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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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She chalks it up to more human customs she can't quite understand. In her mermaid form, her fangs were too large and sharp to even dream of getting close to another merperson's mouth, but the act of kissing was an oft-observed one between humans.]
Why all this? [She gestures with her free hand. The party, whatever he was giving his speech about, she means it all.] And why am I here? [She speaks the last question slower, more deliberately, so that she can get all the words out and form a proper sentence. Unlike her usual approach to language-- too many words for her taste,she can get by saying what she needs with much fewer-- this is important and Oona doesn't care for a misunderstanding]
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The party is simply a reward. My reward for your assistance and those of the rest of your allies here. I thought it would be a nice gesture to give you a taste of this world you and I built together.
[ It's still beginning, on the verge of emergence as it grows with each new pulse of life from those who arrive. It will be something beautiful and awe-inspiring one day, a veritable empire that would attract visitors from all kinds of lands. ]
And you're here because I invited you, or do you always come to parties uninvited?
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She shrugs and shakes her head in a 'whatever you say' gesture.] Needs an ocean. Vast and deep. [She looks wistful for a moment.] Would not help you build this world for free. Must have asked for something in return-- only want one thing. [Her mermaid scale, of course, because in the end all she wants is to go back to being a mermaid and get back to the Trench.
Do you always come to parties uninvited? The corner of her mouth twitches into a smile despite herself.] Ah. Sometimes. Bright lights and pretty things draw me in. [She waves her free hand to indicate the lights and music inside the party.]
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[ It's a bit naive to think this room is all this land is. The world they're in now is far bigger than the imagination has room for, and he's sure she'll come to recognize that soon enough. The possibilities have no limit, and she's thinking too narrowly at the moment. It's his own responsibility to expand her mind and let her understand what she is in relation to what exists outside and beyond.
He smiles fondly as he brushes his fingers over some of the hologram designs floating around. ]
It's easy to be captivated, but this was only ever supposed to be just a glimpse of what we can do. Something to draw everyone's attention. There is always more we can discover and build.
[ He's still, at heart, an inventor and a creator, after all, and he hopes she understands and shares in his restlessness. ]
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Her gaze follows his hand, taking those implications in. It's impressive, but she can't help be feel a sense of amusement. It didn't seem to matter where she ended up, humans (for she assumed he was one) all seemed to be the same.]
How very human of you. But-- [Here she turns to poke at his chest, her chin lifted arrogantly. Do you know when to quit? Do not get in over your head. Humans do that too often, never happy with what they have. Fix and build and expand. Why fix what is not broken?
[Oona shrugs and shakes her head.] But, discovery... Yes, understand discovery. Seen many things, lived many lives. Always something new. Can appreciate that, at least. Simply know limits-- that is my advice to you.