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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!


harepiece: (bluebirds)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-19 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's exactly the sort of denial an old person would have!!

But Shinpachi can rest at ease here at least, because it takes a whole lot to make a bad impression on Oz. He's more than willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt unless their name is Isla Yura or perhaps Jack...]


It's nice to meet you! I'm sorry, though - it seems like I might have forgotten something important.

[Or be another Oz entirely, yes, but that thought doesn't even occur to him...]
nostatus: (we're growing older)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-22 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
.. Yeah. Guess that's happened.

[ There's something a little sad about Shinpachi as he says it - he smiles, but it's a slightly wry smile. Even if he's used to dealing with it by now, that doesn't mean it's not always a little sad to see someone he knew pretty well not recognizing him anymore..

But whatever. If this is what life is throwing at him, then he'll deal with it. Isn't that how he always works?

So he reaches out with one hand to roughly ruffle Oz's hair. ]


Don't sweat it too much though, Rabbit Kid. [ HE CAN'T DROP THAT NICKNAME THOUGH.. he's just too used to it. ] It happens with more people in this place, ain't nothing you gotta worry about.
harepiece: (don't fret precious)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-22 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[THAT NICKNAME AGAIN he's really going to have to ask Shinpachi just how well they knew each other later... But he can definitely pick up the minute sadness present, however soft and brief it is, and he can't really bring himself to ask anything about that just yet. If anyone that he had known from that park forgot who he was, he knows that he'd want a little room to deal with it...

That said, the hair ruffle is met with a laugh just because the gesture itself is so warm and familiar. There may be the faintest note of apology in his voice, but it's largely drowned out by good cheer.]


That's a nice thing for you to say. I don't think that I could handle this as well if our positions were reversed... [SAD BUT TRUE. He thinks Shinpachi deserves that much honesty.] But—! If it's all right with you, I hope that I can get to know you again. Maybe something will jog my memory! [WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME that he's forgotten about someone accidentally and remembered them like a year later whoops...]

—Do you mind if I ask how common this sort of thing is first, though? And why it happens?
nostatus: (one awkward conversation)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-23 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Good for you that Shinpachi is the king of swallowing sadness, huh.. he's sure a lot better at that than swallowing anger, anyway, and he's smiling pretty genuinely again by the time Oz speaks up. These are the things he can put himself over, really - especially when Oz seems so willing in general to just try and restart their friendship all the same. ]

Sounds good to me. [ Even if nothing jogs his memory, honestly. Shinpachi's just fine with just having some good company, and he knows Oz is a good kid. Who can use someone keeping an eye out for him, too, since it's not like Shinpachi knows anything about Oz's powers.. ]

'bout this though.. I've only seen two cases myself, but there might be more around here, I dunno. And I dunno how it happens either.. maybe you went home inbetween and forgot everything that happened in Zelien or whatever. [ And at least he's not dumb enough to not add-- ] That's the place where I met ya before. A place a little like this, except without most of the modern metal junk.
harepiece: (didn't sleep last night)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-24 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The willingness to aggressively befriend people does indeed help Oz out a lot when things come down to it... He'll nod once at Shinpachi's answer, clearly pleased that they can give being friends another shot even though his dumb amnesia's acting up again so rudely.

He'll also listen attentively as Shinpachi explains things, even though the explanation itself is... NOT... EXACTLY A GOOD ONE. His brow furrows a little, though he's still smiling.]


Zelien... So it was an entire town? [And not, say, a murderous amusement park??] When was I there? I was in a place kind of like this before I got here, too - but I remember that one. [The thought that he could have gone through that more than once and just can't recall it is honestly unsettling.]
nostatus: (i'm not sure if anybody understands)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-24 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It had a murderous funfair once, that totally counts, right.. ]

You were there for a pretty long time.. you were already there when I showed up, and I remember seeing you until about the very end. That's gotta be a few months' worth of time.

