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castlestation · 2 years

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Nap City Beats (Remnant Fluff)

Three suns glow just above the clouded horizon. The dim triad sheds halloween hues. It’s what passes for tuesday on Utnapishtim. Some people use new days. Today would be Gugalanna. Valor can’t manage it. It sounds too much like gargling mouthwash.

It’s brighter here than it was on Titan, her old home. There are lots more people, dressed in glowing neon and drinking colourful drug cocktails. They move purposelessly along bright-lit walkways and skybridges, returning home above cars that hum merrily through the thick air.

Great district walls expel a 70/30 nitrox mix, a base attempt to keep the atmosphere of Earth in place, and aether-winds astray. Purple-hued, sparkling aether coils around these walls, hanging like tentacles from rainclouds and rising like sprites from morning fog. Valor is outside those walls, among the people with no cards or credit, the ones whose destinies were not tabulated in a spreadsheet. Refugees. Rescued folk. The random few who meant to travel elsewhere, and ended up here.

Very few who lived here before. Very few who see what Valor sees.

Less crowded streets. The same clothes – fashion has been frozen for thirty years. Old streets, buried beneath new buildings. Ghosts in offices, haunting those who claim their open-office workstations. The spirits of the city seek to claim Valor’s sanity, and no cybereyes can stop the Second Sight. No matter how much silver and gold Valor uses to replace nerve and mind, the fact is the same: Her soul is branded, and she does not know its owner.

Valor clutches the mushroom hoagie she purchased from a corner store to her chest. There is something familiar about street food. The worse the better. Valor doesn’t feel right taking a meal from someone who hasn’t called her dirt. Though they don’t usually call her anything but creepy. The old war vet, from a war no one can remember. The kooky cyber-crone.

They don’t understand that she can’t control her own life.

The blink happens without warning, as it always does. The sandwich is gone. The hunger remains. The city burns. Souls spiral from shattered spires. A dark vortex fills the sky, not this sky but every sky across this universe, groaning and hungry. Names untold pour from star and stone. Survivors scream. They clutch at eyes and ears that bleed tar and venom.

Valor feels an urge; protect these people. Protect those who will become ghosts. If she can save one, even just one, then people will believe her. There will be one less ghost in the present, one less doubled soul.

A person screams, and Valor grabs them. Holds them tight. “It’s okay,” she says, over and over. “They cannot touch you. They can only scream. Do not listen. Do not listen. Do not listen.”

Valor is clutching her hoagie. People stare. Did she jump that time, or was it just a hallucination? Valor can’t be sure. All she knows is that this keeps happening, over and over, time an endless loop growing and retreating, the moment of her rebirth locked into existence.

There has to be purpose to this.

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One of the survivors of the Pulse, a Remnant may be from either the world of Science or the world of Magic. A scientist left alone on a space station for years. A nomad who believed themselves to be the world’s last giant. A goblin that has never seen the sun before today. A time-travelling cyborg that never knows when she’ll be next – Remnants are unique and strange, even feared.

For those already in Nap City or other metropolitan areas, the Pulse was apocalyptic. Monstrous transformations, energetic transmissions – literal portal storms – ripped apart the original colony and its populace. For those in Alterpishtim, the death of their world was signalled by the Pulse. Survivors of that event were dragged through into this universe, sometimes violently. Sometimes, a magical soul was dragged across without its body, creating another kind of Remnant: husks that mindlessly hunt for souls.

Confusion and misdirection are a Remnant’s bread and butter. Besides their mysterious origins and powers, they are continuously hunted for what they know – which often isn’t much. Still, the UEC and the corporations want to know what the Pulse was – and what’s coming. Remnants are like mosquitos in amber – a treasure to the right collector.

--- (My personal fav fluff from the sourcebook. Valor has a tough time -- it's difficult to maintain relationships when you don't know when you'll be next -- or where)

#science fiction #writing #space #napcity #napcitybeats #scifi #scififantasy #science fantasy #fantasy #roleplaying #rpg #genesys

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primsycoldbottles · 5 months

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society if i could sleep thru an entire night and not take a nap during lunch :(

#peach patter #need to ask my dad to buy melatonin again i am in the trenches trying to catch a wink when its dark out #I MISSED DR WHO'ING BC I WAS STUCK IN NAPCITY !!!!!!!!!!! hell on erf....

