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]

At home I use a pigeon, but anything that can fly far and fly fast is great! A seagull would do great on this kind of island.

[malignstar]

You can do cool things with pigeon bones?

[bowtiedbones]

I can do cool things with anything's bones.

[malignstar]

Can you show me how it's done?

[bowtiedbones]

I can't teach you to do it, but you can watch. It takes less than 10 minutes.

[malignstar]

That's cool. I don't think I'd make a good scientist anyway. Too much studying.

[bowtiedbones]

The studying is one of the best parts!

[malignstar]

I think I'll leave that excitement up to you.

[bowtiedbones]

More homework for me, I guess.

[malignstar]

You said you liked studying.

[bowtiedbones]

I'll admit there's exceptions.

[malignstar]

Oh~? Where does Eliza draw the line on the book work?

[bowtiedbones]

I don't have any~ time for theory work that can't or won't be tested!

[malignstar]

Theory work?

[bowtiedbones]

Theoretical necromancy! There's all these farts that write up and analyze methods of summoning, but they won't ever go out and draw a circle for anything older than a week. It's all how things might work, not what you can do with it.

[malignstar]

They lack your ambition, huh?

[bowtiedbones]

They're ambitious, just in the most boring way possible!

[malignstar]

Like I said, they lack your ambition.

[ Also, I suck and totally forgot to mention his "Hi, I'm Felix! Ask me about my split personality" sticker ]

[bowtiedbones]

[she is studiously ignoring it. he's never brought it up, and she respects that over a nametag]

In that case, they're welcome to catch up to my level any time.

[malignstar]

As if they can.