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

[bluediligence]

Mmm.

Thank you for being concerned. You're a good friend, Dusk. I guess it's just … it's not something I really think about? So it's never occurred to me to talk about it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

That's fair.

Just remember if you do find yourself thinking or feeling like that, you're not alone. We might not remember each other yet, but from what I can tell, I'm not the matching jewelry type with just anyone.

[bluediligence]

[ Reaches for his hand ... ]

I hope we remember soon.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Will give her his hand, squeezing hers gently.]

I do too.

[bluediligence]

Even though you're not actually my estranged father.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He laughs.]

Oh, let's be fair. You totally dodged a bullet, you've seen what your extended family would be like.

[bluediligence]

Nah, it'd have been fine. They're yours and you love them, and that means they'd be important to me, too.

[schrodingerscockroach]

...fair.

I hope you terrorize them. That'd be hilarious.

[bluediligence]

What are you talking about? I've never terrorised anyone in my life.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Hey, that fight club isn't wholly off the table. That sounds like plenty of terrorizing.

[bluediligence]

[ - giggles, because, yeah, okay ]

Good point. And I guess I was kinda bullying Kaito in that memory ...

[schrodingerscockroach]

You absolutely were.

You terror. [Reaching down to ruffle her hair.]

[bluediligence]

[ skdfhskl bats at him! lightly! and leans up to ruffle his hair in revenge ]

Pot, kettle!

Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He chuckles and then he's gonna grab her arm and hoist her up.]

[And give her a hug because she could probably use it.]

[bluediligence]

[ uwa! ]

Hey, hey!

... [ but, okay. okay. hugs him back, with a little half-laugh ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

You seemed like you could use it.

[Patting her back.]

[bluediligence]

Geez, you ... [ Nudges him lightly with her elbow. ]

... Thanks. But I really am doing okay.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Just making sure. It's what not estranged fathers do.

[Will let her go though.]