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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2014-11-15 09:47 pm

« 005 ⇢ event005.exe »

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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ xx:xx ] 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
[ why:o'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!


nostatus: (when you've got your breath)

phase iii

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-17 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, Shinpachi probably knows what milk is by now, if not just thanks to his extended stay in Zelien before.. but it's not like that place had a snack food joint - if only, it would have spared him from many, many days of having to eat something as disgusting as creamed corn.

So when he hears a term that weird, he can't help but blink and turn to look at the guy who used it. ]


Hah? [ Is this milkshake so important for this other guy to sound so intent on getting one.. ] What's that s'posed to be?

[ Do they even have that here.. is it some weird otherwordly thing.. teach Shinpachi the ways of junk food, America. ]
bigstick: (pic#8494464)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-11-18 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ of COURSE it's that important, what are you an ANIMAL? jesus christ. ]

What... what is...

[ have a slow turn of the head as REALLY INTENSE eyes fixate on you, shinpachi. and then he'll just... slowly approach, reaching out of his hands to grab shinpachi by the shoulders. you brought this upon yourself!! ]

My good man, have you never had yourself a milkshake?
nostatus: (some nights i call it a draw)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-22 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He looks interested, but also a little.. surprised, maybe?! Yeah, surprised is probably the right word for it, considering he just freezes up as he stares and blinks slowly at America.. is he missing something really obvious here?! He thought it was just some modern thing..! ]

Uh.. no. [ In case that wasn't obvious yet.. ] What, am I s'posed to have had one? I dunno if they even had that stuff in Zelien, let alone back home..
bigstick: (pic#8494160)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-11-23 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's totally not a modern thing! they've been around since the 1880s. wait, you're... not from the 1880s? lol my bad. ]

Of course you're supposed to have had one, ya loon! They're only the greatest and most tastiest treat this side of the Atlantic! [ wrong side of the ocean, dumbass ] You're gonna have one right now.

[ it's polite to ask, america! and yet! hey, shinpachi, you're now going to be dragged towards the counter of the mcceres ]
nostatus: (they sound like a swan)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-23 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
H-- hey, hey, wait a second there..! I have to agree that food's pretty great, but you're sure they aren't servin' anything shady there, right?

[ Pointing at the McCeres.. because it clearly looks so evil and all. Terribly dangerous. But Shinpachi just has experience with drinking not turning out the way you expected, okay, he's being a little cautious here. ]

If I'm gonna try one, I at least don't want it to mess with my head or whatever! [ And he doesn't mean brainfreeze. ]
bigstick: (pic#8494314)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-11-23 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a milkshake. I mean like, sure, there's been fried rats in KFC but it ain't like it'll happen here -- there's no rats!

[ as in, on this planet. optimism, yeah! he's still dragging shinpachi forward. ]

Bro, I give you my 100% guarantee that this will be a regular ol' shake. Milk, ice cream, sugar. Probably some vanilla extract. Ice, maybe. Simple things. Can you live with that?

[ and now they're at the counter and the lady behind it is waiting for their order. ]
nostatus: (can ruin my whole day)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .. fried.. rats.. Well, Shinpachi can't really speak of that one when he's been catching reptiles and cooking them for half of his stay in Zelien, huh. Fried rats still sound better than being mind-controlled by CERES through food, anyway, so he just.. slowly does allow himself to be dragged along.. if this turns out to be no ordinary milkshake it's going to be on your head, America!!

Especially since he doesn't want to cause a fuss in the middle of the line. He gets how these things work now. ... Somewhat. ]


Fine, fine, I'll live with it. [ He gestures at the lady at the counter. ] You order it though, since ya seem like such an expert.

[ i'm from the 1860s and what is appropriate macdonalds behaviour.. even his bare muscles may be enough to scare people off. no shirt, no service!! ]
bigstick: (pic#8494359)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-11-29 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ but fried alligator is way more badass than rats. anyone can catch a rat, it takes a real man to catch an alligator. also everyone is so suspicious of the food here, y'alls need to chill out. geez! ]

Yeah, yeah. Can do, bro. [ waves a hand dismissively even though...

yes. yes he is ordering-- ]
One medium vanilla milkshake, my good lady.

[ and yes, yes he is waiting but...

ah, yes. yes he is making shinpachi pay for it. casually gestures to the cashier and looks at shinpachi for him to pay. the cashier is totally looking at shinpachi for it too. whoops. ]
nostatus: (gonna laugh until we cry)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Huh. Wait, what?

