Terra Firma (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: Month of July (date your post accordingly!)
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.

There had been a relative peace last month, apart from the fairy menace. The city was continuing to rebuild 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 opportunities; both good and bad.

To keep the population safe, the mayor had asked the city to stay inside 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 memento 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.

...hopefully 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 independent 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 ONCE PER IC WEEK, but not in the same thread 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: The creatures have to be in the Bestiary 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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Comments

Taurus District - Any day

[poppetstrings]

[Needless to say, Xion's been sort of... Running low on funds since arriving.

Her current situation wasn't really helping. There's three Gambler Nobodies sitting with her, a deck of normal cards present to use, unlike the ones they'd use for opponents. It's not really helping her out any, to be honest, and by the end of it, she's forking over all of the cash she's gathered thus far in the night from killing heartless.

The Gambler Nobodies give a mocking bow, and warp away with her money.

And this will pretty much be happening every night for the rest of the month. She needs money, and she knows if she can win, she might be able to get some fast.

Only problem is she's rather bad at card games.]

[ooc;; She has no idea she has money on her passcard, because she has no idea how to work digital stuff 8')]

7/4/13

[princessofheart]

[Kairi wasn't officially on any sort of patrol duty or anything, but she figured it never hurt to work her way around the city and keep the heartless and dream eater populations at bay, not to mention the nobodies that had started popping up more and more after Xion's arrival (kind of weird timing), or any of the other odd creatures that went bump in the night. Taurus wasn't exactly her favorite sort of place, it being the red light district and all, but deadly monsters didn't really take any detours. So here she was, keyblade in hand, and there was... Xion?

Oh boy.]

...Did they just rob you?

[all_wound_up]

[And cue your best robo-buddy running up, keyblade in hand and looking worried just after the Gambler Nobodies take their leave.]

Xion-san! What happened?

[spacedstates]

[Gentarou gives a look as he comes across Xion and the three Gambler nobodies. He's staring as they warp off with her money, and Gentarou walks up besides Xion.]

Did those guys just take all your money?

OPEN - Capricorn -> Pisces District - July 4th, 8:30 PM

[angryyoungvamp]

[Maugris actually woke up in the shade of a forest, in what the city would know as Capricorn District - thankfully, because he woke up at flipping sunset and had a minor panic attack at discovering he was outdoors.

He had another, larger one at discovering he was in a strange city. Or rather, outside a strange city. As a vampire's instinct is generally "head for the city because the outskirts are full of werewolves", he made a break for the buildings in the distance - at least until he spotted something familiar standing at the edge of the trees. His motorcycle.

That slowed him down, enough to wonder just what his motorcycle was doing here, wherever here was. And also to actually get on it and drive it into the next district, unless somebody stopped him.

Once he was over in the actual buildings he relaxed a little. He was, however, a little wary of actually talking to anyone just at the moment. Unfortunately, he's not going to actually find out what's going on until he does...]

Pisces

[phantom_envoy]

...This is so not a good thing.

[A girl in a strange white costume drifts onto the street through the doors of a building - a grocery store from the looks of it. She carries several plastic bags in one hand and ruefully examines some sort of card held tightly in the other.]

What do they mean I need a job - I have a job! Just... no one pays me for it. ...It's not my fault if no one r -- Whoa!

[In her ruminations, she has, of course, stepped out too far into the street without paying attention as these kinds of things usually go. Luckily for everyone involved, Phantom Girl is probably the last person in the world who will ever be in danger from being struck by a car. She hovers now a good six feet in the air with a sheepish expression on her face as vehicles honk and drivers swear.]

Whoops! Sorry about that. ...You OK?

[testsubject031]

[Standing a short distance from the motorcycle is a girl with long, silvery hair tied back. While she has a very realistic face and wears a school uniform, the fact that this woman is not human is obvious; if not from arms and legs, then by the axe attached to her back, which almost gives her the appearance of an angel from afar.

She's looking for the owner of the cycle; they might be hurt, and with the 13th hour approaching, she wants to make sure they're okay.]

Pisces

[doesasordered]

[Sure, there's flying girls and robot girls, but there's also perfectly ordinary looking people here too! Like the plain-looking guy having a cigarette outside the Pisces apartment, suit coat tossed over his shoulder, and a paper grocery bag on the ground next to him.

He'll give Maugris a nod as he passes him by, at least. Nikolai's not the most outgoing guy around, but he can do that much.]

OPEN | Virgo Ward | 5ish PM | July 4th -> Leo Ward | 7ish PM | July 4th

[icanhearscreams]

[Virgo; 5ish PM]

[The first thing Ushiro notices as he wakes up is the noise and the light. Everything is too loud and too bright and it wasn't like this in Zearth at all. He shouldn't be hearing or seeing anything at this point.]

