Welcome to CERES' new dating experience -- ABOMIDate (Catchy, huh?). They've found that they're a little concerned with everyone's ability to... connect with denizens of different species, and in a place like Cerealia that is full of aliens, that's a Big Problem! After all, it's pretty clear by now that there are a lot of things about your friendly neighborhood aliens that you just know nothing about. What else do you not know? That the greeting of a Faswwg is face licking? That feathered species require mating dances to woo? That [REDACTED] needs [REDACTED] to [REDACTED]? So clearly, the way to fix this problem is...to practice dating other species!
Namely eldritch abominations! In CERES' experience, eldritch abominations really sum up the full interspecies dating way of life and provide you a variety of different species (and orifices) to enjoy.
So it's time to put on some proper music -- no, not that, that's not right. There, that's better. Anyway, time to put on some sexy background music, and woo the monster of your dreams!
 [ horrifying noises of nightmares and despair ]
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PHASE I [ 8 00 ] Welcome to the new and improved Abominable Dating, CERES’ brand new virtual dating experience! The first thing you will see will be a character select screen, because CERES wants you to get to the dating part right away. Don’t worry, there are a lot of beautiful and handsome candidates to choose from so feel free to jump right in! There’s this fellow, or this dashing lass and even a hidden character who is... not really all that hidden if they’re right there to be picked, but there you go!
You have to pick one. There’s no other option, I’m afraid.
And once you do, you’ll end up in a room with your date, dressed up in beautiful, date-like clothing. Unfortunately, everyone else who picked that date will also be in the room with you, also dressed up and prepared for dating.
This is awkward.
It gets even more awkward when your date decides that you look like a great main course. Watch out for those claws/teeth/limbs/etc! Maybe you can work together to take down your starving date, sad as that sounds.
PHASE II [ 1000 ] No dating game would be complete without stat boosting sessions. Regardless of how you feel about your current date, you’re locked into the game now (and hopefully not while covered in the blood of your date themselves, though they just come back even if you managed to kill them), and the game is picking a stat it thinks you need to work on. Either your intelligence is deplorable, your charisma is totally lacking, or your strength is at noodly-arm levels. That’s pretty bad. (It doesn’t matter what your actual intelligence, charisma or strength are, the game might be making things up at this point.)
Because of this, you’re going to be automatically tossed into a mini-game to increase those stats! This will be fun, absolutely. Nothing but Fun here in ViViD. So regardless of what the game thinks you’re lacking, it’s going to throw you into the same mini-game -- eldritch abomination make-over sessions.
You'll show up at a row of dressing rooms, each marked with a sign above the door reading NO INTELLIGENCE or NO STRENGTH or NO CHARISMA in bright red letters. Choosing the right one (embrace your shame) will reveal your initial date to you. They bat their eyelashes in greeting and growl out a very sultry, Will you help me, senpai?
Time to get to work!
You won’t be able to leave the mini-game until the monster is completely satisfied with its makeover, so it’s time to really tap in to your inner fashion sense. Of course, the fact that you’re all trying to apply makeup to the same monster might make this hard, but you can surely all get along, right?
Right?
PHASE III [ 1800 ] At first, you were on a date. Finally, you, your monster, candelight. Everything was going right until... well, you made a bad dialogue choice. They asked you what your favorite food was, you accidentally picked "Italian" (or maybe picked it on purpose which makes this even worse!) and then things went dark.
When you wake up, you'll find yourself in a cage. The room is dark and dank and there's no light other from the crack of a door somewhere up a flight of stairs. You're in a cage in a basement and there's a key glinting on the table right across the room there. Is it for your cage?
Welcome to the Yandere Route.
You might not actually be alone though. The cage isn't terribly big but there's enough room for someone else and if you shift around a little, you'll bump into them. Maybe you should share some woes of the eldritch horror dating experience. Maybe you should try and find a way out! Who knows? But there's one thing for sure:
You're both extremely naked.
Good luck!
