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//TESTDRIVE.EXE
//TESTDRIVE.EXE
 The lights flicker overhead, music blaring from the speakers as you step inside, every sound drowned out except for that hypnotic tune. The walls are painted in an array of hypnotic colors, saturated to the point where your attention doesn't know where to land, and all kinds of screens hang from each corner, showing flashing images of ads, gadget after gadget appearing in a second to show you the best of what Ceres has to offer. Dancing bodies flank each side of the large ballroom, bodies with eyes that look hollow and their faces too symmetrical. They'll occasionally glance at you and smile, maybe even engage and offer to take you to one of the private rooms in the back. However, their words are interrupted when the lights suddenly turn brighter and focus on the center where a raised platform sits. A man appears in the center, one hand raised to silence the music while the other holds a microphone. He pauses to reach out for a glass, snatching it from one of the wait staff passing by before raising it to the crowd. "We've finally obtained our first victory here on Cerealia. The colony is ours completely and will be fully functional from this day forward. Please enjoy all the luxurious amenities we have put together, and join me in journeying towards a new and better future. Together, we will expand our territory here and reach even further horizons. And by all means, don't be shy with the staff. They're also here for your entertainment."He gestures around the room, smiling before taking a sip of his champagne. Applause echoes from the crowd while Julius steps off the stage, handing the mic to one of the staff before pausing for pictures and interviews from reporters. You stand in the crowd as the lights dim once more, lost in a sea of people and wondering where to go next. |
//SCENARIOS.EXE
PHASE I [ 18 PHASE II [ ?? PHASE III [ 21 PHASE IV [ 02 BONUS [ why[ The party will be long, so take your time enjoying each scenario... and dreading it. At the end of it all, things will be calmed down and you're free to enjoy the night as you please. Remember to keep things PG (the FAQ below elaborates!), and absolutely no forcing any R-rated things with anyone below 15-16 (so be sure to ask their age, right?) or the droids will have a little fun chasing you around! Do enjoy the pretty views of the gorgeous digital city though. Which seems strangely quiet, but at this late hour, why not, right? ] |
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The screens lining the walls inside even extend into the bathrooms and the back rooms, playing commercial after commercial, all CERES themed, as you mingle with the other guests, but occasionally, the image transforms into a flash of something else. It appears for a split-second. There's the face of a woman, lips parted in a soundless cry. She looks to be in pain, fingers pressed to the screen. It's so quick that most don't register it, barely even notice it's there unless they focus. The party continues without incident, otherwise. Because it's a pretty damn good party, isn't it? There's plenty of food, strong drinks - hey, no one under seventeen is allowed to drink - and many decorative people. Just ignore that feeling of being watched! You're just so good looking, after all.
//RUN.EXE
Welcome to CEREALIA's first test drive! Please forgive our appearance as we are going through the final stages game completion. While most pages are under development and/or hidden from the public eye, please don't feel discouraged, since knowing everything doesn't always make the experience. Your characters will know as little as you. For your convenience, we have compiled a mini-FAQ - please read it thoroughly before playing. Thank you! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS HOW DID MY CHARACTER GET HERE? You may have been just been doing their day-to-day activities - be it swimming or fighting demons - but the next moment, a crack and blinding light - now you're here, in your best attire, celebrating. The memories of your at-home activities fade away like a fleeting dream, and it's replaced with the feeling of happiness. ( You haven't forgotten your past, just that anything you were doing seems far too distant to be important. ) Must be something in the air. You can't remember clearly fighting for CERES, and whatever this Julius Vincere is telling you might be complete bullshit for all you know, but something influences you to play along anyway - if you think about it long enough, perhaps you had fought for CERES after all...?WHO/WHAT IS CERES? WHAT IS CEREALIA? You mean... you don't remember? After all the help you gave it?WHAT FORMAT CAN WE USE FOR THIS TESTDRIVE? Action (brackets/prose), video/voice, and texting are all available via your CEREVICE at this moment. Most functions are currently undergoing a system update, but as long as it is still connected to the Auralia Network, it will be available for communicative uses.WHAT IS ViVID? An amazing VR game! The demo version of ViViD will be here to play, aren't you excited? It's played with headsets that immediately allow you to experience full-body simulation, without having to move out of your seat! You can enjoy the demo world, design your own, play alone, play with a team, but remember, the boss must be beaten! Please check the phase ii thread for details and interactions!SO... PHASE