Singing In The Rain

[Cyril Kingsley]

It was a very rainy day in Kailspell, one that was calling for a thunderstorm later on in the night, but just a few clouds and a nice day tomorrow. For now however it was raining, not yet the kind that poured down and made it hard to see; no, this rain was that nice drizzle kind that was starting to leave nice puddles. Cyril did enjoy the rain. He was from the UK and in an area where it rained a lot so he was ‘at home’ in the wet weather. The horses had all been taken care of, fed and in the nice dry stables that were locked up tight for the thunderstorm that would hit later. Storm and horses never mixed really well, but a lot of animals were easily started by storms. Either way, he was not concerned and made sure that even his cat was nice and safe in the bar. Plus he had his cameras so if there was a problem he would see it when he would get back to his room in the dorms and hop on his computer.

For now however he was enjoying his walk in the rain, breaking out into song as he walked along and jumped in puddles every so often. Now he might have had a few drinks, just enough to make him hiccup and impair his judgment that hopping near puddles next to the lake probably was not a good idea. Heck just walking on the slippery grass was not a good idea, but Cyril did no care. “I’m singing in the rain! Just singing in the rain! What a wonderful feeling! I’m--” Cyril sang out as he did his little skip along the lake, going to jump into a puddle that was more of a slippery trap that caused him to slip and fall right into the lake with a big splash. The water rippling for a moment with no sight of Cyril until after a moment and he breached the surface of the water and managed to half way crawl out of the lake.

“I’ve fallen into the lake. I’ve fallen into the lake. I’m soaked and unhappy…and I might down.” Cyril sang in more of a super sad tone, as if his puppy had been kicked. Sure he could have used his power to get himself out of the lake completely, but again he was not thinking full as he let out another hiccup. Mind wondering how he was going to be able to get himself full out of the water since he was currently trying to climb up the slippery hill that had caused him to end up in the lake in the first place. His mind also wondered if when he did get out if he would have a fish swimming in his pants. The thought made him smile at first but then the thought of how fish ate worms and well…he was in a panic. “SOS! IF ANYONE IS OUT THERE, HELP WOULD BE GREAT! MY MANHOOD IS IN DANGER!” Cyril yelled out at the top of his lungs, not even sure if anyone would be out in this weather.

[Madhuri Tonnerre]

Now this reminds me of home, Maddy thought happily as she walked in the rain under the cover of an umbrella. Sure, it wasn't always rainy in Port Townsend, but it did rain more there than really anywhere else in the United States. Well, they got a lot of drizzle. And walking outside, with her umbrella and red rain boots, made Maddy remember how much she loved her home and how much she missed it. She was being nostalgic, remembering how her Nana would take her outside on rainy days like these and go jumping into puddles. Some times, she would just be outside in her swim suit, her Nana laughing as she and some of the neighbor kids would go running around and rolling in the muddy lawns.

But now i'm here, Maddy thought, feeling a bit bittersweet. Now she had to be covered up, just at the case chance that someone might touch her. Long sleeve, black cardigan, faded grey jeans, and black gloves. Just in case something should happen. Because even if something doesn't happen, she needed to be careful. She always needed to be careful. One bad move and she'll be feeling nauseated for who knows how long. Well, it beats organ failure, Maddy thought, pausing as she looked around. She was alarmed to realize how far she's walked away from campus. In fact, she was close to the lake, where she could hear someone yelling.

Thinking someone was drowning ( Oh please don't let them drown, I don't know cpr!), Maddy started to run as quickly as she could with an umbrella. She was out of breath when she reached the lake, looking down a muddy hill at some adult in the water. "Sir, are you alright? You're not injured, are you?" Maddy called down, trying to think of what to do.

[Cyril Kingsley]

There was a voice then, a female voice that had to belong to a little girl. Well little in terms of that they had to be younger then him and a student. All hope was not lost however because a student could very well help him out of this problem he was having. Cyril could swim and his power could get himself out of this, but he had been drinking and was forgetting all the at the moment. He hiccupped as he held to the side of the slippery hill and trying to keep from completely slipping back fully in the water. Her black clothing didn't really make him think angle of life and more so angle of death, but this was a student. A female student, she was already like a little sister in his book by being a female student.

