August Event Log

[kaisoumods]

August Event Log
Dominant Element: Fire
Waning Element: Wind

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It's the final month of summer! While the humidity has thankfully dropped, the strong presence of fire element has made the temperature skyrocket. Expect numerous days of triple digit temperatures and a severe lack of rainfall. Those using fire this month will have to be cautious to not let any fires get out of control.

Kaisou County Fair

As the city enters into the final month of summer, the city is a mix of enjoying the summer while they can, and preparing for the coming fall. Students will receive their class schedules and school supply or textbook lists in the mail, so they'll know what classes to expect in September. There are shops all over town having sales on school supplies and back-to-school outfits. It's not time for school just yet, but it's on the horizon. Best to make the best of your summer days while you can!

But with the end of summer comes the proud annual tradition for Kaisou: the Kaisou County Fair. Out on the fairgrounds at the edge of town, the county fair will be running throughout the month. Advertisements for this fair are everywhere, often featuring the mascot Oxmund the Ox. Admission is affordable and there's free public transit for anyone who needs to get out there. There's plenty of carnival games and rides that you'd typical find at a fair. But there's more than that! The Kaisou County fair is where food vendors really stretch their creative muscles, offering such unique items as unusual animal meat (camel, alligator, yak, etc), cotton candy noodles, the garbage plate, and literally anything on a stick. And if you're looking for some fun local activities? You can learn and take part in the fine art of butter sculpture, participant in a talent show, ride in some go-karts, or take part in a Grunty race. There's even a whole section of the fair devoted to farm animals that have been brought in from surrounding farms. You can have a chance to feed some goats, pet some cows, learn to ride a horse, or vote which sheep is the most attractive!

Yeah we're not sure what's up with the contest runners on that last one either. It is somehow a thing.

Help Wanted!

At the start of the month, a new feature will appear in the Libra App, a job page! On the page, there's a list of jobs you can sign up to do. Sign ups are easy enough, just select the job that interest you and you'll be sent information on what you need to do!

Some of these jobs or clients may seem a little...strange. If you ask the Zodiac representative at the office about them, they will explain that they advertised this feature on various platforms (there's other platforms?) for people looking to get odd jobs done. As for the clients, Zodiac tends not to turn away people who are requesting jobs unless it something that seems extremely dubious by their standards. In other words, you probably won't get murdered doing these jobs. Probably.

The jobs are entirely optional, best for folks who are just looking for something to do or a little extra cash. This month, most of them seem pretty feasible and low-risk and are mostly just around the town rather than going into any spirit realm. Strangely enough outside the cash and other rewards given by clients, sometimes it seems like the universe itself rewards you for doing some work - or curses you, depending on where your luck falls. How about that!

A Tear into Reality

On the morning of August 7th, everyone's phones will give a sudden high-pitch alert sound, regardless of if you have your phone on or not. It will not turn off until you check your phone. But unlike the typical Zodiac corporate message, a bold text warning message is displayed:

WARNING WARNING. UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPT TO BREACH SPIRIT REALM HAS BEEN DETECTED IN WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY DETECTED FROM SPIRIT VEIN. APP USERS VARIAN AND FERN DETECTED NEAR ANOMALY SOURCE. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WARNING WARNING-

Characters will only have a minute or two to ponder the meaning of that message before all hell breaks loose. In spots all across the city, red cracks appear in the middle of the air. These cracks can show up anywhere: out in the street, in your living room, at the county fair, in the middle of the Waffle House. The cracks grow larger and larger, until they're easily two to three meters large. Anyone who is close enough to one of these cracks may hear a distinct animal call - right before dinosaurs begin rushing out through the cracks and into the city itself. Pterodactyls, Triceratops, Stegosauruses, Gallimimuses and Dilophosauruses are all present and dangerous in their own right as they spill into the city and begin causing chaos in this strange new world. However the most dangerous and fearful are the Velociraptors, who are less causing chaos as they explore this new world and more interested in hunting the humans they find.

It will be up to everyone to try to escape to safety and help other citizens from meeting a bad end. The dinosaurs are not easy foes by any means. Their hides are so thick and tough that normal weapons don't do much good against them. You'll need either weapons designed to be armor piercing or powers that can do the same thing if you want to directly fight them. While they are animals, the Velociraptors are intelligent to figure out basic doors handles, so make sure to lock and barricade any doors you put between you and them. The spirit realm cracks are all over the city, though there are some areas that remain unaffected. If you rather avoid any dino trouble altogether, it'd be best to hunker down in one of those safer spots for awhile.

(Mod Note: The Zodiac apartment building will not have any dinosaur portals opening up in the building itself for the sake of OU players who wish to opt out of this part of the plot. As for characters living in other locations, you can have dinosaurs show up in your home but please check with all your character's roommates BEFORE you do this to make sure they're onboard. The type of dinosaur can vary but it can be no taller than a triceratops or stegosaurus- aka no t.rex/sauropods/etc)

Eventually the characters will be joined by agents of Zodiac, who'll bring plenty of weapons, and even better, barrier devices. When set up, these devices will create a forcefield that'll make it impossible for any being from the spirit realm (meaning the dinosaurs), to pass though. Help the Zodiac agents set up the barrier devices around any areas infested with dinosaurs- preventing them from getting deeper into the city. If you're on Cathedral Hill or one of the nearby neighborhoods, instead than Zodiac agents it'll be some of the Black Order members from May helping rather than Zodiac.

But even with all the help the city is large and the dinosaurs are dangerous, so it won't be until the morning of August 8th, a full day after this began, that all the dinosaurs have been successfully contained. And if your home happened to be within one of the areas that have been sectioned off by the barriers? Well congratulations! You now have dinosaur roommates. Notably, any unchaperoned character that's 15 or younger will also find themselves unable to step past these barriers.

Spare No Expense

Well after all that chaos, most people will probably have a lot of questions about what's going on. Zodiac will send out a message in the late morning of August 8th. The message will detail what happened, that it was an attempt to make a portal by Varian using god's blood as the fuel and that chaos erupted from it all. In other words, a t.rex showed up, wrecked the portal, and took the bag of god blood with it when it went back into the realm. It will also detail how Zodiac and the Black Order were now asking for assistance to help close up the portal from the app users. The barriers set up were only a temporary stop-gap measure after all.

Should you head to the Zodiac office, the atmosphere is extremely tense. In addition to the usual Zodiac employees and Professor Willow, the Black Order guardian Ienzo is there to act as a representative. Both Zodiac and Ienzo are in grim moods and taking this matter seriously. As for Professor Willow, while he is taking it seriously ... it's also pretty clear there's a part of him that's psyched about getting to see real life dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were a childhood love of his, unsurprisingly.

The plan the group has worked out is a two-prong operation. On one side, they will need people in the city to help deal with the dinosaurs that have been coming through the cracks - either by eliminating the dinosaurs or otherwise incapacitating them. Once the dinosaurs have been dealt with, Zodiac and/or Black Order members will use sealing magic to help close up the cracks. Characters who have taken time to study magic can also be given this sealing spell, so they can also help with sealing cracks. It's a complicated incantation that takes about 3 minutes to cast, and requires holy water or similarly blessed items.

