« 005 ⇢ event005.exe »

[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

[immobileyes]

There's nothing that's okay!!!

[ Mary points out the important tidbits from the floor. ]

[harepiece]

[WELL THAT'S... at least she's honest... Oz will at least be useful enough to try to help her up off the floor, so she can be panicked at a more reasonable height.]

Well— [A GOOD POINT, so:] Are you hurt?

[immobileyes]

A-a little... [ just scraped up her forehead a bit and she's got a bump on her head from desk shenanigans, but hey, she's alive. ]

[harepiece]

[Oh nooo Oz doesn't have any first aid items on him, either. uSELESS... Not even any ice, though he pats his pockets for some reason out of reflex like he might find some.]

Is your head sore? It looks like you've got a little bump there.

[immobileyes]

I hit it, when I was hiding. [ One hand drifts up to it, before she quickly drops it. ] B-but I'll be fine. I've had books land on my head before, too.

[harepiece]

[Mary don't just admit something like that so casually... He naturally looks concerned in turn, but it's not like they have a whole lot of time to work with here, either.]

—We can look for some ice! Or maybe some bandages... Or at least some water to clean that scrape up with. [A quick backward glance toward the creepy frozen bug is given.] We should probably get out of here, anyway.

[immobileyes]

R-right... I'll try not to fall again.

[ She'll have to trust him, as she straightens and takes a few steps away from the bug. ] But I don't really know where to go.

[harepiece]

[Oz also steps away, though he briefly gives Mary a look like please don't fall or I'll have to try football carrying you and I am not Gilbert.]

I've been looking for an exit... [And also some fellow nerds, with an equal amount of success with both. ie none at all...]

I came from that way, though- [He jerks his thumb over his shoulder before pointing in the opposite direction] -so we should try that way.

[immobileyes]

I understand... t-then, let's hurry.

[ And she'll take great care not to trip, because he doesn't seem that much taller. ]

[harepiece]

[He is grateful for the effort, Mary...

That said, he'll start heading down the direction he's gestured at a somewhat rushed pace, but still trying to go slow enough so Mary won't have trouble keeping up. Once they pass an empty hall, he'll turn down that way.]

I haven't seen a single exit yet... Every door just leads to more classrooms.

[immobileyes]

This... is a school, right?

... Are we trapped? [ she wasn't ready for school if school is like this she definitely doesn't want to go!! ]

[harepiece]

[HE IS SORRY FOR THE TERRIBLE IMPRESSION even if it's not his fault at all...]

...We just haven't found the way out yet, that's all! [Yes. Yes they are, Mary. This is where they must set up their graves.]

Every place that can be entered also has an exit. We had to have gotten here somehow, right?

[immobileyes]

But why are we-- why can't I find any of my friends? I-- [ and her expression crumples, because of course this is the ideal time and place for Mary to Get Sad. ] I don't want to be alone here!

[harepiece]

[nOOO UPSET GIRLS. He's pausing in his walk because clearly handling this is More Important than escaping potential bug death.]

You aren't! I mean— I'll help you find your friends, but in the meantime, you won't have to look around by yourself, okay? I'll stick with you!

[immobileyes]

Y... [ don't sniffle, Mary, you are the most pathetic medusa thing-- ] You will? Really?

[harepiece]

[IT'S ENDEARING. Or it would be if it wasn't so dang sad, Mary no...]

Yes! I'll walk with you as long as you need me to. [Presumably until they find her friends, or find out that her friends aren't around.] If that's all right with you, I mean.

[immobileyes]

[ Well, he'll get a watery smile out of her. ]

Thank you...

[harepiece]

[CRISIS TEMPORARILY AVERTED.]

You're welcome. [Since he's trying to work on not deflecting thanks and all. And with that, he'll start walking again with this mainly sorted since it would be a shame to be squashed and eaten after having such a touching moment.]

—My name's Oz, by the way! What's yours?

[immobileyes]

[ She'll walk a little faster, because yeah, she's very much aware that this isn't a leisurely stroll. Give her a minute to wipe her eyes-- ]

It's Mary... n-nice to meet you?

[ She thinks?? ]

[harepiece]

It's nice to meet you, too!

[Said cheerfully like they aren't on the run from bug people at the same time... What better way to go through life??

That said, he'll guide her down one of the side hallways after she's done wiping her eyes, since he's hoping it'll be harder for any bug that might pursue them to move down.]

Can you tell me what your friends look like?

[immobileyes]

Kido has green hair and doesn't really smile, Kano has light hair and smiles when he doesn't always mean it, and Seto is really tall and wears green. A-and then, Shintaro and Momo-chan are siblings, but he has black hair, and she's blonde and happier. And Ene is in his phone.

[ so helpful. ]

[harepiece]

[NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. What does "in his phone" even mean, Mary?? Oz is quiet for a second before nodding once... because what else can he do...]

All right! I'll keep them all in mind. We can check some of the classrooms as we go too, okay?

[immobileyes]

[ Exactly what it sounds like, Oz!! ]

Mm... weren't you looking for people, too?

[harepiece]

[THAT IS NOT HELPFUL, MARY!!]

Ah— Yeah, but we can look for yours first, okay?

[immobileyes]

... We can look together.

[ It's only fair. ]