http://iruinenglish.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] iruinenglish.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2009-02-18 03:54 pm

The dorm lawn- Wednesday night at 2 am

At 2 am exactly, a loud buzzing sound rang through the dorms. An not just any buzzing. A loud, obnoxious "BZZZT!" followed by a two-second pause, followed by another "BZZZT!", followed by another two-second pause, followed by a... You get the idea. And the really bad part was the way it tended to feel like it was inside your head when it "BZZZT"ed as you were passing by in the halls.

So due to the "BZZZT"ing and fire safety regulations, the students had to drag their tired, cranky selves out of bed (or whatever), make their way down the halls and stairwells, and file out onto the dorm lawn in the chilly, damp weather, and did we mention it was 2 am?

The Fandom fire department was on hand, but they'd probably make everyone wait for a while just because they were cranky, too.


[And here is your fire drill post! See here for details.

How did it take us three years to do this, game? How?]

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Penelope stood huddled off by herself. She was in her long nightgown and had no idea what was going on.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Claire freed herself from Cal for a moment to check on her roommate. "Stupid fucking fire alarm," she grouched. "You okay?"

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"What is going on, Claire?" she asked, worried.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Just said," Claire said, then remembered Penelope's whole grew-up-imprisoned-in-her-own-home thing. "Um. Fire drill. They ring a bell and everybody has to get out as fast as they can so we know what to do if there's a fire."

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
She gasped. "Oh no! My plants!"

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Claire frowned for a moment. "What abou' them?"

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"If there is a fire, everything could be ruined," she pointed out, thinking Claire should know that.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Right. That made sense. "There's not really a fire. It's like ... a test. A really weird test."

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Blink.

"Oh."

Another blink.

"...at two o'clock in the morning? While we are in our night clothes?"

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"That," Claire said, "is because the people who run this place are fucking sadists."

She wrinkled her nose. "Too early to watch my language. Sorry."

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"No, that's fine. I had to listen to Loki at the bar once."

She wrapped her arms around herself.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"He's worse than I am?" Claire asked.

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Nod nod nod. "Oh yes, he says that word like saying 'the' or 'and'. It just pops out of his mouth without any help at all."

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Jesus, even Nate's not that bad," Claire informed Penelope. "Um, my family curses. A lot."

They were on HBO, you see.

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I'v never heard my parents utter a single curse word."

A beat. "My mother just likes to yell through the house a lot. And at me. But I'm used to it."

HBO might scare her.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Claire's hand clenched into a fist. "She so shouldn't do that."

But Penelope's mom id a lot of things Claire didn't think she should do.

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"She's protective," she explained, not realizing that her excuses for her mother were way off.

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Claire made a snorting noise but decided to spare further comment. Too fucking early.

"How was the bar tonight?"

[OOC: ... annnnnd I sleep, night!]

[identity profile] bad-nose-job.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"It was fine. Hurley and Amber stopped in, but other than that, it was fairly quiet."

[Night!]