The Search for the Newcomers, Feburary 2013 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.

[FOR THOSE IN THE CITY:]
There was still so much cleanup to do. What a perfect time for your HORUS detection systems to start warning you that another group of people were forthcoming.

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...

[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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[endless_journey]

"You're staring."

Okay, so that's probably partially Tsukasa's fault, but it wasn't like he had been the only one that this person was looking around at. He notes the wings, but doesn't think much of them. Unless he's attacked, there's no reason to be hostile since it seemed like the rest of the monsters didn't care. Still, best to err on the side of caution.

"Are you looking for someone? Or something?" He doesn't know what was going on, but black-and-bluebird could probably fill him in, given how skittish he seemed.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

"Actually, yes. This thing--" holding up that watch-looking thing now. Yes, that. "--it said there was someone who'd just arrived in the area, so I was coming to see who it was, so I could help. Would that be you?"

And those wings re-folded themselves up on their back. So uh, those were real. Not a cosplayer after all.

[endless_journey]

"So there's that kind of technology here?" And here he was, not even knowing about the other worlds before today. Why was he chosen to do this, again? "Kadoya Tsukasa. I'm apparently the guy who everyone wants to save their world. Not that I can blame them."

He vaguely wonders race this guy is from. Maybe the Grongi? No, if he was a Grongi, he'd be trying to kill him. An Unknown, then? Something else entirely? It's hard to tell when these things aren't even half-remembered.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

"Uh... right." Have a small smile again; the burd's not entirely sure what to make of that last statement, but hey, will roll with it. "Whatever it is we're here to do, it must be something important; there've been quite a few people brought here already. I'm not certain what it is I'm to do; I'm no fighter."

And a head-shake, but stepping closer to the new guy, stuffing the watch back out of sight, to offer the other a bob that seemed somewhere between a nod and a bow. "My name is Avitus. It's... nice to meet you.

"I'm sure you'll be wanting to head to the town hall, to collect what they have for you? There'll be a card that you can use, to pay for things the merchants here offer... and information about which apartment has been arranged for you here, and some other things...?"

Yup, that was an offer to help him out. So this blueburd definitely wasn't being hostile. Not with that smile, and the somewhat shy sort of body language and... yeah, not behaving aggressively here. Maybe it'd be fine to take them up on the offer?

[endless_journey]

Even if Tsukasa's is unsure, there's no reason to let that on to others, so it's best to replace it with arrogance so that no one will doubt. "If you're not here to fight, you're probably here as emotional support." He assumes. Either that or he'll have to get the blueburd's confidence up enough to be competent in battle. He thinks that he's been hit by wings like those before, and it had hurt.

"Avitus, then." He nods. Being polite wasn't one of his strong suits. "Sure. It's not like I have anything better to do, and freezing here wasn't in my plans. Maybe they'll know where my clothes went."

It's definitely weird to have... whatever Avitus was... more afraid of him than he really should have been of them, especially since he hadn't transformed into Decade here. Maybe he already knew what Tsukasa was, or maybe there was such a thing as shy monsters.

[poorlittleblueburdie]

Depends on the definition of "monster", but "vampire" generally fell within that category. Avitus simply tucked his wings a little closer behind him, not replying to the comment about "emotional support", since it wasn't as though he discounted morale as being unimportant.

"Your clothes are probably in the apartment they'll have prepared for you. In the meanwhile, though...."

He reached up to unclasp the thick, fluffy-looking cloak he was wearing. Avitus had a rather slight build, but it wasn't a tailored piece, exactly... so it should work, shouldn't it?

"You can borrow this 'till we can get you to your apartment, and your own coat again, if that would suit you well enough...?"

[endless_journey]

There actually are a variety of vampires that Tsukasa is familiar with that he would definitely put in the category of monsters. They just look very different from the Razielim, like stained glass and iron statues of unreal beasts.

Tsukasa doesn't discount what the support side could do. Riders back home would probably be lost without those that didn't have powers but helped out all the same. He just didn't expect it from a non-human.

"Wonderful..." Why did this happen to him? Did he insult Philemon in the past or something? He grabs the cloak and drapes it around himself. "I'll take anything at this point. Thanks."

oh wow. I fell off the RP wagon there, clearly. *shakes fist at RL*

[poorlittleblueburdie]

And, unknown to Avitus at this point, his Persona could generally prove to be fairly useful for getting the heck out of somewhere dangerous. It was all well and good to have fighters and support and intel, but what did one do when they'd truly bitten off more than they could chew? And who really prepares for that?

Avitus wrapped his wings around himself, feathers floofing a bit as he grabbed their front edges with his hands, and pulled them together in front of himself. There, now they were both wearing a feather cloak. Sort of. The one Tsukasa now had on was still plenty warm from Avitus's own body heat, and the down in its layers didn't seem to want to let go of it any time soon. Perhaps if he pulled the hood up as well, did the clasp... he'd likely be plenty warm, all the way to his new apartment. If he didn't mind looking a little funny in such a fluffy cloak, that is.

Oh, kidding aside! It's covering an even more ridiculous and uncomfortable costume, and he's going to be traveling with a blue birdpire person. If he were to get cozy in that cloak, he'd probably look far less ridiculous for the trip than expected.

"You're welcome. Let's head to a transit station, though... there should be one not too terribly far from here, I think?"

He brought the watch he'd had earlier back out, flipping it open and carefully checking something on it, a map of some kind. "It's this way." He glanced back to the other, and started off in that direction.

Things like that happen a lot, I find.

[endless_journey]

Tsukasa watched as Avitus wrapped his wings around himself. It looked a little silly, to be honest, but Tsukasa knew how cold it was. The cloak was pretty comfortable, but the whole outfit just felt strange on him. He'd gotten used to his own coat. He did the clasp to cover up as much himself as possible but doesn't bother with the hood. He preferred it when people could see his face, even though it probably wasn't working in his favor at the moment.

"Lead the way." It's not like Tsukasa knew where anything was. "So, tell me what's been going on here. It seems like you're used to welcoming people who aren't from around here."

doesn't help that I'm a slowtagger. I'm trying to pick up my pace, but :/

[poorlittleblueburdie]

"Ah... not entirely, no. I only found myself here a few months ago. But it was plenty confusing to me then, and I figured it would be just as confusing to others... so it makes sense to me to stay alert when my device lets me know someone else has arrived.

"I'm still not entirely certain as to what's going on here, to be perfectly honest... but it seems a nice enough place, usually. There was an... incident at the stadium a while back, but I'm certain that that sort of thing isn't very common here." He paused briefly. "I don't know that I would be the best person to ask, though. I've... mostly been keeping to myself. Checking the shops, visiting the library, eating ice cream and drinking hot chocolate.... Have you had those before?"

When greeting someone new to a place, always make sure they know about the best desserts, right? ....or at least Avitus seemed enamored with those enough to be sure to mention them.

Then again, he didn't appear to be very old, in human terms....