into each life some rain must fall.

[luft]

caught in the rain
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.

Comments

[ninefold]

[He was a surprisingly pretty man, even if his smile (and eyes, now that she was looking more closely) were rather unnerving. It flustered her a bit, so she glanced away quickly took the time to take down her pigtails and wring out her excessively long hair. By the time she was finished she managed a smile in return.]

Are you from farther north, then? I haven't ever been anywhere colder than this.

[his_mistress]

[ Her expression clearly said 'Yeah, right.'.]

Really, to lie at a time like this? To a stranger none the less?

[She looked back out at the rain, maybe it wouldn't be so bad as long as she didn't have to put up with the man anymore. She already had a butler who was more than a handful at times, she didn't need some Colonel on top of it.]

[sassy_spy]

True enough, the stallkeepers would have probably shooed you out in a heartbeat. At least it's kinda warm though. Cold rain is the worst.

[That, and she would have been out of rainy day company. Being bored while waiting for a storm to pass probably would have led to trouble.]

So what were you out here buying anyway if you don't mind me asking?

[pactfulfilled]

I'm not sure it matters when you're wet. But yeah, it would be worse if it was cold out, too. Last time I got caught in the rain like this...well, it was pretty miserable.

[You'd think he'd learn. But Asbel really hadn't thought the weather would be a problem. Apparently he thought completely wrong.]

Oh, I came here to pick up some things for dinner. [He holds up a bag.] Sophie wanted crablettes again, but we're all out of eggs. ...And crab. And a few other ingredients.

[He smiles.] What about you?

[servant]

You're right. And it would stain and be a nightmare to get out of his laundry.

[Merlin grimaces. Arthur's laundry is challenge enough on good days, does he really need a food fight on top of it?

He falls quiet again. The rain has become a light drizzle but hasn't let up completely. Merlin glances back at Mordred, who looks as drowned and miserable as he feels.]

With our luck they've circled around or found shelter somewhere.

[Leaving the two of them soaked to the bone and in danger of falling ill. Merlin suddenly recalls the last time that Mordred was pale and feverish, so much smaller then.]

Gaius will fix us something warm to drink when we get back.

HUH... I figured that tvtropes would have mentioned it... OH WELL.

[waterguide]

[ She was right. ... wait, SHE WAS RIGHT?! Just the look of astonishment that she had hit it right on the mark that quickly makes it to unbridled and childish joy, was a range of emotions that Akari is well too familiar with.

With her new found discovery, Akari quickly sweeps up her umbrella from the water and quickly faces the cat with her eyes sparkling with excitement. ]

President Aria! President Aria! It's Jack Frost! I can't believe he's really here!

[ The cat looks quite neutral at Akari. But, a tail waggle at least signifies that he understands that she's quite happy about the new turn of events. At least, until it sinks in that he's not on Manhome, but rather here on Aqua. ]

But, why are you here? I always thought you lived on Manhome!

[sincetheglasses]

[It was quite a sight to see a girl with that much hair, it made him wonder why she was letting it get so long, but then again the look seemed to suit her very well.]

A short ways.

[Relatively speaking, but it was true enough.]

Keterburg. So as nostalgic as this makes me, this would be considered a terrible heatwave.

[sassy_spy]

Jeez, if it was bad enough to mention I'm surprised you didn't try to avoid this storm better.

[ Anise looked a bit amused at this before tilting her head at the mention of cooking .]

Crablettes? What exactly are those?

[She was in charge of dinner tonight and was thinking about beef stew but whatever he was cooking sounded pretty interesting. ]

As for what I'm doing, basically the same thing as you. Getting ingredients for dinner along with more travel supplies~

[sincetheglasses]

[He looked serene.]

I daresay that you might do the same, Lady Phantomhive, but for your sake I will attempt to avoid shaming myself.

[Much, anyway. He did like to know who he dealt with. So while he knew of her, he couldn't really ask for a worst sort of first meeting. It didn't help that she was quite infamous for her...difficulties in dealing with other people outside of a social situation.]

[accede]

...Ah.

[Carlos replies. There's not much he can say to that. Maybe, if this had been said to Carlos a year ago, he'd first ask "how is that even possible?" And maybe reason that the smaller potholes are really just sinkholes due to poor construction. Maybe he'd even say something about road maintence and "why don't they put up signs or warnings around the small holes that are actually tears in spacetime?" Or "why the used & discount sporting goods store? Why there, of all places?"

But at this point, he just nods solemnly.]

Yeah. Let's hope they don't.

[And with a throat clearing, Carlos tries to change the subject.]

Is there anywhere you'd like to go? After I get changed, I mean.

They probably did but I don't remember xD

[frostedoverland]

[She was definitely one of those who were kids at heart. Jack laughed softly at her enthusiasm and nodded again.]

I wanted to see what the kids were up to here. It's really beautiful here, makes me wish Manhome was more like it. My job isn't as hard here as it is there.

[Trying to being winter while the earth was rather out of whack from global warming and pollution was getting harder and harder every year.]

So what do kids do around here for fun? Aside from getting flooded every year.

[OOC: I forget, what year is it?]

