destinystrings | [Game Opening, Part 2 - A Thousand Words or More]

[Game Opening, Part 2 - A Thousand Words or More]

Who: (Everyone OPEN LOG)
Where: (City Hall)
Summary: (After arriving you got to mingle a bit but now it's time for explanations! Finally!)
Warnings: (Some guy LIKES TO TALK LIKE THIS!!)
Style: (The text is in prose, but feel free to write back in action tags if you feel more comfortable.)
Suitable Music: This.

When someone finally speaks up...he's rather hard to miss.

"WELCOME! To YOUR NEW LIIIIIFE!" If anything, this fellow demanded attention, what with the costume he was wearing. What a way to get introduced to this new world.

"My name...is DR. BYRON ORPHEUUUUS! But you can call me Orpheus...Dr. Orpheus if you're really insistent. REGARDLESS! It was BY THE FATES that you were all plucked from your lives and brought here to aid this city in its greatest time of need. Yes, all of you will become HEROES! With the power of your PERSONA you shall become the riotous fury of..."

"Is such enthusiasm really necessary, Orpheus?" The voice that interrupts Byron sounds slightly modulated, and comes from the large blue and grey metal man behind the others. His voice is loud enough that he doesn't require the microphone - one of the few perks that comes with being a giant robot in a world like this.

"I am Brainstorm, and I am responsible for a sizeable amount of the work that went into a lot of the tech you all have, or have experienced the beneficial effects of, unknowingly. Those of you with large objects from home have me to thank for that transport system. The Evokers used in the arena? Me again. As well as a fair amount of tweaking and perfecting your COMPs and watches you received. I do hope you manage some degree of appreciation, as crafting devices to fit such small beings was incredibly painstaking for someone like myself. Working on nanomachines at this size isn't easy. Now, I know you organics have short attention spans, but do try and keep up, because I hate to repeat myself..."

"I suppose it's an unfortunate eventuality that some number of you will somehow manage to break something. If that happens, you may contact me about repairs, but I am usually quite busy, and I'm not going to be happy about having to deal with the consequences of your carelessness. However, if it becomes necessary, my workshop is in the Cancer district."

"And with Brainstorm's explanation, I suppose it is my cue to go next. Permit me to introduce myself..."

"Now then, as it was explained, when the Seven of us arrived here, we found out we had been expected, just like you. Unlike you, however, while they knew we were coming...they had little to no where we'd come from. Let's just say it has been quite a learning experience for both sides and leave it at that." He gave them a small smile. Ahh the misunderstandings that had happened...even amongst themselves.

"We wandered around blindly during the first week. Not just to adjust from our worlds to this one, but, quite frankly, we had no idea what to do! Fortunately, a few weeks later, the Three Wise Men appeared and aided us to understand the nature of Persona. Each of them were knowledgeable in the subject. You'll be able to speak with one of them once he's done...with personal things involving family...but that isn't our concern, isn't it? Let's go on with what we've learned so far."

He moved his hand on his watch and a series of images flashed in front.

"Persona can be called forth in various ways. So far our knowledge extends into three methods; the first is a blast of energy from your soul that gives form to your inner Persona. That one will com naturally to you. The second, is made using this..."

His took something from the nearby podium and held it into the air.

"You might think this is a normal handgun, but it is actually an Evoker. It can also be used to bring out your Persona. By giving you a feeling of stress and danger, which can also bring out your Persona naturally, it jump starts your summoning. However, we tend to encourage using the normal summoning method. The device was perfected by Brainstorm, Hazama, the Wisemen and myself. We created it to aid the police force summon their Persona faster during riots but recently...it's even become popular during Persona Duels."

"...But I'm sure you'll find out about those in the city soon enough, what with their ridiculous popularity. We shalln't dwell on those." He put the gun down. "The final method uses arcana cards. You can summon more than your inner Persona, although I am sure this is completely new information to you. Do not worry, you'll learn it soon enough like we have. To do so...you'll need to gain more. I believe next week is when the Velvet room will appear again according to our calculations, Miss Mcgonagall?"

"That is correct."

"Well then!" The man continued on. "We can explain that in due time. Now let's go into something really interesting. Did you notice how you have items from your homeworld with you? Consider yourselves lucky, we didn't have that luxury. It was only through our preparations that we were able to do this. You see, when a soul enters this world, they are still tied to their old world by a special strand. Normal users can't see it, but ahh!...Those like myself who Intel more than fight, well, our Persona allow us to see them. By combining our technology and magic, we devised a system which grabs those things which are near and dear to your heart. Just how we did this would require a few days of explanation, ergo I will spare you the details for now. Those that wish to know more can come to my office later. In any case...you're welcome."

The man shuffled his hands, and grinned. Obviously he had been waiting to explain to them the next part. It was brief and short.

"As for the strands, considering they are your passport to your old homeworld, so to speak, your anchor to your life...we've named them..."

"Destiny Strings."

"Don't worry, you will not be able to see them right away. It took me a week before I could grasp the strings to become visible. Of course there were only ten of us, so therein the challenge....

