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.]

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Masamune wasn't sure what to make of what had just happened. One minute, he was heading back to his apartment after helping Yukimura with a quick study session, then the next, there was some guy with a mask yammering on about some thing or another. He really couldn't remember all of it, and the only word that really stood out was 'Persona'.

Which was probably the first warning sign that something was up.

Now, Masamune had pretty much grown up around strange circumstances, so a lot of things didn't really phase him all that much. If they did, he at least was fairly good about keeping it under wraps. But even then, there were some things that went beyond his scope normally, this being one of those situations. It wasn't hard to keep his expression neutral, but there were little things, small nuances of his body language that betrayed his suspicion and confusion.

He pulled something out of his pants pocket - the ID that he had on him when he first woke up in this place. "Hinoto-Ri, huh." He snorted, shaking his head as he pocketed it. "Can't say I'm too enthusiastic about this party, but hell, why not." One way or another, though, he was going to probably punch out the idiot that thought that dragging him here was a good idea. Sure, it was a hell of a sidetrip, but at the same time, he had other things to worry about.

Then again, he could see this as another obstacle on his path to soaring the heavens. And anything that obstructed his path was take care of in one way or another. He was able to show that he was ready to do what was necessary in order to protect the legacy his father left behind, after all, even if it meant driving away certain people.

A small "Tch!" escaped his lips at the thought. No point dwelling on that - only direction he could go now was forward.

So with that in mind, he was on his way out to explore. If he was going to be somewhere he didn't recognize, it would at least be smart enough to try and get a basic idea of the area. If things were as weird as he remembered them being back home sometimes, then preparation was necessary. Kojuro would be proud of him for thinking ahead for once instead of recklessly charging ahead - though in a sense this could be considered that as well.

It's not until he reaches the markets that things start getting really weird.

He's slightly tense now, especially once he sees the strange wares that this place had to offer.

"What the hell." The words were clipped, though to his credit, Masamune's English was near-perfect outside a slight accent.

Things were just getting better and better, weren't they.