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[reparator]

Who: CERES & you
When: IC: 10/04 | OOC: 11/15
Where: ViViD & McCERES
What: Intro Log
Rating/Warning: PG-13 | slightly nsfw

//event005.EXE Learning is Fundamental! Let's play CERESLearn ViViD's usual worlds are unfortunately down for maintenance. While CERES' programmers work on getting it back up and running, all new entrees this round will be going through a different level than usual. Only a single world is accessible at the moment, a simple one entitled 'CERESLearn.' "What the $%@& is this?" you must be thinking. Well, it's simple! It's a study program, of course! CERES' advanced AI technology is here to make sure you learn and that you learn sexily. Whether or not you pay attention to the actual content is up to you, the player. Please enjoy it while it lasts. They're here to teach you a variety of subjects and also to make you feel vaguely uncomfortable all over. New arrivals and those logging into ViViD will first find themselves in a classroom with a new operator greeting them rather than Vidia. "Greetings and welcome to Cerealia! It's nice of you to join us at last. As you can see, we're just about to get started! Here are the instructions: ♥ Choose your subject of choice. They include things like medicine, math, CERES economics, CERES history, fun facts about Julius, engineering, and science! ♥ Choose your tutor. You can hire Astor, Hilda, or UN-Zippy ♥ They'll teach you slowly, deliberately, sensually. Then after that, they'll drill you hard and without stopping. ♥ Just when you think you've had enough, they'll quiz you all over until you're sweating and panting. ♥ For those of you who pass, you'll be welcomed well into Cerealia and be given a free voucher for a McCERES Mildly Content meal. Please enjoy!"

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Once you choose your lesson and your tutor, you will be transported to a classroom where you and a few other players who decide to choose the same lesson will sit with your tutor after school, getting knowledge taught to you by someone who seems more intent on learning what's under your clothes than filling your head with knowledge. They will be awkwardly stretching, dropping pencils by 'accident' on the floor, and bending down slowly to pick them up. Certain things might be spilling out of their clothes. Awkward things. They will breathe down your neck and make sure you are well-versed in their anatomy by the end of the lesson. Fortunately, it won't last long as their bodies start to flicker erratically. PHASE II [ xxxx ] Just as things begin to escalate, the flickering will grow intense until your tutor will start to morph before your eyes. What takes their place is something that is anything but friendly. And yes, it will continue to breathe down your neck and speak in a sweet, soft, alluring voice while reaching out with its 'hands' to try and touch you. This will be your cue to run through the halls of the school while That Thing chases you in every single direction imaginable. There will be others joining you as everyone starts bolting out of their classrooms. PHASE III [ xxxx ] Feeling tired already? Well, don't stop and rest now! For those who successfully murder their own tutor, they will get their food voucher and a lovely welcome into CERES. You've officially passed! Everyone will be allowed to mingle around the game room in the CERES Research Tower before being directed into McCERES just across the street. For those who were already in the colony, you will also receive a voucher and directions to McCERES at the end of the game in case you want to go meet up with the newcomers there or just eat some artery-killing fast food. PHASE IV [ xxxx ] For those who get eaten by That Thing or don't pass their quizzes and upset their tutors, they will be forced to endure the Price of Failure. This means being sent to the gym with the other 'failures' to endure a painfully slow and erotic striptease by UN-Zippy. Once that is over, they will then be logged out and allowed to have their complimentary McCERES voucher. BONUS [ whyo'clock ] Congratulations on surviving CERESLearn! Here's your complimentary voucher for a free Mildly Content Meal at McCERES. This month's special is also the McKnight Burger. Characters are immediately invited to take a load off and enjoy some good ol' fashion fast food of questionable origin. Those who decide to order and eat here will also get a special toy included inside their Mildly Content Meals. [ 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 latest intro post. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's usual arrival experience (which is not entirely applicable this round for reasons stated above^) and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

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[immobileyes]

[ Before she can think, before she can talk herself out of it, Mary moves, running, as Nesso had told her.

... But instead, she runs in front of him, her hair flaring out around her as she throws out both her arms. ]

S-stop...

[sunshrouded]

[To be honest, Tenka's much more likely to just throw a desk across the room or hit the monster with one. Finesse, what's that?]

Gotcha!

[And admittedly he's poking his head in to make sure that there's no one in there that they're leading a monster to. Luckily, there isn't anyone. Besides UN-Zippy. Who is already starting to glitch a bit and if Tenka blinks a few times, it seems like the robot's starting to turn into a bug monster too.

Uh.]

How do you do in tag-teams?

[immobileyes]

Stop it!!

[ It's shrill, still small, hardly impressive. But her eyes flash from pink to a burning crimson, and the bug stops abruptly. To be precise, it freezes in place, one leg still extended to swipe at the both of them but never reaching its targets. ]

[immobileyes]

... I don't understand how I could be the only one they saved.

[ really, that's what baffles her the most. She's not important at all. ]

[immobileyes]

N-no! I can walk just fine!!

[ ... except this is also drawing the attention of the teacher, who is now sashaying her way over. ]

[unpresidential]

[well, that's a sentiment he understands in the worst way. he ruffles his hair a little and shrugs.]

Maybe it was easy for them. Nobody really knows how it works... it doesn't make sense for me, either.

[sisconning]

[Hey if it works it works. Who needs polish when one has results.

Nesso is not a moment behind, making sure that his sword is at the ready. He glances in to see the robot (has no idea what he's looking at) but quickly turns back towards the door. The question catches him off-guard and he doesn't like the implications of it.]

