EVENT: The Sound of Summer

[trainmasters]

Who: darers, newbies, and everyone else!
When: Day 40, dawn
Where: around the train

[After several hours of Kiss or Dare, the bar lights go off and you're let out into the grey pre-dawn. The Cat isn't one for ceremony, so there's no closing fanfare -- but in the sky are new stars in cobalt, pink, & violet. Congratulations to the winners!

You could go home and get some sleep, but you might have a rough time with that. As the sun appears in the sky, there's a horrible ruckus -- the sound of what seems like a million cicadas suddenly springing to life. They're staying in the canopy, not causing particular problems with buzzing around, but they are deafening.

Occasionally, you may hear one particularly low-pitched cicada noise. If you do, cover your ears, else you become hypnotized, overcome by a destructive urge. Those effected will find themselves compelled to act out violence on inanimate objects -- it's only property destruction, but the longer you're effected the more likely you are to lash out at anyone trying to stop you.

Good thing the hypnosis is broken by hugs, because this will be lasting for awhile.

Maybe it's the noise or maybe it's just bad timing, but the arrival of the cicadas is accompanied by the arrival of some new teammates! As always, the notifcation will appear on everyone's Chains:

WELCOME NEW HEROES

[[NOTES: Announcements and placements are up over here. You're welcome to make team posts if you like, or intro directly into this mingle. The cicadas will be here until next month's placements, so please feel free to interact with them in your own posts throughout the month. If you have questions, please comment to the announcements post. Thank you!]]

Comments

[malignstar]

I'm guessing you've seen a few more examples.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . he pauses here, and gives a tiny little shrug]

I don't remember them if I have.

[but he admits that in the memory it kiiiind of seemed like he had]

[malignstar]

Have you gotten a lot back yet?

[survivaltricks]

Counting these two, only five. None of them were really huge or earth-shattering, though.

[just, like. making coffee, making curry, talking to his cat, goofing around in churches, jogging with a buddy. . . the usual]

[malignstar]

Maybe that's a good sign. Pretty normal life and all. Apart from the questionable adults.

[survivaltricks]

[HA HA YEAH. . . NORMAL. . .]

[he does not at all comment on the small hints of abnormality he's picked up on]

Yep. That's me. Completely normal and average teenager.

[malignstar]

I wonder how many completely normal people we actually have here.

[survivaltricks]

You could always take a survey.

[are u normal circle y/n]

[malignstar]

Even better if I could turn it into a bond activity.

[survivaltricks]

Where there's a will, there's a way. You're. . .

[eyeing his team color]

Thyme, right?

[malignstar]

Good eye!