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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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So they're saying, but I'm no fighter. I know we technically helped these guys fight or whatever, but the only fighting I know is how to fight close range, and not very well either, ja?
[ He's a lover, not a fighter. ]
So I'm not quite sure I believe it, but we are here, and we did supposedly help... now all that's left to find out is how we actually did help. Someone should know the details, right?
[ And with a small grin. ]
Though you look like you're up for a celebration regardless. Are you going to be nice and spare me a few scraps?
[ He might not be as vocal about not liking food stolen from him, but he still likes eating okay!! He's a growing boy. ]
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Well, just this once. Don't make a habit, 'kay? [ At least it's obvious he's joking from his tone before he turns to shove some food into his own mouth as well, chewing thoughtfully before seemingly realising something as he swallows the food. ]
Besides, it's not like you're that bad of a fighter. [ Certainly nothing on his level, or any of the Shinsengumi's level, but-- ] For a guy who doesn't fight a whole lot, you sure helped me out back there in that mist in Zelien. Part of being a warrior is just also having guts, y'know? And when it came down to it, you risked yourself there to help me. That's 'nough of a warrior as far as I'm concerned.
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[ He picks up his roll, though as Shinpachi speaks, he pauses as he looks over at him and those words do cause him a brief moment of reflection. Everyone who taught him- they worked hard to teach him. And sure, he hadn't had much of a chance to use it, but there were people he'd still protect, given the chance. Herr Barnaby, Gareki...
And it makes him smile a bit, before he ends up laughing softly. ]
Aren't you cute. Are you trying to get me to blush here, Herr Shinpachi? I thought you'd save your cute words for the ladies. Unless you're trying to win me over, here?
[ And he leans over with a playful, smug look, just for effect. What, Shinpachi is handsome, he can afford to tease him. ]
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Enough to cause a coughing fit out of shock, anyway. Is that supposed to be flirting?! Is that how it works?! If so, why does it only kick in at the wrong moments why can't it happen when he's talking to some pretty woman how does Sano do this...
At least he manages to not die over something this lame, and the coughing subsides once he manages to get the food he choked on out of the way. Not that he looks any less shocked than before, let's be real. ]
No, I just-- I was just sayin' what I thought!
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Aw, you're going to break my heart here. I was pretty sure I'd give it to you if only you asked.
[ He's laughing too hard for the right effect though, and he pats Shinpachi's back... but he does calm down enough to add- ]
Though I have a feeling we'll have to keep those fighting skills ready here too... something about this place isn't sitting right with me.
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Someone get him an adult. Where's Sano. Where's the responsible adult. ]
Uh.. y-.. yeah..
[ He's still gathering himself for a moment or two here. He genuinely doesn't know if Klavier was joking just now or not, so his face just looks like two gigantic question marks right about now. Or at least for a moment or two until he tries to force it down, if not just so he can be at least a little bit more serious-- ]
Well, this place's plenty weird. [ Shoving another piece of food into his mouth.. food will surely make him calm again after that moment right there. ] Seems better than Zelien so far though. At least there's no corn.