//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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Menardi | Golden Sun
[ Honestly, Menardi isn't quite sure what the point of the mask is. It does absolutely nothing to hide her ears, and while it does cover a good section of her face, the ends of the darker pink stripes are clearly visible.
The disappointment is clear when she realizes the free food is all sweets. Really? Couldn't have any meat in here too? ]
Are they trying to make us all sick?
Phase II
[ Menardi … hasn't quite placed the holographic stuff yet. It's been explained, sure, but that doesn't mean the Proxian remembers what it all really means most of the time.
Which is why after the voice speaks, she turns to the nearest avoiding-the-dancing person. ]
That's awfully forward of you.
Bonus
[ Damnable curiosity is why Menardi asks after the future. She's very sure she knows – falling backwards for the Aerie of a Lighthouse can really only mean one thing – but the answer here might be-
Nope.
Menardi might not be that great at puzzles – as shown by the whole Sol Sanctum thing three years ago – but walls falling apart is bad, and so is faces. More the faces than anything else, really, so she's jumping back (and rather high) as that drill actually shows up. ]
I don't think I care what you have to say.
Phase II
And then looks very, very confused at her comment, blinking a couple of times and half-motioning towards herself.]
Wait, me? But... I didn't say anything.
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[ Menardi might be bristling a little because that sounds like being accused of lying. ]
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I'm not lying, I didn't say anything!
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[ Yeah this is going well. ]
Phase I
Because it's so easy to see through, Alex honestly feels a bit surprised. He'd even still be willing to accept that she had died 30 years ago, though a proper explanation for her presence was evading him. It probably wouldn't hurt to have an old
puppetpartner available, at least.He approaches the table and gives a soft laugh.]
That's certainly a possibility, isn't it?
1/2
[ Wait.
Blue hair? That laugh? ]
2/2
[ How about an annoyed and or angry partner missing the calmer half of the pair? Still as enticing?
Also watch out she's going to punch that smug face of yours. ]
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Alex sighs and vanishes from sight before she can make contact, appearing a few feet behind her.]
I was monitoring the situation at the base of the lighthouse. The Tolbi soldiers and people of Lalivero were quite deluded about their chances against us.
[A small grin comes to his lips.]
You should be grateful. I discovered Felix abandoned his mission and took it over myself.
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She had been hoping to actually land a punch. Maybe she'll find where he sleeps and go after that hair of his. ]
I'd be grateful if the place stayed saved.
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Alex also feels like it's worth noting that she has yet to mention her fate. Since he had yet to determine how this was possible, it was just as likely they she knew nothing about it.]
I'm certain I saw the beacon's light from our meeting point. Surely you were aware of the success there.
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[ And Alex is enough of an ass that she's just going to... ignore that he said he took it over because Felix was being flakey. The kid was moody and a stubborn brat, but not terribly stupid. Or maybe just not stupid unless it came to girls like Sheba. Huh, she should think on that. ]
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Of course. The freedom of Felix's parents is quite the motivator, after all. And I assure you that I never intended to leave any of the aeries dark.
ii;
I did not say that. The hologram screen did.
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Then remembers that those are things that exist. ]
Those image-things that aren't there talk too?
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[ Oh, it's another one of those new people. ]
I take it that you are not familiar with technology?
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Well, it would be prudent for you to learn about them. Digital devices abound in this colony.
[ Not to mention that they can malfunction and cause a lot of trouble. ]
Suffices to say they are some type of machine.
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Knowing about them and getting used to them are different.
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[ Especially when they malfunction. ]
But I am sure you will be able to adjust quickly.