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

[time5kip]

Considering my body is thirteen and I don't have my powers, I think I'll have to stick to actual threats.

[schrodingerscockroach]

That is the downside of power loss. Real hard to call what's worse.

[And into Clover.] There's the locker where stuff appears. Things bigger than it appears in the hall. [And will pull out some prrmixed Margarita because he has no idea what goes into the cocktail.]

[time5kip]

[ He's going to grab that thing at like, record speed and chug it down ] I'll make one for you next time, if you manage to avoid pissing me off again.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....jesus. [try breathing????]

I don't drink. I completely forget everything after only drinking a little.

[time5kip]

How little are we talking about here?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Like a glass.

There's a bunch of wires in my head and had an AI in there, I assume its part of the other side effects.

[time5kip]

Jesus that's depressing. Think I would have shot myself in the head if I couldn't drink.

[ Not really because he's too stubborn for that, but, still ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

That's why I got the cat instead.

[time5kip]

Best I had as pets were cockroaches.

[ And Delores but we're not touching Delores yet ]

Didn't last long, considering I had to eat them to survive.

[schrodingerscockroach]

So does that mean I should add bugs to the menu or never, ever?

[time5kip]

Not unless we end up with more destruction than we anticipated here. With any luck we won't get to that point.

They don't taste too bad once you get used to it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Got it. Bugs okay as emergency food, but not before.

[time5kip]

[ He is actually giving him half a laugh at that ]

You catch on fast. I'm almost forgetting I wanted to stab your eyes out just a few hours ago.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Eh, that happens. [Shrugs.] I'm sure plenty have wanted to stab out my eyes.

[time5kip]

It's because you're pushy, if you're wondering.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Gosh, I would have never guessed.