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]

[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.

[schrodingerscockroach]

No, it's true. It's a lot easier to learn when the person teaching is excited for it too.

[bowtiedbones]

It's a good thing I'm on Thyme then, isn't it?

[schrodingerscockroach]

It really is the perfect team for you.

[bowtiedbones]

It's pretty great. I've been trying to think of something else to teach or a group lesson.

[schrodingerscockroach]

What did you teach last time?

[bowtiedbones]

We gave swimming lessons.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Know anything about sandcastles?

[bowtiedbones]

Ummmm yes?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Could do that.

Plus if this heat persists, more time by the water.

[bowtiedbones]

Is that really the kind of thing that has to be taught though? Last time I did a sandcastle I just dug a huge moat.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Depends how many people have been to a beach before here.

[bowtiedbones]

Maybe! But if most people have, that would be more of a Senna activity.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Fair, fair. [Considering other ideas.]

[bowtiedbones]

I've worked part-time at my brother's gym before so I thought about helping out in the one here, but a lot of you are already enhanced... Nobody's answered my sign about yoga lessons.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Which is a shame because people could probably do with the stress management.

[Actually...]

I could join you, if you want. I know stretching, but not much on yoga.