The Search for the Newcomers, December 2012 Edition.

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Who: Open to Everyone, but only Newly Accepted Characters can start threads.
Where: All around the city! They appear where you want them to appear.
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.

Last month's initial testing of the HORUS system had worked really well. The device which allowed everyone to spot abnormalities; and now even more refined, they could hone in on newcomers at a much faster pace. The leftover energy from the travel (commonly called Magatama Residue) gave them a few minutes to find them before it would flicker out.

Combined with 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 own radar function, it was also nice enough to calculate for you the best transport and destination routes to take to get there. Speed was of the essence, after all.

[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

[rewindtime]

[...Well then. A girl that appeared to be around her age was sitting in the middle of the street.
There were many odd things in her own world, not to mention this one, but the girl in the green hood refusing to budge from the concrete still earned a slow raise of a brow from Homura. Perhaps she needed some assistance? Or maybe she was new...]

Hello?

[Homura calls out softly, trying not to startle the girl-- she herself was rather strung up when she first arrived, after all. Also, Daisy might notice that even though Homura was dressed for the warm weather, she had a heavy jacket over her arm and a warm looking pair of tights under her skirt. She really didn't want to get caught unawares in this weather again.]

[threadspinner]

Oh, hello.

[ She looks up and offers a smile. The face on this girl looked moderately familiar, but it definitely wasn't someone she had any contact with regularly. So she stands, putting on a pleasant expression. ]

You aren't new here as well, are you? I'm afraid that if you need directions, I couldn't possibly tell you. I'm quite lost myself.

[rewindtime]

Ah, no, I've been here for around a month now. Certainly not as long as some people, but long enough to know the basic gist of what goes on around here. I was curious as to whether or not you had just arrived, which I suppose you have with that response.

[She offers out a hand as if to help Daisy off of the ground.]

My name is Homura Akemi, and you are?

[threadspinner]

Daisy. I'm afraid I don't have a last name, but it's a pleasure to meet you. [ That's a lie, but she's not sure if going by Rose Lalonde will help or hurt in this moment. So she settles for sticking with her Aather name. That's safer. ]

Well, you'll know more than me. I seem to have been placed here without a second thought.