The other operation is going into the spirit realm itself. The T.rex had gone back into the realm once it had obtained the tank full of god blood. God blood, as they explain, is a powerful enough substance that could cause all sorts of problems and further cracks if left alone. Thus they need people go into the realm and track down the T.rex that took the blood, as well as neutralize any god blood that happened to spill along the way. To do this, they will give characters a special mixture of bleach and holy water to pour on any god blood they come across. Zodiac will also rent out enchanted weapons and high powered tranquilizer darts (which will take several shots) to help against any dinosaurs. Black Order guardians are willing to assist within the realm, though they have limited numbers as only a few of them remained in the city after the May incident (the rest are in Florida, dealing with numerous other crisis per usual). Professor Willow and the rest of POKEGO meanwhile has set up a dino-hotline through the Libra app that can be called and texted to ask any dinosaur related questions. The people running this hotline will give any and all dinosaur-related information. Curiously, all of them are professors with tree names, and are prone to go on excitable tangents about dinosaur facts.

Dinotopia: Helping in the city

If you choose to help in the city, there's plenty to do to help. There's cracks all over the city that have been barriered off and need dealing with. Some sectioned off areas are no bigger than a room, while others cover an entire city block. You'll have to sweep through the area to make sure all of the dinosaurs are dealt with, either by tranquilizing them, corralling them somehow, or through violence. Once that's done, it's a matter of watching over either the Zodiac/Black Order member or a character that was given the sealing spell to make sure no dinosaurs break out of the crack while they are casting.

Normal residents aren't sure what to make of this situation. Some will perceive the dinosaurs as escaped zoo animals, while others will see the dinosaur for what it is in the moment - only to forget that they saw the dinosaur later on. The damage and sectioned off areas are being played off as damage from a bad storm on the news, and that's the rumor spreading around town. Which...whatever works, it seems.

While there are cracks all over the city that the characters can deal with, here are some noteworthy cracks to be dealt with:

• County Fairgrounds: The crack opened up in the cattle pen, and a triceratops came out of it and is currently hanging out with all the cows like it belongs there. This triceratops is proving very popular at the fair, especially among young children who flock around the cattle pen to look at it (though many adults seem to keep assuming it's just a large bull). The triceratops has been dubbed "Trimund". Try to handle this one without traumatizing the children.
• University Track Field: A crack has opened up on the university's track field and a small herd of Gallimimuses have come through. You will have to find a way to chase them down and herd them.
• Kaisou Beach: A crack on the beach has releases a number of Pterodactyls, who are now acting like giant seagulls from hell. They will need to be dealt with as they keep swooping at people and trying to snatch up any small creature.
• Blue Fish Lake Park: A large swath of the park has been sectioned off due to a pack of Velociraptors running loose. Be careful not to let the predators surround you. The goose has become allies with the velociraptor, because of course it has.

Once the dinosaurs and crack has been dealt with in an area, Zodiac will send in a clean-up crew. With any dead dinosaurs, interested characters will be allowed to harvest their meat and scales to either use themselves or turn in for profit. Any living dinosaurs will be escorted off with Zodiac, who will give rather vague answers about what they plan to do with them. Which. That should probably be fine...right?

The Gate: Welcome to Jurassic Park

With the dinosaurs and cracks around town being taken care of, it's now time to head into the main gate to track down that T.rex. The gate is located in a junkyard in a warehouse district. When you arrive, even though it's a junkyard so it might be hard to tell, but there's clear signs of destruction and debris caused by something large. The gate meanwhile, has shifted form overnight. Rather than the metal gate that Varian had constructed, it has morphed into a much larger wooden gate with torches. Impressive!

When you pass through the gate, you will find yourself on the beach of a tropical island, lush with jungle vegetation. The environment is abuzz with animal sounds and life - a mix of familiar animal sounds, and completely foreign ones from a bygone era. You don't want to hang around on the beach though, since there's plenty of dinosaurs that'll attack if you linger too long. Besides, you have a job to do.

As you head into the jungle, you will notice three paths. The first path seems to be a paved road that is half overgrown with vegetation. The second path is some large tracks that go downhill towards some grassier areas of the isle, and the last path is another set of tracks that go deeper into the jungle itself. It's impossible to tell which path is the right way, so you just have to pick one and hope for the best.

Route A: The Visitor Center

Some might choose to follow a paved road, more broken up from vegetation than the other routes. Perhaps the road most taken is the best route here? Along the way, characters will find abandoned jeeps in the undergrowth. They are pretty beaten up and have obviously been there for a long time, but they still work (somehow) - some might still even have keys in the ignition like they were abandoned in a hurry. Under the seats, characters can find useful items such as flares or night vision goggles- handy!!!

Eventually, the path will lead people to a large abandoned building, while the interior is very overgrown, as characters wander around they can figure out this used to be some sort of visitor center. Given the number of faded dinosaur murals there are on the walls, and the broken dinosaur skeletons scattered on the floor it's clear the dinosaurs were not only intentional, but they were the main attraction of this place.

Characters can stumble into what looks like an auditorium. Once characters are seated, a janky movie where an anthropomorphic cartoon D.N.A strand will excitedly tell them that this place is called Jurassic Park, and the dinosaurs were genetically created for this theme park- come zoo. It doesn't tell you what happened here, but after a while of animated hijinks, lap-bars come down on the seats. There's a sound of grinding gears but nothing moves - it's clear this used to be a Carousel of Progress kind of ride but age has broken the moving components. Characters in their seats will be well and truly stuck. Which is kind of a shame as that distinct call starts again.

Uh oh, the Velociraptors are here. Those who didn't choose to sit in the seats will need to either help their companions get out or fend off the Velociraptors from making an easy snack from those poor souls who are trapped. Or they can flee and save their own skins, that's always an option. Characters can also fight the raptors head-on, or try and lead them away from the auditorium. A safe route leads into a kitchen with some walk-in freezers. They're not exactly cold anymore, but the locks are pretty solid if someone could lead a Velociraptor into them.

However they choose to deal (or not deal) with the Velociraptors, the characters eventually escape. Those observant will notice one or two of the raptors left footprints of blood - god's blood specifically. Seems they stepped in the stuff at some point. Best to neutralize it while they can using the bleach concoction before we get dimension traveling raptors! Characters might find some old tinned food in the kitchen, but otherwise there's nothing else for them here.

Route B: Lets Get Crackin'

Choosing to follow the tracks that go down to the grasslands will be mostly a downhill trip. Along the way, you'll also find some jeeps that have long been abandoned but are also still working somehow (please don't ask). Driving these will make the trip much easier, otherwise you got a long walk ahead of you. Several miles long.

Eventually characters will find themselves happening on a vast open area, occupied by a large herd of Brachiosaurus. They are massive and majestic creatures, easily towering over land creatures you'd find on Earth these days. It's hard not to be awestruck by their presence for a moment. You can certainly approach them, as they are peaceful herbivores, but be careful not to get stepped on by them.

For those focused on the mission, with a bit more tracking you'll spot a large T.rex size dinosaur up ahead and the source of the tracks you've been following all this time. It certainly looks like a T. rex, right? But for those who have paid attention to POKEGO's professionally curated dinosaur facts (or to honestly any 6 year old) - they will notice something off as they approach. Don't T.rexes have two fingers on their hand, not three? Turns out, this wasn't a T.rex you were tracking, but her close cousin the Giganotosaurus! While they are just as big and dangerous as a T.rex, the characters may quickly notice a very alarming difference - they're pack hunters! That's right! There's multiple Giganotosauruses hanging around this stretch of savannah. Great!

