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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)

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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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[Tenka addresses Souza's concerns regarding both of his brothers easily and in one fell swoop:] They won't have to do anything that they don't want to here. I get that you're all blades, but more importantly, you're my friends. Sousei and I will do everything we can for you.

[Tenka immediately signing up Sousei for that duty too.... still though, he grins at the mention of food.]

Definitely!! Or -- actually, you can sort that out with Soramaru. He's here too! But he got a bit injured in this crazy place... so I think it'd be better if he stayed out of anything intensive for a while.

That's very sweet of you, Tenka-san, and I appreciate the sentiment, but only so long as it puts neither you nor Sousei-san in any sort of danger. [ because while souza's pride as a blade has been trampled on for centuries, there are still some things that he won't stand for.

at the mention of soramaru, though, his expression lights up again. ] I'm so excited to meet him! I'm glad that the two of you are together here. [ but the pleasure fades into concern a moment later. ] It's not a serious injury, I hope?

Well, if nothing else, it wouldn't be anything new for me and Sousei.

[If he's honest!! Though the way that the other man's expression brightens at the mention of Soramaru just manages to get Tenka to grin wider as he nods in affirmation.]

Yeah, I've missed him! Luckily I think he just took a bad fall so it's nothing too rough on him. He should be fine in a couple days probably.

[ he clicks his tongue at that, shaking his head. ] Regardless, it would hardly please me to be the one to put you in such a position.

[ he gives him a pointed look, but then subsides, whole expression softening with warmth. ]

I'm glad to hear that. I hope he won't mind Kousetsu and I being there..

[Tenka is going to!! Ignore that warning and the pointed look!! What was that, Souza-kun? Happily protect you forever and be a total badass while I'm at it? Sure! That can be handled no problem.

Instead, he just chuckles.]

Nah. Our place has always been open, even back in Otsu. It's just natural for us to open the doors to anyone who wants to come in.

[ tenka wow??? listen when people are talking to you!!

anyway. ]

Ah, really? Tenka-san has a big heart. [ he can imagine the trouble it might get tenka in if it hasn't already. ] Sousei-san must fret about it at times.

[obliviously:]

Huh? Why would he?

[thanks tenka]

I'm just doing things that are natural.

[you know, letting strangers come into their house and stuff]

He's your dear friend, isn't he? [ bless this sweet, oblivious child. souza and kousetsu are going to have to keep an eye on him, too. ]

Some people would argue that it's not entirely natural to let strangers in your home to live with you. [ he pats tenka's arm. ] Especially dangerous weapon strangers.

[You're going to have to pardon him if he snorts rather indelicately at that, Souza. Rather, he's just going to go back to swinging his arm right around Souza's shoulders, pulling him close enough that they're walking side by side as Tenka turns his head to give him a grin.]

Luckily I haven't invited any dangerous weapon strangers to live with me! Just my good friends, the Samonji brothers. Nice guys, really willing to help us out since Sousei and I aren't good at chores. You know, I'd almost say that they're doing us a favor by giving us their company. Bahahaha!!

[Tenka's laughter might as well blend right in with the scenery - loud and blinding and bright as it is.]

Sousei... gets that. After all, I wouldn't be friends with him if my dad didn't take him in when we were kids. [He shrugs easily.] So he understands it better than anyone. Giving other people the opportunity to have a warm home to go back to, lots of friends, good food... it can make all the difference.

[ honestly, tenka-san.. he appreciates the warmth of the gesture, though, fingers curling into the back of the human's shirt to keep them close as they walk. ]

Well.. it seems the least we can do. Especially since I hear that your diet leaves something to be desired. [ a teasing sideways glance. ] And I enjoy keeping busy. With a full house like yours, certainly I'll have many distractions.

[ his expression softens once more, mismatched eyes fond. ] .. I'm glad that the two of you have one another. You seem to balance one another well.

[Why does everyone tease him about his diet!! What's wrong with it! Clearly he's just trying the new things that this world has to offer.... but well, he's just going to grumble faintly at that. Though he shakes his head a moment later.]

Trust me, it's plenty busy.... You'll probably meet Mary-chan when she comes over for lessons with Sousei. He's teaching her a bit until I can convince her to go to school properly. Oona-chan shows up at random hours too so don't be alarmed if she does.

[Still though, he's just snorting faintly.]

But.... yeah, I guess we sorta do. I've known him since he were kids. My old man brought him to our house one day and that was pretty much it. He's my partner.

[ 'trying new things' and 'subsisting off of junk food' are not the same, tenka. ]

Ah? Why would I be alarmed about Oona-chan? [ after all, if tenka's home is open to his friends, it would only make sense for them to drop by when they like, wouldn't it? ]

.. Partner. [ he makes a soft, musing noise, eyes going a little distant. ] Some blades I know had partnerships with their owners. Kanesada-san and Horikawa-kun, who belonged to Hijikata-san, for instance. Kanesada-san still mourns Hijikata-san even now.

[ . . . . . he pauses, trying to figure out how to explain it-]

She's... very forward. Also, you may find her on the couch in the morning without any warning whatsoever. [When he said random hours, he meant.... really random hours.] She's a good girl, though.

[Precious little sister!! Though... at the mention of the other blades, Tenka hums thoughtfully.]

Ah... Well, from what I've heard Hijikata-san is around here in this world somewhere.... maybe they can meet again if Kanesada-kun ever shows up.

[and the only reason Hijikata gets a -san rather than a -kun is because Tenka's been warned about being too friendly with Shinsengumi he doesn't know before.... ah....]

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