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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

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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.]

View the FIRST THREAD POST COMMENTS ONLY
justjustice: (thinking)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-16 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Nope. Apollo notices the hairstyle first. Can it be...? He's not wearing his usual comfy attire or that silly hat, but that hair... Well, it never hurts to try. He approaches Nick and...]

Mr. Wright? Is that you?
ghost_shield: (...come again?  -- by Edgey-mun)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-16 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
*The head bobs up and looks around. Er, was that voice talking to him? He scratches his head. Nah, must've been somebody else. HIS name's not Mr. Wright. He refocuses on whatever he was doing.

You might need to make it a little more obvious you're addressing him directly.*
justjustice: (closeup)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-16 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[No? That didn't work? Must not be him, then... Or maybe he just didn't hear? Apollo tries again, this time projecting and enunciating, just like his Chords of Steel workout told him to do.]

Excuse me! Are you Mr. Wright, or do you happen to know someone named Phoenix Wright?
ghost_shield: (OH FU --)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-16 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Gyah!

*Holy SHIT that was loud. You certainly startled the hell out of him. He turns around, DECIDEDLY paying more attention.

When he turns, it's a little more obvious he's not who he looks like from behind. The proportions are a little off. He's got glasses. He's definitely SIMILAR, but otherwise? Yeah, mistaken identity.*


I... I'm sorry, were you talking to me?
justjustice: (embarrassed)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoops! There needs to be a Chords of Steel lesson for volume control, apparently. Apollo nervously runs one hand over his hair, causing his "antennas" to spring back up after being slicked down.]

I, um, uh... sorry! I thought you were someone else. I know a guy who looks a lot like you, so I got confused. Sorry. While I have your attention, though... can you tell me a bit about this place? The city, I mean, not just where we are now.
ghost_shield: (Default)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-16 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
*He stares for a bit. He seems to wave off something to his side for a moment, and then... well, glasses pop up over his glasses for a second. He nods at something, and they retract.*

Ah, that explains it. You're one of the new guys, aren't you? Well, it explains SOME things anyway. You're in Hinoto-Ri, which as far as I can tell is one of the last civilized cities on this planet. Not that anybody's ever been able to go out and check.
justjustice: (Eep)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-18 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, whaaaaat?

[Wait did glasses just appear over the glasses? Where did those come from? Poor Apollo's head is spinning.]

How am I on one of the last civilized cities? The world was just fine yesterday!
ghost_shield: (WHEE!  -- icon by edgey-mun original art)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-18 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well, the good news is the world is probably still just fine!

*A beat.*

The bad news is that you're not IN that world anymore.
justjustice: (Eep)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-20 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
What do you mean I'm not "in that world" any more? Are you saying I've been spirited off to another world somehow?

...It almost makes sense, but I don't want to believe it!
ghost_shield: (An interesting thought)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-20 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Better be believing it, I'm afraid. That's pretty much an essential first step. Don't know why they chose us, but they have. Best thing for now is to settle in a bit, get used to things.

*He scratches the back of his head. Of course, relaxing and getting used to things looks like it's easier said than done for this guy.*

Look, I know a decent cafe near here. Do you want to go there, calm your nerves a bit? I'll foot the bill. I can afford it well enough. The name's Nicholas Reeve, by the way.
justjustice: (reading)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-24 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
If you say so... [Yeaaaaah, that's going to take some getting used to.] Sure, I guess I go with you. I'm Apollo. Apollo Justice.
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[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-25 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you Mr. Justice. Apollo, eh? Like the sun god?

*He seems to wave off something next to him before he begins walking in a specific direction.*
justjustice: (normal)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-01-27 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, like the sun god. It's kind of weird, I know.

[Apollo follows Nick as he goes.]
ghost_shield: (Hey there!)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-01-29 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I've heard weirder. Some people don't even have names pronounceable by the human tongue. Seriously.

*He continues to lead the way.*

So, what did you do before you came here, anyway?
justjustice: (thinking)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-02-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, what? If they don't have names pronounceable by humans, then what are they?

I was a lawyer. Things were pretty simple for me, until they definitely weren't.
ghost_shield: (Ta da)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-02-12 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Let's just say there are areas of the multiverse where "human" is a checkbox.

Heh. Sounds like the story of a lot of lives here. Although I can't say I've EVER remembered a time where things were simple.

*Ah, here's the place. Doesn't look too bad. He opens the door for his guest.*
justjustice: (das nasty)

[personal profile] justjustice 2013-03-03 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Human" as a checkbox... man, I can't wrap my head around that.


[Apollo walks on in.]

Huh. This place looks good enough. Better than what I was expecting, anyway.
ghost_shield: By Edgey-mun (For the love of --)

[personal profile] ghost_shield 2013-03-03 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
Better do it soon. There's a lot of not-humans, and they aren't all exactly friendly.

*He flags down a waitress, who shows them to a table.*

What kind of law did you practice?