The Giganotosaurus tend to prefer the giant long neck dinosaurs for meals, so it's possible for you to sneak past unnoticed. Or you might try to confront them head-on if you're insane. Otherwise, your best course of action is to drive or run to a nearby alcove of jungle near the savannah. Once you're in the relative safety of the trees, you spot something oddly colorful on the ground. It's...a jellybean? No, not just a jelly bean. but rather a whole trail of jellybeans. What the heck?

The trail of jelly beans will go on for quite some time, until eventually it leads to a small, puppet size, cave entrance. As you approach, a strange blue puppet guy pops his head out. He's covered in mud and who knows what else, but boy is he glad to see some people. He explains that he is The Professor and he teaches history! But one of his students BETRAYED him and sent him to this place, where he's been struggling and living on a diet of jellybeans and spiders (which he admits is his regular diet but still-). He'll ask if he can go with you guys back to the city, and surely you wouldn't say no to the guy, would you?

Route C: The Painful Way

Huge, ominous dinosaur tracks lead into a particularly dark section of the forest, offering a third path for intrepid explorers to pursue. The vegetation is thick and overgrown, blocking out the sky. The ground is rocky, broken up by thick ferns and mosses, and more of those large footprints. Vines and more of that moss have even overtaken a large number of jeeps that have been left to rot. While the jeeps aren't in any shape to drive, those who are curious may be able to break open some doors or windows and search around inside for old equipment - medical kits, flares, that sort of thing. Sadly, there are no bazookas or grenade launchers, but it's better than nothing, right?

Along with the jeeps, that vegetation also offers plenty of cover and hiding spots for hungry or territorial dinosaurs. Make no mistake, this route is a dangerous one. Partway through a soft chirping reverberates through the trees, and explorers will suddenly find themselves face-to-face with crested dinosaurs that happens to be the source of the chirping. Definitely not the t-rex but be careful, these little guys are carnivorous and hungry, and you don't want to be in their line of sight when they expand the frill around their neck and start making a rattling noise.

The dilophosaurus will ambush and attack characters. They're smaller than raptors and not quite as strong, but they're able to spit a venomous substance and aim for the face. If characters are struck, the first aid kits have some eye rinse that will neutralize it to prevent any permanent damage. Water found in a puddle can also be used in a pinch, though it won't be as effective.

Thankfully, for those who can make it far enough into the forest, a glimmer of hope appears in the form of god blood splattered on the footprints and some nearby leaves. It's a sign they're on the right track, though just leaving it alone may not be the best idea. For everyone's safety it might be smart to neutralize the blood using the mixture supplied by Zodiac so no other dinosaurs are affected. It won't take very long, and then it's best to keep on moving to avoid any other aggressive dinosaurs.

Eventually, deep in the forest, characters will be met with a sudden thump, thump, thump. Some rainwater in a puddle ripples ominously with those footsteps. Something is coming towards them - something big. It crashes through the trees a moment later: one big, gnarly t-rex. She lets out a monstrous roar and the fight begins!

There's no running from the t-rex. She's a dangerous, highly aggressive beast on a good day, and unfortunately for everyone it seems she's gone and made a meal of Zagreus' god blood, ramping up her speed and strength. Her arms might be too short to be a threat but she won't hesitate to lunge and try to chomp down on some unlucky character, or stomp on them, or swing her massive tail as a very effective blunt weapon. On top of that, Zagreus' eternally helpful cousin Ares has seen fit to grant the t-rex with a boon. Every so often the t-rex swings her tail and lets loose massive, slow-moving blade rifts. On their own they might not be that hard to dodge but they're big, and along with avoiding the t-rex herself and the trees closing the area in this won't be an easy fight.

If characters choose to fight, that is. Killing the t-rex is one option, but a more pacifist option of tranquilizing her and then purifying her of the god blood may work, too. Either way, characters will need to work together to avoid getting killed.

Aftermath

With the god's blood all neutralized and the cracks sealed, it's time for everyone to say goodbye to Jurassic Park and return to the city. The three factions and any characters who want to assist will perform a spell to seal off the main gate into the realm, bringing this prehistoric chapter of Kaisou to a close and reverting the gate back into the (now broken) metal one that Varian had constructed. A few dinosaurs remain in Kaisou after the fact. Trimund, for instance, has made herself a new home in the Kaisou Zoo. As for the ones that were hauled off by Zodiac - you know what let's not think about that right now because that will surely never come up again.

The Professor is just happy to be free from dinosaur land and will begin teaching history classes over at the ENKI school. The Black Order meanwhile will once again disappear off the radar, now that the danger is past. POKEGO will try to insist their dinosaur hotline should continue on because who doesn't want more dinosaur facts, but will eventually be convinced to go back to their normal jobs of research.

Unfortunately, it's not all tied up loose ends and happy endings. The city experienced a great deal of property damage from the dinosaur rampage, and there were a number of citizens that were injured or killed from everything (though much less than there would've been without everyone's help). Normal people are quickly coming to rationalize that the entire incident can be chalked up to a giant storm that let some zoo animals loose, even if that doesn't line up with the type of damage at all. It's going to take time to rebuild everything, as well as a good amount of money. For some, it might be a good idea to see where you can help with the clean up and recovery efforts. Unlike previous incidents, this time the blame falls much closer to home.

OOC Notes

The dominant element this month is Fire! Anyone with an affinity to the fire element will find themselves boosted throughout the month. This could mean a boost to their power, having more energy, feeling more inspired with creativity, having better luck on different attempts -- the boost can manifest in all sorts of different ways. By contrast, anyone with an affinity for Wind will be experiencing the opposite. Perhaps their powers will be weaker, they have less energy, they're having a creative block or general worse luck - again it can manifest in all sorts of way and players are free to play with this mechanic as they'd like.

If you are interested in having a thread with Black Order NPCs, you can request for a thread here! Threads are restricted to one per player. Other NPCs such as the dinosaurs, Zodiac, and the Professor can be handwaved and controlled by the players at will!

Characters who have their homes destroyed by the dinosaurs will be allowed to stay in the Zodiac apartment building along with the OUs still residing there. Since most of the city's repairs aren't being done magically, expect it to take a few months for things to be fully repaired - though this will be more in the background and free for players to play wish as they wish. If you wish for your character to avoid dinosaur mayhem all together, you may! Just simply say they were in a part of town that wasn't hit by dinosaurs.

The original OOC plotting post for this event can be found here. Another Zodiac Post will be going up August 7th to serve as an intro post for new characters and allow characters to react to developments over the network.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[kaisoumods]

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Re: QUESTIONS

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Asking this here instead of Discord since it's an event-related type question...

For Yoosung's AU backstory his family is very well off and are known to help organize fundraisers for charity and the like-- would it be okay if in the Aftermath he went around with a collection box for donations he'd be giving to his parents fundraiser that WOULD LEGITIMATELY go towards helping NPCs who got injured or lost possessions or homes get back on their feet?

Or would you prefer if all rebuild/recovery efforts go through Zodiac?

To be clear, his family's fundraiser will state that it's for natural disaster relief from a big storm, definitely not Dino Destruction.

Mirabel Madrigal | Encanto | ota

[nonmagical]

[Raptor chase]

[Mirabel was in the fabric store when the tear happens. She doesn’t really notice anything strange - that is, until the window of the store breaks, followed by a loud animal screech. People in the store scream and scurry, and as Mirabel looks up, she’s face-to-face with…

Wait, is that a dinosaur?!

