The Search for the Newcomers, January 2012 Edition.

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New Arrivals

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Who: Open to Everyone, but only Newly Accepted Characters can start threads.
Where: All around the city! They appear where you want them to appear.
Summary: Newcomers arrive and by now the Government is more ready and sends everyone out to go people hunting.
Warnings: ARRIVALS. Also assume the first thread is the ones who tell you about the city, and the other tags for the character can be talking with others in the city and learning more about it.
Music: This

[FOR THOSE IN THE CITY:]
It was Grand Prix frenzy by this time. The streets were filled with people watching every available television screen, crowds in the bigger areas of Scorpio district with the larger screen.

Now the HORUS detection system was working again. The device allowed everyone to spot abnormalities; and while it was being re-tuned to work with the appearing buildings, they could hone in on newcomers at a much faster pace. The leftover energy from the travel (commonly called Magatama Residue) gave them a few minutes to find them before it would flicker out.

Combined with the fact they could appear in most parts of the city, it made finding the newcomers was both easy yet frustratingly difficult.

As the blips appear on your own radar function, it was also nice enough to calculate for you the best transport and destination routes to take to get there. Speed was of the essence, after all.

[FOR THOSE WHO JUST ARRIVED:]
You're not in your homeworld anymore. That much is evident. So how do you feel? Happy? Sad? Troubled? A little of all three? No matter what, the memories of a butterfly man named Philemon are fading like a dream; you'll remember the details, but perhaps not everything he has said.

There is one word that stays with you, however.

Persona.

So...here to save the city, huh? First you'll need to find out more information. And who knows, maybe a familiar face or two...

But why are everyone huddle around large televisions screens for some reason?

[OOC: As stated above, only new characters can start a thread, but feel free to jump in any of them. characters arrive with their clothing and whatever items they had on them the moment they were taken; the remaining items will be later found in their apartments.]

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Comments

[beautifulmemory]

[Oh boy, prepare for the trippiest scare of your life!

Which is a very strange cat woman walking up from behind, her purple reflection appearing in the glass before she speaks up.]

You're a new face.

[justjustice]

[Yup, Mia's sudden appearance damn near scares Apollo out of his shoes.]

Whaaaaa! Wh-what are you...? [Well, if he needed confirmation that he wasn't at home anymore, here it is.]

[beautifulmemory]

I'm Mia. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[She holds her hand out for a handshake!]

[justjustice]

Er... [Well, she seems friendly enough. Apollo reaches out and completes the handshake.] I'm Apollo. Can you tell me a bit about where I am?

[beautifulmemory]

It's a place called Hinoto-Ri. Or something like that.

I can't tell you much. I haven't been paying attention, really. The people are more interesting to me.

[justjustice]

[Well, that's not terribly helpful.]

You don't know anything about this place...? Fine. What kind of people are here, then?

[beautifulmemory]

Very interesting ones. Most are simply biding their time, it seems, until they can leave. Others are stirring in unrest, as they don't know how to handle the fact that their space to live and explore is limited. Others further are embracing the change, and enjoying the newfound power that this world itself gives its guests.

Even you have this power, now. Are you curious about it?

[justjustice]

...Power?

Well, yeah, I'm definitely curious about it, because I have no idea what you're talking about.

[beautifulmemory]

They call it "Persona". A mask, one of power that will protect you from this world. Others will surely explain it in more detail... I haven't explored it so intimately myself, yet. There is still a lot I'm interested in besides that.

[justjustice]

A mask that protects me from this world...? Not sure I get it, but okay. What else have you been looking into?