//SCENARIOS.EXE
PROMPT I [ 00 00 ]
COSPLAY IS MAGIC
The convention center is crowded, and many of the congoers are most definitely getting into this. They seem to think you are, too—even if you're not in cosplay, they sure are under the impression that you are (you know, as yourself)! Don't be surprised if you get stopped for pictures by overly enthusiastic colony natives.
...also don't be surprised if strangers dressed as people you know from home jump in on these pictures. They're all too willing and eager to talk about how hard they worked on their costumes, and how excited to see other fans they are. Heck, some of them might even be cosplaying you! Hopefully you don't get a highlander waxing poetic about how they would have chosen a better wig to suit your hairstyle than what you have or that your scar is on the wrong eye or how that material you chose for your vest is kind of tacky.
Also, don't correct them about any facts they have wrong about you (or your world), if they start talking to you about it. Some will be very insistent they know what they are doing as a dedicated fan and cosplayer. (maybe you just didn't study your reference book hard enough before arriving like they did.)
It's a fierce world out there of competitiveness. (some cosplayers will have done excellent jobs, and of course, others will not so great. it's up you and whoever you tag with on the types you'll meet! if you end up in the bathrooms at any point, you will find them crowded with cosplayers trying to fix wardrobe malfunctions and stalls being used as dressing rooms. Hopefully you can wait.)
PROMPT II [ 0000 ]
HOW MUCH FOR THAT FRENCH FRY, AGAIN?
It's shaping up that there are long, loooong lines for the various panels and activities, so you'll want to get in line early if you want to be sure you get a good spot! The topics of the panels span a range of just about anything under the sun, from origami lessons to voice-acting discussions to cosplay makeup tips to the wonderful world of slash fiction. There is one panel that doesn't have much of a wait to get in—and that will be basically a rehash of the introductory powerpoint sequence, but they added some sort of flashing effects that could probably give someone a seizure. If nothing else, you'll be rewarded for your mistake of staying in that room for even ten seconds with a headache and a bit of nausea that'll require you to get a bottle of water and/or food from a vendor to make it go away. (Food from outside won't help, and the character will have nausea for the entire day of the con unless they remedy it with some over-priced convention food!).
If you get hungry while waiting in line, you'll want to send someone out on a food run. Be sure to only buy from approved CERESCON vendors! Some of the restaurants from the city have set up booths (maybe your character is working at one!), but the prices are high and the portions are tiny. Don't even think about trying to smuggle in food from the outside, either. If you leave the con to save yourself some money for lunch, make sure to finish it first as bringing it back to the con will have the special security force come up to you once at the door (and stopped by a con-volunteer about the food), take it out of your hands and—
—throw it on the ground in front of you both. Maybe jump on it for good measure, while they are at it. The volunteer that had stopped you in the first place will now cheerily point you in the direction of various food stands scattered throughout the convention center. You know, as if nothing just happened there with your smuggled goods being found. You can expect jacked prices from the aggravating that you begrudgingly pay to the outlandish.
PROMPT III [ 0000 ] HAMSTER STYLE
All throughout the day, a large hall with a sturdy wooden floor will be hosting a wide variety of video games. There are your usual arcade games, some console games set up on floating flatscreen televisions, and five dance game consoles (strangely similar to DanceDance Revolution and ParaPara Paradise, for those who know of them from home)— show them your moves and try to be as awesome as this guy. (Games can be a parody of just about any video games out there, so use your imagination. You can even have a special booth that's trying to promote a game like Sword Hell Touken Ranbu mania that you're either into yourselves or are victim to via plurk timelines. Or, you can have visual novels to play as they try to promote those. Anything goes, even if you probably wouldn't normally find it at a convention to play.)
If your character is from a video game, even with the game being played at the con as a parody, they can find little freebie trinkets that may have them as the character on it promoting the gameplay!)
When the sun goes down, that's when the party really starts. The CERESCON Rave takes place in another area—an unimaginably big ballroom on the second floor of the convention in its West Wing. Once 9:00PM hits, even if you are doing other con activities, volunteers will start coaxing you towards the direction of the rave. The longer you resist, the more insistent they will get. Although they will eventually drag your sorry butt there, you'll be able to leave around fifteen minutes after the rave starts and go back to what you were doing. If you somehow managed not to get dragged to the rave, the efficient cleaner robots will assume you are con equipment needing to be put away and lock you in a storage closet. Maybe if you scream really loud for help, someone will eventually notice and be able to open it so you can get yourself out of the dark.
