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//TESTDRIVE4.0.EXE

MOONFESTCON 2014 PART I: Embracing Lunacy


It's that time of the season to praise the two moons of Cerealia. As they hang in the sky, looking harmless and moon-like, the robots and CERES staff have gathered together to prepare a fanciful celebration. It's primarily located in the Pleasure District where paper lanterns hang and where fireworks are starting to burst in the sky. Everyone is welcome to dress up and enjoy an evening of fantastic pleasures, platonic or otherwise.

"Good evening! As always, I'm pleased you all can join me. Do enjoy all the beverages being passed around along with the many services we have to offer, all there for your pleasure.

Take time to play in one of our many booths or just slip away and have a crazy evening. The moons bid it. Don't be shy."

//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I
[ 19:00 ] The festival begins promptly with a kick-off speech and a toast from Julius Vincere, encouraging everyone to celebrate beneath the two moons as they light the sky. The weather is crisp and beautiful, leaving them both in full view as their light cascades upon the festival. Around the district, there are several stands full of standard fair food (candy apples/corn dogs/ice cream/deep fried everything), games, and an assortment of many awkward prizes (if you're wondering what these are, do remember you're in the Pleasure District!). Also, there is alcohol everywhere, served to minors and adults alike.
PHASE II
[ 19:45 ] The music is playing loudly beneath the noises of the festival. Anyone approaching the speakers will notice a strange buzzing noise that keeps wavering. Then, the sound changes abruptly to the sound of pained moaning hidden within the song. It grows more pronounced by the second until the lights in the Pleasure District flicker off for a brief second. When they return, there is someone crawling out of the speaker. Your eyes squint, and you can see them briefly, the faint outlines of their form as their screaming escalates, only everyone else seems to be deaf to it. Only you can hear it, and you wonder how and why no one else is reacting. Is it just you? Are you hallucinating? Better get used to that feeling in Cerealia.
PHASE III
[ 20:00 ] Your friendly speaker friend up there doesn't seem to want to go away. (S)he keeps crawling out and disappearing throughout the evening, but it's easier to ignore as Julius takes to the stage. He has a special announcement for all. CERESdate (who sponsored this wonderful festival by the way) has agreed to set up all you vibrant, sexy Cerealia singles with some robot partners for the night. Want to escape? Too late. They're latching on and dragging you out to the dance floor to boogie down. Afterwards, they'll try and drag you to the nearby hotels for some extra loving. You are welcome to run at this point or comply happily.
PHASE IV
[ 21:03 ] Have you escaped the overzealous sex robots? Good, good! Now, it's time for the real fun. The holograms turn from PG images of the stars and surrounding moons and planets to a few fun images of various robot couples caught in absolute bliss. You may spot a clown mask in there or two, reminiscent of those who were running around causing a bit of trouble earlier. The images continue to get distorted as the clowns look like they're stretching their necks out of the image and reaching out towards you. The moaning from before returns.

Doesn't it get you in the mood? If it does and you'd like to find a partner for the night, a few CERESdate robots will be on hand to help fix you up with a partner, organic or otherwise. They're being quite insistent again because they want your credits.
BONUS
[ why:o'clock ] Have you ever been stalked by a condom-dispensing machine? Well, there's a first time for everything! These friendly contraptions are set up all over the Pleasure District, waiting for you to pass by before trailing after you very slowly. At first you don't notice. Every time you turn around, it stands stationery. But the moment you start to move, it just carefully rolls behind you. Watching. Waiting.
[ 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 fourth 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!


modernized: terry (whatchu say about love triangles?!)

phase iii

[personal profile] modernized 2014-11-09 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Terry is, instinctively, a protective person. Especially when dregs are bothering people and these robots are no exception. Damn things really like getting up close and personal and in all the wrong ways. It's creepy, among other things.

Amid the loud music he doesn't recognize the voice, but he still goes toward the sound as best as he can. When he gets to the scene he's stunned into a moment of silence -- Melanie -- before he takes action and shoves the robot. It only nudges but then he goes up to her side.
]

Lady said to beat it, synthoid.

[Will it listen to him? Is the sky green and the grass blue?]
birdplay: (cocky little shit)

[personal profile] birdplay 2014-11-09 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, it can't hurt to ask right? We get to go home, he gets to finally meet his people and maybe even pick up a few tips along the way - I'm not seeing a downside here. He'll probably be of more use to the 'war effort' than us anyway.