[ At least he's explaining it rather than keeping it from him since.. well, Shinpachi is an honest person and Oz deserves to know if it's about him, right? ]

.. Honestly, I dunno how all this stuff with these places and memories is s'posed to work. It's probably better to not think about it too hard. [ Not that Shinpachi doesn't realise it's unsettling and awkward - of course he does. But since they won't get an easy answer to it anyway, he doesn't want Oz to feel bad about it either.. ]
harepiece: (no can do captain)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-25 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[CLOSE ENOUGH basically. Once you've seen one murderpark, you've seen em all...

But Oz is no stranger to spending a lot of time in one place while also spending seemingly none at all, so he probably isn't as thrown by the revelation as he really should be.]


Months, huh? That's a lot longer than the last. [Though to be honest, that week had been more difficult than most months he's lived through combined. High stakes games that toy with the lives of others aren't for him at all.

That said, even though he's currently working on it, Oz is the master of "out of sight, out of mind". He has other things to worry about right now and can't really afford to mope about time that he may or may not have lost, so he nods in response to Shinpachi's suggestion.]


I'll try not to! I'm curious, but there are more important things to be thinking about, right? [Like how to leave...]
nostatus: (but we're all soldiers tonight)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-26 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's a pretty good one, honestly. And it's what Shinpachi is thinking of, too, but he figures it's so logical that they're all wondering about that so he doesn't even mention it.

Instead he just grins, practically borderline-cheeky, like he totally knows he's suggesting the slightly less serious option here but honestly doesn't really give a shit. He's been in a freaking terrible mood lately, might as well take any excuse to try and drag it up a little, including the reappearance of an old friend. ]


Like finding out where the good food is around here, huh?
Edited 2014-11-26 17:45 (UTC)
harepiece: (a face you can trust)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-27 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[WORKS FOR HIM. He hasn't been in a bad mood, exactly, but he's actually pretty emotionally exhausted after everything he's been through. He knows that they'll all have to sit down and puzzle the serious things through soon enough; it's unavoidable and necessary, above all. But for now...]

Ah! You read my mind! [It couldn't hurt too much, having a little breathing room.]

Someone gave me a list of restaurants and cafes and things to try out earlier, but I haven't heard anyone's personal opinions yet. Where are your favorite places to eat?
nostatus: (you're a nasty little hang)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-11-30 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
... W-- woah, wait, someone has a list here?!

[ HOLD ON A MOMENT, OZ.. PRIORITIES KICKING IN.. how come there was a list and no one told him about it?! Shouldn't he be the very first person to be informed?? Gosh, the nerve of these people. ]

Who did you get that from?! [ Slow down, Shinpachi.. it's just food.. ]
harepiece: (buttering my anime bread)

when tagbombs collide.... u will never rid ur inbox of me

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-11-30 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I think his name was... Takakage? [Which he totally butchers pronunciation-wise, but he sure gave it a gold star try.

EITHER WAY, most importantly, list of food here!! He'll reach into his pocket to fish the folded slip of paper out; it's already fairly creased since he's been showing it off to a number of people... It'll be held out for Shinpachi to take a look at, too!]


He seemed really worried about the burgers, so he gave me the names of these stores that he said were safe to shop at and restaurants that had good food that was okay to eat.
nostatus: (it's probably you)

it's true we have way too many tags how did i start living the aki life

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ IT WAS TAYKAYKAYYGGGGGEEEE.. ]

No way, to think someone was this thorough 'bout it.. they gotta be a true food specialist! [ And nothing sets Shinpachi's spirit on fire more than that.. except maybe for muscle-related things.. ]

Hold on, I gotta record this!

[ Just hold on and watch some really amazing technology handling, Oz, it's like the circus. Because Shinpachi pulls the CereVice from the folds of his clothes, holds it up like he's going to take a picture, fumbles with the buttons.. and drops it straight onto the floor. Onto his toes, specifically. ]

Dam-- urgh!! [ At least you're somewhat trying to be a role model here, Shinpachi.. gold star.. ]
harepiece: (always cheats at uno)

i snuck up on u when u least expected it...