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luminalqueen · 4 years

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Pipe (cleaner) dream hangover. #clovergram #ourboyclover #passedout #playhard #napcity #blackcatsofinstagram #catlife #catmama #catsofinsta #catsofworld #LAcats #thisguy #lovehimsomuch #sunday #sundaynight #picoftheday #photooftheday #potd #LOVE (at Home Sweet Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9gJL4LARxp/?igshid=srgypgf1sacn

#clovergram #ourboyclover #passedout #playhard #napcity #blackcatsofinstagram #catlife #catmama #catsofinsta #catsofworld #lacats #thisguy #lovehimsomuch #sunday #sundaynight #picoftheday #photooftheday #potd #love

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schoolofglamology · 4 years

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✈️ September Tour Dates ✈️ 9/8 San Antonio Tx 9/9 El Paso, Tx 9/11 Knoxville, Tn 9/13 San Diego, Ca 9/14 Santa Maria, Ca 9/17 Grand Rapids, Mi 9/19 Indianapolis, In Check out our #September tour dates! www.schoolofglamology.com/tde #lashclassatl #sanantoniotexas #sanantoniohairstylist #sanantoniotattoos #elpasotattoos #elpasohairstylist #elpasolashartist #elpasobrows #elpasobest #napcity #indianapolis #indianapolisindiana #grandrapidsmi #grandrapidsmi #grandrapidsartist #knoxville #knoxvilletn #knoxvillehairstylist #knoxvillelashes #knoxvilleeyelashextensions #sandiegofashion #sandiegomoms #sandiegolashartist #santamariacalifornia #santamaria #schoolofglamology (at School of Glamology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEm-e2jBPy7/?igshid=1b8uk8el45ox2

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teatravelandtraining · 6 years

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Are you sure you want another one of these gremlins @thelucaspinto ??? 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ #calebpatrick #boykin #lbd #littlebrowndog #weirdaf #napcity

#weirdaf #lbd #calebpatrick #littlebrowndog #napcity #boykin

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callietcat-blog · 7 years

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@chickfila Tuesday’s are hard. Thank goodness for chick nuggets and Polynesia sauce. #catsofinstagram #catstagram #instagood #heychickfila #todaychickfila #nomnomnom #napcity #outlikealight (at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur)

#todaychickfila #napcity #heychickfila #instagood #outlikealight #nomnomnom #catsofinstagram #catstagram

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jarjam · 7 years

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545/1000: 😴😴😮 #mood #napcity #donotdisturb #letsleepingdogslie #waddup #dogsofinstagram

#napcity #waddup #donotdisturb #mood #dogsofinstagram #letsleepingdogslie

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honestmattress-blog · 7 years

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@helixsleep Friday nights are for staying in together. #helixsleep #napcity #sleeplikeyourself

#helixsleep #napcity #sleeplikeyourself

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b00m05-blog · 7 years

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Good thing it's a long bus ride!! Needed a nap before his training today!! Hahaha. #yxe #synergystrong #napcity

#synergystrong #napcity #yxe

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castlestation · 2 years

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Nap City Beats (Icicle Fluff)

“Give it the hose.”

Water splashes your face. You cough. Blood and other fluids gush from your nose and orifices you didn’t even know you had. A smug face with more steel than skin stares down at you.

“Hey… I paid my fare…” you say. It might not be a lie, but it doesn’t matter to these people.

“Not to us you didn’t.” The cyborg says. They get down on one knee and grab you by the chin. “You paid to go to sleep. We woke you up. That’s a service. An expensive service. You’re alive because of us. Ten grand, now or later. If later, there’s interest. You won’t like the rates. I promise, the corps cost worse.”

They also give better service, you think. This isn’t the worst way you’ve woken up, and it damn sure isn’t going to be your last.

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The classic beginning for most Nap City residents. A hardworking Earthling pays their life savings (or an insignificant portion thereof) into a ticket to a new world, a new hope away from dreary wet skies and constant storms. The thirteen light-year journey is thirty years for the best of ships and fifty for most. The millions that flow into Legend’s Rest each year were sent long before the Pulse, and their numbers have not dwindled – if anything, they have increased. Reports of increasing conflict and automation on Earth are themselves conflicting – the story of why and when you left is up to you. Regardless, as an icicle you found yourself frozen for decades at a time until some group in Legend’s Rest opened you up and set you down.

As an icicle, you are something of a standard in Nap City. The reproduction of Utnapishtim-born people is equally matched by an influx of frozen immigrants from Earth and less successful colonies. Even since the Pulse, survivors elsewhere have sought to send their people to humanity’s last bright bastion – dim as it is. Some of those places are closer than Earth. You are an immigrant, but you might not be an ex-pat. Many icicles are here as corporate citizens, owing little more for their travel than a few years of employment at market rates. The less fortunate have bought their tickets for exorbitant fees or built rudimentary starships to take them on an automated frozen journey alone through the depths of space. The reason is yours, but the experience is the same. You’ve just woken up – but in whose company? What do you owe them, and what will you do to survive in this strange new world?

