dualislogs | 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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[Actually, yes, he has seen speedsters try to sit still. In order of skill, he's put Northstar as the best at it, Surge good, Quicksilver as merely okay, and Speed as atrocious in some situations. Better if there was food.

But that doesn't mean he puts the speedster thing together until, as he's approaching the table for the next round, he catches how fast those eyes move over the cards. That's a bit more than just an attention or anxiety 'disorder'. He sits just before the man leans in and offers a brief shrug at the bluntness of the question.]

Honestly? I want to be here. I've met interesting people at these things before. Though I admit, this time has been a bit more intense than most.

[Captain America, Loki, Magneto? All so very interesting because they weren't from his world, like Wanda. Luckily he was used to her and that made adjusting to these people a touch easier. But this guy? he's another instance of very, very vaguely familiar. But he can't place why. Of course he can't. He hadn't seen this Pietro through Wanda's eyes. Only grieved him as he lived in her memory.]

Are you nervous? You seem to be... shifting around a lot. I promise I don't bite. Usually.

[good grief. someone who actually wants to be here, wasting time on talking to people? pietro rolls his eyes and sits back in his chair.]

I am not nervous. I'm bored. There's a difference.

[if david's paying attention, he might note that the man in front of him speaks with the same accent as wanda, though his is much stronger than hers.]

[It's nice, in the medical fields, to interact with people when they aren't trying so hard to bleed all over you. So yes, here talking to people. But he listens, and then his eyes go wide. A speedster with that accent, an accent evocative of Wanda at her weakest moment? Could it... He has to confirm.]

You're a speedster, correct? Move at super-human rates? You're a bored speedster forced to sit down for a few minutes, and you don't really like it.

[pietro drums his fingers on the table a few times, then stops and folds his arms across his chest.]

Ah, you managed to pay attention. Shall I pretend to be impressed about this?

Hardly. I don't expect you to be impressed. Still, I'm intrigued. Do you mind if I ask you a few quick questions?

[Won't be quick enough, but they guy doesn't seem like he's actually going to leave yet, so he's going to take advantage of what he can get.]

For instance, does the term 'mutant' mean anything to you?

Pietro makes a quiet sound of disgruntlement. "You're asking questions anyway, regardless of whether I mind it." But he's stuck at this weird compulsory game of getting to know new people, so he may as well answer, though no one said he had to so willingly. He sighs and shakes his head.

"Not really. What does it mean to you?"

Interesting. Very very interesting. David considers it all very briefly.

"Usually most speedsters in my world are that. Basically a slightly different species from standard humans. But I'm learning all about other worlds where people have those powers without them being like I was."

Still, the more he hears that voice, the more he has to think.

"Ever heard of a place called Sokovia?"

A light smirk curls across Pietro's face. "There is no one else like me where I am from. My sister, she can do different things. There are others, but no one else is fast like me."

And he's pretty pleased with his status as special snowflake. It was not easy to harness his power and learn to control it, but the end result was more than worth it.

"Sokovia?" Pietro's expression twists into a suspicious scowl. David seems to be fishing for something, and Pietro's not sure he likes it. "It's my homeland. I was born there, and I lived there my whole life." Died there, too, but he's not keen to bring that up with a stranger, especially one who appears to be poking at personal information outside of the scope of this social exercise.

[Really? Tommy was friends with a guy who went fast like him. Especially since he is confirming something. This is Quicksilver. Wanda's Quicksilver. So not actually connected to the twins.]

A speedster from Sokovia. I might be going out on a limb, but would that make you Pietro Maximoff, older twin to Wanda Maximoff? I may have heard a bit about you. You're supposed to be the quickest there is.

I am the quickest there is, [he corrects david, and folds his arms over his chest, even more suspicious now.] Who have you been talking to?

Your sister.

[And his nephew. Which is another matter that doesn't, well, matter. Not actually his nephew.]

There was this thing, a bit back, where for some reason we were remembering things from other people's lives. I remembered something about you, and we talked about it a bit.

i've been bitten by the bug ...

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why did i switch formats -__-

blame chaos magic

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