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

[spaztastic]

[Okay, that does sound pretty cool but it begs a few questions.]

... Why? Is this another Game?

[She'll get to the hour after midnight later.]

[poweryetunknown]

As fa as I can tell, no.

[He crosses his arms and is quiet for a moment.]

Supposedly we're here to help fix the world, blah blah... I'm not sure how much of that crap I believe, but there are weird things that show up here sometimes.

[spaztastic]

[Whoa, fix the world? That's new... It's probably better than fighting for your life for 7 days. >w>]

Weird things? Like, during that hour after midnight?

[poweryetunknown]

Yeah - well, kind of. More than even then. Let's just say last month was... special... towards the end. Scorpions everywhere.

[We're not talking about the multiboobed scorpion he had to fight okay.]

[spaztastic]

Yikes. And I thought fighting Noise was pretty bad. These things were worse?

[poweryetunknown]

They can be.

[He sighs. Ugh... well. At least it might be a little more tolerable with her here. Maybe.]

Look, you should have an ID card on you. It should have where you're living printed on it. They give you a free apartment, so I might as well give you a hand getting there.

[spaztastic]

Oh! Okay, hold on...

[Digging into her pockets--]

Found it! Um, "Libra 8-08"?

[poweryetunknown]

We're in the same building then. I'm in Libra 9-02. There's a train system we can use to get over to that district... there's a map on your weird watch thing too.

1/2

[spaztastic]

A watch?

[Shiki looks down on her wrist and sure enough, there was watch there. And she finally realizes something.

Mr. Mew wasn't anywhere in her arms.]

[spaztastic]

AHHHHH! Where the heck's Mr. Mew???

[This is *very* important, okok?]

[poweryetunknown]

[... Oh right. He should have noticed he was gone.]

He might be in your apartment. All my stuff was there when I got here, too. The pig should be there with everything else.

1/2

[spaztastic]

[Sighs in relief.]

Oh, thank goodness--

[Waaaait a tick.]

[spaztastic]

[HEEEEEEEY!]

Mr. Mew is a cat! [Shiki takes a hold of Neku's wrist with both of her hands, shaking it furiously] A C-A-T! A. Cat! A cat! MEOW!

Seriously, Neku?? You're still calling him a pig?!

I lied. 3/3

[spaztastic]

[Just this face, Neku.]

[poweryetunknown]

[Yeah, okay, he can't keep a straight face at that. He starts laughing.]

You do know your reaction to that is hilarious, right?

[He's just messing with you, Shiki. Geez.]

[spaztastic]

[jadhakjdgdgjk DAMMIT PARTNER! Her face is probably just as red as her hair now. >w>]

NE-NEKUUUUUUUUU!

[Still shaking his wrist like a madwoman.]

Ugh! Let's just go to the train station, okay??

[She stops shaking him, absently taking his wrist into one hand and dragging him to where she thinks the train station is.

Which is probably in the opposite direction.]

[poweryetunknown]

[Neku digs his feet in a little and tugs the other way.]

Wrong way, stalker.

[At least he's not saying it like an insult anymore? It's a term of affection, shh.]

1//2

[spaztastic]

... Then we're going the other way!

[HMPH! Turning on her heel and walking in the other direction now.]

[spaztastic]

[She calms down after a while, heaving a sigh. Her hand moves so that she can cup Neku's palm in to hers, giving it a gentle squeeze. It was as if she was making sure he was actually something she could touch, making sure that was really there walking beside her.]

I'm... I'm glad you're okay, Neku.

[poweryetunknown]

[It's. Really awkward holding hands with someone, especially a girl, but he holds back the snark for a moment and squeezes her hand back.]

... Yeah. I'm glad you're okay, too. Things are calmer here than in the Game though. It'll be okay.

[spaztastic]

... It will? [Shiki looks up at Neku for a moment before lowering her head again, heaving another sigh.] But Neku...

[poweryetunknown]

[He pulls his hand away and looks at her curiously.]

But what?

[spaztastic]

But... we're fighting all over again. To save a city?

I thought... that's all over now.

[poweryetunknown]

... Look, I know it's shitty. But we did it before. Who says we can't do it again?

[spaztastic]

Yeah... Yeah, you're right. And we were probably chosen for a reason too.