//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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Phase I
He continues to wade through the dishes, still wondering what the thought process behind this was, while watching the quiet girl out of the corner of his eye. It is a little suspicious that she's standing there, not really moving or doing anything. Is she some kind of secret candy security ... ]
You with the staff, or just waiting until everyone moves away so you can grab a huge chunk of candy for yourself? Just take it and stop lurking.
[ It's not like he'll judge her for it. What does he care if some stranger wants to glut herself, though he knows she'll regret it once she actually tastes most of it. ]
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That comment gets her to stop squinting at the dance floor, at least. This is not a positive thing.]
H— Haa—?! What makes you think I want any of it?
[Besides the fact that she's been standing there for fifteen minutes, minimum...]
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[ He's the last person who'd judge her for gluttony. He was a street urchin himself not too long ago. He gets the need to pounce on food while it's available even if this isn't his ideal dish right here. It's much better than starving, and she's practically a stick anyway.
He moves aside to give her more room, half-expecting her to actually comply and get it over with instead of continuing this weird song and dance in front of the food. ]
I'll even look in the other direction if it'll get you to move quicker.
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So, deep breaths. No snapping. She can totally have a civil conversation, even if she's already a little testy due to the circumstances.]
Look—I don't want any of this shitty candy. [Okay. Maybe scratch that "civil:" part.] If I did, don't you think I would have taken it already? Jeez.
[That's an oxymoron. He's probably incapable of rational thought.]
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[ But she chose to stand here. Where's the explanation for that? She's in the way of him and food, too. That's a lethal place to be. He's a growing boy, and this is all they have to eat, not that he trusts it all that much, either, but none of the other people who have eaten it have keeled over, yet. ]
At least, stand on the other side if you're going to do nothing but watch.
[ It's pretty creepy otherwise. ]
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Either way... She would have moved if he asked politely, but since that's obviously not the case...!!]
Tch... I don't have to listen to the likes of you. I'll stand here for as long as I want.
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[ Something has to be up with the candy behind her. She wouldn't be this defensive if there wasn't something special about the candy. The question is - does he really want to find out? Well, it's not like there's anything better to do at this party...
That's when he suddenly looks like he's in shock, stumbling backwards, and he jerks his head to the right, pretending there is something coming from one of the hologram screen. ]
-Oi, move fast! It's headed straight for us!
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Unfortunately for him, she isn't fully moving away from her spot. Still, her back is turned to him, and she did take a little step or two to her left. If he's quick about it, he could easily grab the candy without her noticing. Not that there's anything bad about her noticing, because candy tastes like crap and why would anyone want to eat this willingly???
Alas, them's the breaks. Better grab that candy fast, before she turns around to screech at him for being a complete and utter weirdo.]
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Fortunately, he's not that stupid.
He stuffs them in his pocket while she's got her eyes facing away. A few years on the streets have made stealing practically reflex for him, and he'll just keep the rewards to give to some other poor sap to see what really is the big deal about the candy. In the meantime, he keeps looking at the holograms while feigning confusion. ]
...Must have been part of the footage. It was like a face coming at me all of the sudden. Wasn't expecting it. You've seen things like that around here?