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Aurora Express Mods ([personal profile] trainmasters) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-09-19 08:47 pm

EVENT: ~*~Heat Wave~*~

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! ]]
daydreamshimmer: (Srs face)

[personal profile] daydreamshimmer 2019-09-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Listen, if skin wasn't cooler than fur, she might have ditched the Senna dress. As is, she's wearing it. And only it and a necklace, as she's running around without shoes. And really, she may only be in the dress because she discovered the library.]

[So one Senna newbie with vibrant hair and amber yellow skin is in the library, collecting books of all sorts and adding them to a pile she has on a table she's pushed closer to a wall.]

[For those who might observe a while, her movements switch. Sometimes she's very graceful. Other times, she's a klutz, tripping over herself, usually after her focus seems broken. Also she keeps picking up books with her mouth so....yeah.]

[She also has a label on her back she hasn't noticed. 'Hi, I'm ????! Talk to me about my fear of being useless!']

[Also that necklace is a powerful item if anyone feels magic auras.]
time5kip: (pic#13090239)

[personal profile] time5kip 2019-09-20 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't exactly rock the pink and he already hated Clover's outfits selection, but the heat makes it all the more worse. He's trying to ignore all that and focus on removing the label he's wearing, which says "Hi, I'm Number Five! Talk to me about PSTD". ]

What a great way to continue the day.
schrodingerscockroach: (Tired)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-20 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
At least the glitter bombs have stopped. [Hello, this guy again throwing away a bunch of glitter from the bin of a vacauum cleaner. He is also sparkly himself. And ditched the hoody for unicorn shirt and changed to shorts.]

There's soda in the communal fridge, leftover from movie night. Should be cold.

If it doesn't come off easily, it wants something else.

['Hi, I'm Dusk! Talk to me about being jaded!']
time5kip: (Default)

[personal profile] time5kip 2019-09-20 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's going to take a long, hard look at all that glitter, and then let his eyes lock at Dusk's own label before he sighs, definitely still annoyed from their earlier conversation ]

I didn't ask for your help, Dusk.
Edited 2019-09-20 10:59 (UTC)
schrodingerscockroach: (Sigh)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-20 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering I'm helping clean the train of an obscene amount of glitter, saying a few sentences is barely counting on my helpfulness scale right now.
time5kip: (Default)

[personal profile] time5kip 2019-09-20 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ gonna make a vague gesture toward him at that ]

I wouldn't put cleaning up glitter on that scale either, but nice to see where your priorities lie. At least it goes well with pink.
Edited 2019-09-20 20:10 (UTC)
schrodingerscockroach: (.....SIGH)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-20 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to be the prettiest Clover. [The dryest delivery.]

Better to get it up now. Its soluble, if it gets wet, it'll be everywhere and sticky.
bowtiedbones: (46)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-09-21 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[wearing some very short shorts and a crop top that says FREE HUGS. she will be dressed but dammit she will be cool.

she's also trying to sharpie over: "Hi, I'm Eliza! Talk to me about my soulmate!"]

Come on! This thing can write on glass but not on a nametag!? There's a billion other cool things I could talk about!
schrodingerscockroach: (Its kind of sweet)

[personal profile] schrodingerscockroach 2019-09-21 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
...okay, but I am kind of curious now?

[Has ditched his hoody and taken off the bottom of his pants for shorts and unicorn t-shirt.]

['Hi, I'm Dusk! Talk to me about being jaded!']
Edited 2019-09-21 04:16 (UTC)
learnedfool: (Default)

[personal profile] learnedfool 2019-09-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow the other new Senna (who is out and about because the Senna train car just feels hotter has two nametags. One says "Hi, I'm Penric! Talk to me about theological schisms!" and the other says "Hi, I'm Desdemona! Talk to me about sharing a body!"]

[He is trying to peel both off, while muttering]

No, we couldn't have me asking around, no...
wontforbidtherain: A side-view drawing of a bony dark-haired white woman looking down; folds in her neck suggest gills. (Default)

[personal profile] wontforbidtherain 2019-09-21 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cat's says "Hi, I'm Aphra! Talk to me about my growing mistrust of authority."]

[She's also in her swimsuit. Because between the glitter and the heat, she is going to just live in the ocean until this goes away.]

Like what?
bowtiedbones: (2)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-09-21 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I have like a whole career to talk about! I’ve published papers, I’ve given talks at conferences, professional Talk to Me Abouts!
bowtiedbones: (83)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-09-21 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay but I have to tell you first that it’s not a spiritual or romantic thing! I know how soulmate sounds, but drop all and any notions of destiny it might suggest. This was matchmaking!
desirestruth: (Can you forgive me?)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
['Hi, I'm Naeva! Talk to me about blood magic!']

...'Soulmate', huhh?

[NO ESCAPE.]
bowtiedbones: (46)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2019-09-22 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
It’s just a term!
desirestruth: (If I knew I wasn't loved)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it really is.

[Just. Going to sit here. She's a jackal right now because it means she's smaller and lower to the ground from the heat! But still.

tell grandma the deets, Eliza.]
bad_crowmance: TOCS 1/2; Manga; Body Language; Hand Behind Head; Annoyed (13224803)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-09-22 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Hi, I'm Crow! Talk to me about being a terrorist!" ]

Maaaaan, are you kidding?! This is way too hot!

[ The bandanna both is and isn't helping him out here.

(He's ignoring the nametag entirely, thanks.)
]
Edited 2019-09-22 02:34 (UTC)
desirestruth: (I eventually got tired)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
['Hi I'm Naeva! Talk to me about blood magic!']

...You know, the bandanna is probably making it worse?

[She says, like she's not a fucking jackal pancake, she's so overheated.

Also hi naeva's back!]
bad_crowmance: TOCS 1/2; Manga; Annoyed; Body Language; Hand Behind Head (13230369)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-09-22 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but it keeps my hair out of my eyes.

[ Also he likes it, shut up. ]
desirestruth: (Ran away on it's own)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
...[She just kind of stares at him from the floor.

of course she wouldn't understand the problem.]
bad_crowmance: TOCS 3/4; Smile, Body Language; Arms Crossed (12924549)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-09-22 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He looks at her. ]

Don't look at me like that, you have fur. Stones in glass houses are a bad idea, Naeva.
desirestruth: (And follow this song)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Jackals are desert creatures.

[Naevas are very obviously not.]
bad_crowmance: TOCS 3/4; Neutral; Conversational; Body Language; Gesture (12927335)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-09-22 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah and you still look half-dead.
desirestruth: (Ran away on it's own)

[personal profile] desirestruth 2019-09-22 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I am half-dead.
bad_crowmance: TOCS 1/2; Annoyed; Bitch Plz (13116746)

[personal profile] bad_crowmance 2019-09-22 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I mean in a more literal sense than the usual kind, Naeva.

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