The whole lizard thing causes a twist of fear in her gut, and as the raptor screeches, she takes off as the creature dashes after her.]

[Long Way Home]

[Mirabel makes it out of the fabric store, but not entirely unscathed. The raptor got her left arm and left leg, painful gashes where it clawed her.

It’s a long way back from the store, and Mirabel’s struggling a bit. She makes it to the side of a building before leaning against it. A tiny dinosaur runs by.]

Why did it have to be more lizards?!

[Scales - a video post]

[If dinosaurs wasn't bad enough, there's a sudden scream on the network. The video shows Mirabel with her back facing towards the camera - it's a little hard to see but she's rubbing her arms, and her arms seem kind of... scaly? She's definitely colored in teal-colored scales instead of skin.]

No, no, no this can't be happening to me-! What do I do, what do I do...

Long Way Home

[a_cute_batata]

[Luz is really REALLY happy that her powers came back, because she absolutely needed it for what was happening now. It was pretty chaotic out there and people were getting hurt left and right, and Luz was doing her best to get people to safety when she could. She was passing by the fabric store when she came upon Mirabel and noticed the gashes on her arm and leg].

Oh no, Mirabel! Are you all right?! There aren't any more dinosaurs around, are there? What got you?

Varian | Tangled | OTA

[droptheious]

Kaisou County Fair

Varian only turns up to the fair if one of his friends drags him here. He looks pretty frayed like he hasn't been sleeping much, which he definitely has not. He's got more important things to do than hang out here and has been pulling some late nights to do it -resulting in more than a few hours passed out in the junkyard thanks to his photosynthesis.

Unfortunately for everyone else, Ruddiger is enjoying this a lot more than Varian is, riding on Varian's shoulders as he weaves through the stalls. So while Varian is passing you, a pudgy raccoon will make a grab for whatever food you're currently eating. It's his food now. Varian stops, trying to wrestle it from the raccoon before he can eat it.

"Ruddiger!!! That's not yours!!" he flashes you an apologetic look as Ruddiger CONSUMES whatever it was. "Sorry about him. I'll- I'll get you another one."

A Tear into Reality/Dinotopia

If your character makes a beeline for the warehouse district after Zodiac's warning message they will find the junkyard in a state. Piles of trash have been knocked over, metal twisted as if something large had BITTEN it. Huge footprints lead off into the portal- which is still cracking and whirring away. Varian looks absolutely panicked as he's trying to wrestle with the controls to no avail.

"I don't know what happened!! The-the cordinates didn't open up where I programmed them to!!"

Or perhaps you'll see him a little later on, trying to help wrangle dinosaurs from fleeing people in the city streets. Heck, maybe you're one of them! He has small pink glass balls which he hucks at a rampaging dinosaur. The ball breaks on impact, capturing the dinosaur in a strange pink goop. As much as it struggles, it can't move. You're welcome! Varian moves closer to check in on you, worry and urgency in his expression.

"Did you get hurt? Are there more of them here?"

Route B: Lets Get Crackin'

When the time comes to enter the portal, of course, Varian goes along. He needs to help fix the mess he created, and staying on the other side is frankly, not an option as far as he's concerned. The jeeps are a lucky find- and while he's sure he could figure out how to drive one (can't be THAT much different from driving a giant murder robot, right?) he'll leave that to someone else. Once they get to the Giganotosaurus he looks up from his seat in the jeep. That definitely isn't what they're looking for, but it's also a BIG dangerous pack of dinosaurs.

"Soooo um. How are we gonna get past those without being... eaten? I've not got a lot of alchemy bombs left and I'm not completely sure they'd work on something that size anyway?"

And later, once they escape all the death and meet the Professor, he's just gonna stand there wondering how much weird stuff a person can go through in a day before something actually snaps in their head. Is it now? It feels like now. He glances at the person closest to him.

"Just to...double check. You're seeing a little blue talking puppet guy too, right?"

Aftermath

When the dust has settled, Varian can be found helping with the rebuilding efforts. He works far beyond the hours the community service is expected of him- re-wiring electrics or helping with general construction. He's much more withdrawn than he usually is, he just keeps his head down as he works, shying away from anyone who gets too close. Ruddiger stays near his feet, chittering anxiously and occasionally handing Varian some tools to work with. If any character shows they want to speak to him, the boy will pause in his work, but looks distinctly uncomfortable about it, his whole body tense and miserable- he's expecting the worst out of this exchange.

"If you wanna yell at me for this go ahead, I'm not gonna stop you. I know I messed up."


[ooc: Plotting post here - will match style!]]

A

[whiteshroud]

[It had taken some time for Jun to reach the junkyard. While he knew that a portal was being built, he hadn't known where it was located exactly (he hadn't asked). He also hadn't known that Varian was going to be testing the portal today (again, he hadn't asked). All he had to go off was the vague message of the warehouse district and his own senses. Which turned out to be not very precise once you got some feet away from him. So it took him some trial and error of teleporting around the warehouse district until he picked up the source.

It took time. Time they didn't have. But he needed answers.

So he'll appear in a flash of blue light. He's in full shroud now, a hood covering up his face and the voice modulator distorting his voice. He's looking around for a possible threat- but the T-Rex is long gone, leaving behind the portal that is fizzing and much more unstable than previous gates

Yeah this is not good. This is so not good. Now that Jun is here, he falters. He had been so focused on finding the source he hadn't thought of what he was supposed to do when he found it.]

Can you close it?

[It seems like a silly question to ask, possibly an overly naive and hopeful one. But he asks anyway, praying]

Snow White || Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs || OTA

[onebadapple]

A. County Fair [Food]

Snow White has never been to a county fair before... she's never been to any fair for that matter. She's currently just staring at all the food in amazement.

"I didn't know you could put pasta on a stick!" she exclaims, watching another one get made. "Is this typical American food?" her question is asked to anyone willing to answer as she contemplates buying one for the sake of trying it.

B. County Fair [Rides]

Snow White being at the fair alone means she's basically a single rider on... everything. While she's not willing to chance the more thrill-seeker rides, she does want to try some things out here and there. She smiles as the teenage attendant tells her to get in line next to someone, that someone being you, to be up next for the ride in question.

"Hello there, my name is Snow White! I'm looking forward to riding this with you!"

C. County Fair [Talent Show]

She doesn't exactly remember HOW she got signed up for this, mostly because there had been a whole bunch going on at the time and she remembered signing her name on SOMETHING and apparently she was now doing a talent.

The thing is, Snow White wasn't entirely sure people would like her talent. She stood on stage, and somehow became paler than she already was and let out a breath. Several bluebirds suddenly landed on the microphone after Snow White introduced herself and then she began to sing.

With the song done she had, unsurprisingly, summoned all sorts of animals around her, several had even broken out of their pens to come be on the stage with her. Your own pet may break free to come be with Snow White.

"Oh my! I didn't think I would have so many friends to come and join me!"

D. Dinotopia [Blue Fish Lake Park]

It certainly looks concerning, that is, a group of velociraptors and one goose all gathered in a circle. They are clearly bending down and while you might think whatever is they have is too late to save, you'll hear a loud "OH!" from the center of the circle.

Should you hurry and should you try to break them apart with powers or some other means, Snow White is on the ground, not INJURED, however, no, instead the velociraptors (and one goose) are all currently getting petted and hugged. One velociraptor is currently on its side with Snow White petting its tummy.

