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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.]

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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-01-21 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He had no idea where the hell he is or how he got there, but it's disconcerting, to say the very least. He'd gone from finally meeting up with everyone and about to enter the game, to all of a sudden being... here. He could tell he was still on Earth, but somehow he'd time traveled, and way fucking far apparently.

And Roxy, Jane and Jake didn't appear to be here at all.

It didn't take him long to realize that this isn't a dream bubble either, so that was out. After that realization, all he really had left to do is wander around, hoping something would make fucking sense. But then someone pops out. A familiar face amongst the faceless people he didn't know.

He stops dead.]


Dave?
Edited 2013-01-21 09:27 (UTC)
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[personal profile] rememberstime 2013-01-25 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Dave should honestly be more concerned, but it's hard to be concerned when Dave is also pretty sure he's dead. Honestly, this isn't the weirdest thing to happen. He's dealt with pretty weird shit.

The fact that Dave is desensitized to shit like this is actually the disconcerting part.

He turns when he hears his name. Dave was a pretty common name, by no means. At least in the U.S. This is probably not the U.S. They're probably calling out to him, but the voice is unfamiliar. When he turns, the face he looks at isn't what he's expecting. He already knows who this must be. He doesn't really need to know what Dirk looks like to guess who it is. He just knows. But he also didn't like to bring his own hopes up.
]

How do you know my name?
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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-02-04 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alright. Calm down. Seriously. Just because you're suddenly meeting your absentee guardian does not mean you suddenly have permission to go completely uncool. Relax your ass and calm down. But god it's hard, because... of all the things. Of all the fucking things, this was not one of the things you expected to happen. Holy shit.]

Uh...

Does the name Dirk Strider mean anything to you?
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[personal profile] rememberstime 2013-02-05 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Dave considered how to answer. That could have meant a lot of things. Of course this was only because Dave was overcautious and maybe a little more on the paranoid side. But his expression softened a bit. Dirk was probably internally freaking out over this a hell lot more than he was expressing.]

It means plenty to me. [A beat.] Wasn't really expecting this.
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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-02-06 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's trying not to internally freak out, anyway. It's a little hard, because... Well, it's like Dave said. He wasn't expecting this, either. Far from it- he never thought he'd get to see his guardian alive, except for hopefully when the game sprite became a thing. And even then, that could go wrong.

But there he is, right in front of him.]


I... yeah, neither was I. I'm him- Dirk, I mean. Your... brother.
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[personal profile] rememberstime 2013-02-07 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Dirk seems pretty overwhelmed. Dave would be if he were not kind of used to unexpected shit happening to him. That, and if he weren't so good at feigning being calm. He was definitely kind of freaking out inside.]

I-[Oh. Right. His shirt obviously...welp.] This is probably kind of awkward.
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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-02-09 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Nah... It's not.

[That's a lie. A really fuckin' big lie, to be honest, but he's not going to say that. He's trying not to look at the blood, because that... yeah, that part's awkward. But he's trying to focus on the fact that he's meeting Dave for the first time in his life. That part? It's nothing short of amazing. It kinda outshines the awkwardness by a very large margin.]

I never thought that I would get this chance.
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[personal profile] rememberstime 2013-02-09 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Dave has at least the audacity to pat the front of his shirt in what should be a self conscious manner.]

That makes two of us. Except I guess it was more like I knew I wasn't going to get the chance, so this is kind of surreal. I'm still not sure if I'm just dead or something.
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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-02-09 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[No... please don't pat your shirt. God damn it. His eyes flick to it, but he looks back at Dave's face when he speaks. Tryiiiing not to think about that. And then he goes and says the D word.]

If you died, then so did I. Which is to say, I didn't, because I wasn't anywhere near a dream bubble before I ended up here. So this is... really happening.

[He steps closer, a little hesitantly.]
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[personal profile] rememberstime 2013-02-09 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoops.]

You say dream bubble like I know what that is. [He...doesn't really.] This is a really weird ass dream if this isn't happening. [Dave steps a foot closer. There's no hesitation to it.] But I really doubt that.
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[personal profile] brohoof 2013-02-17 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Really...?

[Huh. He wasn't aware that Dave wouldn't have knowledge of this kind of shit, but... Well. He can live with that. It's going to be weird as hell to catch him up to speed, but oh well.]

But yeah, anyway, no. This isn't a dream, I'm pretty fuckin' sure this is actually happening. I'm not sure how, or why, but... I can't say I mind, all things considered.

[He swallows.]

It's... nice to finally meet you.