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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-08-10 03:47 pm

kitty at my foot and i wanna touch it.

WHO: Open to all residents
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: The RoCocoa Cat Cafe
WHEN: Aug. 10-14
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, 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?!

This month’s event is held at the brand new RoCocoa Cat Cafe, a sparkly new establishment that caters to children and the young at heart with iced and hot cocoa drinks of all kinds, delicious pastries, age-appropriate live music, and of course many friendly kitties who love to lounge in laps. The cats are of all shapes, sizes, and colors, including some who may look a little different from what you expect, or may look like an ordinary cat but are actually anything but ordinary underneath that adorable fur coat. All cats in the cafe are adoptable, too, if you meet a new furry friend and just can’t bear to go home without them!

So pull up a chair, get to know your new neighbors, and enjoy a sugary treat or two with the resident furbabies. You might just meet your new two- or four-legged best friend!
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Them Smooth Jazz Stylings (Chill))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
The circus? Most people ran away TO the circus, not from it. But who is David to judge. He is impressed, though.

"You any good in the air then?"
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Cats Because Cats <3

[personal profile] minus1twin 2019-08-13 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Wanda." She corrected him gently. It wasn't that Wanda disliked formalities but it didn't sound right to her. No one called her ma'am, not even Clint's kids. They all just called her by her name and she liked it that way.

"And if you think you can. The kitten on my head seems determined to stay up there and I wouldn't look this one in the eye."
minus1twin: (I am listening)

[personal profile] minus1twin 2019-08-13 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda gently shook her head. "I'll explain it later." If he didn't remember then it wasn't important. She'd eventually tell him everything she could remember. Clint wasn't someone she purposely kept things from but that was all in the past and Wanda wanted to focus on their future and whatever that might bring.

"I arrived a few days ago. I live in room 504. I was getting a job and trying to get my barrings." This was the first time that Wanda had actively gone out with the intention of seeing who else had been brought here. It had taken her time to adjust and time to remember everything between the sadness of Earth and the chaos of memories that had flooded back to her from the village.

"I'm sorry I didn't try and find you sooner." She hadn't known that he was here but it wasn't really a surprise. Clint was always there for her... in one way or another.
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2019-08-13 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"You're right." Wanda watched him with almost a knowing look. She had thought that there was some regard between Nida and Billy back when she'd lived in the village but it had only been an hunch then. Now she was sure that there was something more to it.

"You're very close to them, aren't you?"

Her smiled widened. "Maybe closer to Billy?"

Her expression was softer than it had been, as if her own sadness had been chased away by the thought that Billy, her son, might have found someone who made him happy. All a mother could ask for was that her children were happy. "I'm happy for you both." And she really meant it.

"I know that they're both strong but I bet you had something to do with that too."
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-13 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
She's sharp, and maybe Nida's obvious. He chuckles and nods. "Much closer to Billy. Our six month anniversary is on the fifteenth. Thanks, for... yeah. Sorta in love with him, which is weird because, you know, never experienced anything like that back home. But I had nothing to do with Billy's strength."

Really, he's going to NOT mention what Billy did the day of the explosion here. Because he doesn't want to worry her. Doesn't want to worry himself frankly. But Billy was a badass who didn't need anyone holding him up. Except for his twin, of course.
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[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2019-08-13 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Me?" He lets out a surprised laugh. "Um. Dick has taught me some stuff, but I'm not anywhere near his level. He lives to fly. I'm an amateur in comparison."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Data Processing Please Wait (Thoughtful))

CW: Referenced Character Death - But it's very generalized.

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
For half a second there is a flash of panic in David's brain. Wanda. Wanda Maximoff. His heart beats double time. Which he manages to quash. Because he knows that isn't the Wanda Maximoff from his world. He would have recognized her instantly. Perhaps the one from Tommy's village? He swallows and his hands move to his lap so he can wring his fingers without her seeing it.

Not his Wanda. Not the Decimation. Not the woman who ruined his life and got him killed.

Not this woman. Not fair to her. He pushes it down and nods to her.

"Yeah, just... Let me see."

David takes his newspaper and quickly tears long strips from it, which he ties together. The rest is rolled into a stick that he affixes the end to. Then he's standing and starting to dangle the thing on the couch, near the one in Wanda's lap. Start there. The noise should hopefully help rouse it.
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Even an amateur by comparison can be amazing," David points out with a small smile.

