Baby lately the plans we're making

[headandhand]

WHO: Open to all Dualizens
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: Our Crazy Jane's Gallows!
WHEN: January 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 just fine! But for the rest of you, the Head knows this is gonna 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 (possibly invasive) personal questions and receive results - or ignore the card and yeet yourself straight into a brand new friendship, whatever works! 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?!

Upon arrival, most will be ushered in by the Admins into the Gallery. Just ignore that large painting on the graffiti wall. Once inside you can begin to mingle and meet your fellow Dualizens, the city has also provided box wine, crackers and cheese as refreshments, a lovely Charcuterie spread laid out for any to sample while looking at the art and mingling.

This month there are two other lovely items for your amusement or horror! First off is a Karaoke machine, how the hell did they pull off getting every song you can think of with lyrics to all? Though, nearly every foul word is replaced with the sound a goose honking, have fun with that! Also, along with your normal note cards of questions you will find blank paper and kiddie packs of crayons. Make some art and leave it behind or leave it for your new friend!

Comments

Dean Winchester | OTA

[familybadass]

Like there was any chance of Dean going to a speed dating event. The man had died multiple times and he would take a jaunt through purgatory rather than sit down and ask dumb ass questions or worse answer dumb ass questions about himself... no thanks.

Dean, however, found the bar as soon as he possibly could. He had a glass of wine and a heaping plateful of cheese hoping to find a place to sit.

Wildcard

[feel free to catch him anywhere. ]

[itwasworthit]

Of course, Deano found the bar. And Will had seen that fine looking man standing there. Will didn't care about genders, hell Will didn't care about much in that respect, but he was bored and knew fresh meat when he saw it. Sliding over without much of a word. Taking a drink of his own wine, he offered an almost flirty playful grin.

"New in the big bad city?"

[familybadass]

Dean turned to look at the question. The few beers he had mellowed him out some so he thought he would answer the question.

"Am I wearing sign or something?"

[metamorphotic]

It's been a while since Nick attended one of these official events. She's had her hands full lately with assisting a revolution, and NAPs are always crawling with admins and Iterations, which is attention she really needs to avoid attracting.

But things with the Heart have been calm for the past few months, and Nick could do with some social interaction that doesn't involve an ulterior motive. An art gallery sounds like a pretty innocuous locale, and she's a little bit delighted to see the karaoke machine in full swing. She watches a couple performers take their turns, and when there's a lull in the line, she takes the mic to give a spirited rendition of an '80s pop classic.

She's not classically trained in any sense, but she performs like someone who's spent a decent amount of time on stages in dingy bars after weeks of practicing in a cluttered garage. Better than the average karaoker, at least - she treats her few minutes in the spotlight like she's putting on a real show, and it's while she's gesturing out into the crowd that she spots a face she recognizes, one she hasn't seen before now in this city. One she hasn't seen in a couple of years, actually, and it throws her for a second, right back into a desolate, ruined city and tense arguments.

She finishes her song with a wide smile and a wave and a bow and makes way for the next participant, wandering through the crowd in Dean's direction. She acquires a plastic glass of the cheap red wine, takes a sip, and her face scrunches up in distaste.

"This place would be so much more hoppin' if they'd have whiskey out instead of whatever this swill is," she comments, and turns her head toward Dean, acting as if she's only just now noticed he's there. "Hey ... I think I know you from somewhere. It's Dean, right?" Unlikely that it's either of the men she's met before, but from what she knows, any Dean needs to know certain things about her right from the start.

i AM so sorry.... this got eaten

[familybadass]

Dean will be the first to admit that he admires a beautiful woman. He's not too picky about Humans or anime depending on his mood. So, when he glances at the stage and sees Nick, he pays attention.

She's good. He'll give her that.

"Sorry?" He asked, startled that she knew his name. "Have we met?"

[metamorphotic]

Welp. That answers that question. Unsurprising, but she can work with it. She’s done it before. Nick smiles wryly and shakes her head.

“Nah. Not until just now, anyway. Let’s just say I ... know you by reputation.” Sure, that’s one way to put it. She holds her hand out to shake, meeting all official-like. “l’m Nick. You just get here?”