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//TESTDRIVE2.0.EXE

Welcome to the Castle-town of Valoria

The prototype of ViViD's newest level has been complete. However, right now, only a single castle-town is open and available to be accessed with a mini-mission for all registered players. This castle-town is currently undergoing a terrible plague that causes those who drink the water to become strongly infected by the venom laced within.

The venom creates a form of volatile madness known as The Maenas, and it is said to originate by a single flower growing in the center of the castle-town's lake.

In order to purify it, everyone will have to work together to rescue the Priestess who is being held hostage in one of the castle-town's main towers, which is currently being guarded by a large dragon. Who that dragon is working for is currently unknown, but right now, it's preventing the priestess from helping the villagers.

At the log in screen, players will be greeted by Vidia, giving them a friendly announcement and providing them with the mission details:

"You're here at last! There's no time to delay, Player. The priestess mourns the more you hesitate. Come on, get equipped, and follow me! Are you ready? You simply have to follow my instructions.

✩ Get to the tower and defeat the dragon.
✩ Do not kill the townsfolk. They don't know any better! Knock them out, but do not let them die, or the imps will eat their corpses!
✩ Kill the imps, they're aggravating the madness! Each imp will release a soul orb on death. Grab it! It'll protect you from the madness, too. Each soul orb is worth ten credits!
✩ You have six hours. Please rescue the Priestess in that time, and she will be able to let you out.
✩ If you encounter people already from Tellus, you'll get a bonus orb for each soul orb you collect for all players.
✩ If you don't fight, you'll end up affected by the flower's curse... please, band together with someone and travel with them to slow the effects.
✩ The dragon will continue to re-spawn if it's fought alone. Please fight as a pair or group to bring it down if you can!
✩ Remember, you only have six hours... hurry, please!"

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ xxxx ] You're standing right in the center of the entertainment district inside the main ViViD hub. The machines sit before you, beckoning to being worn so you can test out the newest level in ViViD. There are others around you, in similar positions. Researchers are on stand-by to document your every move and make sure there are no glitches at all. As you settle into your chair, you slowly put on the helmet and find yourself being immersed in a world that's so real, you can hardly tell whether or not you're in the game or still in reality. (Please don't attack the researchers, they're only doing their job and they won't hurt anyone!)

PHASE II

[ xxxx ] You're fully immersed in the game now, wandering around with the list of objectives Vidia gave you. It's your choice where you want to start first. You can talk to the NPCs, engage in a grueling battle, level up, or head straight to fight the boss in a daring suicide run. However, as you walk through the castle-town, you catch glimpses of shifting faces. The NPCs look familiar for a moment, maybe reminiscent of someone back home. The effect lasts too short for it to be noteworthy until it continues to occur. Feel free to explore, but remember, you have six hours, a holographic timer to the side of your screen will appear when you wish for it.

PHASE III

[ xxxx ] Another glitch appears. This one is more debilitating than the rest, leaving you hanging mid-attack. The game seems to freeze completely for a solid two minutes. In that time-span, the world shifts to your own. You're standing right in the middle of the one you remember, staring up into a sky painted red with fire while a blood-curling scream erupts from the back of your mind. You glance down around, and one by one, the people start to fall to the ground, shattering like glass. In the distance, the dragon looms, staring straight at you and roaring, though its voice seems equally agonized. Then the game resumes normally as though nothing happened. Your complete your attack and continue as normal.

Then something else appears within the darkness for a moment, lost in a single blink. That one second passes so swiftly it's barely noticeable. It might throw you off, it might leave you facing a pair of imps or crazed hordes. Whoever is with you had better started fighting... And you'd better run if you're alone!

PHASE IV

[ xxxx ] You've reached the end. Victory is yours. The townspeople are cheering, and the Priestess is rewarding you with a kind smile and several credits to your name. The dragon lies on the ground defeated, though its eyes are open still, hollow and black. In the reflection, you can still see the traces of a world left behind. In that moment, you can also swear you see it blinking when it should be dead, but there's no time to dwell. You're being logged out and the researchers are shoving surveys in your face or asking you questions about your experience.

BONUS

[ whyo'clock ] Welcome to the Dressing Room. This is where you can dress up your character in ViViD in all kinds of costumes. Completing missions will open up new outfits that will be delivered in the real world to character's flats. As a prize for completing the above mission, characters will be rewarded with some special outfits (both are unisex). Characters will immediately be launched into the Dressing Room upon completion so they can see themselves modeling their brand new outfits to one another.

[ You can choose to set your threads in the game or before/after if you'd like. 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 log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to CEREALIA's second Test Drive Meme. Please forgive our appearance as we are still going through the final stages of game completion… mostly fighting with table codes. 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 post detailing everyone's arrival experience and a FAQ that should explain everything in more detail. Please read them thoroughly before playing. Thank you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

What did I tell you about denial?

