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

[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!']

[bowtiedbones]

Okay but I have to tell you first that it’s not a spiritual or romantic thing! I know how soulmate sounds, but drop all and any notions of destiny it might suggest. This was matchmaking!

[schrodingerscockroach]

So it was like an arranged marriage thing?

[bowtiedbones]

A little bit. Actually the closest thing to compare it to would be a trial, except there were about twenty of us and it went for a few weeks. And we all volunteered.

[schrodingerscockroach]

What kind of trial? Truth or dare or running through a jungle kind? What was it for?

[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?

[bowtiedbones]

I have like a whole career to talk about! I’ve published papers, I’ve given talks at conferences, professional Talk to Me Abouts!

[wontforbidtherain]

And it's easier to talk about those than that.

[she gestures to the nametag]

[bowtiedbones]

Way easier! Seo is great, but I don't have 35-slide powerpoints about him.

[wontforbidtherain]

What is a powerpoint?

[she knows what a slide is, at least.]

[desirestruth]

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

...'Soulmate', huhh?

[NO ESCAPE.]

[bowtiedbones]

It’s just a term!

[desirestruth]

I don't think it really is.

[Just. Going to sit here. She's a jackal right now because it means she's smaller and lower to the ground from the heat! But still.

tell grandma the deets, Eliza.]

[bowtiedbones]

It really is!

[desirestruth]

Whatever it is, it's not getting you out of telling me about it.

[bad_crowmance]

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

Ooooh, a soulmate?

[bowtiedbones]

[glances at his nametag, then immediately and deliberately looks away from it. terrorism bad!]

It's basically just a partnership!

[bad_crowmance]

[ There's a reason he doesn't agree with Rean calling him a sweet person?? He notices her reaction but he won't call her out on it. Yet. ]

A partnership, huh?

[ He's grinning at her. ]

[bowtiedbones]

Yes!

...and we're still working out what that means for us, but still!

[bad_crowmance]

But still.

[ He sounds extremely amused. ]

[malignstar]

[ Bounding over there ]

Eliza~! I need a hug.

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

[bowtiedbones]

"Need" is a strong word.

[but opening her arms, free hug!!]

[malignstar]

I have strong feelings about hugs, okay.

[ HUGS ]

[bond]

[bowtiedbones]

Maybe you should get a shirt like I've got.

[HUG!!]