As for the ballroom itself, the large space will be transformed in a fancy display (transformer style!! they obviously must have observed mecha transformations for it in particular because it's pretty much a ripoff) into a dance floor with blacklights, colored strobe lights before the doors close and everything goes black. At the back of the room, a large theater style video will play. At around 0:35 seconds in the video, all the lights will come back on for partying. And the end of the video will have the car come busting through the screen like its paper and the hamsters will get out and guess what!@! They're your DJs for the evening. They like it when you dance with them, so make sure to at least pretend for one song. Also, upon entering you'll have been given glowsticks of all kinds, so let loose and have a blast. (If your character so desired, they could have activated the glowsticks at any time. Note that there will be npc natives in addition to player characters at the rave!).
—and, hey, wallfowers!! Why aren't you dancing?? What did you get told about fun when you entered this convention?!
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CHECK OUT WHAT I HAVE UNDER THIS COAT.
A dealer's room! That should be harmless. Lets start with how incredibly huge it is and that they have some awesome music and live entertainment while you shop(?!)
There are all sorts of thing available to buy here—everything from knockoff comics and DVDs to keychains and plushies to somewhat more reasonably priced packaged snacks to cat ears that wriggle in accordance with your brainwaves. What a great use of science, right? All of the vendors are so excited to be here, and even more excited to have you looking at their wares! But mostly they're excited for your money.
They've employed the same kind of helpful robots that had kept people in line back at badge pick-up to usher people over to their stands, and if anyone uses excuses "It's too expensive" or "I don't have enough money," when declining interest in buying something, never fear. The robot-merchants will be more than glad to strongarm another shopper into joining you and will then proceed to repeat, "SHARING IS CARING, SO SPLIT THE BILL, CHINSWAD!" over and over again until you buy something... even if you don't actually know whoever they brought over.
The far side of the room is devoted to stalls where artists are hawking their wares. If you think you see some familiar faces mixed in with the unfamiliar ones in the artwork, that's because you do—some of the natives have taken to illustrating pictures and doujinshi featuring none other than you along with your friends from home, your cross-canon CR, or even just people you haven't met yet that they think you would look cute with. These works range from fluffy to disturbingly explicit, though underage characters won't find themselves featured in anything questionable (nor will they be able to look at the material). In fact, the dealers will seem to know when the udnerage are approaching, and will hide the explicit works from view before they can even see them, including taking goods you or another may currently be looking at.
Make sure you buy something before exiting! Getting to the exit without at least one purchase will have you stopped by the volunteers at the exit making sure people are exiting without killing each other. What do you mean you didn't buy something? Get back in there, because they aren't going to let you out until you do.
In fact, if you try to exit without any merchandise, you'll be expected to get two. Please and thank you for demonstrating your enthusiasm to having fun this CERESCON. (If a character buys something for another character and gives it to them, it counts as purchasing an item. volunteers just conveniently know and so does Panda-san. )
Now get out and don't come back unless you're planning to buy something the next time you're here. Have a nice day.
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YOU WANT TO HIT MY WHAT?
And, of course, CERES has latched onto one of the more trying convention traditions. We aren't talking about shouts of "YOU JUST LOST THE GAME" or "BUTTSCRATCHER", or anything else that has been a thing shouted pointlessly.
We are talking about good ol' paddles.
Yaoi paddles. Yuri paddles. And many other varieties between and outside thereof the aformentioned, too. Natives have purchased them, and are extremely enthusiastic to have heard of the ways of other worlds using these items at conventions. Don't you worry, no matter who you are, they're coming for you, and probably when you least expect it.
Since it will happen multiple times throughout the convention regardless if you've already been graced by any, characters may start to realize that background noise (is this chase music?!) will be heard to alert you of paddler presence. Unfortunately, if you can hear the music, it means you are already in their sights and locked-on for targeting. You better run before they hit you, because if they do, you'll be incurring the effect of the paddle and have some terribly strong sexual desires to act on them (so if you're hit with an uke paddle, you'll end up feeling pretty hot and bothered quite soon along with the desire to be particularly submissive with your partner).
