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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Comments

[belfire]

[Another day, another invasion of newcomers. It seemed like there were more than usual though, or that just might be the general crowdedness of the streets.

Kazuya was sick enough of the tournament to go and find something new to get involved in; like said newcomers.

So here you go Dave, have a Demon King randomly accosting you in the middle of the street! The large sweeping cape, glowing red eyes and cat-ear headphones are probably what you notice first]

You're a newbie, right? Right. What's up?

[oops_i_diedx14]

[Definitely noticing them first. First impression: this dude is disconcerting, maybe more so than the elusive psycho clown.]

Not much, just gettin' my bearings of the city. I'm guessin' I've got newbie plastered all over my face.

[belfire]

Pretty much.

[Kazuya snaps his fingers, looking a bit pleased about something]

So how many bearings have you gathered? I'm bored and feeling generous, so I'll be your guide for the next ten minutes or so. Or until I find something better to do. I'd take good advantage of this limited offer.

[oops_i_diedx14]

[Well, it's not like he's got anything better to do.]

Oh, hell, why not. What's your name?

[belfire]

That's the spirit! The name's Kazuya, King of Bel. Kaz, Kazu, Kazzy, call me whatever you want. I don't care.

How 'bout you? Or shall I just go ahead and call you 'Shades'?

[oops_i_diedx14]

You can call me Shades, but I won't answer to it. It's Dave Strider.

[Oh, wonderful, he's talking to a king.]

Do I have to bow?

[belfire]

[Ah- hm. Now there's a thought. Kazuya was obviously thinking it over]

I guess being bowed to would be pretty cool...

...

But nah, you don't. I'm not into formalities much.

[oops_i_diedx14]

Good, I hate standing on ceremony. Lead on, then, Kaz.

[belfire]

[AND DRAMATIC CAPE FLARE PIVOT TURN! And lazily meandering through the streets. Not very kingly]

Right! Well just so you know, there's a tournament going on, Thunderdome style, so everyone's pretty much hyped on that. The stuff on the screens.

[Kazuya gestures vaguely at the crowds surrounding every screen available]

It's Persona fights - you know, physical manifestations of your psyche duking it out. So I guess you're sort of beating up each other's mental issues? Something like that.

[oops_i_diedx14]

[Dave follows along, hands in his pockets.]

Somehow, I'm not surprised that's a thing.

[But he's intrigued by it, so he files this away for later.]

Pretty sure my sister would have a fucking field day psychoanalyzing those fights.

[belfire]

Yeah, if you're into that kind of stuff.

[Kazuya gestures vaguely, not looking over his shoulder at Dave as he speaks]

Anyway, everyone has a Persona. Well, everyone who is kidnapped to this place - it's called Hinoto-Ri by the way - has a persona. It can only be brought out when you're stressed out first time, but after that, summon away.