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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. |
heisuke toudou | hakuouki | ...bonus (it's too good to pass up)
...except his hour is up and those sure are security droids trying to haul him bodily out of the ball pit while he kicks and yells and makes grabby hands at the colored sea of plastic.
After dragging him far to the other side of the room and releasing him, Heisuke pouts in indignation, staring longingly at the pit. ]
Why d'they gotta be so mean? It's not like I was doing anything wrong...
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But that doesn't mean that Sano won't laugh really hard when Heisuke gets forcibly removed from the ball pit. Because he absolutely is laughing. And this time it is at Heisuke's expense, but that's nothing new between them.
Still chuckling, he makes his way over to a dejected Heisuke.]
It's 'cause they only let actual kids in. Mentality doesn't count.
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They let other people in there, though...
[ But fine. If that's the way they're going to be, let them. They think they can hoarde all the balls for themselves, huh? Well guess what! Slowly and secretively, glancing around to make sure nobody saw, Heisuke pulls a bright yellow ball from inside his shirt. ]
...but that's okay. [ Because clearly he can do that! Drunken minds are amazing things. ] C'mon, Sano-san, they won't let you in there either, so we can go start our own.
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Heisuke does not have a very good sense of self-preservation.
Sano moves to block the droids' view of Heisuke, then bends down to narrow his eyes in skepticism.]
We're gonna start our own ball pit.
[Well, that sounds fine, sure. A ball pit isn't exactly Sano's idea of a romping good time, but it's something. Still...]
We're gonna start our own ball pit with one ball. I'm pretty sure we tried something like this once and it ended with us wrestling.
[He flicks Heisuke's forehead.]
I'm pretty sure you lost.
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His response it to stare up at Sano with big bluey-green eyes and a purely innocent look on his face. ]
Yes.
[ And then it dawns on him. Starting their own ball pit with two of them and only one ball is not a good idea. He ponders what to do about it while rubbing absently at his forehead. Any other time, he'd have gotten fussy over that, but right now, he's pondering. ]
...maybe you're right. I guess I didn't think it through well enough. [ And tucking the ball back into his shirt, he gives Sano a bright smile. ] We'll just have to go get you one too! That way, we'll both have a ball and we can both have fun in out own ball pit.
Wait a-- Nuh-uh! That was Shinpattsu-san!
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So now we're working with two balls and two men. A slight improvement, but still lacking something. How drunk are you, by the way?
[Because even sober, Heisuke usually isn't this...well, unintelligent.]
Nah, pretty sure it was you. Shinpachi is a bigger target to hit, I'd remember that.
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Remind me, 'cause I'm having a hard time remembering, but why do I hang out with you guys again?
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Because we're all better when we're together.
[Aburano-koji flashbacks much?]
And we're the only people who can stand each other for extended periods of time and we're all actually really fun and you actually laugh at Shinpachi's and my jokes.
[These are all absolutely convincing reasons, okay, don't try to deny them.]
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Oh yeah? Then why d'you guys go drinking without me?
[ Though, he does have a point about the jokes and such. Then again, it's usually more laughing at than laughing with... ]
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And so he just grins when he spots Heisuke sulking there as well, sauntering over to the other guy. It's probably pretty obvious that Shinpachi's already had a few drinks, but at least he's not fully drunk off his ass. Yet, anyway. ]
Awww! Got kicked out by the mean guards, Heisuke? [ Isn't he the best friend ever.. he's even laughing after using that exaggerated tone, the bastard.
There's a moment of nothing, but then he pulls one of the blue balls that must have fallen out of the pit from behind his back, dropping it into Heisuke's hands. ]
There you go, at least ya got a souvenir now! [ It's a hilarious joke to him, apparently, judging by the way he laughs. ]
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Starting now.
As soon as Shinpachi's done laughing, Heisuke is going to try and see if he can bounce it off of Shinpachi's chest. Let's see how solid those muscles really are! ]
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Because his chest totally is. Snowballs are one thing, of course they don't bounce back since they're made out of snow, but that plastic ball sure does bounce back just as hard as Heisuke threw it. Might want to duck before it hits you square in the forehead instead, midgetgumi. ]
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Ow! Shinpattsu-san, that's cheating!
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Cheating? [ Shinpachi moves to flex pretty shamelessly, despite the fact that they're in the middle of a party. The corner of a party near the ball pit, sure, but a party all the same. ] Heh, this is all natural, you know?! I get that you must be jealous of my beautiful muscles, but don't worry!
[ The man takes a step over to Heisuke before reaching out to pat him on the head (somewhat roughly, like he's exaggerating it) with a big grin. ]
If you train hard enough, then maybe you can look like this too one day when you grow out of being a kid! [ Not that he really thinks Heisuke is a kid, but it's fun to joke about when he's so short and scrawny compared to him and Sano. ]
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Shinpattsu-san, I promise you, I'm not jealous of your muscles. I wouldn't wanna look like a walking bicep.
[ Even with the pat on the head, the most he does is wrinkle his nose.
...up until Shinpachi calls him a kid. ]
Nuh uh. Maybe it you'd stop eating my food I'd grow some more! Or maybe I'll just chew on you instead! [ And now he's going to make a grab for Shinpachi's arm, intent on doing exactly what he threatened. ]
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But right now there's more important matters than that. Like the fact that Heisuke is turning into a cannibal on the spot. He pulls his arm back, but since Heisuke's already latched onto it as well it just ends up looking like a dumb game of tug of war, except with Shinpachi's arm instead of a rope. ]
W-- what, Heisuke?! Betraying me at a time like this?! [ Not like they don't do this shit to each other all the time though - it's more likely that his shock is faked and he's just playing along with it all, just fooling around like they always have. ] Do I look like some sorta chewtoy?! C'mon, down, boy..!