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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!
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-02 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Hostility? Me?

[She scoffs, giving another not-so-friendly grin]

Just having a nice, friendly chat. No hostility here.
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-02 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Really? Does she just think he can't read expressions? David shrugs and flags a waiter down for another coffee.]

You just about threatened me for information. If that's you playing nice, I'd worry about people when you're being mean.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-05 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Sitting back again, she gives a somewhat more amused grin, shrugging]

You probably should worry, I hear I can be a "handful".
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-05 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? Well people are telling you something wrong. You're clearly a whole bushelful. Too much for even two hands to handle.

[And maybe he's a bit used to those sorts of messes.]
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-07 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Bushelfil? Are you some granny or something?

[she gives a good laugh then, shaking her head slightly]

I’ll accept that compliment though.
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-07 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Or something. Definitely or something.

[It wasn't supposed to be a compliment, but he'll let her take what she wants.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-07 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
You gonna knit a sweater when it gets cold? Wait, do they have winter here- does it snow ?!

[asking the important questions here, she leans in like it’s vital information narrowing her eyes a bit at him]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-07 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
I've been here a month. I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to. But there are clothing stores, so you can buy something.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-07 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don’t know, think you should knit something instead, granny
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-07 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Really? He's clearly younger than her. He rolls his eyes.]

Teach me, old lady, and I will.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-13 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, you're the one that's talking like an old person, not me!

[So, clearly, he's the old one, in spirit at least]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-15 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)

[Old in spirit doesn’t mean actually old.]

Talking is one thing. Being is another. You’ve definitely got the cranky down too. 

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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-19 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not cranky, I'm awesome.

[Somehow, that makes entire sense]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-19 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
There isn't an 'or' going on here. You can be awesome and cranky.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-20 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
I could be a lot of things- cranky isn't one of them. I'm awesome with a dash of super awesome.
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-20 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh god, she's just too much. David can't help the snicker. She's like Julian Keller and that's so insane. But he'll live with it, and he shakes his head.]

You've done something to earn your ego, right?
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-21 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a fucking space marine, one of the top soldiers in an incredibly kickass project, saving the universe from assholes. So. Yea. I've earned it.

[Is she cocky and overly proud of herself? Maybe a little...]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-22 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you have.

[And he can accept the cocky and overly proud situation. Because he's done things like that before. But the real question is how to talk to her.]

You're not rating high on the social skills area, though. Solitary worker I guess?
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-09-30 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I can work with a team- if they can keep up with me.

[She's very social! Really! Depending on the person she's being social with and the situation... not her fault]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-30 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh yeah, that sounds very fake.]

Yeah, you sound like Julian. He was a bit full of himself too.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-10-17 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Don't know him, but I'm still more awesome so. [She shrugs and grins again, she doesn't need to know the guy to know she's better...]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-17 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you are. But...

[Right on cue, the bell to announce that it was time to change tables. And David offers her a brief nod of his head.]

I've got to get going.
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-10-31 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, don't lemme scare you away too badly. I only bite when allowed.

[Not that she was making any attempt to keep him, just offering another sharp smile]
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-31 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, when you bite really isn't my business, ma'am.

[He takes his coffee cup and heads away from the table. Thanks, but he'll pass.]
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[personal profile] whosthemonsternow 2019-11-01 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
[While she considers the term 'ma'am' mildly insulting- she's not some goddamn granny holy fuck- she doesn't make any move to try and hold him, just gives a very sarcastic chuckle as he leaves before calling out]

Aw, don't be scarred, buddy, live a little. And share when or even if you can actually manage to figure anything out.

[It's said with an air of both assholery, honestly, and doubt. Maybe he's a hotshot back home, but he didn't have anything helpful for her right now, so, as far as she's concerned, his skills are garbage at best, if not an entire dumpster fire. Will the attitude help her with anything? No, and she more or less knows that if she's honest even with herself at least- which she isn't... But she can't help herself. Between assuming and thinking this place is either a coma induced dream or purgatory, she's kinda figuring she's really, honestly, entirely trapped here. So she's going to take that out on anyone and everyone she can, because what is dealing with fear and complicated emotions? Anger and being a complete asshole is easier...]