Alone in the D/The Thunder Rolls

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Characters: Shoutarou and YOU.
Setting: Floor Four or Dorms
Format: Starting in action brackets, will match.
Summary: Power's out, and Shou has night-vision goggles. Also he finds the the storm fascinating.
Warnings: Possibly ghost run-ins!


Floor Four

[After the broadcast, Shou was heading back upstairs to check on the others when he got rather caught up in watching the storm outside. After all, watching the rain is a hardboiled thing to do, right?]

Dorms

[Shou's going from room to room, checking on others there, using the DenDen Sensor to navigate the dark hallways. Bless Philip for putting this thing together, even it seemed silly at the time.]

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Floor Four

[f0rceless.livejournal.com]

....What are you doing?

[Appears the blond next to the detective at the window.] Did you see something outside?

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Watching the storm.

[A moment after he says this, a rather vicious lightning strike happens, followed by a fittingly loud crack of thunder.]

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[Ven jumped at the thunder crack, mostly because he hadn't been expecting it, before recollecting himself. He looked out the window for a moment.]

...Why?

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Just...something I've liked to do from time to time.

Bad as it looks out there, it's at least a change from the usual dreary look.

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Is it fun or something? [derp]

Hm. I guess that's true. [He hasn't been here that long, so it's all still pretty new to him.]

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It's, ah...

[He pauses, suddenly illuminated by another flash of light.]

Soothing in a way, I guess. Like listening to music, sort of.

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I guess that makes sense.

...

...Doesn't it get boring after awhile?

[thisclinchesit]

Well, I watch it to be calmed, not entertained, so on the surface it seems boring, with just the rain falling, but the periodic lightning makes it just interesting enough.

...

I guess. It's an odd hobby, to be honest.

[f0rceless.livejournal.com]

I don't get all that poetic stuff. [Laughs] Are you sure you're not just trying to look cool?

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...

[Dammit why do so many people keep seeing through him.]

...no.

Dorms

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

[Molly is in her room, on her bed, curled up]

[She didn't like the dark]

[The dark meant something bad was going to happen]

[So for now, she's not gonna move, just hide under the covers]

Fourth Floor

[thursdaywings.livejournal.com]

[ And doth an angel appears, in all his trenchcoated glory, watching the storm as well. If Shoutarou were to look carefully, he could make out the silhouette of huge wings emerging from Castiel's back whenever the lightning strikes. ]

[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

[Cornet, surprisingly, did the sensible thing of going to her room when the power went out. ...sure, it was to fetch Ledgem in preparation of going out again later, but she gets at least at few common sense points, right?

When Shou shows up, she'll be sitting on her bed next to a rather large stuffed rabbitish looking thing, idly chatting with it about the black out.

The rabbit doesn't seem to be answering back, which is probably the stranger part of the situation.]

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...[Beat.]

...Haha, wait you really are just trying to look cool? [More laughing!] I was just guessing!

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...maybe a little.

I still like watching the storms, though.

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[Shoutarou peeks in the room with goggles on, and spots the mass in the bed.]

Molly, you awake?

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[Shoutarou looks over, and lightning flahes as he does, allowing him to see the silhouetted wings.]

[He stumbles back, looking rather gobsmacked.]

...you weren't kidding about the angel part.

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[She gets those common sense points, but they kinda go flying off the top floor of the tower when Shou sees her talking to a stuffed rabbit.]

[Shoutarou's gonna stare a bit, then will speak up.]

...are you okay?

[f0rceless.livejournal.com]

Haha, why are you trying to be cool? I don't think it's something you can force.

[Stares out the window a bit more, wondering if it got more interesting.]

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[Grumbles a bit to himself, adjusting his hat.]

You'll understand when you're older, kiddo.

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Hey, I'm not just some kid!

[The storm was boring now.]

I've been to at least half a dozen worlds and fought all sorts of monsters! I'm smart enough to understand a lot of things.

[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

_{Oh, c'mon. I won't get lost. I just want to see if there's..you know..something different..}

...?!

[--oh woah hi Shou. Cornet snaps to attention, looking a bit chagrined.]

..Perfectly fine, hi there!

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[Shoutarou blinks.]

Alright - apologies. [He chuckles a bit, then shakes his head.]

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[Shoutarou looks at Cornet, then the stuffed animal, then back again.]

...you sure?

[She's kinda talking to a stuffed bunny-thing. And while she's young, Shou didn't think she was -that- young.

[f0rceless.livejournal.com]

[Derpy grin of triumph!]

Apology accepted!

So why are you trying to act all cool?