That's totally the thoughts going through Shinpachi's mind at this interaction, and it's pretty obvious. He stares between America and the cashier as if either of them suddenly decided to grow an extra head, his jaw slowly dropping open. As if he doesn't get what's going on here at all.. ]


W-- why are you lookin' at me like that?!

[ Sure, he's broke, but it's also just that he doesn't get the junk food places' system yet, so he has no idea that this is the moment you're supposed to be paying... ]
bigstick: (pic#8494190)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-12-13 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ . . . what is wrong with this guy! shouldn't he know that he has an OBLIGATION to FULFILL to keep the economy RUNNING and GROWING? pay for your fuckin' milkshake, man!

america just... casually gestures to the cashier with a look that basically says "shinpachi, you're an idiot" ]


You have to pay for the milkshake, dude.
nostatus: (and some nights i'm scared)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-15 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even though he now realises what's going on and what's expected of him...

.. well, it still doesn't help a whole lot. He just glances between the cashier and America like this still is an impossible situation, and that's because.. well, it is. Just for different reasons.

So after a moment or two he gets a little closer to America, whispering to him-- ]


I'm... I'm broke. [ He's not even lying, this is just a 24/7 reality for Shinpachi Nagakura. ]
bigstick: (pic#8494442)

[personal profile] bigstick 2014-12-16 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ what's happening here? what is even happen...ing... here... he just sort of leans back as shinpachi gets closer, automatically starting-- ]

Gaaa--

[ oh. wait. not gay. he'll just blink once or twice before pushing shinpachi away and facing the register himself. hm, thinking about it... he kind of remembers something they told him earlier, during the power point. ]

Ma'am, you just recently filled a managerial position, yeah?

[ she's frowning at them now but she nods. ]

And... managers totally get free food, right?

[ a bit hesitant now but she does nod ]

K, right. I'm that manager and let me get the shake for free.

[ AND NOW A VERY DISGRUNTLED SIGH as she stomps off to get shinpachi's shake. america just grins, holding up a hand for shinpachi to high five. ]

Up top, yo.
nostatus: (and let me lose my voice)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-17 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .. Woah, woah, wait. This is too much happening too soon, and Shinpachi's jaw just drops further and further towards the floor (if it would be capable of unhinging itself so much, it would, okay) the more America manages to talk.

What is this guy. What is this power. This is amazing, Shinpachi is totally telling himself to befriend this guy since it means free food. And who doesn't love free food? People who don't know how to truly live life, that's who. ]


Man, you really managed that?! You need to tell me your tricks, I could get free food an--

[ .. okay, slowly his eyes are moving up to that hand to notice it just.. hanging there.

That's.. nice for you, America. Great. Get back to Shinpachi in about a hunderd years or so when high fives will have caught on in his time. ]


.. uh, wait, what top're we talking about?
bigstick: (pic#8494464)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-01 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is the power of managerial positions. actually, more like the abuse of but no one said america's a good guy (when it... comes to food...)

whatever!!

anyway, he blinks in confusion at shinpachi's confusion before sighing. then he reaches out to grab shinpachi's arm and slap his hand to his. ]


That, dude, is a high five. A show of excitement between one friend to another. You lift your hand, you slap hands, you bond. Do you not want to bond, dude? Do you not want to bond?
nostatus: (these drugs are just an hour away)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-05 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Wha-- of course I wanna bond! I'm a friendly kinda guy, y'know!

[ Don't be so defensive about that, Shinpachi.. are you truly that desperate to defend your endearing character trait or what. But suddenly he does look oddly Determined about this high fiving business, look what kind of monster you've created, America. ]

I'll slap hands with everyone if that's all these modern guys do..!
bigstick: (pic#8494292)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-10 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ meanwhile, the smile just spreads out on america's face. he's gonna make you a dudebro in no time, shinpachi!! ]

Hell yeah, that's totally what we do! We high five all the time! It's how you show support and friendship in the quickest and most efficient fashion. Just high five and bam, bonding.

[ there's kind of a manic look of friendship in america's eyes now but you know, that's pretty normal for him. ]

Come on, dude. Let's high five!

