//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ 20 00 ]
The evening begins promptly at 8:00 PM. There will be crowds gathered, lining up to get in. Everyone will be allowed, children, adults, the living and flesh-filled, the robotic, and the undead. The music will be thumping as far as the sidewalks outside, and the first thing everyone will notice would be bowls of candy everywhere as far as the eyes can see. They'll be sitting on top of the tables in all their innocent glory. For the most part, they are harmless.
But not the candy corn. Never the candy corn. Within it is a secret chemical that causes those who consume it to exhibit attraction to the nearest object/person to them, whether it be inanimate or otherwise. They will feel compelled to be close, to kiss and touch whatever is around them, though the effects only last an hour or so. Consider it a low-leveled aphrodisiac of sorts.
PHASE II [ 2122 ]
You're dancing. You're moving to the music. Or you're clinging to the walls and wondering why you're even here to begin with. That's when the holograms start playing around with you. The image flickers frequently until a face appears. You can swear it's talking to you beneath the music.
'We need you. We want you. Join us. Come to the back room. Number 005.'
The closer you get to the hologram screens, the louder the voice becomes until it disappears completely, leaving you to question how real it was.
PHASE III [ 2217 ]
For those brave enough, you go into Backroom #005. What awaits you there is a room full of masked and costumed figures. You don't know if they are human or not, but they watch you eagerly, inviting you to join their private party. Unfortunately, if you chose the backroom, you chose wrong. You chose very wrong. The door is going to be slammed shut and locked, and all the figures will then pull off their masks and reveal faces familiar to yourself. Faces from your world. They'll ask you accusingly why you haven't saved them yet. What's taking you so long. Did you forget them?
Their eyes will glow as they crowd in on you, yelling and growing more caustic until the lights flicker. When you can see clearly again, the entire room will be empty save for a single glass of wine sitting on the table. You'll be sure someone was inside just a moment ago. You were definitely talking to someone. You can't be going crazy, right?
PHASE IV [ 2345 ]
Fifteen minutes to midnight. The music is getting louder and more intense. You've been eating candy or drinking all night (or avoiding food entirely if you're wise enough). Yet the music lures you in with its haunting tone, and you spot in the middle, a masked figure dancing more hypnotically than the rest. He's waving his chainsaw around as he puts out his lethal dance moves, and you are being drawn by the music into a violent dance off. You can fight the feeling, you can try and run. Unfortunately, none of the other natives and robots see the masked man but you. Only outsiders can see him, and the closer you get, the more you reach out to touch him-
you discover he's only a hologram like any other. Your fingers move through his shape, and distort it, but you're still so sure it's real.
BONUS [ whyo'clock ]
One of the back rooms has a beautiful fortune teller by the name of Aria. She will be seated inside, welcoming individuals or groups of people to give them their fortunes, and she will be giving them bizarrely specific and intimate details about their life from their underwear preference to how many partners they've slept with and how many moles they have on their ass. Prepare for awkward embarrassment. Ah, but what does the future hold in store? She'll smile when asked, and then her face will fall apart until a drill protrudes from the center to try and stab through your face. If your reflexes are fast enough, you can dodge it. If you're too slow, prepare for a hospital visit to the CERES Medical Facility.
Once that ordeal is over with, her face will reconstruct itself back to normal, and she will smile and say your future looks very bright in CERES.
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[Because even if Tenka is rather awkward with these parties, he at least enjoys the food. So dressed in one of those Western suits and his hair done up, he's unabashedly reaching for what's in the bowls, plucking one of the pieces of candy and popping it into his mouth. Knowing Tenka he picked the one that he's not familiar with at all, which means it was definitely the candy corn. This can only go well.
Then he's turning to face who actually spoke and even as he's still chewing on the candy, not even feeling the effects of it yet, he's blinking.]
... Have we met before?
[Pretty blonde lady in blue not having any of the party fun -
Whoa, flashbacks.
Yet he's still not trying to chat you up, he swears.]
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I don't believe so. [ That hair is still too vaguely ridiculous to forget. ] Am I familiar?
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[Is that why he's thinking about walking closer to her? Weird. He didn't think that he was that attached to Kiiko.]
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As it stands, Seri's eyebrow raise will go unnoticed. ]
If that's so, then I consider it a compliment.
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[Super fond but never really openly attracted to her!! So what's happening to him right now, he doesn't understand at all. Ah well, it's probably just something weird about this place. If he ignores it, it'll probably go away, right?
Regardless, he offers his hand to her.]
But I guess if we haven't met before, then I should introduce myself. I'm Kumou Tenka.
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My name is Awashima Seri. [ Scepter 4's Lieutenant, she doesn't say, because ranks don't matter here. ] It's a pleasure, Kumou Tenka.
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[And he shakes her head for a moment, because that's what Tenka would do in a normal situation. He's friendly and amicable and-
Then he's bringing her hand up to his mouth so that he can kiss the back of her hand.]
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Whoa!! Sorry! Why did I do that?!
[i dunno tenka why did you]
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[ Where does she even begin-- except to manage to sound both surprised and deadpan at the same time. ]
Is that really a question you think I could answer?
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[It's funny because his words aren't affected by the candy corn at all, that's legitimately something he would say. Except now he's just covering his face with his hand and siiiiiiighing because he can't really feel himself regretting it, embarrassed as he is right now.]
Not that I didn't mean it - or anything - it's just... not normal for me....? [ . . . . ] Sorry, this sounds strange even as I'm saying it.
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You're saying that you wouldn't normally do such a thing, correct? Have you encountered anything or anyone strange recently?
[ Yeah, sure, she'll take him seriously. ]
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[And also he's taking steps back to close the distance between them a bit more. Maybe he's a step closer than he was before. Maybe. He doesn't notice.]
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[And that perks his curiosity. So much so that he leans in a bit closer to her without even seeming to realize.]
Sounds like you've had some adventures!
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I have. I don't plan to shirk my duties here, either.
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Ahh, dedicated to the job, huh? I can understand that.[Tilting his head! Slightly inclined toward her!
God, someone have mercy on his soul.]
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[He appears confused for a second before shaking his head. Oh, right. That. Well, the candy corn's pretty much totally overridden his typical ideas of sensibility now and he's on autopilot.]
It's not that weird when I think about it. Who wouldn't want to be close to a dedicated person such as yourself? Someone like you is a rare gift!
[And he's leaning in more toward her, someone save him.]
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[ and she has a sword. ]