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

[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.

Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Doo deee doo to Clover we go to check the locker. Crow can come into kiddy corner car with Dusk if he wants.]

Ah, here it is. [Holds it out to Crow.]

And an outfit for you.

Re: Bond

[bad_crowmance]

[ He takes the outfit and gathers it into his arms. ]

Thank you~ Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna head over to my place for a minute to change.

[ BECAUSE. BECAUSE SERIOUSLY. ]

Re: Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

Sure.

[GO COOL DOWN CRAZY BOY]

[Will meet Crow...wherever they were chatting before probably.]

Re: Bond

[bad_crowmance]

[ He wanders away and comes back a few minutes later-- despite the general JRPG aesthetic he's got going on, the outfit he has this time is simple-- his usual headband along with a white tank top, simple cotton black pants, and a pair of combat boots. He picked an outfit with deliberate neutral colours largely so he wouldn't have to deal with Clover Pink. ]

That's better.

Re: Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

[YEAH]

[Yeah, that's fair on the color.]

There ya go. Now it doesn't feel like I'll get a heat stroke just looking at you.

Re: Bond

[bad_crowmance]

We wouldn't want that to happen.

[ He sounds faintly amused. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

It'd be a real shame.

But that's all I got for bonding stuff until....I don't know, whatever pause is necessary for things to count again.

[bad_crowmance]

...A few hours, maybe?

[ Actually. That's a good question he hadn't seriously pondered before. ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Maybe. It has happened more than once a day, at least.

[bad_crowmance]

Yeah... Now I'm kinda curious. I could definitely maximize my profits if I knew.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Could always experiment. Find a timeframe that worked and just decrease time away by an hour until it no longer takes.