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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Well, of course.

[ He says that much confidently and without missing a beat, since Ciel has a real talent for business and he knows it. He's not exactly modest when it comes to this topic either, but that's also because it doesn't really work for business either. ]

I've established several new branches of the company since I took over. It started out as a cover for my family's real work, but I made it more legitimate.

What did you do again? You made those cute toys... Candy, I think? [Or maybe he's just remembering Ciel being an extreme fattydingdongs, either way...]

Things like that would probably sell well here, you're right. But I definitely want to help if you do!

[He is going to eat everything and play with all the toys.]

[ Ciel shrugs and waves a hand dismissively, since actually, if anything, his business is his passion... He gets to put all of his ruthlessness to work, which is why he's so good at it. ]

A confectionery is what it started as. Since I've taken over, I've added branches for toys, rainwear, food service, and we have a flagship operation for beauty products for women, though I hadn't had time to expand on that since the release of our first perfume.

[ You know, normal thirteen year old activities... ]

[It's better that he becomes a ruthless business tycoon than an organizing head of the mafia...]

All of that? [He sounds impressed! And a little surprised! Mostly impressed though, since that sort of refinement of a business takes a lot of effort, he's sure.]

...What are you going to stick to here, then?

[ this is very true, so #smallblessings ]

Well, yes. I'm not one to let a business opportunity slip out of my grasp, so I snatch up businesses wherever I see opportunity.

[ So, by how he says it, you can imagine this isn't exactly the most ethical process, but. At least he's not murdering them, so this is still a step up, kind of. ]

I would stick to toys for now, since that's where I've been... hired, it would seem. I'm only a sales assistant for now, but I'll just take over the company in a month or two. [ See, Oz, you truly have friendship perks, because you're the only person he would say this to so casually... ]

[KIND OF. Oz gives him a dubious look anyway because Ciel what the shit, can you not do anything without it being sketchy.

He also arches both brows at Ciel's casual company take-over plan, like why. This is the part of the friendship he didn't know he signed up for... Somehow he figured the casual shittery was restrained to just certain areas, but no. No... it is in Ciel's bones.]

That's pretty ambitious... [He pauses for a second after that, because the first thing that comes to mind is honestly "are you planning on sticking around that long?", but that would be a pretty dour turn in topic.] Okay! If you need any help, let me know. I was hired as a life guard, but I can still lend you a hand.

[ He cannot, and that's why in response to Oz's dubious look, Ciel gives one of his own as if to say what do you mean this isn't normal. You can really tell most of his past year was spent in the company of a weird, eccentric demon, but some of this is just innately his personality too... ]

Good. I'll count on you, then.

[ That's the closest to "we're friends" that you're getting in public, so treasure it, Oz. ]

We should do some market research, that said. [ Re: let's buy a shitton of candy ]

[Ciel needs a break from weird eccentric demons but he sure isn't going to get that with the panderples...

EITHER WAY, he also assigns that "I'll count on you" to memory. He's basically collecting a mental archive here... Beware, Ciel. He'll look benignly proud in the meantime, though.

And then curious! Because market research sounds like it involves bothering other people for opinions, basically, and he's always down for that. Little does he know...]

Right now? I guess we could get some food while we look around...

Well, that will do just fine, then.

[ He nods, clearly self-assured, because of course he is! This is a matter of grave importance. ]

We'll simply scope out the candy market and see what sells well and what could be improved.

[Oh... A little more boring than what he'd been expecting. BOO, WHERE'S THE PEOPLE-WATCHING.]

I'm not sure where to buy candy here, though. Do you know? [Maybe Ciel's 6th fattydingdong sense will guide them...

Also despite saying that, he's already slowly meandering away from the burger joint. Time to go EXPLORING.]

[ He doesn't have a sixth sense, exactly, but it's at least close, since he follows along briefly, but then starts to lead the way. ]

Well, no, not exactly. But I do have the address of the store I'm to work at, and surely there would be a candy store near a toy store. If there isn't, that's moronic.

[ you have to appeal to fattydingdongs kids ]

Ah. Now that you mention it, there are always sweet shops near toy stores...

[But has he really not noticed that before... PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, since Gilbert makes so many sweets that it's not like he ever needs to visit a store for any.

But he'll follow along, just assuming that Ciel will be able to traverse these weird streets with an address alone. His faith is far too high...]

—What's your favorite kind, anyway? [Of dessert, he means, but doesn't explain.]

Of course. It's a very purposeful placement, since most of the time, partner companies own the two stores, so they'll buy adjacent properties to make sure they both make a profit.

