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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And there was someone else there. He could tell that immediately despite the darkness. That was a bit of a surprise, too, since he couldn't think of any reason for there to suddenly be another player with him. Granted, it might be preferable to a monster the game wanted him to date.
"Oi. Who are you?"
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Where the question was rude and rather blunt, Itachi didn't flinch and his expression didn't change. Shifting his eyes back to the table, he started to gauge the distance between them and that key he could barely make out. "Before one demands a name, shouldn't you offer your own first?" His voice was quiet, and the words bore no sting or edge to them. They were simply that. Words. "Itachi... you may call me Itachi. Do you know how we ended up here?"
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"I don't know how we got here. I'd guess ViViD just thought it would be entertaining." Like putting the exit to a level inside a whale's stomach or showing him a weird imposter Hina.
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Then the other spoke again drawing his attention completely to him. A slender brow rose at the explanation and he hesitated only a moment before speaking. "What is a ViViD?" He carefully pronounced the strange word as he leaned against the cool metal of the bars. Were he anyone else, he might have sighed in frustration or let that discomfort with the situation show on his face... but he managed to keep it from breaking through. The only tell he gave was the sudden movement to brush his long hair behind an ear.
Part of him felt like this was hell, but why would it be called such a thing? "Where is this place?" Perhaps he shouldn't ask so much, but he couldn't help it when he had so little to go on to begin with.
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"Vibrant Virtual DASH." Was the stupid thing ViViD apparently stood for. Who even decided those names? "We're in a game right now." One Ankh at this point very much regretted ever getting himself into. He was expecting to fight monsters not get forced into dating them.
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So... somehow he was alive and in a game. "I suppose I am new here." Finally letting out a soft sigh, he lifted his forefinger and thumb to pinch the bridge of his nose. An outward sign of irritation that he rarely allowed to break through. "Is there a way to get out of this game?" He supposed it was to win. But if winning included dating a monster, he wasn't so sure he wanted to win.
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The first thing he tried was activating the Sharingan. He could almost feel the burn as the red bled into his irises and pooled there. Keeping his eyes on the keys, he wondered if maybe other abilities still worked. If so... he could summon one of his crows. Possibly. "Do you know if abilities work here? Or do we have to accomplish that goal without them?"
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"Abilities should work." He had always had his wings, at least. Which sadly did him no good at all while stuck in a cage. "Do you have something useful?"
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Biting into his finger to draw blood, he formed the hand symbols and touched the ground. The markings bled over the floor until the sharp cry of a crow erupted in the dark room. A small one. One that could easily slip through the bars. Deep scarlet met the gaze of the feathered creature before it seemed to incline its head in understanding.
Once it slipped through the bars, it flew up onto the table top to get the keys. Soon it hopped off and glided back to the two in the cage with the soft clink of metal from its beak. A low growl rumbled in the tiny body and the vaguest of smiles touched his lips. "Thank you." He reached out and let the small creature drop it into his palm. Moving to unlock the cage, the little crow hopped over to Ankh and stared up at him curiously making the low rumbling sound almost curiously. "It seems to like you." Were the only words he said as the lock opened up with a click.
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"Most birds do." He only hoped this one wasn't going to start insisting on sitting on his head like some of the ones at the zoo. With the cage unlocked, it didn't take long for the both of them to climb out of it. Ankh stood up and looked around the room for anything that might be a clue to what they were supposed to do next, though the dim light made that difficult. Maybe there was a light switch somewhere.
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Angling his head, he nodded a little. "I can't say that I've had an affinity with all birds, just crows." He returned his attention back to the dark room, half hoping he will find their clothes somewhere. "They found me and have stayed with me." He said that information offhandedly as he let his ears stay on the rustle of feathers and the flap of wings. "I can't see anything that indicates this is an illusion..." Or game as the other put it. Obviously the Sharingan wasn't looking through whatever machination this was. Not until he learned more probably.
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"I wonder what crows like about you so much." He had never met anyone else who had that kind of affinity with birds. That said, he sounded only slightly curious, more interested in checking the room for anything of note. After a moment he succeeded in finding a light switch, at least, and turned the lights on.
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Moving on, he continued to search the room until the crow called to him. It must have found something, but the way the sound echoed made it a bit more complicated to locate more than a general direction. One he instantly started walking in.
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"We might have company."