[AQ] Storming the Castle! [Yasuko K/Scout]

[☆ SCOUT]

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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/i]
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Hatta

Thunder broke over the top of the school, rumbling enough to rattle the windows as rain thrashed hard against the panes. The school had been dark enough to start with, what with the sunlight shunned away by the rolling clouds, and many teachers having shut off their classroom lights for the day what with classes coming to an end. But when the power went out and killed all of the remaining lights, the darkness that blanketed the school felt as if it had multiplied in an instant. It wasn't, at least, too dark to see entirely, but it was dark enough to need a light.

Scout had been on her way to Lit club when the lights died, rounding the corridor to head toward the room she'd collected for them on the third floor. Thankfully it wasn't all that far off--she could just meander her way in there and wait out the storm before heading home (for there was no way in hell she was planning to get any of her things wet, thank you). It was awfully late in the day already, however, and she wondered if anyone would be around. As far as she was aware, the club was mostly made up of first years so far; would they be too afraid of a little thunder?

Amused at the thought, it sounded cute; first years in general were always cute. Even if there wasn't anyone around, though, she figured she could pull out her phone and read a bit, considering the location. But for now, she was trailing her way through the hall with the light on her phone guiding her way, heels clicking loudly as she rounded the corner and into the room, peeking the door open.

"Anybody home, braving the storm?"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

As the thunder continued to rumble outside, a small Guardian Character squealed, her eyes wide and shining as she watched the lightning flashed through the dark clouds. Her hands were on the window, feeling the cold glass vibrate ever so slightly as the rain pelted hard against it, her smile growing wider in awe. The storm today was certainly worse than the others she had been in, but it was the fact that it was that terrible of a storm that made her quiver with excitement. With a big grin still plastered on her face, she turned her head around, her hands still staying firmly planted onto the the window panes. "Yasuko! Did you see?! Did you see?!"

Said first-year however, wasn't entirely as amused. "Yes Calli, of course I did; I don't know how in the world anyone could miss a bright blinding flash that lit up everything." This was annoying. She was just here because there was Literature Club meeting today - she had yet to meet it's president, or their members, but she thought she might as well check it out today. It was great timing too - or so she thought - that her last class had ended relatively early, giving her enough time to make it to the clubroom before anyone else. But of course, of all bloody days, it had to rain. Rain and thunder and all those wonderful things that killed the power to the school. She heaved a great sigh. How many times had she been caught in a storm exactly? This was probably the fourth time? Fifth? Either way, it was putting her in a terrible mood.

Calli though, was unperturbed, as she grinned back at Yasuko. "Cheer up Yasuko! It's just a storm; it'll pass and then we'll be on our way home! So we might as well enjoy this as much as we can!" Her eyes lit up again as she looked back at the first-year. "Or maybe someone will come by to the club! Then you can have someone to talk to while we wait it out!"

Yasuko shot her an annoyed look. She was not in the mood for her Guardian Character's constant ramblings, and she wasn't entirely thrilled by the idea of meeting other people. She just wanted to go home. Except that was entirely impossible at this point. But before she could open her mouth to send another biting remark to the brunette fairy, the sound of a voice into the room completely caught her by surprise. With a great gasp (and an equally great jolt to boot), she turned quickly towards the door with wide eyes whilst Calli had stayed frozen where she was. Who was that?!

As she finally registered that it was most likely a student, she gave a great sigh, her hands up to her forehead in exasperation. "God, you nearly scared the hell out of me!" Was this a member or its president she wondered?

[☆ SCOUT]

"Oh!"

A gasp had come as the initial response from her prompting as she stood in the doorway, leaning in to see who was around; only one girl, who looked as if she'd just had the living daylights spooked right out of her.

"Sorry!" Scout piqued in response, shrugging a cute but guilty shoulder as she moved farther in. "Did I scare you? That's kind of cute, though, aww. Is the thunder bothering you too much, or did I just catch you at a bad time?" She ended up giggling her words by the end, moving fully into the room and placing her bag down carefully by a nearby chair, only to take it. Careful to tuck her skirt underneath her as she did so, her motion was practiced and precise as she took a seat, sliding it in with a quiet ease. "Hopefully the latter, but thunder is pretty spooky too?"

