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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[ see, she's so reasonable. ]
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Secondly: do you think he'd leave himself exposed like that? He pissed a lot of people off. And if my assumptions are correct, you'll just earn yourself an easy death if you go after him on your own.
[ wow, elliot sounds so reasonable right now! what a positive, uplifting change from his typically nonsensical ranting! ]
At least bring help.
[ ... yeah. ]
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It'd be nice if you didn't underestimate me when we haven't even done introductions yet... but fine, I get it. Get a party together, then have a nice chat.
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You think they're going to listen to our complaints? You might as well write a ceasefire and grovel at their feet, it'd probably earn better results.
What you need is a compelling argument.
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... [ But Yang really can't think of anything more compelling than a fist to the face or a boot to the head. Which isn't to say that she won't at least consider options, because she's learned patience. More than she'd had, anyway. ]
A compelling argument, huh...? If words could do it, that'd be great.
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ANYWAYS, ON THE ISSUE OF MINDLESS FIGHTING: it's not like he disagrees, but some guy who hides behind a blanket apology with the expectation that he'll be absolved of his crimes probably has more than one trick up his sleeve. Or sleeves. ]
It most likely wouldn't do us any good either way, but I expect we'd all appear more reasonable if we demanded some answers before beating the ever-loving shit out of the CEO.
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[ ... and because they've spent so much time bonding over how to treat this jerk, she finally blinks and looks at Elliot properly. ]
... Who are you, anyway?
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... Elliot Nightray. And you?
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I WOULDN'T! You're just a better asset alive than dead. [ and there he goes, desperately backpedaling: ] You know what — forget I said anything! Go ahead and throw your life away and see how far that takes you.
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Okay! I think I've got enough in me for one, good punch-- [ Yang don't actually roll up your sleeves. ]
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I was joking! For crying out loud, stop!!! [ OKAY, HE PROBABLY CAN'T STOP HER IF SHE GENUINELY WANTS TO LEAVE, but it doesn't stop him from clamping two hands on both sides of her shoulders. He sure is huffing and puffing away, though. ] It's a suicide mission if you go in your condition now! I won't drag your body back if you wind up getting yourself murdered, so just — I don't know, spare everyone else the trouble and REST!
Sleep, or eat, or recuperate, or whatever — just don't make others worry about you!
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You could've saved yourself a whole lot of yelling if you'd just said 'I'm worried', you know? How's the throat?
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It's fine. Look, you've got people waiting for you back where you're from, right? You can't afford to needlessly put yourself in danger now.
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But I promise, I won't go picking a fight today.
[ Maybe tomorrow. ]