The Search for the Newcomers, January 2012 Edition.

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New Arrivals

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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.
Music: This

[FOR THOSE IN THE CITY:]
It was Grand Prix frenzy by this time. The streets were filled with people watching every available television screen, crowds in the bigger areas of Scorpio district with the larger screen.

Now the HORUS detection system was working again. The device allowed everyone to spot abnormalities; and while it was being re-tuned to work with the appearing buildings, 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...

But why are everyone huddle around large televisions screens for some reason?

[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.]

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[flyonadog]

The inquiry gets Rock's attention, and he turns his gaze up toward Daichi, and gives a slightly awkward grin. Rush looks up as well, more curious than anything. "I'd say more than a little lost, really," he answers, rubbing the back of his helmet. "Just where am I? There was something about a city in trouble, but...well, this city doesn't look like it. And believe me, I've seen a troubled city more than once..."

[hetried]

Daichi looked down at Rush for a moment, and gave the dog(?) a small wave and a "Hey!" in greeting before he turned his attention back to Rock.

"Hah, tell me about it. They tell everyone that, but it's not in constant peril at least. This place is called Hinoto-ri-- they do have kind of a monster problem, but it seems like major things only happen at night or every few months."

[flyonadog]

Rush barks once in response to Daichi's greeting, then moves to pace around him, sniffing at his pants a few times before stopping to sit near Rock and Daichi.

Rock, however, relaxes a little - just a little. No immediate danger is good, and means he can get more information before anything else. He does look a little less than convinced about the other comments. "...the danger's on a schedule? That's... Oddly considerate."

[hetried]

He couldn't resist a grin of amusement at Rush's greeting, though his face went back to a little downcast at the topic of conversation.

"I know-- it's weird." Just because he hadn't been investigating on his own hadn't meant he was pretty damn suspicious. "Maybe not on a real schedule per se, but there's always some downtime in between. I guess one of the dangers is agitating the demons around here, but most people can take care of it no problem..."

[flyonadog]

"That is odd," Rock answers, folding his arms as he starts to ponder, but his attention is piqued again. "Demons? Aren't those just in stories and myths? I mean, I saw some strange people before you found me, but I thought it was costumes, or they were robots..."

[hetried]

"Yeah, that's what I thought months ago." Well, OK, he had been superstitious, but if you asked him before the Septentrione invasion, his answer regarding the existence of the fantastic would've been vastly different.

"But they're really, alright. And they're pretty common here. I can even summon some if my want-- Don't worry, I don't think most of them are dangerous. If you don't piss them off, I guess."

[flyonadog]

"It certainly sounds strange. Guess they're a lot like humans, then. Not good or bad overall, it just depends on the person. Or...well, demon in this case." Rock rubs his chin, then looks up at Daichi. "Or is it rude to differentiate them from people?"

[hetried]

"Uh...I don't think so?" Huh, he'd never thought about that before. "I mean, I don't talk to them that much, but they don't seem to mind being a different species or anything."