text, un: rosaceae

[roseblooms]

You know, for all that "it was a dark and stormy night" is a hackneyed cliché, I have to admit that I really can't think of a more apt way of describing the state of affairs outside. There's already water collecting in the streets; I imagine it won't be long before the roads and walkways are covered over. And from the sound of it, this storm is going to get worse before it gets better.

Squalls like this weren't altogether uncommon in the place I consider to be my native land; it was a wild place where raw power governed, so it only seems natural that it would have weather to match. I can't deny that even now, I still find a certain raw beauty in the fury of it all. But all the same, these sorts of storms are not to be trifled with, or taken lightly — and they're far better experienced from beneath the shelter of a sturdy roof and solid walls.

If you're not already prepared to weather a deluge, I would recommend remedying that quickly. There's something that feels oddly vicious about this particular tempest, and I won't be at all surprised if trying to brave it becomes hazardous sooner rather than later.

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text / un: hiei

[jaganshi]

Well at least you are dry enough to wax poetic, Kurama.

I have cakes.

What was it you needed for that dish, again?

[ He totally didn't come out in the middle of this power-sapping storm to get a bunch of sweets, okay? He didn't. ]

[roseblooms]

Aburaage and mirin. And from where do you intend to get them, exactly?

[jaganshi]

The store?

Don't tell me I need to get them from Amegahara in this shit.

[roseblooms]

You decided to make a grocery run in this weather. For sweets?

[IT'S TEXT BUT YOU CAN JUST HEAR THE "OH MY GOD..."]

[jaganshi]

Well you weren't going to go out in it.

[roseblooms]

Are you sure it was really the cake that lured you out, and not just a touch of cabin fever? You've never liked being cooped up inside.

[jaganshi]

It's rain, Kurama. Not fire balls, though you wish to act like it.
Not that either would stop me, but that's not the point.

What brand do you want for these things? Knowing you it's the priciest.

They have shortcakes.

[roseblooms]

We can't all outrun a bolt of lightning, Hiei. Get home safe.

[y'all sound like you have been married for sixty years]

I'll send you pictures. If you'd rather have fresh strawberries instead of the grocer's to go with your shortcake, I've a plant I can cultivate to accommodate.

anon

[bolderfell]

People die in weather like this where I'm from. Never thought I'd be glad for the ridiculous height of the buildings here, but clouds and silver linings, I guess.

[roseblooms]

[...Random-ass anon poster could, in theory, be anyone. There's nothing really indicative one way or another. And yet...hmm. Well, why not, tossing a little bait in the water couldn't hurt.]

Yes, and with no telling when it might lessen or abate. We might as well try reading tea leaves, for all that we might hazard a guess.

[jaganshi]

Stop fussing.

Is there something like raspberries?
There's also this cake that's very tall and spongey that I'm getting.

Once I get your things I think I should be finished, though...

[roseblooms]

Let me check...no, I have the strawberry and a sweet melon, but not raspberries. Bring two baskets with you. I'll manage the rest.

And I'm hardly fussing.

[jaganshi]

You are.

Large baskets? Or small ones?
There's not a soul here. I should come during floods more often.

[roseblooms]

Small is fine, I'll grow more if we need them.

How are you planning to get back, exactly, if it's flooded outside?

[jaganshi]

Do I ever travel via road?

Trees, power poles, roof. Whatever is high enough to work.

[bolderfell]

[Wait. Wait, hang on. What did that kid do, which of these 'keys' does he press to make the--ah.]

:)

Yeah. Never know what you'll find if you take a good butcher's at your cup of rosie.

Guessing games aside, it's strange we didn't have any warning for it. Thought the scientists with their tecknology could see something this big coming for us. I've seen people predicting the weather on those big glass panels before.

un: camliax

[speakerstone]

I never really did see the appeal in this weather. I suppose there is something soothing about feeling sheltered from the storm, but it's mostly just inconvenient.

But yes, if people are reading this, be safe. The course of nature can change in just an instant. If you are able, stay inside, avoid stagnant water, and if you can't...well, I suspect you have far worse problems.

[roseblooms]

[THIS FUCKING GUY oh well let him stay anonymous, at least now we both know who each other are.]

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes". Lunar Scientia made some sort of archaeological discovery to the south recently; perhaps we've robbed the wrong tomb, figuratively speaking.

[bolderfell]

Vengeful spirits, you think? Never had to deal with any this powerful myself.

text | un: kishibe

[penpoint]

It always gets worse before it gets better. It's one of the predictable things about this place.

[ but, that's not why he's here, he'll just ask ]

What's your native land, then?

[roseblooms]

Be careful of fallen power lines, or you'll get a nasty surprise.

I am NOT fussing.

[roseblooms]

Frankly...given everything, it wouldn't surprise me. Think of the illusion Vulpus executed last month. If he's capable of something that real and that expansive, why shouldn't some creature of storms be able to command something like this?

[jaganshi]

You just fucking did it.

You’re also treating me like an infant.
I’ll leave your ingredients here if you’re so convinced I’m stupid enough to play with electricity.

[roseblooms]

Well put. Here's hoping people are sensible enough to heed the warnings, unlike my wayward partner, who seems to have ventured out into the storm in search of sweets and cake.

[roseblooms]

It goes by a few names. One of them is Makai. I don't suppose you're familiar with it?