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(More fluff from my genesys sourcebook)

#napcitybeats #napcity #space #scifi #fantasy #science fiction #genesys #roleplaying #fiction #writing #awarmerwakeupthanmostimmigrantsget

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zzapzzaptasers-a · 6 years

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It IS Sunday which usually memes smut memes galore but honestly I have a backlog of kisses and some smut prompts from Dak SO

Also I slept not at all so we’ll see if I’m even capable of writing today or if it’s napcity bitch

#ooc #i still have like 6 hours before im off work and i already hate everything

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waxcrayonmonsters · 5 years

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Freddie Merkrueger: Bohemian Napcity... this is the dumbest thing I've ever drawn. @joshwilliamscomedy suggested it a while back. Send him your groans. Yes, you'll probably be able to find this at the con this week. 💀 💀 💀 #nightmare #nightmareonelmstreet #queen #freddiemercury #freddykrueger #classicrock #zines #creepyart #funny #ink #inks #horrorartist #horrorart #surrealism #scarystories #horrorcomics #lowbrowart #macabre #monsters #monster #horrorfilms #bohemianrapsody #weirdart #horrorartwork #horrormovies #WEIRD #weirdoart #darkart #darkarts #lowbrow (at Montreal, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZ5qbjl_QP/?igshid=mvkz3ictfxt9

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schoolofglamology · 4 years

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Check out our #September tour dates! www.schoolofglamology.com/tde #lashclassatl #sanantoniotexas #sanantoniohairstylist #sanantoniotattoos #elpasotattoos #elpasohairstylist #elpasolashartist #elpasobrows #elpasobest #napcity #indianapolis #indianapolisindiana #grandrapidsmi #grandrapidsmi #grandrapidsartist #knoxville #knoxvilletn #knoxvillehairstylist #knoxvillelashes #knoxvilleeyelashextensions #sandiegofashion #sandiegomoms #sandiegolashartist #santamariacalifornia #santamaria #schoolofglamology (at School of Glamology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEl4Vefh-bN/?igshid=5i17g18n681w

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spectrasonic · 7 years

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dinner #2 from last night thanx to @napcity @auxvivres_ #vegelox #latergram #vegan #letsseehowlongicangobeforecookingameal

#vegelox #vegan #2 #letsseehowlongicangobeforecookingameal #latergram

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supersportsnewsblog · 4 years

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NapCity's pods are modular and customizable, starting at $50,000.

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touristguidebuzz · 7 years

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Airport Sleep Pods Are Providing a Respite for Stranded Passengers

NapCity America's napcabs are part of a growing trend in sleeping pods at airports. NapCity Americas via Bloomberg

Skift Take: Is this the next generation in the evolution of airport hotels?

— Deanna Ting

For decades, a thunderstorm or missed connection meant you might have to sleep in the airport, leaving frustrated travelers with a truly tired dilemma: Is the boarding gate chair-curl worth a try, or is it better just to grab some floor?

Some airports are considering a better way to accommodate unlucky passengers while making some money in the process. At least four companies are angling for space inside terminals for a new generation of sleeping spaces dubbed cabins, capsules, and even pods. One of them, Minute Suites LLC, has retail sleep locations at airports in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Philadelphia, with a Charlotte, N.C., location opening in December. Washington Dulles airport is exploring the concept as well, and aims to have a sleep amenity next year.

Meanwhile, a company dubbed izZzleep opened a sleep capsule warren in the Mexico City airport this summer, with rates from $8 per hour to $34 per night. Yotel Ltd., the London-based mini-hotel operator, operates YotelAir in four European airports, with a Singapore Changi project coming in early 2019. Yotel also hopes to expand into U.S. airports at some point, as does NapCity Americas, which has acquired U.S. rights to Napcabs, a German-based sleep pod company that operates at the Munich airport. As airports are growing and expanding, a lot of them are definitely exploring passenger amenities, said Stephen Rosenfeld, a Florida entrepreneur who formed NapCity Americas in 2014 to operate a version of the “napcabs” found sprinkled across Europe.

And they’re becoming more open to the idea. Yet “rest” as retail has been slow to migrate to airports, despite their decades-old role as host to exhausted air travelers whose plans were derailed by weather, missing flight crews, or malfunctions. Scour some of the world’s key hubs — New York City, Los Angeles, Madrid, Toronto, Zurich — and you’ll find nary a bed available by the hour. The reasons vary, but revenue considerations generally play a large role when it comes to space allotment at major airports. A bar, sit-down restaurant, or McDonald’s will always bring in far more revenue at a busy terminal than an amenity such as a gym or napping pod — and airports generally command a cut of sales.

