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]

[ Half turns to her but doesn't stop his hacking ]

[wontforbidtherain]

Your pardon, this may be an obvious question, but what are you doing?

[malignstar]

Breaking... stuff... ?

[wontforbidtherain]

Why?

[malignstar]

I don't.... know...

[wontforbidtherain]

Can you stop?

[malignstar]

[ Gives her a more wary (suspicious?) look ]

Why?

[wontforbidtherain]

I want to know if you are under an external compulsion or not.

[malignstar]

... I don't know why I feel this way...

[wontforbidtherain]

Do you remember feeling this way before?

[malignstar]

I don't know. It just... all of the sudden, I needed to destroy things.

[ Okay, when he says it out loud, that does sound a little screwy. ]

[wontforbidtherain]

Is it going away once you do?

[malignstar]

[ He tries to think especially had about this amid the fog in his head ]

I, I don't think it is...

[wontforbidtherain]

That is not a good sign for you being uncontrolled, you realize.

[malignstar]

[ That does sound like it should make sense... ]

I guess not...

[wontforbidtherain]

Do you want me to help you to stop?

[malignstar]

[ Starting to look a bit forlorn now ]

How?

[wontforbidtherain]

I had not thought taht far ahead. I could just try to restrain you.

[malignstar]

[ This is definitely a flash of gold in his eyes that has nothing to do with his current altered state ]

[wontforbidtherain]

Your eyes turned gold. Why is that?

[malignstar]

[ Just looks even more confused than previously and more on edge ]

What?

[wontforbidtherain]

You didn't know?

[malignstar]

[ Tone is a bit more menacing ]

... no restraints.

[wontforbidtherain]

[nods seriously]

Consider the idea dropped.

[malignstar]

[ His eyes go back to their normal red color, as Felix shakes his head roughly ]