Dorm Lawn, Tuesday into Wednesday Night

[suitably_heroic]

Okay, so the weather on Fandom was slightly less bone-tinglingly cold than the mainland, but that was really all there was to be said for it. One thing it wasn't, for instance, was ideal weather for anyone to stand around in for prolonged periods of time.

Which was why the Powers That Be had decided it was the exact ideal time to have a fire drill. Loud noise rang through the dorms at exactly 2 AM; good morning, students.

Hope you had time to snag a coat.

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[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

As if Karina had thought to grab a coat. As if.

No, she was out there in a t-shirt and panties and nothing else, not even shoes. She didn't look cold so much as cranky and was glowering at the dorms.

Ugh. Couldn't she go back to sleep? She was torn between hoping there was actually a fire, so that this had a point, and hoping it was just a drill because drills were, you know, less dangerous.

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Dear goodness, Karina, what were you wearing?

That was the first thought through Elsa's head as she looked Karina's way, followed, a moment later, by how she didn't seem to be reacting to the cold the way that everyone else was. There was no shivering, no rubbing her hands together or hopping around or huddling under something warm.

It was probably nothing. Anger was a powerful motivator to keep from noticing one's surroundings, right? But Elsa, huddled under her shawl for cover more than warmth and just as barefoot otherwise, couldn't just let that sit.

"Karina," she murmured, walking up to her and chewing her lip a little, "aren't you cold?"

[pulseof_life]

Remembering her last fire drill, Yeul had taken the time to put shoes on and grab a blanket. Not so much for her, which was probably a disappointment to anyone who thought she'd develop survival instincts, but for anyone who didn't remember to bring one.

She was cold, of course, but that didn't really matter to Yeul as she looked around quietly, face calm, and waited for the drill to end.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla was snuggled up warmly in a coat, gloves, and hat, and so was Jims.

He was not at all pleased about having his sleep interrupted and was wailing loudly, which, let's be honest here, most of the rest of you wanted to be doing as well, right?

Rilla was carrying him and trying to get him to calm down to no avail so far.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"You... have a kid. You have a kid. In the dorm. I did not expect that."

There were hundreds of more tactful ways to bring it up. Joker wasn't really the sort to go looking for them.

"...He's cute, though."

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Coat? It was lucky he remembered to put on shoes to go with his boxers.

Now Cade was hopping up and down and cursing a blue streak because he was a cold, cold, idiot.

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

Forgive Eleanor for staring. It was only partly the nudity. Really.

"Goodness, aren't you cold?!" she asked.

[suitably_heroic]

Atton never had his jacket lying anywhere too far from his bed, so he had that ... and his boxers.

And it was damned cold.

He muttered curses under his breath as he stood there.

[jaegerborn.livejournal.com]

Chuck wasn't exactly a stranger to unexpected drills in the middle of the night. He'd grabbed some pants and his coat in record time before leaving - good practice, really. Never knew when a Kaiju attacked.

So while he might have looked slightly pissy, he was at least not cold.

[seveninchmotto]

Unlike some people who were currently eyeing him... not with envy, as such, but still. A coat would've been a good idea.

"Well, fake brother, congratulations on being prepared."

And not being out here with a robe and a sleep mask.

[fewer_explosions]

"Goddess. I should have remembered about these," Liara muttered to herself as she stood outside, shivering, in her nightwear.

Argh.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"What, Asari don't have fire drills?" Joker asked.

[justbeingbay]

This fire drill nonsense was cutting into Bay's very important sleeping time, and she was none too happy about it. The none-too-happiness was not helped by the fact she'd drowsily grabbed flip-flops on her way out the door. She was pretty sure her toes weren't supposed to be that shade of purple.

On the bright side, she had remembered a coat and gloves. She snuggled inside them and hoped this would be over fast.