Obviously, the paddlers will try to lead you back (as you're pretty much going to end up in some sort of semi-stunned state for the first few minutes before it isn't numb anymore and the paddle effects set on) to find the right match for you! Because, really, what these natives to seem to be really doing is trying to get some real-life doujinshi scene actions from you guys. Give your loyal fans some fanservice and make them scream.
(You didn't really think they'd hit you with a paddle without an ulterior motive, did you...)
The effects will wear off in about a half-hour or until you do at least some form of physical contact. Kissing and above will be enough to get rid of the effects, although the more explicit the intimacy is, the longer period of time before more paddlers start looking for your cute butt, again.
If running isn't your thing, you finally seem to have some options to you. You can get a paddle of your own from a stall in the dealer's room. Other paddle wielders will leave you alone while you have it, as long as you're actively chasing others down! Happy hunting. These paddles can be anything from a normal paddle that induces no effect at all except the "innocent" slapping of someone's ass with said paddle or you can get your game on and take out your feelings of humiliation on other congoers. Or use it to your advantage if you got a crush or well, when you think about the possibilities are endless. Also, if you snap a paddle on someone, the native paddlers will console you for your loss and conveniently have another one to offer you.
If you try to hit natives possessing paddles of their own, they all seem to really like it and think that means you want to play with them. It won't end in your favor. Trust us.
Cerealians really can't understand why these things have mostly been banned in other worlds. This might be the most glorious part of the weekend to them.
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Get this Party Started
Midare Toushirou | Touken Ranbu
[Peacebonding. Midare's never actually heard of such a thing before, but when they grab for his wrists to tie them together with some garish-looking zipties, he wrinkles his nose. How mean! He likes having the use of his hands, thanks.
He's not struggling, because he figures he can find a way to squirm out of it later, but he is commentating on it. Loudly. Anyone nearby will see a young girl (who is actually an old man, but he sure doesn't look it) fixing the volunteer doing the ties with a pouty expression.]
Heyyy, if you wanted to do something kinky like this, you could have just asked!
[If they're going to make him uncomfortable, he's going to make them uncomfortable right back!!]
phase i
[Who's having a blast with the cosplayers? This guy. He's been lucky enough so far not to run into anyone too heinous, and even though he knows that the people approaching him aren't actually his comrades - they don't have the right vibe for that - that's not going to stop him from getting his picture taken. He's pretty and he knows it...
He's pretty much rolling with the punches, so to speak, and posing whenever photos are requested. He doesn't seem too bothered when people jump in on the photos. In fact, he even starts to get in on the photobombing act - if he happens to see someone else getting their picture, he'll jump right in and win while flashing a peace sign.]
Alright, smile!
phase ii
[So here he is, waiting in line. What for? Even he isn't exactly sure - but he's looking for something to do and he figures it can't be too bad if this many people are waiting for it. The only problem is it's a long wait and he's getting sort of hungry.]
Ahh, I could really use something to eat right now...
[Is he trying to catch your eye and use his feminine charms to get you to volunteer to buy him something? You bet he is. Whether you're friend or stranger, he's got nothing against mooching.]
phase iii-a
[He's never played these dance games before. He sort of wants to, though, and after some watching he comes to the conclusion that it's best to do it in pairs. So, if you're hanging around anywhere near the DDR machines, you sure will get approached by him.]
Hi! Do you want to play?
[Unless you're someone he already knows, in which case he'll just link arms with you and cheerfully demand your attention: ] Hey, let's try this one out together!
phase iii-b
[Dancing again. The hamsters are... weird... but he's not paying them too much mind - he's scouring the rave for anyone to dance with, and he's wearing a necklace of glowsticks. HELL YEAH... if you're in danger of getting accosted by the panda for wallflowering, he'll swoop in to save you!
Of course, being saved mostly consists of him grabbing your hand and tugging you to the dance floor.]
Come on, live a little!
phase iv
[There's so many different things to buy. He'll wander the dealer's hall curiously for sure - paying close attention to a lot of the things they're offering, but not really saying anything about his finances one way or another, so he manages to make his way to the artist booths without too much trouble.
...and he sure is perusing the doujin featuring himself. No shame, wow. He looks more curious and thoughtful about it than anything, regardless of what it's got him doing and who he's doing it with - your character might just wander by as he's holding up one featuring him with them.]
...wow, interesting...
