//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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But that will just be met with a polite laugh and no commentary, since Kaoru is trying to help save Vietnam the awkwardness.]
Mm, I must agree with that. The convenience of this era is certainly difficult to surpass... Though I wonder at times if the confusion and everything else is worth that convenience. [A little sigh follows, but there isn't much actual exasperation behind it.]
That makes me sound so old and homesick.
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No but seriously Kaoru, now that you have saved her from the awkwardness, she is forever grateful...]
Ah, true. If you had gradually grown into it, perhaps it wouldn't have been as difficult. Being thrust into this kind of time...
[Then she quickly waves her hands.] But no, you do not sound old and homesick at all. Even those who are used to this kind of technology probably would find themselves into trouble sometimes. Imagine if everything blacked out.
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That seems to be a relatively agreeable statement either way, and Kaoru nods once.]
The instantaneous immersion is what threw me off so terribly, I believe. [Gradual is still pretty difficult, but it's definitely not as shocking.
THAT SAID:] That happened here once, actually. [Which Kaoru doesn't like to remember, considering it ended in MURDER with someone else doing the murdering. No bueno.] It was a difficult adjustment, but there were more pressing matters at hand so I don't believe it made as large of an impact... Oh - and the heating went out once, as well. That was almost unbearable.
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I do not blame you, I agree myself. It is even giving me some difficulty. [And she has a head start.
But now look at her sitting forward and looking completely shocked that it actually happened. And she hasn't even found out about the MURDER either.] Really?! Goodness, there is proof that no matter how technologically advanced a place is, it still happens! At least everyone was about to deal with it. Aside from losing the heating. That, I am certain, I will have a lot of trouble with. [Her climate...]
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I do hope that it doesn't happen again... The power going out was easy enough to handle, but when the heating was lost, it coincided with the most terrible cold that we've ever seen here. I was truly fearful that some may freeze to death...
[Which might be an exaggeration in any other case, but nope, it only sounds like a statement of fact when coming from Kaoru. IT WAS SO COLD. So cold that even extremely proper people ended up in the unsavory entertainment district!!]
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How awful...in that case I really would've been first to go. I am pleased to know that you managed to survive that.
[LOOK OF RELIEF. Kaoru might be stating it as a fact, which is probably why Vietnam is impressed by how calmly Kaoru's taking it. And if she knew that, she would be so appalled! WOW THIS PLACE, HOW COULD YOU!!!]
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I am, as well. It seems that there were no casualties, but there very well could have been if they had been any slower with getting the power back up and running again.
[IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE.]
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What a relief, time was not too unkind. I hope they managed to improve the system enough for that to not happen again.
[Otherwise, time for blanket price rises.]
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I would certainly hope for the same. Still... I wouldn't wish to speak ill of those responsible for providing us with food and shelter, but it's a little difficult to overlook such glaring mistakes when they happen over and over.
[And Kaoru does sound really apologetic about having to speak even marginally ill! Even if it's 100% bullshit... whoops. Got your number CERES...]