So even if she looked more like an angle of death, she was a cute little angle of death. "Awww, you are sooo cute." Cyril said with a bright smile, followed by a hiccup that caused him to slip back into the water. At least the slipping caused him to remember that he was indeed not in the situation to be fawning over her cuteness. "Just my pride is hurt and I'm all wet. I also fear that the hill is too slippery for me to get out and I don't want to be bitten by a fish." Cyril admitted with a slight blush for a moment, because he almost slipped up and said that he didn't want is family jewels being made into a meal by any fish that was in the lake. It was a healthy lake after all and there for sure were fish in it, possible even stamping turtles. That thought made him squirm a little and slip further into the water. He was a muddy mess and his hair flat down on his head.

He had a small pout on his face, not liking the situation at all. He wanted out of the water before he or anything important that was a part of him became a mess. Plus he was pretty sure he ended up falling in with his phone and wearing jeans, they got really heavy when they were wet. He could already feel them dragging down and revealing his boxers a little. "Do you have a power that could help or just if you think you could help me out at all?" Cyril asked his accent heavy and his words a little jumbled there as he hiccupped again. No more drinking when I'm going to go out for a walk near the lake. Cyril thought to himself as he already started to shiver like some wet puppy.

[Madhuri Tonnerre]

Really? He's in the lake, asking for help, and the first thing he says is that i'm cute? Someone has obviously hit his head on the way down, for he can't be in his right mind at the moment, Maddy thought as the adult fawned over her apparent cuteness. Which, you know, isn't creepy in the slightest. Okay, it was kind of creepy, but only because he was, what? 30? Ugh, practically ancient. "What did you do? Go walking around with your eyes closed before walking into the lake?" Maddy couldn't help but ask, because this was rather ridiculous. She didn't even know this man, though she suspected that he was probably some teacher of a subject she just hasn't had yet.

"What, afraid of some little fish? They won't hurt you. Well, unless the school has sheepshead fish in the lake. You know, the ones with the human teeth? Now those might hurt if they bite you." Maddy stated, probably not helping the current situation. After all, just seeing those fish with their terrifying teeth once would be cause enough for one to have nightmares about them for the rest of their days. Maddy looked down at the man, covered in mud and looking downright pitiful.

Okay, think. What to do, what to do. Maddy thought, looking around at what to use to get him out of the lake. She then looked at her umbrella, getting an idea. She folded her umbrella back up, then looked down at him. "Here, I got an idea but i'll have to take off my gloves to get a better grip. Don't touch my hands," Maddy warned as she shoved her gloves into her back pockets and then lowered down the part of the umbrella with the handle. She held onto the cover part, trying to make sure it wouldn't slip right through her fingers.

That would be bad.

When he asked if she had a power that could help, Maddy bit the inside of her cheek. "That depends, what's your power?"

[Cyril Kingsley]

Yes the first thing he said was that this cute girl was cute, because she was cute. He didn't mean it in some creepy way or anything like that, he was not like that. Cyril only saw little girls as sisters. If you were not at least twenty years old or older then it didn't even cross his mind of thoughts past a friendship or family. So she didn't have anything to be creeped out by, but he didn't know that she was creeped out so would not say anything. His body and a small part of his mind actually knew that he was not in any real danger, but the drinking had impaired most of his brain's judgment at the moment so again he was not thinking clearly. This girl basically ended up asking how he ended up here, but stated it in such a way that part of Cyril thought she was mocking him. Oh the nerve of such a child. Yet he just chuckled and shook his head no. "I was singing in the rain and slipped down this hill and into the water." Cyril said as he gave the hill a little pat which caused mud to splat up in his face and into his mouth a little. Oh joy.

