Omnia Mutantur Nos Et Mutamur In Illis (Newcomer + 13th Hour Log)

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▼ All things change, and we change with them (13th hour & arrival log)

 

Who: Anyone
Where: The entire city
When: May 8th - May 14th
Summary: This is both a Newcomer log AND a General 13th hour log
Warnings: That depends who is there. Remember to mark your titles clearly if any warnings need to be issued!

▼ 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.

The Taurus monster had come and pass, as had Golden Week. The city was rebuilding itself, and with the aid of the Visitors, progress was going swiftly.

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 safey, the mayor had asked the city to stay inside during the next few nights 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 a little momento from home.

▼ 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

 

[ This is a dual log, both 13th hour, or newcomer posts.

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! You are, of course, not required to reply here. You can do your own independant log if you'd like!

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.

▼ Quick Links

 

NEWCOMERS POSTS
Coming Soon!

13th HOUR POSTS (BUILDINGS)
Coming Soon!

OPEN CHARACTER POSTS
Coming Soon!

Comments

[terminally_clever]

It certainly couldn't hurt, though I would also advise awakening your Persona as soon as possible.

[square_cubelaw]

I don't think so. Not until I get a better handle on just what they are, I'll do fine without it.

[terminally_clever]

Well, if you say so.

[square_cubelaw]

I'll stick to science I have a better handle on for now. Besides, I don't really trust our benefactors to give us gifts without some price.

[terminally_clever]

That's certainly a valid concern. Just keep in mind that there are things out there that can't be defeated with the weapons of man.

[square_cubelaw]

I've heard that one before. What I've learned is there are always solutions to problems like that.

I will find a way and it will be a way that makes sense.

[terminally_clever]

Well, I certainly can't dispute that claim, though the solution may require an expansion of the scope of things you consider to be science.

[square_cubelaw]

It wouldn't be the first time I've had to work things from scratch or explain things others didn't want to. It won't be the last.

[But until he does, he doesn't plan on playing along with the whole feelings and magic thing.]

[terminally_clever]

Good. It would be a shame to see a fellow scientist giving up on a brand new field of study so easily just because of personal biases.

[square_cubelaw]

So, what do fellow scientists think about this Persona thing?

[terminally_clever]

Personally, I intend to study the phenomenon and how it relates to the other occurrences in this city. What I'd really love is to be able to monitor the physical and mental condition of someone as they're awakening their Persona for the first time, but that sort of empirical data is likely to be rather difficult to come by. They tend to awaken under great mental stress or when the subject is in severe physical danger, and those aren't exactly the best times to have someone hooked up to an EEG machine or sitting inside an MRI tube.

[square_cubelaw]

Maybe I can't actually use these things if they have a biological trigger.

[terminally_clever]

You'd think that, but I've already met one robotic lifeform who's capable of using a Persona. Interestingly, she possessed the ability to do it before arriving here.

[square_cubelaw]

Then maybe it's an external source. One monitoring and reacting to what people do.

[terminally_clever]

That would be one incredibly sophisticated virtual reality simulation, if that's the sort of thing you're suggesting.

[square_cubelaw]

Considering someone has the ability to do some pin point dimensional transporation, it's not impossible that they have the processing power. I still am not sure what these things are.

[terminally_clever]

They're difficult to quantify, I'll certainly agree with you on that point.

[square_cubelaw]

Well, it's a start.

I will work on it once I get settled, if it's needed. Otherwise I will do whatever it is I can do here before I return.

[terminally_clever]

If you'd like to compare notes sometime, feel free to contact me. Fumi Kanno.

[square_cubelaw]

I'd love to. I'm Atomic Robo Telsa.

[terminally_clever]

Tesla...?

[Her next question should be obvious.]

[square_cubelaw]

Named after my father, Nikola Tesla.

[Always good to hear people recognize that name, even on strange worlds like this one.]

[terminally_clever]

Impressive. I suppose his research and the technological applications thereof must have successfully outpaced that of Edison in whatever alternate universe or timeline you happen to be from.

[square_cubelaw]

I'm not a big fan of comparing the two. One was a malicious and self-centered thief and the other was moral, reclusive inventor.

Edison didn't care what his inventions did so long as it gave him money and power. Telsa didn't care what his inventions did for him so long as they lead to scientific advancement and the betterment of mankind.

[Probably a bit biased.]

[terminally_clever]

Money and power are tied to scientific advancement. It's hard to have one without the other. At some point, you're going to need someone bankrolling you in order to make any serious progress.