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

[likescats]

He'll place the orange in her hand then.

[all_wound_up]

"Th-th-th-thank... you..."

Nano shakes and quivers in place, very nearly dropping the orange again.

[likescats]

ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

[all_wound_up]

Nano lets out a short scream before covering her mouth with her free hand and nodding emphatically.

[likescats]

YOU JUST SCREAMED.

[all_wound_up]

"Um...! Y-yes! I'm so sorry!"

Nano bows quickly, her gaze rooted to the ground and exposing the large wind-up key sticking out of her back. And if she was squeezing that orange any tighter, she'd have orange juice.

[likescats]

ARE YOU SURE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG? YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF YOUR BACK.

[all_wound_up]

Nano jerks around to look nervously at her wind-up key.

"Oh... th-that! N-no, it's fine, really!"

[ooc: And since I know Death can sense this kind of thing and probably should have already pointed it out, he'll be able to tell that Nano is a robot, or at least that she's not human. She obviously has enough of a 'heart' to be able to summon and control a Persona, but doesn't possess a soul in anything resembling the traditional sense.]

[likescats]

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE THEN?

[He does indeed notice. He's still not sure about the thing in her back though.]

[all_wound_up]

U-um... yes! Yes, it is!

[likescats]

I SEE.

[He's not really sure why, but he's sure it has something to do with her odd soul.]

YOU DO NOT NEED TO WORRY, I AM NOT TECHNICALLY ON DUTY HERE. ...WHEREVER HERE IS.

[all_wound_up]

[Hilariously, all that key does when wound is cause her toe to shoot off like a rocket. The Professor has a very strange sense of humor and an even stranger design aesthetic.]

So you're not here to... um...

['Kill me' of course are the words she's looking for here, but she's still a little too freaked out to voice them.]

[likescats]

[A bit of a sigh.]

NO. I'M RATHER LOST AT THE MOMENT, AND MY JURISDICTION ONLY COVERS THE DISCWORLD ANYWAY.

[all_wound_up]

Oh...

[Nano's expression brightens momentarily, but then she frowns again as she catches that small sigh.]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to assume things.

[likescats]

THAT'S ALRIGHT. IT'S A REACTION I'M RATHER USED TO AT THIS POINT.

[This is why he likes being invisible to most people.]

[all_wound_up]

I, um... would you like to be friends?

[Nano feels pretty guilty here, now that she's realized she had the exact reaction to Death that she was afraid of other people having toward her if they were to find out she's a robot.]

[likescats]

[That however is not the usual reaction aftermath. Death looks at her after a moments thought.]

FRIENDS?

...YES, I WOULD LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.

[c: friends.]

[all_wound_up]

[Her voice is still a little shaky, but at least now she's actively attempting to be friendly. She's just naturally sort of nervous.]

My name is Nano Shinonome.

[likescats]

[Have a polite nod of the head.]

IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU. I SOMETIMES GO BY BILL DOOR, IF YOU WOULD PREFER THAT.

[all_wound_up]

Can I call you Door-san, then?

[likescats]

IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

[all_wound_up]

It's nice to meet you, then, Door-san.

[likescats]

IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL.

[all_wound_up]

Well, I need to get these groceries home. But I'm sure I'll see you around town!