Lawn of the Dorms | Late, Late, Late Night (2am EST)

[death_and_pies]

It was a quiet night. Just after midnight, a steady rain had started falling, drenching the island quickly and showing no sign of slowing. A few hours later, at 2am, the peace of the night was broken when the fire alarm started blaring. It would shrilly blare, stop and then repeat the same shrill blare two seconds later. And it was not going to

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[decoder_rings]

This was not how Hannibal wanted to spend his night. He was more intent on sleeping with his girlfriend and having nice, dirty dreams. He did not want to be standing in the rain, wearing only his shorts and a t-shirt.

Already soaking wet and he'd only been out there a few minutes. This was going to be a wonderful night.

[golden_rising]

"How often do they do this to us?" Serena stood in her tank top and pyjama pants, barefoot in the grass. "Please tell me this doesn't happen more than once a semseter."

[decoder_rings]

"This is only the second one since I've been here," he said, smiling at Serena when he spotted her. "Not having fun?"

[golden_rising]

It wasn't bad, actually. It was raining, yes, but she and Blair had run through Central Park in worse. It wasn't actually cold and all things considered...

"The ground's getting muddy. We could start a good game of barefoot tag."

Why not have fun with it?

[a_demosthenes]

Valentine rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, in, of course, her pajamas, but then discovered that it was probably pointless since it was raining and that was doing a fair job of waking her up. She looked up into it a little, blinked, and sighed.

Something better be actually burning down. Maybe now while everyone was out would be the time to start something.

[death_and_pies]

The only thing keeping Ned awake was the rain. If it'd been clear, he might have curled up on the ground and just tried to rest. As it was, he was just standing there in his pants and t-shirt, looking bleary and unhappy.

[weefeetbigboots]

Kaylee toddled over, looking uncharacteristically sleepy and grumpy herself.

"I don't like this, 'less people actually have been setting stuff on fire."

[death_and_pies]

"That's what they're looking for now," Ned said and yawned. "At least the rain will put the fire out?"

[weefeetbigboots]

"It ain't on fire," she said confidently, letting her head fall forward and rest against his shoulder. "We'd smell it."

[flowering_mind]

The rain was, actually, the only good thing about this drill.

Ino liked the rain. Just--why in the middle of the night? Man.

In her soaked, thin jammies, Ino bounced from foot to foot in her sandals as the rain plastered her hair to her face.

Pffft. Umbrellas were for the weak.

[not_jaded_yet]

"Sis?" Jennifer greeted Ino. "I practiced falling at the wrong time."

She was a bit covered in mud. She hadn't meant to.

[flowering_mind]

Ino blinked.

And cracked up giggling. "Oh no!" she managed, around the giggles. "Serious?! Did you fall asleep out here? Oh, poor you!"

[not_jaded_yet]

"I slipped!" Jennifer said. "It's kind of slick out here."

[guardianborn]

Rose should have been more annoyed at getting woken up in the middle of the night by a godawful siren, but standing outside in the dark with masses of other kids almost felt like she was back at St. Vlad's, and after her conversation with Ben earlier, she had to stop herself from craning her neck to look for Lissa.

And then she was annoyed at herself. Annoyed at herself and wet from the rain. It was a good combination.

[sonofmogh]

"Lovely evening," Worf said dryly.

[guardianborn]

Rose glared at him. "Yeah, I love being woken up and soaked," she said. "It's fantastic."

[sonofmogh]

"It is a necessary safety precaution," Worf replied. "No matter how annoying the timing may be."