[But still, as his dizziness subsides a little, he opens his eyes. He's in an alley. He stands, shakily, trying to take stock of everything. He has the vaguest memories of a dream... something about 'Persona'?]

[That can wait. He takes a few hesitant steps forward, face pale and movements stiff. He keeps going, occasionally taking a moment to lean against something.]

[Leo; 7ish PM]

[Eventually, Ushiro makes his way towards the Leo ward after being directed by someone. Something about getting his 'things'... whatever. Apparently the hospital is also here.]

[He's not dead. He's figured that much out. But he can't fall asleep in the street and he's in no shape to take care off himself, as much as he hates to admit it. He's weak and he hates himself for it, but physically he just can't go unassisted.]

[The pale, slow-moving boy can be spotted making his way towards the hospital. It looks like he might need a hand.]

Leo

[otakuro]

But the practice isn't the same at all.

[The normal hustle and bustle of the streets have died down a bit since rush hour. The sun is still bright this time of year, though, and plenty of people wander aimlessly with no particular destination in mind. Among them is a boy in a floppy white hat flanked closely by something that appears to be an angel.]

...Is it so unusual for a similar tradition to arise in multiple cultures and yet stem from the same root? The plucking of the bowstring or the prayers of the righteous - does not all work according to His will?

So when you use the term 'Hama', it's out of... some kind of convenience for me?

His divine nature manifests in all. A ritual may be called 'harae' or 'exorcism' - the purification of the unclean and the reinstatement of His abounding light, however, remains the purpose. Is that not so?

I'm not so sure about this...

Your surety has no bearing on its truth. ...Let us cease this now. Look to your left.

[The boy and the angel alike stop in their tracks and turn to stare at the person stumbling his way down the street. Atsuro pauses for a half moment before calling out and stepping forward.]

...Hey! Er -- You OK?

Anywhere, any day

[terminally_clever]

[Fumi can be found in various places around the city all month long, accompanied by a small group of men in viking hats and black armor and their commander, an almost impossibly tall man with a helmet with deer antlers sticking out of the sides.]

Ni!

[She points at a small group of low level demons, laughing to herself as dark energy emanates from her Persona and washes over them. The demons begin to panic and flee, but they don't make it very far before haunting laughter and cries of 'Ni!' emanate from the Persona, eliminating Fumi's prey neatly in one fell swoop.]

Oh, I haven't had this much fun in years.

Some random day, idk

[capitalbackup]

Your new Persona, Kanno?

[And here is Miyako with Chamunda behind her. Her eyes move from Fumo towards what's left of the demons. Or lack thereof.]

OPEN | Sagittarius Ward > Capricorn Ward | July 5, 4:30 - 7:10 pm

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Sagittarius: 4:30 pm

[He snaps awake with a jolt, sitting up and staring around him. It's not too surprising that he should fall asleep after the past couple of days, especially not now that he's with people who, despite being near-complete strangers, finally make him feel comfortable in his own skin. The only problem is that those people are no longer sitting with him in the helicopter; in fact, he's not in a helicopter at all anymore. It's possible that they could have stopped somewhere, but why carry Pyro out and leave him lying on the ground?

It's also nowhere to be seen, along with his new teammates.

Groggily, he gets to his feet and starts to search for them. Magneto? His voice echoes through the streets of what seems to be an industrial area. Mystique? He's quickly growing annoyed - he had some bizarre dream just before waking, and it's left him unsettled in a way he can't explain. At least the pieces that remain of the dream: something about greater power, the word Persona, and being a hero.

He snorts as he remembers that particular part. A great hero? Someone didn't get the memo, and they came to the wrong place for heroes because of it.

That's when a group of local workers turns the corner of a nearby alley and encircles him, knives out and a lot of talk about wallets and valuables flying around. With a roll of his eyes, Pyro pulls his lighter out of his pocket; there's none of the usual taunting or tricks this time, just a solid blast of fire that travels around him in a circle from one worker to the next, knocking them back far enough to cause some serious bruises. Maybe even a broken limb or two. Now's not the time to worry about that, though, with Magneto and Mystique (and the helicopter) missing.

Gathering the flame back into his palm and snuffing it out before pocketing his lighter, he keeps walking, looking utterly casual about what he just did. Either he's deaf, or the moans and groans of people who just tried to rob him don't mean that much to him.]

Capricorn: 7:10 pm

[After awhile, he becomes aware that he's gone the wrong way if he was looking for civilization. All around him, he sees nothing but lush greenery, and he can feel the difference in the air; he's never breathed air this clean before. He doesn't quite look like he knows how to react.

His search for any sort of structure leads him to an Asian-looking building, where he finally sits outside of the gate and tries to gather his thoughts. What's happened to him? How did he get here? Where is here?

And what's Persona?]

