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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

[springful]

Ah, right! [This is just getting weirder and weirder... Maybe it's some kind of magecraft?? That's an easy enough explanation for her right now, and getting out sounds like a pretty good idea.] My name is Sakura Matou, but we can finish the pleasantries when we're out of here.

[sagemodes]

Ou! This is goin' to be a bit bumpy, alright? Just hang on tight!

[ He's going to just grab Sakura and start running really quickly.

On the left-side wall. Also, he's kind of just making sharp turns in order to lose the monsters more quickly. In fact, he's not even... slowing down.

Have fun. ]

[springful]

[Whoa bro physical contact when you're not her Senpai, what is this!! Except this isn't the time to be worried about that... It's a good thing that she's more than physically fit, so running for a while isn't too much of a problem.

But she's also not a ninja, so there's that.]

Do you, think we lost it yet—? [Does she sound exhausted and out of breath because SHE DEFINITELY IS.]

[sagemodes]

[ He's just trying to sense that thing's killing, or rather bad-touch intent, and finding nothing after looking down the hallway... ]

Yeah, I think we're clear for now.

[ key phrase: for now. ]

[springful]

Let's take a bit of a rest then. [She'll run the moment it comes back again, but as for now, she doesn't have ninja endurance okok.]

[sagemodes]

Alright, sounds like a good idea to me.

[ So he's going to just let Sakura do her thing while he just stretches. Really, all this fighting had been really confusing. He still has questions in his mind, but with everyone being as clueless as him, it's kind of hard to not be frustrated too. ]

Aaah, if only there's someone that can tell me what exactly is going on right now.

[springful]

[She's just trying to catch her breath okay, archery practice is never this intense...]

Hopefully once we get out of here, we'll find someone or something that can explain the situation. [Waking up to find herself in an unfamiliar school with teachers-turned-monster bugs that want to either seduce or kill you isn't a situation that could have an easy explanation, but she'd like anything at this point.] There has to be an exit somewhere.

[sagemodes]

Yeah, or at least an exit condition. I mean, this is a school, right. Maybe they'd let us out once we defeat those creatures posing as the teachers?

[ it's a wild guess but anything is better than nothing right... ]

[springful]

A condition? Is this like some kind of test then? [A test for what, and what kind of school has conditions to let someone leave? Then again, it's not like anything else about this place so far had been like a regular school.]

... Do you really think we can defeat it?

[sagemodes]

Hey, as long as you believe that you can do it, anything's possible! [ this is too protag of an answer, but that's because you're with an actual protag and not a distorted one for once.

So he's going to slam both his fists together. ]

Alright, I think I got parts of my power back, so it's go time!

[springful]

[WAY TOO PROTAG MAN she's not shirou okay... will power aside she can hardly fight!! which is why she's a little startled when naruto wants to move straight into action.]

Ah, please wait a second! Shouldn't we think of a plan first?

[sagemodes]

...Eh? Plan?

[ ...Well, he's not averse to it, but being so used to following orders and punching someone in the face, plans are things that rarely exists in Naruto Uzumaki.

Y e a h this will go well. ]

[springful]

Well... I think it would be best if we had an idea of what we were doing before we charged in, at least. [Okay so she's not really good at making plans either (since they tend to blow up in her face like ZOUKEN), and there isn't even much she can do.

But.

IT STILL SEEMS LIKE A BETTER IDEA THAN RUNNING IN AND PUNCHING THINGS..........]

[sagemodes]

...Hm...

[ Crossing his arms, Naruto is going to let out a thoughtful sound as he tried to think of a way to deal with it without rushing in like an idiot. Well, there's always Kagebunshin to mitigate actual damage done to him, but with his state he can maintain around 3 at best for a single Rasengan.

...

Wait. ]

Well, I do have one after all.

[ It's dumb, but it is a plan. ]

[springful]

What is it? [This sounds better than having no plan at least, okay. Sakura just doesn't know what she's in for yet...]

[sagemodes]

We distract them and hit them in the back!

[ The worst part is that he's saying this with the most serious face he can muster.

This is your savior Sakura I'm so sorry. ]

[springful]

[What did Sakura do to deserve getting stuck with these shounens....]

Well, that's... [A little more basic than what she was hoping for, but it's KIND of a plan at least. She'll roll with it.] Alright. I'm not really good at fighting, so maybe we should leave actually hitting it to you.

[sagemodes]

Alright, then, let's go!

[ With that said, Naruto's immediately going to blitz, calling in two of his clones to pin it from the sides as Naruto immediately is going to perform a flying jump kick to it's... Does it even have a face? Either ways, it's going to connect as the two clones grabbing onto it jumped and slammed it down on the ground as Naruto then follows up with a really strong punch, winding it.

Jumping back, Naruto's going to stand besides Sakura protectively, in case the thing gets up and decides to lunge at her! ]

[springful]

[Oh the clones are back?! You know what, Sakura's just not even gonna try to think about this until they're out in the clear. In any case, she stands behind Naruto, tense but ready to run if it becomes necessary. The last thing she wants to be is a burden okok.]

[sagemodes]

[ With that thing reelin' and not even bothering to get at Sakura, Naruto's going to immediately start formin' a Rasengan on his right hand. Sakura's going to feel a slight breeze as the sphere of energy forms a few centimeters above Naruto's outstretched palm. In the span of one second, Naruto's going to disappear in front of Sakura, only to reappear in front of the creature.

And then there's an explosion as the creature's thrown back and smacks a wall, dead, alongside the two clones disappearing into a puff of smoke. ]

Well, that's the end of that one, I guess.

[springful]

[Naruto you're kind of crazy did anyone ever tell you that... But the bug is dead, and frankly, that's all Sakura really cares about right now. She lets out a sigh of relief and nods.]

It seems like it. [In fact, two vouchers for each of them will be popping up, truly confirming that the ordeal is over. Of course, Sakura has no idea that that's what it means, so she's just startled to see coupons pop out of nowhere.] Is this a coupon?

[sagemodes]

Looks like it, at least.

[ Well, reading it over, it seems it's just... ]

Why the heck would they give us a fast-food coupon for killing a worm-thing disguised as a teacher...?

[ this place isn't making any sense at all! ]

[springful]

I guess it's... our reward for it?

[this is starting to feel like some weird, sick game now tbh. before she can think on it further though, vivid starts fading away, sending them into the real world. or well, ceres at least. not that they know that though, so this is even more ?????? now.]

Wait, where are we?!

[sagemodes]

...It looks as if the illusion is breaking, but... I'd at least sense if we were in one just now.

[ but it's getting clear that they're not wherever they were now. ]

Maybe it really was a test.

[springful]

A test for what though... Our strength? [although she sure didn't do much in killing the bug, as much as she hates that.] And it felt very real for an illusion.