nostatus: (well that is it guys that is all)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-05 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oi, don't gimme that! I have a little more control than that..

[ .. granted, it's a lot harder to aim in the dark, but.. whatever. Point in case, it didn't happen, that's good enough for him. And since this cart isn't turning back into weird dark snake hell all over again, Shinpachi is quick to sheathe his sword again a moment later, just to prove he's not the threat here now. ]

'sides.. this the first time you were faced with a snake, kid? You sounded like you were about to piss your pants. [ SUBTLE... but Shinpachi's just a really honest guy. He's not even trying to be rude, he's just.. stating a fact other people might not want to hear.. ]
punchesyu: (complaining like a pro)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-05 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! [Piss his pants? Probably.] Man, don't call me a kid... [He's almost an adult! Almost!]

It's the first time I've been on an amusement ride where part of the car suddenly turned into a snake! [And it was pitch black and he wasn't ready. And it's way too small in here to do anything. HE HATES THIS...]
nostatus: (i'd hate to be the one)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-05 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's the same for me. [ Hell, it's the first time he's in an amusement park period.. you just don't find those around in the middle of the bakumatsu, okay. ]

But even so, in this place, you gotta be prepared for those kinda things. Nothing is what it seems here, and sometimes stuff gets dangerous. [ Very dangerous and real, as he was able to witness just now.. ] So you gotta man up and stand your ground when it comes to situations like those! Especially if you don't wanna be called a kid for the rest of your life.

[ It doesn't help that teenagers were expected to grow into men a lot more quickly in Shinpachi's time, huh. He was only 18 when he already mastered his sword technique, so he's totally just casually applying that standard to anyone else. ]
punchesyu: (why him a story in 100 parts)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish they'd of told me that when we got here...

[Looks like he'll be breaking the kunai back out after all. Not that he knows how to use them well.]

And this is totally cool with whoever is in charge of this place, that people can die from freaky stuff like that?
nostatus: (but here they come again)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-06 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
They do apologize for shit like this, but.. y'know, it doesn't really feel genuine if that's all they do rather than try to prevent it. [ And since he's dealt with COMPASS back in Zelien, he's already naturally not very likely to trust people in charge like that.. their attitude about it just makes it worse.

Shinpachi tries to size the other up for a moment, tilting his head slightly to the side in curiosity. ]


Can you fight, kid?

[ Since he doesn't seem like it, considering his attitude just now.. but you never know. ]
punchesyu: (so bored so very bored)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-07 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[The question makes him nervous, hesitant to answer. He can, but.]

Sorta. I"ve messed around with blades here and there, but nothing serious. Kunai are really badass, you know? I haven't had any training or anything, if that's what you're asking.

[Not comfortable admitting to the persona thing yet. That will change]
nostatus: (so i can give it all away)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-07 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Kunai..?

[ Oh, Shinpachi actually looks a little bit interested at that. He's scratching his chin a little bit and everything.. looks like you hit the right spot at that one, Yosuke. Mostly since Shinpachi is a weapons nerd. ]

Did you want to become some kind of ninja?
punchesyu: (why don't we throw a party)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-04-08 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
No, I needed them for something else. Being a ninja would totally be sweet too, though.

[He wouldn't mind.]
nostatus: (it's only sad cause it's true)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-04-11 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't really know much 'bout ninjutsu.. [ After another moment of giving the seats a careful glance and making sure they're actually seats again instead of some weird.. snake thing, Shinpachi sits down again, leaning back a little bit. He's more on guard than he appears though, just in case something happens all over again. ]

So I can't help you with that. I'm more of a kenjutsu kinda guy. [ A really good one, though - say hi to an actual historical smaurai, Yosuke.. ] There might be people who know that kinda stuff here though, you should ask 'em for help. It's good to be able to defend yourself as a man when you get stuck in these kinda situations, y'know?