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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

[unluckless]

Ah... the Netherworld sounds pretty harsh doesn't it?

[He'd never last a day there really. But he's still smiling casually enough as he continues on,] But since it's the Christmas season, maybe mercy is a seasonable thing to show.

[And not cutting off heads. Hooray.]

[deontology]

[And at the edge of the path, he pauses. He doubts Tenka wouldn't understand if he were to leave Shirasu here, he really does.... he knows Tenka would understand Sousei's struggle.

But even so....

He's better than this. He's better than these ninja.

So with an inner sigh, he stops, and then turns on his heel, and stalks back to the tree, drawing his sword. It's the work of a few quick movements to remove those branches, if nothing else, and then he sheathes his sword, turning away again.

He's. Better than this.]

[journaler]

[She nearly drops her cake!! Which would have been a travesty, but turning to see Hinata is worth it. She waves with her free hand and immediately walks over--more slowly than normal, because of the crowd and her heels.

Mostly her heels.]

Hi, Hinata! Happy Christmas!

1/2

[provoquer]

[Oops.]

[hoasen]

[THANK YOU NAOKI FOR covering up for her, really. This saves her from having to take responsibility and things will spiral (suddenly owing him favours?!)]

Ah, I see... [Wait, if she's working security.] By any chance, is that Yang? I am glad you still managed to dance with others, it sounds fun. Perhaps later you will be able to dance with her.

[Honestly Vietnam could learn a few things from him.]

i.

[eggcream]

[Souda was just chilling near the food, taking a drink of some kind of sparkling drink when he hears "The Supreme Overlord of Rice, Tanaka Gundam!" yelled across the room. And of course he finds that absolutely hilarious, so his drink is going to go everywhere out of his nose as he cracks up, definitely loud enough for Gundam to hear.

sorry not sorry gundam]

iii!!

[heiwana]

...It is different.

[ Hn. Kousetsu wasn't really thinking about dancing. I mean does he look like the dancing type? The answer is no for mostly everyone, but not for Souza. He will look back at Souza with his usual expression. Ah, his one true weakness, really. He can't deny allowing Souza to have a good time and he knows this would mean a lot to Souza to dance with him so he simply nods.

He can't deny the excited look in Souza's eyes so he will cave and actually allow himself to be tugged along. Good thing is that they both don't know how to dance?! So that's okay too. ]

[adornmental]

[maybe

Even if it's the gun he finds more distasteful, so he's not exactly displeased to see it go. Bye Smith and Wesson, please don't come visiting again... He's stepping away from the creepy foliage as they speak, though.]

If you really wanna go for it, be my guest.

[He doesn't want to blunt his blade on a demon tree or risk getting his outfit any more dirty than it already is.]

!! nice! and fitting 8D

[unluckless]

[Older but lesser, Naegi. You are all SHSL hope and Komaeda has such a difficult time deciding whether he's in awe of Naegi or kind of hates how jealous he is of him. It's a strange position to occupy.

But it's not Naegi's fault. SO he tries to keep it to himself.]

I think it was counting on you not realizing. But maybe now that you know, it would be best to stay out of the range where you might be considered bait.

[immobileyes]

Eh-- [ Mary nearly jumps, before she blinks at Lily-- and relaxes visibly. Here, here is someone she knows. ] Um, I was just watching the dancers. You look really cute, Lily!

[prehensible]

[ since the ground is still being uncooperative, souza tucks his hand into the crook of katsura's arm, using the other man as support. apparently, weird drugs make him especially affectionate. ]

Ah.. I'm not really sure. [ he blinks carefully, glancing around. things don't even look recognizable any longer. ] Goodness, which way was I even coming from..?

[1/??? tenka spam here we go]

[sunshrouded]

[by odin's beard, what the fuck just--]

[deontology]

The branches were in my way.

[Quite frankly. As for the rather insulting question, Sousei brushes it off with another slash of his sword, measured and precise.

These trees sure are getting a trim.]

I'm not concerned. [he can keep up, until he no longer wants to.

[sunshrouded]

[Is he being protected right now. EVEN TIPSY, TENKA SEEMS TO RECOGNIZE THAT. Hmmm, shaking his arm off and watching the tentacle... slide... to the ground ew gross, hopefully it doesn't land on your foot, Kousetsu, and blinking slowly. Hm. yes. That is someone standing half in front of him.]

Ah... Kousetsu-kun.....

[ . . . . ]

[flaredo]

Just find me when you're ready to go, then?

[ Whoa now, you never mentioned flying. And Yang smiles, squeezing his hand warmly as she lightly works their fingers together. ]

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka can't see his serious expression but.... he's still snorting faintly even as he pulls on his sleeve--]

O-Oi, Kousetsu-kun....

[unluckless]

[And the party before that was a plain disaster. Komaeda isn't thinking about that though. Instead he's been concentrating on this. Now. And all too glad when Hinata comes back to him. After all, he knows Hinata has friends here, but it's still nice when the other makes his way back even amidst his mingling.