Well enough. I'm used to fighting in groups.

[with his men! Another glance over and he sees that flickering and oh.

Awesome. Then low, under his breath.] I hate this place.

[immobileyes]

Cosmetics... ah! You make people look different, then!

[immobileyes]

Are you alone, too? [ comrade?? ]

[sisconning]

[Nesso shouts, wordless and startled, when he suddenly has Mary in front of him. His sword stills, frightened that he'll catch her in the process.]

Mary! What are you doing?

[It's frantic, and as he sees the insect creature moving to strike, his arm comes out as best it can, blade raised to defend the two of them from a blow that... never comes.

For just a moment Nesso stares. That... is new. What happened to it? Is that something Mary did? But it's not important to figure out how just now. What really matters is this is the chance they need to escape, right? So without warning, he wraps his free arm around her waist, hefting the poor thing up like a football and taking off at a run.]

[immobileyes]

[ He's not too fond of letting her stay on her feet, is he? Mary doesn't have much time for recovery as her feet leave the ground yet again, leaving her to grasp at anything for some kind of purchase.

There isn't much. ]

[sunshrouded]

[teacher begone, you're not wanted here. As she comes over, Tenka just puts a hand on Mary's shoulder-]

Stay behind me, okay?

[Though admittedly Tenka isn't leaving much room for discussion and is kind of immediately stepping between Mary and the teacher now, grinning rather shamelessly.]

Bathroom break!

[..... teacher doesn't seem very impressed]

[sisconning]

[Her legs look small. That's all. He doesn't want to chance leaving her behind. But for now, yes, running like hell and porting poor Mary along with him. But even as he runs he can't contain his curiosity.]

What happened back there? Did you do that? [Witchcraft?! He'd be more frightened if 1. it had't just saved their lives and 2. his sister hadn't recently been accused of being a witch, which made him rethink many of his preconceived notions of witches in general. Because Fiona can only be associated with good things.]

[sunshrouded]

Look at it this way - when we win, it'll be a good story to tell!

[Because there's not really any if's about it. They're gonna win. So Tenka's laughing rather obnoxiously - buhahahaha! - as he opens his own metal fan and keeps his back against Nesso's just as the robot turns into another bug monster.]

Just tell me that sword's not for show!

[sisconning]

[It's a little strange for Nesso being somewhere where his reputation doesn't precede him. It doesn't bother him, but that question does bring a grin to his face. He glances over hi shoulder, hearing that laughter, glancing at that strange fan.]

Instead of telling you, why don't I demonstrate? I'll expect you to hold your own too!

[There's a reason he's considered the best swordsman in his homeland. His entire body tenses as the first bug monster makes its way through the door, and in an instant he's moving, sword slashing in a concentrated, efficient arc that brings it hard into what he hopes is a shoulder. Or a hip. Something that he takes to be a joint anyway, what he is desperately hoping to prove a weak point in the insect's armor.]

[immobileyes]

[ Bless his siscon tendencies. ]

... I said before... that my eyes were strange. [ she's quiet again, eyes resting on the floor as he runs. ] When I was little, I was told that I couldn't look anyone in the eyes or they'd turn to stone.

I can't really do that, but I can make things stop moving, for a little while. But it's not normal, I know, and it can scare people--

[immobileyes]

[ Yep, she'll just stay hunkered behind him, breathing deep and quiet. Okay. Okay, they're fine.

BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY DOOMED. ]

[souredsweet]

[A soft and gentle laugh follows, and Kaoru nods.]

You could say that. Whether it's for a special occasion or work or just because someone feels like dressing up a little, it's my job to provide.

[unpresidential]

No. There's one other... that's it, though. [but at the end of the day, they're two halves of a whole anyway.]

[sisconning]

[Is that what she meant by being a monster then? Nesso mulls it over in his head, surprising as that information is. But it's easy enough to come to a decision on.] Something like that... I bet it could be pretty scary. For other people. Probably for you too, I imagine.

[It's not normal so far as he knows, but.] It can also do pretty impressive things. Like save both our lives.

[He glances over even as he runs, finding a door that leads to a stairwell now, darting inside and shutting it behind him before finally setting her down.] So thank you, princess. It looks like you wound up protecting me instead.

[thirdarrow]

[ That's reasonable. That other nexus point might not have such books. ]

Seven. Regrettably the authoress has not had as productive a writing career as the man who painted the Lord of the Rings, but it does come with a few supplementary materails. [ But of Holy Knight... ] I'm afraid I haven't heard of it. [ Even with his extensive reading. ] But since this is a nexus city, they should have it somewhere...

[ He taps his chin thoughtfully. ]

I'll look around, and see if I can find any.

[harepiece]

Thanks. [He really would be able to hear them before he saw them, most likely... why does he have these friends...

THAT SAID, he looks up at the question with a faint "ah" noise of surprise, but nods after a second of hesitation.]

I can protect myself, so you don't need to worry about me! I won't get in the way. [Even though it doesn't look like he has any weapons on him?!]

[harepiece]

[This is terrible... truly a miniature Break.]

Because it just is. Trust me! That group of people is definitely a group no sane person would want to be associated with!

[harepiece]

Yes! [...] If that sounds like a good idea to you?

[Miss Mary "ten pairs of legs" Kozakura...]

[immobileyes]

B-Because I didn't want you to die! [ she bursts out now, abruptly teary-eyed, because-- ] But that was really scary!