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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[dreamprotector]

[It's a great big city indeed, but apparently not quite big enough for two Rikus not to stumble over another. Talk about small world.

Master!ku is on his way home from school, book bag draped over his shoulder as he wanders from food stand to food stand, trying to decide on the Take-Out Of The Day when he catches sight of a flicker of yellow and silver and a sense of familiarity. ...He shakes his head and blinks and now actually looks.

And stares.

Because. What the-]

...You got to be kidding me.

[He quickly follows after the lookalike of his fifteen-years-old self. ...It's not the replica; there isn't enough Darkness for this to be the Replica...

What is going on here?

Well... for now stalking following from a moderate distance seems like a good idea for now. Dinner can certainly wait.]

[islandshore]

[As he travels down the street, all the little stands catch his eye. He stops, placing a hand over his chest the moment his stomach growls.

His eyes narrow, and he lets out a groan. Sure, he probably should stop and eat, but he doesn't exactly have a wallet on hand.

Sigh. Well, not much he can do about it for now. He'll just have to tough it out. Thus, with his mind made up, he turns around, heading in the direction of his double.

What do?]

[dreamprotector]

[Hn. Not been saving up munny just in case, has he?

He stops and dodges to the side of the foot way when he sees that doppelganger stop near the stands, frowning as he watches the kid. What should he do about this... should he keep following quietly? Should he confront him?

Well... the decision isn't exactly made for him the moment the other turns, but it certainly makes it easier. He sighs to himself before he steps forward, deliberately blocking the other's path, one eyebrow raised.]

So... Who are you supposed to be?

[islandshore]

[...Okay, have an eyebrow raise in return. This guy looks eerily similar to him. His voice, too. It's uncanny.

But it has to be a coincidence. There's only one of him. For now, he'll play it cool and respond.]

Riku. And what about you?

[He's just going to... try and walk around his double.]

[dreamprotector]

[...Coincidence. Right. There is a thing about that, mini!ku; you'll learn it soon enough probably.

He keeps silent as he eyes the kid before him, lips pressing together... the scent is familiar, similar, but not quite the same as his own - it lacks any kind of balance, has never known Xehanort's taint.

When the younger tries to sidestep him, he blocks his way - he'll have to try harder than that if he wants to walk away.]

...We may have a problem there; you see- [He stretches out his hand, concentrating not on the blade that he by now relies on without even thinking, but on the one that had come before that, letting Darkness swirl until the Soul Eater lies in his hand.] -I am Riku too.

[islandshore]

What?

[He freezes, staring at that Soul Eater before his own sword materializes in his grip. His eyes narrow, and he squeezes the hilt of his Soul Eater, his eyes darting from his double to the ground. What's he supposed to even think about this?

...There has to be a catch.]

This better be a joke.

[dreamprotector]

[He dismisses the blade with a snort, and keeps an eye on his double... he doesn't seem all too worried about being attacked though.

Instead he raises an eyebrow.]

Do I look like I'm joking?

[Does he? Does he?]

[islandshore]

Well, last I checked, there was only one me.

[He's not making any moves to attack, but he does shoot his double a sneer.]

[dreamprotector]

[Not Impressed, try again.]

Funny, I could say the same.

[...This isn't getting them anywhere though. Especially since...]

This is the kind of world that would pull something like this though.

[He just shakes his head lightly. Another point in favor to Hinoto-Ri being way weirder than Promenade had ever been.]

[islandshore]

Oh yeah?

[Pff, whatever. He'll go ahead and dismiss his Soul Eater with a flick of his wrist, pressing that hand into his hip.]

Anything else I should expect?

[Because, really, this takes the cake as far as weirdness goes.]

[dreamprotector]

[He snorts, smirking half-amused.]

Expect things to get only more weird from here on out.

[That might seem unhelpful, but it's utterly true.]

[islandshore]

I don't know. You're a tough act to beat.

[Because, seriously, a future self is the last thing he ever considered. What could possibly be weirder?]

[dreamprotector]

[...Try being returned to being six years old for a week? Just for example. Or the whole Persona deal going on in this place. That is really plenty weird in itself as well.]

That's just because you haven't seen anything yet.

[Not of this world and or anything in general.]