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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!

Comments

[topscores]

They're like robotic bugs. But it shouldn't be too bad, right? We just all saw a monster bug...

[His hunger overruled all of that weirdness, apparently.]

[lionly]

[Elza seems pleased at that, the end of his tail flicking back and forth, giving this away.] Great. You can ask about me too, if you want. I don't mind.

But, hm-- [He considers. Something light, easy, to keep their conversation and the mood as such.]

What kind of things do you like?

[flaredo]

I only talked to one-- his name's Julius, and I wouldn't rely on him too much. Apparently, when he's gone, it's all too easy for terrorists to show up.

[flaredo]

That's not exactly hard for me to do-- keeping a monster's attention could be fun.

[ Nuh-uh, Sakura, we allow no self-dissing in Yang's vicinity. ]

[immobileyes]

Books. [ ... she sure said that immediately. ] When I was little, it was always fun to imagine myself in those worlds, and then I wouldn't be so lonely. And, um, I like flowers too!

[flaredo]

[ Yang's admittedly a little surprised to see the change in irises-- did he have a Semblance, too? He obviously knows how to use an Aura, if he'd come staggering back after a hit from her. Or maybe he was just resilient.

She won't activate hers yet, her own eyes remaining violet as she slams her fist out, applying the same amount of force as before. She's curious now. ]

[insolvent]

...is that it?

[ yeah, it's not getting back up. now he feels a little silly after spending all that time running away from it. granted, from the sounds around them, it seems like there are bug monsters chasing after other people too. just another day in vivid. ]

[rollin]

[ Yang's fist sends him back once more, but this time, Yata remains on the ground, sliding to a stop a couple of feet away. His eyes are no longer red a moment after. Silently, he prays to Mikoto. Mikoto-san, he's sorry for doubting you! She's not stronger than you!

But he is pinged by her strength, so he smirks. He's been getting fired up a lot about fighting today! It's... been a while. ]

Heh! I wasn't so sure before but... yeah, I've definitely had worse!

[flaredo]

If you say it like that, it kind of makes me want to go all-out.

[ don't ignite her fighting spirit, Yata. ]

[rollin]

[ don't make him ask for it... ]

How do I turn that "kind of" into a "really"?

[flaredo]

Don't just stand there like a testing dummy?

[rollin]

Yeah, I was hoping it'd put up more of a fight...

[ Huh. It seems like these monsters are everywhere in the campus, too. ]

This happen often?

[rollin]

Got it!

[ His eyes glow red once again as he quickly closes the distance between them, raising a fist engulfed in a red flame-like aura to land his first strike. ]

[duad]

Ah, what's your name? So I can call you and let you know when I'm free.

[flaredo]

[ There it is again-- and Yang brings her arms up to block, a swift flash of white light reflected for just a second before she aims a hard kick at his abdomen. ]

Good to know you're not shy!

[insolvent]

Kind of. This is the first time it's happened in the game in a while though.

[ which, at least, is better than the opposite. ]

The last few times it was in the real world.

[cheats]

[ The problem is, Ciel is definitely from 19th century England, so he definitely has no idea what these words mean even remotely. His expression turns awkward, and he shakes his head slightly. ]

...A what now?

[nyet]

[ completely unbefitting a grown man of his size, and bizarrely at odds with his earlier mood, russia actually giggles as they approach the café. ]

What's this? [ catgirls? IN A RESTAURANT? girls dressed as cats. and now you know what a cosplay café is, russia. chizuru, you're officially his favorite. ]

Ah, they're so cute...

[ once inside, he has to physically resist pulling on a passing waitress' fake cat ear just to see how she'll react—which would probably get him in a lot of trouble—but he has plenty of time to be a nuisance later. for now, he takes the menu from chizuru and starts to look through it. ]

I would like some tea, I think. Black, if you have it? With lemon and sugar. [ a beat, and then: ] And your, ah, soup of the day.

[sagemodes]

[ ...Well, there's definitely a sigh there, considering haha he's not even sure what kind of place this is.

He's still adamant on believing that his home is still okay, alright? ]

...'m not sure, but we can always beat the leader to find answers, right?

[ .....naruto... ]

[unathletic]

Yeah. [ He lets out a small sigh, but at least it doesn't seem to be aimed at her. It's just at the thought of all the places he still has to go to today.. it sucks being a deliveryman when you have a sort of bum leg, honestly. ]

This is my job here.

[ Coupled with a small shrug, as if he's saying "not like I had much of a choice" before anyone finds him really uncool for being a deliveryman. ]

Been doing it for a while now.

[changeably]

["Death by Babyhits" on his tombstone. Even Oregon Trail can't compete with that.

Luckily for the both of them, Cynbel much more concerned with self-preservation than revenge or pride, so he shuts his mouth and ducks underneath a desk, just in time to avoid that monster moving past the window. He looks at Oz, miming between him and the window with a, "What that was this is about?" look on his face.]

[changeably]

[Cynbel nods. Reim seems to be getting it pretty quickly, so that makes this easier.]

The only contact we've had directly with them, ourselves, is through the machines.

[He reaches into the bag over his shoulder, pulling out his CereVice.]

[ruby_roses]

Just about a month. We've got an apartment in town that you're welcome to move into with us. There's another woman here that remembers me from Ruby City - proof I'm not just going crazy - that's staying with us too, but we still have room if we bunk another bed in the bedroom.

[She grins for a moment though, sipping her milkshake before adding.]

...But yeah, you being here just kind of proves that we still have a home to go back to. I mean, if they pulled Yang and I from Remnant and there wasn't anyplace to pull other people from, you wouldn't be here right now. But you are. You are proof that everything will work out.

[sunshade]

[ waving her hand absentmindedly as she picks at the bun....the bread was better by itself, okay ]

Be my guest. [ ... ] Do you have a name?

[ awkward pseudo-dinner with a stranger aside, she at least wants to know how to address this girl ]

[sunshade]

[ her frown almost instantly deepens ]

Poisoned? Where did you hear that?