Sagittarius Ward

[bakegarasu]

[... Well. That's kind of impressive. Otoha jumps down from a rooftop nearby, and starts following Pyro. He's not making an effort to be silent, so his footsteps are clearly audible.]

Capricorn

[phantom_envoy]

Who lives out here and why am I bringing them a sack of bricks?

[The voice drifts down from somewhere above Pyro. Regardless of whether that was a literal description of her task, the speaker descends sharply from the sky, landing heavily on the ground with a crash and dropping what indeed appears to be an unfortunately heavy sack beside her. After brushing herself off, the girl in the strange white costume glances over at Pyro and addresses him in a conversational manner.]

Let me tell you - working is so overrated. All the character I'm building is leaking out my ears.

[She consults a clipboard she fishes out from the sack.]

This is Naganaki Shrine, right? ...I'm guessing you're probably not the one who wanted this?

OPEN | Pisces district | July 3rd, 10:30AM

[envyspites]

[ And walking around is Mion, wearing an old fashioned dress and sneakers (shut up, her regular duds were in the wash last time she was in Betterfield), her airsoft pistol strapped to her shoulder (though it probably looks like a regular gun for anyone not versed in firearms).

She's sort of waddling around, constantly looking over her shoulder and more than a little paranoid.

She'd just spent ten months in a 1950s hellhole, and plunked right into another city? Fucking A. She thought she'd finally gotten a break when she reappeared in Mayfield's more peaceful variant. At least this one didn't want to brainwash her, or cause her bodily harm. So it couldn't be that bad.

Right? ]

[leadthebeats]

You certainly look out of place. Wearing old clothes and holding a gun like that.

[ She's bored and has nothing else to do, after all. And besides, Yuri knows her guns pretty well. ]

OPEN | Virgo, 4pm, July 6th

[theultimateshadow]

[ Protect the city.

Someone else had asked something similar of him some time ago. The difference was that they were a dear friend. The man in the dream he's increasingly struggling to recall--he didn't know that man at all. Hiding behind a strange butterfly mask, in a place he had never seen... It was an exceptionally odd dream.

Almost as odd as suddenly finding himself on the sidewalk of a city he's never been to before.

Shadow tries to get a better look at his surroundings. The key word here is try, because as soon as he turns his head, there's a woman screaming and beating him with a purse, shouting "Demon! Demon!"

Swatting her away isn't doing anything, so he pulls out a green gem and calls out, ]

Chaos Control!

[ Those watching would have watched Shadow teleport a short distance away from the woman. He opens his mouth to speak, but before he can get one word out, the woman's dashed towards him and starts swinging her purse again. Maybe you intervene to stop her. Or maybe you're there when Shadow suddenly appears in front of you, far away from the woman. ]

[leadthebeats]

Maybe you should be lucky that it wasn't an old lady.

[ Not that Yuri isn't an old lady, technically speaking, but still. But be lucky that she isn't calling Shadow a demon, too. ]

OPEN | 13th Hour; any day, any place.

[leadthebeats]

[ Usually, Yuri had stayed at home during the 13th hour unless a big event happened. But she knew that if she were to get in shape just in case things get crazy once again, she would have to train. Hard.

Which meant that she's going to practice shooting and cutting up any monsters out and about.

Though it might be hard to beat monsters who can only be affected by Personas, especially since what is using a Persona. ]

Open! | July 6th, Capricorn, 13th Hour

[a_gentle_boy]

[The fates are not kind to this one. In the middle of the 13th Hour, there is a flash of light in the forest of Capricorn; when it fades, a young boy of about twelve or thirteen stands shakily on his feet, using a baseball bat to steady himself. His face is drawn and pale. His first reaction to this inexplicable relocation is to call out to the companions he had been with only moments before.]

Boney? Kumatora? ...Duster?

[A short pause before he speaks once more, his voice wavering slightly.]

......Dad?

[What had happened? Where was he? Had the islands... -- ?

He had stepped forward to grasp the final Needle. He had pulled without hesitation. He had felt the stirring of the earth as the Dragon awakened from its eons-long slumber, seen the walls shaking and collapsing around him, felt gentle arms grasping him and pulling him close, seeking to protect him even until the very end. And a voice had whispered in his ear...

Could this be it? Could this be the world to which the desires of his heart had given birth? The Magypsies had never explained what the process would entail... But this place - you didn't have to be a psychic to know, immediately, that something was off, something was wrong. Red sky, still air, and an aura of danger palpably hanging from every gnarled tree limb. His steps are tremulous as he slowly makes his way forward; he feels, after everything that has happened in the last few hours, that he can hardly stand. After a few moments longer, he does not try to stand, choosing instead to lean back against a tree trunk and to sink slowly to the ground. ...He is not surprised to find that tears are still flowing slowly down his cheeks; they continue to flow as he leans his head back and stares up at the eerie crimson sky.

