[AQ] Rain Rain and More Rain. [Ai/Yasuko.K]

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

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Stormy Panic
+ Description: A storm has knocked out the power in the school building shortly after classes have ended for the day; it seems to nasty outside to leave, though the building is pretty deserted, save for one or two other people who got stuck.
+ Stay put, wait out the storm: -1 Guardians, +2 Faberge
+ Venture out to try to get the power back on: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge
+ Sneak into the staff room while no one’s around: -2 Guardians, +1 Roost
+ Look for someone else who may be stuck: +2 Guardians, -1 Roost
+ Go out into the storm itself: -1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Hatta

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Yasuko's eye twitched.

Looking out from the window, she could see thick black clouds looming overhead, darkening the once sunny blue sky. Lightning flashed, illuminating the underside of the clouds, before being quickly followed by the booming sounds of thunder. Rain pelted down hard, causing a gray mist to form over the rooftops, the rain falling down so heavily that the water was spraying back upwards like a fog. The raindrops were hitting the window furiously, as if there were a battalion of mini droplet soldiers trying to cause a break in the glass pane. Yet the glass stood unbroken, and was simply cold to her touch. The corridor was dark - no amount of sunlight would get through such thick clouds, and the artificial lights had quickly fizzled out the moment the thundering rain started. 

Yasuko sighed, her head thumping against the cold glass in defeat.

This has got to be a record now.

"Yasuko!" a tiny voice chirped, big blue eyes sparkling at her owner. Her hands were holding up a scroll, watching the shadows cast by the raindrops dance on it, squealing as the flashes of lightning intensified the shadows for just that moment. "Look at the patterns it made on the scroll!" The small Guardian Character said as she pointed excitedly at the parchment. It was the second time she had been caught in a storm, but it didn't mean she wasn't any more fascinated by it then she was the first time. No matter how similar the two events were, she always found something different in each experience - and always found something to be excited by. "Isn't it amazing?"

The first-year sighed again, before turning back to the small fairy standing on the windowstill. Honestly, when did she even whip out that scroll in that short of a time? "It's great that you're finding this a fabulous experience, but don't you think being caught in the storm the first time was good enough?" It was clear Yasuko was being terribly sarcastic - this was the third time she had been stuck at school because of heavy rain. Was she cursed or something? Not that she believed in such things, but still.

Her Guardian Character however, seemed unperturbed as she beamed at the first-year. "Nope!" she said, her eyes sparkling. "Even if it happened before, it doesn't mean that you won't find anything new! Like even if you attended a music concert the first time, that doesn't mean the second time is ever going to be completely the same!"

"I don't think that's a proper analogy..."

The first-year sighed again, before hefting the bag on her shoulder. It seems whenever she had intended to stay back a little longer, she would get caught in a storm. She just wanted to ask the teacher some questions about homework - and she had to be punished with heavy rain and thundering clouds. 

Honestly really.

"Look, let's just...find a classroom with some good lighting. I could do some homework while waiting for the rain to go off." Without waiting for her Guardian Character, she had already started walking off. "Ah, wait Yasuko...!" Calli hastily stashed her scroll away, before flying after the first-year.

Marin

[Marin]

Rain wasn’t really the worst thing that could happen to Ai, always being told to “stay inside” during rainstorms, and thought the “being prepared for a quick shower anywhere and anytime, so always carrying an umbrella”-vision. But the poor pocket-umbrella wouldn’t tolerate this kind of weather, the wind would eat it alive and crumble it to death, leaving Ai soaked and miserable. Which was two things she was trying to avoid, and never really experienced that often. But a feeling she was familiar with, the quiet, cozy warmth of being inside with a blanket, a cup of tea and a magazine, was something Ai could look forward to. Except she didn’t have a blanket. Or a cup of tea. The closest to a magazine was a dictionary, because Ai was at school, and the comfortable, cushy setting she fantasized about was a mere dream. And she had to wake up from that dream now. Come on. 

Feeling a gentle nudge in her arm made her snap back to reality again. Ah, yes, the mystical egg that yet hasn’t shown it’s colors by hatching. It still followed her around, but it seemed to have a stronger personality than ever before, even though it was….a floating egg. 

Ai slightly lift her head up from her desk, and looked around the first-year classroom. The only light source was the windows, where not much light came through, where the rain hit the glass so hard it was a sound source as well, the musical of nature, the melody of mother earth. Clearing her throat and fixing her posture, Ai looked at her phone for the time. She didn’t sleep for long. Rain somehow made her sleepy. The girl looked around for another fellow student, but no one was around. And she had 10 missed calls from her private chauffeur. Ai was a texter, she hated to talk on the phone, so as fast as the lightning was striking outside, she wrote a reply stating her current situation to the driver. Even the egg was surprised at the speed. 

She sighed quietly before fixing the pom-pom in her usual high ponytail, before making herself more comfortable in her seat, because she was going to wait a while. The rain didn’t bother her, but the cold classroom did. Ai crossed her arms and rubbed them, accepting the silence in the classroom, and listened to the rain drops hit the roof and the glass. She knew that the ennui was going to be too much to handle after a while. 

The boredom would take over. 

But worse, what if she got hungry? And would have to BUY food after the rain on her way home? At a LOCAL convenience store?! No, that couldn’t possibly happen, Ai would endure the hunger until she arrived home and was served a REAL meal. The closest she would get to a convenience store was her father’s business. Shaking her head slightly to shake off the preposterous thoughts. She could only endure so much lack of luxury.

Yasuko Kobayashi

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Shifting her bag on her shoulder, Yasuko sighed as she walked down the corridor. Her last class had ended while they were in the laboratory, which was a fair distance from the First-Year classrooms. Come to think of it, were the classrooms ever that far away? She was sure that they got back faster to the classroom whilst it was schooltime; somehow being in a dark empty school made the distance that much further away. She took out her phone for a short while just to glance at the time, scowling slightly when she saw it. She really disliked getting caught in things like these - it made her lose valuable productivity time. Things she could spend on like her writing, or her assignments, or other important things. Storms always screw her schedule up too much.

Calli though, was still as thoroughly fascinated with the situation. "Oh wow, look Yasuko!" she cried, zipping over to the notice board to tap at a colourful poster. It was new; just recently put up perhaps a few days ago. "Look how colourful this is! And - oh it's talking about the Sports Festival! That sounds like so much fun!" The Guardian Character continued on to blab, before finding something else that caught her attention. She was flying around, taking note of every new thing and every interesting thing. The first-year, however, just sighed and continued walking, leaving the brown-hair fairy to talk to the air. It was clear Calli was finding this way more enjoyable than Yasuko was.

"Oooh this is so shiny!" The small sprite grabbed metallic green strips of paper that had been stuck to a noticeboard - kind of the ones they used to decorate Christmas trees. Perhaps the students had used it to decorate the noticeboard here too. With a grin, she ducked under it, allowing the strips of paper to frame her face. "Look Yasuko, I have shiny green hair!" Calli giggled at herself. The first-year only took one look, and raised an eyebrow. Honestly her Guardian Character looked absurdly silly in those, and she couldn't help but just chuckle a little. Ahem, no she wasn't finding it that funny, nah - Calli was just an idiot that's all. Not like she was going to admit that it cheered her up a little.

Calli beamed at her owner.

"Alright, enough games," the girl said, her hand grasping onto a sliding door of a classroom. "I need to do work--" and she pulled the door open rather loudly.

And stopped. And stared.

The classroom wasn't as empty as she thought it was.