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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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Our master. [ Or they were, but now he's not sure if they're even still alive. He sounds sad and somewhat mellow but his expression still remains the same.

He shakes his head. ] They spoke of...a Ferris wheel. [ He'll look around with discerning eyes before they linger on the Ferris wheel in the distance. ]

Oh! I see. So you have many colleagues too? [Since he said "our", so she's guessing. Also she can't tell that he's sad, aside from his tone, since his face is so zen. It's expected though, with the news that he received, and how he probably misses home.]

A ferris wheel! Ah yes, it's one of the most easily spotted rides in an amusement park. And one of the most popular, since it's good for all ages, even children. You can get a perfectly good view of the park this way.

...yes there were quite a few of us within the citadel. [ Probably more to come...if his world had not been destroyed. But he does not linger on such dark thoughts, he does bow his head in a silent prayer however for his comrades. ]

Then if it is not too much trouble...I would like to go on it. [ It seemed peaceful enough, so Kousetsu will give it a try. Poor thing is totally unawares of Cerealia and it's ability to take the calmest of rides and turn them into living hell. ]

Really? Perhaps you will run into someone you know here. [He might not know where they are now, but they could turn up. Also if he tells her his worries, she would tell him about how her time with her colleagues are messed up too.

Meanwhile, she's wondering if he just is playing it safe (and will end up a secret daredevil), or that he just really prefers peaceful rides. No matter, he will find out what kind he is. She nods and starts a little way towards the ferris wheel.]

Of course, come with me, I will take you there. [Dammit Cerealia, ruining first experiences. This is the worst amusement park ever, will never recommend.]

My brother, Souza, is already here with me. [ He just happened to lose track of him and now he's not sure where Souza was. He's a terrible big brother, just terrible.

Kousetsu follows along silently. Every once in awhile he might slow down to look at something strange, mostly food, and some random game booths. But he's able to keep pace. Everything here was fascinating. He wondered how it all worked, was it some type of magic like his Saniwa could preform? Or maybe it was tied to that whole technology business? ]

...have you been here long?

Oh? You are lucky, not everyone comes with someone they know. [Let alone family! And it's okay Kousetsu, Souza is a grown ass man. Sword. He's a big sword now.

Whenever he slows down, she does too, though it's quite easy for her to do so, seeing that Kousetsu's strides are longer than hers. It balances out. She's fine with taking the scenic route too, since he needs to learn all of this eventually. Better now while she's here to answer his questions.]

Hmm, a couple of months. It's been a while, but not that long. I know others who have been here for longer.

Sayo is still not here however. He is the youngest. [ The youngest of the Samonji blades. But Kousetsu is a worrier at heart, especially in a strange, new, and unusual place where they have no master and where there is only the two of them. ]

...I see. To be stuck here so long...I am not sure if it is a good thing or not. [ Especially with the news received beforehand. ]

It's very...confusing. [ On what he feels he means. His face might turn into an even deeper frown at that. ] To be stuck here with the knowledge that we failed...and then to be told that we must fight, if not now, then at some point. This world too is...filled with sorrow and violence.

[ Is there nowhere left that has peace? ]

So, three brothers in total? [She still hasn't figured yet that Kousetsu and his brothers are actually swords, somehow she's missing all these questions?! Amazing. And it's okay, at least worrying is better than being reckless.]

If we can return to the same time as we were taken from, then I think the length of time spent here will not matter. [That is, if their "benefactors" are actually being honest. With what keeps getting tossed at them, she questions this.]

So...you need no worry about your time for now, at least until we find out more. [WHOA KOUSETSU, YOUR EXPRESSION--] You are right though, we are fated with more sorrow and violence. But we have a chance to change that now, no?

[Considering how he really likes peaceful, safe rides, and how he speaks of violence, she wouldn't have taken him for a fighter if not for the sword he carries.]

Yes. We are three blades made by the same swordsmith. [ That's totally a reasonable explanation to being brothers amirite? ]

The Samonji blades. I am Kousetsu Samonji. [ He says it with a dour expression still, only nodding in response to her words. For now they were at a point were things could be changed. Or that is what they were meant to believe here. But Sousei's words of caution ring throughout his mind as he remembers what the other said. These people were not to be trusted. ]

...if we are able to do so without fighting, then that would be best. [ But that doesn't seem to be the case. ] If there is no other way found then...it will be no different than other wars fought.

[ROUNDING THIS OFF BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREENER PASTURES...]

Swords? Swords in human form? [She looks at him at first in surprise and awe, because she would never have truly thought it possible. But considering who she is, what she has seen.]

You have a similar situation to myself. It is nice to meet you, Kousetsu Samonji. I am Vietnam. One of my older brothers is Japan. I am sure you definitely know of him. Or at least is country. [She's not sure if their kind exists in his world after all. Just like how she is unsure of Japan is hiding a bunch of sword souls around.]

But you are right. Let us still work for the best case scenario.

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