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//TESTDRIVE7.0.EXE Mystery Science Theatre -3000 Welcome to Cerealia's latest attraction. In an effort to branch into other forms of entertainment, CERES has been slowly patching together films from various worlds to show in its brand new movie theater. So, grab a friend, sit back, and enjoy the newest batch of imported films with a nice bucket of popcorn. As you'll notice from the long line outside, it's the latest rage in the colony, and those tired of the same virtual battles in ViViD are eager to enjoy a little change in scenery. For those eager to participate, you will find yourself being lead into the lobby by one of the many robotic theater employees. Showing today are five special films, and in the lobbies are various screens advertising them through the movie's digital avatar, Mnemosyne. Allow her to take you on a virtual tour of CERES' finest theatrical offerings. (( P.S. no actual actors/actresses appear in any of the films. It's all done through advanced CGi-technology and voice acting. )) "GOOD EVENING, MOVIE-GOERS. I AM MNEMOSYNE, YOUR GUIDE FOR THIS EVENING. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCESSIONS FOR YOU. PLEASE PARTAKE IN THE CONCESSIONS, BUT DO NOT MAKE A MESS. THE THEATER ROBOTS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO TAKE ACTION FOR LITTERING. TONIGHT'S FILMS ARE THE MUCH LAUDED AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILMS HAND-PICKED BY JULIUS VINCERE: MY PETITE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE RATED A LARGE ADVENTURER 7 RATED B THE RETALIATORS: ERA OF RADICALON RATED C DECEASE HARDER II RATED D YARD-DOOR PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE MORALS RATED Z PLEASE MAKE YOUR SELECTION AT THE BOOTHS IN THE FRONT OF THE LOBBY THEN FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE THEATER. THANK YOU AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING."

//SCENARIOS.EXE THEATER I [ 0000 ] MY PETITE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE - RATED A Advertised as a delightful tale of ponies discovering magic and friendship, this is a must-see! For adults that is. The ponies are killed within the first ten minutes, and then the rest of the run time is filled with a celebratory orgy of Roman-esque proportions. There are no mentions of ponies after the initial scene. They are neither seen nor mourned nor heard from. There are only naked, gyrating bodies as far as the eye can see. If you manage to sit through the horror long enough, you will notice a certain something in between the moaning. Is that your face on one of the protags? Is it a beloved family member or a friend? You will find that spliced between the scenes are cherished and innocent childish memories now being soiled by passionate cries of pleasure. Enjoy the new memory, your poor, sweet summer child. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER II [ 0000 ] LARGE ADVENTURER 7 - RATED B A touching tale of dealing with loss and more loss. This film is about a giant robot and his pet human that gets eradicated in the Third Robotic Genocide, leaving behind just a human carcass. The giant robot clings to the carcass and cries robotic tears until finally he chucks the carcass into a river full of carcasses and decides to go on a deep quest in search of cheese. But spliced between this tale of woe, viewers will see images of themselves caught in a romantic memory. A first kiss, perhaps? A first love-making session? A first crush? A desired one will also have their face molded on top of all the carcasses as they flow away. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER III [ 0000 ] THE RETALIATORS: ERA OF RADICALON - RATED C Agent Dick Angry takes it upon himself to assemble a team of miscreant aliens to invade the hell out of "Planet Earth." The aliens include Zorn, an intelligent toaster; Crisis, a blue-skinned beauty that turns purple when she's aroused; Trish, a rogue miniature ficus with a criminal record; and General Cerealia, a handsome, ripped man who beats evil-doers with his laptop and who looks suspiciously like CERES' programmer, Elias. This adventurous romp will feature the tragic memories of death interweaving with the destruction of the "Planet Earth." Those who attend will see first-hand the memories of their own worlds slowly being demolished before their eyes and all their loved ones screaming in agony. Then it'll loop itself again and again for the last hour of the film. Enjoy! This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. THEATER IV [ 0000 ] DECEASE HARDER II - RATED D Jack McJack is a cop who is having none of your shit. In this action film, he will ride around on a velociraptor and go around punching evil-doers and detonating them with land mines. If you want all the violence in the world, this is the film for you. Watch as every second is filled with pointless explosions and every curse word in all the known languages in Cerealia. Of course, spliced between every action scene will be every embarrassing moment of your life being played out for you and only you. Or is it? Start sweating and looking in every direction as you begin to wonder if everyone else can see that time you tripped and fell on your senpai almost kissing him (sacre bleu D= !) BONUS - THEATER V [ whyo'clock ] YARD-DOOR PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE MORALS - RATED Z This is a touching film about tenderness and coming together to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. The Yard-Door people run into danger when an evil megalord starts polluting the air with negative feelings. The Yard-Door people must band together and save the world through kindness. They will go and help their neighbors get across the street, rake up leaves from their lawns, donate canned food to the poor, and collect toys for children who do not have any. While this film will draw tears from your eyes, you will see happy memories. The happiest that can be mustered. They will be spliced in with the scenes in the movie, occurring side-by-side with all the smiles and fuzzy feelings leaking off the screens. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself. Also, beware! This film contains the angriest of Theater Cleaning Robots. Dropping anything on the floor will result in a bit of a flogging with a wooden paddle and a robot calling you a dirty slut and claiming that you like it. Yes, BDSM robots will not take your bad behavior. You better bend over and start apologizing for being such a filthy, little theater-goer. [ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with trigger-y or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the meme. ]

