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[detectivedanger-deactivated2016]

"Not really," Chelsea says, shrugging her shoulders. “but it saved me. Even if it didn’t work.”

Work? She doesn’t know of many people who worked inside Parks — not counting the people who cleaned and gardened them for a living. "Oh. Do you…garden?" she asks, trying not to be too nosy. She just doesn’t feel right leaving the girl in the rain. 

[georgiemustelae]

"Ah, no. I'm not actually..." She fidgets slightly, tapping her fingers against her thigh. "Not a gardener. I don't actually work for the park? I sort of... Perform. For tips."

[reganmcauliffe-deactivated20160]

"Oh yeah? Well, you’re as skinny a mite as my baby sister so I don’t think you can be knocking me down into the rain real easy either." He grins widely at her, taking care to breathe his smoke out into the rain rather than in the girl’s personal space. “Dunno if this’ll let up any time soon, sorry to say. You alright then?”

[georgiemustelae]

"Well your baby sister must be pretty tough, then. Size can be deceptive. Bet I could knock you down if I really wanted to." She returns his grin, and tilts her chin in his direction. "Got any more of those? Mind sharing, since we're stuck here and all?"

[detective-cross]

"Quite the opposite actually, I’m a detective." The man shrugs casually before adding. “The only things that’s really fun is being compared to sherlock holmes on an almost daily basis. Does good things for the ego.”

[georgiemustelae]

"So you're Sherlock Holmes, then? Sherlock and a human umbrella? How do you have any time left over to do any actual detective work?" She's torn, mentally, right down the middle. Half of her is happy standing here having a pleasant conversation while hiding from the rain. The other half of her is screaming to excuse herself and leave, because dealing with any sort of law enforcement has never done her any good (and in fact, the whole family has almost been trained to avoid the police). But so far, nothing is suspicious, so she allows herself to stay.

[ticktocknami-blog]

Nami stifles her laugh. It’s possible the girl isn’t trying to be funny but Nami finds it humorous anyway. "Nah, I can take a hit. Don’t worry!"

[georgiemustelae]

"A hit is one thing, but I practically full-on tackled you!" Georgie has to smile at the girl's not-quite-laugh. At least she got a positive response instead of anger. "You're a lot tougher than me, that's for sure."

[aghost-inthelight-deactivated20]

"Yes, it did." She agreed, listening absently to the girl. "No, and it’s only water. I will live." Eve looks out into the downpour. Realizing that the girl may be stuck here with her under the awning until it passed.  "Where were you going?" She asked, almost unwillingly. She had the strong urge to simply disappear into the rain, but it wasn’t a good time to do so, and the girl was no threat, simply uninteresting. Though appearances could be deceiving. 

[georgiemustelae]

"Yeah, you're right. You'll probably dry out quick enough. Me, on the other hand..." She lets out a little chuckle. The woman just has a damp spot on her front, while she herself is soaked to the skin. "Oh. I was headed towards Central Park, to do some people watching and stuff." She doesn't really expand on it, getting the feeling that the woman isn't actually interested in small talk. Georgie folds her arms over herself, both to keep warm and make herself smaller. She already slammed into this lady, she didn't want to make her uncomfortable as well.

[detectivedanger-deactivated2016]

Chelsea smiles back, lifting the umbrella even higher to bypass a lower umbrella’d man passing by them. “Do you know the superstition,” she begins. “that says if you bring an umbrella on a nice day it won’t ever rain? That sort of happened to me.” 

"I guess it doesn’t," she agrees, nodding her head yet remaining for the most part completely still. "though the thought was nice. Do you need to get home? I could walk you to the subway. If that’s how you get home."

[georgiemustelae]

"Can't say I've ever heard that one. Doesn't seem like it wanted to go your way, did it?"

"Nah, no need to take the subway home, I'm not too far from here. I usually walk, but Central Park's a bit far for that." She shrugs at the offer. "I'll probably wind up waiting out the storm, but thanks for askin'. I was headed out to do some work."

[reganmcauliffe-deactivated20160]

He had been standing under the metal awning just to be far enough from the neighboring ‘no smoking’ sign, but it seemed like a godsend when the skies opened up and he remembered that the closest thing to an umbrella that he owned was broken into several pieces in a closet at home. Walking back to his bike in the rain would be fantastic, he thought bitterly, but the thought went no further, as someone crashed into his side. “Jaysus, d’you mind?” Regan manages a frown for point two seconds until he catches sight of who slammed into him and nearly made him drop his cigarette. Looked a little like Aubrey, honestly, and she had apologized. “Yeah, yeah, alright. It’s fine, then. I can share the bloody awning.”

[georgiemustelae]

She's about to come out with more apologies, but the man brushes the situation off so fast that she doesn't bother. Instead, his tone of voice makes her feel like it's okay to tease. "I super, totally mind. I incredibly mind. I was trying to take out the competition for shelter."