[Is it porn? Is it just two people going on an adventure? UP TO YOU. If it's anything explicit, though, he sure is side-eyeing anything painting him out to be the bottom. He could totally top if he wanted to, okay.]
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[There are some things Midare isn't opposed to, and some things he is. Getting chased down by strangers who are trying to smack him with paddles? That's one of the things he's very much opposed to. His early good luck hasn't held, and he's found himself backed into a corner by three paddle-wielding maniacs.]
Uhhh, I don't think I'm into that.
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Re: Midare Toushirou | Touken Ranbu
Wait, was that Midare? Ichigo wanders over, big brother senses tingling as he opens his mouth to say hello. And then pauses. What is that Midare is reading...?
Ichigo stares over Midare's shoulder for a moment. If he had any idea of the entire concept he would have been mortified quicker, but right now he's pretty sure that isn't meant to go there.]
Midare-kun. What are you reading?
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[A book, he says, like it's not depicting things that would bring a raging blush to anyone else's cheeks. It would probably have brought a blush to his cheeks if he hadn't found more softcore stuff beforehand and gotten eased into it...]
I don't think it's all that accurate, though. [Well, yeah.] I'm way bigger than that, I'm pretty sure! [........wait.]
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These books are pretty....strange. [Ichigo grabs the nearest one, opening it to a random page and instantly recoiling. Why were people drawing pictures of Tsurumaru and himself doing something like that!?]
I don't think you should be reading these. [Yup. Just going to close this doujin and hope his cheeks aren't burning that much. Wow. Tsurumaru? As if.]
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They're strange, but they draw us looking really pretty, don't they?
[These doujin speak to Midare's vanity.]
I think I'm going to buy some! Can I borrow some money? [midare no.]
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Ichigo glances at Midare at the question, blinking slowly before it sinks in.]
Eh?! What happened to your money, Midare-kun?
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[Kongou wasn't even thinking of it that way. But it's too late, the idea has been planted into her mind. Since she's a warship, she's being tied around the shoulder as her actual machinery coming off her hip is tied as well. All for safety, of course, but now that Midare's mentioned it...]
Let me go, let me go! Nooo, I was supposed to save myself for admiral, let me goooo!
[Thanks, Midare.]
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He looks over at her when she starts to make a fuss, though - and oh, that gives him an idea. If he's not the only one fussing, it's okay, isn't it...] How cruel of you! Harassing two young ladies like this! Don't you feel ashamed of yourselves?
[LET'S DOUBLE-TEAM THEM, KONGOU. ...even though he's not a girl. He knows what he looks like and he's going to take full advantage of it in this case.]
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Midare loops Kongou in on his idea perfectly, as she struggles against the poor convention volunteers.] How will I be able to talk to admiral after this? Just what are you doing! Hey, not there--! [She begins to flail, and since she's a warship, even her human form is RIDICULOUSLY HEAVY. That adds into the chaos as she twists and turns, smacking people away like flies.
LET'S WRECK HAVOC, MIDARE.]
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Ah! I know you're curious about what's under my clothes, but this isn't the time for that..!
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If Kongou causes chaos simply by being herself, then who knows how much she causes when Midare begins to voice his own objections.] Hey, let her go! That's no way to treat a girl!
[And now, only partly peace-bonded, Kongou shoves someone aside-- and into the wall, though she doesn't exactly realize-- before grabbing the volunteer and pulling him right off Midare.]
I'll report you! Or I could fire you away, right now!
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...so he just uses the sheath to thwack a volunteer that's trying to get close enough to Kongou to subdue her without getting beaten in the back of the head. Good enough.]
You're my hero! Thanks a lot!
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i!!
So when Midare pops up to photobomb one of them, Kashuu just pulls him right on over with Great Enthusiasm.]
Strike a cute pose!
[Which he proceeds to do himself. HELL YEAH. The photographer seems pleased and they net a couple of others who are ambling by at the time, but once they're all cleared up, he turns to face Midare with a grin.]
Wow, super accurate costume. [HI FRIEND HE MISSED HIS FAVORITE TANTOU.]
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He returns the grin and does a twirl, admiring the way his skirt settles around him as he comes to a stop. Yeah, try and emulate that, cosplayers. He's got swag no one else could ever emulate. (I'm sorry.)]
Yours is pretty accurate too! It's... maybe up there in the top three? [It's number one, but one is still in the top three.] It's sort of flattering to see people trying so hard to look like us!
