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

You do succeed. <3

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Yu cracked a smile at that, glancing back at him. He wasn't very sure about this kid... but he didn't seem bad at all.

"What brings you to our apartment, Pharos?" he asked.

Thank you~ :D

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"I'm searching for someone precious to me," he said and exhaled slowly, a small gust of air tumbling out from between his lips, rocking back on his heels for a second.

Pharos added solemnly, "But they aren't here." A shame, that. But he would keep looking and he would so all night if he had to.

<3

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"What's their name?" he asked, turning the heat down on the sauce, before checking the pot with the spaghetti in it. Hm... almost done; he glanced over at Pharos again, curious.

"...do you want to eat while you're here?"

:>

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"Minato Arisato. Or Minako Arisato," Pharos replied, gesturing with one pointing finger, bright eyes scanning over the room and the kitchen's contents idly. He blinks at the mention of staying to eat. Eating was a human function and not something he needed to survive. Pharos wasn't even sure he could eat.

Or that he wanted to.

But... The abrupt removal from his world had weakened him and his teleportation abilities were behaving strangely. His host had always seemed stronger and more alert after consuming dishes of food.

"Stay to eat?" he questioned, half-echoing, brow knitted together.

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"Ah... yeah, they're here. Minako is actually in this building," Yu replied, poking at the noodles with a wooden spoon, before giving it a stir. Can't have those things clumping together now. "I'm not sure which room. Minato is in the other building in the Pisces district."

He took the noodle off the heat, going over to drain them out.

"Yeah," he answered him over his shoulder. "We should have enough for an extra person."

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At this new information provided by the steel-eyed teenager, Pharos perks up noticeably. Maybe his teleportation skills were not misfiring as much as he had believed if he had appeared so close to his original destination. Well, he wasn't operating blind at least. He considers simply walking out the door, and searching the rest of the building right this instant, but Yu's next words make him pause.

It would be polite to accept the offer of dinner, Pharo knew. If they had extra food and were willing to break beard with him, why not? Maybe he was too low on energy to transport himself properly. It would make find his dearest(s) easier since he had no idea where the Pisces district was. That was the thought that clinched it.

"... Sure," he finally nodded. Perhaps however he had came to exist separately from his jar would prove beneficial after all. "I'll stay for 'dinner.'"

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Yu offered him a faint smile as steam wafted up from the sink. Maybe if he knew this kid's thought process he would have some issues, but... well, he would have to see the truth for himself, that was all there was to it.

"My little sister should be in the living room. You should introduce yourself."

That, and Nanako proved she was capable of handling herself when things got really bad. Messing with his cousin was grounds to get blasted with light spells, before Izanagi came out to just blast.

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Sorry, his entire thesis for existence revolves around two protags, Death, and the Fall. Beyond that, Pharos needs to work on expanding his horizons. ... Character development and all that.

"Introduce myself to your younger sibling? Alright," he answered and wandered off into the room with Nanako seated on a cushion in front of the television while Yu cooked dinner in the kitchen. (He's not gonna try anything, Yu, why would he do that? You have Izanagi on your side, you could kick his ass.)