Thunderstorm (Attn: All)

[utopiamods]

As classes continue on Friday the weather gets continuously worse until teachers announce that the last class will be cancelled. Screens display the message that all students must report to their dorms but power outages and flickers render them mostly ineffectual. Prefects are instead sent out, armed with waterproofs to make sure all students make it back to their dorms.

Thunder crashes and lightning lights up the sky as the lights flicker and the wind gets steadily louder. Students are required to remain inside, prefects are sent round with snacks and all prepare themselves for a long, wet and windy afternoon.

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Outside

[utopiamods]

[nocathere]

Cheshire is not a fan of the rain, or the thunder, or the lightning, but he liked trees. He felt comfortable up there, even as he got soaked by the rain. Unfortunately, it will take a bit more than convincing to get him to come down and go inside- he's forgotten that important bit of information regarding tree-climbing and has managed to make it a problem at one of the worst times he could.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku had finished taking roll call but Cheshire was missing. He wasn't in a coma as far as anyone knew, and people had seen him before the storm hit. Suzaku left the dorms pulling his waterproof around him.

"Cheshire?" He called.

[justaflowergirl]

Not too far away, Yuka heard Suzaku calling. She was a bit surprised. Humans, as far as she knew, usually didn't like being out in the rain. (Nor most youkai, for that matter.) What could be bringing him outside now?

She picked up her parasol and stepped away from the tree. Frowning at the rainwater that had accumulated inside of it, she poured it out and put it over her shoulder so that it wouldn't get filled up again... but of course, she didn't open it up. That would keep the rain off her, and that would be no good.

A few moments later, she'd walked up to the prefect. "Is there something wrong?"

[swordofzero]

Yuka was another who had been missing, though Suzaku didn't know her he guessed this was the other missing conquest student. "I'm looking for Cheshire, and you. You should be inside." The rain was getting back, his waterproof was proving not enough protection.

[justaflowergirl]

"Oh? But it'd be a shame to miss out on such delicious rain..."

Yuka paused for a moment. She didn't know Suzaku, but he definitely looked like he wasn't enjoying the rain.

"... Do you need any help?"

Sorry! Plans ate me.

[nocathere]

Cheshire meowed for attention. It sounded more like the mock of a meow than an actual meow, but it was a nervous one. Despite the sound, the cat is grinning as he calls, "What should be down is up!"

[swordofzero]

"And can it get down?" Suzaku still had no idea what this cat meant half the time, for all he knew this was another one of its games. "It's raining." He pointed out unnecessarily.

[nocathere]

"It's not raining! It's stuck!" There was a slight growl to his voice, but he kept smiling. "Stuck as an accused in court!"

Re: Outside

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka leaned back against a tree. This particular tree had rather thin foliage, so it thinned out the rain a bit, but didn't really stop it.

That was why she had picked it.

She spread her arms out to the side and tilted her head back to catch more of the rain, a blissful smile on her face. Yuka wasn't heedless of her clothes getting soaked; it would be more accurate to say she was enjoying it. Bare skin would have been better, but stripping out in the open got you hassled too much. She wished she'd had a chance to buy a swimsuit before this happened. But even so...

"Ahhhhhh..."

Sometimes, nothing beat the simple pleasures in life.

[secretlyuseful]

Merlin is hurrying up towards Pale dorm, water trickling down his neck. He had gotten a bit delayed, not lost. Of course not lost, it was just that things looked different in the rain.

[unflinchable]

Oh you wanted to go to the pale dorm? Well, about that. You see, the thing is, the king requires your services. What services are those, you may be asking, as it is raining very hard and there is little that you could possibly be doing. But it is one of the most important things you could be doing, Merlin. Amusing the king.

Yes. Arthur is bored out of his mind and it's not exactly weather he can work out in or anything, so he did the next best thing. Find Merlin. He wants to call Merlin's name and see him stumble as it makes him black out (they really should take care of that) but instead he jogs up behind him, claps him on the shoulder.

"Where are you headed?"

[secretlyuseful]

What was the king doing here? This wasn't even his school. "Pale dorm." He told him with a frown, "The prefects said to go to our dorm rooms, why are you here?"

[unflinchable]

He puts an arm around Merlin's shoulders, "Well let's get you checked in and then you can come back to Conquest with me."

[secretlyuseful]

What? Why? "It's raining," He pointed at the sky, because Arthur was really so dumb he probably hadn't noticed. "You're not even supposed to be here, and the prefects said we had to go inside and stay there."

I solemnly swear I'm up to no good

[veepofchess]

[Now was his opportunity. The entire rest of the staff was concerned with the storm, and since he had some nonspecific duties, it was an excellent opportunity to do some fact-finding. It'd been a long time since he'd done some of his own dirty work. It was almost nostalgic.

To put everything in place, he had a few messages to send. First was to Dirk It's time you pay for your dinner. Second was to Suzaku You may end up with a punishment before the evening is through.

That done, he took one of the rain slickers, in as muted a color as was available. He put an extra pair of shoes and socks in his school bag, which he wore under the coat. He didn't want squeaky wet shoes to give him away. He left Fortitude's campus, and made his way toward the mayor's mansion.

He snuck his way toward the back of the house, and found his way to a place he could climb up to the second floor window. He pulled himself up to where he could wedge the window open. With it open, he quickly took off his wet shoes and socks, and dropped them on the ground below. He swung his body around, and stripped off the slicker. He held onto that, though. He lowered himself to the floor, and pinched the hood between the sash and the sill, so that it couldn't be seen from the inside. Yes, it would flap in the wind, but it was unlikely that there would be anyone outside to see it.

He pulled on the dry socks and shoes as quick as he could. Finally, he made his way through the hall, listening for the telltale hum of a computer room beyond these doors.]

text;

[fracturedsoul]

Deets.

Re: text;

[veepofchess]

Two hours.

Re: text;

[fracturedsoul]

Ok, I'll cover for you. My excuses are the best so don't worry.

Re: text;

[veepofchess]

I'll be drying off in my room at that point.

[musicalee]

The power was flickering so most the mansion was in darkness but it wasn't long before the glowing of a small lamp appeared at the end of the hall and a slightly amused voice spoke.

"And who do we have here?"

[veepofchess]

He smirked. He rather expected to get caught. "A ghost, or a demon perhaps? With which would you prefer to try your luck?" He didn't approach yet. He knew how he could buy himself some time, if he absolutely had to. His window was rather narrow, that was for certain.

[musicalee]

"You're no ghost," Dunleavy stepped closer, "One of Dolorosa's I believe." He torch lit up his face. She stared at him sternly for a moment before giving a small smile.

"Would you like some tea?"

Re: Outside

[jurist]

Juri hadn't quite gotten accustomed to the campus yet, and the heavy rain made it just hard enough to see properly that someone already in unfamiliar territory might lose her way. She had been intending to go straight back to Pale dorm, but now she seemed to have ended up somewhere else entirely. Squinting through the rain, she peered around, trying to make some sense of her surroundings.

[knightime]

Instead of staying indoors, Dave seems to be very intent to put his neck out for the dumbest things right now.

That being said, despite shivering up a storm and soaked to the bone, he's got his camera out and trying to take pictures of the lightning. It meant some wasted film, but getting a crack of lightning would look fairly good on film, he thinks.