Not that there's that much to see here currently..." he sighed, exasperated in a way that only a man of his caliber could do (and yet it was so delightfully British) "Is this really what we'll have to be working with? We already have Orpheus who--"

"I BEG YOU PARDON?!"

"Oh you know exactly what I mean. Talking about in that exaggerated manner of yours--"

"Really, if you two are going to continue blathering and arguing like true imbeciles," McGonagall spoke in the middle, coldly, "let someone else speak up. At this rate, we'll be here all night and it is a full moon..."

The two men glared at each other for a second before Q finished, adjusting his tie.

" Yes, well....I do not think of myself as a fool, thank you very much, but there is truth in your words. Ciel, if you please?"

"Okay! I guess it's my turn then!"

The petite girl gave the assembly a small bow. Despite the amount of people before her, she didn't seem the least bit phased. A natural leader, if there was one.

"There is much to discuss." Her fingers moved over her watch and a 3D map of the city appeared before them, glowing green shapes with markings over each district. You might notice a few areas are still in the dark. "This is what we have of the city...so far. Unfortunately, many places still allude us. Hinoto-Ri is vast, and there are a number of areas in each distinct that are currently too dangerous to enter. Those restricted areas are protected by the police force to keep the population out. We hope to finish mapping them out as soon as we can...carefully."

"Regardless, let us look at what we have about each district, one by one."

"Now, are there any questions?"

[OOC - You can start your own threads, speak amongst yourself with the new information or just ask questions to the assembled cast]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I feel like that would be something that's self-deflating. The trick'll be to specialize in one so you can monopolize the market and set the going rate.

[This is why nobody appreciates Atsuro.]

[Eh, Aoba finds his commitment to be pretty cool.]

This is pretty technical...

But aren't body parts pretty difficult to preserve? You'll have to get and exchange them pretty fast to keep up with the market, I think.

So... I. Monopolize the formalehyde market, too! It'll all work out. Stick with me as a minion, and I guarantee you won't regret it.

[... He salutes.]

I'll follow you forever, Kihara-sama! Your leadership is as inspiring as always!

Your loyalty and friendship will be well remembered after I've conquered the physical world! The rest shall fall before us and our Spleensona!

[Atsuro pumps a fist.]

...And then they kick us back home for being huge losers.

I don't think there's anything wrong with us being a little imaginative, right? I mean, it's normal to do this when they called us 'heroes'!

Ehehe...

[Atsuro straightens up and smiles, his demeanor suddenly a little more serious.]

Yeah, definitely. ...I mean, it is exciting, but we should probably try and remember that there are real people counting on us, too.

[The last person who had treated a serious situation as just her own personal fantasy... He shakes his head slightly.]

Not that that means we can't try to have some fun!

Mm... [His expression clouds as, for what may be the first time ever, the smile vanishes from his face.

Of course, this is all an act. Just before arriving here, he'd pledged his allegiance to the exact sort of person who saw terrible situations as something exciting.]

You're right; while we don't really know them, all the people here are putting their faith in us. It'd be irresponsible to let them down.

[Aaaand, like a tide breaking through a dam, he suddenly starts smiling again.]

So, we should find a compromise between fun and business?

...It probably can't hurt to try and have fun all the time. You want to enjoy your job, right? We should... just not get too carried away.

[He wonders if Midori wasn't meant to have ended up here instead of him. This was much more up her alley than the End of Days.]

But hey, if you still want to let me hold onto your spleen, I won't mind.

[Business and pleasure in accord, huh.]

I think it's safest where it is right now, thank you. Try getting some more rat tails instead!

Monster hunting it is. Alright, minion - let's get ready to move out!

...

Hey, weren't we trying to figure out how to get the Persona to come out?

. . .

How did we get onto this topic, again?

...I think we were having fun and also definitely not getting carried away.

Definitely not. We were just... having fun! Because fun things are fun, right Kihara-kun?

I agree one hundred percent with that statement because it's absolutely true.

[Atsuro nods sagely to himself.]

But... Right, I think the guy -- Narukami -- is over there if you want to ask him more about the Velvet Room. I'm gonna try and see if I can figure out how this new tech works.

Have you taken a look at yours yet?

[He gives a curt nod; he'll get around to fanboying over Narukami-san the Great Adventurer later.]

Ah, I'm not good with this kind of stuff, so I thought I'd focus on the matter at hand for now and figure it out later! Wish me luck?

Sure, of course! My loyal minions can do anything they put their minds to!

...
...

Sorry, what was the matter at hand again?

I'm still trying to work that out, Sir! I'm sure we'll be able to get to it the moment we figure it out!

Right!

Then the matter at hand is deducing the matter at hand. Report back when you've got your mission done, private! ...I mean, minion.

I'm on it, Sir! [... 'Private' actually sounds a little cool.]

Requesting permission for a promotion upon completing my mission, Sir!

Sure thing. You can be my, uh... favorite minion! How's that sound?

... Kihara-kun doesn't really have a lot of minions...

I guess it's fine though!

Yeah, sorry, you're also gonna have to be my least favorite, but I can promise I won't call you that, at least.

And I can make up for it by being your most competent minion, right?

And coolest and nicest and all of that good stuff. Lots of perks, right?

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