He let out a groan and just wanted out. There was another question then if he was afraid of some little fish. No, he was not afraid of some little fish, he was more so afraid of things that were delicate just being eaten of nibbled at is all. Plus being in a lake when you were not really dressed to be in one was not all that fun when it was not a hot day. She went on to talk about a fish that had human teeth, eyes squinting at her.She clearly is trying to make things worse. Cyril thought to himself as he squirmed to try and get out himself now. "I bet it would and I'm not sure if they are native here." Cyril answered back, sounding super British and intelligent for a moment since he was a veterinarian and knew a bit on the various animals of the world. He slicked his wet hair back, not minding that the water was not well shower worthy and looked up at her. Was she going to help or more so just ask questions about how he got like this and tease him?

She removed her gloves and was soon holding the umbrella down for him to try and make a grab for. Telling him that he could not touch her hands and had him tilting his head to the side a little. "Why can't I touch your hands? Do you have a power that will like zap me if I do, or will you steal my life force?!" Cyril said as he let out a gasp but was chuckling, because he was not all that worried. Focusing on trying to grab the umbrella. Missing a few times until he was able to climb up the hill a little and grab a hold of it. Cyril almost let out a squee at grabbing a small bit of it but instead let out a hiccup. Then she returned the question to what his power was and he grinned all proud like. "Gravity Manipulation." Cyril said pleased and just smiled there, waiting for her to try and pull him up a little. It not yet clicking in his head yet.

[Madhuri Tonnerre]

Maddy had to fight against a laugh as the man explained how he got into this situation, for it was simply so ridiculous. "What, you couldn't sing on campus away from the lake? Or did you just want the ending to have a big ol splash?" Maddy joked, chuckling as the man got more mud on his face and into his mouth. She hadn't really been expecting this sort of thing to happen today. And the fact that he was a teacher or someone who worked for the school, seemingly drunk and unable to get himself out of the lake.

Without her umbrella over her head, Maddy was starting to get wet from the rain, leaving her feeling chilled. Should of worn a rain jacket. Should of done it but I didn't and now i'm going to looked like some sort of drowned rat, Maddy thought, grimacing slightly as she shivered. She listened as Cyril spoke of how the sheepshead fish probably wasn't a native fish here. Huh, probably not. Maddy thought, tucking some hair that was getting into her face behind her ear.

"No, nothing like that. I enhance the powers of other through touch, but I rather not puke today, thank you very much." Maddy explained as Cyril finally grabbed the umbrella. "Okay, you got it? Now i'll need your help with getting you out of there," Maddy stated as she started to pull. However, when he told her what his ability was, Maddy paused and looked down at him. "Are you kidding me!? You can manipulate gravity but it doesn't click to actually use it to get yourself out of the lake?!" Maddy yelled down at him, eyes blazing. "Did you hit your head on the way down or something? Or are you all out of energy?" Maddy asked, frowning down at him.

[Cyril Kingsley]

Cyril could not help but to chuckle at Maddy's laugh, he liked to laugh himself and found it hard not to laugh when others were laughing around him. Even if it was at his expense, he could care less. She was just a little girl after all, a seemly bit bad of a little sister but still a little girl. He was not going to lose sleep or cry from being laughed at or possibly insulted by a little girl. "I was actually on my way back from a little walk. I did have a few drinks as I am old enough to have them when it started raining. So i started singing, 'Singing In the Rain' and well this hill is slippery." Cyril pointed out to the hill that clearly looked like it was pretty slick as the rain continued to fall, picking up a little more now.

He hiccupped again, actually very able to get out of this but his mind was in a mix of enjoying this, not wanting to be eaten by fish and wondering if he had the right case on his phone to prevent it from being destroyed. "Ooooo that does sound like a pretty cool ability, but puking does suck. I'll be doing it later...maybe. How much did I have to drink?" Cyril said, the last bit that was a question was more to himself but just said out loud. He had a hold of the umbrella now, moving his hand to have a good grip on it. She pointed out that she would need his help to get himself out which made sense. He was larger than her and therefore weighs a lot more than her, even more since muscle was heavier then fat and he was more on the muscle end. "I know, show me your strength and pull." Cyril said giving a cheer as he was already working on moving to get himself up the side of the hill when he would start feeling her pull.

