sheets all on the floor just like an ocean ...

[headandhand]

WHO: All y’all!
WHAT: Your regularly scheduled NAPs event for the month
WHERE: Fort Pillowtown
WHEN: Oct. 7-10
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable!


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 a new, super-comfy all-ages establishment called Fort Pillowtown. As the name suggests, it’s a large indoor space filled wall to wall with permanent pillowforts. There are a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors, with each individual fort constructed of gauzy hanging sheets, strings of soft lights, warm blankets, plush toys, a mini television with on-screen menu for choosing movies to watch and video games to play, and yes, lots and lots of pillows. Snacks and drinks of all sorts are available for purchase, as are whimsical onesies and comfy slippers to wear. Board and card game sets are also available to borrow or buy. Sounds like a dream, right?

So pull up a pillow pile, get to know your new neighbors, and enjoy a well-earned and comfy chill-out session. And hey, if you end up napping at NAPs, rest assured that it’s absolutely allowed.

Comments

[le_chevalier]

[ Her doddling made him think of Lulu, which honestly wasn't a bad thing. Just a random thing to do. At first he considered letting the woman think he was mute, but instead he opted for a shrug of the shoulders.

And at least he was used to ass grabs, and didn't carry a wallet to be robbed. Did he even have ID? Who knows. If he did it was in the cello case back wherever.

Just as he was about to say something, movement caught his eye, the dark blue eyes shifting as an annoyed looking admin approached in a lovely LED lit up dress.]

this one's broken.

[ she spoke before touching Hajis forehead before he could tank back, which both looked fast. A visable jolt passed through him as she nodded and looked to Jane, seeing she was active the woman turned with no further words as Hajis eyes stayed wide.]

I do speak, not often however. It is not my place.

[fuckregularpeople]

[Oh, that was not on. Jane saw the administrator touch Haji's forehead and release a shock, and she was immediately on her feet. The conversation was instantly forgotten -- it wasn't really a conversation anyway. That was just a little too close to home.]

Hey! You don't get to touch him, bitch!

[Jane's hands were clenched into fists at her side as she advanced toward the administrator. Whoever the hell she was going to be as she did this, she was not letting anyone get away with that.]

[le_chevalier]

He was defective, we have fixed him.

[ Haji had not expected to be shocked, or even the words that had tumbled from his lips unwittingly, his blue eyes still wide as another different kind of shock hit him. This shock was a stranger defending him.

... Had this, ever, in his life happened?

Had anyone ever stood up for him? Or just simply expected him to handle everything himself. To be Atlas for their problems, to bare all the weight. ]

Madame!

[ He spoke up to try and stop it, he wasn't worth this, he must have done something to deserve it. Though, he was a touch offended at being called defective.

The administrator was already grabbing what she needed, in case she had to defend herself, planning to sedate her with her sedation function. ]

[fuckregularpeople]

You're just getting off on this! You didn't fix shit, you sadistic fuck!

[It wasn't fair. And there was a person in there who didn't brook any unfairness. Jane's outline blurred and solidified, turning her expression from furious to coldly neutral. Lucy Fugue lifted her hands and rolled them as if holding an invisible ball, blue electricity beginning to crackle between them. When she spoke in an electronic voice, the blue electricity coursed under the skin in her throat.]

But maybe I can fix you.

[She wasn't kidding. Lucy didn't want to destroy the administrator, and by her estimation the bolt she threw should've caused a shock significant enough to stall her. But Lucy had never fought an administrator in Dualis before.]

1/2

[headandhand]

[ The cute little Admin's eyes went wide, this was unexpected! The bolt indeed stalled her, but another Admin came up from the side sedating the meta-human with a jolt of their own. This one was another cute little admin dressed like a cat girl in soft PJ's. Once the volt was given it moved to collect the other admin.]

2/2

[le_chevalier]

[ Haji was used to being ignored, but not used to seeing a woman become a completely different woman... at least not that fast. And in a much more literal way.

Was she a Chevalier? They can change forms after all... but no something was different here. He shot up when the second Admin jolted the artist from behind. As he moved quickly over to her. At least they were already somewhere soft, and if she fell straight out, he would catch her and lay her out on the ground. If she got herself down first he would do the same thing in regards of quietly waiting and ignoring the shuffling chairs of people moving around them.

She stood up for him, he would wait for her to awaken. If anyone else came, he had a perfectly good monster hand he can use... even if Saya wouldn't approve. ]

[fuckregularpeople]

[Lucy had never fought an administrator in Dualis before. She had never been sedated by one before either, and didn't see it coming. The electricity grounded almost instantly as she fell forward, unconscious before Haji caught her.

