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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There's a key over there.
[ a small tilt of the head towards the table where the key can be seen gleaming. for most people, it would be out of reach, but for him ...
a meaningful pause as kakyoin considered the situation, then continued levelly. ]
Let's make a deal.
I have some tricks up my sleeve. I can easily get that key, while you look away. In exchange, once that's done, I avert my gaze while you find clothes. Or ... anything else that would work as clothes.
Unless you have a better idea.
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It was difficult to keep his face and eyes averted as the other guy spoke, and his gaze did wander once or twice over in his direction by accident. Jeez, didn't it hurt to be posed like that? It couldn't be all that comfortable. His sight traveled to where Kakyoin indicated, and his eyebrows raised.]
... huh.
[He certainly had his attention now.]
Honestly? Mine just involved me shooting a huge hole in this stupid cage, and storming up the stairs to kick their asses. But I'll admit it, you got me a bit curious now. Can you really reach all the way over there on your own?
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[ he'd been very pointedly staring at a point on the floor between them, but looked up curiously at that -- and then immediately looked aside once more. it was dark, but not enough that he couldn't see vague shapes and smudges, ugh.
still, it was intriguing. he was pretty sure there weren't any weapons anywhere, and it didn't sound like a bluff. a brief, thoughtful noise before he looked back to the key. ]
I think noisy methods like that should be left for later, so we can avoid drawing attention from any more monsters.
[ true to his word, it was quiet when he held out a hand and a translucent green tendril extended from his palm; it reached easily between the bars of their cage, stretching across the room to silently retrieve the key and drop it in kakyoin's palm. a meaningful pause before kakyoin held up the key, and this time, he kept his gaze firmly fixed on yusuke's face to gauge his reaction. to most people, normal people, it would have just looked like the key floated over on its own, but if, by some rare chance, this was another stand user ... ]
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[Not that Yusuke couldn't take down a bunch of freaky nightmare fuel beasts while buck naked, but he wasn't entirely sure of how well his current companion could fight. He wasn't about to drag someone else into danger because he was feeling particularly reckless.
Those thoughts scattered from his brain, however, as the sheen of the tendril caught the corner of his eye. Intrigued, his gaze followed the slender, green vine as it crept across the room to key, keeping his sight upon it as it eventually returned back to Kakyoin. Stand user, Yusuke was not, but he had much more spiritual awareness than the average bear, and therefore that little display was not lost on him. The one person he knew capable of a skill like that was Kurama, but Kakyoin definitely wasn't giving off any demonic energy. The look on his face was both impressed and fascinated as he leaned in a little closer, eyes still pointedly on the key.]
Haha, damn, not bad! How'd you do that thing with the vine, though? I thought fox demons were the only ones that could do that planty stuff.
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... you can see it.
[ he was obviously caught a bit off-guard by yusuke's outburt, and it took him a moment to wipe the look of surprise off his face. the presence of those monsters had already hinted that something about this place (wherever it was) wasn't normal, but still ... he hadn't expected to meet someone capable of seeing his stand without knowing what it was. there was a noticeable pause while kakyoin deliberated over his words before cautiously looked to yusuke. (face. face only. nothing below the chest.) ]
Well, it's not a plant. Though I don't have anything to do with demons, either. [ behind him, the shadowy shape of his stand flickered into view. ] Let's just say I can control a ... ghost, of sorts.
[ kakyoin paused for a moment, looking thoughtful. then, behind him, his stand's legs unraveled into long ribbons that drifted forward to cover strategic parts of himself from view. so long as his stand was visible, he might as well make use of that fact. ]
So. Did we have a deal? I got the key.
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[... ah.
Well, Kakyoin didn't have to worry about him catching sight of any private bits, as Yusuke's gaze were squarely aimed on his stand now once it flickered into view. His mouth dropped, slightly, trying to figure out what it was, exactly. It wasn't a Territory, because those didn't take physical forms, and it definitely wasn't demon energy...
His attention snapped back to Kakyoin once he mentioned ghosts, his eyes meeting the other boy's.]
That can't be a ghost. I mean, maybe they could be bound to people, but... there's no way they could do things like. I'm pretty sure they can't, anyway.
[Source: Yusuke's been one, he knows ghost stuff. Although if there were cool ghost upgrades he could have gotten and no one ever told him...
He blinks out of his musing once more, and his brow furrows, considering the options.]
Deal being you get us out of here and I find us some clothes? Yeah, that sounds about right. You need me to look away still while you're doing your thing? [And he makes a vague nod over to where his stand is covering him up.] Or is your buddy there taking care of your modesty?