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

[really_sketchy]

"I think so." In many ways, Naminé was still new to the world. This was her beginning. She had a new life ahead of her and even if she was stuck here, she got the chance to experience everything for the first time.

"Really? I'd love to learn. Is floating hard."

She's not half bad at doggy paddling though her usual goal in that was to just keep her head above the water.

[legacy_blade]

"Floating is pretty easy when you've got someone you can trust around," Zack smiles at her. "How about we get out of the river where people can bump you? We'll go to the shallows and I'll teach you how to float. And from there you can learn to move yourself around a little, when you're confident."

[really_sketchy]

"Alright." Naminé kicks her feet and guides the inner tube to the edge of the pool. She's fairly sure she can stand in this part of the pool but she isn't about to test it until she reaches the ledge and tosses the inner tube on the side of the lazy river where there are a few others.

"Over there?" She points to the shallow area of the pool as she very slowly skirts the wall of the pool to get there.

She likes the water and doesn't want to get out.

[legacy_blade]

"Over there," Zack agrees, hauling himself up and out of the water easily before walking toward the shallow area to do the lesson in.

"First rule," he says as he walks, "I promise there is NO way I'm going to let you drown. I swear it."

[really_sketchy]

"Can you drown in so little water?" It was actually a lot of water but seeing a nine foot deep pool and then a three foot one... there was a startling difference between the two and three feet didn't seem as bad.

She also didn't realize how scary it was to have the water cover her face... yet.

[legacy_blade]

"You can drown on dry land if someone is pouring water down your throat," Zack shrugs. "So we're going to be really careful. But most of the time in places like this there are people whose entire job is to make sure that you don't. And I won't let it happen either."

He keeps walking along the edge until they get to the shallower area and then he smirks at her.

"You ready for this?"