Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with water

[warriorscribe]

Characters: Enoch and anyone; people are free and encouraged to make multiple threads for multiple prompts of course!
Setting: Various places, just about anywhere in the tower otherwise
Format: I'm starting in prose but it doesn't matter.
Summary: Like A Lion catch-all event post
Warnings: Er...one prompt involves nudity? That's the only warning I can think of for now.

Spring

Enoch wakes to the sensation of water droplets on his skin. No sooner has he gotten to his feet and grabbed his Arch than it's a downpour, soaking his hair and jeans. His summoned armor protects his sandals from the water's wear, but he's confused about these developments, to say the least. Rain isn't necessarily a bad thing, to him, after all. ...But that's when he notices the water flowing over his trunk is also flowing into it.

"No!" He runs to it and flings it open, hurriedly gathering three books out of them - one of them is soggy by now and a distressed little whine sticks in his throat as it slips from his hand. He clutches the two remaining books to his stomach with one arm and slams the lid shut with the other, rushing out of the room.

He can be found running along the dormitory floors, still hunched protectively over his books. Or, after they've been put away somewere safe, somehow, he can be found elsewhere, seeming unperturbed by the rain itself, standing on a stretch of staircase and letting the water flow past his feet.

Summer

In the dry heat, Enoch seems to thrive. He lays out his cloak and the leggings he'd made in October flat on top of the trunk or the floor below to dry, and grabs one of the juice boxes, thankfully plastic instead of cardboard, left over from December's food basket, and sets off. He can be found in the sewing room, cutting a portion off a large stretch of violet fabric. When he's separated it, he does some work on it to make ties and wraps, and eventually has a short headscarf that he quickly puts on and leaves the floor, finally poking the straw into and sipping that juice box he'd taken with him. He's a little shaky from hunger, but...he's not starving, at least, not as bad as it was when he'd first come here.

After this, he can be found moving around somewhat sparingly with his new scarf, working beautifully at keeping sweat out of his eyes, though it isn't long before he removes it and uses the Arch to cut a large portion of it off, rendering it a headband instead. He seems to be doing just fine, overall, or to at least not be panicking or upset.

Until the humid heat starts coming in, at which point he is nowhere in the tower's levels to be found. Those who want to seek him out during this time will find him in his own room, lying naked on his bed, the fitted sheet beneath him having accumulated a fairly large sweatstain beneath him. He has the sheet nearby to cover himself if someone is offended by his current state of undress, but he's not going to touch it if he doesn't have to. If he notices he's stopped sweating, he'll take a few sips of the juice box, probably a different one than the one he had before at this point. He grimaces a bit after, but hydration is hydration.

And then the thunderstorm starts. Enoch sits upright at the rain, holding his hands out to catch it. He manages a few sips before his position, elevated and near the room's metal wall, works against him, and an arc from a lightning strike that hits it arcs straight to his arm. There's a sharp cry from inside room 3-18 and anyone who investigates will see Enoch has tumbled off his bed, for the moment paralyzed and in pain. But eventually the paralysis ends and he staggers to his feet, grabbing his jeans from the floor and hurriedly putting them on. He has never been happier for his superhuman endurance.

He can then be found out and about again, keeping away from the walls and letting the rain cool him as well as it will.

Autumn

Enoch has a few leaves in his hair as he wanders the tower to keep his mind off his hunger. He'd run out of the beef jerky from the December food basket three days in, and it was now the fourth. He's a little unsteady on his feet sometimes, but the weather seems to be doing him good. He'll be strained, but pleasant in conversation, and will attempt to try to help with hunting now that the weather seems calmer.

Until it isn't so calm anymore. Enoch can be found leaping off staircases to avoid tornadoes, or diving behind or under things that are bolted down. If anyone needs any help with the tornadoes, though, he's there to help!

