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the rain meme

Ah, rain—the precipitation that the whole world has a love/hate affair with. It waters the garden for free and ruins baseball games. It cools you off in the summer and it causes more ice and sleet to appear in the winter. Sometimes it is lovely and falls at a decent pace for a few hours, other times, it blasts the whole eastern seaboard away.

Poems and songs have been written about it, people have danced in it, others have cursed its entire existence, and still more refuse to go out and drive in it.

Now it’s time to roll some dice and see what the weather will have in store for you today.

directions

1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-5 with the RNG for an intensity.
3. Roll 1-15 with the RNG for a situation.
4. Reply to other comments and play the scenario out!
5. Don’t catch a cold!

intensity

1. DRIZZLE ☂ It’s not too heavy or too light of a downpour, just enough to wash away stuff in the air, water the ground, and clean up the streets.

2. MONSOON ☂ It’s horrible and awful! Rain is coming down in buckets, no one can get anywhere, the wind is whipping everything about, and now the cable is out.

3. SHOWER ☂ Reminds you of early spring, doesn’t it? A nice shower to make everything all green and smell fresh again. Lovely.

4. FLOOD ☂ While rain is good, it can sometimes be bad. Grab a boat!

5. CATS & DOGS ☂ You’re lucky with this one. It’s not the worst storm in the world, but it’s still pretty heavy. Be careful when driving!

prompts

1. A DARK, STORMY NIGHT ☂ You know all those stories that start off with a stormy night before something goes wrong: a murder, an attack by ninjas, a crime. It is one of the best known clichés in the world, and you’re stuck in the middle of it.

2. HUMIDITY ☂ It’s that time of the year again when the humidity rises and the rain has two options: make it worse or make it go away. Good luck getting the latter.

3. GRAY RAIN OF DEPRESSION ☂ We all know this one. Stuck in the middle of no where, or right after an argument, or something that leads to angst, the rain decides to express someone’s feelings in a physical form, serious or over the top.

4. QUIET MORNING ☂ Nothing to do, nowhere to be… sometimes the rain is a welcomed addition to a quiet day. Gives you an excuse to stay in, curl up in a warm blanket and a book, maybe a loved one or a cup of hot chocolate. With sprinkles.

5. PUDDLES ☂ After it rains, what is the number one thing you have to do? Go put on some rubber boots and splash around of course!

6. SUDDEN STORM ☂ It might have been predicted, but sometimes storms just sweep in and do their thing with little to no warning. Hope you’re not outside.

7. THUNDER & LIGHTNING ☂ Loud, surprising, scary, ominous, comforting, fantastic to watch or listen to… some like thunder and lightning, others not so much. Of course, if this happens before a big confrontation, the universe is telling you something.

8. CAN’T GET WORSE ☂ You did not say that. You did not just say that. How many times does this need to be seen in movies and books before anyone learns?

9. STUCK ☂ No, no, no, no. This cannot be happening. What happened to the ten percent chance of rain? You forgot your umbrella and now you’re stuck in it!

10. RUINED PLANS ☂ You had all these wonderful plans to go outside, have some fun in the sunshine, do some errands, maybe a date… and the weather goes against them.

11. DANCING ☂ Sometimes rain is a cause for celebration, or you just feel like doing something spontaneous. Grab someone to join you and get wet!

12. RAIN BATTLE ☂ The most intense, important battles happen in the rain. Verbal spars, punching someone in the guts; it’s all dramatic and climatic. And no one slips.

13. DATE ☂ Aww, don’t let the weather ruin your date! It can be really romantic, being out in the rain, and it’s always fun to go with the flow.

14. A DAY INSIDE ☂ Sometimes, it’s just better to stay inside and enjoy something simple and easy like board games or catching up on TV shows, or maybe the bills.

15. WILD CARD ☂ Was there something I missed? Did you want to roll again or choose your own adventure? Go for it!

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( yall ever just almost write nintendog instead of nei )

[ Voice testing. ]

( m/m. canon or crosscanon. )

( assumed cr is 👌! )

[ Up to date on Cap 4, please mark for spoilers. Otherwise, canon point flexible. ]

Edited 2025-02-23 16:15 (UTC)

The day has been hazy and grey, and it had starting raining sometime during the night. The previous night had been their weekly movie night; Joaquín hadn’t intended on staying over, but he had fallen asleep somewhere halfway through their last movie, warm and comfortable in his place curled into Sam’s side.

He doesn’t remember anything after that. The next thing he was aware of was waking up, still on the couch, the soft hum of a steady rain beating down on the roof; it doesn’t seem like the rain’s letting up any time soon. It’s soothing in a way, and he curls closer to whoever might be closest to him in that moment.

[ pre-game, post-game, anything goes ]

[ cast mates or cross canon welcome. canon point flexible. ]

[ cross-canon, cross-mediums, ocs: all fine. m/m only and 21+ for anything ship oriented, with exception for canonmates. + ]

please tag any bnw spoilers!

[ I CAN'T BELIEVE RNG IS GONNA MAKE ME COME UP WITH A FIGHT SCENE, SHIT'S FUCKED UP. ]

[ By that I mean, more seriously, that Billy wasn't really intending on being flashy today. He's not really tried to be flashy any day since coming into his powers. But there's something in him, that strange little thought, that if he does have these powers it's his responsibility to try and help. Especially to make up for the bad he's already (unknowingly) done. ]

[ He hadn't even fully realized he'd changed outfits when he took to the air - his only though being to cover his face with the hood. He's not even exactly sure what he can do with approximately one mediocre fight in his belt. But it's instinct that drives the first force field to come up as a blast aims for a building. It's further instinct that with a thrust of his opposite hand the [undisclosed enemy] goes flying into the water source nearby for a few moments of breathing room. ]

[ The people below start to scatter, hurriedly running away and that's good and that's all he can think. Because he is not a combatant - a (super)hero - but maybe if he can just help them long enough to get away - ]

[ Until the real heroes arrive. That's good enough, right? It has to be good enough. Except he's one sixteen-year-old kid who's knowledge of his powers is intuitive and for as much as he tries the rain doesn't make it easier to see when it drips from curls and eventually the right hit means he goes sailing with a crash hard to the ground. ]