//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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Her passion--]
A journalist! [She repeats it one more time before explaining:] See, I work for a company that produces a newspaper, with stories in it that keep everyone up to date on what's going on in the world.
I write those stories! Or, some of them, anyway.
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Oh, I see! You must be very skilled with words if you write all of those stories!
[She's thinking...actual, fake stories, for the record.]
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But no, Leia will remain oblivious, too. She was perfectly clear in her explanation, after all!]
Mmhmm! I wasn't always that way, but... I've been working really hard. I want to be the best writer I can be.
[For everyone's sake. So their stories will live on even though they can't themselves. If you asked her boss, he'd say she still isn't quite there, but she isn't thinking about him at the moment (so ha!)]
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I think that's a wonderful dream! You can certainly do it, Leia! I can tell that you are the sort of person who never gives anything but her all... with that, you will definitely accomplish your goals!
[Because THE GENKI SAYS SO]
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Th-Thanks, Tana! Gosh...
[Her cheeks turn a bit red, and she tugs idly at a piece of hair sticking out of her beret.]
What about you? Do you have any dreams you're reaching for right now?
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She pauses at that, a little surprised (for some reason), before she shakes her head.]
Oh no, I...believe I've done enough as of late! [like...running off to join the army despite being a princess.]
Now, I shall return home, apologize to my father, and perform my role as a princess properly.
...Er, well, that had been what I was intending to do. [before the whole "congrats on being kidnapped to cereal" thing]
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Definitely a story to be told there.]
You could take over and be a princess here!
[Suggested only half-jokingly.]
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...Eh?
Oh, no, I couldn't! I've only just begun to learn my proper duties as a princess. I'm afraid I would not be a suitable ruler yet, all on my own...
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I... was just kidding. But it's nice to have something to work towards.
[...]
Besides, I bet you have a ton of friends to support you -- whatever you wanna do.
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But she smiles at that, nodding slowly.]
I...don't have anyone from home here, but I have been lucky! Everyone here has been so supportive and kind...
Ah, not that I intend to be a princess here, but it's still true.
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[Leia nods along with her easily. The terrifying experience in the back room already seems so distant... even if the mention of "home" kind of hits closer than she'd like.]
I'm... from Leronde, by the way. Speaking of homes.
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[She's never heard of it, though that's no surprise, all things considered. Instead, she looks completely interested, smiling brightly in response.]
Can you tell me about Leronde?
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It made it a bit easier on me, since I didn't have to try so hard to make friends... you know?
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[She is 100% interested, yep. Tell her all about it... she loves hearing about things like this.]
Then you must have known so much about everyone around you... how wonderful!
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[She chuckles a bit in her nostalgia, remembering the way she fell into the water the day Jude came back. The day she met Milla.]
I used to help out at the local clinic a lot. Whenever they got sick or hurt, I'd just cheer them right up as I was healing them.
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[She's impressed....a healer, and one who keeps everyone so happy...]
Any healer who is capable of keeping the spirits of their patients up is a healer to trust!
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Now you're just making me blush.
[...]
How about you? You're gonna tell me about your kingdom, too, aren't you?
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[her favorite topic...]
Yes, of course! I would love to talk about Frelia... ah, but was there anything in particular you were curious about?
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[Leia figures she'll start with the basics... not that it really matters. On the off chance that she may see the world someday, though, she wants the questions to count.]
...Did you like it there?