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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 manages to remain aware enough when someone is addressing him, though, and the fact that he hasn't had a chance to really drift off yet means there's not much point in ignoring it. sure, he could pull the dick move and act as if he doesn't hear her, but he doesn't really see the harm in responding. so he lifts his head, looking over to her. there's not much expression in his face, almost like a a blank slate — save for a slight upturn of his lips as he shrugs.]
I'm already here like this. ["it's too much work to move when i'm already here," on top of the fact that there isn't really that much going on in this room anyway. it doesn't seem like it's hurting anyone for him to stay like this for a bit.]
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She stares at him calmly, a small tilt of her head as she speaks. ] That you are. [ She turns away, back facing him as she goes to study one of the bookcases the room is projecting. She swipes a hand through it, brows furrowing lightly. So long as he doesn't interrupt her, she's fine with him sleeping there.
When he does wake up, it's likely he'll find the interior of the room has changed. This time, resembling what looks to be a cathedral. Or at least, the best she can do with what limited options she has in customization. ]
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but it's definitely disorienting for nam soon to wake up in what looks like a completely different room. a first, that's for sure, though a lot of things on this particular night seem to be that way. sitting up properly, he moves into a cross-legged position, head tilting as he blearily observes the room.]
...What's this all about?
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You're awake. [ She withdraws her hand, turning to face him properly. She pauses for a moment, looking down to arrange her thoughts. ] The room can create replications of various items or places. While not tangible, they fool the eye at first glance. [ She looks to him. ] I've been exploring the different options, and managed to create this thus far.
[ The room in its current state, that is. Having never seen technology like this, much less any real conception of technology to begin with, it's the entire reason why she's so interested in this. ]
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he's not exactly the brightest guy though, and that goes double when he's still a bit on the groggy side. it leaves nam soon quiet for a little bit longer, because he needs to find the right words to try and confirm what she's telling him. maybe if he actually did something other than sleep and eat while he was in school, this would be a little easier, but alas.]
So. Virtual reality or... a hologram. Something like that. [he says it as a flat statement, but it's really more of an inquiry. it's the closest thing he could come up with short of calling it a game, but he's still not really sure that's the right description for it either.
it's not even that he's really interested in it, to top it off. he's just more curious why the innocuous room he stepped in to nap in now looks like a cathedral, or something resembling it.]
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One's quiet for a moment, trying to recall if she's ever read about 'holograms' or 'virtual reality' before. Maybe it's an illusion of sorts, all chalked up to some spell or foreign magic she can't use yet? But if that were the case, she definitely would've known about it, or at least heard mention of it..
Her head tilts slightly, taking a single step forward toward the other. ]
...Then you know what this is?
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[well, kind of. but he really only shrugs as if it's not all that strange to have heard of those things — it may not something he knows that much about, especially not in the current state of what's before them, but he understands it enough.
though it does take him a little bit by surprise when the imagery fades, it's barely noticeable on his features. if nothing else, the kid's got a pretty decent poker face when he wants to use it.] Doesn't look like anything I've seen before, but it sounds like that. I guess.
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It takes her only a moment to think over a plausible explanation. She looks up calmly, tone inquisitive. ]
Are they fables?
[ There's a chance it could be some long forgotten myth, or perhaps a story he's read. ]
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such is the life when dealing with a person who isn't very talkative, but it's obvious he's not just ignoring her, at least.]
I've seen it in movies. And comics. [this goes on the assumption she'd know what either of those are, but nam soon isn't really considering any other possibility right now.] Probably in other books, too.