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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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He watches the dragon make one more lazy loop overhead...now.
It dives, heading straight towards them - and at the peak of its arc downwards, Leo jumps, springing from the street lamp to land squarely in the middle of its back, swords drawn and ready. Dragons, he's already sure, aren't going to come with convenient handholds for him to make sure he can stay on, which means he's going to have to make his own.
He slams his swords straight down between its shoulderblades...and prepares to hang on for dear life.]
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And that's when he is pleased to see that he's actually fighting together with someone capable. That's a clever- if somewhat reckless move, but with the attack to throw off the creature's momentum, he only has a short while to take advantage of it as it comes low enough to the ground for him to make his attack.
Which is why he breaks into his run, leaping up with a sharp push off the ground and swinging his large sword upwards. The sound of flesh connecting with the blade is almost familiar at this point, though never has he had to cut through something like this- and almost instantly, another slice down to finish the deal, all done as quickly as the eye can catch it, before the creature's head goes flying-
And he swings himself back to land on the ground as the creature crashes, body-first onto the ground, with the turtle demon landing as safely as he can, in his situation. ]
One would think it would be a lot more difficult...
[ And that is his worry- that thing fell too fast. That isn't usually the way even with humans, is it? And sure enough, his own fear starts taking fruit, as the creature's body starts to shift, suddenly having its limbs start crushing into the ground like it's taking root and the severed neck beginning to twitch. The ground is beginning to shake, and even for a simulation, this is rather disturbing-
Even more so for someone who doesn't know what a simulation is, and he reaches a hand out to Leo. ]
Hurry, this way!!
[ It's going to try and make a final attack, but at least this time, they can both slice it down and he watches in morbid fascination, as its head re-seals itself back onto its neck, this time, becoming two- with one head breathing ice, and the other fire.
How does one even defeat something like that... ]
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And it's a damned good thing he did, because apparently even losing its head isn't going to slow this thing down for long.
What the shell, man.]
Okay, on to Plan B.
[Spoilers: he hasn't figured out what Plan B is just yet.]
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Fire and ice... fire and ice... what can stop them? As the creature rises, he steps back, before his eyes settle on the street lamps sparking in the corners because of the presence of the elemental threats that they're obviously not equipped to take. It gives Ranmaru an idea, as he turns to Leo. ]
The sparks- they can stun the body, can they not? [ He's often felt it when he's been fighting and sparks have been set off between him and another sword-wielder. If they could somehow cause that effect through the creature's body... ]
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[He takes a quick glance around, and his gaze settles on -
- oh.
Power lines. Hello.]
...or maybe we can do one better.
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He quickly stands alert and calls- ]
If you have an idea, now would be a good time to put it into action!! Lead the way, Turtle-san! I'll distract it!!
[ Which is going to be no easy task, but that running can come in handy! ]
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When I give the signal, draw him to this spot!
[And that's all he stays put long enough to say before he runs back towards the side of the nearest building, hopping up on a nearby parked car, jumping up to catch the railing on the fire escape with one hand and pull himself up to start climbing.
The right vantage point, some exceptionally good aim with a thrown weapon, and he should be able to cut those cables so they fall right into that thing's face.
Piece of cake...hopefully.]