destinystrings | The Search for the Newcomers, November 2012 Edition.

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The Search for the Newcomers, November 2012 Edition.

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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"That was a really good run, even so."

Congratulations, you have another arcade-goer as an audience! One blue-haired teenager stands a short ways off, hands in his pockets, watching the dancing game. It's not what Minato is here to play, necessarily, but seeing someone doing so well at it is always worth taking a few moments to stop and watch.

"But this was my one chance... Losing it at the very end is also way too anticlimactic, don't you think?"

Ahh, what a pain! Still looking somewhat sulky, he steps off of the platform and gestures towards the game. "You can have a go if you want. I was playing on someone else's dime."

"Hm, a little..."

He pauses for a moment, debating something. But hey, this game isn't that expensive, so after a moment he says, "Ah wait - I'll pay for two player, if you'd like. It's kind of fun to compete, isn't it?"

Not that he honestly expects to be much competition. His strong points do not really include dancing games.

Minato, you are a true bro. The instant he says that Hizumi's expression lights up all over again.

"Seriously?! Sure, let's go!" He's almost like a little kid, jumping up onto the platform with surprising speed and looking from Minato to the coin slot expectantly.

That's his job. Brotagonist.

But he's glad to see Hizumi looking happy about it, and he hurries to put the required change in, stepping back once it's all set up to let Hizumi pick the song.

"Pick what you'd like."

"Alright! Do you mind if it's a harder song at the end?"

Perhaps mercifully, he selects some lower-tier songs to fill the first two rounds. On the other hand, the final song is also the highest star rank on the entire game.

You... may want to switch your difficulty level, Minato.

"No. Go ahead."

Minato is grateful for the mercy, because he doesn't play games like this that often, and it's nice to get into the swing of it. He neglects to change his difficulty level on the last song, but he's only been playing on the medium difficulty thus far anyway. He doesn't fail the song. But he comes pretty close - and his performance is no where near as impressive as his um... partner's.

Hizumi aces the first two songs without any trouble, but the last one has him frowning with concentration. Despite his best efforts, he still misses some steps here and there, and he only just manages to maintain an A grade up until the end of it.

"Yeesh, that was a tough one..." He's definitely a little out of breath this time, but his grin is back once it's all over and done with. "You kept up pretty well!"

Minato shakes his head, though he smiles a little. "Nowhere near as good as you are." He pauses, and it occurs to him that this is a good juncture for introductions. "My name is Minato Arisato, by the way."

"Hizumi Mizushiro. Nice to meet you!" He can't deny the fact that it's somewhat refreshing to be able to introduce himself to somebody who doesn't have an inkling of his background, or probably ever will.

Which reminds him... "So, is it normal for people to randomly wind up here, or what?"

Minato continues to smile and nods politely. "It's nice to meet you, as well."

Though the question then prompts him to tilt his head, thinking for a moment. "Hm. I suppose by now it is, as people have been arriving steadily for the past couple months."

"Just for a few months? So this is a relatively new thing?" And yet, still common enough to be considered an established event apparently. His mind works quickly as he attempts to connect the dots, even as he chatters lightheartedly. "It sounds like something out of a TV show... Or maybe a dream. Or maybe I just need to stop watching TV before I go to bed."

Although, speaking of dreams... His brow furrows at a thought. "Waaaait a sec. Does this have anything to do with that weird dream I had with that Philemon guy?"

Minato nods to the first couple questions and then listens to the rest of the chatter until Philemon comes up, and then he nods again. "Philemon is the one who brought us here, it seems."

"Seriously?" Not every day you hear you were brought into another world by a psychologist's apparent spirit guide. Although that does beg some clarification: "So... is this the Jungian one, or just some other guy who happens to have the same name? I mean, it's still weird either way, but..."

Minato blinks and tilts his head, kind of confused. He's heard of Jung, of course. There were books on psychology in the command room at the dorm. But he'd been a little busy this past year and not spent all that much time reading up on it. So he shrugs slightly.

"I don't know... Sorry."

Of course not. Most high school kids probably didn't study that kind of thing, huh? He gives a nonchalant wave. "Well, guess it doesn't matter much anyway. No matter who it is, in the end we're all here for whatever reason."

...A pause, and then:

"Why are we here, anyway?"

He continues to look mildly puzzled and curious for a moment, wondering what else Hizumi might know about Jung. But then the pause is over, and he asks his question. Minato shrugs a bit again.

"Supposedly we're here to help this world out."

There's another moment of silence before Hizumi gives a small, disbelieving chuckle.

"Help it out? With what? We're only teenagers - do they really expect us to be able to do much?" Regardless of Hizumi's talents, whoever decided he would be a good choice for such a task was horribly mistaken.

Minato smiles faintly at the 'we're only teenagers' comment. In his experience, teenagers can accomplish an awful lot, but he refrains from commenting on that aspect, not knowing what Hizumi has or has not been through and not really wanting to open things up to questions about his own past.

"I suppose they do. Personas give you quite a bit of power for fighting, after all."

Quite a bit, as it were, but yeah let's not get into that.

"...Persona? Am I missing something here? I don't see how a persona can help you in a battle. Unless... it's another personality you take on while you fight?"

He blinks before he realizes that there is a slight confusion in terms. "Ah, no. It's not that kind of a persona. Here, as in my own world, it is possible for certain people to summon a part of their minds and souls to manifest and protect them."

...You can do what.

"...Wanna explain that one to me?"

"Ah... that's what personas here are - a part of your inner self that manifests to protect you. I guess it's kind of like magic..."

"Well, it definitely sounds magical to me."

Even if it did take its name from psychology. But still, he's no stranger to various powers mixing with and even outright disregarding the scientific laws, creating what should normally be impossible.

It's kind of a pain, really.

"So this... Persona thing. It protects you by fighting? Fighting what?"

"Um... anything, really. Demons, shadows... It can fight with you, but it also just... protects you."

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I'm still on hiatus, but I'm trying to get back to old tags, so I apologize for the delay.

It's totally fine!

And then I was on hiatus...

Good thing I backtag forever ♥

Good thing indeed. c:

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