bakerstreet | ( road trip )

{ road trip!! }

How it works:
1. Post with your character, with their name | canon and any preferences in the subject line
2. Someone else tags you. Congratulations, those characters are now on a road trip together! To where? Who cares! We only care about the journey here
3. Go to the RNG and get a random number between 1 and 15 to pick your scenario, or combine numbers or make up your own
4. ???
5. ROAD TRIP STYLED PROFIT!

Scenarios:
1: LOST You should have made a left turn at Albuquerque, or maybe you've been holding the map upside down this whole time! Whatever it is, you're hopelessly LOST. Will you make it back on the path to your destination, or will you find a new adventure? ~~Try not to open any hatches.~~

2: Tourist Trap Okay, you're all for seeing the sights, but World's Biggest Doorstopper? World's Smallest Chicken? World's Noisiest Whistle? Do we really have to stop here, too?

3: Car Trouble Maybe you got a flat tire. Maybe your engine's stalled. Or maybe you just overestimated how far you could get on a half tank of gas. Either way, you're broke down on the side of the road and the nearest station is miles away; better get behind it and push!

4: Bad Weather Driving in the rain? No problem. Driving in torrential downpours or a blinding blizzard? Big problem! Better find a way to get out of the storm fast!

5: When Ya Gotta Go... Didn't I tell you to go before we left? Well, even if you did, maybe you shouldn't have had that 44 ounce Super Big Gulp, because there's not another rest stop for miles. Maybe you can find an empty bottle in the back...

6: Road Delays Stuck in traffic? Stuck at road construction? Stuck in a funeral procession? Bridge out? Whatever it is, it's blocking your way. Do you wait patiently, or maybe find your own way around it.

7: Smokey and the Bandit Oh no, those blue lights behind you can't be good. Maybe you should just pull over and accept your speeding ticket like a decent citizen. Or, maybe you should floor it. High speed chase anyone?

8: Night Driving You decided to drive through the night, and now it's one AM and you're all out of coffee. Wake up a friend and make them help you stay awake; falling asleep at the wheel is dangerous!

9: Ghost Town Boy, this town sure is quiet. And... kind of creepy. Oh God, did something in those corn rows just move? I hear banjo music; DRIVE FASTER!

10: Roadkill Good going, you hit an animal. I sure hope you feel good about yourself. Now you've killed the poor- oh, it's still moving? What do we do now!?
10a: The I Know What You Did Last Summer Edition That animal you hit was a little more human than you care for... oh dear...

11: ROAD RAGE That jerk cut me off! How dare he!? I'll make him pay! Or maybe you cut off a less-than-friendly driver of your own, and now he's after you...

12: Carjacked Awww, that was a good lunch. ...Wait, I know this is where we parked... Dude, where's the car!?!?

13: Hitchhiking Who said you needed a car for a road trip? Stick that thumb out and catch a ride where you're going. Maybe you and a buddy are chillin' with the pigs in a trailer, or maybe that nice looking hitchhiker you picked up down the road is not as nice as you thought...

14: Fantasy Car Roads? Where you're going, you don't need roads. If you're in Doc's DeLorean, anyway. Or maybe the car is really Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Or a spy car. Or the Batmobile. Or a Transformer! Whatever it is, this car is NOT normal.

15: Obligatory Romance/Smut Option You're now parked in one of the make-out points in this town. Did you know? Well, that's up to you, as is what you do next.

16: Are We There Yet? Roller's choice! Pick your favorite option, or two, or three, or just roll with whatever feels right!

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Okay, okay, hang on. And if you're worried, I think put on the flasher lights.

[With that, Waver sits up and pulls his iPhone out. There's a few moments of fiddling with the map app, and an unhappy huff.]

Well, we're on the right road, but the road ahead is closed due to flooding. So we need to find some place to stay over night, or else, we're staying in the vehicle tonight

Find a way around.

[Congratulations, Waver, you're one of two people in the world who know this side of Lamont. ~~I'm so sorry.~~]

Give me five seconds to fuck with the app!