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-02 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Shinpachi where are your priorities...]

He did seem to know a lot about this place. Maybe he's a true Cerealia specialist? [THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOPS ON THE LIST after all, and a number of them aren't food-related.

But he will watch Shinpachi handle his CereVice like an even bigger novice than he is, which is such a feat that he almost feels like he needs to applaud or something?! How did this happen...]


Ah— Careful, you're going to hurt yourself like that! [SAID SO VERY HELPFULLY. But he'll be less of a shit and actually pick it up for him, holding it out.]

If you want, I can just let you borrow the list.
nostatus: (another cliché baby)

suddenly i spotted him in my inbox, out of the corner of my eye.. shia leaki

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-04 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Look, food is Important... ALSO HE DID ALREADY HURT HIMSELF DON'T YOU SEE.

Then again, he's used to worse - compared to having his hand cut open and various other wounds before, he can deal with an electronic device falling on his foot.. probably.. there's just a little whining involved. ]


Argh, these stupid things..! [ Case in point.

-- taking in a deep breath... ]


It's fine, you're gonna need it more than I do, right? I wouldn't take a list of delicious food away from a kid, then I'd just feel like a big bully.

[ Nevermind the fact that he is a big bully when it comes to Heisuke.. at least treat people equally, Shinpachi. ]
harepiece: (but idiots can't catch colds!)

insert catchy drumbeat

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-05 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[HE DID, HENCE WHY HE'S BEING A LITTLE SHIT. At least it's just the equivalent of a toe stub or he might actually feel kind of bad...]

Maybe you just have trouble holding it because your hands are so big? [oz why]

Oh! Or I could take a picture of it and send it to you, if you want. Someone showed me how to use the camera on this earlier... [Reaching with his free hand to dig his CereVice out of his pocket!! IT'S ONLY PARTIALLY TRUE THOUGH, he's expecting it to work like a cellphone camera since he's had ample use of that lately. THANKS MURDERGAMES...]

Let's see... Is it this thing? It's this thing, right? [Who even knows what he's pointing to. TIME TO FIDDLE WITH SHIT.]
Edited 2014-12-05 02:45 (UTC)
nostatus: (cause i could use some friends)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-07 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is obviously going to go so great.. two people who have only 25% knowledge of how to handle these things at best trying to use one together. Shinpachi is not the Responsible Adult you're looking for, Oz, the name field is supposed to be misleading..

Although at least it makes him feel a little less bad about his failure with the device from before, so as Oz fiddles for a moment, he can't help but say-- ]


.. you dunno how to use 'em either, huh. [ DON'T PICK ON LITTLE KIDS JUST SO YOU WON'T FEEL LIKE A DOOFUS, SHINPACHI.. but he's known Oz for long enough to know the kid can handle it - or the one he met back in Zelien, anyway. ]
harepiece: (oh.....)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-08 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Oz is very Resilient Against Teasing™, it's true... One must develop a tough skin if they're going to be a bratty bully, after all!!

So the remark doesn't seem to ruffle him - the only thing doing that is this cEREVICE AND THE FACT THAT IT ISN'T LISTENING TO HIM. It definitely isn't like the phone he had used before, anyway, which means he is lost and now they only have a combined 50% chance of figuring this out and 50% is still an F.]


...No, no, I can figure it out! [HOLDING IT UP like one would do with a camera, and pointing it in Shinpachi's direction... like this will help any...] It's just a button, isn't it?
nostatus: (back to brave the burning sand)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-09 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don't push it in his direction like that, it's almost like an invitation for him to take it.. or that's how Shinpachi at least interprets it, snatching the thing out of Oz's hands to take a look at it himself, turning it over in his hands a few times while he curiously blinks. ]

Here, I bet you just have to push this and this or something.. [ TOUCHING THE SCREEN RANDOMLY.. no Shinpachi, don't you know this is how time travel happens in most B-movies.

