chocolatechipbadass: (Explosions are an art form)
TINA ([personal profile] chocolatechipbadass) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2019-05-24 07:45 pm
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[Nexus LOL] Technomagic was Never meant to work like this

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood Nexus. A really beautiful day.

Six-winged birds singing, flowers blooming everywhere one looks. From far off in the distance on the other side of the Nexus people wandering the Plaza will hear a sudden loud noise and feel a very minor shake but there's no invading force. No colossal calamity to be bested. Now for the poor sod who used to own the internet cafe that's just been blown to smithereens in a cascade of firework trails raining down it's a very bad day. Tina's still swearing about Aimbots and cheaters while waving around a game controller that isn't plugged into anything while the fire burns. She's not going to stop when the potions shop next door catches flame either.

But alllll the way back in the plaza? There's no sign of trouble. Maybe the faintest glimpse of fireworks. The smell of gunpowder mingling with a bitter herb and a touch of...ozone? Honestly with all the pollen in the air it's difficult to tell. Precisely Because it's the Nexus the fallout from this ill conceived haze may not be easily noticed at first.

A flicker of a little symbol over someone's head while they're reading a book. People cutting off mid conversation to glance at their conversation partners. Or rather, over their heads. So many little 😮 popping up over heads as confusion starts to spread only to rapidly dissipate into a myriad of other little pictures when people seem to realize that whatever the flavor of the day weirdness is, it's not seemingly dangerous. Is there a rhyme or a reason to them? What could it mean? Are you affected?


[Please refer to THIS POST in the OOC comm for an explanation of what's going on. The TL;DR to this Nexus LOL is that a character's innermost thoughts will be visible to anyone who is observing them whether they're speaking or not, but they will exclusively be communicated via Emojis. The OOC post has some guidelines for using these emojis in tags and some rules so please check there before posting in. Threadhopping and mingling are required for this post as there is no real Question Asker so Have fun!]
betashiftblues: (My jimmies are well ruffled sir)

[personal profile] betashiftblues 2019-06-02 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't...hear anything."

That's not a sentence Norn ever thought he'd catch himself uttering around another person. Especially not a human. Just what's going on here? Why can't he hear whatever it is? That's most of his job.

🤒🤕😟

What is this place doing to him? Norn's straining when he looks around again but he really can't hear anything other than the normal chatter of the plaza. Is that what's bothering this human so much? Normal chatter? It's not as though he'd argue if it were but it just doesn't add up. Wouldn't this person know what that is?

"L..let me find a first aid kit. Come on."

🚀🌌🛏️

He really just should have stayed home.
he_put_the_devil_in_me: (Lawyering)

[personal profile] he_put_the_devil_in_me 2019-06-02 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, rocket milky way bed is definitely coming from this guy, though what that means, Matt has no idea. "It seems to just be me," he agrees easily, and while under normal circumstances he could probably navigate a crowd like this unaided, today he's taking no chances and unfolds his cane. "The Nexus didn't want to leave me out of whatever's affecting everyone else, I suppose."

Edited 2019-06-02 14:08 (UTC)
betashiftblues: (Not so sure about this)

[personal profile] betashiftblues 2019-06-05 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The cane makes Norn stop and reassess the man he's in the company of. It hadn't occurred to the Andorian until just this exact moment that there might be anything out of the ordinary with the human he was interacting with. He definitely hadn't considered the possibility that the man was blind.

🙈🤷‍♂️

"Affecting everyone...else? You mean the holo signs? There's so many of them--wait does everyone have them?" Everyone would include him wouldn't it. But then how would a blind man be able to perceive them? Is he hearing pictures somehow?

👂🖼️

"....This is. I have no idea what this is. But I don't like it."
he_put_the_devil_in_me: (Listening)

[personal profile] he_put_the_devil_in_me 2019-06-06 02:19 am (UTC)(link)


"If that's what you're seeing," Matt agrees, shrugging slightly, and he reaches up to adjust his glasses. "I'm hearing text being read out from... pretty much everyone."



The last bit he catches from the stranger makes him chuckle a little, though. Yeah, that's accurate.