[ Ciel says it with a casual air, like this is normal, everyday talk for a young teenager rather than something pretty much exclusive to Ciel the Weirdo. He does look over in mild surprise at Oz's question, since at first, he doesn't quite get it, but it clicks. ]

...My favorite sweet, you mean?

[IGNORING that first part because yeah it's exclusive to Ciel the Weirdo. Who even pays attention to these things... what a nerd...

But the question earns him a nod and Oz picks up the pace a little so he's walking even with Ciel instead of trailing slightly after.]

You like most of them, right? But what's your favorite?

[ There's a long, thoughtful silence as Ciel gives it quite serious thought, since it's a very important question. But ultimately, he nods once he's made his decision. ]

You can't tell him I said so if you ever get the chance, but Sebastian's chocolate cakes. They're magnificent.

[SEBASTIAN. He'll nod once regardless, because he's not too surprised by the answer.]

I won't tell! But you'll have to do something for me in return. [HOLDING UP A FINGER.] I'm going to ask Gil to make us a cake when we find him- [when, not if-] -and you'll have to try it! Okay?

[ Ciel looks surprised by this, but he nods and agrees easily, which might be surprising. In fact, his expression even looks a bit light instead of habitually grumpy! ]

That's acceptable. I hardly mind sampling cake.

[ ...So, yes, it's all because he won't turn down sweets. ]

Is he a decent baker?

[AGAIN HE IS NOT SURPRISED... Why does everything revolve around food with like 80% of the people he knows.

That said, prepare for Gushing. This is like the one area he doesn't ~~often~~ tease Gilbert in, so his praise is very genuine.]

He's more than just decent! Gil's sweets are the best I've had. [A decisive nod.] He can cook really well, too. Even Alice loves his food.

Oh.

[ Ciel nods approvingly, since even if Oz is a terrible not-quite-nobleman, he's enough of a nobleman that Ciel assumes that he knows good food. ]

I look forward to it, in that case. He should prepare a Forêt Noire cake. [ Ciel, Oz was not asking for requests. ]

[His one proper nobleman trait: being a sweets fattydingdong.]

Sure, I'll ask for that! [He may not have been asking for requests, but he's fine with taking them, apparently?! He's just going to shove it all in Gil's direction in the end anyway...] Even if he doesn't know how to make it, he'll keep trying until he can.

[ Ciel nods like this is completely fair, because hey, he treats Sebastian pretty terribly... But at the same time, Sebastian deserves that treatment and Gilbert does not, so. ]

Ah, he's that sort of servant, then? That's a good quality, at least. Sebastian is the same way, but that might just be because I demanded it.

[ There's a pause, then he shakes his head with a sigh. ]

...Though now he does like showing off, so that's different.

[Yeah Oz has no reason for being a shit to Gilbert outside of the undying urge to bully people he likes...]

Gil's always been that way. He has trouble seeing his good qualities, but that's definitely one of them! I admire it a lot. [Gross... he's getting his fondness everywhere... It's hard to help though, since he really does miss his dumb nerd friend after being away for a while.]

Does he like to impress you? [No Oz he is just after praise.]

[ Ciel's expression softens too, since he might have shared a story about one of his other servants, since that sounds like... Pretty much all of them, actually, and Ciel does care for them all much more deeply than he'd admit.

However.

He will not pass up the chance to complain about Sebastian, so he frowns sourly before correcting this terrible assumption. ]

Oh, no, it's not me. That moron is just a terrible show-off, more often than not. He'd do anything in the most over the top, ridiculous way imaginable because he loves praise. And I'll never give him a single bit.

[Clearly Ciel is just focusing on the wrong servants!! But this is a decent topic too, because it just gives Oz more reason to sideeye Sebastian unnecessarily...]

Oh. It's a little sad that he needs validation that badly. [SAID WITH A SMILE. It's a good thing Sebastian isn't here though, because then his quiet shittery would just turn into straight up yandere hearts...]

It's irritating is what it is.

[ Ciel's grumpy expression just gets grumpier hinging towards angry, since there's a rant incoming... Oz is the first person ever that Ciel has gotten to complain to, so it's like the flood gates have opened at times. ]

That cat-obssessed moron will do even the simplest of tasks in the most ridiculous, overly complex ways simply to hear people applaud him, and they're stupid enough to do it! When we infiltrated that damned circus, he couldn't just focus on one act and keep a low profile, no, he had to excel at every single one like a bloody moron! Then when it came time to actually work, of course he got pulled away to fill in for someone else, leaving me to do everything, and he only just took care of the snakes, since he would have liked to see me get bitten.

[ ciel isn't bitter tho ]

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