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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]

It won't, you're correct.

[Well, glad they've got that sorted.]

Some fear is healthy, however. It will keep you from being incautious. You aren't feeling anything wrong.

[immobileyes]

So I should... let it stay there?

[deontology]

It is not a matter of "should" or "should not". Your feelings are your own, and they exist for a reason.

[This coming from the most stoic of them all...but he really does mean it.]

You will recover from your fear, but it is understandable as well. There is no need to be ashamed of it.

[immobileyes]

... Thank you. [ He's nice??? ]

[deontology]

[It startles him a little, that she would thank him--this tiny little girl who seems lost and terrified, and he's never been good with children, but he hasn't told any lies or anything to try to soften the blow.

... Well then. That's really odd. He only responds to the thanks by nodding (if only because he's not sure how to respond otherwise), and then stands properly.]

First, you should focus on what you will need to survive. [It seems cruel with how young she is, but...this is necessary.] Do you know where you will be living?

[immobileyes]

[ Don't talk to Mary about cruelty, she knows it very well. ]

... I think so? I was given a card...

[deontology]

[...Ah. Then...]

That is good. [...] You'll likely be living alone, then. Are you able to take care of yourself?

[It's said rather candidly. Yeah, she's young, but he was young too and perfectly capable of living alone. So it's a pretty sincere question.]

[immobileyes]

I... can. [ can you believe her? BECAUSE SHE HAS. ]

[deontology]

[And...for what it's worth, he does believe her.]

I see.

[That takes care of the basics, then, he thinks.]

Unless you have more questions, I think that covers the most important information. [Relevant to her survival, anyway.]

[immobileyes]

I have too many... um, but I'll try to get by!

[deontology]

[HONESTLY, MARY...]

I'm sure you'll get by, but if you have questions, ask them. [He may have answers.] I'm not attempting to get rid of you.

[You'll know if he is.]

[immobileyes]

It's not that I don't... but I think I need some time. [ she's seriously overwhelmed. ]

[deontology]

[Okay, that's better. He can understand that.]

Very well then. You should be safe now that you are no longer in that simulation. [...] For now, there is nothing roaming the streets.

[immobileyes]

Oh, good... I was getting tired of running. [ and freezing monsters and falling over and getting carried like a football-- ]

[deontology]

[Ah....well.]

It should remain this way for some time. [At least???]

[immobileyes]

I won't end up in that place again?

[deontology]

That particular reality? Unlikely.

There will be others, however. Don't let your guard down.

[immobileyes]

[ a nod-- small, but serious. She will be vigilant! ]

Thank you again. I'll be careful.

[deontology]

[And...he'll just nod at that. Not like he's going to give her the shakedown or anything when she's that sincere.

He'll leave her to it, then, turning on his heel to leave.

Okay bye, then. Take care, small child.]