[notsorainyaday-blog]

-Päivi has opened her umbrella as soon as the first drops have started to fall -she can’t see the future, of course, but now that she understands the natural phenomena involved, she’s become better and better at telling in advance whether something is about to set in, like the way she breathes in the soft little droplets of vapour that precede a downpour. When someone bumps into her, she swivels around, and the water accumulated on the umbrella sprays off the plastic until Päivi manages to hold on tight to the umbrella pole again.- Sorry… it’s alright. -Now that she’s stopped walking, she takes a proper look at the rain: It really is quite a downpour. Lessening it a little is not too conspicuous, is it? She stares over the girl’s shoulder into the rain for a moment and sure enough, the rain lets up somwhat.- I think you’re in luck. It looks better already, or is that just me?

[georgiemustelae]

Georgie grins up at her sudden umbrella-mate. "Yeah, it looks like! That just came and went, didn't it?"  The rain isn't completely gone, but it more resembles a light drizzle then a torrential downpour. "Sorry for bumpin' you, ma'am."

[aghost-inthelight-deactivated20]

   She watches the sudden downpour with interest, her attention drifting from the people running from the storm— Until someone smacked into her, nearly knocking her over. Her eyes flash with irritation in her slight aversion to being touched at all, never mind tackled. It disappears before her eyes land on the girl. "It’s fine." She assures, her clothes slightly damp now. "You’re soaked."

[georgiemustelae]

"Yeah, I'm." She looks down at herself and tries futilely to squeeze some water out of her shirt. "Yeah. That storm totally came out of nowhere, hooray for June. I didn't get you too badly, did I?"

[detective-cross]

One of his jokes actually seemed to make someone smile, that’s going in the record book. Maxwell was lucky to have on a thick trench coat so he was pretty dry underneath, (the one time stereotypical detective fashion was useful) which made him shrug off the situation instead of letting it bother him. “Yeah actually, I put it on my resume and all. Like I said, you’re fine — don’t worry about it.”

[georgiemustelae]

"So your resume has human umbrella on it?" She grins and laughs a bit more. "I'd like to see what kinda job would hire you with that resume. Must be a fun one." 

[babybirdofthesea]

Marina stumbles backwards, almost losing her footing. Oh no— no that’s okay! She says as she straightens up. Are you okay?

[georgiemustelae]

"I'm fine! Just. Totally drenched." She can't hold back a small embarrassed giggle. "Are you alright? I didn't soak you too, did I?"

[detectivedanger-deactivated2016]

It’s an old wives tale, that bringing an umbrella to a dry day supposedly wards off the rain. At least I’m prepared, Chelsea thinks bemusedly, pulling out her two dollar black umbrella and opening it above her head. She’s adjusting the cheap metal bridging when she walks straight into someone. A wet someone. Don’t worry, she says quickly, smiling slightly and lifting her umbrella to accommodate the both of them. She then surreptitiously wipes the rain drops off her front. Were you going somewhere in particular?

[georgiemustelae]

"Woah, you came prepared. Was it supposed to rain and I just didn't know about it?" She eyes the umbrella and grins sheepishly at the girl holding it. "I was trying to take the subway to Central Park, but that doesn't seem like such a good idea anymore. I don't really want to freeze on the way there."

[ticktocknami-blog]

"Oof!" Nami catches the girl, wrapping her arms around the other almost as a reflex to keep her from falling over. “Ouch. —Are you okay?? You should be more careful. A little rain never hurts anybody.”

[georgiemustelae]

"I'm fine! Are you?" Her hands had automatically shot up to steady the other girl when she caught her, and fell back to her sides once they were standing normally. "I didn't hit you too hard, did I? 'Cause then you would've been the one hurt by the rain."

[detective-cross]

Maxwell is just trying to get a newspaper to check the daily situation when just his luck the storm hits within what seems like a split second. Stupid rain! He thinks as he rushes to get to a dry area, that is when he is bumped into by a stranger. Looking down to the small woman , who is apologizing , he shrugs. “Eh, you’re fine! What’s a big guy like me if he can’t serve as a human umbrella?”

[georgiemustelae]

Her laugh is a mixture of embarrassment at running into him, and amusement at the joke. "What, do you have a lot of experience being used as a human umbrella?"She wrings some of the excess water out of her hair and shakes it off her hands. "Sorry I wasn't looking where I was going, mister."

[georgiemustelae]

The rainstorm is completely unexpected- one moment she's walking along minding her own business, happy and dry, and the next moment the sky is throwing gallons of water down on her. The only thing she can manage to do is scramble for cover, smacking straight into a stranger on her way there. "Shit! Shit, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to- rain, just getting out of the rain!"

[dakotabluersource]