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]

[ Crow crosses his arms over his chest, an amused grin quirking his lips upwards. ]

News to you, huh?

[malignstar]

In more ways than one. But I guess it... explains a few things...

[bad_crowmance]

That's probably a good thing to figure out. Hell of a way, though.

[malignstar]

Are split personalities usually psycho though?

[bad_crowmance]

I'm not a split personality expert. I'd say it probably means you've got some serious issues you need to work out, though.

[malignstar]

Wonderful.

[bad_crowmance]

Someone else might have a better idea though. Or you could check out the library.

[malignstar]

The library covers things like this? I thought most people thought it was fake.

[bad_crowmance]

I have no idea if it does or not. It's entirely possibly, though. ...And I don't know about it being fake but I figure if it was written there the way mine was, it's probably true.

[malignstar]

It's not like we have a psychiatrist around here that could actually diagnose that kind of thing.

[bad_crowmance]

What's a psychiatrist?

[malignstar]

You know, like shrink? A person who tells you what's up with your head.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow shakes his head slightly. ]

Nope, never heard of 'em.

[malignstar]

You seriously don't have psychiatrists where you're from? How do you handle people with mental issues?

[bad_crowmance]

[ They find a good protagonist-- ]

I hadn't really thought about it.

[malignstar]

I'm kind of concerned about the relative mental health in your world right now...

[ And how it relates to your name tag... ]

[bad_crowmance]

[ These things are not unrelated. ]

To be fair, there's also a lot I don't remember.

[ He shrugs, entirely unconcerned with any of this. ]

[malignstar]

I'm pretty sure that's like innate knowledge.

[bad_crowmance]

You think so? Personally, I could see it going either way. What's really "innate," anyway?

[malignstar]

Pop culture seems to be. I can't tell you much about myself. But I can sure tell you the entire plot to Lord of the Rings.

[bad_crowmance]

I don't think I've read that book.

[malignstar]

I'm trying to talk the guys into making that our next movie night.

[bad_crowmance]

Oh, it's another movie? Like Star Wars?

[malignstar]

Another trilogy. This one's more high fantasy and less sci-fi though.

[bad_crowmance]

What's the story with that one? Other than some guy and rings.