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[poised]

Who: everyone, literally everyone
When: ooc: 04/25-04/26; ic: 12/26
Where: the Gardens
What: intro log + winter ball!
Rating/Warning: PG-13 | possibly nsfw (please let me know if you need this rating changed, or you are welcome to continue any naughty shenanigans in a private log)

//winterball.EXE Pimp My Party -- Royalty Style A few weeks prior to December 26th, an invitation went out to all whom already reside in Cerealia. In delicate, curling script, it read: You are cordially invited by Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear to a Winter Ball to be held on the Eve of December 26th in the Gardens. Dress in your best attire and enjoy a magical evening of dance and fine cuisine. What do you mean we should fuss about worlds being destroyed? Get into the holiday spirit, you scrooge! And in regards to the new-comers: whether you have been wandering Cerealia over the course of the past few days and managed to receive one of the later waves of invitations or have simply suddenly appeared in the gardens with nothing but the (hopefully…. appropriate….) clothes on your back, welcome. The gardens have been transformed through the work of slave labor condoned by royalty incredibly talented volunteers. A buffet line possibly a mile long, a sprawling dance floor with temporary wood placement to cover the grass, a lovely orchestra with scheduled interruptions of magic shows on the stage, and the entire thing lit gently with lights stretch the span of the main area of the garden. Not too far off, there are ponds and pathways that take you elsewhere into the foliage, but why would you go that way? The party’s right here! "Good evening, everyone!! Whether you are new to Tellus or old, I hope to find you in good spirits. Mind you, I do not intend to ignore the blunders of CERES nor the grave situation that new-comers have found themselves faced with. However I assure you that at this time, surrounded by these people, you are in good company. Please, dine and be merry - I believe some worlds celebrated a holiday yesterday! Get to know one another so we may strengthen our ties and stand firm against whatever this world may throw against us! Also try the salmon, it's absolutely divine. . . . How do I turn this off...? Should I just walk away?"

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Like any respectable ball, your entrance is announced as you walk right into the party! What do you mean you wanted to slip in unnoticed? That simply won’t do. Natalia managed to rope in someone – is that a Tellus native? – to do the honor of acknowledging your character as they make their debut to the ball. This guy is under strict orders to not miss a single soul. If your character doesn’t give him a name and title ahead of time, then he’ll just make something up. Think along the lines of Broseidon McSnootyname, Duke of Erectile Dysfunction-- What do you mean that’s not your name? PHASE II [ xxxx ] Absolutely no expense was spared when it came to making sure that the food here was the best that money could buy (or threats could extort). Guests can select from a menagerie of main dishes from all sorts of cultures, adorable desserts that look like woodland creatures alongside towering cakes, and even those fruity drinks with the little umbrellas on them. Pig out, you animals – but there’s also a wide selection of fine wine if your tastes and curiosities wander off in that direction…. What even is the drinking age in Tellus? Remember, folks, drink (ir)responsibly. PHASE III [ xxxx ] Well, it is a ball. If you’re interested in proper, classical styles of dance, there’s certainly an orchestra that’s dominating most of the night. One of their songs may or may not sound familiar. Spin around in your flurry of skirts and do the fairy tale thing if that’s what you came here for. Romance, or whatever. Waltz your heart out and don’t forget to point your toes! … that said, there’s also a separate sound system not too far, prepared in case the orchestra might want a break. It’s also not being watched too closely. Maybe put on something to liven up the dance floor? Or did someone ruin your fantasy by putting on something unbearably inappropriate? PHASE IV [ xxxx ] The gardens really are beautiful. Spread throughout the area and more toward the outskirts of the party, there are plenty of beautiful fountains with glittering, crystal clear water. In fact, it’s so clear that you can spot the occasional alien life form flitting through it amidst the lily pads and gently sweeping foliage. It’s so graceful, what beauty! Look at how it rises to the water and gently opens its mouth into a yawn and—tries to chomp anything within range right off with razor sharp teeth what the fuck, whatthefuck. It would appear that's not all, though. Whether you're ready to fight the creature or run screaming, you feel something slowly slide and curl around your arm or your ankle. Look on in horror as you turn your head and realize that it seems that the nearby tree has grown rather fond of you very quickly, to the extent that it will reach out and lovingly wrap its hentai tentacles around you.... Brings a whole 'nother meaning to 'tree hugger', doesn't it? BONUS [ whyo'clock ] Are you lost? Did you try to catch your breath away from the party and start to wander off despite all the cautioning not to? Or maybe you were trying to leave and took a wrong turn? Either way, you seem to have only found yourself deeper in the gardens now. Try not to breathe too deeply or… at all. If you can’t manage that though, it appears that you’ve stumbled upon the hallucinogenic plants of the garden. You start to see things that aren’t there – though whether you suddenly find yourself in a den of cougars lions or think that the person standing next to you is the biggest, cuddliest pile of adorable puppies in the world depends on the person. Hope you have a good trip, bruh. [ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y or inappropriate material and do let me know (through FAQ comment or PM preferably!) if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so I can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE Welcome to CEREALIA's latest intro post! This one is player-run and all the basics have been laid out for you here. Absolutely feel free to come up with your own prompts, I just attempted to set the scenery! For your convenience, I whole-heartedly welcome questions and inquiries being directed to my attention here and I'll answer them to the best of my ability! Have a ball! Enjoy!! OVERFLOW IS HERE Move over at your captcha-free leisure!

