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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leliana ( dragon age )
iii!
he's checking for weapons, honest to gods, as if a high rank ninja would give in to embarrassment when forced into captivity like this-- and it might just be that the only thing betraying this is the pointed look-away. For all their trouble, there were reasons to be grateful for eyes so blank.] Our arms won't reach that key, even if we could be sure it was the one to this cage. [Far be it from Neji to succumb to pessimism. He's just telling the facts.
But come on, birdbrains. Show us what you got.]
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But she's been looking too. Not at him, there are few places for weapons when you lack clothes, but at the room around them - or things that may be in reach around them )
There are other ways to open locks.
( She's looking again - looking for more detail than her initial cursory scan gave her. Moving to stand Leliana turns - the little she can - to try and see what was behind her. They wouldn't need the key if only she could- )
Can you reach that?
( There's a small indication to what's behind him. A small piece of metal, hopefully strong enough to pick the lock )
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He twitches a little at how cold the cage felt against his skin as he pressed his right shoulder through a bar- Hyuga weren't exactly known for being bulky. He strains, but at best his middle finger can only ghost against the would-be pick. No problem. Though he couldn't see his chakra, he still had the experience to go by sensation alone. He waits a second for the energy to glove his hand and on his next try, the piece of metal finds itself in his palm.
And Neji sighs tiredly. Glances at the woman-- which was a mistake because he's quite literally kneeling right in front of her-- and corrects himself, looking back at the prize in his hands.] You do know what you're doing?
[It's not that she'd given him a reason to be suspicious, far from it, but his mind was still reeling from the intensity of what had happened before all this. He stands before being given an answer, and holds out the metal for her to take. Exhausted and nearly depleted of chakra from a war or not, he figured he could stand his own.]
i!!
[ and so were the ones they had on! even if they were a bit.. strange. either way, merrill is here to be devil's/demon's advocate. the creature hadn't attacked yet, so she was unconvinced that it was hostile at all — they were supposed to befriend the demons after all, right? not that ViViD hadn't led her astray before, but well, you know. she has some prior context to help her with her feelings on this particular disaster. ]
Are we meant to kill it? That's not what you typically do on a date, is it?
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( Particularly not demons that wear 'nice' clothes, or- well. Just any demon, really. And she's really hoping that this young elf doesn't either. Demons are not your friends )
And I would rather not find out what it has planned for us instead.
( Death or something less pleasant - torture, perhaps - is the most likely option )
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[ Charlie isn’t normally one to be phased by awkward situations, but this was a whole new level of awkward. The only consolation is that his cellmate didn’t seem to be bothered too badly by the… lack of clothes situation.
(And yes, he is indeed elbowing her in the back. It’s a little cramped in here.) ]
Sorry. [ He shifts around, trying to give them both their space. ]
I can get us out of here. I just need a second.
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Except - apparently - he could do it. Leliana hadn't looked to see if he had anything on him, though if he was just as naked as she was it would make things more difficult. Unless he was a mage, anyway )
How are you planning to do that?
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Shouldn’t take much to spring the lock on the cage.
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( Leliana's no stranger to the things magic can do, even if picking a lock is not the usual outlet for a mage. But they need it, and it would help )
Then go.
( She's moving a little - standing, moving sideways. She doesn't want to be in the firing shot )
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The runes float there in front of the lock until he completes the third one. With a satisfying click the lock springs open, and he pushes the door to the cage outward.
He stands, and motions her through. ] Ladies first.
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( It's lucky that she isn't easily spooked - by the trap, or his magic. Though it may be different it's certainly safer than blood magic, which is more than Leliana can say for the next part. Not knowing who he was, or how they'd got there after the monster, Leliana couldn't rule out that he was part of the trap, but hopefully keeping that in mind would give her an advantage for whatever change.
She's jumping out of the cage first regardless, moving to the side of the room to see what she can find - weapons, or clothes. Or anything on their location )
Did you find out who they were? Before we were taken.
i!!
Huh.
[ -- as she takes in this new scenario. maker's freaking grace, this is just what today needed. she glances over to the woman next to her, raising an eyebrow at her comment before looking back to the creature. ]
Well. [ a pause. ] Naturally. [ of course they're stronger, geez. ] Still, I'd rather not.
[ she was kind of okay with the whole date the monster thing, actually. now that she has to fight it? she's kind of bored! ]
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It's that or let it kill you.
( And, though Hawke may make questionable decisions, Leliana doesn't believe her fool enough to simply do nothing against something like this. Do nothing and let a demon take over, kill you, then do worse )
Did they leave you anything?
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Even in her wildest dreams, Cassandra wouldn't be caught dead wearing a dress. She smooths down the fabric of her frock, clearly uncomfortable.
That is, until she hears a familiar voice. And maybe it's a bit foolish, but she cannot help the swell of hope that fills her chest at that moment. )
Leliana? Is that you?
( She pushes through the crowd so she may take a better look at her friend. It is more of a relief than she would care to admit, seeing a familiar face. )
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Cassandra.
( At least, out of all of the people stuck here, Leliana knows that there's one person she can rely on to help get them out of this. One person with skills champion enough to do it )
You should have left the frills for our Ambassador.
( What. If she can't tease you in a situation like this- )