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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2014-08-23 10:43 pm

« 001 ⇢ Intro »

Who: [personal profile] messor & you
When: 08/23 (ooc)
Where: CERES Gardens
What: Job Fair
Rating/Warning: PG-13

"I'm the reason half of you are drunk at the moment." (CEO-SAN, NO...) "I'm the reason half of you are drunk at the moment." (CEO-SAN, NO...)
//GAME ⇢ START.EXE

Welcome to your life!


So you've been introduced to the wonderful world of Tellus, and now, you're wondering where to go. Never fear, for the wonderful CEO and his team of supportive companions have ensured that you won't be completely lost!

Heading towards the residential district, you find yourself facing some lovely hovering signs directing you to the large, beautiful dome garden in the center of the district. It's a rather large and intriguing location, and it's so huge that you may need to get a bike or transport to get where the arrows are pointing you to. Still confused? No trouble! The cute androids are willing to walk you there, or point you to the garden carts to transport you around.

Once you get to the flower garden in the eastern garden sector, you'll find a large and flowery ground with pretty streams against the backdrop of the high rises of the city where a Job Fair will currently be held. This is where you'll be getting a look at the very many jobs available within the Colony, and these are just a few to start off with!

Of course, that's not all to do here. Feel free to make your way around and see if you can find someone you know, or stop by the food stalls where a variety of meals to tempt you are around. Take some to your new residential spaces, and be sure to try the special delicacy of the planet, "Knight Burgers" are being served. The "Garden Burgers" are the vegetarian option, so don't miss out!

Meanwhile, your resident CEO is clad in an apron, happily grilling away and handing out succulent burgers to his new arrivals.
"So we meet again, hm? Oh? You don't remember me? Well, don't worry. We'll get to know one another very well soon enough. In the meantime, try a burger."
He holds out a single burger on a spatula with a smile, waiting for it to be accepted.

//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I
[ 12:01 ] The hologram trees flicker to life as they shed petals around the area. It's a brand new semester. Will CEO-senpai notice you? There are several booths set up around the garden where characters can meet their new employers and start asking questions. They can also get glimpses of their new work place and pick up their uniforms/training manuals. If your character is still undecided about their unemployment, they can take the opportunity to see what other kind of options are available. There will also be a booth for the CYbuddies and HOLOgm if they want to sample the new technology for themselves.
PHASE II
[ ??:?? ] One of the booths has several helmets characters can wear to upload themselves into ViViD, a state of the art virtual reality game, and enter one of the game stages to participate in a solo or team mission. They can sample a few minutes of gameplay as they enter a short battle with one of the NPC creatures. They'll quickly become familiar with the state-of-the-art technology as all pain and wounds experienced inside will feel real and will appear on each character's body. But what an awesome game it is! With amazing digital quality surround, it's a world like none other... but be careful not to fall too fast! (Those monsters even smell real, don't they?) Feel free to talk to Vidia, the game host, if you need help getting things going!
PHASE III
[ 14:30 ] The afternoon drones on as normal. Everything seems a little too mundane. Too uneventful. Some professional masseuses are on hand to lure you away and relax some of those frown lines and brow wrinkles. In the midst of it all, you find yourself starting to notice that the hologram trees are shifting ever so slightly. Within them, there's a glimpse of something from back home. A loved one, perhaps? A familiar face? You feel compelled to follow them further away from the party and into one of the quieter areas. The image then shifts into a warped version of yourself before vanishing entirely. Other holograms will start flickering around you at the same time, showing buildings from home -your house? your old school? your work place? -Until there's a shadow overwhelming it, spreading outward slowly.

Then something else appears within the darkness for a moment, lost in a single blink. That one second passes so swiftly it's barely noticeable.
PHASE IV
[ 15:22 ] The garden party & barbecue is winding down. Your resident CEO has run out of burgers to give, but he's happy to pass around drinks instead. The other stalls are still open though! Come collect a few frozen margaritas or ice cream to kick back and enjoy while under the sun. There's even a raffle for those who deigned to spend some money on a ticket. The prize is a luxury getaway weekend at one of Cerealia's finest apartment buildings. You'll get the penthouse suite for two whole nights and all the amenities you can think of at your disposal. Don't wait! Hurry up and sign up for it now.

