The Search for the Newcomers, November 2012 Edition.

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Who: Open to Everyone, but only Newly Accepted Characters can start threads.
Where: All around the city, anywhere from the 5th to the 20th.
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.

[FOR THOSE IN THE CITY:]
They were getting much better at this, it was for certain.

The COMPS had been upgraded with a new program, HORUS which allowed them to spot abnormalities; if something or someone showed up suddenly in a city that was constantly scanned, then there was a high probability it was a newcomer. There was also a sort of left energy from the travel; the Wise Men called it leftover Magatama Residue, where the magical energy used to pull them to this world and keep the String intact was still faintly present around them. It wouldn't last more than a few minutes, however, and due to 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 radar function, they were nice enough to calculate for you the best transport and destination routes to take to get there.

Now it was just left up to chance and make sure you got there fast enough that you were still able to find them relatively easily. For the most part, the fact they stuck out would most certainly help...

[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...

[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.]

Comments

[risingshepard]

Nice going, bowlcut. Well, at least it wasn't a trash can you stumbled into.

"You sure? That looks like a pretty nasty bruise."

[linefacingforever]

"I've had worse," Yu admitted, trying not to sound as embarrassed as he felt.

...still, he couldn't help but get a better look at her now that she was talking to him. Man, could she be any more awesome looking?

[risingshepard]

Maybe if her armor was gold, she would.

...On second thought, maybe not. She goes over to offer a hand nonetheless. "If you say so. Still oughta get that checked, though, to be safe."

[linefacingforever]

Yu managed a bit of a smile. "Unless you have a brain scanner, I'll be fine," he assured her... though he appreciated it when she stepped over. It gave him a chance to look over DAT ARMOR so much better. Wow... just wow. So much wow.

[risingshepard]

Funny, the Persona she'll be awakening to will be something of a brain scanner in itself. ...Though she has the strange inkling that smile has other reasons behind it, considering where his eyes are.

"Wouldn't say I do, sadly." Not that she sounded any disappointed, seeing how quick he is to bounce back. "I have a question, though."

[linefacingforever]

"Hm...?"

Yu blinked in surprise, curious.

"What is it?"

[risingshepard]

"What's all the staring for? You look like you're enjoying yourself, but with what?"

...Caught in the act, Yu.

[linefacingforever]

GACK! Busted!

"It... it's nothing."

[risingshepard]

So, so busted.

"You sure it's nothing? Because you seemed pretty jumpy just now."

[linefacingforever]

Yu held up a hand, his face... almost coloring. Sorry, Shepard, but you're not getting a blush out of him that easily.

"I swear, it's nothing."

[risingshepard]

Well, if the kid was sure, then she'll just leave it at that for now. Maybe she'll get a proper answer later on. "If you say so."

She focuses her attention on her surroundings for a sec before looking at him again. "...Think you could answer a few questions for me?"

[linefacingforever]

Yu let out a faint breath; relieved. Bullet dodged.

"Sure, go ahead."

[risingshepard]

At least until she suddenly shows up while you're on your date a few days later--I mean...

"I need a second opinion on this 'Persona' power." It's nagging at the back of her head. She hates those little details that she can't comprehend without more info.

[linefacingforever]

Yu smiled at that. "You're asking the right person. I come from a world that had Personas in it. What do you need to know?"

[risingshepard]

"For lack of a better word...everything you do understand about it."

[linefacingforever]

Yu smirked, taking a moment to think before answering.

"...Personas are our inner selves, the mask of our true self," he explained. "They respond best when you're in danger, at least for when you first awaken them, and come in two general types: support and combat. They can be most anything, though our soul Personas are the most related to ourselves."