//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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3 ooc : 1 ic day ratio
But back to her question. ] I came here about a little less than a month ago. In this short span of time I have been assaulted by three different types of robots, encountered cold weather atypical to this colony, subjected to sight deprivation, and had a death experience.
[ That isn't the first time he actually died, but. It's important that this lady knows to prepare herself. ]
Suffices to say that danger is not rare around these parts.
sweet thanks for the heads up too eon!
This expression gets increasingly more pained on his behalf.] All in less than a month? What kind of place...?
[Also importantly--] And you even died?
I guess the more advanced a place is, the more danger can get creative.
i've gotten mixed up for it like several times xD
Indeed so. Some of the mishaps have been acknowledged as CERES' failures, but others are attributed to a mysterious group intent on overthrowing this place. There are many mysteries surrounding this whole colony, but I do not think we will be able to do something significant just yet.
Please, be careful.
alkjaskldljk AWWW i would too cos so used to the ic = ooc days LOL!
Hmm, so we have CERES itself being trouble, and a group opposing it?
[She gives a long sigh.] It really doesn't change in any place, no? But thank you for all your warnings. I will do my best to be careful.
My name is Vietnam, it is nice to meet you! What should I call you?
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[ It's terrible, the lack of information. How can one plan without sufficient facts?
At the mention of her name there is a slight flicker of surprise in his expression, though it passes quickly. ] I am Takakage Kobayakawa, from the Land of the Rising Sun. A pleasure to make your acquaintance.
You bear the name of a nation, yes?
WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS..!!!
[That should work, right? She's been doing better at asking for help, in any case, so she should also offer to do the same.
Meanwhile, he speaks of Japan in a rather archaic way.] Thank you again, Takakage Kobayakawa, for your help. But yes, I see you recognise me! [Me?!] Japan is my older brother.
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From the way she speaks, it is as if she thinks she is a country herself. Admittedly this isn't too far-fetched, from what he has seen - but it is a concept he has only entertained as fiction. ]
May I ask what you mean by that?
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Well. Hmm, how to say, I am the embodiment of a country? I think you can compare me to a spirit that represent the country. [IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE when you've never done it before!]
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I see. [ He says this with a respectful nod. [ It's an honour to meet you, then.
[ It's interesting, how CERES can pull even beings composed of thoughts. Who knows what else could come? ]
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Oh no, the honour is mine. After all, here I am just like any other. [Aside from the bonus skills but shh.]
And if not for your help, I may have accidentally wandered into the backrooms.
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He inclines his head slightly. ] No need to thank me. I merely did what any other sane individual would do. [ Which might be saying something, seeing the level of non-sanity in this place.
But anyway. ] Are you not human? Or am I mistaken?
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Aha, I am guess that since this happens often, sometimes it is hard to keep one's head in order. [And then there's just the entire place itself being complete madness.
She pauses a little, wondering how to answer this.] I am of human form, that much is true. I can bleed, I need to eat. I'm not too far off what a human is. [Then there's the hint Himaruya dropped that countries were originally humans once, but shhh it's not confirmed yet.]
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I see. Then, what sets you apart from other humans?
[ He is careful to avoid saying 'humans' just by itself. You never know. ]
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One is how we feel. We are able to feel connected to our people and land somehow? It reflects on us too, such as us getting sick when our economy is failing. Others include fast healing and immortality.
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But if that is the case... ]
Can you feel them now, then?
[ Since... yknow, Earth was supposed to have been destroyed. ]