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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-07-10 09:56 pm

you understand, i got a plan for us.

WHO: Errybody in the city
WHAT: Marker tag and NAPs
WHERE: Everywhere in the city for marker tag; the Spenny’s near the dorms for NAPs
WHEN: July 10-31 for marker tag; July 10-14 for NAPs
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable!

To tag or not to tag - that is the question.

Welcome, one and all, to a long-running Dualis summer tradition: the annual city-wide Dualis Marker Tag Competition! For the next three weeks, all participants who accept the challenge will be given a marker and set free to tag any other participant in the city by making a mark on their skin, while attempting to avoid being tagged themselves. Careful, though - the ink marks last three weeks, so you’ll have to wait until the competition concludes to wash everything off.

Markers come in all colors, even fluorescent, glitter, and glow-in-the-dark, and you can use however many markers your inner child’s heart desires. These markers will leave marks even on people who have chosen not to play, but you can easily purchase an armband, headband, or similar accessory that says NONPARTICIPANT if you so desire. Marking nonparticipants is considered extremely bad form and wins you no prizes, but "misfires" do still happen, on occasion. It’s usually considered polite to offer a mistaken nonparticipant that you’ve marked a small reparation, like coffee or a more adult beverage.

Safe zones do exist! Any establishment can put out a sign that marks it as such - signs in shop windows, chalkboards outside bars, and the like; many do this, just to keep the general chaos and injury/property damage liability down. Tenants of private residences typically agree that their spaces are also safe zones, but that's up to y’all to hash out.

Have fun! And maybe try not to put anyone’s eye out, yeah?

I like to party and by party I mean NAPs.

Look at all of these bright, shining new faces! There’s even a few less bright, less shining 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, then 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?!

Plus, you get to hang out for a while at the intergalactically renowned Spenny’s Diner! Spenny’s is a declared safe zone from marker tag shenanigans - until you roll out of the door, at least. So pull up a chair, get to know your new neighbors, and enjoy a cup or two of Spenny’s famous Electric Shock coffee, which contains 900 milligrams of caffeine per cup. Hope you didn’t plan on sleeping tonight!
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (More Effective Than Sleep Spells (Bored))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-28 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"If I have my way? No. I'm going to Earth with Billy.

That's where he belongs. At the side of the man he loves. Who loves him. He's trying his best to adapt to normalcy, though. How can he be involved with another person if he doesn't manage that.

"He's told me about his world. No monsters. No child soldiers. I'll manage it."
silentnarration: (a way home)

[personal profile] silentnarration 2019-08-28 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a flicker of emotion. He's trying to hide it by staring at the counter ahead. He's closer to Seifer but their friendship is heavily under construction. While Nida... He would actually miss having someone to talk to at the bridge.

He nods.

"Be happy. Wherever you end up."
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (Could Almost Believe In Good (Hopeful))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll try," Nida promises, and he does smile. Because Billy definitely brings him happiness. "May you find that wherever you are as well, Squall."

A more friendly statement from Nida than he normally gets, but there you go.
silentnarration: (flushed)

[personal profile] silentnarration 2019-08-31 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Strangely enough he can relate. He looks at Nida from the corner of his eyes and scratches at his cheek shyly, nodding.

"It'll be okay if I'm with Rinoa..." That's ultimately who matters in the end, isn't it? He'd been willing to throw it all away for her.
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (Sunshine on a Cloudy Day (Warm Smile))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-31 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
A statement that earns Squall an even warmer smile. "That feeling right there? Exactly how I feel about Billy. Which is part of why I won't go home."

If nothing else, Billy would be seen as a danger there. A sorcerer without the limitations of their world like needing a knight. Yeah, no, bad idea.
silentnarration: (mrgh)

[personal profile] silentnarration 2019-09-01 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
When Squall looks up again, there's a tinge of wonder in his eyes. Is that what he looked like with Rinoa? She's the only one he ever truly wanted to genuinely smile around. Even thinking about her now made his chest hurt. He misses her horribly.

He has a hand over his heart without realizing it.

"And I will." Go home. Back to the place where he found everything at a cost. "It'll be different without you and Seifer." Thinking about Seifer not being in that world anymore? That aches too. He closes that same hand loosely.
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (More Effective Than Sleep Spells (Bored))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-09-01 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"You won't even notice me missing," Nida promises. Because he's been home. He didn't remember anything of what he'd experienced.
silentnarration: unknown artist (ponder)

[personal profile] silentnarration 2019-09-03 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He frowns. Wants to ask why he said that. Is it because Squall forgot him before? But the line has moved and the employee is asking what he wants so he's stuck figuring that out for a minute.

There's seats and food collection to fuss over later and the moment passes. He also gets a last minute call to cut his lunch hour short so conversation has to be stalled as he finishes his food and has to return to work.

He'll still be trying to get his marker tag revenge though!