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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

[deontology]

[Clearly we're off to a stunning start here.

Because that just gets the flattest of looks, before he dismisses the part and addresses the bit about his name.]

I don't know what you mean. [But it's said rather...flatly. He knows his name is strange here, but he's going to make a point of not acknowledging any point America might make now.]

[bigstick]

[ exactly! it can only go up from here.

also if your intent was to throw him off or make him feel strange for asking, that is... not happening, sousei. america is... well, he's himself. ]

I mean like, is no your middle name? What kind of middle name is no? Like, imagine some dude all "yes, hello, my name is Edward No Price. Yes, no is my middle name. No, my parents weren't crazy they just really liked the word no." Which says a lot bout who that guy's fucking, y'know? Hah!

[ america, what is... wrong with you... ]

Abay is weird too but, whatever. Sousei though, Sousei makes sense. A nice normal name. Japanese, right? Too bad it's your last na-- Wait, wait. Are you Japanese? That would mean your first name is Sousei which, dude, thank god! Then just tell people you're Sousei, that's totally way more normal.

[deontology]

[... why is this happening.......... America is the rudest person he's ever met, and he knows Tenka. That's really saying something right there. What is wrong with you.]

... I am Japanese, yes.

[This guy...is a total asshole.]

Abe is my family name, which I would prefer you use. [because you're a dick. Don't call him Sousei, dude.]

[bigstick]

[ well, that clears it up nicely, doesn't it! america keeps up the dubious look of disdain for a second long before dropping it and grinning. he sticks out a hand for sousei to shake despite... knowing he's japanese now and beams widely. ]

Cool! No probs. I'm America, by the way. [ a beat and he remembers, ] Like, the country. You know the country, right?

[ these folks not knowing nations, what even. ]

[deontology]

[jeeze America he just said he's Japanese, of course he knows about America. But he just stares at the hand for a brief moment before reaching to shake it.

It's weird and foreign, but Japan is growing more international by the moment. He can handle a handshake.]

I am aware of it. [...] You claim to be the...country?

[Except that with this handshake, he can feel it and tell--he's never much cared for the Abe family's onmyouji heritage, but he has enough of that in him that he can tell that America isn't...human. What he is, though... he's not sure.]

[bigstick]

[ see, handshakes are the only way to ever greet a person! that bowing shit will get you fucked up, probably. it's like... exposing the back of your head TO THE ENEMY?? why would you ever ]

Yeah, man! Physically personification of that shit! [ . . . ] Wait, you have Japan back home, right? I mean, you sound fuckin' old so I can figure you not knowing me, but ... don't you know Japan? Dude's been around for ages.

[deontology]

[YOU SOUND OLD....EXCUSE YOU??? God this is like talking to Tenka but 10x worse.]

... I don't believe I know what you mean.

[His........country's personification???]

Regardless, I am not of so much importance in the government that I would have.

[bigstick]

[ well!!! america talks to plenty of current day people and p sure you're not current day, bro.

anyway, he gives a shake of his head at that. ]

No, it's... it's not like that. We're not hidden from the people -- Japan especially wouldn't do that shit. We're not even government, though some of us do have official titles but generally, Nations don't really choose authority since we're part of the country itself. Japan, as in the dude, is more likely to like go on walks and meet people in small villages and weird sentimental crap like that.

[ america you totally do that crap too, shut up. ]

So, Iunno, if he existed, you'd know of him. We have uh... presence, or whatever.

[deontology]

[Is this supposed to be making him feel better.............. ok so he doesn't have a Japan in his world, thanks for rubbing it in his face that the country he finds so precious might have a physical representation--jk!!!]

... I see.

[rude]

That is likely for the better, then. [Not like things are safe or sane back home.]

[bigstick]

[ whatever, man!! you'll meet him eventually, probs.

or something.

still, whatever. ]

Oh, what? Your world all apocalyp-ty or some shit? That's bogus, sucks for you, dude.

[ believe it or not that is actual sympathy, sousei ]

[deontology]

[He appreciates the sympathy...... as much as it can transmit with the words America uses.]

No. I don't intend to allow it to become that way, either.

[But...well it's implied that there's a chance it will be, so yeah.]

[bigstick]

[ as long as you appreciate it!! that is all he wants. your... appreciation. ]

Hell yeah, hero shit. That's what it's about. You know, I don't like to brag or anythin' but I'm kiiiind of the hero back home too. It's pretty chill, yeah.

[ he just smiles and nods as if he's totally the coolest motherfucker around. it's really embarrassing. ]

[deontology]

[........ it's really super embarrassing, but he does know people like that.

It's just not his dream.]

I have no interest in being a hero.

[Just in protecting Japan.]

Congratulation on your success. [CONSIDER IT SAID...SO DRYLY...but so flatly.]

[bigstick]

[ does someone need to go on an epic quest to find his dream? because someone looks like he needs to go on an epic quest to find his dream.

anyway, sousei does throw him off a little at that. ]

Wait, why not? Being a hero is the best. Like... the best.

[ nothing in the world is cooler ]

[deontology]

[uh huh.........]

I don't need any glory or accolades. I've decided to defend my country, and I will.

[That is his dream, okay!!! He doesn't need anything else.]

[bigstick]

[ oh. oh!

he smiles wide, all fond and happy at sousei. ]

If I was your country, I'd be really proud of you right now.

[ you're like a SOLIDER. dedicated and patriotic and oh my god, he wishes you were his. ]

[deontology]

[Oh....oh wow that was quite the change. He was neither expecting that sort of serious shift, or the words themselves. Admittedly... Japan is what's most important to him, that is fact. The government is what he serves because there is no other option, but he would go against government (and has) for the sake of what is better for Japan.

... It's a little nice to hear, something that he can admit even just to himself, to think that his country would be proud of him. Making his teacher proud had always been one of his aspirations-- to think, Japan could be too...

For a moment, he just blinks at America, admittedly startled, though his expression stays remarkably calm regardless. What...do you say to something like that?]

...Thank you. [You're not his country, no--but this is the first time Sousei has really sensed what America meant by him being a country.] Though that is also not what I work towards. [As he's sure america knows ANYWAY LESS AWKWARD TOPIC SHIFT]

If you have further questions about this place, you may contact me with them.

[bigstick]

[ see, if america heard that he might not say aloud that he agrees but he's always made it clear back home that he's not the government, he's the country. there's a much different distinction there. he doesn't live at the white house, he does not vote, he is an outside contractor for all intents and purposes.

but still, it's nice to see something he understands here -- even if directed for another nation. he hopes very much that japan shows up one day because, well, it'd be nice. there's not enough people here with their own nations back home and he knows the idea of them helps their citizens a lot.

still, he might be... a very dense person but he can tell that sousei's feeling pretty awkward now so he's gonna cut him some slack. ]

I'll probably take you up on that offer, dude! Meanwhile, I am totes gonna get back to my burger here and ignore these super strange prizes. You should probs get back to your junk too, yeah?

[ he is giving you an out, sousei! take it! ]

[deontology]

[God he is taking that out so quickly. Thank you, America, that is the out he needed. Even if he didn't understand half those words, he gets the gist of it, and nods simply.]

Yes.

[...and....well, it's weird to think of just leaving a country without a word further, but America is not his country, and there sure are some weird things going on with the industrialization of Japan, and Sousei isn't one for big displays of respect, but...

He can at least acknowledge America for what he is.]

...It has been an honor. [An interesting one, anyway.

And then, more firmly, he turns on his heel to stride away. Bye...America...]