//TESTDRIVE3.0.EXE

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//TESTDRIVE3.0.EXE It Came from Beneath the Sink It's a normal day in Cerealia. Everyone is going about their business, settling into their new jobs, waving to the mail droid, enjoying themselves a sensual massage in the spa, racking up experience points in ViViD, etc. You decide it'd be a good time to check your inbox and see if there are any incoming messages. That's when you spot an e-mail simply titled 'fwd: gorg0n.' Out of curiosity, you decide to click on it and open it. What comes is a single image of a robot flashed briefly followed by scrambled words displayed on your screen: w̧̧̛͈̝̝̝͖͎͗̔͐̋̈́̈͋̀ͅͅè̻͈̙͎̖̙͖̦̫̖̇̓̐̃̍̿̔̾̕ ̨̢͇̮͖̲̘̣̬̞͗̂́̄̓̌̎̎̃͆a̢̪̥̪͔͙̝͖̱̞̍̿̽͐̀̿̚̕͠͝p͍̖̭̰̮̻͇͖̬̒̆̓̅͆̔̏͌̋̕ͅó̫̙̯̻̹͕͇̞̱͔̿͌̽̃̇̎̀̀͘ļ̡͍͙̠̻͇̠̱͉̒̏̌́̋͐̐͘͝͠ơ̢̹̟̗͇̝̣͈͖̲͆́̿̈́̋̒̅̀͘ģ̧͍͕̱̭̱̤̥͋́̄̄̀͗̽͜͝͝͝i̧̻̥̱̫̟̻̠̼̞̋̈̈͌͊͑̎̈́̂̎z̛̛̤̝̫̩͔̙͓͓͚͍͗̓̈́̇͑̀̽́e̛̲̬͓̙̹̲̠̤͔̊͛́̒͆͑̀́͋ͅ ̤̜̟̳̮̟̺̲̭̓̋̎̑͌̋́͌͘͝ͅf̗̥̠̙͓̞͖̞̋̒̓̃͂̈̊̍̌͗ͅͅỏ̢͔̥͔̱͔̬͔͚̒́̐̎͆̂̋̀̕ͅr̛͍̲̲͖̮͓̼̙̙͛̌̽̈́̈́͋̄̌̆͜ ̢̳̱̱͎̫͔̥̹̻̎̾̑̇͊̌͆͑̇͂t̢̛̝͍̤̳̲̗̦͈͇̐̓͛̑͆̎̃̑͝h̼̭̦͕̗̲͙̯̻̭͌͗͑̑̍̎͂͘̕͝i̡̳̗̩̲̼̞̜̗̎̈́͂̿͑̈́̐̈́͘͝ͅs̛̹̜̙̪̘̝͖̗͙̰̄͐͐̇̀̿̒̕͠ ̢̡͚̤̜̱̮̺͍͚͛̔̃̃͛̏̆̀̄͝į̡͙̮̣͕̲̟̠̯͆̾̋̈́̈́̔̔̽̓͌ṋ̨̧̢̛̛͔͉͉̖̯͎̃́̊̆͌͑̋̕t̢͈̳̬̝̻̫̪̘̪͑̃̃̐̂̾̈́͘̚̚è̢̢͙̻̤̗̮͒̍̏͑͊̄̐̀̍͜͜ͅr̨̻̟͉̳͇̝̜͓̮̅̎́͊̈́̔̎͆͠͠ȓ̯̹͉̻̻̼̝̤̟̓̓̇͂͗͐̓́͐ͅù͙̪̤̘̭̙̬̜͕͓̓̐̐̑̌͑̽̃͝ṕ̧̦̭͙̱̲̹̳̥̳͑̆́̏͒͗̌̚͠t͍͍̟̩͕̩͔̟̺̠̃͊̒̑͌̓̽͆̊͝ī͓͕͙̮͕̜̞̤̰͋̀̀̓͂̌̈́͝͠ͅơ̦̬̤̠͔͕͙̯̼̙͐̀̒́̈́̿͆͆͝n͔̬̲͉̪͎̪͓̹͐̒͊̀͋̃͂͒̓́͜ ̢̛̩̝͓̦̻͍̹͉̦́͑̀͐͆̃͋̽̂ḯ̢͍̭͕̮̠͚̠̪̗́̑͛͌̄̿̚͠͠n̡̰̯͚̪̮͕͕̘̹̅͆̿̿̓̑̓̈͘͝ ̲̺̣͇̯̥͇͔͎̮̒́́̑̍̀̿͘͝͝ý̡̠̺̣̗͔̪̠̀̔̽̓̉̉̈̓͜͝ͅo̖͎̝̪̲͍̩̪̩̰͐̒̎̿̔̃͐͐̋̚u͍̺̥͚̗̫̝̗̯̎͑͋̑̅̀̓̊̚͜͝r̛̛̮̼̹̬͈͇͈̙͉͛̍͋̄̍̓̍͜͠ ̛̪̜͔̣̝̠̙̫̤̈̂͛̈́͂̍̈͆̇͜b̤̟̞͉̳̝̠̦̝̹͂̿͒̀́̓̌̀̉̎r̤̫͖͖̫̮̱̙͈̻͛̐̈́̒̈́̊̀̀͠͝ǫ̜̞͖̮̦͎̪̤̀̆͗́͌̎́̊͛͜͝a̰̪̙̹̰̗̯̩͈̞̓͋͋͌̅͊̓̑̚͝ḑ̘͇̺̬̘͔̝͎͕̊̇̃̌̄͛̀͑̈͐ç̢̛̱̭͓̣͎̭͔͕̈͌̈̔͛́̃̀̆ä̧̡̢̱̮̳̤͓͉́̉̋̎̈́̀̒͜͝͠͝ş̹͓̟̙̱̼͍͚͛̀̾́̀̊͋̈́͛̚ͅt͈͉̹͈̼̝̳̘̗͚͂͋̎̉̈̍̂̽̚͝ ͙̗̘̲̩̯͓̙̟̞̅̇̆͛́͐̉̊̈́͠h̢̧̪̦̣̣̜̘̞̩̊̈́̎̌̾̋̿̑̚̕ë͇̩̱̪̤̝͔̮̮̟́̈́͊́̀͑͐͐̀͘l̢̛̞̝̲̖̪͙͙̙͍̎̔͌̃̓̎͌̿͘p̡̨̡̛̺͕̱̯̻̰̱̈́͛́̆͗̀̀̉̉p̤̖̦̱̻̮̰̖͇̥͋̓́͆̏͛́̚͝͝p̨̧̞̟̙͔̭̹͇͇̒́̇̓͛̍̔͑̚̕p̨̳͎̙͍̼̗̭͕̖̀͂̏̏͐̋́̾̓̆ ̢̨̠̹̼̺͔͖̣͙̅̋̎̐̂̂͛͘͝͝s̢̟̫̱̼͚̪͍̿͌͂͊̊̋̾̿̊͜͜͝s̢̧͎͚̣͓̘̝̥̤̈́̓͆̏̇͌̎͑̋͘û̝̱̙͇͎̫̭̞̳̖̂͗̾̆́̽́͑͘ ̧̧͕͉͖̳͙͕̰̜̇̐͌͑̓͆́͊͘͘ḩ̧̧̤̗̫͙͉̣̜͗̾̈́̌̈́̆͌͒̾͠ȩ̘͈̯̲̗͈̺͔̤̑͛̅̉̿͂́̐̿͘l̝̻̣̱̜̼͎̰͎̯̒̐͗͗̐̏̀̚͘͠p͇̟͕̹̤̭͎̥̪͋̐͐̎̈́́̃̆͑͝ͅ ̛͖͚̪̝͓͔̲̯̩̉̅͆͆͊̈̏͜͝͝w̘̟̜͍̮̟̺̤̼͖̍̌̂̎̆͛̀̊̕͝ę̼̩̤͓̣͉̼̎̈́̊̆̄͛̍̍͝͝ͅͅ ̢̹̖̪̺͇͙̥͈͕͊̆͐̍́̿͘͘͠͠ą̩̟͚͓̱̺͓̗̤̽̐̀́̓̃̊̓̚͠p̧̪̼͇̺̣̹̗͐̽́̈͆̄̈́͗̿͜͜͝o̧̡͈͈̞̠͉̯͍͉̓͆̋̈́̾̓̊͘͘͝ģ͙͚̱̺̘̦͖̖̗̔̃̏̋͗̏̇̌̔͠

