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

[nyxterious]

Different timelines... this place is very strange.

Though, it's nice to meet you too, Minako-chan. [There's that feeling again. Augh.]

I hope that we can still be friends. [Or maybe even more than friends. Though, it's strange to hit on your best bros sister. Especially one that feels so strange to him, at the moment. So he'll keep that part out for now.]

Is it common for people to be from different timelines, here?

[greatseal]

...Of course we can be.

[No, she can't be sad - this isn't even her Ryoji. He doesn't know anything, so smile, Minako...]

So far there's a few different timelines among the people we know. Though, most of them remember Minato. [...] But you should probably talk with him to make sure your other memories are the same.

[nyxterious]

... I see.

[Two sets of their friends... but most only remember Minato. That's... sad. Of course, he's happy for Minato, but... she's left almost completely alone in that case, huh.]

I'll have to do that. I'm happy, but sorry to hear that at the same time. I can't even imagine what that's like.

[greatseal]

[She looks up at him and blinks.]

It's not a bad thing! I'm really happy right now. It's been a long time since I could see Minato. [understatement of the century but she really doesn't feel like she needs to spell out what happened to Ryoji of all people...] And friends are friends, no matter what time they came from.

[nyxterious]

... That's right.

[How could he forget. Both what happened, and the friends thing.]

No matter what, the bonds you share are strong. They're not something that could be broken from a situation like this. It's wonderful.

[greatseal]

Right! [...] So you should let everyone know you're here now, Ryoji-kun. They'll be happy.

[nyxterious]

Do you think so?

[HE IS KINDA... RIGHT AFTER THEIR FIGHT... so it seems kinda weird. But then what he just said comes to mind. Hmm.]

[greatseal]

Of course. There's no reason not to be.

[unless you invited your mom along on your field trip to hinoto-ri. then they might have an issue. but you didn't, right?]

[nyxterious]

[Right.]

... I hope so. Thank you, Minako-chan.

Who is here, anyway? I know I've run into you, and Minato-kun. And, ah... someone similar to Minato-kun.

[greatseal]

There's Mitsuru-senpai and Akihiko-senpai.... And Shinjiro-senpai. You didn't get to meet him, before. [she's not delving into the reason why, hopefully Ryoji has enough of Minato's memory to understand that...] And also Akihiko-senpai's sister, Miki.

[nyxterious]

[Oh he definitely does. Or at least, he knows something is there. Not connecting much, but.] I didn't. I'd like to now, at least.

Akihiko-senpai has a sister? I didn't know that.

[greatseal]

She's very nice! But, you could say she's in a similar situation to me. She's from a different timeline than either of us.

[nyxterious]

I see. How strange... is that something that happens here often?

[greatseal]

Often enough, I suppose... Since we're all here.

[nyxterious]

True... it's just, so strange. To see that people can come from different timelines, like that. I never thought I would see something like that.

[And that's saying a lot.]