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Rain and Side Quests (WTNV)

1130 words. Taken from wtnvheadconons on Tumblr.

     “And remember, penguins are bloodthirsty, they’re just biding their time. Good night, Night Vale. Good night.” Cecil said into the microphone before taking his headphones off and standing up. “See you, tomorrow, Intern Damien.”
     “See ya.” Intern Damien said.
     Cecil held the door open for Intern Damien. Then he locked the door and walked home. The weather felt good for midsummer. Usually the heat was almost unbearable, but tonight it was pleasant. Cecil stopped Carlos’s lab so they could walk the rest of the way home together.
     “You know what I miss most about the world outside of Night Vale?” Carlos asked.
     “What?” Cecil asked. He was expecting Carlos to say his family or something like that.
     “Rain.”
     “Rain?”
     “Yeah,” Carlos said. He released Cecil’s hand so he could talk with his. “When I lived with my parents, we had a metal roof. The contractor tried to talk my dad out of it, but he liked the way the rain sounded on the roof.”
     “We could go see the rain sometime.” Cecil said.
     “It’s not something you go see. It’s like… the Glow Cloud-”
     “All hail.”
     “Rains dead animals. Sometimes it drops more, sometimes it’ll be months in between the dead animals. That’s how the normal rain works, too.” Carlos explained.
     “What else do you miss about the rain?” Cecil asked.
     “Oh! When my sister was little, we would go out and play in the puddles. After a big storm, there would be worms all over the sidewalk. Sometimes people would help them back in the grass and sometimes they would dry up.” Carlos talked about the rain until they got home.
     Cecil waited until Carlos fell asleep, then he got up and went to the BLOOD STONE SPIRE. He didn’t make it to the BLOOD STONE SPIRE. He ran into the Glow Cloud- all hail- about halfway there.
     “All hail the mysterious Glow Cloud.” Cecil said. “I have a favor to ask, oh benevolent one.”
     The Glow Cloud dropped a dead chicken.
     “Could you bring rain to Night Vale? Just for one day. Just long enough for Carlos to enjoy it?” Cecil asked.
     Two dead chickens.
     “I’ll do whatever you ask.” Cecil said, bowing.
     One dead chicken, a half dead moose, and a snake tied in exactly three and three quarters knots.
     “Thank you.” Cecil said. “All hail the Glow Cloud.”
     Then, Cecil ran off to talk to Old Woman Josie.
     “I need a hand-knit sweater for the Glow Cloud’s- All Hail-”
     “All hail.”
     “Child.” Cecil said.
     “I can knit the sweater, but I don’t have any yarn.”
     “I can get the yarn.”
     “Okay. You be careful. I’ll see you at League Night.”
     “See you at League Night.”
     Cecil ran to the Ralph‘s. He tried to buy the yarn, but the cashier make him win it in an auction. Cecil lost the auction, so he tried to buy the yarn from Tamika Flynn, who needed the yarn for the friendship bracelets they would make at book club tomorrow.
     “I need the yarn so Old Woman Josie can hand-knit a sweater for the Glow Cloud’s- all hail-”
     “All Hail.”
     “Child.”
     “If you can get me a signed copy of Lee Marvin; My Thirtieth 30th, you can have the yarn.” Tamika said.
     “I’ll be back.” Cecil said.
     Cecil went to Lee Marvin’s house. Lee Marvin was asleep because tomorrow was his 30th birthday. Cecil woke Lee Marvin up.
     “I need a signed copy of Lee Marvin; My Thirtieth 30th so Tamika Flynn will give me the yarn for Old Woman Josie to knit a hand-knit sweater for the child of the Glow Cloud- All Hail.”
     “All Hail.” Lee Marvin said. “You can have the book. I’ve turned 30 so many time, every day is my 30th birthday. Life is pointless, we‘re all drifting into the void. Take whatever you want. Tomorrow, I will wake up and it will be exactly the same as today, and the day before, and the day before, and countless days before that.”
     Lee Marvin signed the book and Cecil went to find Tamika. She was standing right where she’d been standing when Cecil left. Cecil traded the book for the yarn. Then, he went to Old Woman Josie’s. He gave her the yarn, and she had a sweater made in less than an hour with the help of the totally not Angles. Cecil gave the Angles $10 for their help before going to find the Glow Cloud.
     The Glow Cloud was raining dead animals on John Peters, you know, the farmer‘s invisible corn crop, which was looking great this year. Cecil gave the sweater to the Glow Cloud- all hail- before going home to get at a couple hours of sleep.

     In the morning, there was a noise in the background. Cecil didn’t know what the sound was, so he put his glasses on got out of bed. He walked to the window and moved the curtain. The outside of the window had water drops on it.
     “It worked!” Cecil exclaimed.
     “What worked?” Carlos asked. “It that rain?”
     “Yeah.” Cecil said.
     “You didn’t sell your soul, did you?” Carlos asked.
     “No, I just called in a favor from a certain Glow Cloud. All hail.”
     “All hail.” Carlos said, getting out of bed.
     He got ready and looked through all of his lab coats for the one that could be used as a rain jacket. He also found a pair of Cecil’s rain boots. Cecil, who was still wearing his clothes from the day before, looked at all of his ponchos. He finally settled on a purple one with hyperrealistic human ears on it. He wore the matching rain boots, which had the same ears all over them.
     They went outside and Carlos‘ face lit up as the rain hit his exposed face and hands. Carlos splashed Cecil with a puddle, Cecil being Cecil ended up jumping into a pothole and soaking his pants to his knees. The hooded figures couldn’t keep their balance. Every time they stood up, one would fall over and knock the rest over like dominoes. The City Council decided that it was a good time to take a vacation and invited the hooded figures, who gladly took the offer.
     Old Woman Josie came to see Cecil. All of the Erikas held a single umbrella for Old Woman Josie. They also asked for $10. Steve Carlsberg, Janice, and Abbie also came over. Steve Carlsberg was wearing an umbrella hat.
     “Cecil, I don’t know what you did, but this is wonderful.” Carlos said.
     Carlos pulled Cecil in for a kiss. Steve covered Janice’s eyes which resulted in an exasperated ‘Da-ad.’ from Janice.
     Both Carlos and Cecil took off from work and spent the day playing in the rain.