[Judging by the heavy sarcasm inflicted on the words 'war effort', he's got some doubts about why they're really here.]
firstcloud: (poko 4)

[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
She's Pokoya, she lives at my shrine.

[ The Kumou shrine is a place dedicated to defeating a cursed serpent, and Kagemitsu is the first official head of that family. He stays a bit bent down, letting Poko do as she pleases.

After a few moments of Poko investigating the woman's scent, she snorts as if she's discovered something. Although Kagemitsu can't tell what it is the spirit has found out. She pats her human on the head, and he lifts her down and holds her in his arms. ]


She's a tanuki and a spirit, and she's family.
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thank you, stranger. Kagemitsu is grateful for the help. ]

Yes, I a---[ Which is when his mind registers that sword and what in the world... ] Why do you have Nii-san's sword?
firstcloud: (09_Bright the stars in light)

[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't react to the Gerokichi, because he doesn't think it's directed toward them. And while Kagemitsu doesn't, Poko seems to find something familiar with this guy. The tanuki doesn't really know who he is, but can tell that he's a Kumou. Kagemitsu can't, yet.

But he realizes that the question is supposed to be for him, because who else carries around a tanuki? ]


Yes. [ Well, sort of. Pokoya is Pokoya's but Pokoya is also his Pokoya. ]
Edited 2014-11-09 08:15 (UTC)
deontology: (VII.)

[personal profile] deontology 2014-11-09 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
[There were so many responses he was expecting. That, however, was not one of them. For a moment, Sousei pauses, blinking.]

...What?

[His...sword? Last he checked, there weren't any contenders for the Abe family sword; that's why it had been passed down to him, after all.]
sunshrouded: (☀ our party was the most epic party)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Ha... Tenka blinks at that then, and then blinks when he sees this person. He doesn't.... recognize him from anywhere but for some reason he seems familiar. But that's not possible because all of Tenka's relatives are well... deceased.]

Ha... That's strange. He looks so similar to one that hangs around my family's shrine...

Where are you from, stranger?
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kagemitsu gives him a look of 'did you not hear me?' and crosses his arms. ]

That's Hirari-nii-san's sword.

[ He's seen that sword plenty the last couple days. He wouldn't mistake it for any else. ]

Where did you find it?

[ "Where did you steal it?" ]
firstcloud: (15_Blest are they who sing)

[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Really?

[ He's unsure what to think; this person has a tanuki that looks like Poko at his shrine, but that doesn't mean much...Possibly. And possibly, it does. ]

I'm from Oumi. What about it?
sunshrouded: (☀ or en...dangered....?)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oumi like-

Like perpetually cloudy skies Oumi?

[That sounds harmless enough, right. But to someone who understands what he's getting at... it could mean an awful lot.]
deontology: (XXVI.)

[personal profile] deontology 2014-11-09 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Hi...rari.... somehow, that's a familiar name. Where has he heard it?

But it's not so familiar a name that he would hand over his sword to this strange for it. Sousei straightens a little in response, posture exact, and while his expression is as calm as ever, he's not exactly happy about the implications there.]


...This is the Abe family sword. It has been passed down to me, Abe no Sousei.

[...he'd follow it up with "you must be mistaken", except...this guy seems very certain, and... well, it's a very distinctive sword. It seems like an odd detail to mess up, and with such certainty.]
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course he gets it, and he scowls. So this guy has to do with the Orochi, and hes... He doesn't know what he's supposed to think but his thoughts are heading in a way he thinks is weird. He's the only Kumou right now, so how exactly.. ]

Yeah. You too?
sunshrouded: (☀ our party was the most epic party)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Er, yeah.... But I mean - we don't call it Oumi where I'm from. It's Shiga now, specifically....

[ . . . Tenka doesn't really flinch at the scowl, though he's admittedly uneasy in return. Still though, he tries for friendly, as he always does.]

What's your name exactly, friend?
Edited 2014-11-09 08:57 (UTC)
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ So he's an Abe? Alright, that almost explains it, except Hirari wouldn't just hand it over to any random Abe because of his past. And they had been mid-battle against the Orochi's followers, so that makes it make even less sense.

He looks the taller guy up and down, trying to figure out what is going on, and who he is. He's so weirdly dressed... Is he even Japanese? He knows Abe takes in children, but it's complicated. ]


What I know of, Abe no Hirari had it, and he wasn't in the position of just giving it away at the moment.
deontology: (V.)

[personal profile] deontology 2014-11-09 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
[What are timelines... This is so bizarre. Abe no Hirari is not a name he's particularly familiar with, though that's not really all too surprising. After all, he'd never had any contact or connection at all with his family, family name aside. But that probably won't mean much to this guy, who clearly has some other knowledge going on.

