bakerstreet | ( into each life some rain must fall )

it started out quietly, and then, quite suddenly, you're caught in a storm. time to find cover. nothing much to do but to wait it out.

scenarios listed below for those who want 'em.

i. WHERE;
001 PLAYGROUND - well, you can try to hide under the slide or maybe in the jungle gym... at least you're some place fun?
002 PARK - always happens, caught outside trying to take advantage of the weather... and it ends up pulling a fast one on you.
003 STORE FRONT - better hope they have an awning you can take advantage of.
004 THE BEACH - not exactly the best place to be during a rainstorm, however it is possible to get caught in a sudden storm.
005 WILD CARD - anyway you want it.

ii. HOW;
001 TREE - not the best cover, but it'll have to do, stay close to the roots and you won't get too wet.
002 UMBRELLA - most conventional... kinda boring. But it works.
003 NEWSPAPER - not permanent, but it'll have to do. good luck.
004 BAG - well... y'gotta do what you gotta do.
005 NONE - you know what. you're a rebel. you don't need cover. screw convention.
006 WILD CARD - that's the way you need it.

iii. WHY;
001 REJECTED - welp. rejection sucks. and no one will see you crying in the rain.
002 WAITING - for the bus? for someone else? for some revelation? what are you waiting for.
003 MELANCHOLY - sometimes the best place to feel a bit down is out in the rain.
004 HAPPINESS - is everything going your way? are you singing a refrain while walking down the lane? just singin. singin' in the rain.
005 ANGER - WELL YOU KNOW WHAT. SCREW YOU TOO RAIN.
006 WILD CARD - anyway you want it.

>> POST with your character
>> TAG others, use rng if you need to, or just make up your own scenario if you want!
>> HAVE FUN.

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[ It's just drizzling a little bit, which is why Sam ignores it in favour of pushing her swing sideways to bump into Patrick's and flashing him a small smile. ]

Look, dude. I'm going to be back for like, every holiday and you know I'll drive to wherever to see you. This isn't goodb-

[ The drizzle rather abruptly picks up then, and it's like the heavens have opened. For all of two seconds she's shocked, looking up at the sky, and then she pointlessly wipes her face, and after a moment she starts to laugh. Getting up off of the swing she grabs his hands and gives him a good, sharp tug up off of his own. ]

Come on!

[He knows it isn't goodbye, that at least by virtue of forced familial interactions, he and Sam will be thrown together for the majority of their lives now. Unless of course their parents should choose to get divorced again, but provided that happens, he thinks he and Sam would stick together regardless. A family is so much more intriguing when it's rebellious.

Then the rain picks up, and he doesn't have time to say any of that before he's up and holding tight to Sam's hands. They could just start running for cover, but he swings her around a circle instead, so he's skipping backwards and tugging her along.]

Do you think this is like a sign? An omen from on high?

[ She isn't about to let something as trivial as a thunderstorm get in the way of her very important mission to preemptively kick Patrick out of the inevitable 'Sam's leaving' slump that she just knows is coming, so when he starts swinging them around in a circle she immediately grips his hands tighter, tipping her head backwards to face the sky as she stares up and grins. ]

Well if it's a sign tell God to get better signals. These ones suck!

[ She laughs and slows down, dropping her gaze from the sky back to him, and she's still got that lazy grin on her face as she squeezes his hands tighter, just one brief grip before she loosens them again. ]

Lets do something fun. No parents to tell us we're going to get sick, didn't you always want to play in the rain when you were little?

[ She certainly had done. It's always alluring, the thing being denied, and Sam's no more immune to that than anyone else. ]

[The slump is coming; he's just pretending it isn't. He'll be fine. He's fucking Patrick, always a joke, always a smile, never a serious moment until they come and he can't handle it and he cracks. But that won't happen. He has his friends, he has a crazy person named Charlie, and when all else fails, there's... No, maybe he won't add booze to the list. Or drugs. Cigarettes can stay, though.

But all that isn't happening right now; what's happening right now is that he and Sam are going to play in the rain, and he's probably going to get mud all over his clothes, and it's going to be pretty great.]

And what are you thinking, mon cheri? [Never had one lesson.] Tag? Hide and seek? Shall we go streaking and really leave the town something to wag their tongues about? [Eyebrow waggle.]

Edited 2012-12-18 22:18 (UTC)

[ She's well aware of the ticking clock, of how different things are going to be and how their lives are going to change. It's exciting, but it's also terrifying in ways she hasn't really had to experience before. And she has to do it all without Patrick.

That lasts exactly three seconds before she's pushing it away too, because tomorrow's problems are tomorrow's problems, and today's biggest issue is just how they're going to make the most of their time. ]

Oh, mon frère! [ Advantage to Sam: she had one. She drops a hand to press it to her chest, and she's all high voices and over dramatics in her response. ] Why, it'd be a scandal, the likes this town ain't never seen! How ever would they cope?

[Is she a French Southern belle? He loves it, and he swoops in to wrap his arms around her and fan a hand in front of her face.]

They'll be too scandalized to cry, and in the end, that's all that matters, isn't it? [He's all dramatics too, and the Southern twang in his voice is horrible, but whatever.]

The smelling salt business will boom. Think of Bob -- he may be able to afford his waitress!

( into each life some rain must fall )

Patrick | The Perks of Being a Wallflower

001 / 005 / ALL THE WHYS (before Sam leaves for penn?)

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