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]

Hey, you can't always corner the market in dark humor.

[fuckyew]

Listen, it isn't that hard when you're surrounded by goody two shoes that take everything so seriously.

Gonna tell me why you're gonna die, was the food bad? Did a girl break your heart? Tired of the bad fashion sense?

[schrodingerscockroach]

I've been aggressively flirting with people for three days because of a Game affect and can't drown my mortification in booze.

1/2

[fuckyew]

...

[fuckyew]

That's not your normal self???

[schrodingerscockroach]

I don't usually do the attraction thing so no.

I don't flirt.

Not with seriousness, anyway. [Might do it for a bit.]

[fuckyew]

...

[hand on shoulder]

So who's the lucky gal whose heart is about to get broken? Or fella I suppose, live your best life.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Depends how seriously some people were taking me. I'm not good at reading these kind of reactions.

[fuckyew]

You can sweep people off their feet with your convincing words. You're in trouble, buddy.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I kniw! I don't know why people think I'm charming, but I apparently am, what do I do with that?

[fuckyew]

Yeah, who would ever think that.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Exactly. It's weird.

[Listen, his self esteem may not yet be garbage, but he's not exactly here with brimming self confident for social interactions either.]

And awkward.

And I don't want to murder anyone, I can deal with that kind of feeling.

[fuckyew]

[pfft]

Boss, you really are bad at this sort of thing, aren't ya? Earlier, that was also sarcasm. You don't think I picked ya as a boss just cuz I picked a name out of a hat, did ya?

[schrodingerscockroach]

No, I know, but that's like...different.

[Wait]

Wait, did you choose me because I was charming? Because you did say no to the whole sleeping thing a number of times.

[He's real bad at this.]

[fuckyew]

[,,,where is the nearest wall to bang a head on-]

I'm saying that it ain't that hard for someone to like the stuff you say. You say nice things, and you say it sincerely, probably ain't that hard for somebody to find that appealin'.

You probably don't even got anythin' to worry about since that's just you, I mean I didn't even notice that much of a difference. So stop worryin' about it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Oh.]

[Okay, that's making a little more sense.]

....to be fair, I wasn't hitting on you because that's a power dynamic thing I didn't want to touch with a ten foot pole. [SO LIKE. HE THOUGHT NOON WAS CUTE. BUT NO. Not when he's got a frickin' leash on his hand.]

People do usually bring up the sincere stuff though. [So he probably has a point. Just. Awk.]

[fuckyew]

[backpat, backpat!!]

You worry too much about that power thing! I'm tellin' ya, it ain't botherin' me.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Then that's good. You shouldn't have to worry about it as long as I'm responsible. [And it feels Very Important to be responsible.]

[fuckyew]

I won't worry about it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He nods.] Okay. [It's....touching, hearing that, actually.]

[Noon really does trust him. '^']

[fuckyew]

[NOPE THAT'S A LIE IDK WHAT YOU MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!111]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[YOU TRUST AND YOU ARE GETTING DOKI'S BECAUSE THAT MUCH TRUST MEANS A LOT]

Getting better at that comrade thing.

[fuckyew]

[:|]

Not by choice...

[mumble grumble]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Hey, progress is still progress.