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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?
fuckregularpeople: (jane: oh fuck no)

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-09-19 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
So Jane was talking to a presumably Russian or Slavic semi-blond guy in a light-up track suit (accents are not her strong suit) who appeared to be offended by everything, but at least he answered honestly. All right, fine, she could work with this.

"Yeah, like a storybook." She rolls her eyes. "I'm serious, motherfucker. I need to know this shit."
soundspeed: (betting he panics for sure)

[personal profile] soundspeed 2019-09-22 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
(To be fair, accents aren't really Marvel's strong suit either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Being called motherfucker right out of the gate has Pietro raising an eyebrow, but for someone who seems ready to fight the world, he takes it in remarkable stride and doesn't retaliate. He simply pushes off from the wall and takes a slow, easy step closer to Jane, more curious than angry.

"What makes you think I am not serious?" He thought he'd been pretty straightforward in answering the question. "If you think this is all like a storybook, that's something that I need to know."

Mostly so he can judge if she poses any kind of threat.
fuckregularpeople: (jane: bitchy quip)

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-09-22 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
He'll get called more than that if he keeps talking to her, that girl has a filthy mouth. She's ready to fight the world too, and watches him approach with both wariness and casual coolness.

"Uh, because you're making fun of me, LiteBrite?" Yeah, he was straightforward, but he sounded like a sarcastic douche. It was a serious question. "Crazy is not a synonym for stupid. Serious question, it's not hard. Do you hear a voice describing what you're doing, yes or no?" She isn't, which is a good sign, but if anyone is, it's important.

There's nothing to suggest that Jane is a threat, although she is clearly unamused and keeping as close an eye on Pietro as he is on her.
soundspeed: (one by one!)

[personal profile] soundspeed 2019-09-28 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hey now, it's not Pietro's fault that he has a default tone that leans more toward the sarcastic than not. But something about Jane's touchiness unconsciously reminds Pietro of himself, and his amusement at her volatility matches up to how unamused she is.

"I already answered your question," he says, holding back a laugh behind a slight smirk. "And if I were to make fun of you, it wouldn't be like this."
fuckregularpeople: (jane: angry)

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-09-28 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Similarly Jane has a tendency to assume the worst, or to at least act like she does. Pietro isn't giving her enough to suggest she re-evaluate that judgment, not with the barely-hidden laugh.

"That so? 'Cause I'm betting you don't have much more than this."
soundspeed: (say it say it that it's done)

full permission to punch him for this, he really should know better

[personal profile] soundspeed 2019-10-01 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
When the world tends to show you the worst, it's not difficult to understand why you'd come to expect it. Pietro's the product of a childhood ripped apart by war, forced to grow up too fast; by the age of ten, he was taking care of not only himself but his sister as well - too much responsibility for a child to shoulder on his own. Even now he can't forget the sight of the Stark bomb that landed in their apartment, the uncertainty of waiting to be killed like his parents, knowing that one man was the root cause of all of this heartbreak, and an unknown number more were complicit in carrying it out.

Rather than offer his own retort, Pietro simply raises an eyebrow at Jane, considering her for a moment. Then he launches into a burst of speed, wind whooshing behind him as he circles around to the other side of her and halts, grinning, thoroughly pleased with himself.

"Did anyone ever tell you that you're a little slow?"
fuckregularpeople: (hammerhead: neutral)

not quite a punch?

[personal profile] fuckregularpeople 2019-10-01 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
If he had come to her in regards to the worst, Jane would've gotten it. She wouldn't have understood losing parents or taking care of siblings or reaching for a solution, but the loss and the chaos, she would've understood that.

But neither of them approached each other that way and instead Jane got to see his speedy proficiency. So he had a Flash-type thing going on? Interesting. But not enough to surprise Jane. Hammerhead manifested and arched her eyebrows as the wind swirls around her, then reaches for Pietro's neck and grabs hard.

She slams him onto the ground and stares down at him. "I'm sorry, were you saying something?"
Edited (tenses) 2019-10-01 06:30 (UTC)