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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: (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.]
nostatus: (some nights i wish that my lips)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-21 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, they just came in bags or whatever? It took a while to open 'em.

[ By which he means that he probably tugged on it for a long time but PLASTIC NEVER GIVES WAY EVEN TO THE FIERCEST OF MUSCLES.. so then he probably cut it open with his sword.. it was an Adventure, that's for sure. This is why you don't leave samurai alone in modern day places. ]

But if you think there's one in here too, it might be easier to just break this one open instead? 'specially if you're impatient.
harepiece: (lookin so good)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-21 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd rather have a whole bag now and save the one in here for an emergency.

[AN EMERGENCY PHONE POTATO......

Why have these two been left alone at all, look at what's happened in the like 5 minutes they've been in unbabysat company. But this seems like a legitimate idea to him?! Like, who wouldn't want to have an extra food stash on hand like that.]


Where do you get the bags? Just... in stores? Can you show me where you got yours? [potatoquest 2k14]
nostatus: (and you can see it in their eyes)

[personal profile] nostatus 2014-12-23 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's okay, Oz.. one day Sano will find out about the things Shinpachi told Oz and despite the fact that Shinpachi didn't mean it badly, he'll probably still get punched over it. Such is the life of having the best friends he does.. ]

Sure! [ He grins at least.. SO EXCITED ABOUT POTATOES. Or more like excited about good food, and it doesn't take much for Shinpachi to call food "good".. especially not now he's experienced the horror of creamed corn. ]

C'mon, follow me! You have two feet you can use to walk, right?

[ Not that he says no to piggyback rides exactly.. he carries around Heisuke all the time and he's pretty much ten years older than Oz.. almost.. ]
harepiece: (MY FRONDS)

[personal profile] harepiece 2014-12-24 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I walked up to you with my two feet, didn't I?

[GOD, SHINPACHI. Though it's not like people don't carry Oz all over the place like a sack of (hAH) potatoes either, so he probably wouldn't protest to a piggyback ride in the end...

For now though, he's content to at least be semi-useful!!]


Just show the way and I'll follow!

[Also excited?! The future sure is full of great things...]