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.]

Comments

[nofairy]

[There's a boy out in the snow too, and he sees the newcomer...]

[... You look down. Link runs after him.]

Hey! Wait up!

[lighter_flick]

[He doesn't even notice that somebody's talking to him at first, and doesn't stop. But then, he's walking pretty slowly so Link could catch up pretty easily to Tats.]

[nofairy]

[He does. And he reaches up to tap him on the shoulder gently.]

Hey! Are you okay?

[lighter_flick]

[He startles a bit and turns to see who's getting his attention. Was that a kid talking to him, or-....uh.

Wow okay definitely not a kid and more like and...elf...person?? He...what?]

Uh...[He shakes off his confusion and sighs a bit.] I guess so?

[nofairy]

You look really down... I just wanted to see if you were all right.

[Have a gentle smile.]

You're new here, right?

[lighter_flick]

[He backs up a bit because Link's demeanor was catching him off guard. He was talking like a kid, for one, plus he was too...what, nice? Although now that he's thinking about it, it's kinda sad that thinks someone being "too nice" is suspicious. So, instead of sassing back, he nods.]

Mmn. Where ever "here" is.

[nofairy]

This place is called Hinoto-Ri. It's a huge city. It's got a lot of weird stuff... oh, and you can use this power called Persona, too!

[lighter_flick]

[He winces at the word Persona. Oh you poor guy, you don't even know what you've gotten yourself into.]

Yeah, I...know about them. Personas.

[nofairy]

Oh. ... Okay. Um. They give you a place to stay here, too. You can get a job, but you don't have to.

[lighter_flick]

[He nods at what Link's saying but doesn't seem all that excited about it, like he's thinking of something else.]

[nofairy]

Did... something happen? If you don't want to talk about it, that's okay, but...

[But he wants to help. He knows he doesn't like being sad, so helping other people stop being sad is important.]

[lighter_flick]

...Yeah. It... [Hmm. It's fine that he's trying to help, but he can't talk about...he shakes his head.]

Don't worry about it. You don't need to hear it, okay?

[nofairy]

... Okay. Just let me know if you want to talk about it, okay?

[How to cheer someone up who's really upset... aha!]

[He pulls out his ocarina and starts playing a song.]

[lighter_flick]

[...Okay, now he's just staring in confusion because what the hell was that??]

Umm...ahaha, what was that for?

[nofairy]

... Sometimes when people are sad, a song can make them feel better.

[Not this time though. :( ]