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

[poweryetunknown]

[Hey he's not that short. You're just a giant monkey.]

Yeah well you can't use your Reaper powers here, so it might be harder for you to fight them off. And they have powers that they're better than you at using.

[There's a brief blue glow, and then a lion-like Persona stands behind Neku.]

And so do I.

[... It's his way of being helpful, shh. He really doesn't like Sho, but he doesn't think that the asshole should be completely clueless.]

[Even if it would be really funny to watch him run from monsters.]

[tangentlion]

[Don't be jealous of his mad height. Also yes, you're short.]

I'm zetta good at hiding, zero.

[dasdklashdjasd. Neku, this is an expression you have never seen on Sho's face. And might not ever see again. It is one of unadulterated surprise... then... is that joy? Or something like it] Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally!!

[RUNNING OVER TO YOUR FIRE LION SNAKE MAN THING and making some sort of small noise of glee] You... are beautiful. You don't belong to this world. You... are living art. Such symmetry! Such ANGLES! Ohhhh... [he turns back to Neku and brandishes his crowbar at him]

You! You are now a partial fraction above zero. Tell me about your beautiful leonine familiar! Where'd you get him? Why does something so beautiful serve you? ... I want one. You have t=2 minutes to explain, yoctogram.

[poweryetunknown]

[What. The fuck. Sho what the hell. He did not expect him to have that kind of reaction. Then again Sho was never predictable. Ugh...]

Everyone that's brought here has this thing called a Persona. Supposedly it's got something to do with your true self or whatever. Narasimha's mine, I guess. First time you summon it... it's kind of a pain in the ass to summon at first and it's easier during the weird hour past midnight here.

It's got abilities kind of like pins. Like this.

[Have a Zionga, Sho. :| Lightning to the face.]

[tangentlion]

This beautiful creature is YOUR true self? Hah!! Yeah. Not in this dimension, yoctogram. Wait, wh-- WAGH!!

[good thing Reaper durability carries over to the RG. But that doesn't keep Sho from getting his hat knocked off and his hair going all frizzy from the electricity. He lets out a string of numbers under his breath as he collects himself (and his hat) and places it securely back on his head] Alright, alright, I get your point. [he is not keen on being attacked again, so he puts the crowbar through his belt-loop and under his coat as a sign of surrender. Sort of] Tell me how you summoned it the first time. Or I'll just ask someone else! There's infinite ways for me to derive the solution!

[poweryetunknown]

[That's better than he'd hoped for, and he lets Narasimha fade. Weird. He's a lot less threatening without Reaper powers, or his Noise form. Neku tucks his hands into his pockets.]

No idea why I'm helping you, but like I said - it's easier to summon in the hour after midnight. That's when there's a lot of monsters around. It's sorta weird to describe how to trigger it - but I guess it's sort of like using pins. Kind of a force of will thing.

[(... He was a Player too once. That's... weird to think about.)]

[tangentlion]

[WAY less threatening. He's still sharp as a tack, and more durable and strong than any normal human. But without his powers and Taboo Noise at his beck and call... well... The lion is little more than a housecat today. Housecat still has claws, but... ]

Heh. I guess we'll never know. [Sho still doesn't know Neku comes from AFTER he does... or else Sho would know that he's pretty much the perfect Player. A self-absorbed little git transformed into a genuinely decent guy with incredible refined Imagination? He would be a gift to Shibuya.

He frowns, tapping his boot on the concrete with a distinct rhythm. He flips out his phone to check the time] ... So there's +1 hour in the day here. Is that what you're saying? And during that extra 60 minutes, there are monsters. Heh.... Heheheh!! Hahaaaahahah! Well!! If it has to do with Imagination, I've got that in zetta spades!! I'll summon my familiar in 0 time!

[poweryetunknown]

Pretty much.

[... Okay, he can't resist a jab at Sho. The guy did cause significant hell for him.]

Just don't get squashed by a vending machine this time.

[tangentlion]

[he tilts his head] What? What about vending machines?

[poweryetunknown]

[(... Oh. Crap. He really is from before that. I thought maybe something happened to you if you die in a Taboo Noise form or something. The hell if I know anything about that stuff.)]

... Consider it a word of warning.

[He smirks slightly and turns to leave.]

[tangentlion]

[Sho scratches his head under his hat and watches Neku walk off. Well, that was weird. Whatever. Back to what he was doing]