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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-11-07 07:29 pm

they show you how to swim

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!
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2019-11-12 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, jacks?" Zack asks, grinning, because that one is one he knows. He smiles at the friendly man and nods. "We did that too. Mine were silver and gold. Or they looked that way. Why didn't you play it too?"

As for him, Zack has to consider. Hide-and-Seek is rather good, but is that nearly as cool as jacks? He's seriously reevaluating.

"I really loved hide and seek too. I was a small kid growing up, so I could hide under and in a lot of things."
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[personal profile] waypastasking 2019-11-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Steve's eyebrows shot up just a little bit. He thought no one would know jacks or make fun of him for being ancient. "Really?" Steve's expression became a little wistful at the question, but he answered it none the less.

"I was too sick to play like the other kids. I tried, but I kept getting bullied. I hate bullies." Steve leaned forward a bit.

"You know, my friend Buck, well he probably wished I would do that a bit more. He was always bailing me out of my jams."
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2019-11-12 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, Zack totally gets that, nodding firmly. "Hell yeah, Bullies are the worst. Like, dudes, there has to be something better you can do with your lives, right? And hide and seek is pretty cool in it's own ways. I grew out of it, though."

Still, he's very curious. Sick is an interesting situation. The guy REALLY doesn't look sick now. Zack looks him over briefly.

"You look pretty damn fine right now. I'm glad you got healthy as you got older."
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[personal profile] waypastasking 2019-12-01 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Steve laughed, liking Zack from the moment he opened his mouth. It was a rare feat to get Steve to laugh about anything these days so points to Zack for getting the job done.

Steve raised an eyebrow and grinned. "You're not looking too bad yourself. Not bad for 95 heh?"
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2019-12-01 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well what isn't to like? Zack's warm and cuddly and friendly of all sorts of ways of that, and he doesn't mind doing what he has to do. Which is be cheerful to support the people around him. He's a little ray of sunshine.

"Wow, I'm totally not ninety five!" Zack insists, grinning. And then he gets it. Wow, that wasn't flirting or compliments, that was this guy stating how old he was. Was that... possible? "Wait, you're 95? Like... No way!"