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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] final7thheaven 2019-12-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
The other topics are fine, for the most part, but the second Tidus starts directly asking about Shinra, Tifa closes up a bit. Shinra was responsible for taking everything from her. They killed her family, destroyed her hometown, and squashed her second home flat. They took everything from her and so many other people.

"No," she responds, her voice ever so slightly tight. "Shinra Electric Power Company. It's a mega corporation. Their headquarters are in Midgar."

They're pretty much in control of the entire Planet by now, though she doesn't really want to say too much more about them, even if he asks. Also... he's missing a couple of continents in his mental image, but that will take more explaining than she really thinks she can give here.
Edited 2019-12-06 00:10 (UTC)
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[personal profile] blitzcheer 2019-12-06 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Tidus may not be privy to her thoughts, but he's aware of the shift in her tone, the stilted language. She's been rather giving in terms of details, and while she still shares now, he can tell the difference.

Bad news. He thinks for a moment, then sits up some, putting his hands on his knees.

"Hey, thanks for telling me so much. Before I went travelling, I never thought about the world outside where I came from, the different lives people had. I know we're all far away from home now, but... I appreciate it." He nods. "Are you going to let people know about your bar through that device they gave us? The one with the online. I wanna check it out when you open."

He knows when it's been a bit too long. There's no reason for him to keep nosing out of personal interest.