Winter

Enoch is shivering when he wakes up. He summons his armor for whatever insulation it can provide and pulls his Arch from the snow, kneeling at his trunk to open it and take out the cloak he'd dried in the first day of summer. It isn't so dry now, but it will warm at his body heat at least. He's still shivering as he leaves the room, seeking out the company of others. Surely, there is a gathering of people somewhere...

Comments

Spring, because these two had to meet at some point.

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba, at first, had some troubles with the rain. Her photograph of her Daddy was on her nightstand, so it was utterly soaked and ruined, which was horrible, and a bit of water had managed to work it's way into her trunk, soaking her newbie uniform. However, she placed what wasn't ruined in her trunk under her pillow, hoping that it wouldn't get too wet there. If it got even wetter, she would place her sketchbook and crayons under her mattress.

However, Yotsuba loved the rain, and even though she was curious as to why it was raining, she couldn't help but splash around in puddles and laugh.

However, when she saw a man standing on the staircase, she couldn't help but ask-"Why is it raining?"

Yep!

[warriorscribe]

Enoch looked down at the young-sounding voice. How old could this child possibly be? She looked no more than six...

"Because...the boy in charge of the tower right now still has much to learn."

Might as well tell the truth. Kids tend to be able to sniff out lies fairly easily sometimes! Or he could just be a very poor liar.

Re: Yep!

[sunflowerfairy]

Five, actually. But, if she was asked, she would say that she was six while holding up five fingers. Which would probably give quite a few people headaches down the road.

However, at the anwser to her question, Yotsuba looked even more puzzled.

"Boy? I thought bad people op..operated here! The people who kidnapped us!"

Guess who hadn't been told about the Administrators?

SUMMER

[whip_my_hair]

On one of Enoch's trips back to the dorms, Minatsuki was just heading away from her own room, toward the elevator. She wasn't moving too quickly though, and she was running her hand along the wall for support. The heat was really affecting her, and she was hoping to get to one of the floors with water to cool off.

Perspiring, and already exhausted, she managed to give Enoch a weak smile when he got closer... Until her knees buckled and she collapsed right into the wall, sliding down it.

[warriorscribe]

Enoch was already worried for the young woman so clearly affected by the heat. In fact, he was just about to ask if he could do something to help her when she collapsed. Enoch hurried the rest of the way to her side and knelt down to check on her - she still seemed to be sweating, so that was good. Nothing good ever came of the time after someone stopped sweating in such heat. ...He should see if she's feeling disoriented or confused, or if it's only weakness...

"Are you all right?" It was a silly question in the circumstances, but her ability to answer was what he was looking for.

[whip_my_hair]

"S... Sorry."

She would have seemed a little out of it, but at least she gave her usual apologetic response. Despite how lethargic she appeared, and how red her face was, she was trying to clutch the wall with one hand to pull herself back up.

Spring

[notagiraffe]

At least the rain had gotten him out of bed, where he had been hiding since he had woken up, not wanting to face anyone. He still couldn't remember everything that had happened and he still wasn't letting Sanshi or Gohran out of his shadows, he couldn't risk more people being hurt.

He is still wearing his pajamas, his clothes were sodden in his trunk and they would have been too heavy anyways, he has the trousers rolled up to his knees and is barefoot, looking very different than he usually does in his robes.

He was struggling up the stairs when he saw Enoch, he had vague memories of the man carrying him to his room, and he hoped he hadn't hurt him. Taiki looked down, his long hair plastered to his face. "Hello..." He whispered because he should still be polite...

[warriorscribe]

"Taiki..." He hadn't seen the boy since the day he carried him back to his room, but...he hadn't thought much of it. In a place like this, it wasn't exactly hard to lose track of someone for a few days if they weren't someone you visited every day...

Enoch headed down the stairs to meet the kirin, kneeling down to be a little closer to his level. "Are you all right?"

[notagiraffe]

"Sorry..." Taiki felt bad about him kneeling down in the rain, "I'm okay... Um... I woke up a few days ago... Sorry... Are you okay?"

Spring!

