Rainy Day Meme

[dontneednopants]

Rainy day meme


You've cross-indexed every weather report and they all call for rain.
Use the RNG to randomize, or pick a prompt yourself.



Stay Dry:
1. Umbrella-ella-ella: A rainbow of colors, from black to red and leopard spots and clear.
2. Raincoat: You've got your raincoat buttoned up--but what about your friend?
3. Staying Inside: You're not going anywhere. Hot tea/cocoa/coffee/bloodwine/whatever, a blanket, and maybe a good book or someone to chat with. You can watch the rain from here.
4. Under an awning/outside: No umbrella, no coat, but maybe these shopkeepers won't mind you standing here until it eases off.
5. Tree: Probably not the best idea, but it's not a thunderstorm, so you might be dry, if it's a big enough tree.


Getting wet:
6. Puddle splashing: Put on your galoshes and have some fun! Or maybe the puddles are just too big to avoid...
7. Let's Play! are you one of those strange people who think the best time to go out and run, bike, or play sports is in the rain? Garden? Fly kites? (Please try not to imitate Ben Franklin.)
8. Work or Duty: You're not out here for fun--you HAVE to be out here. Too bad the weather's so awful
9. Unprepared: The trees are all drippy, the wind gets under any awnings you can find, and finding a dry place to stand for a few minutes is nigh impossible.
10. Umbrell-eh? You thought you were all prepared for the wet weather. And then your umbrella broke, your raincoat sprung a leak, and the gutters are overflowing.


Extreme:
11. Thunderbolts and Lightning! Very very frightening? Or maybe you're reveling in it? Telling scary stories to make it worse or soothing frayed nerves with a lullaby?
12. Blow Blow Thou Wind: It gets into everything! Blowing you off course, small dogs away from owners, and whatever else it can get at. Or maybe you're smart enough to watch the blasts from inside.
13. Water's Rising: Is it just me, or are the creeks getting a little high? Or maybe it's just your waterlogged yard or gutters.
14. Freezing rain: oh well now THIS is fun. Leaves everything in a coating of ice. Slick, brings down powerlines--but you can sled on it (if you don't value your skull much).


15. Wild Card Is it raining frogs? Cats and dogs? Storm of the year? Just a drizzly mist? Rain that lasts for about 5 seconds and then it's sunny again? Whatever floats your boat, so to speak.

Comments

[makeitmine]

No, that's -- [He lowers his phaser, but raises one hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.] ... That's not what I mean.

Look. I'm sorry for trespassing. [Or... Or whatever.] And sorry for the, uh. [Quickly puts his phaser back on his belt lalala] You just startled me, is all. I'm, uh. I'm new around these parts. I think I'm lost.

[Except he really isn't. If he remembers what his scanner told him, this is where the artifact is. But he's pretty sure he could find this place again if he needs to, and right now, it's more important that he deals with... this. Situation.]

[myownhand]

[Okay, you're confusing her even more now. Though once you put... what ever that was back into your belt she'll lower her bow EVER so slightly]

New around these parts? How d'you just wander int'DunBroch?

[There were villages, everywhere. Especially the closer you got to the castle. She shakes her head with a tut.]

Fine, where are y'headed, then? I can help direct you there.

[makeitmine]

[It sure is a good thing Jim bullshits thinks fast on his feet.]

I'm supposed to be meeting my fiancée and her family -- DunBroch, you said? [His brow furrows again, this time thoughtfully, and his mouth moves soundlessly, as if he's trying to remember something. It is, of course, more bullshit. He's not as slow a thinker as he's pretending to be. After a moment, his expression clears into one of surprise, then frustration.] Dammit, this isn't where I'm supposed to be at all.

[myownhand]

[She may have twitched a bit at the word fiancee. Just a bit.]

What's her name then? I can probably direct y'to th'right place.

[The kingdom was small, she knew of practically everyone who lived in the surrounding areas. And many of the affluent people who lived in the clans which lay next to hers.]

[makeitmine]

I'm terrible at remembering clan names. But, uh, well, my parents told me her name is, uh... M... [come on what's a good bullshittery name come on -- oh hey he's got it] Merida, was it?

