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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But I think it was hostile, it was about to chase after me and I had no other means to protect myself so I immediately thought- [ he started talking too fast and he bit his tongue! Shion inhales sharpy while clasping a palm over his mouth. ]
I'm okay. [ Ow ow ow... His tongue! ] ... Probably. Is it coming after me? [ The monster... ... ]
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[ he shrugs, and for someone in immediate danger, he's sounding pretty calm. anyway, shion might notice a sudden shadow hovering over him from behind his back; and just when it raises its arm, about to strike, tsurumaru will reach for shion's wrist and yank him forward towards a certain direction, mouthing a 'run'.
there was really no point in mouthing anything, though, because once shion gets going with him, tsurumaru laughs... but should he really be laughing right now?
well, no, but he's doing it anyway. he speaks in between moments to catch his breath, but it's a slow, clambering monster, so there's no need to bolt at full speed. ]
Next, we can talk about how difficult it is to get wine stains out of white clothes. What if the monster makes us pay its dry cleaning bill?
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Shion's more focused on finding a way to get out of here, so when Tsurumaru spoke up again he only stared. There's a delayed response but he answers back... in the most serious way possible. ]
I don't think we have to worry about that- it wasn't even wearing clothes, so I don't think there's a dry cleaning bill to pay for.
[ He... Didn't really catch the joke. ]
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Ah..... You're not one for jokes, are you? It's fine, you'll learn.
[ learn... how, right? tsuru's just out here recruiting any poor sucker under his wing... but, while they're at it: ]
Do you see anything that'd help us? I mean, I could just stab it, but I'd prefer not to — even if that monster doesn't have a dry cleaning bill, I do.
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He almost didn't notice the weapon that he's carrying! That would be pretty helpful, but true Tsurumaru is wearing a lot of white and that is pretty hard to wash out. So with a quick glance back at the monster Shion can make a few guesses of how to get out of this predicament just by simply running away! ]
It doesn't seem to have eyes, [ if so, extremely small which means its eyesight is terrible. ] so... I wonder what it relies on. Smell? Hearing? I don't think it has much to hear with... It wouldn't even be able to really rely on something like echolocation because that would require hearing.
[ Hmm... ] I wonder if we can maybe hide somewhere and it'll give up.
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but for now, he looks back at the monster, and like shion said, it doesn't look as if it can see with its nonexistent eyes. there are a lot of other complex words that tsuru hears (echolocation? what's that??), but he understands what he needs to — the hiding bit. definitely the hiding bit and he nods. ]
We could try to find some kind of narrow hallway, that's big enough for us to run through, but small enough so that it can't follow us.
[ because he's sure that if they met some kind of dead end, they'd certainly end up eaten... ]
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Although, the narrow hallway idea doesn't sound too bad since Shion is pretty scrawny, it would be pretty easy for him to fit. So, he nods- it has to work so there's no harm not going along with this. ]
Do you see one then- a hallway? [ another glance behind to see the monster. Ugh, it's pretty scary, but it still is going pretty slow. They can probably hide from it easily. He tries to peer over Tsurumaru- he can't - so he tries to peer to the side instead and he thinks he sees doors... Well, it's not a hallway but it's the best next thing! So he points with his free hand. ]
Over there- I think? We can barricade the door.
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— it makes things difficult for everyone else, but tsukumogami clothes aren't permanently changeable! anyway, he looks over towards that same direction, seeing the doors, and that does seem like it'd make for a decent plan. he does see the flaws in it, though. ]
What if there aren't enough things to barricade the door with? Then we'll be at a dead end.
[ but nonetheless, he's heading for the doors, hoping to get behind them before the monster can catch up. let's just hope that all of these rooms are interconnected, or something... or if the situation becomes far too dire, he doesn't mind giving the monster some stabbies?? stabbies... ]
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So he shakes his head. ]
I think we should try it. [ Besides, they're already almost there anyway, so once they finally get close enough Shion will take the initiative to open the door. He'll wait for Tsurumaru to get in first, and he glances back at the monster to make sure they still have enough time... ]
Okay! Let's go! [ Because once Tsurumaru is in, Shion is going to scurry in and slam the door behind him. Pray it's not a dead end... This would be so much easier if he knew where he was... ]
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he'll pass through the open doorway first, checking behind his shoulder to see that shion makes it safely — and he does, but shion manages to close the door just in time; a few seconds later, and there's violent thumping noises heard on the other side, which are undoubtedly being made by the monster.
looking around doesn't have tsurumaru gaining much from his surroundings. while he's thankful that it's not a dead end, he sees hallways and doors in those hallways??? lots of doors... it's choose your own adventure, apparently, and the door that separates them from the monster doesn't look as if it'll last much longer. ]
Which one? [ he speaks softly, making a frantic hand motion towards that hallway with all of those options. maybe some of them are rooms, maybe some are bathrooms... and maybe some will eventually lead outdoors, where they can be free. it's a mystery! ]
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Naturally, Shion pushing his own weight against the door to make sure the monster doesn't barge though, but as a pretty small boy this won't last long. When the monster tries to ram against the door, it can almost topple Shion over but he's trying his best! He reaches over to lock the door, at least that'll keep it on the other side for a few minutes...
but yes, the other doors... ]
Ah, well... I think as long as we pick a door while the monster is on the other side it'll lose track of us. I think we should pick a door a few ways down just to be safe it doesn't take the first door it sees... I'm not sure how intelligent these monsters are for it to be able to pick and choose doors, however.
[ Okay, he's talking too much, isn't? He almost didn't even answer Tsurumaru's question. He's already hurriedly making his way down the hallway, and picks the third door on the left. ] How about this one-?