Comments

[thatdamnknight]

[the urge to groan at that white knight comment just barely gets resisted. not commenting on it. nope. he won't indulge and react to it.]

Blame your own ass for getting yourself involved in this.

[no one else is to blame but your cursed luck, bro, so don't even try to pass this off as being his fault. flynn has done nothing except get him to go out and put on tuxedo, neither of these being as god awful as yuri made them out to be.

ah, speaking of which... faster than some people can blink, flynn's strode over and is now working on straightening out yuri's disgrace of a tie. ties are not evil. they will not choke someone to death. wear it right.]

Besides, I stand by what I said: a little culture and socializing could do you some good.

[garbage_can]

[ "Strength from solidarity" gets the tiniest smile out of Yuusei. That, at least, he can sort of picture even if he has no idea how the archetype actually functions. ]

Ah. . . I haven't ever seen anyone use it. Most people use Synchro summoning, if they can.

[tachyonme]

[Mizael nods distractedly as he leans in a little closer. Something sweet is definitely what it smells like, with what little experience he has in discerning that.

It doesn't really tell him much else though--granted, that's true of pretty much anything the guy could have said. There isn't actually much point in asking, except that Mizael is reluctant to just try things without knowing a little of what he's getting into...

He straightens up again and glances over at the boy again.]

Are you going to try one?

[shikisha]

[ The sad part is they've both seen each other naked enough to make things a little less awkward. Hell, it's more awkward seeing Ryuko as an actual... girl in a dress. ]

Ack?! [ Nonon's face makes the most undignified scrunched up look she's ever had when she finds the other girl's forehead hitting her own. But she forgets about how to get Ryuko back for that with her question. ]

...You're back. Just think about walking in a box, one foot at a time. ...Now your left. Now bring your right to your left. Good.

[ Nonon peaks down at her feet, to watch as Ryuko listens, her voice calming slightly. ] And then back again...

[prefersthemeat]

I hope so! There's nothing worse than food that looks good and tastes awful!

[And she would know all about that since she can't cook and her best friend is even worse!

She watches with rapt attention as he piles the plate with tons of food that look so good that she's practically salivating all over her pretty dress.]

Wow, that looks great! Do you... do you do this often?

[fittedgloves]

[ Former student...? If he knew her, then they had to be fairly close age-wise. But if he's a former student, he also graduated (she assumes, because wasn't she part of the only class that survived?). Unless they met another way? ]

Former student? You must have been a couple of years ahead of me.

bless u, this is cr i've needed in my life for so long

[impheired]

[If Roman was expecting him to be doing anything shady or suspicious, she'll find herself somewhat disappointed(?). The worst he's done all night is glare at the dessert table once or twice as though it personally offends him. Other than that, he's just kind of been minding his own business. Occasionally chatting with a few people but even those conversations seem to be little more than harmless chit-chat amongst what may or may not be friends.]

[But he's definitely had this nagging suspicion he's being watched. Though he's never quite been able to figure out who's responsible. There are so many people here that it's really hard to tell who's always present whenever he gets that vague feeling. And if she's been keeping to his right, well that just makes it all the easier for her to (literally) stay out of sight At least until he happens to actually catch her in the act.]

You know...saying that just makes you seem more suspicious. [Most people would have just stopped at the embarrassed looking away. Maybe said sorry. But "I'm not looking at you"?? TRY HARDER, ROMANA.] So I'm calling bullshit.

[multiglyphs]

[ it seems her duty here never ends.

for not long after she fixes the music mess, she turns back around to find another hooligan attempting to mess with the perfect slightly-off-kilter symmetry of her decorative arrangements.

she fumes, quietly, to herself for a few seconds, attempting to gathering her wits.

nah, let's blow up at this dude instead. ]

—you there! Just what do you think you're doing?!

Phase III

[littlestbaskerville]

[She hasn't met this Grell in person yet but it seems like now is as good as ever. Running around she nearly bumps into the woman in her new dress and with a purple ribbon and two hair combs in her hair.

Stopping quick enough she looks up blinking before she realizes who it is.]

