[Nexus LOL] Technomagic was Never meant to work like this

[chocolatechipbadass]

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!]

Comments

[he_put_the_devil_in_me]

"Not that I'm aware of." And Thank God for that, truly.

"Unpredictability doesn't bother me, as long as I can still get home," he adds, because after last winter, he's not taking that for granted either. "Though it'd be nice if things would stay where I remember them. Makes it a little easier to get around."

Though thinking of that... Caspar was on a quest of utmost importance, wasn't he? "Last time I checked, there was a Starbucks around here, or something along those lines."

[fiveofnone]

That's good to know. Although Matt's world is home to other magical nonsense. That's okay, he doesn't have to go there to see Matt's sweet stick-fighting moves.

"Yes, that's right," Adia agrees. "Although the more people visit a place, the more likely it is to stay put."

Like, for example, certain coffee shops. Caspar wrinkles his nose at the mention of Starbucks. "Starbucks is fine if there are literally no other options. I have a couple of favorites." He looks at Adia. "I was going to bring a cup back to you, but I got distracted. You want to come with?"

Adia giggles. "Sure. We can get it to go and I can show you the work I did in the garden."

Eh heh heh. Caspar grins in anticipation of all those smooches. "Sounds like a plan. Nice talking to you, Matt. Good luck getting any work done."

"It was nice meeting you," Adia chimes in. She and Caspar head off, little heart emojis streaming off behind them until they're out of text-to-speech range.