EVENT: ~*~Heat Wave~*~

[trainmasters]

Who: Heroes! Old ones, new ones...!
When: Day 42, afternoon
Where: Around the train

[ Good news, everyone! Those pesky cicadas are gone at last! You might have even had a chance to relax, except....

Except for the heat wave.

It's like the worst parts of the last dregs of summer come to torture you with excrutiating heat. It's heat so bad you could swear that you've started melting yourself the second you step outside. It's terrible. At least with the cold you can add more layers on, how are you supposed to deal with heat?? You can't just walk around naked??

(That's not a suggestion.)

Here's the thing about the heat, though: It's bad enough that it's causing mirages-- mirages of people you may even recognize, people who are lost in the dark. People who will try to lead you into danger, people who don't want what's best for you after all....

That aside, you may or may not have noticed that there's some new teammates on the train! The notification appears cheerfully on everyone's Chains:

WELCOME NEW HEROES

And you may find yourself wearing a label you can't seem to remove until you've spoken to at least one other person: "Hi, I'm ______! Talk to me about ______!"

There's a mischievous giggle in the wind that you may recognize as the same one that ran the plants and secrets game. ]

[[ NOTES: You're welcome to make team posts if you like, or intro directly into this mingle if you haven't already. Until next month's placements, the heat wave will persist. Characters stand the risk of seeing castmates not in the game until that point, mirages from the heat. Enjoy! ]]

Comments

[daydreamshimmer]

[Listen, if skin wasn't cooler than fur, she might have ditched the Senna dress. As is, she's wearing it. And only it and a necklace, as she's running around without shoes. And really, she may only be in the dress because she discovered the library.]

[So one Senna newbie with vibrant hair and amber yellow skin is in the library, collecting books of all sorts and adding them to a pile she has on a table she's pushed closer to a wall.]

[For those who might observe a while, her movements switch. Sometimes she's very graceful. Other times, she's a klutz, tripping over herself, usually after her focus seems broken. Also she keeps picking up books with her mouth so....yeah.]

[She also has a label on her back she hasn't noticed. 'Hi, I'm ????! Talk to me about my fear of being useless!']

[Also that necklace is a powerful item if anyone feels magic auras.]

[malignstar]

You look new. And like you could use a hand.

[time5kip]

[ He doesn't exactly rock the pink and he already hated Clover's outfits selection, but the heat makes it all the more worse. He's trying to ignore all that and focus on removing the label he's wearing, which says "Hi, I'm Number Five! Talk to me about PSTD". ]

What a great way to continue the day.

[schrodingerscockroach]

At least the glitter bombs have stopped. [Hello, this guy again throwing away a bunch of glitter from the bin of a vacauum cleaner. He is also sparkly himself. And ditched the hoody for unicorn shirt and changed to shorts.]

There's soda in the communal fridge, leftover from movie night. Should be cold.

If it doesn't come off easily, it wants something else.

['Hi, I'm Dusk! Talk to me about being jaded!']

[malignstar]

Number Five of how many?

[survivaltricks]

[-- oh. you're not a familiar face, but you are wearing a familiar color]

["Hi, I'm Twilight Pink Sparkleshy, ask me about my criminal record" is his nametag, btw]

Hoooow about we pass on the PTSD and I get you some ice cream.

[hiddensun]

[ Huh, new face but also stuck in the same hot pink, huh...

"Hi, I'm Dawn! Talk to me about assassination!" is on his name tag, which he seems to have just given up on trying to hide. ]

Need a cold drink?

[bowtiedbones]

[wearing some very short shorts and a crop top that says FREE HUGS. she will be dressed but dammit she will be cool.

she's also trying to sharpie over: "Hi, I'm Eliza! Talk to me about my soulmate!"]

Come on! This thing can write on glass but not on a nametag!? There's a billion other cool things I could talk about!

[schrodingerscockroach]

...okay, but I am kind of curious now?

[Has ditched his hoody and taken off the bottom of his pants for shorts and unicorn t-shirt.]

['Hi, I'm Dusk! Talk to me about being jaded!']

[wontforbidtherain]

[Cat's says "Hi, I'm Aphra! Talk to me about my growing mistrust of authority."]

[She's also in her swimsuit. Because between the glitter and the heat, she is going to just live in the ocean until this goes away.]

Like what?

[desirestruth]

['Hi, I'm Naeva! Talk to me about blood magic!']

...'Soulmate', huhh?

[NO ESCAPE.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ "Hi, I'm Crow! Talk to me about being a terrorist!" ]

Ooooh, a soulmate?

[malignstar]

[ Bounding over there ]

Eliza~! I need a hug.

[ Has yet to notice "Hi, I'm Felix! Talk to me about my split personality!" ]

[learnedfool]

[Somehow the other new Senna (who is out and about because the Senna train car just feels hotter has two nametags. One says "Hi, I'm Penric! Talk to me about theological schisms!" and the other says "Hi, I'm Desdemona! Talk to me about sharing a body!"]

