[Round 3, Rest Day] And They Said: Let There Be No Light.

[utopiamods]

Characters: ALL
Format: ANY
This log is: OPEN
Location: ALL OF CAMPUS
Summary: In a flash of lightning and the deafening roll of thunder, the power goes out across Utopia Academy.

It's early in the morning when it happens, about six o'clock. The clouds were gathering gradually through the night, the rain only getting heavier from the near-constant downpour during the previous week. Lightning crackles across the sky, the water around the academy is violent and the waves are high. And in a particularly loud clap of thunder, what lights were still on go out and the academy is plunged into darkness.

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[greennotgold]

Fletcher is in Red dorm, room 1-A, thanks to a particularly nasty dream he had at around midnight. He's curled up in Russel's bed clinging to him, when the sudden thunder awakens him.

He squeaks.

[chainedbyred]

Russel's first instinct when startled awake is to curl an arm tightly around Fletcher. His eyes snapped open to look around them. They were still in the dorm, and after a moment he realized the sound had been a righteous thunderclap. He looked down at Fletcher. "It's alright. It's just the storm," he said quietly.

[greennotgold]

Fletcher looks up at Russel, eyes wide, and slowly his mind wakes up the rest of the way. "Oh... It was just lightning?"

[chainedbyred]

"Yeah," he replied. He lifted his head to look over Fletcher's at the alarm clock. "It's about six. Want to get up?" He reached up and pushed his hair out of his face.

[greennotgold]

"Not really. I was sleeping," he said, whining a little. He curled up a little and closed his eyes. "I'm tired..."