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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.

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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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[Hitting a bullseye without even aiming, aw yeah!! But really, Oz just says whatever comes to his mind like a moron, so he seems happy that he's managed to make her happy with his observation.]

Rei Hino? [He repeats it back with a fair amount of accuracy! He's definitely a foreigner but he's also been around enough Japanese people that he's got a decent feel for how things are said.]

It's pretty put together like that! And the meaning is nice, too. Are all names set up like that where you come from?

[She nods again, a genuinely cheerful smile finally lighting up her whole face. He’d definitely hit the mark, and given her something less embarrassing, and significantly less troubling than vibrators and time differences to talk about. Home is something positive, something easy, and languages are fun.]

They are, yes. The lettering we use to write them has meanings outside of just names, too, so by combining letters we can give a name a special meaning. Like my friend, Usagi Tsukino. The letters in her name, when you write them, mean Rabbit of the Moon, for example.

[A pause.]

Are you from Earth, Oz-kun?

[He'd give himself a pat on the back if he could, okay. Messing up with newcomers is something that he does a little too frequently for his tastes, so this is much nicer!]

I see! That must be nice... Every name has its own special meaning. And they all sound pretty, too! Rabbits and sun rays - it would be fun if every place had names that worked like that.

[A laugh follows, amused and light, before he's distracted by her question.]

Ah— I'm not, actually. The world that I come from has countries that no one else seems to know, like [insert weirdass name of whatever fantasy country he comes from here].

[The list is met with a puzzled but curious expression from Rei. She does like learning, if not quite so much as her blue-haired best friend, so this is interesting enough. She commits the name to memory, if only as a means of relating better to Oz. Who, she’s beginning to realize, is probably not going to be scared off by a gruff demeanor, and who seems to genuinely mean well.]

You’re right. That means you’re from another…planet? Reality? I guess.

[She doesn’t seem to fussed about that though.]

Both, maybe? I'm not actually sure... I've never met anyone from my planet who remembers things happening differently than I do, but I've never met anyone from anywhere else whose worlds work in the same way, either.

[The Abyss in particular, which is the origin point of every world that could possibly exist where he comes from, seems to be particular to his universe.]

It's a little complicated to think about.

[She laughs weakly and shakes her head. It really is, and there are so many nuances to worlds and realities she’s come to realize.]

It is, a bit. Heh, well, I guess it’ll be good cultural experience for us.

[Probably. And now they’re at one of the vendors, probably. Because timey-wimey magic.]

So, cotton candy?

That's a good way to look at it!

[A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE... crossing time and space... Whatever works and makes it easier to digest, okay.

But once they're at the stand, Oz will hop his way right to the front, pulling his card from his pocket. He's got this!!]

Is there anything else you want? All of the food here is good! ...Except the hotdogs. [Those hotdogs.]

[Far be it for Rei to say no to a boy doing something nice for her. It's how she gets things back home, and it's perfectly okay to take things provided they are freely given. Not that she thinks Oz wants to date her or anything.]

Um, no, just the cotton candy is fine. Thank you very much, Oz-kun.

[LUCKILY SHE IS CORRECT this is just Oz being his usual nerd Oz self.]

Any time! [After placing the order for the cotton candy, he hands his card out. While the attendant is fishing the bag off from the top of the stall:]

Ah, I forgot to ask Lee earlier... Is that how a person refers to all of their friends? With "kun"?

[At the question, Rei laughs and shakes her head.]

Kun is a mark of friendship, but only for boys. Younger ones, anyway, or ones that act young. You wouldn’t call me Rei-kun, though, I’m not a boy. [And she thinks she’s older?]

Oh! What would I use for you, then?

[This is starting to sound more complex than he had originally expected but dangit if he won't try!!]

San. Rei-san. That's the most appropriate.

[She's not going to let him call her chan. No way.]

[He's satisfied enough with this IT'S ALL NEW AND MAGICAL.]

Rei-san? [Testing out the pronunciation; he's actually pretty good.]

I'll remember that!

[AND THEN LO the bag is finally handed over, and Oz reaches out to take hold of the plastic stick at the bottom. After grabbing a handful of napkins with his opposite hand, he turns from the stand to glance out over the area.]

Let's go find somewhere to eat this, then. Would those benches be fine?

[Good! New and magical is good!]

Please do, Oz-kun. I appreciate it, a lot.

[One little bit of familiarity in an otherwise strange world. It's just something small, but those little things, she knows, will add up into something much bigger in the end.]

And that sounds just fine with me. My, that's...actually a lot of the stuff.

[Seriously, she eats like a bird. Hopefully Oz is hungry!]

Edited 2015-04-03 01:35 (UTC)

[A single nod! And he definitely will remember it; she can expect to be met with that familiar greeting every time their paths cross and the occasion calls for it.

But Oz, quite fortunately (or unfortunately, for his own health??), can indeed pack away a fair amount when it comes to sweets.]

It seems big, but it's not as much as it looks! If you smashed it down, you could probably fit everything in this bag into a small cup or something...

[Of course, it would be a cup full of pure sugar, which is probably the real problem here.]

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