[mostremaining]

Gilbert woke up with a start to see Enoch running out of the dorm room. Putting his bird in his nest on his head, he jumped out of bed and chased after the other man. "Hey! Enoch, where are you going?! And what's with this rain?" ...Like Enoch could actually tell him what's going on with the rain.

[warriorscribe]

"I need to find a safe place for these..."

Enoch pauses no longer than a moment to look back at Gilbert before hunching over again to protect the two books from Meridian that remained from the rain. Where could he possibly store these...?

[mostremaining]

"Gotcha! I'll help you look! Uh... where should we start?"

That's right. Gilbert, brilliant planner that he was, had no idea where to begin looking for a place to store Enoch's books. If it was raining indoors, how would they find places that were actually safe?

Autumn

[alephbet]

"Hey."

When Enoch looks particularly unsteady as he comes down the staircase, Aleph reaches out to steady him and keep him from falling. "Are you alright?"

[warriorscribe]

"I'll be fine. I didn't have much food to eat, but I've survived conditions like this before."

With the weather the way it was, animals seemed somewhat scarce...they were confused.

[alephbet]

"Neither have I..." There was no way he would eat his demons after all. "Is there anything I can do?"

Winter

[scentofmakai]

Zett really wishes he had fire powers now. Lightning's good for setting a flame, but if you don't want to set yourself on fire, you need kindling.

He trails behind Enoch, speaking up after a moment. "Want me to start a fire somewhere?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch looks over his shoulder at the sound of Zett's voice. Oh, the little demon boy...

"...You can do that?" He 'd appreciate that...at this point he'll take help from anyone.

Autumn

[notayoungkitten]

It had been a while since she had last seen the man. The weather, she was certain, was going to drive her insane if it didn't settle down soon. She wasn't sure that she could take much more of the rapidly changing weather. "I suppose it's nice to not have to deal with the rain, finally," she said when she was sure she had Enoch's attention. "Were you able to take your belongings to higher ground?"

Don't have a clear idea of whether he was able to save all the books yet so /vague

[warriorscribe]

Enoch leaned against the wall as he turned to speak with her. He rather liked the rain when it wasn't ruining the last ties he had to Meridian... At least he'd always have Armaros's card in his pocket.

"When the highest ground wasn't safe? I tried to save what I could. Were you able to save what was important to you?"

Summer

[technologic]

April never liked heat in general, due to coming from a fairly cold country, so this kind of weather was horribly draining for her and she only starts to move around from her own room when the thunderstorm starts. Though it's during her wandering around that she hears the cry from one of the rooms, and she quickly goes to investigate. Though at least she arrives at the rooms door once Enoch has put his jeans back on.

"H-hey, you all right?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch looks up when the door is opened. "I think so..."

The spot where it hit was finally starting to feel like a burn, and though he didn't look at it, it probably looked like one too.

"These rooms are too small to stay in..."

Lightning strikes indoors...that's something he didn't really know how to handle. But at least that much was clear.

Autumn

[alae]

[There's someone on the staircases who seems to be having trouble with the wind. His wings keep getting caught up in the gusts and nearly sending him off the stairs.]

Who came up with this freaking storm?!

[Even keeping them down doesn't help. For once being aerodynamic is working badly against him.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch notices someone about to be carried off the stairs by his wings and leaps after him, grabbing his arm and jumping off the air to get back to the stairs.*

It seems to be a mistake...are you all right?

How about we go through... every season?

[brbtalkingtogod]

It was a good thing that Lucifel could simply replace his possessions from his trunk with one flick of his finger. Not necessarily the skin-tight suit, that thing was a crime in itself, but all he needed to style his hair.

Speaking of his hair, it was completely fine, for the sole reason that he had been using an umbrella. It was one of the nice things humans have thought up. "Need some help Enoch?"

Of course!

[warriorscribe]

Enoch saw the familiar form from the corner of his eye and made a mad dash to get under that umbrella with him. He looked down at the books he held, his body having shielded them well enough here.

"Lucifel, please...can you help me protect these?"