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

[genkigal]

Hong Kong was a little vague on the details as to what was happening, but he'd been through this enough to not be phased anymore. Not that he ever was really to begin with... He was very goal-oriented, what could be said.

So after texting Japan requesting a meet-up location, he took to wandering around. He had some questions! Obviously asking perfect strangers was the way to go, right? "Hey, this might be crazy, but like. Dick or breast measurement if you've got it. Can you share?"

...Not the most family friendly questions though, oops.

[gigglesnortpriestess]

"E-excuse me?!"

Who are you and why are you asking such a private question?!

[genkigal]

Ah... Was he not clear enough? He'd better explain. "I mean like. How much sex do you have around here? Can you tell me?"

Excuse him as he just stares at Yukiko as if this is a totally normal topic of conversation.

1/2

[gigglesnortpriestess]

2/2

[gigglesnortpriestess]

Nope, not going to answer. Instead of letting her persona out, Yukiko does a very unlikely innkeeper thing: punch this weirdo in the face while going completely red in the cheeks.

1/2

[genkigal]

He falls right over. OOF! Which isn't very manly. ...He wasn't expecting that OK! Yukiko: 1. Hong Kong's dignity: 0

2/2!

[genkigal]

Sitting up he puts a hand to his face where she hit him. She's not exactly a gentle lily is she... Owch. "I like! Didn't mean that like I was interested you know!!"

Rude!!!

[fourseasons]

'Hong Kong...'

Well, that had been a dumb text message. Probably. He hadn't meant to send it like that. It was just that he'd spent the past while freaking out and pulling himself together again in trying to find a plan, and then just. A text message.

'Are you near the Libra district? I would not mind walking elsewhere. I'm relieved you're here.'

[genkigal]

I can walk to Libra
do you just wanna meet up at my apartment ?

[fourseasons]

He has one here too, then... Right. Where is he now? ...There are plenty of things he could ask. Ah. He feels embarrassed that Hong Kong's seeming so together right now.

That would be fine.

[genkigal]

it's [apartment//#] I like might be a while
if you can't get in just wait around there for me

OK ?

This is completely different than last time. ...But he doesn't want to be as naive as last time. ... ... ...He's tired of being helpless.

[fourseasons]

...

OK

Completely unnatural text but he's not sure what to say. He just feels guilty, but it's possible he's over thinking. He wants to ask if he's all right but he doesn't want to insult him. Maybe he needs space. Or... something. Hm.

So he'll just head to Hong Kong's door and when he's not there rest his back against the wall nearby and sit down.

[deathboss]

"What the hell?!" Eikichi quickly recovers, although the shocked look didn't quite leave his face just yet. "You can't just ask a bro's dick size right out of the air!"

[OOC : Oh and I believe there was an Eikichi in Zodion so feel free to have Hong Kong recognize him if you like/he met him/because it's terrible and I enjoy terrible things.]

[genkigal]

((LOL als;dfjk UNFORTUNATELY HE DID NOT but that's OK they can make beautiful memories right here right now 8,) ))

"...Why not? I'm like. Trying to gauge the atmosphere you know!" It's totally validated. "So like you're super embarrassed about this?"

[deathboss]

[Yes considering first impressions are going so well.]

That just touches all of Eikichi's buttons and it takes half of him not to grab the guy by the collar and dare him to repeat again if he's embarrassed about this or not. At least the confusion melts away, leaving annoyance in its wake.

He takes another step forward, cracking his knuckles idly before he speaks again.

"I just hope you're new to the city and if so...what kind of world do you come from that asking strangers on the street about their dicks is perfectly normal?"

[genkigal]

"Sex Island." He says that so sarcastically it probably sounds fake. ...What a sad truth. "Should I have like asked you to drop 'em instead?"

...He's so not good with people. He's asking for a beating, isn't he.

[deathboss]

Oh no you did not.

You did.

Not.

Talk.

About.

Any notion regarding pulling his pants down. It just so happened Eikichi had a little past regarding that including a certain friend nicknaming him the Undie Boss. It drove him insanely mad. Yeap, Honk Kong was asking for a beating at this point and suddenly Eikichi does grab him from the collar/piece of clothing/whatever he had with a single hand.

"Let's make one thing real clear real fast," he growls, his voice low. "I don't know where you came from, but here? I won't tolerate a guy like you asking those questions." He let him go and continues to glare. "You got that?"

#nsfw

[naughtynightclan]

The demon turned around, jiggling faintly from uh...everywhere?

"Uh...?"

However, her 'boyfriend' for the evening seemed a little more off-put.

"You mind not comin' on with my date?! Get lost!"

LMFAO asdl;fjk beautiful....

[genkigal]

E-excuse him as he stares... Uh. Well now he feels self-conscious. He sincerely hopes those are just really. Really. Really weird costumes.

"A-ah... Yeah. Sorry. I like just wanted to get some information. ...Is that alright?" So maybe it was the weirdest way in the history of ever to ask, but. He's a weird guy. ...Except maybe not as weird as these two, uh...

1/2 I was peer pressured into threadjacking, tell me if this isn't okay~?

[disconinjafrog]

Yosuke was just passing on his way home from work when he noticed this weird guy randomly asking people things on the street. Huh. What in the world was he doing? He didn't look like he belonged here, maybe he was new??

And as he's approaching to help him out with whatever he's asking, he catches whiff of this whole debacle between him and two sex demons and...

2/2

[disconinjafrog]

BAHAHAHA WHAT WHY WOULD HE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT--

Yosuke is legitimately falling off of his bike and onto the ground he's laughing so hard. "Oh god, it hurts!! Hahahah, what the hell dude, hahahaha!!"

It felt so satisfying being on the other end of the joke for once.

np! it's good for Yosuke's self-esteem /shot

[genkigal]

...Is this normal around here? "W-what...!" Is he wearing his clothes backwards today or something???

[demifemme]

Shura is even more direct than that. She slaps Hong Kong right in the face at the question, hard enough to leave a mark.

"Just because they're out in the open doesn't make them free for all, buddy."

[genkigal]

Owch. Maybe he should stop asking people this question; it only leads to pain. More importantly he's sure if he replied to that in any seriousness it'd only lead to more pain. ...They are pretty nice boobs. But he'll just settle for putting a hand to the part of his face she slapped.

"...Understood. You've like. Got a really strong arm. You're not a dragon in disguise are you?" Because seriously. OWCH.

[demifemme]

"Maybe I am," Shura replies. "Maybe if you ask about my boobs again I'll eat you."