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

[bad_crowmance]

With which part? And I'll have you know my aesthetic's amazing.

[ He says it with pure self-confidence. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

I suppose why you're a terrorist since I assume that leads into why you're listening into meetings of yourself.

It kind of makes me think of JRPGs, which is a cool look, I guess, but not one I'm gonna be able to make up from scratch.

[bad_crowmance]

What's a JRPG?

[ Says the JRPG.... antagonist? Deuteragonist? CHARACTER. ]

Either way I've got myself covered for that.

[ He'll come up with a great outfit, just you watch. ]

As for "why..." [ He lets his voice trail off for a moment, growing thoughtful. ] I don't really remember the details... Just that there was someone I hated.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Japanese Role Playing Game. A type of video game. It's very story heavy, variable combat, often a lot of overly ornate outfits. Sometimes a lot of belts and zippers for no reason.

[You do you, Dusk has the sparks easily enough.]

....well. There's worse reasons.

[bad_crowmance]

[ you mean, kind of like the useless belts on Crow's outfit? Not that he'd admit they're there for the aesthetic of it. ]

Video games. Right, you mentioned those before.

[ When he was in Eliza's body. ]

Yeah. Whatever the reason was, I definitely hated him enough to want him dead. But beyond that... I haven't figured out the rest yet.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Yeah. It's just weird, okay okay.]

Yeah. Video games can have a lot of variation. Shooters to stories to chance and a whole lot more.

That is a pretty annoying part of the whole deal. Only having part of the picture.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Don't hate because you're too much of a coward to pull of JRPG aesthetic, Dusk. ]

I've got to try video games sometime.

[ Shooters? He's down for that. ]

Guess the only thing for it is to hurry up and earn more sparks. The faster I do that, the more memory tokens I can get.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Listen, the most JRPG he's ever been was when he had to dress like a butler for months for Team Cats, he much prefer comfortable clothes. Or Power Armor.]

[Power Armor is awesome.]

....you know, if we can play movies on the big screen, no reason we can't do video games.

Pretty much what I do. Plus you've also got your 50,000 goal. You still haven't said what you're going for.

[bad_crowmance]

Get me whatever I'll need to play video games and I'm there.

[ He will love them so much, you have no idea. ]

I haven't! [ But fine, he'll say it. ] I'm saving up to buy Ordine.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I'll see how much it costs. Or see if Faito beat me to the punch, she's been thinking of one too.

Ordine?

[bad_crowmance]

Either way I'll benefit so no complaints here!

[ He likes not having to pay for things. ]

Ordine's my other Divine Knight-- but he's different enough from Rean that he won't really show up the same way.

[schrodingerscockroach]

And it's certainly easier to show then explain.

[Oh you cheapskate you.]

Some kind of...vehicle? Robot?

[bad_crowmance]

He's kkkkind of like a vehicle?

[ Robot is more accurate but he doesn't recognize the term. "Mecha" is the most accurate, but he doesn't know that one either. ]

Except he's several stories tall and bipedal.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...you have a mecha.

[WHY IS YOUR WORLD SO WEIRD IN HOW IT DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGY.]

[ALSO SOME OF THE STUFF IT HAS IS SUPER AWESOME.]

[bad_crowmance]

I don't know that word. Anyway, like I said-- Ordine's a Divine Knight. I had to go through a series of trials to get him and ever since I remembered him, I can't help but want him around again.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Giant, bipedal vehicle is pretty close. Also generally humanish form looking and has a giant weapon to match. Lots of wiggle room, but that's that usual design.

And yeah, if you have a mech, I can see why you'd want that, it's awesome.

[bad_crowmance]

That's a pretty good description of Ordine.

[ Down to the giant weapon. ]

Heh! I thought so too. It's just gonna take me 50,000 sparks to get there.

[ It'd be 25,000 except Crow got the "sentimental value" tax added. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Where would we even store a mecha]

[But it's a MECHA]

[...he likes death machines, OKAY]

A long journey.

So we can start with a gift. What else do you want to do?

[He is absolutely going to help to get the giant death machine.]

[Bond]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow considers for a moment... and reaches up to ruffle Dusk's hair. ]

There's one thing.

[ He winks at Dusk. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Hair is ruffled and he chuckles.]

Did you hear about the guy who lost the left side of his body?

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow looks confused. ]

No...?

Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

He's all right now.

[Ba dum tsh]

Re: Bond

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow blinks for a moment and then he laughs. ]

Good one!

[schrodingerscockroach]

Nothing like the fine art of terrible puns.

Want to see if your clothes arrived yet?

[bad_crowmance]

Sure, let's go check it out.