“One seat in an airport restaurant can generate $20,000 in revenue in a single year,” said Peter Chambers, co-founder of Sleepbox, a Boston-based startup that sells a 45-square-foot cabin for airports, offices, and other locations.

The retail sleep sellers also want to be located inside security checkpoints to help minimize customer hassle. No one wants to deal with long lines or TSA staff more than necessary.

But there are obstacles to the blossoming of this new, personalized hotel industry. Historically, airports have had a symbiotic relationship with nearby lodging that supports crew layovers, convention business — and stranded passengers. Airports may be reluctant to be seen as competing with this ecosystem of accommodations both on the airport grounds and in surrounding areas, many of which have an airport shuttle as a standard feature, said Scott Humphrey, deputy director of the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.

Most retail sleep operators would also want a longer-term lease commitment from airports to realize a proper return, said Jo Berrington, a vice president at Yotel, where the average YotelAir stay is about seven hours, with a starting price of around 35 euros ($42) for four hours. She said the company’s ideal airport business size is about 60 to 150 cabins. YotelAir, which has outposts in Amsterdam, Paris, and London’s two largest airports, has had discussions with North American airports but no agreements yet, Berrington said.

Minute Suites says its business is consistent, but that it uses dynamic pricing to adjust for periods of low and high demand. The company evaluates airports with an eye toward international flights and heavy connecting traffic. Rates start at about $32 per hour; an overnight stay at the company’s two DFW Airport locations is about $140, roughly $100 less than a room at the airport’s Hyatt Regency near Terminal C.

“Our business model isn’t just based on delays and cancellations,” said Christopher Glass, a vice president with Minute Suites, which was formed by two ophthalmologists from Iowa, including the daughter of the late television psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers. “Flight crew members hop in and take a nap. Pilots love it.”

At Washington Dulles, the primary international airport for the nation’s capital, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority issued a call for proposals last month for “a quiet and comfortable place within the airport to sleep, relax, or work while waiting to board a flight” that could be almost 1,300 square feet and available 24 hours per day, year-round. “The atmosphere should be similar to what a traveler would experience in a small hotel room or similar private area,” the airport said in its pitch to potential operators.

A Design Paradigm Taken Directly From the Sarcophagus

Of course, the idea of tight quarters for a quickie nap or short overnight snooze is hardly a new one, with Japan being the pioneer in the concept of sleep capsules aimed at densely packed urban areas, clubbing locales, and railway stations. In many Asian versions, the sleep pod is the hotel stripped to its basic essential—a mattress and little else—with a design paradigm taken directly from the sarcophagus.

Most of the current designs being pitched to U.S. airports are dramatically larger. “We have a very Americanized model of what there is available overseas,” Glass said. “We as Americans love our space.” The company is planning to double the number of locations by the end of next year but won’t reveal its likely next venues.

Chambers says U.S. airports are rapidly shifting their focus from increasing “dwell time,” or the interval travelers choose to spend in an airport shopping or drinking, to “enhancing” that time. The right mix of amenities, including a clean, quiet, secluded place to rest, is likely to make travelers choose one airport over another when they connect.

“I think that’s why we’re seeing a lot of major airports finding space for all these units,” he said.

The general business model is one of high automation, with a vending-machine approach. Human employees are on duty to clean the cabins once they’re vacated, and at Washington Dulles, officials want the attendant to provide security, too. It was unclear whether such pods would be restricted to one person at a time, though YotelAir models can accommodate families.

These pods aren’t just horizontal rubber rooms: They have televisions, Wi-Fi, mobile phone chargers, and plugs. Minute Suites sells almost 150 items to go with your nap, such as toothbrushes — but many do not. The idea isn’t to replicate a hotel, especially as low overhead is critical to success.

“I don’t claim to be a hotel, I don’t want to be a hotel,” said Rosenfeld, who is working to sign NapCity’s first lease. “We’re here to help the public.” The company will charge $45 for one hour, the minimum stay, and then $20 for every subsequent 30-minute period in its cabin.

“It’s a high-margin business. … The difference is we do need staff,” he said, calling the airport sleep cabin a “micro-luxury, a price that anyone basically can afford.”

After he tackles the airport business, Rosenfeld sees a future home for nap cabins that could be even more lucrative — hospitals.

©2017 Bloomberg L.P. This article was written by Justin Bachman from Bloomberg and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to [email protected].

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