"Why hello there!" Snow greets, perfectly safe.

Of course, now that you've interrupted her, the goose and the raptors all hiss, clearly upset.

D

[laminae]

That circle of dinosaurs is definitely concerning to Fern, especially after his and Varian's incident with the t-rex in the junk yard. He's doing a bit of scouting, sword in hand, wanting to take care of any rogue dinosaurs that might be a danger to people. He sees the raptors and the goose, and while the goose is weird he doesn't hesitate to book it over there.

His sword is raised and he looks ready to start slicing, but he pauses in confusion when he sees that she's perfectly okay. "What the - you gotta get away from those donks!"

And he hisses back at the goose and raptors, because of course he does.

OTA + open to having closed TLs!

[drewthetower]

Around Town

[It's really not hard to find August--he's going around in his demon form, trying to be the biggest target so the dinosaurs will focus on him rather than other people. If that doesn't work, well. Being seven feet tall makes it a lot easier to hit the bastards.

At some point, if you have the holy bleach, he'll call out:]

Keep that shit away from me! I don't know what holy water and bleach will do to me, and I do not want to find out!

T-Rex Showdown

Oh. Oh fuck this.

[August, still in his demon form, stares at T. Rex as she starts to send out blade rifts what the actual fuck.]

If you need healing, let me know!

Aftermath

[Later, when it's all said and done and the dinosaurs are back where they fucking belong, August just.

Well.

Someone wake his ass up, he should not be sleeping at a half-broken picnic table?]

t-rex :U

[sassery]

Put me in, coach!

[Not that August really has a say here, bc in comes the tank in full demon getup to make sure the T-Rex focuses on him first and foremost. Nox has had his hands full with Giganotosauruses and now a T-Rex, but honestly? This is all way too much fun for him.]

Save it for the ones who need it, I can walk shit off! Just make sure you stay out of trouble.

Ienzo | BLACK ORDER NPC

[testpost]

[At some point, Ienzo will leave the Zodiac headquarters and can be found trying to help close the cracks or otherwise giving directions. You may even find him near the gate Varian built as he tries to figure out how the fuck they did that.

He's also trying to strategize during all of this.]

Near the gate

[goldenherd]

So.

[ During a small break in all the chaos, Claude sidles up with an extremely unsubtle sense of curiosity about him. He's got his ornate longbow slung over his shoulder and a half-full quiver of arrows at his hip and a white wyvern standing behind him and eyeing the strange man suspiciously, but he's doing his level best not to come across as intimidating despite this, posture relaxed and an easy grin on his features.

(He's also got a hand protectively on the wyvern's neck, just to affirm she is not a dinosaur and not a threat.) ]

I take it you're one of the people that got sent in to help clean up this mess? Uh, sorry about all this, for what it's worth.

Jun Nightroad | Tokyo Xanadu | OTA

[whiteshroud]

I. The County Fair
[Jun was never one to turn down a festival. It was always fun trying out the weird new foods and seeing what attractions it had to bring. This time, he hangs on the railing of the Grunty racing, looking out those creatures with curiosity, as he chows down on an ice cream waffle taco ]

Those weren't here last year....

[He says, even as the announcers talk about races of yesteryear. Just what in the world is going on?]

II. Dino Attack
[While Jun had a hand in getting the god blood to fuel the portal, he had no idea it was going down today - so he's in another part of town, minding his own business. But moments before everything goes down? He gets a weird...sense, as his new sensing power alarms him of some unusual energy]

-- Something's wrong.

[No time to react though, because the phones go off and another second later, the air in front of them starts cracking open. Raptor screeches can be heard on the other side.

He'll call out to anyone nearby]

Quick! Run!

III. Into the portal
[It was Varian's portal that caused this. The portal that he helped fuel. In other words, it was as much Jun's fault this happened as anyone else. As such, he feels an obligation to try to fix it himself. If you're near the gate, you can see a shrouded figure heading towards the gate- alone.

Maybe you wanna stop him from doing anything too reckless]

IV. Wildcard
[Got another prompt for me? Hit me up! Jun is extremely strong and can handle dinos pretty well. he's also deadset on helping out since you know, he did cause this kinda whoops[

Dino Attack

[callmekacchan]

[Katsuki is staring at the alert on his phone, trying to figure out what's going on when he hears a familiar voice nearby call out.

He looks at the cracks starting to form and curses as he moves closer to Jun.

Some people are running away. Some are staring. Katsuki lets off a couple of explosions and shouts to startle them and get them moving.]

Guess we're about to get our answer about this month's bullshit. Look sharp. Whatever is coming through sounds pissed. And we might be the only thing between them and these slow ass extras.

Lita Elnaeus | Etrian Odyssey IV (OC) | OTA

[chatterboxing]

County Fair: (at any point from August 1–6)
[The heat might be utterly miserable, but Lita's not the sort to miss an opportunity to go out and have fun, so of course she's at the fair.

She spends a lot of her time at the various carnival games, even if some of them are difficult or impossible by design, and does eventually win some prizes, amassing a small collection of stuffed animals that she'll either need to find a place for in her dorm room, or shove them into the closet, or simply give them away to whoever. For now, the whole lot of them are stuffed into a large, previously-empty duffel bag that she'd had the foresight to bring with her.]

---

Hell Is That Sound: (August 7)
[On Sundays, Lita sometimes opts to sleep in for awhile, especially if she was out late on Saturday. On the 7th, though, any plans to just waste the entire morning are ruined when EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE

Startled awake by the excessively-loud alarm, she very nearly falls out of bed but manages to catch herself before she does.] What— [She then hastily grabs for her phone, intending to get it to shut up, but the urgent-looking message on the screen gets her to stop and actually read it.

Then she hears sounds from somewhere outside the dorm room's window.

Then she looks out said window and—] Aw, fuck.

[Realizing immediately that anyone out there is going to need help, and not caring that she might be vastly underprepared for anything like this, she grabs her nailbat from its hiding place under her bed—her sword, being hidden somewhere in the closet, would have taken longer to grab—and rushes outside.]

---

Chicken Chicken Chicken: (August 8)
[Being a college student, one that semi-regularly goes for runs when the track field isn't in use, and close enough to the place that she can get there relatively quickly, Lita is among the individuals who find themselves being asked on Monday morning to help deal with the Gallimimuses.

Near the field, not yet daring to approach the dinosaurs since causing them to scatter about would make things that much harder for herself and the others, she asks a question for anyone else with her there to answer:] Do we have any sorta plan for this?

Chicken chicken chicken

[once_reborn]

[Mal, for her part, is resting her hands on her knees, having tried to herd them for some time now. She looks over, shaking her head.]

Working on one. I was hoping they'd, you know, herd, being in a herd and all.

Elliot Craig | Trails of Cold Steel | Normal AU

[fiddlestick]

I. Dinosaur Attack
[Elliot had been doing a street performance on Shopping Street when it all went down. One moment it had been a lovely morning and he was making good tips with his performances, the next? Pandemonium breaks out as the tears appear all over the street and dinosaurs come spilling out.

Elliot had left his staff in the car and he wasn't the most physical of folks, so straight-combat was out. In fact the moment dinosaurs started coming down the street, he declared a solid scream and a "NOPE!" before trying to get away from that nonsense. But unfortunately, he wasn't a great runner by human standards- not much chance of outrunning a dinosaur.

