- « INTRO ⇢ WINTERBALL.EXE » OVERFLOW

[poised]

Who: everyone, literally everyone
When: ooc: 04/25-04/26; ic: 12/26
Where: the Gardens
What: overflow of 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 overflow! It's a bit early but just to make sure the transition for everyone over here was captcha-free. 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 and post new intros! 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!!

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[ ZURA OVERFLOW / STILL OPEN ]

[bakudanma]

_{[ Continued from here. Open for new tags and any other prompt ideas you may have. ]}

urinal saga ft. gintoki, sakamoto, and takasugi

[bakudanma]

<sub>[ From here.
Katsura puts his attention on the door once it opens and another person enters the bathroom. He wasn't expecting you in here-- why are you in here? I guess it's the same reason anybody would enter in here.

He's just about to adjust his fundoshi and pull his pants back up when--
PISSSSSSSSSS. ]</sub>

I guess I'm not finished.

_{[ He'll hold that thing steady then eye Takasugi from the other end of the bathroom. His eyes flicker back to Gintoki. ]}

Something suddenly smells in here. Gintoki, you should excuse yourself when you do that. There's a toilet right over there-- somebody get an air freshener in here.
_{[ did a dumpster walk in here? It seems like that. ]}

[pachintoki]

[He was done right? This wasn't normal. He'd been going for so long that he started to wonder . . . was this how things always were? He'd grown up in a bathroom, right? He'd never left?

Zura's voice has him looking up and over, only to catch sight of Takasugi. . . considering that the last time Gintoki had seen him he was bloody and beaten, mostly thanks to Gintoki himself, it was a surprise. But right in front of him he looked fine, like he hadn't had a sword thrown right through his middle, his face fine, not even bruised or bloody.

But why here? Why was Takasugi here? And more importantly, why was he in the bathroom? Why was this reunion taking place in the bathroom?! He'll meet Takasugi's eye, but then say nothing, looking back to his own business.]

Pretty sure that's you, Zura. Don't blame weird smells on me, oi.

[He's so subdued, suddenly.]

[bakudanma]

Don't be stupid. Buddha once said, “Inside calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished.” My insides are plenty calm, as my strength is replenished. I'm not sure about you.
_{[ Zura, he wasn't referring to those kind of insides. ]}

A real warrior would have the strength to hold it in until left alone in the bathroom. Aaa, what if you're about to drop the big one and somebody walks in? Are you not strong enough to respond appropriately in that sort of situation? Have you even trained for that situation?

_{[ Implying that he has. ]}

What did you even eat?
_{[ He questions Gintoki, then peers over to Takasugi. There is an empty urinal between him and his former comrade.
C'mon, pee faster. This is uncomfortable. ]}

[kaihentai]

[Speaking of uncomfortable things, Sakamoto's feeling pretty uncomfortable himself. Once again, he has had way too much to drink. Something about this is entirely all-too-familiar.

After barreling through whatever may be in his way (what the hell is on the ground of a mens' restroom, anyway), Sakamoto falls to his kneeds and grasps the one free urinal with both hands before puking into it disgracefully.]

soiled toilet

[bakudanma]

_{[ from here. ]}

It's the least I can do, Takasugi. I wouldn't want to mess up your typical villainous appearance with my rejected dinner.
_{[ well, if you're not going to get that, he'll just take a deep breath. He didn't expect help from him, really. So if that's the case, hopefully you're just going to move right along? ]}

Are you wandering this far away from the festivities to find another place to piss, is that what this is?
_{[ if you're being like he isn't regretting picking up the wrong ingredient. ]}

[shoutai]

You're as considerate as always. I was just hoping for some fresh air, that's all.

[It's an honest answer that he gives, despite the fact that Zura is obviously trying to harass him. He had come to the party willingly, but he really wasn't the partying type.

...also, Sakamoto is inside.]

It's good to see you've made friends, though. Now I won't have to feel bad about leaving you.

[He's talking about the trees, for the record.]

[bakudanma]

The freshest air you could breathe would be the kind that doesn't require you sticking that thing in your mouth.
_{[ you know, that stupid pipe. ]}

Tch. I could have a better conversation with them than stay here listening to you.
_{[ looks like he knows you're sort of referring to trees... ]}

How do you doooo today, Tree-dono! Please let me go-- it smells bad here!
_{[ ever since he's gotten here he's been referring to Takasugi as trash. What's with that? ]}

[shoutai]

[He's mom-ing him and insulting him in the same tag!!

He just laughs at what he says, not too bothered by any of his insults. And seriously, what's with the trash comments... He can only assume the trash comments are because of how they met, but he also realizes he hasn't given Zura any reasons to feel otherwise, so it was only natural that he tried to make his frustration known in... whatever way he could. (These insults were definitely very Zura-esque.)]

You know what they say about old habits. [One day, Takasugi is going to be coughing up a lung and Zura will say, "What did I tell you about that?"] I'm sure you'll be in good hands.

[Takasugi's gaze moves upward, past Katsura and toward the tree that's got a hold of him.]

Please take good care of him, Tree-dono.

[What a dick.]

actual gay suitor ( don't deny it )

[bakudanma]

_{[ Here.
Oh. Oh, that's right! He remembers them talking briefly about this. ]}

I see. But you don't have to get me a present because it is Christmas.
You could just get me one because you like me.
_{[ WHAT A DEMANDING FRIEND. Imagine how he would be on a date, tbh. ]}

DENYING IT

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . such a demanding friend. Tenka's answer is simple and kind of dickish:]

Pass.