Sitting up straight as she leaned back in the chair a bit, Scout crossed one leg over the other as she studied the other girl carefully; a first year, pretty cute, but her face was very serious, and she had a--oh!

"Ohh, you have one of those... things!" she squeaked excitedly, leaning in suddenly and pointing to the floating fairy over the other's shoulder. "Mine's at home! Mm, yours is so cute--what's her name?"

She then seemed to realize what she was saying, and leaned back again, glancing up as she opened her hands in recollection. She'd gotten chatty again; that happened too often! "Ah! Oh no, sorry, how rude of me, um," she paused, before brightening considerably, offering a bow of the head toward the first year. "I'm Notsuki Scout--a lit club member, too! I'm a third year in Class C." Bobbing back up, she tagged on, "Nice ☆ to ☆ meet ☆ you! ☆"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

"Wha--!" Yasuko stared at the girl with a bewildered expression. What cute?! She wasn't cute! Sure, she was a little...short...and she still had a childish-looking face but still! She was going to be an independent adult soon! Didn't this student see her pinned-up hairstyle?! "I'm not cute!" The first-year insisted. Crossing her arms across her chest, she turned her head away in an disgruntled manner. "And the thunder isn't bothering me no!" Thunderstorms and lightning were common enough; of course she wouldn't be scared of that! It was just...more...shocking...that's all when it just thundered and lightning'd all of a sudden!

The first-year narrowed her eyes at the other student as the girl walked into the room, running her eyes up and down as if she was studying her. She didn't answer the girl's query about the thunder, eyeing her suspiciously. The way she giggled and the way she sat...something about her screamed feminine. Feminine and ladylike. And in her head, Yasuko's immediate impression where of those cliche excessively girly girls who talked more about shopping and cute things than anything else. Was she one of those?

If the first-year had been less preoccupied with the girl's words (her height didn't help either - why was everyone at this school so much taller than her?!), she would have noticed the practiced ease to which the student had sat down. Which she obviously didn't.

But the girl's excited squeak threw her off-guard and she instinctively turned around to follow the pointing finger. And remembered that her Guardian Character was still in plain sight behind her. She almost panicked; she didn't like anyone seeing Calli, because that meant a long day of trouble. Or if not trouble, just a lot of high-pitched squealing. Or both. Either way, it seemed she wouldn't get a break today, for the brunette fairy immediately gave off a ecstatic squeal, flying over to the third-year with bright sparkly eyes. She called her cute! "I'm Calli!" the sprite said, nodding enthusiastically at the other's introduction. Yasuko swore she could see shining stars coming out of the third-year like it was some kind of anime.

"Nice to meet you too!" The brunette fairy said, dropping onto the table to give her a bow too. Noticing the silence from the first-year, the sprite quickly tagged on, "And this is Kobayashi Yasuko! She's a first-year!" With shining eyes, Calli stared at the other with awe. "You're so pretty! And your hairstyle is so nice!" She couldn't believe it! One of the literature club members had a Guardian Character too! She was a little disappointed that Scout's fairy was at home, but that meant she could talk to Scout all the wanted and find out about her first!

"Did you see the storm today? It was so cool!"

Yasuko sank lower in her chair with a groan.

[☆ SCOUT]

Scout giggled; only by so passionately insisting that she wasn't cute, did Scout find her all the more cute; that sort of reaction was endearing, and she found herself already fond. So it wasn't the thunder, huh? She'd seemed to drop the topic awfully fast, though, so she had a feeling that that wasn't the whole story. But that was okay; she could learn more later, or even by watching. The rain continued to pound hard on the windows, so it was clear that there'd be more flashes of lightning to greet them soon, only for thunder to follow. Was the storm even moving toward them, or had it been moving away? She'd forgotten to tune into the length between the flash and boom to check.

"Ohhhh; Calli! How cute; nice to meet you, Calli," she chimed as the sprite introduced herself, seeming a far bit more enthusiastic than her owner--which, again, cute. "Ah! Yasuko-chan, then; is it okay if I call you Yasuko-chan?"

She couldn't help but giggle again and blush maybe a twinge as she was complimented by the small fairy; she knew a bit that these things shared their own feelings and opinions from their owners, but there were similarities drawn here and there; nevertheless, she winked at Yauko. "Thank you! You're so sweet," she directed back at Calli.