PHASE IV [ 1830 ] You did it. You’ve gotten to the end of the game, or nearly. You’ve earned up enough affection points somehow. Maybe it was through the eldritch abomination following you around to trying to eat you or maybe it really, really, really liked your makeover. Maybe there was that thing and the cage and some weird pictures it took -- who knows! But now it’s time for the inevitable scene.
The confession scene.
Except... well, ViViD can’t do confession scenes very well. You'll find yourself there in the schoolyard, dressed in the appropriate school uniforms but...
For one thing, there’s a heavy shower of rose petals. A heavy shower. They’re everywhere. They might get in your mouth and face, they’re pooling around your knees, it's a rose petal flood and you're about to drown!
For another, the eldritch abomination you chose to romance is getting closer and... closer. And closer. And that sure is a lot of teeth, huh? Is it coming in for a kiss or to eat off your face? It’s... really hard to tell with all the rose petals, isn’t it?
To make matters even worse, you can’t move -- you’re locked into the scene until it comes to its proper conclusion. The game is stuck and you're here, suffering through it all. Well, you're suffering unless someone comes and rescues you, but who in the world would interrupt a touching scene like this to do that?!
BONUS [ why o'clock ] You know you have to get dressed up nicely for your date. It's an important one! Third date means third base, after all. So, you’re shoved into a closet, and surrounded by tons and tons of choices to pick from. You're spoiled for choice!
But, well... no matter what you put on, or even if you just elect to stay in your regular clothing, it changes as soon as you step out of the closet to meet your date.
Don’t worry, you look adorable.
It can’t be taken off, of course. So you’d better get comfy, because you’re going to be a pink dinosaur for your third date and... your fourth date. And your fifth. Hell, you might still be a pink dinosaur when it comes time to confess! How... cute.
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Yuki Kuran | Vampire Knight | OTA
[Yuki should have guessed she would pick wrong. Of course she decided to go with the hidden character and he was more hideous than she could have imagined, after seeing the other ones. Clad in a ballgown, her short hair pinned behind her ears, Yuki looks around, realizing there are others with her. Her first thought is to protect them, but who will protect her?
The monster advances, swinging its great claws in her direction and letting out a great howl. It was terrifying, but Yuki stood her ground - as much as she could while dodging, anyway.]
Stay back!
[She meant the others around her and the monster, but hey that thing could stay back too and she'd be fine with that. As it advanced and grabbed at her again, this time it tore the hem of her long dress. Kicking off the cumbersome heeled shoes, Yuki jumps again, narrowly avoiding having her leg ripped open.]
Over here!!
[She was trying to lure it away from others, hoping that she could somehow slow it down.]
Phase II
[Yuki had no problem admitting that she lacked intelligence. It didn't matter to her in the long run. Books and mathematics didn't really prepare her for the trials of vampire politics.]
Not you again!!
[Of course the monster she'd thought she escaped had returned with a vengeance. Wait... it wasn't attacking? Tentatively, Yuki approaches, staring from it to the myriad of colors and utensils that made up the makeup pallet.]
Uh-uhm... I don't really think I should be the one to do your make up...
[The monster let out a displeased roar, making Yuki flinch and duck.]
Okay!! Jeez...
[Anyone happening upon the two will see Yuki trying very diligently to apply lipstick to the monster.]
Phase III
WAIT?! What's wrong with having a sweet tooth??
[She had somehow offended the monster and now she was about to pay the price. Yuki would have liked an answer to her question, except now she was locked in a cage. Naked and in the dark. Well, wasn't this just a lovely day? Scrabling around for clothes did no good as she felt someone else's hand in the darkness.]
Who's there?
[Certainly not the monster?]
Bonus
[She would have hated being shoved in a closet more, were it not for the cute suit she was wearing. It was a bit tacky but still rather adorable.]
Oh... it's a... dinosaur?
[Excuse her while she just checks herself out in a mirror, before realizing there's till that stupid monster to deal with.]