[dread]

[ Mordred goes quiet again, smiling crookedly at Merlin's words. Part of him wants to ask if he uses magic to do his chores as a servant, if it still takes him all day — there are dozens of questions he'd like to ask but he knows it would ruin the shaky chance of friendship between them.

It doesn't matter much when the rain eases, still completely soaked, and when they continue walking in silence he sneaks glances over at Merlin until their gazes meet, flushing slightly as if he's been caught doing something he shouldn't be. ]

It's possible. [ Quite possible, considering how far they've walked already. The others probably assumed they would seek shelter or return, suddenly more sure that they've been walking pointlessly out in the rain. But he can't bring himself to feel annoyed with the way the day turned out, not when the invitation to return with Merlin comes and he tries to train his mouth into a neutral line, resisting a grin as much as he's resisting shivering from the slight chill. ]

That would be— appreciated. [ Greatly. ]

[thirdbeauty]

[Natsuru lets out a sigh as she slumps against the wall. She didn't have an umbrella with her, and the bag is barely protecting the clothes she just bought, so it looks like there's nothing to do but wait it out.

... It's almost an afterthought, realizing that she heard someone's voice just now.]

Huh?

[She glances over, and... oh hey. She hadn't noticed the small girl when she ran over here.]

Oh! Hi there...

[She very tentatively reaches to take the seemingly offered handkerchief. Half expecting the girl to flinch away or something.]

He's actually an important part of the second season.

[waterguide]

The Salamanders in Ukijima do the best they can to keep the weather as close to Manhome's conditions.

[ This was just like a dream! One of her childhood memories was really here, asking her about the planet she had grown so much to love. There was no topping this Acqua Alta memory she's making! ]

Kids do the same thing here as they do on Manhome. They play in the park, go swimming when it's hot.. sometimes when I'm practicing, I almost forget I'm on a different planet because of how some things really are the same.

[ Akari knew how children were in Neo Venezia. The rest of Aqua was different but she was sure that kids all found fun things to do on their spare time. Shaking out her umbrella to make sure there were any small puddles on the inside, Akari lifts it back over her head so she doesn't get too wet from the rain. ]

I'm actually from Manhome. You've always been one of my favorite stories I'd read from when I was little.

(OOC: It's 2301. 150 years since Mars was successfully Terraformed into Aqua. :D)

Just winging it!

[elfiehopkins]

(Elfie had never wanted to leave the small village that she came from on account of her dad but honestly moving to London was one of the best things she ever did. She loves it here, there's just so much more going on and many more people to investigate. She starting with her neighbor, a bat shit crazy woman with about a million cats. Elfie's sure the woman doesn't have a stable mind. Another reason she's happy to be here? Sherlock Holmes, one of her inspirations though she's never actually met him herself.

Anyway she's out on her usual stroll when it starts to pour. It doesn't deter her though she just keeps walking, tape recorder in hand which she's speaking into.)

Yet another miserable day in London, surprise, surprise. Nothing out of the ordinary yet though... (And then she walks into someone) Hey man, watch it!

[desecrated]

[The man is ducked into a green parka that is too short for him and his clothes might look a bit like they've been splashed with mud. He's hurrying to a spot he can stay dry for now. He can speak if he wants, he just prefers not to. Dark curls are flattened against a thin face - and he ducks his head under the hood that's provided little shelter. He's blinking a bit against the rain in his face, signing an apology to the woman he's nearly knocked over and ducking a bit away from her. Reporter, his brain supplies.

It... he barely remembers who he is, it would be bad if they recognized him and he couldn't give an answer.]

[moonscars]

The rain was starting to fall hard now. Remus hair was matted to his forehead and his clothes were starting to stick wetly to his skin. The drabness of the sky made the sea seem hauntingly forlorn. Seemed fitting, really - sitting here with Sirius, having a conversation that was nearly as bleak as the weather. He reached a hand up and pushed his wet hair away from his forehead before wiping his hand over his rain-splashed face.

"If he saw us right now, he'd likely wonder why two grown men such as ourselves are sitting on the beach in the rain like a couple of bums." Clasping his hands around his knees again, he threw Sirius a wry smile. Sirius was in much the same state as he - hair matted to his face, clothes hanging limp and wet on his gaunt frame.

A clap of thunder rumbled in the distance. Remus was willing to stay on the beach as long as Sirius wanted to but sitting still was a surefire way of become chilled. Unclasping his hands from around his knees, he pushed himself up, his hands digging into the soggy sand as he did so.

"Come on," he said once he was standing, and he attempted to wipe the sand from his palms on his wet trousers. He offered a hand to Sirius to help him up. "Let's go for a walk. If we're going to be beach bums, let's at least try and keep warm. We're not going to be much use to Harry or helping the world if we catch a chill."

[notweakanymore]

[Isaac looks surprised by the offer, but he smiles and nods a little.]

Okay. I don't think we can get much wetter, and at least that's somewhere to dry off...

[hellolisteners]

Uh, hmmm. ((For once, this isn't his usual inarticulate hum of embarrassment, and he's actually thinking.))

