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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-09-09 10:14 pm

i've been bitten by the bug ...

WHO: Open to all residents
WHAT: Inoculation Season, plus your regular monthly NAPs session
WHERE: Throughout the city, with NAPs held at The Ax Hole.
WHEN: Sept. 10-30 for plague shots and associated side effects; Sept. 10-14 for NAPs
WARNINGS: Please use if applicable!

So tell me, what do you prescribe for these symptoms?

Remember that awful plague that wiped out the city's entire original population? You know, the entire reason you've been brought here? Well, the medical science community of Dualis has been hard at work concocting a cure for as long as anyone can remember, with minimal results. But during the morning of the 10th, news of a breakthrough is announced is a special city-wide bulletin. All media channels are overtaken with this message, and alerts hit every citizen's phone. The best part? Science needs your help!

There's no formal approval process for new vaccines and medications, just a series of volunteer trials before it's determined whether what's being tested is effective. All residents are invited to participate in these trials, with a bonus of 200 extra duos as compensation for their time and possible suffering. Simply head down to your nearest MedDualis clinic and inform the MedDroids supervising that you're reporting for your civic duty. Participants will be given a quick, easy, and practically painless inoculation shot in the arm, and will walk out the door 200 duos richer. Neat, huh?

Participants will be warned that like all experimental drugs, there may be side effects. A non-comprehensive list of those possible side effects includes: minor appearance changes (hair/skin/eye color), enhancing or reducing senses (smell, taste, hearing, sight, etc.), sudden mild development of extranormal abilities (telepathy, super strength, super speed, etc.), the ability to share dreams (if you're not tired of that sorta thing after last month), and/or loss of control over abilities you already possess, or those abilities misfiring. Hey, at least death isn't included on this list!

Any intrepid Dualizen who comes down with a case of weirdness as a result of doing their civic duty will find that weirdness will wear off by the end of the month. The Head thanks you for your sacrifice!

Don't you feel the fever like I do?

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?!

This month’s event is held at an exciting new establishment called The Ax Hole! The 'Hole is an indoor ax-throwing range plus bar plus mid-price grill-type restaurant, the first of its kind to find a home here in Dualis. You must be at least 18 to drink and/or throw axes, and if you are throwing axes, there is a limit of one drink per hour. The bartenders are very strict about enforcing this rule, and employees are available to give safety instructions on proper ax-throwing technique and supervise activities.

This is a family-friendly establishment, so anyone under 18 is welcome in the restaurant section and the viewing room between the restaurant and range to watch the ax-throwing action, but they are absolutely not allowed inside the range, even just to watch. In fact, anyone who wishes admittance to the range must sign a waiver stating that they understand the risks of participating and agree to hold the Ax Hole free of liability in the event of any accidents that cause injury or death.

If that hasn't scared you off yet, come on down and meet your new neighbors! Oh, and do try to exit with at least as many fingers and limbs as when you entered, OK?
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ax hole

[personal profile] wickedprayers 2019-09-15 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thane has had his fair sure of overwhelming, disorienting experiences, and despite what his outward demeanor suggests this was absolutely one that ranked fairly high on the list. Things like being brought back from the dead because someone saw fit to use you was something that happened to Shepard, not him. It was a remarkable story to hear the first time...having actually lived it now was a surreal experience. He now has a greater respect for the soldier, if that were even possible.

If he had to guess where he would be an hour from waking up on that stone slab a bar called "The Ax Hole" would not be one of his choices.

But he didn't want to cause a ruckus. He had a preference for laying low whether he was going to be cooperative or not, so naturally he spends most of his time taking in his surroundings and the types of people in it. The forced socialization was particularly unnerving but he dealt with it as he dealt with everything else. Calmly. Though the first question he's asked actually gives him pause.

"Not that I'm aware of." Was that some kind of code? It's such a peculiar question that it must have very specific meaning behind it. "But I imagine that would get old very quickly."
fuckregularpeople: (jane: picking apart)

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-09-19 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
If only it was a code. Jane was perfectly serious, and she was speaking literally. She really meant Have you heard a disembodied voice describing your actions in a thematically appropriate way, and it is actually not due to her being mentally ill for once. Because interdimensional villains are dickholes.

"It does. You'd know if it happened." Jane looks at the... fish? lizard? man in front of her and frowns. "Hey, weird question, but what the hell are you?" There were a lot of species out there she hadn't heard of, and that seemed like the quickest way to learn.
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[personal profile] wickedprayers 2019-09-29 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Her frank questioning earns the slightest amused tug of his lips, but it's gone in an instant. "Not a weird question. I've become fairly used to it by now. I am a drell, though I suspect that means little to you."

That just seems to be the way things are going.

"Most of us live on a planet called Kahje. It is quite far from Earth." He figures it's a safe assumption that she is either from Earth or knows where it is. It's difficult to explain things when you don't know anything of what the other person does or doesn't know.
fuckregularpeople: (jane: hand to face)

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-10-06 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that means nothing to me." It is informative though, she can appreciate that this guy is an alien from Kahje. She is from earth, so he's a lot more open-minded than she is.

"So who are you? I'm Jane, by the way."
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[personal profile] wickedprayers 2019-10-09 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, then it is indeed safe to assume she's from Earth, considering she didn't comment on it. He'll file that bit away, just because it's a useful tidbit.

"Tannor Nuara," he offers with a polite bow of his head. "It is good to meet you, Jane. Despite the circumstances, that is."