I know you!

[multiglyphs]

[ trucy!!1! weiss looks just as excited to see the other girl, bright-eyed and definitely a little buzzed. ]

Trucy — thank you, you look lovely as well.

[ but did you see, trucy? did you see her bracelet? did you did you did you ]

[swordboning]

I won't say I'm a master on worldly destruction but my existence is tied to the survival of humanity as a whole. Seeing that I'm here, you can understand my opinion.

[impheired]

[Maybe he graduated, maybe not. Not even he knows for sure. That was one thing he possibly meant by "former" though he was also referring to the fact that Hope's Peak just plain isn't around anymore. And, well...that other thing.]

A year or two ahead, I think, yeah. I'm...not sure exactly how many. [What.] I'm guessing you haven't run into Hinata or Naegi yet?

[Since it sure doesn't sound like she got the whole "yeah so about that other class..." rundown yet.]

[thatdamnknight]

[that steak had looked so good, too. perfectly cooked, so juicy and the last one. flynn can't help but be grateful about his good fortune as his moves his fork to get it.

...only for another fork to beat him to the punch. dammit. moping at the loss of that beautiful piece of meat gets caught short when the other person speaks. that voice, he knows it and turning to look at the person reveals a familiar face.]

Saber?

[a worthy rival for the meat, at least. ah, maybe he should lower his fork instead of just hovering with it like an idiot. his expression turns in an apologetic smile.]

Sorry, please go ahead and take it.

[multiglyphs]

[ oh perfect. as if the evening could not get any more frustrating, along comes mercury, whom weiss still hasn't been able to fully figure out. ]

Yes, haha, very funny. [ she's also a little bitter she didn't catch that pun before him. ]

[dishonorstudent]

[ Ah, like a box! Nonon should have just said so.

She did say so.

Okay, so now they're dancing, but Ryuko's still perplexed with how this can be fun or stimulating for anybody. Either way, once she's confident enough to lead these simple steps on her own, she pulls Nonon closer to do it properly this time. ]

My eyes are up here.

pleased to deliver it!

[meridione]

[The fact that he's on good behavior makes her even more suspicious. It never bodes well when the evil muffins act nice, why should this kid be any different...

(Because he's an entirely different person, because he's not a member of her mafia, because he's not actually a bad guy? Maybe get to know him first before you judge him, Romana. You didn't learn to do this in 1200+ years?)

She huffs and puts her hands on her hips.]

Yeah, well, if you don't want people to look at you maybe you shouldn't act suspicious yourself!

[Except he... wasn't...]

[prefersthemeat]

[Well, Chie can remember a time where she and her friends might have been fake-drunk at a bar, once upon a time. We don't talk about it though.

But she knows enough to recognize when someone might be drunk.

But being addressed so strangely? Not cool.]

Um, I'm an only child. I don't know any Lee.

[journaler]

[Leia doesn't recognize Beat immediately. The hoodie doesn't help, but once he's closer, she gets a good look at him and she remembers. She grins proudly, since going all out is totally a ccompliment.]

Oh, hey! [Suddenly aware of her cake, she lowers it a bit and straightens it so it won't tilt or fall.] Yeah, my friend Jude. I'm supposed to be meeting him, but I've gotta find him first.

...He's probably hiding. [loser]

[multiglyphs]

[ wow, don't make this seem like it's her fault, yamamoto! ]

It stole my charm, more like. [ she huffs, still eyeing him warily. ] I barely even saw you move. Are you some kind of speedster?

[yaayaa]

We've never heard of this Abyss, though it has a rather foreboding name...

[Ah.]

I have never had need for a name of my own, but if you feel a need to call me by one, I shall not argue!

[multiglyphs]

[ gross gross gross gross gross it's sticky. ]

Oh, you're "pretty" sure? [ weiss may be considerably slighter than him, but she sure is glaring at him as if he were the smaller one. ]

Do you have any idea how much this cost? What am I supposed to do for the rest of the evening?

[multiglyphs]

It matters especially because it's fancy! For a party of this scale, everything has to be perfect.

[swordboning]

A little worse than that. Plants of some sort.

hell yeah

[impheired]

Uh...pretty sure it's that thing over there. [Pointing at the sound system across the dance floor, which looks relatively unmanned at the moment.]

...I think? [He s up from his seat and squints a little, obviously trying to see better. Not that he's that much taller standing up... Either way, shouldn't there be somebody behind it? With security this lax, no wonder people are just putting whatever the hell they want on, jeez!!]

[eyelineronpoint]

I'll occupy myself somehow. [Thanks for the concern, buddy. Gaara's gonna go ahead and remove himself from your presence before you get any wild ideas about dragging him around to your friend circles.] Thanks for the concern. Enjoy yourself.