He peeks back and over at him with a smile, expression softening all at once in a way that it really only tends to around Hinata, a genuine expression that's smaller but warmer than his usual smiles.]

Good, I think. Nothing terrible has happened anyway. That's a good sign, isn't it? [That's not exactly what he was asking, Komaeda...] Are you having a good time?

open!!

[bozu]

[Phase I]

["Presenting Teruteru Hanner- er, Terrter - erm -
The Sovereign of Chefs, this guy!"

Well, that's definitely not how the little cook wanted to be introduced. Like, at all. He would have stopped to chew out the guy doing introductions, but it's too late - he's already ushered into the ball, out of reach of the poor native who is probably hated by everyone at this point. Man if Teruteru isn't huffy about this, though. At least he made sure his outfit is on point, but really, who let him dress himself for this...]

Tsk... He could have at least tried.

[Phase II]

[Honestly, if you didn't expect him to be inspecting all the food offered at this ball, then you clearly don't know him very well. So he's got himself a little plate loaded with goodies that he's munching on, as he flits around to make sure the rest of the food is well prepared. There's a few approving nods from him, too! Which is, you know, rare.
Honestly, he's just glad it all looks handmade and not like it was plucked off of a conveyor belt in some processing plant. That's what matters first and foremost!!]

[Phase III]

[Dancing! How romantic! Couples hand in hand, arm to hip, as they sway together rhythmically; a display of affection only matched by what they do behind closed doors -

And yet, Teruteru's just going to be... y'know, over here. Pretending the whole dancing thing isn't something that's happening at this ball.
You'd think an attractive urbanite like himself would want to partake, but no - he seems to be avoiding it all together...
Of course, he can always be asked despite it!! Just, y'know. Mind your feet.]

[4/4 ok that's good]

[sunshrouded]

Ba-Bahahahahaa!!! Ahahaha!

[DO YOU MIND PHYSICAL TOUCHING HOPE NOT BECAUSE SUDDENLY THAT'S TENKA'S ARM LOOPED AROUND YOUR SHOULDER AS HE LEANS AGAINST YOU, HOUSEMATE]

Kousetsu-kun!! C'mon, c'mon, don't be so serious! It's a tree! A tree. Don't fight a tree.......

[he says as he gently wheezes from laughing so hard

as if he wasn't about to do the same]

[beaconed]

Most people can do that on any day, but wouldn't you rather dance at least once? I've been told I'm good at it, you know. [ He actually is. ]

[yaayaa]

I hope it will not be a problem to you, Naoki-san! [People generally talk to Naki more than him - he's just the mediator, after all. But they're not in the citadel anymore, so maybe things will be different here?]

A waltz?

2/2

[provoquer]

[Well, c'est la vie. A dance is a dance, and this guy doesn't seem to mind how it happens, so neither does Levi. He hesitates a moment, openly startled, but hey the Barmas also have some pretty outrageous robes that the men have been known to wear on occasion, so really it's his own fault for not investigating further.

He recovers a second later, laughs warmly, and walks the both of them to the floor.]

Hah! Well, dancing to this sort of music isn't so difficult. You shouldn't have any trouble unless they start playing something more lively.

[journaler]

[Please, like finding her best friend/not-date is going to be hard. She may be easily distracted, but she promised him they'd be here together, and she intends to keep it.

By the time she spots him, though, she's finished her cake and thrown her paper plate away. She's gotten annoyed with the corsage around her wrist, and eventually removes it to pin it to her dress instead, near her shoulder--just like she originally intended. She looks around more intently and is this close to pulling out her CereVice when she spots him.

--Or she thinks. It is a bit dark in that corner, but she'd recognize that do-gooder look anywhere.]

Hey, Jude! You're here.

[She brightens and immediately approaches him. At least it wasn't SPARRING TIME again.]

Sorry... were you waiting long?

[impheired]

[Okay this is starting to get a little less funny. Poor Gundam might actually get hurt. And since he and Kuzuryuu are sort-of friends now, he guesses he should do something to make sure that doesn't happen.]

[So he moves a little closer, reaching for something on the inside of his jacket.]

Oi, hold still for a second. [Turns out that something was his wakizashi because of course he brought something like that with him to an event like this. Of course.]

[He'll give Gundam about ten seconds to comply with the whole "don't move" thing before slicing through the tentacle around Gundam's right hand. Hopefully this doesn't piss off the tree...can alien trees even get pissed off?? Does this thing have emotion?]

[masakados]

[Oh, she knows Yang, then-- he's caught a bit by surprise but not too much (she knows lots of people, after all) and he's nodding in answer.]

Yeah, hopefully later... [But before he starts thinking about that, he tips his head at her,] ...Hey, I don't suppose you'd want to give dancing a shot, would you?

[Even if she said she wasn't good at it, hey, why not. It's just for fun and all.]