[he says

even though Katsura will probably find a bottle of sake at his front door in a day]

oh playing hard to get i see

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura feels his lips curl into a frown as he analyzes Tenka, leaning forward to put his hands on the table he is serving at. ]}

T-Tenka-kun-- even after all we've been through? I even told you my deepest darkest secret.
_{[ see: saying he cheated on a test.
spoiler: this isn't his deepest darkest secret. ]}

please stop dreaming, katsura-kun.....

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . this is so dramatic. Tenka is admittedly just squinting--]

Which one? That you're friends with a toilet or that you watch monkey soap operas?

[????]

miss lady terrorist

[bakudanma]

<sub>[ Here.

He's still going, he really is, and trying to ignore the fact he's in a bathroom with a girl. Where did he go wrong in his life? What even was his life?
Anyway, he totally believes her. ]</sub>

I see. They're making this into a true art form now, it sounds like. Or some sort of Olympics-- now the ladies can compete.
_{[ ??? ... ]}

I wonder if I could compete with how much I am going.
_{[ he's been going for awhile it's a little bit concerning. ]}

the new and much more improved hinata

[bakudanma]

_{[ Here. ]}
Ha ha haaa! My present left you suspicious, didn't it? Did you enjoy that? Hmmm, I'll have to keep that in mind.

They don't though. You don't have to worry. I would never treat my cooking or my baking that way.
_{[ He'll only poison them for his enemies.
Just don't pick the Hello Kitty treat, Hinata. ]}

[particularity]

I thought it was real, so I went and threw it. Please don't give me an actual bomb or anything bomb-shaped again...

[WEARILY

But Hinata will... actually hesitantly take one of the treats. Not even a Hello Kitty one, just... staring at it like he's not wholly convinced it won't explode.]

[bakudanma]

_{[ yeah ok whatever.
but now onto more important matters. ]}

--I see you did something with your hair, Hinata-san. Are you to impress your date?
A true love doesn't judge the size, length, or width. In fact, if it is nonexistent at all, they shouldn't care if they really love you.

It's what you do with it that actually counts.

_{[ he's talking about your ahoge not anything else. ]}

[particularity]

...

[You... realise how you're talking, don't you? You do realise that, don't you?!]

W-- well, I think I've managed to impress my date anyway, my hair or not.

[Hair because that's definitely the topic of conversation here.]

my moe savior who might actually be jesus

[bakudanma]

<sub>[ From here.

SLAP. That actually does snap him out of it and he blinks his dry eyes. They seem to focus on Ai, so this means he's awake. He feels looser somehow? Was she really slashing away at those vines? What a knight in armor! ]</sub>

A-aaahh--
_{[ He couldn't remember her name, so he'll skip over that part. ]}
Are you on your way to grandma's house from here and you came across me?
_{[ THAT'S SO TOUCHING... ]}

[emotive]

I-... Wha... My grandmother doesn't live here!

[UGH, anyways she's able to cut him completely loose from the vines and she wipes her brow.]

Phew! That should do it!

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura blinks and doesn't realize.. oh, that's right. What goes up, must come down, and so he skids against the tree trunk before landing on his feet.
Though, he crumbles to his knees and puts his hands on the ground, coughing and hacking. ]}

I guess nature grew too fond of me. _{[ COUUUUUGH. He cups his mouth so he doesn't vomit. Those things had a tight grip on him. ]}

Ah. I don't want to barf. This suit was tailored.
_{[ He glances up at Ai. ]}

Thank you for your help. I-- _{[ WHEEZE ]} appreciate it.

[emotive]

[... You know what, she's taking a step back, please don't projectile vomit, the evening for her has already been soured.]

Er... Is there anything else I can do for you? I think I can get some pain killing medicine.

[He looks like he needs it after all!]

naked pink nightmare

[bakudanma]

_{[ from yonder. ]}

Fu haha! Matoi-dono and I have shared many instances together. She's a comrade of mine, but she doesn't like to be decent, I think. She talks to her clothing-- it is very cute.
Is your world filled with exhibitionists? You should be ashamed.

You don't have to worry about this suit. It was dry cleaned and iron pressed for the occasion. It's very clean! I'm a very clean warrior. I use plenty of tee-pee and everything.

WOW RUDE

[shikisha]

What the hell?! Y-You don't know anything! That transfer student might be an weird exhibitionist who talks to her clothes, but it's not like I have much of a choice! Clothes are dangerous! They could have dormant Life Fibers in them!

[ Unlike her own Goku Uniform that was made specially by Iori. But she took that off for the time being, there was no need to ruin it or transform.

Then that mention of 'tp'... ]

...There's seriously something wrong with you, isn't there?

HEY IT FITS OK...

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura blinks and blinks-- then he recoils his arm back to analyze the blazer he has in his hands. ]}

Life Fibers? I'm certain this is just polyester and cotton.
Oh..

_{[ he glances up at Nonon, his face lightly tinted. ]}
Is this a ploy to get me to undress? I'm sorry, but my series is at the wrong time slot for that. You will have to just download doujinshi if you really want to look at that.

I'm saving myself.
_{[ ???? ]}

Are you going to get cold? It is cold here.