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

[sky_child]

Yeah, Link was confused to see Kanaya among the newbies listed on his COMP. He hadn't seen her for a while, it was true, but he hadn't thought about it much. He'd been busy. He worked three jobs. He didn't see much of anyone these days outside of Link. That still didn't answer the question of why Kanaya was showing up as "new", and there was really only one way to find out: meet her in person.

But Link being Link, it takes him a moment of observation (and courage building) to walk up to her and say, "Hi."

[tastestherainbow]

[ What. Oh. What.

...Ok. It's a human. She thinks. This is awkward. He doesn't seem dangerous, but still awkward. ]

...Hello.

[sky_child]

Doesn't seem to recognize him. Hmm.

"Are you new here?"

[tastestherainbow]

Uh. Yes. I am. I guess.

[ Keeping her hands by her sides, one near her lipstick.

just in case. ]

[sky_child]

"Oh. Okay."

So uh. How do you tell someone that they were here before when they weren't but they totally were except ?????

He sticks out a hand.

"I'm Link. Nice to meet you."

[tastestherainbow]

[ She eyes his hand. This is only the second non-troll she has ever met and this is a highly suspicious situation. And trolls aren't a little more reserved with physical contact than this.

But. He seems...harmless. ]

I am Kanaya.

[ She accepts his hand. ]

[sky_child]

Yes, he's harmless. For now. "Welcome to Hinoto-ri," he says, giving her hand a shake. "It's kinda weird here, but you'll get used to it."

[tastestherainbow]

If you say so.

[ Uh. Yeah.

Awkward.

Shouldn't she be collecting information? She now knows the name of the place, but that does not help much. But what should she ask? And why is he not more...put off by the fact she is not human? This is all very peculiar and without any more assertive allies around, she needs to be assertive herself. ]

So...

[ Perfect. ]

[sky_child]

"..."

Yup. Perfect start.

"Um, do you live around here? It should say so on your card."

[tastestherainbow]

[ She is a bit reluctant to give a stranger any indication of where she is going to be spending her time if she truly is stuck here but. ]

It says Libra.

[sky_child]

"Oh, that's right here! You live in that building over there!"

The home-trained elf human politely points at the tall building which is Obviously An Apartment Complex.

[tastestherainbow]

I'm supposed to live here.

[ Not...said as much of a question. ]