DOUBLE DUDE POST: Flood edition! (Dated to just before Pele's arrival)

[explosion_day]

[So it's been a few days and the rain simply has not let up. Stairwells look more like waterfalls, The lake has swollen so much that it's started encroaching in on the parking lot and beyond, and the school's drainage pipes are near their bursting point. Some, unfortunately, already have reached that point. Ew.

Miraculously, the school's electricity and subsequently the network is still working... barely. Rick's video feed opens up with some static, the imaging going on and off, a blurr of a bird's eye view of some of the hallways... or more accurately, a core's eye view. His voice even sounds a little more garbled than usual, background sounds of perpetual rain and water gushing every which where aside...]

Man, that is lookin' dangerous. [The video feed blips in and out and seems to settle in the school's boiler room. It's flooded pretty badly, and of course Raiden is up to this torso in it, desperately trying to fix bursting pipes.]

Like this guy, what he's doin' looks pretty dangerous.

[OH... CRAP IS THAT WHEATLEY? Raiden looks surprised--wait, this looks like the green one.] Hey... shouldn't you be som--[Raiden is suddenly and none too gloriously spit in the face by pipe, complete with GGBLGBGBGLLBGGG sputtering sounds.]

For all we know those could be eel infested waters. Electric eel shark hybrids! On steroids.

What?! You're lying. There's nothing down here. [WAS THAT A SHADOW... he honestly wouldn't put it past this school...] Why don't you actually be some help and turn on a light or something?

Can do, but don't say I didn't warn you--they're attracted to the light. Probably. [Behold, Rick has a flashlight. It unfortunately only helps illuminate a small area in front of Raiden. Another pipe bursts behind the soaked blonde and he finally throws his hands up in the air, making a big, frustrated splash. It looks like he's been at this for hours, to no avail.]

That's it! Hey, if you're broadcasting to the network...?

[He sloshes up to Rick, peering up into his big green robot eyeball.] Someone send an actual plumber down here! I'm not qualified for this! This is too much.


[[LMAO EDIT: For all intents and purposes, Rick will effectively be acting as a telephone for Raiden, and only able to translate replies into audio.]]

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[fullunlifeconsequences]

I'm surprised you've managed to avoid drowning.

[WHO THE HECK IS THE OTHER VOICE.]

[audio]

[explosion_day]

[WHO IS THAT VOICE he sounds way manlier than Raiden.]

Just give him time.

[video]

[whitedeviljack]

[Rick is only able to play replies in audio for Raiden, or translate text to speech, but Blacky will get audio and video. Such as Raiden frowning.]

Very funny. There's no dead bodies down here. Not yet anyway.

...How are you holding up?

[fullunlifeconsequences]

The linoleum in the kitchen is ruined, and I'm cold and damp. I suppose I'm in no danger of drowning either, at least...

[Peeeer.]

Who's that filming, anyway? Are you one of those new... camera things I've seen on the ceiling?

[whitedeviljack]

Well... that's good!

[Hi I'm waist deep in water and possible shark-eels???]

[explosion_day]

More than just a camera, angel. I'm a bonafied, certified and ratified adventure sphere. I'd show you what I look like but there's no mirrors around. You'll just have to use your imagination.

I'll probably live up to it, either way.

[fullunlifeconsequences]

Adventure sphere, hm. I suppose you must be a little rotund.

He may make a good floatation device if you need it, Jack.

Video

[star_punched]

[WAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUCG]

RAIDEN WHO'S THERE WITH YA OH GOD YA NEED HELP CAN YOU SWIM IN THERE.

[video]

[whitedeviljack]

[Raiden is only able to get the audio portion of that video, played through Rick. Rick will continue to play back video to the network, however.]

Mac? is that you? I'm fine, don't worry.

[BUT WATER WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE!]

One of the ceiling robots is down here with me.

[audio]

[explosion_day]

Adventure Sphere.

[Video]

[idowhatilike]

[ OH, IT TAKES SO MUCH TO STOP EVVE FROM LAUGHING. She's good, though. Totally proper.

She doesn't know the other man, but she would recognize Rick's voice anywhere by now. However she doesn't seem him... Not that she wants to. ]

You're in that mess with that idiot?

Oooh, good luck, little plumber boy.

[ Isn't she optimistic and helpful? ]

[audio]

[explosion_day]

[He's a veritable CEILING NINJA.]

Hey, don't judge a book by it's cover, sweetheart. Maybe he's only half an idiot.

[Because obviously you weren't talking about ol' Rick, right? Right. Totally.]

[video]

[whitedeviljack]

[...]

[video]

[idowhatilike]

[ Sigh. At least the pretty blond seemed to be with the program. ]

Well, Rick, perhaps if handsome here is lucky, the two of you can form 3/4th's of an intelligent human being.

[audio]

[explosion_day]

But where's the other fourth? There's only two people down here. One man and one... guy. [Not man.]

[video]

[whitedeviljack]

[Wow this robot.

Also ha ha she called me handsome. SUCK IT, RICK.]

[Video]

[idowhatilike]

[ She also called them both idiots, but ah well. ]

Never mind.

I personally don't understand the point in exerting so much effort when you know you are rather useless in this situation, handsome.

Rick, you're consistently in this position with all aspects of life. You should be encouraging him out of there.

Videos FROM HIGH ABOVE THE RAINCLOUDS IN AN AIRSHIP

[ihateplumbers]

The plumbers left, blondy. And if I have any say about it, they'll never be back.

[video]

[whitedeviljack]

[Raiden only got the audio portion of that video through Rick, but he can make well enough of a guess who it is. Bowser in kind, will continue to receive a glorious video of a soaked blonde.]

Aren't there dozens of plumbers in the area? What did you do?

ACT...ION...?

[planking]

[DID SOMEBODY CALL FOR A PLUMBER.

Too bad, you get a cowboy instead.]

There's no drain down here? It's gonna be hell getting this place dry.

[Flint doesn't seem to mind being up to his armpits in water, mainly because he's already spent the last however-long in the rain doing important handyman things, like discerning how much work it's going to take to repair everything once the water recedes.]

[ACTION!]

[whitedeviljack]

Flint!

[CLOSE ENOUGH. Raiden looks positively ELATED to see him.]

There's a drain on the floor, but water was already coming out of it.

[ACTION!]

[planking]

Oh. Well, uh, so much for that.

How many leaks do we got?

[whitedeviljack]

...

[Another pipe bursts just behind Flint, and water drips on Raiden's head.]

I... lost count about an hour ago. I can show you the two really big ones, though.

Did you bring any equipment with you?

[planking]

[Flint doesn't even flinch. Cool guys Cowboys don't look at explosions burst pipes.]

Yeah, gimme a sec.

[He then disappears under the water, leaving only his hat floating on top. A second or two later he resurfaces and holds up a toolbox.]

Let's get to work.

[whitedeviljack]

[This guy is so cool.]

Right.

[AND SO THEY GET TO WORK.]