The Lifeguard's Last Day
The lake lifeguard works their final shift before autumn closure, but the beach refuses to empty—sunbathers freeze at noon, stuck mid-tan until someone drowns symbolically. Break the season's bargain, fake a drowning that satisfies the lake, or take the chair and learn what the water charges for summer's end.
Faces in the wings
Aldric Nightshade
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- River toll clerk
Character
- Motivation
- Maintaining order and justice
- Personality
- Hot-tempered and volatile
- Background
- Town guard dedicated to protecting citizens
Details
- Quirk
- Keeps a list of debts in invisible ink
- Speaking style
- Punctuates points with finger jabs
- Private fear
- Running out of shade
- Secret
- Is the heat wave—not fleeing it
- Signature item
- Map folded into a paper swan
Vivienne Goldleaf
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Ice wagon driver
Character
- Motivation
- Maintaining order and justice
- Personality
- Suspicious and cautious
- Background
- Town guard dedicated to protecting citizens
Details
- Quirk
- Always knows the local weather
- Speaking style
- Uses beekeeping metaphors for romance
- Private fear
- Sleeping without a weapon nearby
- Secret
- Has never slept—only trances in daylight
- Signature item
- Thermos that keeps drinks at exactly blood temperature