//SCENARIOS.EXE PHASE I [ xxxx ] Nobody likes spam, yet everyone's inboxes are being filled with all kinds of strange e-mails, all with the same title. No matter how many times you try to delete them, they continue to appear in your inbox. They're frustrating, but not all of them lead to the same message. Some have other regular CERES spam attached -25% off Cosmos Cosmetics, Enlarge Your Penis Today - Here's How!, Dear Sir or Madam, I'm a Cerealian Prince, looking to deposit all these credits in a willing bank account, and the like. Through with checking them all, you start to notice your other devices glitching one by one. The microwave is on a nuclear setting; the washing machine is making dying raptor noises; the refrigerator is moving on its own. PHASE II [ xxxx ] You haven't seen the worst of it. Oh no. The toilet lid happens to be flopping up and down, and when you peer down it, you notice a single, coiled robotic tentacle, moving around the lid and trying to stretch upwards. It continues to flop about, trying to get your attention. If you're unlucky to be using the restroom at this time, well. Have fun. PHASE III [ xxxx ] The tenacles aren't just coming out of the toilets anymore. They're popping out of the sinks and all of the city's sewer ways. As you look outside, you'll see them grabbing a hold of pedestrians and strangling them or trying to tug them down inside the sewer. Since they're simple machines, they can be cut down, but they won't go without a vicious fight. PHASE IV [ xxxx ] The sewer covers all burst to reveal what lies underneath. Armies of them start to crawl out -the sewer-cleaning droids of Cerealia- onto the streets without reprieve. The droves will need to be exterminated as they will continue to attack without cause or reason. BONUS [ whyo'clock ] For those of you who decide to send the Cerealian prince money, you will find that your bank account is actually gifted with twice as many credits as it had before. The Cerealian prince will then send you a video of his true form to thank you personally. Congratulations! Thanks to the fabulous glitches, the Pimpbot5000 has gone from "Bitch, where's my money" mode to "Have all the money, all the money ever" mode. Enjoy! [ 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 meme. ]

//RUN.EXE Welcome to CEREALIA's third Test Drive Meme. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

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Ruby Rose | RWBY [CRAU]

[ruby_roses]

PHASE III

When the tentacle had shot out of the toilet, Ruby's gut reaction was pretty much KILL IT WITH FIRE. In fact there was a nice sized crater where her bathroom used to be. When they started coming out of the sinks, however, she decided that just shooting them wouldn't be an option. So now, on her kitchen table, there lies a severed tentacle. Ruby has procured an outfit that looks somewhere between mad scientist and mechanic and was now poking at the thing to make sure it wasn't going to move while dissecting it.

"I never thought I'd be saying this, but... Time for some homework!"

[fairbrook]

It took Integra hardly any time at all to arrive to the scene after she received Ruby's call. That is, at least, taking in consideration the time she spent hacking her way through the tendons to make it over. She had only left to search for a job today, anyway. Not like she was doing anything terribly important.

It's all very frustrating, you see.

She eyes the severed tentacle the moment sets foot into their apartment; already with some ideas in mind of how to combat their little issue.

"Explain." Concise and straightforward as ever, this one is.

[ruby_roses]

The tentacles were behaving themselves for the moment, so Ruby had focused all her attention on the one on the table before her. She was currently turning it over in her hand looking for some way of disassembling it. She glanced up with a grin on her face when Integra entered though.

"With the tentacles coming up through the plumbing all over the place I decided the best way to deal with the issue as a whole was to be to understand it. Back at Beacon we had to take classes on Grimm anatomy and stuff in order to fight them, so I figured I'd try it here. I mean, they're kinda mechanical so... should be right up my alley!"

