[Game Opening, Part 1 - What Souls Here May Bring]

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The drawstrings cut,
my hollow ebony stained wood plomps to the floor—
THUD

Eyes open, souls recollect.
The new me, erect.

I make my own decisions, have my own priorities,
have my own thoughts.

No external force taps into me—
Freedom.
- Jana Bielecki
Who: (Everyone OPEN LOG)
Where: (City Hall)
Summary: (You've just arrived in the city. Welcome.)
Warnings: (Intro logs are pretty warnable.)
Style: (The text is in prose, but feel free to write back in action tags if you feel more comfortable.)

They always say the first day on a new job is always the hardest.

But tell me...did those tasks include being taken from your own homeworld, dumped into a city you didn't recognize, meeting a man dressed in the purest of whites with a butterfly mask, to be bestowed the power of Persona, and then having some Men in Black lead you to the city hall saying you were expected?

...

...at least your things are apparently safe in your new apartments?

...

...looks like you might be here for a while.


What a way to start the first of September...

As they usher the last of you in, you realize that they've been preparing this for quite a while. There is a small table with food on the right, mixed cuisine (although the main theme seems to be Japanese dishes). Some strange computer program appears next to you and seems to be translating what you are saying so those before you understand. Language barriers? Don't be silly!

Most of the men ignore you after that. You are expected to mingle amongst yourselves a bit before the main 'show' starts, it seems....

Comments

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji paused, looking back over at Link. "Huh? You mean before I got here? I was on a trip, traveling around the world. I even had a pair of underwear prepared for tomorrow..."

As he spoke, Eiji's eyes went wide. "Tomorrow's underwear!"

He began frantically looking around at the crowd, the people, the tables, the floor. "Don't tell me I lost my underwear!"

[sky_child]

Link stares at Eiji as if he's quite lost his mind.

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji started crawling under the tables and chairs.

[sky_child]

Link...

Link...decides...he might as well...help him.

Crawling beside him: "Uh. What. Does your underwear look like."

what is his life, what has it become.

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji paused mid-search, still on his hands and knees. "Ah. You're going to help me look for them?"

He clapped Link heartily on the back. "You're a great guy! Uh... actually, I don't think I got your name. Anyway, they're boxer shorts. Neon green, with fluorescent pink flowers. And on the other side, they've got checkers on them."

Yep.

[sky_child]

"...I guess I'll know them when I see them. My name is Link, by the way."

[zero_to_herooo]

"I'm Eiji. Hino Eiji." He reached out to give Link a handshake. "Anyway, thanks for the help!"

He peered under a nearby tablecloth. "Hmm..."

[sky_child]

"Um. Are you sure your underwear is here? I think...they said something about living quarters..."

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji blinked. "You think someone found it and brought it back there? Wow, that'd be awfully nice of them!"

And his name had been written on the tag, so...

[sky_child]

"I...maybe it's worth checking out?"

[zero_to_herooo]

"Hmm... yeah, you're right. But I can't leave here until they announce whatever they're going to announce, so..." Eiji took a seat in a nearby chair, heaving a sigh.

"I guess I'll stick around for a while, then. Hopefully, you're right!"

[sky_child]

Link crawls out from the table, standing on the opposite end from Eiji. "How long is that gonna be...?"

[zero_to_herooo]

"Hmm. I'm not sure, actually. But it can't be long. I mean, unless they're planning on keeping us here overnight. But since they went ahead and gave us apartments and all, there's not much point in that."

He yawned. "I hope they start soon, though. Man, it's been a long day."

[sky_child]

All Eiji gets is a sympathetic "Hmm."

Link's not sure he should get into the details as to why that was sympathetic. It's not every day you run back and forth through time and space to save an immortal dragon from sickness and then have that same dragon recreate past battles so you can get a pretty nifty shield.