[JIM NO STOP ABORT MISSION YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW OKAY]

[myownhand]

[.....]

What!?

[....NO REALLY WHAT? I mean, would her parents really get her engaged again with out her permi--


Yes. Yes they would.

She's almost tempted to just shoot the arrow right then and be done with it. But no, this is not how she solves her problems. And may lead to a whole lot more trouble in the long term

No. [This time she puts her bow down and sort of paces in a circle-- talking to her self.] Nononono NO. That's not fair! They can't just do somethin' like this. Not now.

[makeitmine]

Huh?

[Yeah, this has completely thrown him. What is she babbling about now?]

[myownhand]

[She hears him speak and then she's all business from there. Bow is back around her torso and she steps forward grabbing his arm.]

You are comin' with me. So we can fix this.

[VERY SERIOUS LOOK ON HER FACE AS SHE BEGINS TO DRAG YOU BACK TO THE CASTLE.

And yes. She will be grumbling under her breath]

Just because I'm th'princess doesn't mean I don't have any say in all of this.

[makeitmine]

[Jim finds himself being dragged along by a strange girl and while things haven't been going exactly according to plan, he's Jim Kirk, dammit, and he can roll with the punche...

w a i t]

Princess?

[and then:]

No. No. You aren't -- ?

[jesus christ what did his big mouth get him into this time]

[myownhand]

[She just looks back at him. Monumentally annoyed at this point.]

Yes, Princess Merida of DunBroch.

[YANKING AGAIN.]

And I plan on stayin' that way for a long time, laddie.

[SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW UR NAME BUT SHE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.]

1/3? maybe 2. idk we'll see

[makeitmine]

[makeitmine]

[makeitmine]

can you tell I miss having 250 icons

[makeitmine]

okay done

[makeitmine]

Oh, hell.

[myownhand]

[That gets you a whap on the arm, there, kirk.]

Watch your language around a lady.

[>:T]

And what clan d'you come from? It can't be from anywhere around here.

[SHe says, eyeing those pants of yours. WHERE'S YOUR KILT MISTER.]

[makeitmine]

[scotty can you just beam him up rtfn they can come back to collect the alien artifact in a week. or a month. or a century]

Kirk -- Kirk...land. [jim stop] I'm of the Kirkland clan. [jim]

[myownhand]

...Kirkland.

[...weird to tack "land" on the end of that.]

Wait are y'related t'the church somehow? [....MORE HORROR] Don't tell me you're some sort of reformed priest.

[MORE GRUMBLING. LOTS MORE. Merida he cursed what are you even--]

[makeitmine]

[Jim can't help it; he laughs. First, at the concept that he is a reformed priest, and then at how ridiculous this entire goddamn situation is. It seems the shock has worn off. ... or has it?]

No, no, noooo. [time for more bullshitting. how much worse could he make this, honestly] Well, related to the church, yeah, but not a reformed priest. My, uh. My mother's a priestess. This whole thing was her idea. I've made the church just mad enough that the only thing they know to do with me is to get me married off, but not mad enough to publically renounce me. It's complicated.

[myownhand]

[......................And just now something else is hitting her.]

And what kind of accent is that? What kind of Scotsman are you?

[IT MAY JUST BE BETTER TO SAY YOU ARE FROM SPACE AT THIS POINT.]

[makeitmine]

[YEAH PROBABLY that's not going to stop him]

It's Kirkish, duh.

[JIM]

[myownhand]

Now you're just pullin' m'leg.

[GLARING AT YOU.]

[makeitmine]

Maybe. [wink]

So, hey. Why don't you tell me about your parents? So that, uh. I can be prepared. [LOOK HE ISN'T LYING FOR ONCE]

1/2

[myownhand]

[DID YOU JUST WINK AT HER. DID YOU JUST WINK AT HER!?

WHAT IS SHE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT!?!?!?]

[myownhand]

[.......]

How have y'not heard of The Bear King?

[KIRK YOUR PLAN IS FALLING APART.]