A nod, though. "Yeah, it's a big one today! It's why I'm still here; thought I'd, like, wait it out, y'know? I don't want anything to get too wet and ruined, so it's like... I'll just wait here. My classroom was just nearby, so I thought I'd come spend the rest of the day in here instead! More fun that way, right? More the merrier, I thought, or even just reading in the dim light by the rain-battered window..."

Her expression grew distant and dreamy as she started to fade away into her own fantasies.

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Yasuko gave the third-year an annoyed stare, peering with narrowed suspicious eyes at her half-slumped position in the chair. There honestly wasn't any good reason why she did so, except that the first-year wasn't at all in the mood for conversation. She seemed to stare at the girl in silence as the other asked her a question; before she shrugged and looked away. Calling her Yasuko-chan was fine, she supposed. Even if it sounded a tad bit overly familiar...

Sigh.

Calli beamed at Scout, giggling and twirling around at the compliment. She called her cute! And called her sweet too! She was so nice! The brunette fairy nodded enthusiastically at the other's words, going with a "Mm-hmm" and an "I see, I see!" as if acknowledging Scout's intentions. She soon sat down on the table, folding her legs under her as she listened to the third-year. Her eye shone brightly at Scout's last sentence, squealing internally at the way she became dreamy over the idea of reading in such a manner. "That sounds so romantic!" The sprite said, herself too musing on how it would all look like.

"I absolutely love the idea!! What kind of books do you read?"

Yasuko sighed again. This was going to take forever...

[☆ SCOUT]

"Ahhh, doesn't it?" she agreed, sighing dreamily, folding her hands in her lap at the thought. "The thunder rumbling in the distance... watching the clouds swirl overhead during the lapse of which you turn a page... lulling into a sense of comfort by the rhythm of the pitter-patter of the droplets against the pane..."

It took her a moment to snap herself out of it, but she was eventually successful, perking back up and returning her attention more fully to the first year and sprite in front of her. "Hm? What kind of books?" she echoed, before pressing a thoughtful finger to her lips. "Ummm, romance novels, I suppose... aaand... classical lit... aaaand... some foreign lit? Like, the kind of books that they would read in high school in other countries. I think it's, like, super interesting, and some of them are pretty good? Soooo."

A small shrug; her tastes weren't the best, admittedly, and she tended to lean toward anything that romanticized, but only because she grew up on such imagery as she'd just described only moments ago. She turn turned her attention more fully to Yasuko, where she leaned in a bit eagerly. "What about you? What books do you like to read, Yasuko-chan?"

[Yasuko Kobayashi]

Calli couldn't contain her excitement; she was practically vibrating where she was, her eyes wide and sparkling as Scout continued to talk. She could practically envision that exact image right now - and she couldn't help but squeal in absolute delight. Scout was so imaginative! "And when the lightning flashes, it just lights up the room for just a bit and you end up looking up the sky, watching the dark clouds being sharply light up and grumble...! And that little coldness in the room when it rains; just enough to enjoy your reading!" It certainly didn't have the same romantic feel as the third-year said, but Calli just wanted to join in so bad, no matter what she said. "You're so creative Scout!" She said, her eyes shining as she looked at the other.

The Guardian Character could only nod vigorously at every word the girl said, absorbing all of the information. She couldn't help but squee once again; the choice of books sounded like what she thought Scout would read! Romance novels...Classical Literature...and just that dab of foreign literature! Perhaps it was the romantic imagery that Scout described; perhaps it was her feminine lady-like aura, but Calli felt the books the third-year read added a sense of dreamy whimsical feel to the girl. "Those are wonderful!" The brunette fairy commented, her eyes sparkling. Maybe it was those books that made her so good at describing things with a romantic feel to them? She wanted to ask...!

Romance novels? Yasuko could only raise an eyebrow upon hearing that. The first-year didn't like that genre - and she certainly did look down on people who did so, eyeing the third-year with a bit of a wary look. But she seemed to startle slightly at the other's question; perhaps in her scrutinisation, she had forgotten that other was likely to start some kind of conversation. "Uhhhh well..." She averted her gaze slightly. "Fictional novels mostly. Fantasy ones; especially the ones with more than one book. Like a trilogy or more. It just gives more time for proper characterization and character development." She gave a bit of a shrug.