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

[nyxterious]

A sunny field instead, maybe? [Cat naps!] Lava fields sound way too hot. I can't say I've ever even seen something like that.

[beautifulmemory]

Yes, something like that. Or a mushroom forest. I like the earthy smell of places like that. That, and there's usually Aromatic Grass to find, too.

[nyxterious]

I could see why, those places do sound relaxing. What's Aromatic Grass?

[beautifulmemory]

Here. I should have some, I think I still have my collection.

[And here's a piece! It smells nice, even if it's a humble little thing.]

[nyxterious]

Interesting... I remember seeing something similar to that before, but that's different. You collect them, then? It's always fun to do that, to build memories.

[beautifulmemory]

Right. But it's more than that... somehow, they're very nostalgic. It's sad, but wonderful, to have them.

[nyxterious]

[That's familiar to him, at least.] I know what you mean. This place is filled with feelings like that, for me. It's strange.

[beautifulmemory]

I should remember... but I can't. The more I think, the less sense it makes. But it's okay... it feels good. I don't need to think that much on it.

[nyxterious]

Maybe something will jog your memory? [Hah...] That was the case for me, at least. You have to be careful of memories, though. They can do more harm than good, sometimes.

... Though, memories are wonderful. I don't regret remembering anything about myself. It was something I needed to know. So I hope someday you can remember. But you're right. You don't have to think that much on it.

[beautifulmemory]

If it matters, I'll learn it again. Until then, nothing from the past matters.

[nyxterious]

You just have to keep looking forward. Which I guess currently is, what do you plan on doing now that you're here?

[beautifulmemory]

Whatever I feel like doing, of course.

[nyxterious]

Of course. That seems like the best thing to do, actually. You're free to do whatever you want here.

[beautifulmemory]

Not entirely, I think. It seems like I can't get through quite a few barriers. Then again, everything is sort of structured differently, so it would make sense...

[nyxterious]

Well, yes. Every world has something you can't do.

[beautifulmemory]

It depends on how much you belong to that world.

[nyxterious]

Huh? What do you mean?

[beautifulmemory]

If you are a part of the world, then you know how to change the way it works. At least, I would assume it would be the same elsewhere.

[nyxterious]

Huh... That makes sense. I don't know much about changing my world, though.

[beautifulmemory]

Then you may merely be a visitor, as most are.

[nyxterious]

... That would make sense, wouldn't it.

[Which sucks. He wants to be a part of his world, but... he knows he doesn't really belong there.]

[beautifulmemory]

Don't be surprised. Not even humans belong to the world they wander through.

[nyxterious]

...

[It does... make sense.]

I guess that's true, too. What world do they belong to, then?