She paused however and was looking down at him. Then she was yelling about his ability and how come he had not thought about using it to get himself out of the lake. Asking if he hit his head on the way in. He might have but he didn't have a headache at the moment. His blue eyes squinted at the girl and in one quick movement her gave the umbrella a nice tug in hope he caught her off guard while she was busy yelling at him to pull her down into the lake with him. Making sure he would move out of the way enough so she fall into the water and not him. It was more so the yelling that caused him to try the whole act of pulling her down into the water. Yet he knows did recall how to get himself and her out. "I just was not thinking about it is all." Cyril pointed out with a simple smile, followed by a hiccup.

[Madhuri Tonnerre]

"Well then, what did we learn from that? Perhaps next time, you won't go drinking as much or stay where you were when you do? At least stay away from areas with lakes next time, okay?" Maddy suggested as she looked down at him, glancing at the hill. It was slick, which made Maddy all the more wary of where she was standing. After all, once false move and she'll end up in the lake right next to him.

Wow, he must be completely drunk, Maddy observed as even he questioned how much he had to drink after complimenting her ability. And true, her ability would be cool if all the side effects weren't so sickening. It was all the side effects that made Maddy dislike her abilities. For petes sake, she had to wear gloves and be constantly careful because of them. Maddy was too wrapped up in her own thoughts to see him squint up at her, but she did feel the tug.

And down she went, sliding down the hill on her side as she fell into the water head first. !!!! Maddy panicked for a moment as she submerged under the dirty water, but was quick to shoot back up. She gasped for breath, now completely soaked to the bone, before glaring up at Cyril. And ooh, if looks could kill. Her eyes were blazing, like volcanic rocks. "What was that for!" Maddy yelled at him, fury written all over her features. Never mind the fact that he was an adult and a teacher. He had pulled her into the lake while she had been trying to help him!

"My gloves!" Maddy gasped, reaching all around her person to try and find them, giving out a sigh of relief as she recovered them both and put them back on. Clearly, there was no way she could get him out now.

[Cyril Kingsley]

Cyril didn't say anything as she asked what he learned from this and suggested that he either stay where he was drinking or not go into areas where he could end up like he was now. Did she not know who she was talking to? Sure he did agree with her on that last bit because he really should have been a bit more careful as to where he was going, but he had been drinking. No way was he going to drive back to the school after that because that would have been the highest level of stupidity. He could have got a cab yes, but it was only a light drizzle when he had left the bar and he liked the rain so did not think it hurt to go for a walk in it. He just had a bad sense of direction that got worse the more he had to drink and while he was more or less going in the right direction to get back to the staff dorms, he ended up off and away from the path. He still didn't say anything and just squinted at the girl, watching her closely.

He still thought he power was cool and did not know her side effects to fully understand why she might not have liked her power, but he didn't think she would actually want to talk about it with him. He would make a note to ask her about it to see if she would say something either way but for now it was the time to teach the girl a lesson. His tug had worked and down came the girl. Splashing into the pond and it had been deep enough that Cyril had not been worried in the slightest. He did keep ahold of her umbrella because it would have been rude for her to end up losing it in the lake after his little stunk. He waited for her to surface, making sure to be ready just in case she could not swim. Sure enough she could swim or at least knew how to keep herself afloat as she breached the surface and proceed to yell at him. Asking why he had done that which had Cyril chuckling. He figured it would have been obvious. "I was teaching you a lesson." Cyril responded simply and then hiccupped and he shook his head sent water droplets from his hair flying.

Then moved a hand up into his hair to work on spiking it up a little, because he didn't really like it when it was flat. He watched her as she had her small little panic about gloves or what not as Cyril looked at his pair of fingerless gloves that he pretty much wore all the time because he liked them. She seemed to have located her gloves and relaxed a little so Cyril smiled brightly at her, his blue eyes seeming to tweaking a little even in the rain. "Ready to get out? Can get you and myself all dried up and treat you to something hot to drink." Cyril asked and offered up, his older brother-self kicking in as he was already moving on as if he had not just pulled the girl into the water in the first place. Not that he forgot about it, because he did do it on purpose after all.