Sousei pauses, but...it'll all become clear in time, right? ...Probably?]


...There could be a number of explanations for this. [Isn't the place they're in proof enough of that?] What is your name?

[Is this guy even someone he should be trusting right now?]
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Why would you stop calling it by its name?

[ He doesn't get that. Why would they? Oumi is Oumi, why would that change? As for his name, he's not one to hide it. He's known well enough at home, and there's nothing bad to it. ]

Kumou Kagemitsu. And this is Pokoya.

[ Poko makes a tanuki greeting sound at the introduction. ]
sunshrouded: (☀ you kept trying to highlight my face)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
Because it stopped being relevant a few hundred years ago.

Which... sort of explains this-

[So he bows because Tenka doesn't bow to a lot of people, but he thinks it's important enough when you're meeting your ancestors.]

I'm Kumou Tenka, 14th Head of the Kumou family. It's... nice to meet you, even if it's unexpected too.
firstcloud: (15_Blest are they who sing)

[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Could there?

[ Well, of course there could be. Was he another Bait? He wasn't the slightest bit like Hirari but that guy was probably an exception.

He doesn't mind sharing his name, but he feels this guy is just too suspicious at the moment. On the other hand, this Abe guy told Kagemitsu his name, so it's only fair that Kagemitsu tells him his. ]


It's Kumou Kagemitsu.
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
A few hundred....? Wait, 14th? How---[ This is confusing. So confusing. But because he's Kumou he already is involved with the supernatural, and this place is already weird, why can't it be weirder. He doesn't question it. Yet, at least. Somehow, he feels like it's true. And Poko certainly seems pleased to have all names out in the open. ] But I don't have any kids.
deontology: (XXVII.)

[personal profile] deontology 2014-11-09 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe ironically, Sousei knows the Kumou family significantly better than his own. But maybe it's not so surprising, when that was the family that took him in. Either way, he does know that name, and it causes him to blink, for a moment legitimately surprised.

But then again... if the Shinsengumi are here, why not Tenka's ancestors from the distant past...? Also, how is he supposed to even explain that to this guy. (And does that mean that Abe no Hirari was his ancestor?)

Regardless, Sousei's respectful enough to remove his hat, pressing it to his chest. He doesn't really bow or lower his head, but it's a respectful gesture nonetheless.]


... It's an honor. [Probably. Even if there's also the thought in his head that this is two Kumou now that have started to accuse him of stealing his own family sword. Honestly. Kumou.]

But I understand now. Abe no Hirari would be my ancestor, then. [Time shenanigans, what fun.] It has been some time since your era.
sunshrouded: (☀ why did i make a hit list last night)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
[And almost too quickly:]

Please make sure you eventually have some.

It's kind of really important.
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[personal profile] firstcloud 2014-11-09 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ ....obviously. ]

I think I'm sort of bound to if I have descendants.
sunshrouded: (☀ fuck anything in the morning)

[personal profile] sunshrouded 2014-11-09 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
[And that just gets Tenka to sigh in relief.]

I'm just saying that it's not so much of a request from your descendant, but more like a plea.

I feel like I'm already messing with the past just by talking to you.
lionly: (c ↯ fake it)

[personal profile] lionly 2014-11-09 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elza considers. Getting Nesso would be the wise choice, wouldn't it? He trusts his judgements. That said, if it is dangerous, he would rather be the one to stir the hornet's nest than leave it to Nesso and see him wind up injured.

And if it turns out to be nothing... hrm.]


Are you able to get any closer? You seemed worse off than me. [And, with a lift of a smile,] I'll go investigate it. Just a little. And then we can call Nesso if we need to.
Edited 2014-11-09 17:51 (UTC)
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iii

[personal profile] punching_bag 2014-11-09 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OH HELL NO YOU BEANSPROUT YOU DID NOT JUST POINT YOUR FINGER AT HIM, ALLEN'S ON HIS SHIT LIST—cue breakdown sobbing and silent shrieking as he swiftly raises his hands in the universal sign of no, stop! not me! ]

N-no, no. You don't want me, I already have a date, see?!

[ He swiftly pulled a nearby robot closer to him who conveniently had a few wires already dangling loose out the back where he'd reprogrammed her before he turned absolutely red from embarrassment at the bots advances. But he's just one man. Not even Bak can rewire every sexbot in the joint before getting molested half to death!. ]

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