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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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[personal profile] orren 2019-09-29 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
His mouth pulls into a tired smile, and he simply shakes his head.

"I don't think I could have."
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[personal profile] therevanchist 2019-09-29 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, you could have," Revan insists, leaning in, her speech pitched only for Orren's ears even among the noise of a crowded restaurant. "We always have choices. You could have washed your hands of the Order, of--" her voice hitches the tiniest amount, unnoticeable to someone not paying careful attention, "--me, and you didn't. The right thing doesn't just happen. Someone has to make a choice and see it through."
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[personal profile] orren 2019-09-29 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Orren is paying careful attention. He hears her voice catch in her throat, and feels a pang in his chest in turn.

"I ... " He hesitates, before letting out a short, rueful chuckle. "I was about to say that you're giving me too much credit, but I'm just deflecting again, aren't I?"
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[personal profile] therevanchist 2019-09-29 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a bit," she says dryly, remembering the fries are there and plucking another one off the plate. "The light is a choice, Orren. The harder choice."
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[personal profile] orren 2019-09-29 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment, he's struck by how much she sounds like her old self. The person she used to be before ... before the Unknown Regions, before the Mandalorian Wars, in the moments where the cheeky sense of humor and impulsiveness was set aside and you could see the potential that she had underneath it all. For once ...

It didn't scare him.

"A choice that I don't regret making." He says quietly, as his smile becomes a little more genuine - if no less tired. "For all the pain that it's brought me, I don't regret it."
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[personal profile] therevanchist 2019-09-29 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know what an apology from me is worth," she says with a sigh. Not much, she suspects, given that the Revan who caused all the trouble is still locked away somewhere. "But...I'm sorry. For freezing up on the Leviathan, if nothing else."

Oh, right.

"And the flirting on Dantooine." In retrospect, that's become extremely awkward.
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[personal profile] orren 2019-09-29 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
His initial reply was going to be quite genuine and heartfelt before her little addendum. The unexpectedness of that actually gets a laugh out of him.

"I'd managed to banish that from my memory." Because, yes, awkward is an utterly massive understatement.

Once the laughter subsides, though ...

"You don't need to apologize, Revan. For the Leviathan least of all." He says, reaching out and putting a hand over hers. "You'd had your entire world turned upside down. Anyone would have done the same in your shoes, myself included."