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]

What’s Seo like or what are the deities like?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Seo.

Unless you like to ramble about deities, but I imagine you at least like Seo enough to talk fondly.

[bowtiedbones]

I didn’t really click with the deities, but Seo is great. I have zero complaints about my match!

[schrodingerscockroach]

Not surprising. Deities don't seem the most approachable.

So what's Seo like?

[bowtiedbones]

Um, I’ll get to Seo, but just real quick I don’t want that assumption to stick to the deities? They were perfectly hospitable and plenty friendly, they acted like any other person there or here. I just hit it off more with other people.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....that's. Weird. I'd assume ancient, powerful beings would be distant just because it's awkward.

[bowtiedbones]

They were powerful, sure, but functionally they’re our age.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...seriously?

[bowtiedbones]

Yeah, they were just people.

[schrodingerscockroach]

With enough power to find soulmates across dimensions.

[bowtiedbones]

They had a lot of free time. Just because you have knowledge and power doesn’t mean you need to climb on a pedestal.

[schrodingerscockroach]

You and I have very different kind of gods.

[bowtiedbones]

I guess, but I like the ones I know. They found me Seo, a date, and a bunch of friends.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Fair enough.

So, Seo?

[bowtiedbones]

Seo is one of the sweetest, most sensitive, and most supportive guys I've ever met.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Dawww, she's being cute.]

That's good to hear.

[bowtiedbones]

He's my priority before my studies, which you should know is saying a lot!

[schrodingerscockroach]

He is? That is serious.

[bowtiedbones]

Very!

[schrodingerscockroach]

Does he study necromancy too, or something else?

[bowtiedbones]

He's not a necromancer by trade, but I'll be teaching him some.

[schrodingerscockroach]

So the smart type too?

[bowtiedbones]

He's smart, but he's not the same kind of nerd like I am. It could be useful for him to know and partly... I think he wants to learn too because I make it cool to him?

[THE TINIEST TRACE OF A BLUSH]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Cute]

I can see that. It's hard to not be caught up in your energy.

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, geez! I don't know about that.