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

[all_wound_up]

...I hope you can enjoy it, then.

[genkibot]

Me too!! So what should I do next after playing in the snow?

[all_wound_up]

You might want to buy some warmer clothes.

[genkibot]

Oh yeah, that might be helpful. But I don't think I have any money for clothes...

[all_wound_up]

I can help you buy some if you'd like. But once you get settled in, the government pays all visitors a stipend just for living in the city.

[genkibot]

You could? That would be so great! I promise to pay you back as soon as possible!

Wait, why does the government give visitors a stipend? And what if they decide to start living here and are no longer visitors but residents?

[all_wound_up]

I think it's because only visitors have Personas. And I don't mind lending you the money.

[genkibot]

Oh, Personas?! I remember that from the what that guy said before I showed up here!

Does everyone who comes to visit here get one then? Also what is a Persona?

[all_wound_up]

Everyone I know of does, eventually. It's a little hard to explain what they are, but I could show you if you like.

[genkibot]

Oh yes! Visual data is really helpful when I can't process it digitally!

[all_wound_up]

All right.

[Nano concentrates for a moment, and then her Persona Pinocchio appears above her head.]

This is Pinocchio-san. Like the puppet in the story.