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▼ Something Old, Something New (13th hour & arrival log)

Who: Anyone
Where: The entire city
When: The news two weeks
Summary: This is both a Newcomer log AND a General 13th hour log
Warnings: That depends who is there

▼ When it is darkest, men see the stars...(13th hour)

The night sky once again turned red as the 13th hour hit the city. By now it was almost too easy to accept it. The moon (or what was of it up there) shone, affecting the monster population in subtle ways.

By now, even the strange events which had happened almost seemed a little too common. The pulls from a new building, or the odd creatures that showed up and increased the population for that hour gave rise to new oppertunities; both good and bad.

To keep the population safe, the mayor had asked the city to stay inside that night and let the city police and visitors do their job, despite the dividing population on this issue. For the most part, there wouldn't be much resistance.

Each night, the sky was always filled with at least one or two signs of something new, and people were ushered inside buildings as much as possible.

Who knew. Maybe tonight you'd get lucky.

▼ Ode of the Newcomer

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. What time you showed here seems to be as random as everything else; if you were lucky it was during the day, if not, well the 13th hour was rather dangerous. Fortunately, there was a high chance you'd be spotted quickly.

...hopefull anyway.

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...

▼ Extra Long OOC Blurb

[(Make sure you read it!) This is a dual log, both 13th hour, or newcomer posts (we're testing it out to see this works well or not.)

This will be up to you on what you want to do; start a new post where you can character's name and OPEN and write the days they'll be wandering during the 13th hour.

If you are a newcomer, write OPEN and what hour they arrived. It can be the 13th hour if you want too!

Join other people's post, do some exploration, post them fighting monsters and just have some fun leveling up / interacting! For this log, you can level up persona, but not in the same thread and the same day, IC-wise. Please do not abuse this. The conditions is that the fighting must happen on different days. The threads should be long enough that an attack is possible and shouldn't just be a few comments just for the sake of leveling up (Ie, we want effort in them, as much as you would with a normal log.).

If you submitted a building and it was accepted, feel free to start a post with them discovering it! The original owners who submitted will be the first to see them, due to a strange pull that made they feel like they NEEDED to go to that area. What they do with this information is up to them; they can contact others in their group, start exploring by themselves or allow the thread to be open for others to come in with them...it's all up to you. That next morning, the government will be coming over to analyze them (that will be done offscreen, however).

FOR THE CREATURES 1) The creatures have to be in the Beastary for you to use them. You don't need to use creatures from your own home worlds either, as long as someone's put in a creature in there! Also, make sure your characters could logically take on the creatures you pick let's not have them take down a giant creature when they couldn't normally.]

DON'T FORGET TO TAG WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME PLEASE.

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Congratulations on being speedy, Neku - Joshua had been toying around with the idea of just leaving the spot and searching for answers on his own just as he got back. No need to trouble him with the details if Joshua was just going to do his own thing, mm? Joshua had his eyes glued to his phone screen, scrolling through his apps.

"Any other names I should attach a meaningless sense of dread to, or are you all out?" Yes, Joshua's being a little dismissive here - he's wet and grumpy and does not like being in someone else's city.

"As far as I know, no." Thanks, Captain Jerkface.

"Oh, just so you know. I can't use Pins outside of the thirteenth hour, which is when things get more freaky here and monsters show up. I have no idea if your... Composer stuff will, either."

He doesn't know what all of it is okay.

So basically... he has an hour to do anything important with his time. The rest of his time will have to be spent incognito. Joshua's already tested his powers - looks like he's down to RG levels here. It's still a bit more than, say, what your average Wall Reaper could do, but still isn't much to Joshua. He didn't mind a challenge, but hey.... he likes it when he knows how the game works from the get go.

"Well, that's fairly unlucky for you, isn't it?" Joshua snaps his phone shut, sticks it in his pocket and activates his glasses instead, his hands waving in the air, testing out its capabilities. "And you? What do you with your time here?"

... Well, at least he's gotten his COMP working.

"I've got a job. It's not a great one, but it's enough to give me spending money. You get an allowance from the government each month and they've given us apartments. Other than that, any money you make's on your own."

He hesitates for a moment before continuing. "I think Shiki wants me to go back to school, though." He's not sure if he should.

Still poring over the network posts - some are interesting, some... most... not as much. He switches over to scouring the information database on the network as soon as he finds it.

He's still listening, Neku, but prepare for little to no eye contact. "Are you considering it?"

He's okay with that at this point, honestly.

"I... maybe? It's been a while since I actually paid attention in school. I mean, I pass all my subjects, but... not well. I'm not sure if it'd be worth it."

Now that he actually has friends though... maybe it's worth a shot.

"Yes, Neku, what could a little extra education possibly be worth to you?" Joshua seems a little detached from the statement - his tone is neither concerned nor sarcastic. "Just a few new peers, a place to meet them regularly, some fresh knowledge, and homework. Does that sound like it's worth the risk to you? By the way, if you're wondering what the risks are, you haven't told me about any yet, so I'm going to have to assume there are none."

Edited (SORRY sorry last edit promise) 2013-03-08 02:33 (UTC)

Well when you put it that way - shut up Joshua.

"Well there's the part where I have to find a school that I can afford to go to or get into."

Not to mention the nerd teasing from Shiki.

"You're perfectly capable of anything you put your mind to, you know." Joshua is very matter-of-fact about this. "It's a matter of whether you want it or not, isn't it? You're the one with the job and the decision, here. Personally, I'd give it a pass."

"Yeah, I guess."

He has to think about it. ... This was totally not what he thought this conversation was going to be about okay.

What was this conversation going to be about? The fact that Joshua totally killed him twice? Joshua's not touching that with a ten foot pole. It'll all be on Neku! ~Yay~.

Anyway, he turns his glasses off, having familiarized himself with most of the settings - Hyun-ae, you and he are gonna be buddies - and stands up. "Any other concerns you need to bring to the table?"

No, he already yelled at the other Joshua about that.

"Not right now, no."

Joshua inclines his head. "Cool. See you later, I'm sure." And... he starts walking off into the rain. Oh my god, Joshua, you are a fucking cat.

... He just watches, raising his eyebrows. This is going to be a pain, he can tell already.

And off he goes. Phew! Let's hope you don't meet that jackass again.

Edited 2013-03-08 05:01 (UTC)

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