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[reparator]

Who: Mosley and these unfortunate souls
When: OOC: 6/27, IC: 1/26
Where: CERES Research Tower
What: Mosley takes a few lucky souls on a tour of the CERES offices.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some violence, injuries and possible death.

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▶ VIDEO.EXE | IC: 1/25

[ The broadcast comes bright and early for those paying attention to their CereVices; the man who appears on the screen is strikingly pale, white-haired and piercingly blue-eyed. He looks young, no more than nineteen or twenty and he's dressed in a crisp black and white suit. He stares into the screen for a long moment, long enough to be, frankly, just a bit uncomfortable.

And then white eyelashes blink and an awkward, unsure smile spreads across his face. He lifts a hand to fix his tie and speaks. ]

This is Mosley.

[ The smile drops, leaving him with a blank expression once again. ]

CERES has decided in a show of good faith to open our doors to you. I have been given the task of, [ He lifts his hands to emphasize with air quotes. ] "being your tour guide." If that is what I must do, so be it. The lazy worm does not get the apple, after all.

[ He looks down at the tablet on his desk, giving it a few taps and suddenly an icon appears on the bottom right hand of the video. ]

That link will bring you to a listing to make an appointment. You will be given a time. Show up promptly or do not, it is no matter to me. The tour will leave ten minutes after your given time and that will be that. Tours will only last a few hours so you needn't worry about the rest of your day. You will certainly return home in time to catch the latest episode of [ Air quotes again. ] "Banana is the New Black." I hear there's going to be a cliffhanger!

[ A pause and he looks oddly thoughtful. ]

I suppose you could also steal it off the internet? [ Blank again. ] Which would be wrong. Our lawyers will contact you if you do that. Do not.

[ And then another of those awkward smiles before quickly turning into something a bit startled and he taps his tablet again, ending the video. Replies to this feed have been disabled, unfortunately. Seems like someone isn't feeling very chatty. It's a miracle. ]

▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 1/26

[ The next day, that Monday, those who take Mosley up on his offer will find that him standing there right in front of the main CERES office building, waiting. It’s with that same disconcerting smile that he unlocks the door and ushers them in.

Welcome, all of you, to our lovely CERES!

The group will find themselves standing in a lobby. Clean white walls and floors, a bright blue rug leading towards the elevators on the far wall, and a white reception counter. At the counter are two CERES robots answering calls and directing any visitors (though the lobby seems quite empty today) and on the wall behind them is a hologram of the CERES logo for all to see. Mosley stands in the center of the carpet in his usual suit and claps his hands together, putting on a smile. ]

Welcome to CERES.

[ And then the smile drops. Voice flat, he continues. ]

There has been... talk over the past few months that we at CERES have not been working 24/7 to help you, our clientele, return to your homes safely and soundly. There has also been... talk that we do not do anything. That this entire company is a farce, which is honestly quite hurtful to both me and the other hardworking staff at this company. Mr. Vincere had his way of running this place but Ms. Recreare is fond of a more hands on approach. We want to share that approach with you.

[ He spreads his hands to indicate to the building around them. ]

CERES has many fingers in many jars and they've all been sealed tight for a while. We would like to open those jars. So once again, welcome to CERES and please follow me.

[ After that, Mosley turns and begins to lead the group off. ]

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▶ RUN.EXE | MOD NOTES

This is the event log for these sign-ups! Your groups have been sorted below; here are a few handy links for you:

Group 01 | OOC plotting
Group 02 | OOC plotting
Group 03 | OOC plotting
Group 04 | OOC plotting
Group 05 | OOC plotting
Group 06 | OOC plotting
Group 07 | OOC plotting
Group 08 | OOC plotting
Group 09 | OOC plotting
Group 10 | OOC plotting
There is no tagging order, so feel free to tag in whatever way works best for you as a group.

The tours will technically last 3 hours icly, but that may change as ic events happen; oocly, the threads will last as long as necessary, though Mosley will come and collect your characters if they are moseying around too long! There will be mod involvement in each of the tours.

If there are any questions, feel free to ask them here. You are welcome to plot with your groupmates by using the ooc top level comments linked above. Thank you!

Comments

[tachyonme]

[Despite being the one who brought it up, Mizael isn't actually too concerned with CERES' reaction himself. He's pretty confident he can just...teleport out of the building if he has to, and it's not like there were all that many files to collect, so he's content with just hugging his stack against his chest with one arm.]

It doesn't look like there's anything else.

[complices]

[ When they go through the door, there's a definite unnatural chill in the air.

The hallway is completely and totally pitch black; it's impossible to see more than just a scant foot or so out into the hall, which is from the light spilling in from the room they just left behind.

Nico and Mia may be able to hear some whispers from the ghosts, at the very edge of their senses, but it's difficult to make out exactly what they're saying. It's as if they're still a fair distance away, though definitely present; there's a large number of voices too, all talking over each other, all definitely frightened and nervous and wary.

And then there's a click and a flashlight illuminates Mosley's face in the hallway, and the ghosts fall completely and utterly silent, as if they were never there. He's only wearing one shoe, which reveals his sock.

He stares at them for a long moment before speaking. ]

Here you are. I was wondering where this group went to. After that unfortunate accident, I was concerned for your safety. Yet, you went... here. Huh.

[ His looks at them curiously for a moment before shaking his head and gesturing them to follow him. ]

Oh well, time to go.

[ And then he will push through the group to lead them back to where the elevator was. The... elevator that is perfectly intact once again. Weird. ]

[chiefdefense]

[The lack of ease from the spirits is palpable, even to Mia after being so long out of practice. She feels an immediate rush of sympathy for them, wishing she could do more to try and put them at ease and help them out. Had they been the victims of the experiments in there?

Something tells Mia that they could have been, especially given their reaction to Mosley's appearance.

Mind you, her own reaction isn't exactly friendly as she finds herself reaching for the shoe under her arm with a desire to launch it at his head.

Patience, Mia...

Instead, she turns and fixes him with an utterly livid glare.]

If you think for one second any of us is getting into an elevator with you after what you pulled back there, you must need your head examining!

▶ END TOUR.EXE

[reparator]

. . . OLD FILE ERASED . . . END TOUR.EXE. . .
. . . STARTING RESET.EXE. . .

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[ Mosley seems unimpressed; he'll shove them into the elevator if he has to, even as he says: ]

We have places to go and people to see, and no time to linger. [ a beat ] Or, well, I do, anyway.

[ And with that, he falls silent, pressing the elevator button to bring them all back to the ground floor. He shoves them all off of the elevator and through the front doors pushily (at least there was no accident this time), hardly bothering to even poke at their files. They can keep those, he clearly doesn't care.

And once they've made their way home, at once, all of their CereVices will ring and when they're pulled out, each screen will show a certain robot those may remember from the previous event. He stares at them blankly for a while before a slow smile spreads across his face and then screen turns black. A few seconds pass and suddenly, letter by letter, a message is shown on the screen. ]

T H A N K S
[ And then the CereVice goes dead. Unfortunately, it'll still be out of service for the next six hours before turning on again and working just like normal after that. Well, except for the fact that any information on the CereVice recorded during the tour is now gone. Whoops. ]