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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

phase ii;

[insolvent]

Really? Is that why you kept giving her those looks?

[ okay, ludger probably shouldn't be amused by this situation as he is... that thing chasing them is genuinely creepy, after all. but it had at least been more focused on yata throughout their "class," and that hadn't really changed now that it was some sort of insect monster.

...of course, ludger would intervene if it looked like things were getting genuinely dangerous, but for now he'd just enjoy the absurdity of it all. this is definitely less troubling than some of the other vivid scenarios in the past. ]

[rollin]

[ In a yell louder than any scream nearly everyone let out when The Thing appeared, he protests: ]

Shut up! I wasn't giving her any looks! I was gonna tell her to button up, aight? I just got distracted—oof!

[ He makes a sharp turn, skidding along the hallway and hitting a wall of lockers with his shoulder before running onward, the bug monster hot on their tail. It's a few meters away, but Yata's stopping at a... drinking fountain? ]

[insolvent]

[ he lets out a little sigh as he trails after, shaking his head. so it's going to be like that, huh? ]

You don't have to be embarrassed about it. It'd be weirder if you didn't look.

[ though ludger almost runs right by yata before skidding to a halt, glancing back at him. ] Er, is this really the time for a drink?

[rollin]

[ He's still embarrassed, but what Ludger says calms him down, if only for a moment. He ignores Ludger's question as he grips the fountain's edges. ]

I thought I was a goner for sure. She was really... you know...

[ But he's not drinking. A red flame-like aura surrounds him and the drinking fountain as he pries the machine off the wall. ]

[insolvent]

A goner...? I'm not sure what you-

[ okay his question is cut short by the sudden display of strength, which even manages to catch him off guard. he... definitely wasn't expecting that. ]

Wh, what are you...!?

[rollin]

Trying not to get eaten. Duck!

[ Just gonna toss the drinking fountain at the bug behind Ludger, no big deal. It hits their former teacher, disorienting it (her???) for a while. ]

Kusanagi-san says it's always the ones that bare their fangs... [ no this is not what he meant ] Let's go!

[insolvent]

[ he's kind of surprised that thing is even still alive... at this point ludger isn't really sure why they're running, since this guy could probably squash that thing without a problem. ]

Don't you think that was a little overboard?

[ not that property damage really matters here... ]

[rollin]

[ He could beat it alone, it's true. Maybe he's just scared of flirty, voluptuous women who turn into oversized man-eating centipedes. It's truly the stuff of Yata's nightmares. ]

You serious? That thing was gonna eat us. I saved your ass! And if anyone wants a drink, they can find another fountain!

[insolvent]

No, I guess you're right. [ worrying about property damage is somewhat wired into ludger, but at this point a water fountain or two is a small price to pay to get rid of that thing. ]

I think it's getting back up though. [ fight? run? what do. ]

[rollin]

[ Provided that it doesn't transform back into a sexy lady anytime soon, because that's totally what Yata should be worried about... ]

Can you fight?

[insolvent]

[ admittedly, that'd be hard for ludger to fight too... ]

I'm not bad. [ he'll pull out his twin swords from wherever the hell he keeps them, taking a stance. ] Unless that thing has any more tricks up its sleeves, we should be okay.

[rollin]

[ Yata's eyes widen as he takes a step back. ]

Woah, hey, that's not fair! How come she didn't confiscate those!?

[ He's still hung up about Hilda taking his skateboard... ]

[insolvent]

Sorry, that's a trade secret.

[ plus it's just hard to explain how ludger walks around carrying an arsenal of weapons with him all times. ]

You can get back your things once we take care of this.

[rollin]

[ And that's when the bug makes a turn around their corner. ]

Fine with me! You wanna go first?

[ Yata's fists are on fire, literally, but he wants to see Ludger do his twin sword thing. ]

[insolvent]

[ he doesn't really want to... but when it comes down to it, he is the older one here. and slightly more experienced at dealing with vivid's weirdness. so he sighs, figuring it's his responsibility, before simply nodding.

and darting forth towards the bug creature, faster than you'd probably expect. he manages to get in a few good blows, before the monster begins to try to flee - right towards yata. ]

[rollin]

[ Man, he wishes he had twin swords.

Yata doesn't panic and is quick to react. He stops the bug with a kick, then deals a couple of punches before sending it back to ludger. It doesn't seem to be strong enough to get up anymore, though... ]

[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]

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?

[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.

[rollin]

Woah, hold up. [ THAT'S TOO MANY THINGS TO REACT TO AT ONCE for him. ] We're in a game? We're literally in like, virtual reality...?

[ He looks at his hands, then looks around. But everything feels so real! ]

[insolvent]

Oh. They didn't tell you that?

[ ...then again, CERES has a pretty spotty track record of actually informing its visitors of anything. ] This is definitely virtual reality... or something like that. They call it a game, but everything that happens in here is real too. So I guess you can just think of it as another world.

[rollin]

[ Why is he only hearing this now? God. It's like he's always the last to know things! ]

Dude... [ An inhuman cry in the distance distracts him. ] So if you die in this game, you die in real life, right?

[insolvent]

[ that's because he is always the last to know things. ]

I... I'm not sure about that. I've never died in here. If you get hurt here, you get hurt in real life though.

[rollin]

[ He is... and this is pushing virtual reality to the next level. ]

How do we get out?

[insolvent]

I think I can log out normally... but I'm not sure about you.

You probably need to finish this simulation before they'll let you out.