She sticks out her tongue a bit before ramming a thin piece of metal under one of the plates covering the tentacle from where she'd sliced it off. "Oh, and the one that came up in the bathroom kinda startled me. So... I kinda... went overboard." She jerks her head over in the direction of the door to the bathroom and the charred crater within.

[fairbrook]

Damn it Ruby, you cannot just be destroying our bathroom like this!! Someone has to pay for the repairs, and Integra isn't used to this concept of being employed over being the employer. Whatever, we'll deal with this later. We have more pressing matters at hand... like the fact the entire town has been overrun with tentacles. Better than the Nazi vampire apocalypse if you ask her.

"Interesting."

Yes, Integra. The town is being overrun with mechanical tentacles and all you have to say for yourself is that it's 'interesting'. What an arsehole. As her eyes wander to the charred remains of the bathroom, she emits something of a petulant sigh. Ruby, what is she to do with you?

[ruby_roses]

Ruby didn't pay much attention to Integra's reaction. After all, when the tentacle decided to come up out of the toilet, she had just gotten out of the shower. That was not the best time to surprise her. She squeaked after prodding one of the exposed circuits with a screwdriver, a bit of a charge passing through the instrument to her.

"Heh... still has a bit of a kick to it. Are these things all over or is it just here? I've been too busy trying to decide how to open this little guy up to really investigate."

[fairbrook]

"The town has become infested with the bloody things, it seems. Had a small bout of trouble with the myself."

'Small bout' would be an understatement, in this instance. Though she remains unscathed by their efforts, she certainly appears frazzled by them. Not that she was about to let it be known. She moves over to take the seat by the table Ruby resided at, observing the girl carefully.

"How much have you learned so far?" she asks, finally.

[ruby_roses]

Ruby inspects the circuitry and mechanisms beneath the plating a bit, turning it every way she can and squinting really hard at it. She stares in thought, clearly trying to process the information. And then she just shrugs and flops it back on the table.

"I've learned that they operate on some kind of electricity." She sighs, defeated and slumps into a chair across from Integra. "I haven't seen anything like this. Stuff in Ruby City wasn't this complex and everything in Remnant runs on Dust."

She sighs before casually picking up Crescent rose, still folded into its rifle configuration and shooting a round at the tentacle in the sink that looked like it was about to try busting through the plumbing again.

"None of this makes any sense... and we can't really track them with them just coming through... the... pipes! Of course! What ever is producing these things has to be at the other end of the pipes!"

Her enthusiasm was then replaced by more thought. "So... where do the sewers empty out here?"

[fairbrook]

That much being obvious to Integra, she assumed she would have more luck examining the mechanics than Ruby. Alas, it was not her forte. She generally left that sort of thing to, at present, a certain confidant left to be unnamed.

"I see." Despite her miscomings, Integra is at least polite. She realizes the concept was new to Ruby, thus managed to hold back her ever sharp tongue. It is at her new theory, she perks.

"I would not. However, certainly there must be a way we might be able to access a map of the town."

...Please tell her the bloody tentacles haven't rendered their ability to access to a computer.

[ruby_roses]

Ruby just sat there quietly, looking sheepish and prodding the tentacle a few times before sighing.

"Well, if we find one, you should probably do the leading. If it's someplace I know really well, I can find my way out of anything. Places like tunnels and forests... especially forests... I kinda get turned around easy."

She still didn't see what Weiss was complaining about when she decided a ride on a giant Nevermore would be a great way to get their bearings. After all, it was just a giant bird that wanted to kill them. What could go wrong!?

[fairbrook]

"Perhaps that would be ideal."

Sorry, Ruby. It's not that she doesn't trust you, but... she doesn't trust you with this. Still believes you're particularly apt, though. With this task in mind, she lifts herself up from her seat and strides into the next room to head towards the computer; all the while motioning for Ruby to follow.

[ruby_roses]

Ruby follows, unfolding Crescent Rose and laying it across her shoulders, draping both arms over it. It takes some maneuvering to get it through without destroying anything but, she manages.

"Yeah, I doubt a giant Nevermore would be willing to give us a ride here, huh?"