[failsatspirit]

The cold bothered Korra less than most people, and this was almost balmy compared to some winters back home, but that didn't mean she wouldn't rather be curled up asleep in her bed instead of sprawled out over Naga's back, parka hood up as she tried to nap.

[nomoresportscars]

"Ugh, of course you have a mattress out here."

Hello to you too, Jackson. At least he didn't try shoving her off Naga out of sheer annoyance at her attempts at napping while everyone else was standing around?

[ultron_junior]

Victor had grabbed his phone along with his coat on the way out the door, and was going to sit right on the ground and replay Candy Crush until they let him back into the building.

He wondered how much trouble he'd get into if he fried the alarm system to shut it off, and decided the answer was probably "more than he wanted."

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Mostly, Elsa just looked bewildered. What in the world was all of this noise about? She'd heard it coming from the hallways, had investigated what in the world was going on out there, and then had really just followed the crowd. Better to stand outside where it was remotely quieter than be stuck indoors listening to that.

Why had nobody warned her that the building was prone to screaming? Now she was standing outside in bare feet and a nightgown, wearing a shawl around her shoulders mostly for the sake of decency. And gloves. Always and gloves.

It would occur to her in a minute that if she didn't want the whole world to know about her powers, she probably wanted to be reacting to the cold, too.

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"You forgot shoes, too," Eleanor said with a shiver. Her own socks had long since soaked through. "Are you all right?"

[flickofthewrist]

Flick still wasn't feeling great so having the fire alarm wake him up from a finally nightmare-less sleep was irritating. Have to find a coat and slide it over his torso without hurting himself wasn't fun.

And walking slowly outside to stand in the cold when standing wasn't comfortable or painless pissed him off. So, he'd just be over here, looking surly and uncomfortable and wincing every so often.

[pursuedthestars]

Well, wasn't that a nice wake up call? Jim nearly fell out of his bed but managed to grab some pants, a shirt, and coat before stumbling out onto the lawn.

The cold hit him immediately and he shivered. He was awake though, bleary eyed and a little unhappy since sleep was precious and awesome.

[solarhippie]

Karolina came over, all aglow. Well, the parts that weren't covered by her coat, anyway.

"This is dumb and unpleasant, right?" she checked. "It's not just me that thinks that?"

[shippedtomaine]

Oh, Emma was not happy about this at all, though she'd remembered to grab her backpack and boots on the way out, so her feet were dry and she at least had her baby blanket to pull over her shoulders.

[flickofthewrist]

Eventually, Flick walked his slow self over towards her because she was someone he didn't hate and maybe talking to someone would warm him up.

"Backpack?" he asked once he'd stepped closer. "Planning on camping out?"

It was a light joke. He figured he knew the reason.

[arsenicmauls]

Gert always slept in pajama pants and a hoodie, so at least she had that going for her when she made her way outside, groggy and without her glasses on. She was ready to snap at anyone who talked to her, not because of anything to do with them, but because she was the furthest thing from a morning person and it was freezing.

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Whoever was responsible for this was going to die.

That was Maddie's mantra as she stood out there in pajama pants and a long-sleeved shirt and- thank god- shoes, and she had to believe that said mantra was what was keeping her warm.

Warmish.

Okay she was freezing look what did you want from her.

[seveninchmotto]

There was a pink silk sleep masked pushed up on Isabelle's forehead, and she was Not Happy. She'd grabbed a robe to wrap around herself over her night shirt, but no stele. So she couldn't just draw on a rune to make herself warm. Because of course not.

Oh, and this was her first fire drill.

"Stupid mundane world."

[myownface]

Of course Sparkle was dressed for the weather. He was Canadian, which meant he could handle it, sure, but Canadians also had the good sense to get dressed before going outside in a middle of the night January fire drill. Taking a chance at burning to death in order to put some clothing on was way preferable to actually freezing your ass off out there.