...He is sitting in this position when something rustles in the brush and leaps forward at what it assumes to be easy prey; it is met, instead, by a well-timed blow to the head from a bat.]

Get back!

Open | July 3 | Capricorn | Dusk

[imbodytemp]

[Mesousa stood up an looked around, the last thing he remembered was being put in that paint shaker, then the butterfly man, and now this. He wasn't unused to waking up in strange places, but usually in the middle of a forest with what looks like a sun going down wasn't really encouraging Mesousa to think this would be one of the easier places to find his way back from. He stood up, slowly brushed himself off and called out.]

Hello? Is anyone around? I'm sorry to bother you but I think I'm lost...

i apologize in advance

[robinsegg]

[Sig was on his way home from a day of frolicking with bugs when he happened to pass by. When he heard a voice and turned to look, he stopped walking and stared at Mesousa, slowly blinking once before scratching his head.]

Lost?

July 8th, 13th hour - open!

[robinsegg]

[Sig rarely went outside during the night. He would be sleeping soundly like a good kid usually during the thirteenth hour. But there were certain days where it would be difficult for him to fall asleep, and he found himself taking a walk outside during the most dangerous time of the night.

He's used to getting dragged into a fight, though. Puyo matches were pretty much throwing magic attacks at each other, in a sense, and he did this daily back at his homeland.

So when the shadows jumped out of the darkness to attack the blue-haired odd-eyed boy, he automatically fought back with his own magic.]

Cyan! [An energy blast blows up in front of the monster's face, sending them flying off.

...Unfortunately, he didn't know how to use a Persona yet.]

[Open] Various places and time

[halberdaxe]

During the day...
[Noda is seen either on his way or returning from his new part-time job at a grocery store in the Virgo district. If not, you may catch him begrudgingly working at the grocery store he had caused various property damage a few weeks ago. He was forced into the current position as a means to pay back for the damage, and it was either that or be arrested to the police. It must be awkward for those who are familiar with him to see him without his halberd as he did his best to work and probably fail somehow.]

13th hour
[The part-time work at the grocery store definitely gave him stress. And to release stress, what better way was there other than beating up on the poor demons? Those who are unfortunate enough to run into him would see him almost out of control as he cut through multiple enemies on his own, depending little on his persona.]

July 20th, 13th Hour

[devilchild]

[There's a small boy, preteen at best, wandering the streets of Hinoto-Ri.

Perhaps the most interesting thing is that he's holding a gun, or at least a suspiciously similar object - or that he's jittery and likely to point that gunlike object at anything and anyone that passes by, including you.

Is he happy to see you? Probably not.]

Re: July 20th, 13th Hour

[imbodytemp]

[A small rabbit is wandering the streets during the 13th hour. Mesousa is still a bit confused as to why this is happening, no one's really explained it to him, so he's taken to wandering around trying to avoid whatever monsters he does run across. While coming down a cross street, he hears someone else waking the other way, he pokes his large, rabbit head around the corner to see.]

Hello? Is some-someone there?

07/23/13 | 13th hour/Black Frost statue | Open

[pretty_pink_ribbon]

[By now the bewildered expression of a new arrival is familiar to many of the city's residents. Although this one might seem slightly more panicked than most.

A few seconds ago she'd been facing down her former friends in a fight for the fate of the world. And now she was... abducted by some cosplay weirdo? Or... was that a dream? And she's in an unfamiliar city staring up at a statue of......

Was that Frosty? What kind of city erects statues of demons? She does not like the implication. ]

Okay, now I know I'm dreaming! There is no way this is real.

[Right? She wouldn't really get whisked away in the middle of a very important fight to save some other city. That only happened in manga. Lousy manga.]

Hey! Butterfly cosplay guy! You'd better send me back! Right now!

[It's worth a shot...]

Re: 07/23/13 | 13th hour/Black Frost statue | Open

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[If she thinks that's the surprising part, she should turn around.

Some gigantic masked woman has covered a large amount of a building in that direction with paper-like hair. It motions with its mismatched hands and a pair of oddly crown-shaped tentacle monsters appear out of nowhere.

They may not have faces, but their masks betray a clear intent to harm.

From an entirely different direction comes someone that's clearly human but isn't wearing anything a modern Japanese person would consider something other than a cosplay outfit. She doesn't appear to have noticed the giant Shadow either...]

2013-07-23 : 13th Hour | Pisces: Clock Tower | Jump in!

[operationbox]

[From a lofty vantage, a figure watches.

It appears to be a colossal, yet thin, man in ornate robes, holding a staff aloft as if to call forth destruction.

He blocks the view of the time, not that it matters at this time of night.

The thing that's more likely to grab your attention is the fact that a spell just near-missed you, and it's abundantly clear it was cast from above.]