His only hope came in the form of his barrier spell. Which anyone who happens upon him will see him. He's been cornered by a couple Velociraptors, and the only thing between them and Elliot was a barrier made of magic water that encircled Elliot in a sphere. So far, it's keeping the dinosaurs at bay and Elliot is giving it his all channeling the thing. But it won't hold forever...

In other words, he could use some help]

II. Aftermath
[Somehow he managed to survive his own dinosaur encounter. When things are starting to calm down, at least in some parts of the city, Elliot will be approaching anyone who seems hurt]

Are you alright? I can heal you.

III. Helping in the City: Blue Fish Lake Park
[Elliot wanted to help but he knew better than to try to go into the realm itself. Instead he volunteers to help around town. Armed with his staff, he's making sure to be careful to stay a distance from the raptors until they are ready to go on the attack. And in scouting he spots...

He sighs, moving to go back behind a wall they're hiding behind as they gather forces]

Well. That goose is alive.

[AND HAS FRIENDS]

IV. Wildcard
[Got another prompt for me? Hit me up! elliot isnt' the best fighter, but he has some magic spells and healing magic as well]

Dinosaurs

[bxbxbxbx]

[The dinosaurs trying to get to Elliot are distracted when a pair of flaming projectiles slam into one dinosaur's side, and while it might not be enough to do significant damage, it's more than enough to get their attention.

Off some short distance in the direction that the attack came from, using a newfound ability of some sort to keep herself hovering far enough off the ground to stay out of reach, is Katida. She may not be taking any of Elliot's classes at school, but she's likely quite recognizable, seeing how...unique of a look she's gained in the time that's passed since she became part of all this.

She mouths something to herself as a reddish ball of light forms in the space directly in front of the Dragon Scar's face, seemingly intending to strike at the raptors again. She doesn't know if her intervention here will really be enough to get Elliot out of this jam, but she's had this nagging feeling that she has to do something.

In the moments she has left before she no longer has any choice but to let loose what she's prepared, she yells down at Elliot:] Get ready to move it, Mr. Craig!

Danny Fenton | Danny Phantom

[schrodingersghost]

Kaisou County Fair:

Danny was determined to enjoy everything left of summer, now that he was mostly sure he didn't have to worry about falling through the ground at an awkward moment. So of course he heads straight for the fair when he gets a chance.

He spends some time testing out some of the carnival games (which he fails miserably at) and the rides (awesome except for all the times he almost phases out of them), before heading straight for the food. After wandering around, he gets a plate of the cotton candy noodles, because with a name like that he had to try them.

"Okay, this has to be one of the weirdest foods I've seen at a fair."

A Tear into Reality:
Danny had been helping out with the portal when he could, although how much he could help had kind of been put to the side with the whole "sometimes can't touch anything" issue.

But he'd never expected anything like this. He has just enough time to worry when he hears his friends' names (and to push away the flash of memory that comes into his head of a very similar alarm).

Danny staggers back as one of the red cracks opens right in front of him, and is only saved from the ensuing dinosaur stampede by his instinctive change into intangibility.

He stares blankly at what just happened, and starts running back to where he remembered Varian's portal had been.

A Tear into Reality, Later:
Maybe running through the city on foot hadn't been the best idea, Danny decides half a dozen close calls later. He'd been intangibly several more times, and also barely managed to avoid being carried off by pterodactyls several times. But this....

He freezes as he hears a rustling in the nearby bushes and makes a panicked sound as he feels more than hears something lunging out at him.

And green light suddenly explodes out of his hands, throwing the velociraptor back and surprising it.

Route A:
Of course Danny volunteers to enter the spirit realm. He had helped some on the portal, so he kind of felt responsible for some of this. Did Danny have any idea what he was doing? No. But he'd already survived a few encounters back in the city, so he figured he could do this. And hey, at least he had intangibility and the light thing now. It would probably be fine.

Maybe.

He nervously follows the paved road, and checks out the jeeps before making his way to the visitor center. And well, it was dark inside but he guessed being able to glow came in handy for once? He gather some of his new green light in his hand as he walks, casting a rather spooky green cast on the interior of the building (not that it needed much help on that front).

And then there were velociraptors. Again.

Danny panics, and throws some more of the green light at them as he backs up toward the ride.

County Fair

[whatsamada]

Meanwhile, Ken was trying his best to enjoy his summer the best that he could before school starts. That was why he was also attempting to be a kid just like what everyone has been saying and trying to just have fun.

When he saw Danny walking around with a rather interesting looking food item?

"You don't think it'll give you an upset stomach, right?"

Katsuki Bakugou | My Hero Academia | OTA

[callmekacchan]

A Tear Into Reality:

[When dinosaurs start popping through cracks in what he can only assume is the fabric of reality, Katsuki knows immediately that he's going to be fighting them. People are running and screaming and panicking and he knows some of these dinosaurs are going to try to make a meal out of the slower people. Not on his watch.

He immediately looks around for anyone else who's phone is making those warning sounds from the Libra app. If they're a kid and they aren't trying to run away, sorry, he's yelling at them to run away and hide. But if they're an adult, he's going to try to work out a plan with them.]

Can you fight? Or would you prefer to run evacuation? Find somewhere safe to direct these people?




Let's Get Crackin':

[Given the choice to enter the realm or help in the city, Katsuki chooses to go into the realm. The path he chooses brings him to the Giganotosaurus.

He did, in fact, pay attention to POKE GO's dinosaur facts. Because for all the fight happy behavior, Katsuki is in fact not a violent meathead. He is a violent nerd.

That said...]

We can just fight our way through. My explosions have worked on the dinosaurs so far.

[He's a very violent nerd.]




(((ooc: If you'd like to plot something else, pm this journal or poke me at marquiseoniongirl)))

Reality Tear

[schrodingersghost]

Danny had survived the last few minutes mostly due to reflexively changing into a ghost and going intangible when the portals had appeared. Oddly enough holding on to his intangibility had suddenly become a lot easier when he could see what the alternative was.

"I feel like I should probably fight?" he says uncertainly.

He had the ability for that, right? And some feeling in him that kept insisting that fighting was what he was supposed to be doing. But he also had no idea what he was doing.

yoosung kim | mystic messenger | ota

[blurrier]

1. COUNTY FAIR - THIEF (August 1-6)

[It should definitely be fine that Yoosung has brought his Meowth along on this fun outing, right? She's not much over a foot tall, and does remain close to him, often even being carried in his arms. However...

She also finds it enjoyable to steal items (particularly anything shiny!) out of people's pockets and purses when Yoosung isn't looking (like when he's busy trying any number of the weird fair foods, or watching a Grunty race).

Maybe someone should call attention to her doing this and let him know?]

2. COUNTY FAIR - HORSES (August 1-6)

[At one point, Yoosung can be found in the section of the fair devoted to farm animals, stroking the nose of what seems to be a very laid-back grey horse. He'll be feeding it sugar cubes from his palm, with a peaceful smile on his face. It's clear he's very happy and in his element.]

I need to go horse-riding more... It's been a really long time and I remember loving it a lot when I was around twelve.

[He turns to look at whoever is nearby.]

Have you ridden before?

3. WHEN IT HITS THE FAN (August 7)
CW: fatal injury, blood, death, and then recovery from death (thanks to his ARCUS II's death-save ability.) Technically this can only happen once a day, so first come first serve on the death part?