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There's some pouting going on here, though.]
Looks like I've got some more work to do! [Because he should be ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NUMBERING SYSTEM clearly. He's not number one, he's The Origin.
But he can agree with that last statement at least, and glances out across the floor.]
Most of them seem to be having a really good time too, y'know? It's nice to see.
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[What's that about highlandering cosplayers? They're totally outclassed by highlandering swords...
He follows Kashuu's gaze out to the floor and nods his approval. They may not be the real thing, but they're having a good time. It's undoubtedly a little strange to see so many people looking that way, but... at least they have a really easy well of telling who's who.]
I guess it's not such a bad thing, as long as they're having fun. [...] Are you having fun, Kacchan?
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The question has him looking back down at Midare, though. He's... well. Things have been a little strained since The Santa Attack, and he's worried about the fact that Yamato has yet to show up, so "having fun" is a little difficult. But it's not like voicing any of that would make things better, so he just smiles like a true punkass.]
Duh! People have been asking for my picture all day. [THAT PART REALLY HAS BEEN FUN.] And have you seen some of the toys they're selling in that "dealer hall" place? They might have something with you on it, too!
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He tilts his head to one side in the moment before Kashuu smiles, but when he does, he returns it easily enough. He knows the other sword - things might not be all fun and games, but if something's gone on that he needs to know about, he'll tell him eventually. If he's not telling, it means there's nothing he needs to know right this second.
Talking about the good things is better for morale, anyway.]
I haven't! But I'd like to look... you should come with me!
[They can buy keychains with Haru's face on them or something.]
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And he's posing for another picture when someone short and familiar jumps in next to him and from just a single look Jiroutachi can tell this is the real Midare. Not one of these 'cosplayers.' His grin widens and once the group of girls is huddling in a circle to squeal over the picture, Jiroutachi turns to Midare.]
Enjoying yourself?
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[...well, a lot, if he's being honest; as nice as the pictures are, their mission has been interrupted. But his comrades are clearly around here somewhere, their master must be here too, and if there's no sign of Retrograding Army forces, it can't hurt to kick back and relax at least a little.]
I could get used to this kind of thing!
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[Not that Jiroutachi's tone is disapproving. The opposite, in fact, it's good to see people so enthusiastic about doing what they enjoy. ...Even if some are a little too enthusiastic. Not that Jiroutachi is going to point any fingers, he knows about vices.]
We should do something like this when we make it back home!
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[Doing this back home would be even better, because it would be after they've completed all their missions and won the war. Midare wants a victory picture of all of them together, dangit.
The fans are still distracted by looking at the picture they've taken, so the two swords have a few more moments to be able to converse without getting interrupted. Let's see how long that lasts...]
Have you found any of the others yet? [The real ones, that is.] Imagine how excited all these people would be if we got all of us in one place!
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The second comments gets a mock-pout out of Jiroutachi and he crosses his arms over his chest.] They'd complain about our 'costumes' not being accurate. Someone told me that my wig is very ill-fitting.
[If only they knew...
The fans seem to finally turn around to them again and one enthusiastic looking person approaches again. They raise the camera and blabber on about how cute the picture turned out and if they can get more, please and thank you. Maybe something even cuter?
Quirking an eyebrow, Jiroutachi looks at Midare.]
Ready for more?
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[He doesn't even wear contacts. But it is what it is, and having odd fans is better than having no fans at all in Midare's books.
Speaking of fans, the enthusiastic photographer gets a grin as they approach, and when Jiroutachi looks to him, Midare returns the look with a flash of a peace sign.] I'm ready for anything! Let's wreak some havoc in their hearts.
[or whatever that means.]
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Which is honestly saying something, because he is a guy with rather high levels of tolerance for inane bullshit, but this is kind of toeing the line a little too much. He didn't even want to come here, if not for the fact that Haru had called him to come and try to extricate the rest of the new swords from this terrible place. Peacebonding isn't that much an issue with him, since he can whack people with his true form sheathed, but it does feel kind of weird to resort to bare-handed martial arts (?!) to force his way through the crowd. ]
Look over there! Isn't that [ insert famous cosplayer whom he kind of heard in passing ]?
[ That gets the three paddlers to turn momentarily, enough for him to barge past them and pull Midare out. ]
Come on!
[ ABSCOND.GIF ]