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

[bakegarasu]

"... Not too well, but yeah, I know him." Getting into a fight with someone counted as meeting them, right?

After a moment of hesitation, he reaches out to shake Aziraphale's hand. "Through a mutual... friend, I guess you could say." Though 'friend' didn't really cover it with Johnny, but whatever.

[dancingonapin]

"He isn't exactly social so I'm not surprised that you don't know him well, but it really is astounding that I don't remember you." Aziraphale can't even comprehend the idea that there exists alternate versions of himself in other worlds.

"A mutual friend?" He adjusts his glasses a little with a grin. "Who is that, exactly?"

[bakegarasu]

"It was less social and more that we ended up in a fight, but." He just shrugs a bit.

"Johnny Rayflo. But if you don't remember me, you probably won't remember him. We were all in Vatheon together."

[dancingonapin]

"A fight??" The angel mutters to himself in disbelief. "A fight, I can't believe that old snake, I can't take my eyes off of him for one second. Mmm-" He clears his throat a little. "You're right... I don't recall anyone by the name Johnny Rayflo, nor do I remember being in a place called.... Vatheon? That certainly doesn't sound like any place in England..."

[bakegarasu]

"It's not in England. It was under the ocean, actually, though which I don't know. We were all taken from different worlds." This place seems to be the same... he's not worried about it though.

[dancingonapin]

"Under the... ocean... Well I'm... inclined to believe you, though it does sound terribly fantastical." He'll believe being trapped in a city in an apocalypse before he believes that he was under the ocean.

"Can I get your name, then, considering you know mine? I do wish I remembered but it seems as though I'm drawing a terrible blank."

[bakegarasu]

"Yeah, I know." And he's the one who can transform into a car at home. His weirdness tolerance has greatly increased in the past year or so.

"... Otoha." He reaches out a hand to shake.

god this is late i'm so sorry

[dancingonapin]

Aziraphale takes his hand and shakes it with a smile. "It's wonderful meeting you again then, Otoha. Again terribly sorry about the name. As far as I know, Crowley isn't here so you don't have to worry about any trouble from that old fellow."