The sleep didn't last for long. Lucy retreated into the Underground as Jane stirred, reaching to where the second administrator had sedated her. She blinked her eyes open and sat up, looking up at Haji with a grim expression.]

Who did that?

[le_chevalier]

[ Haji was respectful enough that he had helped ease her to the ground once he caught her, he was knelled by her body, and made sure no one stepped on her as people passed by. What a sight it must be.

His blue eyes reflected the worry his face didn't show much of. People who knew him might know that in itself was a lot, but to outsiders maybe not. ]

They are gone.

[ He spoke in that same soft almost antiquated tone. ]

And, thank you.

[fuckregularpeople]

Who was it? And can you back up about three feet please? [They were uncomfortably close and Jane was a little weirded out.] Have you been sitting over me this whole time?

[He didn't look creepy, though. He looked concerned. And she and Lucy had stood up for him, so maybe that wasn't as weird as it felt. She shrugged.]

You weren't doing anything wrong. She didn't have any right to fuck with you.

[le_chevalier]

[ Without waiting he stood and took three steps back before kneeling once more, it was a very fluid motion. Not that it mattered, closeness and boundaries didn't mean as much to him these days, but he still strives to be ever the gentlemen. Everything Saya could need or want. Even when he wasn't always in the mood to be just that.

Without Saya, why was he here? ]

It was another Admin, the one dressed in blue. They have both switched off their shifts, and yes... I caught you when you fell. I just wanted to be sure you were alright.

[ The effects of the shock still in play, he was fighting to not just bubble out random facts. ]

It happens quiet often, not the shock but people harming me. I do not like it, but I am used to it. What I am not used to, is someone defending me, and for that you have my gratitude, madame.

[fuckregularpeople]

[Well that's not how a human moved. Okay, this guy had some sort of ability -- super ballet power maybe. Not important though. He was polite, and while she hated the idea of anyone touching her while she was unconscious he had been trying to help.

And she didn't have any reason to doubt him yet, so... all right, weird hovering graceful guy was okay for now.]

Well you shouldn't be used to it. Fuck whoever does that to you. And [she raises her voice and a defiant middle finger] FUCK THE ADMINS.

[She was going to have to do something about that. That meeting with the Heart last month hadn't exactly been convincing, but right now their stupid extreme methods seemed a fuckload fairer than minor electroconvulsive therapy for the crime of not socializing.]

Hey, it's cool. You don't have to talk for me, okay? Not if you don't want to.

...I'm Jane. And that other person, that was Lucy Fugue.

[le_chevalier]

[ At least he had only caught her and laid her back, he was mostly just leaning over her when she woke up, but he had moved back and was kneeling again, those steel blue eyes watching her with their usual apathy.

Saya would probably faint if she was around, Haji chuckled when she yelled fuck the admins. A far change from the boy chastising Saya for licking her fingers a century ago, he was amused at Jane cursing the admins.]

Yes, indeed. And it is fine, I do not mind... whatever they did to me seems to make me want to speak. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Jane, as well as Lucy Fugue, you may call me Haji.

[ He replied with a tip of his head.]

[fuckregularpeople]

Nice to meet you, Haji. Sorry it had to be here with all these shitbag Admins around. [She's never going to get over that. This is now a grudge carved in stone.]

You can relax around me. I'm not going to be an asshole to you, you've been fine. Someone else might be an asshole, though.

[Haji had been nice, and Jane felt bad for him. Whatever was going on with him, the poor guy didn't deserve to be abused or hurt. She tried to smile at him.] Hey, thanks. For looking out for me.

[le_chevalier]

It is fine... maybe without them we might not have met.

[ He stood and offered his bandaged hand down, in true gentelemen fashion even if he didnt expect her to take it. ]

I am relaxed, Jane. This is how I am, thank you though, and that is fine as well.

[ He didn't get multiple personalities, but something told him this woman who defended him was someone he could trust. ]

It is no problem, it is the least I could do.

[fuckregularpeople]

We probably would've. There aren't that many transplants in town.

[She was still on the ground and took his bandaged arm to pull herself up. She doesn't notice anything strange about it in the moment, beyond its coverings.]

You sure? Because if someone's being a bitch to you, I can probably do something about that.

[le_chevalier]

Oh, yes a fine point.

[ Once she was up, he took his hand back, both folded behind his back. Once more the perfect image of the old world gentlemen. ]

I could, but my mistress would be cross with me if she were here. Even with her not in this world, I must still honor her wishes.

[fuckregularpeople]

About that, who is this mistress you serve? She's okay handing you off to get beaten up?

[Quelle surprise, but Jane is not a fan of Saya's.]

What does she wish for?