[Waver grumbles, and taps at the screen furiously] Assuming that the other road isn't closed there's an inn 10 KM ahead.

[His frown deepens.]

Not an inn, a way around. There has to be some other road we can take.

Okay, okay. Although you need to embrace the plausibility that there might not be a way around.

Plausibility embraced. [Or so he says.]

No really, I mean it.

[That just earns Waver a look.]

I got that.

[After a few moments of fiddling, Waver sighs and shakes his head]

Next open crossing is 50 kilometers out of our way.

[His hands tighten around the steering wheel as he spits out,]

Mother--

[But he cuts himself off; angry as he is about the circumstances, cursing and carrying on isn't going to chase the storm away or make Rainbow Road miraculously appear to take them off this godforsaken country route. So he takes a moment to breathe before tensely saying,]

We'll ask if anyone at that inn knows another way.

[He realizes there won't be. He's just desperate.]

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[Waver sighs, and shoves the phone at Lamont's face. He's willing to pick this fight.]

Take a damn look for yourself and that way you'll save your breath. We're stuck over night.

[Lamont, on the other hand, is not willing to pick this fight, not when there's an inevitable one with the client whose delivery will be late hanging over his head. So he takes a quick glance at the phone -- best it be quick, unless they want to end up in a ditch on the side of the road -- then waves Waver's hand out of his face.]

Alright, fine. We're stuck. [He gives an irritated sigh.] Just help me watch for the sign.

Idea: should I call ahead and let the client know that there's going to be a delay?

[It's all said while watching the road, eyes occasionally going to check the iPhone to make sure they're still heading in the right direction.]

[He shakes his head; said client won't want to hear it from anyone but Lamont himself, and besides, the deliveryman doesn't want to make Waver take the brunt of the magi's anger. Still, his voice softens with appreciation when he says,]

I'll take care of that if you get the room.

That sounds fair. If they give shit, hand me the phone though, I'll use the weight of the lordship.

[With that decided, Waver's eyes focus on the road again.] Coming up on your right is the turn we need to take.

[He breathes a laugh, wordlessly agreeing to that arrangement as he switches on the blinker -- not that there's anyone else on the road, but better safe than sorry -- and carefully makes the turn.]

Much farther?

About ten more minutes according to the map.

[He breathes out a sigh of relief, only for it to be drowned out by a sudden bucketing down of rain. Waver leans forward in his seat, and is greeted with a loud roll of thunder for his troubles.]

[Wincing at the sudden noise, Lamont slows down a bit, likewise taking a peek up at the sky just to be met with thunder.]

Might be more than ten minutes, at this rate.

That's fine, as long as we get there in one piece.

[If there's one thing Waver is always good for, it's keeping a level head in these situations. Lamont can only nod, deciding to keep the easier pace until the pounding of the deluge fades back into the normal pattering of heavy rain on the roof of the car a minute or so later. Once he can finally be heard, Lamont speaks up again.]

So, you grow up in an area like this?

[He'd call it backwater, but that might be a little too ironic.]

I grew up in London proper, actually.

[It's nice to hear the rain ease off, although the road is still dark and Waver can't take his eyes off it, just in case something goes wrong.]

[It's a prudent decision; just because the rain isn't coming down in buckets anymore, doesn't mean that the road is safe. Lamont's own eyes keep just as careful a watch, the deliveryman's foot cautiously weighing harder against the pedal.

But back to the conversation at hand, Lamont had known Waver lived most of his life in London at least, so hearing the scholar grew up there isn't surprising, especially since he's only a third generation mage.

Well, not only, but. You know what he means.]

Funny how the weather doesn't usually get this bad in the city.

It's done it before it just doesn't impact travel as much. Unless you get flooded tube tunnels, which is rare.

[Waver sighs, and checks the phone again.]

Left up ahead.

Mm...

[It probably is just his perception. Lamont isn't one to pay much attention to the weather unless it's doing... well, this.

Coming up on the intersection Waver pointed out, he takes the turn.]

Please tell me it's this road.

[Another phone check.] Yeah, you've got the right road.

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