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

[nofairy]

"Um. It's easier to summon very late at night, when things get... weirder. Monsters come out... but I'll go with you to protect you."

He smiles a little. That's what heroes do.

[sageprincess]

"Weirder...?"

As if things weren't weird enough!

"Oh, you need not do that, Link. So long as there is nothing comparable in power to Ganondorf, I should be all right."

She appreciates the thought, really, but Link's been enough of a hero for one lifetime, she thinks.

[nofairy]

"Not that I know of..."

He still feels like it's his responsibility to take care of her, though...

"If you need help though, please let me know and I can be there really fast."

[sageprincess]

And thus the cycle of feeling responsible for one another begins...

"Of course. You will always be the first to know. And likewise, should you ever require my aide, I will be quick to give it."

[nofairy]

"Thank you."

He reaches out to take her hand, smiling. "It's a promise."

[sageprincess]

Not expecting that, she tenses just slightly. The gesture... certainly brings back some memories, but he's smiling, so she tries a smile as well.

"Yes. It is a promise."

[nofairy]

"Once you're done with your drink, I can take you to where you'll be staying... unless you want to go somewhere else first?"

[sageprincess]

"No, I think it would be better to see where I am to live, first."

Sip.

"Besides, I would not know where to go, anyway."

[nofairy]

"All right. I can lead you there pretty easily." He can always go to the arcade another day. This is more important.