[ For those who choose to participate, winners will be chosen at random by RNG. ]
BONUS
[ why:o'clock ] There's a bidet hidden in one of the garden bathrooms. Has your character ever enjoyed the grand luxury of a bidet? It's time for them to get acquainted with the sweet, sweet feeling of being clean.
[ The garden party & job fair will be long, so take your time enjoying both and dreading what's to come after. 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 Official Intro Log. Please forgive our appearance as we are still going through the final stages game completion… mostly fighting with table codes. While most pages are under development and/or hidden from the public eye, please don't feel discouraged, since knowing everything doesn't always make the experience. Your characters will know as little as you. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience. Please read that and this ooc post thoroughly before playing. Thank you!


horndog: (pic#7297890)

[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-25 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ When Mary hugs him back, it dawns on him belatedly that this might have not been the right thing to do, first of all, but it's accepted well. It reminds him of something similar to what she's thinking, actually. It reminds him of Sook, at least when they were closer. They had drifted apart once he'd moved out, which was to be expected, but things had gotten really bad once Gran died, and it was his fault, honestly. They had only just been starting to fix things up, though he won't get the chance now. That thought makes him give her a tighter squeeze in the hug, which may come off as encouraging, but that's not quite why he does it. It's a little more selfish than that, but he doesn't exactly recognize it himself.

Not wanting to linger with this hug to the point that it would become weird, he pulls back, then reaches up to rub at his face. He really hates crying, especially in front of people he likes, but it's a little hard to hide it now. ]


Yeah... Yeah, I know what you mean.

[ He sighs heavily to compose himself a bit more, then rubs at his nose too. ]

I mean, I don't got a clue how to explain it neither, but that's not sayin' much. Nagyoa seemed to have a better idea, but that's 'cus he's smart. He might be able to explain stuff better.
duad: (now you love me)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-25 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ She feels a little saddened when the hug ends, but she now firmly knows that he's here and that he won't be going anywhere anytime soon. It's not the first one and it certainly won't be the last. Mary tries to find her footing and stands up, feeling a sharp sting of pain against her side and leg. Still, she offers a hand to help him stand up and lets the other rest in her waist to add pressure so it won't hurt as much.

She sniffles again, brushing away any tears that have decided to form in her eyes and gives a couple of nods. ]


After I... [ She stops, lets the silence permeate for some seconds, and then starts again. ] When he and I were there watching you and everyone else... he knew what he was saying about how it all works. He'll definitely be able to help us.
horndog: (pic#7297919)

[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-25 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Nagoya will figure it out, no problem.

[ It seems to dawn on him what just happened too, so Jason starts to stand, though he offers his hand to Mary as he does so. ]

Aw, man, I'm real sorry for runnin' into you, by the way. I saw, shit, I dunno, I saw somethin' messed up back there.
duad: (all the money or the simple life honey)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-25 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's surprisingly good at helping someone heave themselves upward, but that's thanks to all her keytar playing. It doesn't put as much of a strain on her as she expects. There is a little discomfort though.

She looks over his shoulder to where he was running before he ran into her then looks back to him. Those words don't settle well with her, she almost expects him to say what she doesn't want to hear. Her body tenses up. ]


What—What do you mean 'something messed up'?
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[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-25 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jason hesitates before he glances over his shoulder, but by now, what was there is gone. He seems relieved by that and shakes his head, but he doesn't look confident in what he starts to explain. ]

I don't really know. One of the, uh, trees, they just flickered like you know how lights flicker when you need to change the bulb? Like that. But I saw Sook's face in there, then just kind of...

[ Followed it here. Belatedly, it occurs to him that he broke horror movie rule #1. ]

Shit, that was a fuckin' dumb thing to do. [ At least he knows it. ] I just kinda followed it here, then I don't even know how to explain what happened. I saw my Gran's house, where me and Sook grew up, but then everything got all messed up.
duad: (just try)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-25 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She has yet to witness it, but she still listens to him without any interruption. Sympathy washes over her expression when he mentions back home and the melancholic twinge in her heart aches even more. She keeps her focus on the here and now, which is whatever he saw that frightened him so much — she wants to avoid it herself if possible. ]

Messed up how? What happened?
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[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-26 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I... I dunno, it was like...