Hey! What do you even want from me? I did your makeup and you locked me in a cage! Leave me alone!!
Bonus
[Just this look.]
What are you doing here?
no subject
Ah... well... trying this outfit on? What do you think, Mr. Hunter? Isn't it cute? I'm dressed like a dinosaur!
[A fake smile to cover up how much being near him hurt. She'd brought it on herself.]
no subject
It's pink.
[Yet the smile she gave him was forced, as usual. He didn't like it.]
no subject
[It really was kind of childish but it made her feel nice and warm, covered in the suit as she is.]
Did you not get a suit?
[Tilting her head, she stares up at him. She could almost pretend things were normal again, talking to him this way.]
no subject
[Blunt.]
.....
[He looks at her.]
Are you going to stand around in that cage all day?
no subject
Uhm... well... I'm worried if I try to break out that thing's just gonna get mad at me. It's been really annoying following me around this whole time.
[But she moves closer, testing the bars to see if she might be able to exert a little strength to bend them. Sadly she wasn't the best vampire for that kind of job.]
1/2
[A look at that explanation.]
Are you even a Pureblood?
2/2
Come on, before it comes back.
no subject
Thank you...
[She steps out of the cage, pushing the hood of her costume back.]
Where is this place?
[Well, it's a basement - she's gathered that much - but it still made no sense that she wasn't at Cross Academy anymore.]
no subject
[He answers as he lets the door swing close behind him once she steps out.]
A death-trap.
[He moves past her, heading toward the exit.]
We can't stay here.
no subject
[She's mostly teasing but also wants to pick at him a little. The stiffness between them made her feel sad. Sure, he was all business when he had no reason to be close to her and that was what she had wanted, right? To cut herself out of his heart so that she could do what she needed to do.]
Lead the way.
[She stays close to him, plodding along in her little dinosaur costume. They probably looked incredibly ridiculous standing side by side - him in his normal clothes - her in a dinosaur suit.]
no subject
Watch your tail.
[He warns her before stepping into the hallway.]
no subject
It's too bad you don't have a tail, Mr. Hunter. Maybe a cute outfit is what you need.
[She just might be poking at his attitude just a little, but that was never anything new to her. Zero was Zero.]
no subject
......
[She was doing it again, speaking to him in that familiar manner. He'd been assigned to her recently, since he first woke up from his coma to find her in his room, pretending to care.]
I don't think so.
[But he knew better. Whatever game she was playing, Zero wanted no part of it.]
no subject
Hurry up, or you might get left behind.
[She didn't know how to be cold with him but she was going to have to learn to try.]
no subject
Have you been told what this place is?
no subject
Nope. And you're the only one I've seen from home, Mr. Hunter.
[She tries to remain conversational but there's a note of curtness to her tone. She wanted him to stay away and she wanted to be away from him - however unwilling that arrangement actually was on either of their parts, unknown to him.]
no subject
[That name again. It's annoying, but he has little intention of letting her know how much it bothers him. The less the Pureblood knew about him, the better.]
I've been here for months, and you're the second to come from our world.
no subject
[That made her heart sink a little. Not wanting him to see such weakness, Yuki decides to move further up the stairs, taking them two at a time and trying not to outright race far away from him. She pushes open the door at last, peering around the other side of it.]
You first.
[Stepping back, she lets him take point and do what he saw fit.]
iii!
she feels someone else in the cold cage - cold because she's stark naked, goose flesh already trailing up her arms, and back and she withdraws her hand as soon as her unwitting prison-mate touches her.
wrapping arms around her, pulling her knees closer up to her. ) A-Ah, it didn't like something you said, too?
( a beat, and despite the burning cheeks, the red ears - it's good its dark, for more than one reason - she finds resolve against the very quiet voice: ) We have to find a way out, before it's back.
no subject
We do but... I wouldn't hate finding some clothes first.
[She tries to giggle, hoping laughter will get her through the anxiety of the situation. Sadly, this was not a funny situation.]