Oh! I don't mean to impose, but I would like to see your lab. You did say you wished to test the rain, no? ((He casts a quick glance to Carlos. He did sincerely wish to see his lab, and after seeing Carlos at work on the trees, it was within his interest to learn more about what Carlos did. Carlos saw enough of the station, too....))

[grimolddog]

Sirius reached a hand up to push some wet hair out of his face, but otherwise still seemed to barely acknowledge the rain that was beginning to soak through his clothing. As bleak as the sky was, he felt he would never again tire of watching it, from the wide-open expanse of a place like the beach rather than the small square of it through the tiny barred window in his cell.

"He does look up to us, doesn't he? At least you were his professor... still should be. If I could just have five minutes alone with the slimy git who ruined that-" but he cut himself off, not wanting to anger himself by thinking about Snape. How anyone could trust him, Sirius couldn't begin to fathom.

When Remus rose to his feet, Sirius nodded once in agreement before taking the offered hand and pulling himself up. He no longer had much meat on his bones to keep him warm, and catching a chill seemed like a real enough possibility. Not that it really mattered, he thought forlornly. There wasn't anywhere for him to go or any obligations to fulfill. Nobody would even notice if he was sick save for Remus.

"If you like." He could feel some went sand in his shoe, and grimaced a little as it slid around his sock. It didn't take long before Sirius decided to take off his shoes and socks and hold them as they walked.

"What do you suppose you'll with yourself now, Remus?" He felt somewhat sick with himself for inwardly hoping that Moony would remain unemployed and, thus, stay with Sirius. It was wrong, but he couldn't deny that the hope was very much present.

[moonscars]

Once Sirius was on his feet, Remus pushed his hands into pockets and began to walk, stopping only when he saw Sirius had paused to remove his shoes and socks. The comment his friend had made about Snape hadn't gone amiss on Remus; he knew how Sirius felt about him. Remus had other opinions of Snape that he was sure Sirius wouldn't like. Unwilling to get into that discussion right now, he left the remark untouched.

"Ah, well," Remus mused at Sirius' question as he resumed slowly walking by his friend's side. He looked down at the sand with a small, self-depreciating smile. "Can't say for sure. There's not a great deal of work out there."

For people like himself, he added mentally. Work had always been hard to come across; having to register himself on the Ministry's Werewolf Registry was almost as much a curse as being a werewolf was. All it took was for a potential employer to look into his records and find his name was on it.

"My home is with the Order these days, anyway. Where that'll take me, I can't possibly say."

His foot slipped into a small sandy ditch, causing sand to sink into his shoe. Remus tsked and he bent down to remove his shoe to shake the sand out - and then decided wearing shoes in the rain on a wet beach was pointless. His socks were already soaked through as it was. He toed off his other shoe, stripped off his socks and balled them into his shoes, before taking them up in hand where they dangled from his fingers at his side. The sand was cold and refreshing under his feet and between his toes. Another roll of thunder rumbled in the distance, sounding a little closer than the last one as he resumed walking.

"I don't suppose you mind if I stick around your old place until then, Sirius?"

[accede]

Oh.

[Cecil wants to be invited inside his lab. Not that it was a particularly private place, but... Didn't they need to fill out paperwork for this sort of thing?]

Yes, I did.

[Wouldn't it be kind of boring? For Cecil, at least? But Cecil did say he was pretty interested in whatever it was Carlos was doing, so...]

Alright. I have some changes of clothes there, so we can just head over.

and i hope you're ok with prose lol

[writeswrongs]

Of course it had started pouring the minute Castle had sat down on the park bench.

He was only supposed to be here a minute, just meeting Kate and then going off to a coffee shop or something. His umbrella was back at home and when he come up from underground after riding the subway, the rain was only a slight drizzle. Now, 10 minutes later, he was soaked straight through and searching frantically for Kate. Maybe she wouldn't come in the pouring rain?

Either way, they needed to talk.

[hellolisteners]

Great!! ((YEAH, he's happy.

He changes course a bit, though fortunately it was early on enough to pretend any unnecessary detours. Having lived here so long, he's something of a navigation pro. He pulls in as close to the lab they can get (without violating any parking laws, of course) and takes the coat back into his arm.))

Let me get the door, ((he urges, out of the car quick as a mink, only belatedly pulling the coat over his shoulders as he wraps around to the other side of the car to open the door. ))

[grimolddog]

Remus didn't need to add that unspoken bit. When they had been in school, Sirius had barely thought about how his friend's affliction would make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for him to find meaningful employment within the Wizarding world. He had some vague notion that because he attended Hogwarts, he would make it just fine in his job search. Now Sirius knew better, and it only made him feel worse for not being around to help support Remus during the last thirteen years.

"No, I suppose there isn't." He sighed quietly, wishing that nearly every thought associated with his old friends didn't fill him with guilt. Sirius paused when Remus followed his lead and removed his shoes, his gaze wandering to the ocean as he watched the way the storm roiled the water from it's previously peaceful state.

He turned back to Remus when they resumed walking, a hand once again raking through his hair to push the wet strands out of his face. He tried not to appear too pleased by the question. "Of course not! I'd be more than happy to have you. After all, we have a great deal of catching up to do."