In fact, Tim could probably impress a lot of people if he wanted to.
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[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2019-08-13 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"You'd be better off holding out for the real deal," he says with another laugh. "I can mostly keep myself from falling on my face, but I'm not a performer. His parents were both acrobats, so he grew up on a trapeze. Me... not so much." He pauses, then considers how that probably sounds, after referring to Dick as his brother, and mentioning "their dad." "Uh. One interesting thing about me is that I grew up an only child, but now I'm one of five. Four of us are adopted."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Data Processing Please Wait (Thoughtful))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
A kid growing up on a trapeze? There is half a moment where David wishes he'd gone to school with someone like that. Instead he listens quietly as Tim clarifies, and he is left smiling with a brief nod.

"That's a really generous father you have. I have a sister by blood, and people I'd consider family by circumstance. I haven't seen any of them in well over a year and a half though. Well, except for the party just before I came here.
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2019-08-13 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda's brow furrowed at the sudden hesitation. She had thought it was the cats, perhaps he had just noticed that the one on her lap only had one eye or maybe... maybe it was something else. She didn't know what it was but she wanted to put him at ease if she could.

"I can try and help if you want. I don't want to hurt them or you."

They were very well trained cats which Wanda supposed was normal for a cat cafe. Then again, this was her first time being in a cat cafe.

The cat on her lap turned and looked up at David before batting playfully at the strips of newspaper. It seems determined to try and get it but he also doesn't seem to remember that he has legs because he is wiggling towards the edge of Wanda's lap without actually getting up.
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2019-08-13 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda shook her head gently from side to side. "I hadn't experienced love when I lived in the village. Not like that." There were moments when Wanda thought she might, people she could have fallen for but the timing wasn't right. "I did feel it afterwards back home. It's a wonderful feeling."

She was really happy for them both.

"I'm just glad that they're okay and I get to see them again." She had no chance of having them in her world now. Vision was gone and Wanda didn't really understand how her alternate universe self had made Billy and Tommy in the first place.
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welp

[personal profile] pretendtoneedme 2019-08-13 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Whoever that Selina is, I don't think this's her fault." The voice is that of a man in middle age who grabs the chair and turns it around, straddling it at the same time as he puts it back on the ground. It's a small tell, but a tell nonetheless, that this is a man who is very familiar with physical activity. His clothing covers up his body so that all that's reasonably seen is the lower portion of his arms and his neck and face, and he looks in good enough shape, but a lot of people look like that without being fit.

He also looks distinctly unimpressed with this whole situation, and is studiously ignoring the slightly weirdly-proportioned tabby cat that's following him, more or less a normal cat but with very short legs. He's heard of munchkin cats before but never seen one in person, and at the moment he seems to be trying to keep it that way. "The words might be kind of fun, though. You'd get to vent some annoyance, at least."
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[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2019-08-13 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"It's been a while for me, too." He smiles a little. "Everyone gets busy." What with dying, coming back to life, fights, travel, The Mission in its various forms... "Plus, I was in a different interdimensional nexus before this, which made it a little difficult to get together for Sunday dinner."

Not that that's actually a thing for them.
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[personal profile] notalive 2019-08-13 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," he agrees - about Hank. "He was the one who taught me that sometimes doing the right thing means not doing what everything you're supposed to do."

Be it staying in one place while people are in danger, or letting people gamble illegally if they're not hurting anybody. Or letting his android partner completely fail at his investigation because he knew something bigger was happening.

But he also virtually feels himself clunk into a sort of detective mode - interest sharpening his expression as he leans forward a little. The cat in his lap grumbles a tiny bit, but just wriggles a little and settles back down.

"So, was the culprit found? Did anybody claim responsibility?"
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[personal profile] demiurgency 2019-08-13 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Whoever's currently got Wanda as a partner had better just find themselves a new partner, as Billy spots the familiar form across the room the moment he walks in, just a little late after an opening shift at his job, and freezes in place.