//RUN.EXE Welcome to CEREALIA's seventh Test Drive Meme. For your convenience, we have compiled a post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

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Soramaru | Donten Ni Warau // Theater I

[sunshied]

[If you wanted your day ruined by an angry stomping teenager or to have a good long stare or a laugh then you might get your wish today! Someone is very upset by the moaning and weird flashes of familiar faces - he definitely did not need to see any of that, thank you very much.]

What was that?! First they have weird moving pictures now they're all nude? Ugh!!

[What even was this place? Excuse him he's going to look around and maybe find a bathroom to try and scrub out his brain somehow or maybe just hide how embarrassed he is.]

[deontology]

[Well........ It's not like it's bad to see Soramaru again, that's for sure. Soramaru stomps right on by him, and Sousei reaches out to snag his arm.]

Calm down.

[Oh, there's a familiar voice.]

[sunshied]

[He is not prepared to fight back, but it doesn't take long for him to lower his guard again. Sousei was here too? For a moment he gapes, dumbstruck by his luck at finding his master of all people. ]

I- right!! I apologize for not realizing you were here as well!

[And now that he's done that little episode...]

Where are we, master?

[deontology]

[Calm down... why are you as excitable as ever...

Why is he glad a little bit, even...

There are a lot of answers he can give to that, though. He does think it's safe to assume Soramaru doesn't remember being here, though, if he's saying things like that...somehow.]

This is a movie theater. [oh....... that's not helpful, Sousei] I take it you do not remember Cerealia, then.

[sunshied]

[As soon as he asks what he remembers his thoughts go back to home, to paranoia that he's forgetting things - awful things - and he pushes it back, trying to school his expression. He feigns a calm reaction as best he can.]

No, I don't. Am I supposed to remember?

[Just that thought terrifies him. He's forgotten something again. He doesn't know why this keeps happening, though he'd sooner keep forgetting the flashes of hurt people and blood on his hands.]

[hagureoni]

[[This person was loud. Loud enough that he could not be ignored even if you tried. The message he was sending out there was also kind of curious... and very much not anything Senkimaru needed to hear. Still, perhaps talking to him might shut him up.]

Who was nude?

[sunshied]

[He nearly jumps out of his skin when he realizes someone he doesn't know is speaking to him, on instinct his hand rests on his blade, the family heirlooms resting on his hip as always.]

Back there! There were people on the wall moving and they were nude and it was weird! How did they get on the wall in the first place?

[And why were they so big? Someone has not a damn clue about movies...]

[hagureoni]

How should I know? I don't know either.

[His time was even before you, Soramaru. Senkimaru was tempted to make this boy stop and take control of him for being immediately so aggressive - perhaps he might have indeed done this before he had changed, but now he was still trying to measure up his behavior.]

Did you chose the wrong one?

[sunshied]

Somehow I don't think there is a right one.

[He is willing to bet all of these theaters are full of awful things, but that could also be personal bias clouding his judgement at the moment. No he's definitely on the mark though.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . . . . . .

So his teenaged little brother didn't like a movie where everyone apparently got naked and then... got it on? That, more than anything else, leaves Tenka humming thoughtfully as he literally popcorn.gifs.]

I still can't tell if I did a good job or not raising you....

[??????? Puberty?]

[sunshied]

[His head jerks around, eyes wide and mouth open. Tenka...? No. No it couldn't be. This wasn't right. Was he dead too? How did that happen? What would happen to Chuutaro without the both of them? His mind is racing, the abject horror probably clear on his face.]

Aniki!!

[And unthinkingly, his hand balls into a fist, shooting out to smack his stupid older brother in the shoulder because how dare he leave them?!]