So if anyone needed him, he was the tired but warm-looking one who was fully-dressed with a winter coat and boots and the like, plus a few extra blankets and a cat peering out the top of his jacket. He'd share the blankets if anyone asked. He wasn't a complete asshole.

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

"You didn't warn me about the building shrieking at us," Celia greeted him, as good-naturedly as she could under the circumstances.

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

Celia...had not thought to grab a coat, no. She had been so startled by the noise and the commotion that she'd barely remembered to shove her feet into slippers on her way out the door.

So, yes, she was standing here shivering with her hair in a messy braid and wearing a long, white nightgown. It took her a scant few moments to conjure up a warm, fleecy blanket to pull around her shoulders -- she would have conjured up an entire warm wardrobe, but between being half-asleep and freezing, she wasn't really feeling up to it.

[livebytherules.livejournal.com]

"You look happy to be here," Will said, sidling up with his hood still up and his hands jammed into his pockets. He wasn't that cold but he was definitely uncomfortable. "Fun, huh?"

[solarhippie]

Karolina had a coat.

But underneath said coat, she was also glowing in pastel colors and hoping this thing would be over soon, because she didn't want to deplete all her energy overnight, but she also didn't want to be any colder than she had to. Seriously, this was no time for a girl like her to be outside.

Sigh.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"That's a pretty neat trick, right there," Joker told her. "Well, it's a neat trick, and it's pretty."

[livebytherules.livejournal.com]

#75: WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION, DON’T LET WHAT YOU CAN’T DO INTERFERE WITH WHAT YOU CAN.

That rule had zipped through Will's mind when the alarm had jolted him out of a sound sleep. He grabbed a hoodie and some shoes, quickly sliding them on over his regular attire of pants and a t-shirt and yanked the hood up.

The cautious part of him wondered what this was about so early in the morning and, just on instinct, he grabbed his tablet in case he needed to get in contact with Ajay, Nick, Elise or Brooke. Just in case.

Right now, it seemed like the drill was just a drill and he was out there, hood pulled up, cold and tired.

[genesishero]

It was way too early to chase a dog around the dorm lawn, and it was cold and it was loud and Evan was not a huge fan of any of these things. You could tell by the way he was having none of it this morning, sitting himself right down on a blanket in the snow, hand holding tight to Ozzy's collar while the puppy tried to get away for a good frolic.

Sure, Evan's arm was much longer and a bit on the noodly side so that Ozzy wasn't completely stuck in one place, but there would be no escapee-dog situations from him tonight, thanks.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"You know, I've heard people say their dog would do that to their arm, but I didn't think it was actually possible! That's... you can just do that, right? You're not sitting there silently screaming for someone to come fix your arm?"

[nomoresportscars]

Jackson did not look happy. But when did he ever? Besides, thanks to his wolfiness, he wasn't even cold, even though he was basically just wearing the boxers he'd been sleeping in and a coat on top.

No, he was just generally displeased with being woken up in the middle of the night.

[harpy-daughter.livejournal.com]

This was one time that Surreal was completely fine with abusing her powers. It obviously wasn't a real fire, and getting frostbite from standing outside in a tank-top and her underwear would be stupid. She needed to bleed off some power from her Green anyway, so she pulled a tight shield against herself from the weather, and focused on a spot between her hands.

In a few moments, Surreal had a merry, dancing ball of witchlight about the size of a basketball, giving off a small amount of heat as it hovered in front of her. If you asked nicely, she wouldn't even snarl if you tried to edge closer.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade made a beeline for the light. "It is karking cold out here."

In January. Go figure.

[voiceoverdue]

Cecil was sleeping in sweats and long underwear these days anyway, and he was pretty good at just-woken-up decision making, so he'd thrown a heavy coat and boots on, along with hat, scarf, and gloves, and was...well, as warm as he was going to get.

He was huddled with a sleepy (and slightly grumpy) Foucault for warmth, a big pink wing around his shoulders.

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

Joker stared. "Is... that a flamingo?"