Who: Everyone ever.
When: ooc: 10/30 to 11/04 ; ic: 09/26 to 09/28
Where: Cerealia - all five districts.
What: Clowns, Murder, Outrage and One Direction.
Happy Halloween :D
Rating/Warning: PG-13 to R. [ image within includes brief flash of scary clowns, scroll down quickly if you don't want to see it! ]
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Queen of the Mountain
It's morning when the lights go out completely. Not a single one remains on except the glow of the device and whatever flashlights anyone bothered to stock up on. However, a single hologram in the Shopping District broadcasts along a billboard for a Very Important Announcement. After that, you hear a song so tender and beautiful that it must have been composed by angels at the dawn of time.
"Baby, you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed… "
When you go outside to investigate, a friendly clown will be inside a stolen(?) ice cream truck, looking to get all your attention before he talks through the speaker on the truck.
"Greetings, Cerealians! It's nice of you to join us at last. Are you worried about the power coming back? Oh, I'm sure CERES is working on it now. Rest assured that they have their finest technicians on the job. You won't be without your precious personal computers and robot-pets much longer.
In the meantime, let's play a game shall we! The rules are rather simple:
♥ You see that necklace on your chest? That's a lantern. You're going to want to hold onto that. If you lose it… well, you don't want to know what will happen to you if you do.
♥ Now, for the fun part! Collect the necklaces any way you wish, though we prefer the naughty way. Kill a friend. Kill a foe. Killkillkillkill until the streets are paved with blood.
♥ Whoever collects the most of those lanterns, gets a special surprise! They get to go back home, back to their friends and loved ones and away from CERES' endless lies and trickery. Don't you know it's all a lie? Your worlds weren't destroyed. This is a penal colony, and you've been suckered into the biggest prank of your life. But I'm here to help, of course. Just bring me a garbage bag full of the lanterns, and I'll show you, the lucky winner, the way out."
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//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ xx xx ]
You're going about your business, wading through the dark, finding supplies. But you're not alone. After the broadcast happens, everything is in full swing. Some masked participants decide to start breaking into shops, classes, apartments, you name it. There's no escaping them. They're on the hunt, they're after you 'cause they're hungry like the woooolf. You can choose to engage them, fight your way out, jump into the game, or head to the sanctuary located in CERES academy. The choice is yours. Be sure to make the right one.
PHASE II [ xxxx ]
Spiders, spiders everywhere. For those who decided to surrender their lanterns, the first twelve hours of the game are a breeze. Then, come the spiders, hungry critters that will attack and try to catch you in their many webs strewn through the colony. Be sure not to get stuck in one while they chase you.
PHASE III [ xxxx ]
Feeling weak? Not quite keeping up with the clown-faced gentlemen? Or maybe even your former friends and lovers? Well, there's a solution for that! You'll find another masked man happily pedaling some Pulse for you to take. The temptation is there with the promise of extra strength and a boost of power and speed. He won't hint at any side-effects, but oh, how you'll feel them when they hit. And those trying to dodge that fate, don't put your drink down anywhere or take your eyes off your food. Someone just might slip a little extra to get this game really going.
PHASE IV [ xxxx ]
It's the last day of the game. You're tired. You're weary. You may have stabbed a roommate or ten. But the lights are gradually returning while the CEO appears as if from nowhere with a public apology on all the billboards. You're welcome to spam your disgust and contempt in his inbox. His explanation for not being around? Quite simple! He was off on an expedition this whole time and wasn't aware of the situation because he gets no reception out in the jungle. See, he was doing it all for the good of the colony and trying to look for more habitable terrain. Isn't that kind of him?
Any further complaints will be forward to his underlings, Elias and Lucius.
BONUS [ whyo'clock ]
You know what's fun? Jumping castles! Someone happened to surreptitiously leave one in CERES' large garden. Do you want to go in and see what's inside? For a limited time only, you can escape the madness and murder to jump to your heart's content. There also might be another clown-faced murderer watching you as you jump. And jump again. He'll just be in the corner. Breathing. Watching.
[ 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. ]
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//RUN.EXE
Welcome to CEREALIA's fourth official event. For your convenience, we have compiled an OOC post explaining the event in greater detail. Feel free to ask questions there if you have anymore lingering concerns or inquiries.
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He can't help a small scowl, not at Naoi, but at the thought, at the stupid incompetence or purposeful neglecting of CERES or maybe they're engineering this all those sons of bitches grrrrrrr--]
Seems like it. And we can't rely on anyone but ourselves... and each other to fight against whatever happens.
Each time, it's gotten more dangerous.
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It's going to be hard to rely on each other if we always have morons in the mix that think it's a good idea to listen to these stupid things. [...] Or ways to get people to play along even if they know better.
[Naoi is still buttblasted about Pulse and will never not be.]