Maybe she won't remember him. Probably not, in fact, look at Squall and Rinoa, the odds are so incredibly low, and she'd vanished so long before the rest of them. Who knew what had happened? And even if she was the Wanda he knew, Nida hadn't remembered anything of the village when he'd gone home, so maybe she'd forgotten all about him. All about them.

None of that stops him, though, does it? He's already moving even as he tries to convince himself not to let his hopes carry him too far out of reach, an uncertain look on his face as he approaches her.

"Wanda...?"
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm trying to keep anyone from being hurt, Ms. Maximoff," he says, and he is mostly intent on the cat. That wiggling is a good sign, usually prefaces a pounce. David wiggles the makeshift toy briefly before jerking it abruptly away, smiling to himself when the little feline pounces at it. That's something. He keeps toying with the newspaper creation to keep the cat distracted.

"That's one. But I'll need to keep playing to distract it. Can you handle the one on your head?"
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Data Processing Please Wait (Thoughtful))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Thing was, David would absolutely understand the whole 'dying, coming back to life, fights, travel' and all of that. Another world, another set of heroes, but a simple and consistent truth.

"Another interdimensional nexus? I don't suppose I can get an explanation there?"
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-13 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
She found love back home? That's good to hear. However, the reminder that going home was a thing makes him almost sad. Though he keeps smiling. There's nothing about home he wants, and he has a bad feeling that if Billy goes home, he'll lose his boyfriend.

"I'm glad you'll get to see them too," Nida answers, chuckling to himself. "Billy works at another coffee shop than this one. This city is full of them, bless. If he doesn't show up for this, send me a message and I'll be sure to send him up to your room to see you."

He will happily give up time with his boyfriend so the man can see his mother. Family comes first, both of them had agreed to that.

"How long have you been here?"
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-13 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
And here Nida thought that the right thing and what you were supposed to do rarely ever overlapped. Still, he doesn't get the chance to say much more, because then Connor seems to change just a little. Interesting.

"You detective sorts. No, no one has been caught yet so far as I can tell. And whoever did it, they seem to associate with Heart iconography. You should ask Hank. He is more invested in finding the answer."

Nida... didn't care as much. He was tired of being a warrior. For right now, he just wanted to be a person.
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[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2019-08-13 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Tim makes a face. "I think about half of the newer arrivals must have come from there, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone else had mentioned it. A similar setup, with people dragged out of their own times, places, and universes, but in the middle of the woods, and scale the technology back to about... Earth 1890." Tim gives him a slightly pained look. "Modern technology was really not a thing at all.

"What about you? Mansion with a training center and holographic simulations? Sounds a little more exciting than a really intense personal gym."
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[personal profile] notalive 2019-08-13 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Heart iconography..." he repeats. "Sure, I'll ask Hank."

Ask, pester relentlessly - those are synonyms, right?

"Sorry," he offers, seeing Nida's nowhere near as interested in the topic as he is. "I was programmed to solve cases, I guess it's still part of who I am even now."

Maybe all androids who were deviants still felt like that - the ones who had been house cleaning androids still like cleanliness. The leader of the revolution had cared for a sick painter - maybe that's how he wound up taking care of so many androids himself. Their functions remain part of their personalities even later - a starting point to build from.
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[personal profile] notalive 2019-08-13 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
When he sits down, he's followed by apparently his new guide around the cafe: one completely blind, two-tailed cat, which is doing a really job following him and going around people, other cats and furniture, given the lack of eyes.

He can read facial expressions well enough to know that he might be about to be snapped at, but Connor's unique among androids in that he's never given much of a damn, not before deviating from his programming, and not after either. So he's sitting himself down anyway.

"If someone called Selina's behind all this, you wouldn't be the only one having words."
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[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-08-13 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Where Tommy was," David observes after a moment. He hadn't expected too many people from there. But he definitely heard that story. Only from one person though. Still, he's intrigued.

Still, there's another question to address, and the point is to get to know each other.

"It is a bit more 'exciting' if you want to call it that. People with... abnormal powers are common in my world. One subset of them aren't exactly looked at positively by most people, and there is a school for us. Them."
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-08-13 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I get it. I was... I was trained to fight," Nida admits. Which massively oversimplifies things. And his training was deep enough to maybe be like programming in some ways. "It's hard to escape what you were expected to be. But I suppose you have a chance to be something else now."

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