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

[threadspinner]

[ Well. To say that Rose is surprised is an understatement. She only remembers one instance of Kanaya sneaking up on her -- and to find her here, in a strange city when she's wearing ridiculous colors and with none of her normal Peridot teammates in sight to salvage the situation....

This is awful.

So she -- well not jumps up so much as "gets up with a deep purpose," brushes herself off and attempts to also not sound OVERLY NERVOUS because she only remembers talking to this perhaps attractive troll three times out of the whole scheme of her life. ]

Hello Kanaya. Do you happen to know where we are?

[ Yes, that sounds very put together Rose good job! You know how to pretend to be yourself! ]

[tastestherainbow]

[ Ok, something seems off. Something besides the change in color. The slight jump and the...appearance? Hmm. Considering the strange circumstance at the moment, these are hardly important. ]

Uh, no, I was hoping you would be able to enlighten me.

[ Haha. Get it? ]

[threadspinner]

[ She does indeed get it, and it prompts a small smile. She's careful to keep herself in check; at home she didn't smile as much, so it's reserved. ]

From what I've been told, this is the city of Hinoto-Ri. We've been brought here to fight against monsters using our Persona. Other than that, I'm vague on the details, but I'm sure it'll make sense eventually. I'm hesitant to ask when we'll return home, but now that there's a familiar face, I'm less anxious.

[ But not completely so; she's still down teammates and a few key friends. ]

Are you holding up?

[tastestherainbow]

[ She takes that in. Not that it helps, because it leaves her with more questions than answers, but. ]

I should be the one asking that. How is your head?

[threadspinner]

I'm...afraid I don't understand quite what you're asking.

[ Well it was either be completely honest or lie, and lying to Kanaya has always been a deliberate task that required much forethought. ]

I think we might be from completely different times -- I'm not even sure if my time counts as a time at all, to be honest.

[tastestherainbow]

...Oh.

[ She immediately regrets the sound of disappointment. This is going to be awkward. ]

Are you positive your skull is in no way harmed at the moment because that could explain your confusion.

[ Those WERE a lot of stairs, after all. ]

[threadspinner]

[ She did have an awkward, drunken feelings fest with someone only a short while ago, but it was not the same feelings fest. ]

Unless you were there to witness my shameful drunken escapades after the Peridot and Ruby picnic to a god who really could give less than one ounce of care about mortals, I doubt it.

[tastestherainbow]

I have no idea what you just said.

[threadspinner]

I assumed as much, considering you weren't there.

[tastestherainbow]

Uh, if it is not too much to ask, would you care to explain what it is you're talking about? Because I am confused.

[ Still betting on 'severe stair-related concussion'. ]

[threadspinner]

It might take more than a few minutes, but I can try to be brief. In short, I was pulled away into a land, had all my memories taken from me, and was expected to play games to win them back.

[ ....welp. pulls out of her bag that she conveniently had on her person a thurmatrope. ] Spin it? It might be a little strange.

[ She waits, expectantly. If Kanaya obliges, she'll be treated to Rose's side of that very conversation, complete with some residual feelings. ]

[tastestherainbow]

[ She sees no reason not to. It is Rose, after all. Sort of? She is not quite sure what is going on.

And is even less so after she spins it. ]

Uh. What just happened?

[ did she just think of herself as cute??? ]

[threadspinner]

[ Yes, yes she did. Rose looks slightly bashful. ]

Well, that's a memory.

[tastestherainbow]

I...see. This is a strange predicament for you.

[ And for herself, too, but... ]

[threadspinner]

And I assume, an awkward one as well.

[tastestherainbow]

Awkward? Why would you suggest it's awkward? I mean not beyond the normal level of awkwardness inherent with anything that is strange. Strange and awkward tend to be inherently related.

[threadspinner]

I'm not entirely sure what memory that contained, but general awkwardness is normal when watching someone else's memories.

That and the fact that you're rambling.

[tastestherainbow]

Oh sorry.

...So you have to spin this device to remember things?

[threadspinner]

Not always. Sometimes it's things you eat, sometimes you have to break them, or tear them. It varies depending on who gives the memories away.

[tastestherainbow]

Rose, this is a very strange thing. I apologize if I seem dumbfounded and just generally very 'what'.