bakerstreet | Rainy Day Meme

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.

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[He can't help but smile a little. Better to be with a friend in this kind of weather at least.]

Normally I'd say no but- ...I think I'd rather have you with me instead of trying to- ...stumble home somehow on my own-

[This fact he emphasizes by wiggling his fingers through the hole in the back of his vest he's still holding. It got too waterlogged and muddy to try to put back on.]

[She just laughs at the comically sized hole in his vest. Fingers reach out to get her own feel.]

Only you could manage somethin' like that. Were y'tryin' t'fight off a bear?

[He scoffs, wringing some rain water out of it while he answers her.]

Aw yeah- ..a bear in the shape of a tree.

[It in fact was not a bear.]

Aaand I guess I'm gonna have to find a new one of these...unless I can figure out how to patch it up somehow.

[She'll be holding back giggles because really Hiccup.]

Pretty sure only you could manage t'lose a fight with a tree.

Maybe y'could steal one of my dad's capes and use that. Assumin' that it wouldn't just swallow you whole, first.

Yeah? Swallowing me whole or not, it'd be better than nothing.

[Sighing, he throws the vest over his shoulder for now.]

Know anywhere we can go to get out of this rain?

[She hums softly, thinking over the terrain they've been over.]

I'm pretty sure there's a dry spot over that aways-- [Pointing.] But it'll be a tight fit for th'both of us. S'long as you're okay with that.

Anything's better than being stuck in the rain.

[And that's the truth. Lead the way!]

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[And now she'll just begin to tug on his arm.]

Come along, then. S'not too far from here.

[Just have fun keeping up on the muddy terrain :D]

[Not too fast! He's only got the one leg you know.

He stumbles a little before righting himself.]

O-..ok, I'm coming!

[HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING UP. SHE'LL JUST GRAB ON TO YOUR WRIST TO HELP YOU :DDDD]

There it is!

[And then there's a tiny little cubby hole in the hillside between two rocks.... Barely big enough for two people.]

[OH- ..WELL. OK. SURE THAT'S-

He's got no choice really but to stumble along next to her, fighting not to get his leg stuck in anything with each step he takes.

...He stops though when he sees the cubby hole, raising an eyebrow at her.]

..Some shelter.

Anythin's better than bein' stuck in this rain!

[Yes. she is imitating you hiccup. Deal.

She'll scooch on in and then wave you to come over too. :| Hope you don't mind getting close and personal with the princess bro.]

[Well, it could be worse! He makes another face when she mimics him, but he is very wet and very cold so- this shelter will do.

Carefully he sits down next to her, trying his best not to overcrowd the tight space- but regardless they're pretty much squashed up together here. Well.

At least they won't be cold.]

[She'll just nudge him hard and take her cloak and wrap it around the both of them. Eldest sister powers activate.]

Stop bein' so awkward about it. Or else I'll tell your father that y'fancy me, laddie.

[Trollolololololol]

[Merida pls.]

A-Awkward? ...I'm not being...awkward. It's just-...a bit of a tight fit in here, you know.

[A bit is an understatement.]

[DONT U MERIDA PLS HER. OMFG.]

You're always bein' awkward, Hiccup.

[WATCHU GON' DO.]

...O-ok well- ...maybe a little. But not this time-

[No, yes this time. Hiccup stop denying it, you're smashed in the tiniest of places with Merida for goodness sake.]

Really?

[Then have a kiss on the cheek, Hiccup.]

[Well that shut him up quick. Actually it seems to have stunned him, because for a long time he just....sits there, completely silent- holding his breath even. He opens his mouth to speak, but at first nothing but a bit of a wheeze comes out of him, before he finally whispers in a thin voice.]

...w....what w-was.......thatfor?

[a cackling bout of giggles. She'll just smile wide at him]

I said you were awkward, this just proves it!

[SHOVE SHOVE, NUDGE.]

Aaagghhhh-

[He lets out a noise of frustration before shifting so he can shove her back slightly.]

T-that wasn't fair! And I said I wasn't awkward all the time!

[SERIOUSLY MERIDA THAT WAS LOW BRO.]

[LOUD NOT GIVING A CARE GIGGLING RIGHT NOW.]

How are y'ever goin' t'deal with a lassie if you're like this around me? Are y'just goin' t'stutter at her until she falls for you?

[SHE IS BEING SO AWFUL RN.]

[NO KIDDING- Not sure if you can see in this dark Merida, but he's glowing red like a cherry right now, it's terrible.]

N-no! No I....I don't-

[He huffs, unable to think of anything proper to retort with.]

[Okay okay, she feels a bit bad now. Kind of. She'll just grab Hiccup around the shoulders and give his hair a good scruffing.]

Sorry Hiccup, you're just too easy of a target. I'm sure you'll find someone just as awkward as you are t'marry some day.

[....snrt.]

[Aaahahaa. Yes. MAYBE.

His nose wrinkles when she ruffles his hair, but he can't help but smile slightly- before returning to pouting.]

Yeaaah yeah- but you're just sayin' that.

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