[ UP TOP, YO. ]
nostatus: (the other night you wouldn't believe)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-16 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ UP TOP ALRIGHT. This time Shinpachi is at least better about it - hey, he might seem dumb, but no one ever said he wasn't a quick learner all the same - and is quick to high five the guy, starting to look really enthusiastic about it too.. why this, this is the worst, these are exactly the kind of over the top enthusiastic guys that shouldn't be allowed to come near each other. ]

There we go! Then that means we're friends too now, right? [ Isn't that a little overly friendly, Shinpachi.. then again, America paid for his drink. Sort of. That's what friends do, he's pretty sure. ]

Heh, you're right, it really goes a hell of a lot faster with these.. uh.. "high fives"!
bigstick: (pic#8548573)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-18 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ and yet here they are, near each other, sharing bonds of broship. next they'll be wearing backwards visors and chugging beer cans. ]

It totally does, dude!

[ it would be creepy if it wasn't america, shinpachi. ]

Right? I love high fives, they make everything seem so... great! In fact, my name's America, man! What's yours?
nostatus: (side by side)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-18 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Good thing Shinpachi doesn't have enough knowledge of the west to know being named America like the place is.. sort of.. weird. So he just grins, completely oblivious to this fact. ]

Nagakura Shinpachi-- ah, guess it'd be Shinpachi Nagakura for you western guys, though. [ At least he caught on to that much.. gold star for effort. ] Nice to meet you, man.
bigstick: (Default)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-18 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh thank goodness. ignorance is bliss, after all! ]

Shinpachi, huh? I can dig it. [ and oh good timing because FINALLY.

finally.

there's the milkshake. america's face lights up as the very exasperated employee who just witnessed this dumb conversation holds it out to them. ]


Duuude, milkshake time! Do it!
nostatus: (ah; oh come on)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-19 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That employee probably just really desperately wants them to leave, let's be real with ourselves here.. but Shinpachi's way too distracted by the milkshake to realise that. The moment we've been waiting for.

America honestly doesn't even have to tell him to do it. He's already picking up the milkshake, ripping off the top, drinking it that way since it's how REAL MEN DO IT, REAL MEN DON'T NEED STRAWS. Except it's a terrible idea with how cold the milkshake is, and exactly five seconds afterwards you can see all symptoms of brainfreeze starting to set in for Shinpachi.

He lets out a groan, bending forward.. ]


Wh-- what is this?! [ A milkshake has defeated the mighty captain of the Shinsengumi.. what a battle. ]
bigstick: (pic#8494171)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-19 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ whatever, ma'am!! they are having a CONVERSATION here okay and it WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED by the likes of low wage cashiers. america really is that customer.

oh but... america reaches a hand out helplessly as shinpachi immediately removes the top. no, you're supposed to use the straw! but he can't really help because oh, down it goes.

that was a dumb thing to do, shinpachi. even america knows that. ]


You got yourself a brainfreeze, bro. You're supposed to drink it slowly, with the straw. It all went to your head instead of your stomach!
nostatus: (the troops are on fire)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-21 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's not even a reply at first there's just.. groaning.. look, he's brushed off his hand being cut open before, but this is a totally new sensation?! It's like his head is going to split into two, it's the worst..

Thankfully it starts to fade a little soon enough, and he straightens himself again with a frown on his face. Modern food is more dangerous than he thought. ]


Oi. Who would invent some kinda food that could cause people pain? That just sounds like a mean trick! [ BRING HIM THE INVENTOR OF THE MILKSHAKE, HE WILL FIGHT THEM. ]
bigstick: (pic#8494341)

[personal profile] bigstick 2015-01-27 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ see, now america's offended! how dare you blame the milkshake for you drinking it wrong. he just stands there and his face turns into a frown as he stares at shinpachi for a long moment before in one swift movement, he gives him a smack on the back of his head. america just smacked shinpachi upside the head, yeah. ]

Don't blame the food for your failures. [ you INSULTED the milkshake, you HEATHEN. ] Take another sip, slower and with the straw.

[ this guy takes his fast food very seriously, he'll have you know ]
nostatus: (i called you up but we'd both agree)

[personal profile] nostatus 2015-01-27 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah?!

[ He doesn't even say "ouch" like a normal person.. he's way too used to getting cut open with a sword and all, this is nothing anymore at this rate. It sounds more startled than anything else, and he looks at America like he just dared to insult his puppy that just turned into roadkill. ]

Why are you hitting me?! You wanna take this outside?! [ Brainfreeze does not contribute to Shinpachi's intelligence at moments like these.. not at all.. it only makes him more impulsive.

(America also probably spilled like, half the milkshake across the floor with that slap.) ]

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