they show you how to swim

[headandhand]

WHO: All Dualizens, old and new
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: Dualis Oasis
WHEN: Nov. 7-10
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable!


Look at all of these bright, shining new faces! There’s even a few less bright, less shining faces - maybe even a few folks without faces - but hey, this city welcomes all types. Chances are, if you’ve just arrived, you're seeing some pretty crazy things, unless you're used to an eye-blinding amount of neon, robots, weird-ass technology, magic, and an omnipresent police force...and hey, if you are, congrats, you're gonna settle in juuuuust fine. But for the rest of you, the Head knows this has gotta be pretty overwhelming, right?

Well, since your quaint individual processing units are probably having a hard time, why not link up with another one? By which the Head means...

Hello, new citizens of Dualis,
and welcome to your monthly Network Adjacency Protocol~!

NAPs are a monthly community networking event similar to the Earth concept of speed dating! Two citizens (new arrivals and old hands alike) are placed at a table together with a handy cue card of queries to help break the proverbial ice. Ask queries and receive results, or ignore the card and yeet yourself straight into a brand new friendship! But don't be too shy, you've only got ten minutes together, and if you just sit in silence for the whole ten, the Network Admins are likely to come supervise and try to repair the uplink through a mild shock to the ol' central nervous system. You might find yourself saying all sorts of unintended facts about yourself if that happens...probably better to just make friends, right? Who doesn’t like friends?!

The weather outside may be taking a turn toward chilly, but you can still get your swim on during this month’s NAPs, held at the Dualis Oasis, an indoor temperature-controlled aquatic amusement park with giant slides, swimming pools, and lazy winding float rivers. Appropriate swimming gear is required for entry to this part of the park, but there are a number of shops just outside that will gladly sell you swimwear and accessories.

For those of you who wish to avoid a humid environment or just hate fun, a dehumidified lounge and restaurant offer quieter, dryer spaces for chatting and snacking. The actual speed-friending itself is in progress here, but you’re welcome to stick around and continue conversations with your new friends.

So c’mon, what are you waiting for? Just dive right in for fun and friendship - the water’s fine, fine, fine, just like everything else in this fair city. But hey, remember to play safe. No running!

Comments

[aleifr]

Aleifr stops, glancing down at the woman and arching an eyebrow. He actually seems ... amused by that forwardness, though his eyes do more emoting than his face does.

"So I've been told." He replies dryly as the barest hint of a smirk tugs at the corner of his mouth. "Though most here tend to think it instead of saying it out loud."

Sort of refreshing, really. That directness.

[whosthemonsternow]

Personally, South would consider herself pretty fluent in body language and picking up on less obvious, more subtle reactions. Whether that's true or not, she is fairly sure she's catching something of amusement from him, or at least nothing laced with being offended by her words.

"Most people are cowards." Or just polite. Civil. Behaved like normal adult humans should be. Not blunt and rude with little to no regard about other people's feelings like she usually, generally is. Oh well.

[aleifr]

Bluntness suits Aleifr just fine. He's quite prone to it himself, and it just so happens that he tends to agree with her -- at least as far as Dualis goes.

So he concedes the point with a slight shrug of his shoulders and holds out his free hand to her.

"Aleifr."

[whosthemonsternow]

Oh, perfect, he's not a whiner that's going to get all upset over a minor observation she made out loud. Fucking finally! Look, she can understand why people might get butthurt over personal comments about them that she might make, but holy fuck, she doesn't always mean any of it in a bad way, people need to chill.

She grins and hops up to her feet, shoving her hand in his for a solid shake, "South Dakota, Space Marine back home, bodyguard for the Mayor and bad-guy-hunting deputy here."

Full introduction only to be, like, polite and shit or whatever. Not to brag about how obviously awesome she is.

[aleifr]

Of course.

Doesn't know what the fuck a 'space marine' is, but the rest of it? Bodyguard, deputy ... that, he knows to some extent.

"Quite the impressive list of titles."

[whosthemonsternow]

"Eh, titles are just words. Its what you do to actually earn and deserve the titles that matters." And, if you ask her, she deserves all the awesome and impressive titles ever.

[aleifr]

"Just so."

She's right. Titles meant nothing without the deeds to back them up, and while he might not know those ... he likes her confidence.

[whosthemonsternow]

South gives him another once over before sitting back down, she nudges a flip-flopped foot out to push the other chair away from the table, the only invitation she's giving for him to join.

"So you have any titles? Besides being built like a fortress."

[aleifr]

"Not so much." He admits. "My father was as big as I am and a hell of a fighter, so for most, 'Son of Bjorn' tells them what they need to know."

He accepts her invitation, settling into the offered seat. "If you're asking what I do, though ... At home, I'm a hersir. A warrior."

[whosthemonsternow]

Yeah So of Whoever doesn't do much for her, but she does get the last bit, the last word. Warrior? That isn't a super commonly used word, not like soldier or marine and whatnot. It makes her cock an eyebrow curiously, though she waits a second to see if the chair would try to break- just mildly curious how sturdy the things were since he's not a small guy.

"Warrior, huh? So, you from a place that's still all about swords and shields instead of guns, or just still use that word?" She finally asks, resuming sipping on her drink.

[aleifr]

Aleifr shakes his head.

"Didn't know what a gun was before I came here."

[whosthemonsternow]

On one hand, South kinda likes the idea of swords, up close and personal and all that. But...she still likes guns more.

"Probably kinda helpful here, not a whole lot of guns."