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

[schrodingerscockroach]

Ooooh, aggressive, huh?

[malignstar]

[ Tosses his head dramatically ]

What can I say? Instincts.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He laughs.] Well, I guess that can't be helped.

[malignstar]

If it got a laugh, I'll take it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Probably a good policy.

[malignstar]

Do you feel better now?

[schrodingerscockroach]

....calmer, at least.

[malignstar]

It's a start.

[schrodingerscockroach]

True.

Thanks.

[malignstar]

No problem.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...should probably go sleep.

[Now that he wants to drown himself less.]

[malignstar]

Not in the water, I hope.

[schrodingerscockroach]

What, don't think I can't float on my back for hours?

[malignstar]

Maybe if you find some place super salty.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....I would probably need it, I am pretty dense.

[He'll actually stop treading water to test and]

[Oop, yeah, he sinks like a stone. Treading water agian.]

[malignstar]

[ Trying to help pull up his collar ]

Dense?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Physical augementation. Adds weight.

[Swimming now, totally fine.]

[malignstar]

Physical what?

[schrodingerscockroach]

I've been altered. Stuff put in my body to improve physical capabilities.

[malignstar]

You mean like Captain America?

[schrodingerscockroach]

More or less.

[malignstar]

Nice! Did you also get a weapon made out of unobtainable metal out of the deal?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Nope, but I did get a cool suit of power armor.

So Captain America and Iron Man.

[malignstar]

Captain Ironman or maybe just Captain Man for short.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Captain Ironman I think. Captain Man sounds like a satire superhero.

Or a stripper.