[Planning on doing some cooking later that day, Yoosung is at the grocery store when Libra's alert sound goes off. He's so startled by it that he drops a milk carton on the floor, spilling the contents across his shoes, and that feeling only grows when he actually checks the message.

If there's anybody nearby who also appears to be checking the message, he'll be turning to them with alarm and concern.]

D-do you think this place counts as shelter?

[Shortly thereafter, a red crack appears inside the store, right there in the dairy aisle, and a triceratops comes through, knocking over multiple shelves and sending foodstuffs flying. Yoosung is in panic mode, but is still trying to help non-Libra-app civilians away from the dinosaur to any safe place possible when he gets gored from behind by a horn from the confused and probably panicking triceratops. The dinosaur leaves him where he is, breaking a large plate glass window before rushing out into the street, but the damage has been done...

Except then it... hasn't?

One second he's crumpled to the ground, everything is going cold, and he can feel blood seeping from the wound on his back as his consciousness fades out of him, eyes wide open, body going still... And then the next, he takes a large gasping intake of air, and he's sitting up, wide-eyed and half manic, trying to feel his back where his clothes are still torn... But there's no hole in his flesh?!

He's just instantly recovered from death, and he doesn't know how. Somebody else had to see that, right?

Wait-- Yoosung's looking around wildly now.]

Oh no!! Where'd the dinosaur go?!

4. VISITING JURASSIC PARK (August 8)

[Yoosung only chose to go through the gate because he knows he has some sort of self-healing capabilities, so it seems safe for him to help somehow if he can. He doesn't know how to fight, though, and only knows that he can make small balls of light and has to rest even after he does that. So he's going to go with a group.

He follows the group that takes the path of paved road to the visitor's center, and they wind up in the overgrown abandoned building and the auditorium where the movie plays. He takes a seat as he watches it. This proves to be a bad decision when the lap bars come down, and then...

The noise. This is Yoosung's first time dealing with the raptors, so he doesn't immediately recognize it. He still looks incredibly frightened as he pushes at the lap bar, looking frantically to whoever is nearby.]

W-what was that sound?! I can't... I can't get out!!

5. AFTERMATH (August 9 or later)

[Once everything is safe again, Yoosung volunteers to help with recovery, if not rebuilding. He can be found handing out necessity kits filled with essentials like toothbrushes and deodorant and the like, for people who've lost their homes.

After that, he'll be approaching people to ask for donations to a fundraiser. It's something his rich CEO father and family is involved in organizing, though it's being called a fundraiser for a natural disaster like a big storm, definitely not Dino Destruction. The name of it is Kim Fundraising Association and information can be found online about it and Yoosung's father, Kyungsam Kim (or Kim Kyungsam), current CEO of a corporation specializing in advancing technology, as well as the Fundraising Association.]

I know this is a rough time for everyone, but if you've got anything to spare, every little bit helps!

[He's got full-on puppy dog eyes, and a collection box on him.]

[OOC: Feel free to hit to me up on my plotting comment, on Plurk at favors, or in the Discord game server if you want to plot or want something that isn't here yet! Also I will match styles so no worries there~]

Closed to August and Jun!

[blurrier]

[Ever since Yoosung accidentally caught his Meowth in July, he's been interested in Pokemon as well as animals. He's always liked animals, of course, but the addition of an actual cat in his household and the looming school year ahead of him has resulted in him finally deciding on a major: veterinary science. With both those interests (and a history of a lot of charity work beginning at a young age), it isn't difficult for him to decide he wants to help when he sees the listing from P.O.K.E.G.O. for aid in rehabilitating some Pokemon.

When he actually gets there, he decides he's maybe in a little over his head for a first time, and tries to locate someone to help him.]

Um, I don't really know a lot yet about... Uh, any of this.

[He laughs a nervous little laugh as he waves his hand in the puppet for emphasis, but he's smiling.]

If you've gotten any tips or anything, I'd be really interested in hearing them!

Moxxie/Maxwell Lansky | Helluva Boss | OTA

[not_a_possum]

Rubber chicken
Moxxie's used to random things appearing in his home at this point. What he's not used to is waking up to the sound of something screaming.

Moxxie sits up, wide eyed, heart pounding...only to realize the sound came from under his pillow. He yanks it away to see...a rubber chicken. What the--?

Nope. He's not dealing with this thing. Opening the window, he throws the rubber chicken out, eliciting another scream from the horrible toy. If anyone passing by looks in the direction the chicken came flying from, they might see Moxxie glaring out the apartment window, snarling.

Dinotopia: Helping the City
After finally getting back to sleep, Moxxie is woken again. By a high pitched alert sound from his phone. What the...

He turned the alert off. Then decided since he and his cat were in his apartment, they'd already sought shelter, so he should be good to go back to sleep.

He no sooner thought that than he looked in the direction of the window, where he sees red lines tracing their way through the air outside. Just a little bit later, from the lines, from the cracks, came a stampede of dinosaurs. A few gallimimuses running along stomp on the recently discarded rubber chicken, making it scream again, a triceratops and, finally, some large raptors racing after them. Moxxie just stares in shock. He's just going to...stay in here. For a bit.

At least, that's what he thinks until he sees someone out there among all the dinosaurs, and the raptors seem to be unduly interested in them.

“Oh, crumbs.”

He runs back inside, grabbing a gun before going back to the window. The raptors still seem to be giving this person trouble, so Moxxie aims, firing at one of his targets. He hits them, but their hide is too thick and the bullets bounce uselessly off. He looks around the room for something else he could use and, spotting his ice axe, he grabs it and runs out of the apartment, careful to close the door behind him because he does not want his cat going out there right now. He doesn't know how to use an axe in combat, but how hard could it be? Just swing it and hit your target with the sharp part, and he's got the ice functions down pretty well at this point.

He leaves the building, and charges toward the raptor, yelling out an unimpressive battle cry as he goes. He swings the axe at the raptor's knee, willing it to create ice. The force of the blow is nowhere near enough to harm the raptor, but once the axe makes contact, ice spreads from it's blade and engulfs the dinosaur's leg. The raptor, looking down, begins to kick around and struggle, attempting to get the strange, cold substance off. The others begin to pay more attention to Moxxie who, eyes going wide, decide it's a good time to get out of there, so he races back towards his apartment as quickly as his little hooves will take him.

CHICKEN

[wedonttalkabout]

Bruno's honestly been planning on holing up in Casita and absolutely not leaving it until the month is over. Nothing good is coming from this. So he's been gathering supplies and is scurrying back to Casita when he hears the SCREAMING that's quickly getting closer to him. The source of the screaming (is that a chicken?????) bounces off the pavement at his feet.

"¿Qué carajo?" he sloooooowly looks up to see Moxxie, who looks...pretty mad, he points at the thing on the ground. "Uh- did you drop your...screaming...chicken?"

Luz Noceda | The Owl House| OTA [Warning: mild cursing]

[a_cute_batata]

Country Fair!

Luz was still coming off some of excitement of last month's shenanigans and found that her glyphs were totally working at their full capacity again! Sadly, none of the combined glyphs were working, but she figured she'd have to settle for that happening when she practiced more, just like the glyphs.

To celebrate, Luz has hopped down to the fair and is happily gorging herself on whatever goods she can fit in her mouth, including the infamous garbage pile! When she's not doing that, you can find Luz in the goat pen, petting and feeding the animals and generally looking like she was having a good time!

It's a good thing too, because the next few days are not going to be quite so kind.

