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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 2019-11-25 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, there is clearly something going on here. Like there was before, when Cloud wanted to leave. When Zack had caught his friend up and embraced him. Then he'd thought to offer comfort. Now, in the face of how Cloud curls in on himself once he finally sits down, he doesn't know if there is any amount of comfort he can truly give.

He doesn't know Cloud as well as he should, Zack realizes, as he watches his friend. There are some things he can tell, of course. What SOLDIER worth his salt can't notice some glaring details like white knuckles? But the rest? The lack of expression? What does it all mean? He wishes he was smarter. He wishes he was like Kunsel and could pick things apart. He wished he was like Angeal and knew how to support people with a firm word and an encouraging nod. He wished... he wished he was something better than he was, than he is.

And that tone? It makes his chest ache and he can't say why.]


Cloud, wait... Let... let me walk you back?

[Zack bounces to his feet and grabs his towel, wrapping it around his shoulders and moving to Cloud.]

I can carry your... towel.
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[personal profile] legacy_blade 2019-11-26 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh wow, way to make his heart hurt more. Zack squeezes the hand in his, leans into that forehead against his, and closes his eyes. Why does that feel so painful, though? Like he's losing something?]

You'll wait? You promise? I mean, I could walk you back and then come back to her.

[They're both his friends. Cloud's his best one, Aerith his girlfriend. They both matter.]