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

[hadronknight]

He was... different, in a sense that he doesn't conform to the norms of society.

[Another part-truth, as there's nothing weirder than saying King Arthur is a girl.]

[jumyouboshi]

Haha...I suppose that is a matter of concern amongst you humans.

[Humans were all different, due to the possibilities they held, but they mostly wanted other humans to conform...how strange. But subject change. Names vs. identity is something he's held quite a bit of interest in for a long time.]

...Are you content with the name you were bestowed with at birth?

[hadronknight]

It might have had some bad connotations back when the name was still uttered in society, but I do not mind it.

[after all, it is difficult to place him with the knights of old when he's acting like a normal middle-aged man.]

[jumyouboshi]

Of course, such connotations would change over time. I'm glad to hear that you are content with your name.

[And he really, really is. A name was a sort of identity, after all. To be comfortable with one's name is to be comfortable with one's identity. Or something. Names are a tricky business with him.]

[hadronknight]

A-ah, thanks for that, I suppose.

[He looked a bit awkward, but then again, it's not everyday someone said that to him.]

[jumyouboshi]

[He picks up on the bit of awkwardness...the slight stutter doesn't help, either. Reading human body language was crucial to understanding them, and many times, humans said things they didn't mean. Alcor tilts his head.]

Hm? Did I offend you?

[hadronknight]

It's not everyday someone says those kinds of things to me, to be honest.

[though he's sort of used to people saying weird things to him.]

[jumyouboshi]

I see. You found my remarks strange. I suppose that was to be expected.

[He gives a sort of amused smile. He knows he's not exactly the definition of "normal" either...that was to be expected.]

[hadronknight]

Well, we all have to start from somewhere, right?

[it's okay, they can sort of learn to be normal together.]

[jumyouboshi]

Haha...indeed.

[It's just that...some people have a better start than others. Humans. Yes.]

[hadronknight]

In any case, well met Alcor. I hope to see more of you in the future.

[After all, getting to know new people is always a good thing, right?

If only he knew the truth...]

[jumyouboshi]

As do I, Mordred Pendragon.

[And then he promptly...disappears, fading away right before his eyes.]