[ He trails off uncertainly, then runs a hand through his hair as he glances back. Jason has never been great at explaining supernatural phenomena with anything more than a string of expletives, so bear with him as he tries. ]

Like, it was Gran's, but then this—shit, I dunno—This shadow or somethin' came out of it, and there were big fuckin' teeth, like a gator or somethin'.
duad: (minnesoter)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-26 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This doesn't bode well with her, even though she doesn't understand what it is or why Jason's witnessed it. She reaches out to wrap her hand around his wrist, worried for him more than herself. ]

Maybe... we should think about sticking together? The three of us, I mean. Until we figure out what this place is. For all we know...

[ She trails off, afraid to add to the rest of that. If she says the thought aloud — that this may just be another one of those 'games' — then it might come true. It's silly, but she still refuses to finish the statement. ]
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[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-27 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jason looks back towards the alley again, but when he turns to Mary, he crosses his arms. The look on his face makes him seem like he might reject it, since he seems uncertain. ]

...Yeah. Yeah, I think that's probably a good idea.

[ He's just uncertain because he's worried about the same, that this might be another game. ]

We get houses or somethin', right?
duad: (cool scene)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-28 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I—I think. In a place like this, it's probably gonna be an apartment... unless it's a ways out.

[ She looks up and around, trying to find something that resembles an apartment complex. The city's not that different than Los Angeles, just... with holograms added in. All of it is so hard to believe, despite witnessing time travel herself. It's what she expects the year 2000 to look like, but she's actually existing within it rather than imagining it.

She looks back at him, trying to offer some kind of smile. ]


But something tells me there aren't many suburbs here.
horndog: (pic#7294093)

[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-28 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
...Huh. Never lived in an apartment.

[ He rubs the back of his head with a thoughtful expression, since Bon Temps wasn't exactly populated enough to have apartments. That was something you found out closer to Shreveport. It wasn't like getting a house was expensive in his town, considering he had gotten one on a construction worker's salary, but... ]

I mean, you okay with that? Me and Nagoya is one thing, and account of us both bein' dudes, but last girl I lived with was my sister. [ he's really used to the bachelor lifestyle... ]
duad: (i am sound)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-28 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The sister part makes her smile and warms her over. She and her brother haven't really lived with each other by themselves, but her place is... was for him to stay long periods of time too, so she considers it for a moment. She's been surrounded by the Misfits for so long she's forgotten what it's like to be around guys all the time. Mary's laugh is light when she bows her head. ]

The last guy I lived with was my brother...

I guess if it's big enough for all of us, it could work? Or we can find a place where I can stay in an apartment that next to you and Naoi.
horndog: (pic#8226241)

[personal profile] horndog 2014-08-29 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm gonna go ahead and say that's probably a better idea.

[ But he says so in a good-natured, teasing sort of way. It's hardly that he wants to kick Mary out (far from it), but. He knows how he is... And who knows how Naoi is. ]

I dunno how it works, but we can try, yeah?
duad: (every day should be a holiday)

[personal profile] duad 2014-08-29 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I don't either. It's gotta be a little like looking for houses though... right?

[ Still, her nervousness at the prospect is obvious. If CERES brought them here, then surely they were expecting apartments to be available for rent...? Mary's usually a responsible adult, but being thrown into everything is really throwing her off her game. She laces her fingers together and tries not to twist them. ]
horndog: (pic#7294182)

[personal profile] horndog 2014-09-02 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, I guess so. Haven't done that since I moved out of Gran's house, but it wasn't hard or nothin'.

[ He shrugs, then starts to walk out of the alley with her, since they shouldn't linger here, probably. ]

Can't be that hard, right?
duad: (cool scene)

[personal profile] duad 2014-09-02 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like there aren't a lot of people here, so there's gotta be enough apartments. At least our credit score doesn't matter...?

[ She tries to smile, offering up a joke, but her stomach still twists and turns five different ways. Her nervousness is only slightly apparent as she attempts to hide it the best she can... which isn't very easy at all. ]
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[personal profile] horndog 2014-09-02 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Seeing how nervous she is, Jason steps forward to place a hand on her shoulder and give it an encouraging squeeze. He gives a playful little smile to match, walking with her easily. ]

We'll figure it out, don't worry. We can manage.
duad: (not if you were the last junkie on earth)

[personal profile] duad 2014-09-02 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even though his words assure her enough, she still feels a little nervous. Without an answer to his statement, Mary just nods quietly and keeps her head bowed down to watch the street moving underneath her feet trying to process the reality — as real as a place full of holograms can be — of it all.

Maybe when she finds Naoi, things will start to make more sense. ]