[He is trying to peel both off, while muttering]

No, we couldn't have me asking around, no...

[daydreamshimmer]

...

[Excuse her as she just stares at those nametags.]

[Also walking around without shoes.]

[desirestruth]

...Penric?

[IS. THERE SOMEONE ELSE SHE NEEDS TO MEET, PEN?]

[malignstar]

[ Is possibly trying to figure out what's up with the first one ]

Wow. I. I don't even know where to begin.

[ He's momentarily oblivious to "Hi, I'm Felix! Ask me about my split personality!" ]

[bad_crowmance]

[ "Hi, I'm Crow! Talk to me about being a terrorist!" ]

Maaaaan, are you kidding?! This is way too hot!

[ The bandanna both is and isn't helping him out here.

(He's ignoring the nametag entirely, thanks.) ]

[desirestruth]

['Hi I'm Naeva! Talk to me about blood magic!']

...You know, the bandanna is probably making it worse?

[She says, like she's not a fucking jackal pancake, she's so overheated.

Also hi naeva's back!]

[voreaciously]

[appears wearing a sundress. It is a cute look, but her hair is far more severe than usual. She always wears it up in a bun but usually leaves some loose to frame her face. Today all of it is tied back, though the bun is in an intricate, flower-like knot. Not a hair is out of place.

She has a pitcher of watermelon and mint juice with chunks and leaves inside as well as plenty of ice.

She offers a glass to Crow.]

[voreaciously]

[80H is wearing a pale, blue sundress that comes just a little above the knees. She does a series of hand seals as quickly and smoothly as blinking before a magic circle appears glowing beneath her. It fades away, but the immediate area around her is cooler.

She takes a seat and a little kitten hops in her lap and she scritches it behind the ears before starting to knit.

"Hi, I am 80H! Talk to me about dollcraft!"]

[desirestruth]

["Hi, I'm Naeva! Talk to me about blood magic!"

Mind, the nametag is hard to see, because it attaches to Naeva's collar while she's in jackal form, and said jackal crawled over to sit at the very edge of the cooling effect.

please, 80H, she's melting, have mercy.]

[wontforbidtherain]

[Cat stuck her head outside for just long enough to register the heat. Now she's changed from her normal clothing to a swimsuit, and is heading for the beach.]

[Look, if she has to be hot, she will accept 'hot and damp' more than 'hot and dry']

[Her nametag says ""Hi, I'm Aphra! Talk to me about my growing mistrust of authority."]

[malignstar]

[ "Hi, I'm Felix! Talk to me about my split personality!" ]

Thinking about a swim, kitty-Cat?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[So Dusk is in camo shorts and unicorn t-shirt and still has remnants of glitter. He also has a nametag of 'Hi, I'm Dusk! Talk to me about being jaded!']

[He's in the lounge for memories!]

[Included are having to play counselor for two leaders of armies that had probably been at Civil War right before an attack.]

[Bonding with teammates and his cute AI over skateboards and not being able to sleep at night.]

[So that purple guy who played counselor? Here he is, being interrogated by Wash and obviously not on so friendly terms.]

[Here is some more fighting and also Wash probably unsurprisingly sacrificing himself to save his teammates. Like a winner. Also weird shit that makes no sense just kind of happens.]

[And the weird gets worse. Possessing bodies, AI's, time paradoxes, also Tucker apparently had an alien baby. Caboose does not handle grief so well.]

[bluediligence]

[ Watching him and the Meta interrogate Doc with her eyebrows rising steadily further and further into her hairline. ]

... Hm.

[ That. Sounds a little judging. Maybe. ]

[bluediligence]

[ Faito's wearing a cute gym skort and crop top combination, which, on the one hand, it's good for keeping cool! On the other hand, it's … less good … for covering up her multitude of scars. Ah, well. ]

[ She can be found imitating a starfish on the lounge floor while a few memories play out: A sweets-eating tour, preparing for a Christmas party, and once again completely failing to realise that Akako is passive aggressive af. ]

The more memories I get back, the less I know how to feel ...

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Well, on one hand, that girl is still passive aggressive as hell. On the other hand, she is treating that charm with some seriousness and seems to want Aoko to grow up.]

[Did...did Aoko charm her? Are charms like that normal for high school girls?]

[Also what is that boy looking for in the first memory.]

It is decidedly....normal.

[hiddensun]

[ Clover's other relative newbie is out and about, sleeves rolled up and barefoot as he tries to duck into the shade to cool off somewhere.

The label he has is "Hi, I'm DAwn! Talk to me about assassinations!", for the record. Which he seems to be doing his damned hardest to not acknowledge. ]

[bad_crowmance]

[ And over here is a label that reads "Hi, I'm Crow! Talk to me about being a terrorist!" He's wearing clothes that are mostly appropriate for the weather. ]

Good luck with that.

[ He can tell what Dawn's trying to do, he just doesn't think it'll work. ]