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

[bladedskies]

Yeah, also the whole 'being dragged out of my world' thing, but...okay, I'll buy that for now. What the hell's a Persona, anyway? That guy never explained it.

[Or if he did, Haseo forgot - or was made to forget. Not good, either way.]

[meaningdies]

It's a power that's a manifestation of your soul. Once you get the hang of summoning it, it's quite easy.

[There's a brief blue glow, and then Coyote materializes in front of him.]

Like so.

[The Persona looks intent for a moment, and Naoya blinks.]

... Hm. I've never seen a Persona like yours before.

[bladedskies]

[She blinks at the Coyote. Right...then....and then Naoya says hers looks funny. So she tries to summon it and--

No marks. No glyphs. She can't-- she can't call Skeith. Skeith isn't there anymore and whatever is there she can't speak to.]

How do you summon it, then? ... And this better not end in some stupid training exercise or mumbo-jumbo about how my mindset's not right yet.

[Dammit, Pi.]

[meaningdies]

No, but it is easier when you're in danger, and also during the thirteenth hour, past midnight.

[Pi can take her boobs and shove it.]

[bladedskies]

Oh, so all I have to do is get in a fight. That's not so bad.

[There's a long pause after Naoya mentions this thirteenth hour, though.]

The what hour? Is that even possible?

[meaningdies]

Thirteenth. Yes, it's a dumb name. And yes, it's possible. No, I don't know how.

[bladedskies]

So on top of everything else, things don't make that much sense here. Got it. What a pain...Thanks for answering me, though.

[meaningdies]

Hehe. It's no real trouble. Just don't go out too late if you're not ready for it. Demons don't tend to be very forgiving of weakness.

[bladedskies]

[Demons....huh?]

You mean like - things from the legends, those kinds of demons?

[meaningdies]

Correct, though they're quite real here.

[bladedskies]

[This is not the face of someone who is impressed or remotely upset about the situation.]

So business as usual then. Great.

[meaningdies]

Heh. I wouldn't go about attacking them indiscriminately though - at least not until the thirteenth hour, when most that are out seem to be the troublemaking sort. There are some that are rather benign.

[bladedskies]

Heh, noted. Just like everything else, huh?

[meaningdies]

Mostly, yes.

[At least she wasn't a complete idiot.]

[bladedskies]

[So not that much different from home in these regards - just different in every other regard.]

Thanks. Name's Haseo, by the way.

[meaningdies]

And I'm Naoya.

[You'll get used to it. Sunny.]