Fire Drill, Outside the Dorms, Oh Dear Lord How Is This O'Clock Wednesday Night

[endsthegame]

Fandom lay peaceful in the night, recovering from its latest brush with invasion. It had reached such an hour that even the teal deer slept soundly in the woods, and the crickets had given up on chirping to go play Texas Hold-'Em in the caves in the cliffs just off the Preserve.

The rain started almost tentatively: a few drops of dew that wrestled loose from the grass and gently made their way upwards. But soon they multiplied, soon they went faster. Soon the dark skies were full of water raining upwards, coagulating into clouds far up above.

And then...

...and then the fire drill alarms went off in the dorms.

Sorry, kids.

[[ this will be your fire drill post for the evening! have at, oh students. ]]

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[notmyownage]

"Mrrrrrhhhh," said Claudia.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Nnnngh," Scully answered, then glared down at the ground. Getting a spray of water in her face, and spluttering.

[notmyownage]

"Fandom," Claudia said. Hey, that was an actual word!

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

She was making progress! "Wet," was Scully's disgruntled agreement.

[notmyownage]

"Muh," Claudia agreed. There was not much else to say to that.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Why?" Scully whined.

[notmyownage]

Claudia snorted. "Fandom?"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Fandom," Scully echoed in resignation. Then tried to stop the rain with her foot. Getting her toes soaked in the process, but still getting soaked. "Hmmm." She squinted, and then hunched down so she could see it better. "Weiiiird."

[notmyownage]

"Water lighter than air?" Claudia theorized.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Somehow?" Scully shook raindrops off her fingers, and watched it rise again. "Mmm, water magnets? Somehow? No wind."

[notmyownage]

"S'not gravity. My shirt's not falling up."

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully checked: nope, no exposure. "Not us either." She considered spitting on the ground to see if it would fall up, then decided that would be gross. Also, not proving anything, if there was any force behind the spit.... and she was just as glad none of the guy geek types were taking the thought there to any weird conclusions.

"Not wind..." She moved her hands around, scowling. "Sideways rain, sure. Up-rain? Strange."

[notmyownage]

"Fandom," Claudia decided again, with a 'what can you do?' sort of shrug.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"Fandom," Scully said with frustration, straightening. "Mmmph." Yaaaaawn.