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]

[ This is her act and he can play along with the speed she wants. ]

Feel free to bring some any time the mood strikes.

[voreaciously]

[She sets the pitcher down on a nearby table.]

As you like. [She tilts her head.]

Might I ask you about your name tag?

[bad_crowmance]

Sure, ask away. Might as well!

[ He's grinning easily, his tone breezy and faintly amused. ]

[voreaciously]

Why were you?

[bad_crowmance]

Honestly...?

[ And the smile slips away as he looks up towards the sky. ]

I don't remember most of the details. Just that there was someone I hated and that it felt like the ends justified the means.

[voreaciously]

[damn that is some POWERFUL FUCKING HATRED

but she's quiet--really she's always quiet--but she weighs that, thoughtfully.]

I see. Thank you for indulging me.

[It may not seem like much, but he was willing to tell her anything and that counts for quite a bit, actually.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ In his defense: Osborne can eat an entire bag of dicks.

Not in his defense, he doesn't really remember the exact name or what he did yet. Just that feeling, a hatred so intense it felt like it could consume him. That the drive to make him suffer and die was the strongest motivator to keep going. ]

Of course, any time.

[ The tone is breezy and cheerful again. ]

[voreaciously]

If you say that, I may take you up on it.

[bad_crowmance]

Haha, I take it back then.

[ He winks at her. ]

[voreaciously]

[hey--what no??

Her mouth actually parts in mild surprise. excuse u sir not allowed]

No takebacks.

[bad_crowmance]

[ He can't help it, he laughs at the expression she makes. ]

It's too late now~!

[voreaciously]

That is cheating.

[she says to the actual terrorist.]

[bad_crowmance]

When have I ever implied I was against cheating?

[ He's having fun now. ]

[voreaciously]

Never--[she admits, but quickly follows up]--but that is not the point.

[bad_crowmance]

Seems like the point to me.

[ He says, still grinning. ]

[voreaciously]

Only I am allowed to cheat.

[the truth comes out.]

That is, when the mood strikes. I have never cheated or been terrible at anything in my life.

[A lof of sex begs otherwise but u kno]

[bad_crowmance]

Of course, you're pure and innocent and have never done a single thing even slightly untoward in your entire life.

[voreaciously]

Thank you for agreeing with my self-assessment, truly.

[bad_crowmance]

Sure. Whatever, I'll pretend I agree with that. Still doesn't mean you can stop me from cheating when I want.

[voreaciously]

[she chucks an ice cube at his head.

which might be welcome in this heat?

anyway where did that even come fr]

Perhaps not. I will simply have to outdo you.

[god, don't flirt don't flirt don't flirt.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ It is in fact wanted and he grabs it and puts it in between his forehead and his bandanna. He's guessing she magicked it into existence. ]

You're always welcome to try.

[ He practically purrs out the last word. ]

1/2

[voreaciously]

[WHY DO YOU FLIRT ALWAYS!

ALWAYS!!

she's so wea]

[voreaciously]

[ohey tho she distracted by that ice cube]

Are you truly so hot? [A beat.]

Temperature-wise.

[Because she knows you.]

[bad_crowmance]

Yes and yes.

[ Though Dusk at least bought him a cooler outfit. ]

[voreaciously]

[she just gives him A Look.]