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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?
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Math Doesn't Add Up (Unsure))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-29 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Speaking as someone who has the knowledge of my universe's Sorcerer Supreme, I find them to be different subjects," David shrugs. But maybe that's because he never really managed to get the hang of magic, even with all the knowledge.

Still, if Jane Foster of all people could get it, and she had a term like that. He is thoughtful for a while.

"That's an interesting suggestion. If she called it that, she may be talking about a system that effectively uses quantum entanglement. Linking atoms across space where the manipulation of one has a direct impact on the state of the other. It's still theoretical as a computing method."
morethanatrickster: (loki_070)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-09-29 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you mean the human known as Strange? What he does changes nothing. It is still interchangeable. His lack of understanding of his own abilities is simply that." Strange is a sore subject, alright David? Even though that man will never get the jump on him again. He'll see to it.

Now that was something he was comfortable with nodding to. "Yes, 'quantum entanglement' is something she said."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Math Doesn't Add Up (Unsure))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-09-30 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, Stephen. And he understands his own abilities."

He wants to ask if Loki feels threatened. He isn't going to prod at the man that much. It would be rude. Besides, there are more important things to think about here.

"So quantum entanglement really is achievable. Damn, I'm more interested in that than the Imagination Drive. I wish I was home to work on it."
morethanatrickster: (loki_002)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-10-02 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps, but he doesn't understand how science and magic are one and the same." Humans were still simply that: human. He most certainly did not feel threatened in the least, though he was slightly annoyed he underestimated the magic users on Earth.

"It really is...what in Heaven's name is the Imagination Drive?"
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Data Processing Please Wait (Thoughtful))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-03 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"That was my question. How familiar are you with the Kree Empire?"

Because he has no clue who the Asgardians do and don't look upon with disdain. Probably do, actually, because disdain for other races seems to be part of their genetic structure.

"And how much do you know about interdimensional travel?"
morethanatrickster: (loki_034)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-10-07 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I've heard of them, but only distantly. Asgard has little to do with those beyond the Nine Realms."

And he'd really only heard of them on Sakaar, but there had been hundreds of races he'd never encountered there.

"In theory? Much, but not in practice. I've yet to have the opportunity."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Not So Sure Here (Nervous))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-07 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, the Kree, at least from another dimension, know a lot about it. My friend, Noh-Varr, was from another dimension, where the Kree had gained mastery over the entire universe, creating intergalactic peace. And he served as the low man on the totem pole for an interdimensional diplomacy team trying to spread that peace through the multiverse. His engine has since been damaged by a crash that killed the rest of his team. And thus, the Imagination drive. It runs, I kid you not, on belief."

And good thoughts. It just hurt David's brain. Didn't mean he couldn't find ways to improve it of course.
morethanatrickster: (loki_069)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-10-08 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Clearly, if they are from another dimension, as you say, though belief seems to be a poor fuel for inter-dimensional travel." He chuckled, shaking his head. "Clearly, as it crashed."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (End Of The Journey (Poise))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-08 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually, it crashed because it was shot down," David shrugs. "A person wanted to collect him and his people for their tech and for testing. So, you know, human assholes."

Which tends to be the story of so many sad lives.
morethanatrickster: (loki_073)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-10-12 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
He actually chuckles at that, shaking his head. "Humans amaze me with their ability to believe themselves to be the most powerful beings on Earth."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Am I Still Here? (Drained))

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-12 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Tends to be inaccurate in most of the ways imaginable. But..."

There's a noise. The ringing of a bell. Lovely.

"Seems like our time is up. We'll have to talk more later."
morethanatrickster: (loki_096)

[personal profile] morethanatrickster 2019-10-13 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll look forward to it." He smiles, standing. "I'll see what more I can assemble on soul forges."
helpdesk_hero: David Alleyne  / Prodigy - From Young Avengers (Default)

[personal profile] helpdesk_hero 2019-10-13 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"I look forward to it as well. And I'll be excited to see it. Have a good day, Loki."

He smiles and offers a brief nod as his goodbye as he leaves.