//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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Edea Lee // Bravely Default
[The second she saw the candy, this beautiful young blonde made a beeline for it and started to stuff her face. This situation is beyond confusing and weird, so a little sugar will help, right? Okay, a lot of sugar.
But wow is she starting to think the person next to her is, you know, kind of cute. Really cute.
With a sucker in her mouth, she holds out some licorice, putting on her cutest expression.]
I think you might be just as sweet as these treats!
[Nailed it.]
[Phase IV]
[She danced pretty well to anyone watching, keeping up with the lethal-looking dance until she finally shook herself free, reaching out to punch the other dancer--
--and going right through, tumbling to the ground. It's not good to sit on an active dancefloor but she's shaken, hands on the floor, legs cocking out on either side of her as she tries to catch her breath.]
[Bonus]
[Good thing she has good reflexes for sure. But the second she can, she bursts out and stops the first person she thinks might be going into that death trap.]
Don't go in! It's a trap! You'll be killed!
bonus
at least, until this girl bursts out of the room, startling him for a brief moment. but at the word "trap" and "killed", he relaxes and smiles serenely at her. ]
Thank you for your concern. But I'm sure I'll survive the encounter. [ he gives her a one-over. she looks fine. ] Are you all right?
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Don't worry about me. I wouldn't go down to such a heinous trap like this. But why risk your life, sir?
no subject
he pauses at her question, sensible at that. ]
Sometimes knowledge is worth one's life. [ he's tracking someone down to murder so yeah. worth his life all right. ] And I hear this woman's readings have been accurate. Is that true?
no subject
They were, but maybe you should see for yourse-- [Wait no that's what she's trying to prevent.] --I mean! Urgh, just... just know that she'll try to attack you at the end. It's some sort of drill weapon. I'll wait out here in case you need back-up, all right?
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Are you sure you want to stay here? If it's truly dangerous, then ... [ he pauses just right outside the door. if it really was as dangerous as she said, it'd be best not to involve her further.
headshake. ] I would really not wish to take more your time.
Phase I
And thus far the young soldier has been content to remain towards the sidelines, just kind of watching everybody do what they do while occasionally fidgeting with the mask they'd given her when Amelia is suddenly aware of the girl next to her turning to look at her, the other girl speaking up before she can. Edea gets a smile as a response.]
Thank you, ma'am! I don't think we've met before. [Wow, a compliment from a complete stranger! At least people here are friendly.
And that is the sound of the point sailing directly over the top of Amelia's head.]
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This is the first time, yes. My name is Edea. It's nice to meet you, sweetie.
[Yeah that was... totally lame. But she tries to keep smiling.]
A-Anyway what type of candy do you like?
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A little. She isn't good at this either.]
I'm Amelia, it's nice to meet you too Edea! [Candy, huh... her attention turns to the nearby table and the bowl, sifting through it a little bit.] I'm not sure, back home I haven't really seen many types like this before. [At least, the more modern candies are completely unfamiliar to her and it isn't like growing up she had much money to be spending on treats. But she has been nibbling at a few so far.]
Though they've got these little chocolates filled with... mint, I think? Those're pretty good!
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Apparently back home we even have ice cream that stretches like taffy! I still want to try it someday. The sweets back home are perfect but these aren't too bad, too.
[She brightens up and starts picking out candies. Luckily, her love of sweets overrides flirting for now.] Here, you have to try some more. These chocolates have caramel in them... and these ones taste like vanilla ice cream... and these striped ones are called candy corn... Oh! And these are gum drops, they're so good!
Clearly Edea just needs to take lessons from Ringabel!
The first thing she does is pop one of the caramel filled chocolates into her mouth, munching on it thoughtfully with that same expression from before, nodding quietly to herself a few times.] Wow, that's so good! Are you some kinda cook or something? You sure know a lot about these.
bonus.
In fact, those words make him extra curious, so he tries to lean over and look around her shoulder to see if he can catch what's inside. ]
What do you mean? What's inside? I just see some lady-
[ And she's waving to him and smiling, which in itself is a little creepy. She must be twice his age. ]
What's she going to do to me?
bonus
--out came spinning angels, and not one (1) edea lee. it's the spinning angels he's seeing when the door hits him right in his ugly face. he's on the floor when she speaks of traps, and the impact of door-in-face isn't the only thing leaving him flabbergasted. ]
Ah. Quite. I'm halfway there, I'd say.
[ yeah that's a proper response to someone you were worried about being alive, ringabel. ]
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Did you just walk into the door? You're really lucky I warned you. There's no way you would have survived if that's how clumsy you are today!
[No Edea you hit him. Again.]
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sure, the trauma suffered to his head might've induced another set of amnesia, yet that's worth the relief. perhaps. at least he can stand, and stand he does. business as usual, even when their world is apparently kaboom'd. ]
Er... [ should he say anything? should he... no, there are other things to focus on. ] Well, yes, a warning never hurts. My clumsiness aside, I'm relieved to see you unharmed. From that... trap, you said?
[ though right now edea is the only life-threatening person around ]
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That's right! It was a heinous trap to be sure. But I don't understand how it worked. The terrible pervert calling herself a fortuneteller said embarrassing things about me but more pressing, she somehow had concealed a drill in her face and lunged at me! I only narrowly escaped.
[Of course, if Ringabel looks, the woman is back to a simple fortuneteller, trying to beckon customers.]
Oh gosh Edea. <3 | also Phase IV |
Which might involve this lovely young lady taking a fall, and he's quick to move towards her, unsure of what startled her but at the same time, unsurprised. ]
Getting a little enthusiastic there, Fräulein? You should be careful not to hurt that cute face of yours, especially in a place like this.
[ Despite his own misgivings, his attitude remains pleasant, welcoming even, and his hand is extended to her, if she wishes to take it. Hey, if it involves a pretty girl, who is he to refuse? ]