III? Sexy things can happen, you're getting hot and heavy on the dance floor, and there are rooms in the back that can be decorated to your mood, after all. REMEMBER, the age of consent is 15-16, please use your own discretion and don't upset people. For the test drive, any situation that goes above PG (beyond kissing/grinding/light making out... We're lenient) must go into threads in your own journals. Any creeper behavior or unwanted advances will get an IC boot into the Frozen Locker with "Let it Go" on repeat.POWER LIMITATIONS? Actually, no, the characters don't have any of their abilities locked or otherwise suppressed. More info will be i the official FAQ, but so long as you don't destroy the entire game ( and we trust you can use your powers responsibly— as does CERES! ), limitations are nonexistent.OKAY, WHAT ABOUT PREVIOUS GAME MEMORIES? It's completely acceptable to bring a character that has been in a previous game to Cerealia!THE NAME LOOKS FAMILIAR. . . Yes, a loosely related setting concept with a place called CEREALIA was pitched for an ExitVoid phase before the moderators decided to close the game for good. A few of us got together with the original pitchers of the idea since we thought it really awesome and with a lot of potential and decided to try our own thing with it!ARE THE GAMES RELATED? Nope. Not at all, it's been rehashed from the ground up and built to stand on its own as an original place and game.We'll keep coming back to this, so don't worry. |
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You can't make him give up that, Leanne! All these pieces of food are like his children, okay, are you telling him to give his children away?! He seems to momentarily have that same kind of surprise on his face anyway when she asks for his food, as if there's some part of him that instinctively doesn't want to share.
But Shinpachi's not that much of an ass when it comes down to it, so he backs off from the food a little bit, shoving it around on the table so it's more inbetween the two of them, ready for fair sharing. In the end, Leanne not looking so sad is more important than food. ]
Is that why you came over, to try and mooch off my food? [ At least it sounds like he's kidding since he doesn't really look like he's sulking - if anything, his tone just sounds mock-annoyed, as if he's messing around with her for fun, to bring something a little more light-hearted to it all. ]
i'm going to hell because i completely forgot about this
But now he has everything between the two of them, and she's more surprised with the fact that he was willing to shove everything around. ]
There's a strong possibility. [ She gives him a bigger smile, one that she finds hiding behind her hands and turning away for a brief moment to regain a more composed look. ] I mean, what's with all of that? You might as well be feeding for two.
never gives you the otp
That's 'cause I am feeding for two!
[ And - predictably - he raises one of his arms after that, showing off the muscles on it. ]
For myself, and for this baby here..! [ No shame whatsoever. 0%. ]
we all know that's a lie
Ah... so that's why... [ She tilts her head to the side, looking at the arm he brought up. ] You know, you might want to be a little more careful what you eat. That's looking a lot less like muscle and more like [ don't say it ] fat.
[ she said it ]
i'm not the one making them an art book
There it goes. His life, his career, everything he's been training and fighting for continuously for years on end is being negated in a single sentence here by a girl who might as well be half his size if we consider width too..
And Shinpachi, if not just for a moment, does look like his world is crashing down around him. ]
You've gotta be kiddin' me..!
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[ Maybe she'll feel bad about this like she did that other time she teased him... probably not, it's just too easy to get a reaction from him. ] Just look.
[ Lightly pinching at his arm, in which he'll (hopefully) notice that she's just kidding around. ]
You're really letting yourself go! When was the last time you exercised? It looks like it's been awhile... a long while.
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[ It's not like he knows what her friends look like, after all - not whether they're practically bodybuilders like him or anything, at least. Maybe she's just been surrounded by scrawny guys all her life and mistakes his muscles for fat or something.. ]
They're s'posed to look like this! 'sides, I've been training all the time back in Zelien, it's not like I just sit on my ass whenever we weren't talkin'! [ Then why are you still freaking out this badly, Shinpachi.. do you not want your ego to get bruised that badly. ]
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Well if you asked me I'd give them... a ten. [ Pause. ] Out of a hundred. [ She's basically taking a knife and sinking it into his already bruised ego. Sorry about that. But before he has anything else to say she brings her hands up to stop him. ]
Just kidding! [ And she laughs much more than she did the last time. ] Sorry, did I play with your ego too much?
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How can ya just say something that cruel to a guy.. [ Yes, he's whining to himself. At least he's not the type to cry, not even melodramatically, so she's spared that.. ] It's like you're burying a sword in my back..!