He finally presses something.. except it's the record button for the voicemail message.. not like he realises. ]


Oh, look, it beeped! [ It did something. Amazing. ]
harepiece: (it's unpossible)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-10 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[DON'T JUST SNATCH THINGS OUT OF PEOPLE'S HANDS!!

Except Oz doesn't seem to care too much, because it's Oz and of course he doesn't. He'll stand on his toes to try getting a closer look as Shinpachi fiddles around, and once he hears the beeping noise, his expression lights up like he totally thinks that all of their dumb ye olde problems have somehow miraculously been solved. SHINPACHI, SAVIOR OF THE DUMB NERDS FROM THE PAST (no).]


Does that mean it took a picture? Here, do it again!

[Holding up the paper!!]
nostatus: (could build a castle)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-13 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, here we go!

[ With a big grin he aims the device at the paper, presses the button again, and...

.. there's another beep. Not like they know what it means though, so Shinpachi looks so proud of himself that he figured it out. Look how amazing he's being in front of this kid, he's going to get somewhere in life alright..!

Except then.. he glances down to the device.. ]


.. y'know, I wonder how you can look up the picture now.. [ WHY IS LIFE SO HARD AND UNUSUALLY CRUEL. ]
harepiece: (please let it be cake)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-13 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[So not only did they not take a picture, probably, but now they're going to waste like 10 minutes staring at the CereVice in confusion trying to find a picture that doesn't even exist...

See this is why they each need babysitters, and probably some sort of class about adjusting to futuristic technology. OTHERWISE THIS HAPPENS. THIS RIGHT HERE. Now they're stuck looking like morons, wow!!]


—I used a cell phone once, and there was - a folder! I think that's what she called it? The pictures went to a folder that was... on a chip? Oh, but I don't remember how we got to the folder... She was always the one to do that! [LOUD GRUMBLING.]
nostatus: (we're loving stronger)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-15 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
.. y'know, I think there was stuff called chips here before.. it wasn't half that bad.

[ TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHIPS ENTIRELY. Although let's be real, do you really think it's beyond Shinpachi to try and eat the other kind of chip too.. probably not..

His thoughts are totally wandering off to him wanting to have more of those again now though. Thanks, Oz. ]
harepiece: (a lovely tune)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-16 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[WELL OZ SURE DOESN'T KNOW what a chip actually looks like, nor is he aware of the fact that there is a separate food called a chip!? He just looks briefly surprised for a second before his eyes drop back to his CereVice.]

You can eat them?

[?? Technology is edible?! This is a great new discovery!!

Also a dangerous one, probably. Now there are two people in Cerealia who may or may not eat a computer chip if given the chance when there shouldn't even be one.]


That's a little surprising... I thought chips were made out of metal like the rest of the phone.
nostatus: (and loving stronger tonight)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Gil is absolutely going to hate Shinpachi at this rate.. sorry, fellow bad luck with animals dude, but he didn't mean to cause this one at least. You technically can't blame him after Oz chokes on an actual microchip..!! ]

Yeah, 'course you can eat 'em! They're not even made out of metal or anything, I asked about it and apparently they're.. uh.. potatoes, or whatever? Something like that. But they're really crunchy and they taste so good that once you have one, you can't stop! [ He looks so happy about it too.. Shinpachi could talk about food all day.

It's much better than fiddling around with a dumb device that hates him anyway. ]
harepiece: (oh.....)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-18 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[GILBERT DOESN'T NEED MORE HEART ATTACKS but this is basically his lot in life anyway, so what's one more... At least Oz probably won't actually choke, even though it's pretty much guaranteed now that he'll at least stick one in his mouth?!]

Potatoes! These things run on something like that? [He shakes the device a little, like he expects to hear a potato rolling around inside or something.]

I've never had anything like that before, though... Where did you get it? You didn't just break open your phone, did you?

[Even Oz knows that'll probably break the shit out of it, and he sure doesn't want to be without potential communication networks.]

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