[sunshrouded]

[WHOA. Tenka gets smacked in the shoulder at that and complains with an 'ow!' before turning to his little brother and wondering what the big deal was. It was Soramaru's fault for disappearing in the first place, why's he so mad now?!

(No, it's not Soramaru's fault. It's never been Soramaru's fault. It's Tenka's fault for not being able to protect him like he should.)

Though even then he's whining and trying to make light of the situation because that horror on Soramaru's face is not welcome.]

Hey, hey... What's the big deal now?

[sunshied]

What do you mean "What's the big deal?" stupid aniki-!!

[And somehow he can't hold it back mostly because puberty and teenage emotions and all that lovely stuff. Good job making your brother dissolve into an emotional mess, Tenka.]

How are you even here?!

[onbehalf]

[Nishiki isn't as disturbed by this as she probably should be. Her initial arrival to this world was weirdly sexual and she worked in the pleasure district (as security, granted), so she was pretty used to... well, certain "aspects" of this world's culture (???). When she hears a familiar voice, though, her attention is turned toward it. There's no mistaking it, it's definitely...]

Soramaru-san?

adsfsafaf /hugs your face Traaaap

[sunshied]

[And somehow all of his panic and disgust becomes a wave of embarrassment when he sees her. Of course she would catch him yelling about something embarrassing like that. He gapes at her for a moment before adopting a smile.]

You're here too? Ah... sorry about that. I-I mean- just don't go in there okay? The moving pictures are sort of weird.

asdfkh SMOOCHES!! /)3(\

[onbehalf]

Moving pictures? [...] Do you mean the film?

[Nishiki hasn't seen a whole lot of movies, of course, but she's been here long enough to hear about them, and that is, apparently, what this place is for. She doesn't know what kind of thing she should be expecting... Though "weird" sounds perfectly accurate just because of where they are.]

[sunshied]

Oh, you know what it's called?

[Strange... he's never heard of it before. Ah well. And then he recalls something - flashes of familiar faces. Had that been his own with-

He immediately throws his hands up and his face flushes with color.]

Just-!! Just don't go in there, okay?!

[Oh god. He'd seen himself with Nishiki of all people doing things like-

No, he definitely needs to calm the hell down before she starts asking questions. Is it hot in here? His face certainly feels hot.]

[allfortheclan]

[ Aw, it's his favorite angry stomping teenager. Shirasu is actually leaving the Why O'Clock showing and is full of feelings he doesn't want or really get. So seeing Soramaru is a bit of a shock. ]

Are you all right?

[ He should have walked away. Soramaru told him he didn't particularly want anything to do with him, so...

But he can't help it. Fscking Kumous. ]

[sunshied]

[He had nearly walked on by him but Shirasu's voice grabbed his attention. He doesn't know what to say. Is Chuutaro with him? No, he would have let him run off if he had found him in a place like this. Still, he feels relief in his presence. It means he has nothing to be afraid of anymore.]

I-I'm fine! Have you seen Chuutaro?

[allfortheclan]

[ Shirasu is wary at Soramaru's demeanor and his question. A trick? Another incident like the one that changed everyone's personalities? He isn't sure whether or not to play along. So, he just shakes his head. ]

No, I haven't. Does Tenka know you're here?

[sunshied]

I... I did see him, yes.

[It is still seriously freaking weird to think his brother is alive. After that period of time where he and Chuutaro had suffered. It was hard to wrap his mind around still.]

[firstcloud]

[ That's a face he's been missing. Among those of his descendants that he's met, Kagemitsu thinks Soramaru to be the sanest (but then again, he's only met him and Tenka) ---almost as sane as Sousei seem to be. Except Sousei is apparently as immature as a Kumou, from what he has gathered. ]

Soramaru?

[ He's not imagining things like he did another time, right? This is a real one and not an illusion, right? This really is Soramaru, right? ]

Are you alright?

[sunshied]

[Now here is a person he doesn't recognize. Yet they know his name. This place seems to be getting stranger and stranger by the minute.]

I'm sorry... have we met?

[At least it distracts him from how annoyed he is by that weird movie?]

[firstcloud]

[ Oh.. He doesn't know him? That's a bit upsetting, because he's family. ]

Yes, we have, in this place. [ The city, he means. ] I'm Kumou Kagemitsu.

[ Does he have to go through this with Soramaru again? ]

[sunshied]

Kumou....?

[Wait is he saying they're related? Wow.]

I don't remember meeting you.

[Anywhere, actually.]