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Destiny Strings Mods ([personal profile] stringmods) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-01-13 10:58 pm

The Search for the Newcomers, January 2012 Edition.

New Arrivals


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.
Music: This

[FOR THOSE IN THE CITY:]
It was Grand Prix frenzy by this time. The streets were filled with people watching every available television screen, crowds in the bigger areas of Scorpio district with the larger screen.

Now the HORUS detection system was working again. 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...

But why are everyone huddle around large televisions screens for some reason?

[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.]

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[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe so, but you still went out of your way to help. I appreciate that, really.

[Haseo seems to be acting really strangely, but he's treating you nicely for once.]

['What's gotten into Atoli? She's acting like she did before...']

Are you okay, Atoli? You seem to be acting kind of skittish for some reason.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well then.]

Philemon. That name seems familiar. ['The dream? Damnit, I can barely remember it...'] Who is he?

sorry for late tag

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Haseo's forced to step back as she leans in. Could she be smelling Skeith on him? How?]

Do you play The World? [He needed to distract her somehow, change the subject so he can get some breathing space.]
beautifulmemory: (Fascinating)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mia outstretches her hand - though it's covered in a heavy leather glove. Still, it smells like her - and like fragrant grass.]

Possibly not. I wonder, then, if you are intelligent or planned.

[She's babbling nonsense at this point, just exploring things for herself.]
beautifulmemory: (Do you want to know?)

It's okay! ♥

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[She stood upright, again, giving him an excited and pleased grin.]

So you are from The World. Although I have never seen a character model like that before. It doesn't fit in at all, you must be a bug.

[She chuckles at that last part, fairly blatantly mocking Haseo's avatar design.]

Re: It's okay! ♥

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[A bug? Still, he got breathing space.]

You must not have rejoined the game after the Servers were destroyed by the fire then. [At least, he hoped not] They had to remake the game by fusing it with another just to get it up and running again. Character models like mine are actually fairly common these days.
beautifulmemory: (Who're you?)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...A fire? So The World will be destroyed.

[Well, that's one way to completely ruin a good curious mood.]

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'm sorry you had to find out like that... [Well now he felt like a tool.] ... does the name Kaoru mean anything to you?
beautifulmemory: (Who're you?)

1/2

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaoru? I've never heard of them.

[She says, initially thinking of usernames. But then...]
beautifulmemory: (So much...!)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
--Wait. No, I think I remember... Elk said that was his name. At least, I think so...

[And whoooaaa that is a sudden demeanor shift. She softens right up, fingers touching her mouth thoughtfully. Was that right? Was that a false memory? It looks painful for her to sort through her mind exactly, but that little piece of information seems to still be there.]

I should ask him. Just to know for sure.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[That clinched it for Haseo. There was no doubt in his mind about who this was.] My friend would often talk about someone from the original version of The World. She was someone he cared a great deal about, and helped shape him into the man he became.

Your name is Mia, right?
beautifulmemory: (Who're you?)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Hmm. Mia tilts her head, not looking pleased but not looking upset.]

So Elk plays in that new World. And he talks about me so often?

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nods] Well, it doesn't happen that often nowadays ['Because he's taken to obsessing over me'] but he has many fond memories about you. [Haseo smiles] I'm actually happy to be able to meet the woman who helped Endrance, Elk, become who he is.
beautifulmemory: (Thank you)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...You're his friend, aren't you?

[All that talk of her 'shaping' him seems strange, and it's very foreign to think about. Change is such a strange thing to her, after all, so she thinks as little as she can of it.]

Then when I'm gone, I'm counting on you to take care of him. He gets lonely, you know? It's sad.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
['Sad's one word to go about it.'] You got it.

[And then we hear a growling noise. The source? His stomache.] ... You want to go get something to eat?
beautifulmemory: (Default)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Eating. Right. Sure, go ahead and show me.

[Food, still such a strange experience for an AI! Her tail swishes and betrays more interest than Mia herself expresses.]

15 minutes later, at a cafe down the street

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[As Haseo waits for his food to come out and sips on his drink, he looks across the table at Mia.] So, how has life in this city been treating you?
beautifulmemory: (Can't you see?)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[What mundane conversation! Mia is more focused on the drink than the conversation.]

It's been interesting, at least. It's so different than The World.

[Siiiiip, then she laps a bit at the water. So strange! Even after all this time, it's still fascinating to play with.]

It's strange, to not be able to go wherever I like with ease.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nods, kinda amused at how she plays with the water.] The Real World is kind of a pain in the ass like that. You can't just go to a Chaos Gate to change Servers or input keywords to go to different areas. You have to walk to pretty much everywhere.
beautifulmemory: (Default)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Even that was so tedious, in comparison. But I don't dislike it, not yet.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[smiles] From what I hear, the city isn't all that different from The World, what with the monsters that appear during the 13th hour. I'm actually hoping to form a party with some people to go exploring sometime. Would you like to?
beautifulmemory: (Who're you?)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
No. If I explore, I like to do it by myself or with someone else interesting.

[...What was that you were saying about Mia shaping Endrance's personality?]
Edited (whoops forgot a word for maximum rudeness) 2013-01-24 21:11 (UTC)

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ouch] Guess it can't be helped. Still, I tried. [Shakes his head, before he blinks as a thought occurs to him.] Hey, you said I smelled familiar earlier. Was there anything in particular about me that reminded you of something?
beautifulmemory: (Fracture)

[personal profile] beautifulmemory 2013-01-24 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

[She thinks, for a long while, completely ignoring her drink again. And she seems troubled, and struggling, to find the answer to that.

But there was nothing to find.]


I know it. Somehow, I know what it is. But I can't remember.

[personal profile] not_that_scary 2013-01-24 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
... Don't try to force it then. Give it time. It might come to you eventually, it might not. Either way, you shouldn't dwell on it too hard. At least, that's how I feel about it.

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