[ he worries about you, man. ]

Do you seriously want in my pants this bad?

[ now he's the one who' worried, Cent... ]

Well, to be hoenst, I'm a little curious what's in there.

I'm fairly certain I have Octa and Decadus beat, but you could hiding something truly monstrous.

Oh my god.

[ this guy is thirsty and he has no fucking clue what to do about it. ]

I don't care about what's in your pants, but keep it in there, alright?

Of course. There's only one person I take my sword out for.

[ ...well, actually two if you count zero, but whatever. ]

I'm not like a certain boorish person that thrusts his spear at just anyone.

I'll thrust it into your skull if you're not careful, you got me?

[ innuendo be damned. ]

I'm not into that sort of rough stuff, sorry.

[ he will always make everything an innuendo. no matter what. ]

Well I am. So watch it, got it?

Now come on, we're checking out this flower.

You're really obsessed with this flower, aren't you? I never figured you for such a romantic.

[ but okay he'll follow after him all the same. cent may be a pain in the ass, but he is still pretty reliable back up. ]

Though if this really is connected to Lady Zero's flower... is there anything we can do about it?

...I dunno'. But we gotta' find out, right?

[ they don't, really. but he... wanted to know. if Cent was here, Zero could be, too? and if she was, they had flower problem out the wazoo all over again. ]

I suppose we do. It's kind of a pain, but if we don't do it, this entire world might be doomed.

[ given those stakes, why does it sound like he'd rather just go take a nap right now. ]

Yeah, boo-hoo for them.

[ he doesn't really give a shit either, though. whoops. best guys for the job of saving the world.

either way, he'll take out his spear again, and sling it over his shoulders, walking ahead until he notices a group of particularly ugly looking imps. ]

Ugh... looks like we have to deal with these ugly things before we can get there. You got any weapons on you?

Of course.

[ and with a flourish, he'll draw his familiar twin swords. ]

How lucky. There's an odd number of them... why don't we make this interesting?

[ because god knows he needs to spice this up somehow. ]

You asking for a challenge? Like you'll even be able to keep up.

[ now that's what he's talking about - he'll brace his arms over his spear draped over his shoulders, stepping toward the imps with a languid pace to his steps. ]

I may lack your stamina, but I make up for it with skill.

[ in more ways than one... but hey, if dito is taking his time cent is just going to shoot right past him and take the first kill. ]

Like skill matters when you're just killing some shitty monsters...

[ he rolls his eyes, but will take off with a burst of speed himself, to charge a few imps as best he can. oddly enough, Cent receives some sort of orbs for his kill, not that Dito is paying attention as he impale two imps and receives some himself. even if it doesn't feel the same, it's exhilarating having some blood on him again. ]

On the contrary... Skill always matters.

[ though obviously not quite to the extent that dito does, cent actually sort of enjoys this too. he might not have quite his companion's level of blood thirst, but actually getting into a fight is probably something he needed.

too bad it doesn't last long. ]

Three to two. See what I mean? That's skill. [ well, mostly stealing that first kill, but whatever. ]

Yeah yeah, shut up and kill shit, idiot.

[ see cent he can close his mouth why can't you. gosh. then again said mouth just opens again as he laughs after spearing a few more useless little imps. he was starting to get used to the thrill of killing in this 'game'. ]

Hah! Useless, ugly little shits- they aren't even a challenge!

In truth, I don't know what you were expecting. These are just lowly imps.

[ that attack rather ineffectually as cent cuts another one down. ]

Now, those? [ he says, pointing at some rather large ogres in the distance. ] Those might actually be worth our time.

[ weren't they supposed to be looking for some flower, not just killing random shit? oh well... its not like cent cares either way. ]

Oh hell yeah. You deal with these shits- I'm going over there.

[ L8 LOSER. he's already forgotten their little game, he just wants to kill shit. ]

What? That's not-

[ oh wait too busy being swarmed by these things to protest anymore. you win this one, dito :/ ]

[ cue his laughter from waaaay over here as he charges into some trolls ankles. your time here is ogre, troll. ]

[ your lucky he can't actually hear that bad pun...

but at least he's able to get rid of all these things pretty quickly. ]

Took you long enough all on your own, idiot.

[ one of the trolls is swinging a massive stick at him, and he jumps up to evade it, trying to run up the trunk to stab the creature in the face. ]

I was merely taking my time. Unlike a certain someone, I'm in no rush to show off my skills.

[ he'll just stand around, cleaning his swords a bit as he nonchalatantly watches dito fight. a troll or two shouldn't be enough to cause him any problems, right... not that cent would care if it did. ]

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