I don't think they're doing a good job of creating an environment of distrust if that's their aim, but they're making a mess of communication and cooperation.
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The stuff that they were adding to food or trying to hand out... [Yeah getting drugged =/= Hinata's idea of a big time.] Not the first time someone would've manipulated people into doing something against their will.
[He gets it, Naoi... It sucks. EVERYTHING SUCKED. Also that this was just like home was an unpleasant reminder for him.]
And then they just throw out that excuse afterward. Wasn't that just too convenient?
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I guess it speaks for the character of the people here, though... Needing to resort to such low tactics, I mean. [He's proud of the number of people who listened to the offer and went "haha nah", even if it was largely because this entire city is full of cynics and barely anyone believed it was legitimate.]
You think so too, huh? [YEP. He's watching you, CEO... Still not over the burgers he will never be over the burgers.] It seems like he always has an excuse or a stupid apology ready. What is this, the third or fourth major incident he's had to cover for?
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It does. [Makes a face. But indeed how many cynics are here certainly helped. It's what happens when you play in one murder game too many.]
It sounded so convenient and fake I was really surprised he went with it and not something more like "oh, they were holding me hostage". He could've even bloodied himself up to make it more convincing. [Hinata shakes his head.] The third or fourth incident since we've been here... right? Who knows how many there might've been before.
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Maybe he thinks we're all stupid. I mean, if he's going to offer the same lukewarm apologies every time something goes wrong, doesn't that imply that he thinks we haven't figured out that it's suspicious? Either that or he just doesn't care, and I'm not sure which is worse.
[Arguably the latter, since that means that he doesn't think any of them are morons and he still doesn't care enough to try coming up with better excuses, even if it'd only take a little more effort.]
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[IT MAKES HIM FEEL REBELLIOUS. LET'S GO WRECK THINGS NAOI.
no but really. wrecking things. bunch of us. this weekend. it'll be a blast]
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How likely do you think it is that it's something like that? Arrogance or whatever... That's going to be harder to combat.
[Just by virtue of the fact that it might actually be a real reason to worry. They might really be powerful enough to do much damage.]
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I think underestimating them would be a bad idea.
[However...] But I think they're also underestimating us.
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We're going to have to figure out what to do about it eventually. Sooner rather than later, but we've got a long road ahead of us if we expect to be able to stand up.
[It's not something he's unused to, at least. He was very patient building his way up in the last world, so he's sure he can do it again if push comes to shove.]
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[Hinata frowns. He experienced much of that himself... in fact, his life for the last while's been a series of waiting for clues and for things to happen. Fruuuustrating.]
They can be beaten, though. Those people in the masks, plus those assassin robots that were sent after people accidentally before.
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That's true. As long as things stay like this, we'll be able to fight back. We're going to have to keep building ourselves up, though. [TIME TO BUILD THE BARRICADE do you hear the people sing Hinata.]
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We are... We can't afford to get caught off guard like some people were again. [He and Komaeda were ready but uh it's cause they're paranoid people and even then.]
And maybe find some more of their weaknesses...
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But being paranoid in this situation is a boon okay, Naoi needs to up his paranoia game if he wants to survive because this is the second time since his arrival that he's had a dumb food-related accident.]
That's going to be a lot harder than just digging up information on the history of this place. If they guard those things so well, just imagine how fiercely they'd guard stuff that can actually be used against them. [...] Well, I guess unless those two are one in the same. [The history and their weaknesses, that is.]
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[......]
Wonder how much trouble we could get into trying to hack into their systems and dig around to see if they have some of their information stored. [He wonders completely casually.]
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It's as good a place to start as any, right? If anyone here can hack into the system.
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I can give it my best shot. [He lifts his shoulders in a small shrug.] No guarantees, but I don't know if I don't try, either.
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Are you good at that kind of stuff? [Said curiously! Naoi may be good with video games but that's about it...]
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Yeah. If I had to say, I'm good at it... it's just one of the things I know how to do. [He makes it sound less like he learned it or it's a hobby than it's just something he... knows...]
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Oh. That's pretty useful in a place like this, then! We'll just have to leave it to you. [GOOD LUCK HINATA have fun with all that 90s music!! He leans back on his heels after that, satisfied with his haul for the day.]
Let me know how it goes if you try, okay? Or tell me before you start so I can go get someone else if things go horribly wrong.
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While something going terribly wrong could probably happen, let's hope it doesn't... I'll just have to be as careful as I can to reduce the chances.
[He sighs, rubbing the back of his neck.] But yeah, I'll let you know.
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[And hopefully not his death alongside them!! But he will at least keep that to himself because he doesn't want to curse the poor guy...
That said, he'll turn on his heel afterwards, tipping his head in a parting gesture.]
Good luck.
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Aa. Thanks.
Look after yourself. [He waves after Naoi's back.]