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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Minerans used identification numbers to differentiate between their mechanoid models. Given how we were 'retrieved', I would wonder if the colony doesn't label us the same way.

[He remarks neutrally, admittedly missing the fact that not everyone will understand the terminologies he's familiar with. The cultural gaps are going to take some getting used to...

Also frowning!! He doesn't look approving, but he doesn't make any comment on it.]

I see. Are communication and identification the main uses for this device?

[Oz definitely looks a little left behind as Chalcedony continues his explanation... MECHANOID MODELS?? At least a few solid months in the future has Oz on the (general) right track.]

So it's... how people on your world identify robots? [?!?!?]

But that's about it, right! You can get apps and things too, if you want. I have some that are games and some that let me look up where stores are in the shopping district, and one that acts as a dictionary.

[But he has a feeling this Very Serious Guy will probably not be too interested in any of that, so he doesn't delve into more detail.]

Nay. Organica, my home planet, does not possess the technology to create mechanoids or forge synthetic Spirias. The Minerans from Minera have, however, though their once highly advanced civilization is mostly lost to us. We merely learned of it after Kunzite, a Jack model mechanoid manufactured by the Minerans, informed us of his creation personally.

[a beat.]

Do you refer to those alloy entities as 'robot'?

[--oh, but back to apps--]

The CereVice contains a map and a dictionary? Does it function as a small archive, too?

[on one hand, what are games?? on the other practical handy tools are good, so there's that!]

[Most of that is lost on him, though he's a bit concerned that there's anything in any world with a name like "the Jack model".]

...That's what I've heard people call the things made out of metal here, anyway! Some call them androids, too. It sounds like it uses some very advanced technology...

[A MYSTERY.]

Oh— it can! You can keep word documents and make spreadsheets and things like that. You can take pictures of things and save them onto a memory card, too.

[they're named after card suites... Other model names include Queen, King, Ace, and Joker. IT'S NOTHING CREEPY REALLY]

So the terminology varies. Interesting.

[He mulls to himself briefly, and moves on with a nod.]

This can functionally notekeep? That's surprisingly pragmatic.

[It's truly amazing... wasn't expecting to find anything for obvious reasons, what with the automated intro through ViViD and being shoved inside a creepy red-white-green-themed amusement park right after and all.

As Oz explains it though, he'll give some experimental taps on his own device, before managing to bring up the camera on the selfie angle by pure luck ~~because that is truly among the easiest functions of a cell to accidentally boot up~~. ...Huh?]

--A mirror, too?

[tmw they have seen holographic projectors and the like but what's self-recording]

[BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE...]

Mmhm! From what I can tell, robot is kind of a general term and android is a term for the ones that look a lot more like people.

[Oz is learning a lot about the future okay, and he's always excited to share his... knowledge...

But oh, the selfie angle! Oz knows a lot about that too okay, one of his favorite things to do is selfies with his friends. WHAT A USEFUL CHILD.]

That's a camera too, actually! [He doesn't even need to look over to see what's on Chalcedony's screen, considering his reaction was exactly the same...] You can take a picture of yourself if you click the little button on the side.

[it is a common name ok, also not the characters' faults if the canons themselves get heavy inspiration from fairytales too...]

Duly noted, the clarification is helpful.

[--what no why would you take pics of yourself-- THAT IS chal is not A+ with close proximity, so if Oz happens to be leaning in, he WILL straighten himself and edge back a bit.

...Subtly. Or well, as much as anyone can, when backing away "politely"...]

"Take"? Akin to a portrait?

[hell yeah he's helpful, points for Oz!!

But he has indeed leaned in a little to get a look at the selfie angle, even though he also backs off without a word once Chalcedony shows he is clearly Not Pleased with people up in his personal bubble.]

Exactly! Except it shows up on your screen immediately, you don't have to wait or anything.

[He's not afraid of cooties, really... Just... PROPER PERSONAL SPACE DISTANCE, okay....]

I suppose it... may be convenient.

[aka "why would taking selfies be any useful, ever". not to be confused with "what is fun and why would you want it".]

Nevertheless, this seems contradictory. Such a pragmatic device is bestowed upon all new arrivals to facilitate their living, correct? Yet we are informed of so very little of our circumstances. Would you know if there are any consultable archives within the colony, that may contain this planet's history?

There are some books in the library, but they don't cover an awful lot about the history here. [The apologetic smile returns... Even if Oz isn't at fault for it, obviously, he still feels bad that he can't give anyone any answers despite having been in the city for so long.]

Everyone's doing their best to look for things exactly like that, though. If more is found, you would hear about it quickly!

This revelation is unsurprising. [Said drily, which CAN be differentiated from his usual seriousness, albeit barely.] What of any information on the Flamines? The invading race that supposedly is responsible for our predicament?

[As he gives a small nod to the assurance; the Cerevice can truly be useful, huh.

...Granted, he hasn't had the chance to sit through and scowl at the SOL calls yet...]

[Poor comrade is in for a rude awakening... THAT SAID, his answer is a (likely very predictable):]

We don't really know anything about them, either. ...Actually, I haven't heard them mentioned by CERES at all outside of their arrival powerpoint.

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