Pterodactyl in the skyyyy

So she got the message that what Varian had been up to in creating the portal had somehow managed to unleash all of this craziness, and she felt guilty that he was likely dealing with a whole bunch of people angry at him for all the possible deaths and mayhem this was going to cause. Knowing this, Luz figured the best thing she could do right now was try and take care of some of the dinosaurs that were harder to get to.

After doing her best to soothe Owlbert, he turned into a staff and Luz was in Kaisou beach, doing her best to divert and catch some of the pterodactyls that were trying to swoop up some of the people there.

It was hard enough to take on ONE, but there seemed to be several of them, so any help was going to be appreciated!

This looked funnier on Scooby Doo.

She'd come into Jurassic park with Varian, and while she'd done pretty well with maintaining the jeep, they'd eventually gotten separated, and Owlbert had wisely decided to disengage while Luz attempted to try and get the glyphs set up so she could up the trap to try and get the Rex.

Unfortunately, as she was starting to do this, she didn't expect a dinosaur was watching her, and it isn't until she finally has several glyphs in face that she turns around and finds herself face to face with an inquisitive dinosaur she hadn't realized had been slowly stalking her. She froze, and it seemed to just stare, almost fascinated at her.

"Easy boy. Or, uh, girl? I'm just going to get out of your way, and you can go back to, uh, hopping around and doing your own thing."

Luz slowly backed up, and so farm the dinosaur just seemed to stare. Just as she was sure she was in the clear, a rattling sound filled the air and her dinosaur friend now was sporting some full on weird lizard collar thingy on his neck.

"Uh, dino-"

And then the spit came and hit Luz's eyes, and she screamed! She was blinded, and now she could hear that dinosaur bearing down at her! Luckily, she managed to feel on the ground and felt her staff, and boarded it, ascending as quick as she could. Unfortunately her dinosaur friend is eager to finish off its prey, and Luz CAN'T SEE.

"Mierda! H-help!

Scooby Doo

[once_reborn]

[Lancing in to help is...well, even stupider in this case. Namely, this dinosaur is bigger than the other ones she's seen, and it's not like she knew what they were or how to deal with them anyways. And this one spits, just wonderful! She sees the child try to flee on...a magic staff?]

[And it's lunging and it's going to catch her leg and then it's a matter of how hard it can bite and how serrated those things are and so she's just moving, using what little of the Force remains to her to simply bodily slam into the creature's side with all her might, knocking it off balance, tipping it over a rock. She barely manages to get out of the way of it's kicking feet, falling back on her butt and scrambling back out of the way.]

[It'll be up in a second, and that's bad news. So she leaps up, grabbing onto the staff and just hoping whatever the hell this storybook stuff is works long enough.]

Go! Go! You're clear straight ahead and up!

Amity Blight | The Owl House | OTA

[bossy_boots]

Arrival

It's the worst thing that could have happened - for a brief moment, despite the dejection of their arrival in a rain-soaked human realm, at least - at least - they were beyond the reach of the Collector. At least there was that, at least they were safe, whatever else they had to deal with. Luz was safe.

And then the red crack had appeared and she had fallen out of all memory, seeing moments of her life passing before her eyes before she passed out. Perhaps she had died?

Where she awoke didn't help at all. A labyrinth of some sort, but that...that she could do. She took stock of what she had with her. Backpack, check. Chock full of books, though she found she couldn't really focus on the words. But her palisman was here, though it didn't seem to do anything. And she had a flask of abomination goo. Ok. She can work with this.

And the labyrinth she can deal with - just keep following the left hand wall, right? She'll make it out of this. She can logic her way out of this. Panic can wait. Panic, fear, and the absolute sobbing breakdown can wait.

Into the Invasion of the Dinosaurs

What she absolutely can't logic her way out of is the giant reptiles that she finds rampaging around everywhere when she makes her exit. She immediately has to dive under some rubble to avoid the swung tail of a Stegosaurus, and she stays there for a good long while, head in her hands, just trying to comprehend what she's seeing. There is nothing - nothing like whatever these creatures are in the Boiling Isles.

And that's the Boiling Isles talking, a place that can summon up horrors with the snap of your fingers. But there's something so much more developed, and serious about these creatures. Like someone took the most dangerous things she'd known, stripped them down and honed them. There's nothing wasted with these animals. They seem to be the peak of efficiency, whatever their form.

And whichever one she hears roaring in the distance sounds a lot bigger than even the ones she's seen.

Finally, she pulls herself out from her hiding place, slinging the backpack over her shoulder. She looks at her palisman which, for the moment, seems unwilling to even transform.

"Well, Ghost, we sure aren't in the Boiling Isles any more."

Helping in the City

Once she's a bit less out of her depth - a bit - and at least has some sleep under her belt, she sets out to try and do something, rather than just having actions thrust upon her.

She's also found a purple bandana to tie over the tips of her ears - the sheer number of humans around has left her a bit...worried, overall. Besides, something is definitely wrong, with some people thinking they're just looking at...farm animals? This is all very, very wrong.

She can mainly be found in two places:

Fairgrounds - the Triceratops, if she's pronouncing that right, is...strangely calm. Possibly because it realizes it doesn't have much to fear from the purple-haired, fourteen-year-old twig in front of it. And she takes her time with this 'Trimund', offering over various food sources, to see what it likes. By the time anybody else sees her, she might be even gently patting it at the base of that front horn - but keeping well clear of that beak, which looks like it could shred concrete.

Blue Fish Lake - If she had any idea what Velociraptors were, she'd have stayed away. But she doesn't have the cultural knowledge, the cultural fear, that the creatures can come with. Worse still, she's never even seen a picture of one of them, just running on vague descriptions.

So she makes her way around, abomination goo at the ready, listening for any sign of the creatures. She's definitely, definitely going to need saving in a very short amount of time.

Helping in the City

[a_cute_batata]

Luz had retreated to the city again, if only to recover a bit. She looked worse for wear too: there were twigs in her hair and her eyes were absolutely bloodshot from having to recover from dilophosaurus that has spit its venom at her. She managed to escape and wash her eyes, but she was taking a moment to stay out of the park, at least for a little bit. She'd have to find a way back in, if only because there was still more she had to help with, and she wanted to make sure Varian didn't take too much on himself.

She hopped on Owlbert and was surveying the people below until she saw that there was someone at the lake being stalked by the velociraptor. By now Luz had abandoned any idea of being defensive because these dinosaurs would kill if they had the chance and...

Wait. That. That was magic, abomination magic that person was using and...oh.

It was stalking AMITY.

Good sense and quiet went right out the window. Instead, she sped down toward where the dino was about to strike and lobbed her angriest, thorniest plant glyph at the dinosaur and had him bound good and tight. She then leapt off the staff and didn't hesitate: she LUNGED at Amity.

"SWEET POTATO!"

Waver Velvet/Lord El-Melloi II | fate/ AU | ota

[fionnuisce]

[i; a tear into reality;]

[Okay. Okay. He'd fallen asleep at his desk before, that wasn't anything new. Surely that was what happened here, and any red cracks in the universe were just a trick of the light or...or something. Next to nobody could just launch someone into a parallel world (which was what he perhaps reasonably assumed this was), so clearly this was a dream.]

[He was never very good at deluding himself, for good or ill. So if this wasn't a dream, then someone or something had hit him with True Magic in a locked and warded office. Which sounded even less likely, but there was clearly no easy explanation for this. it was all about as 'likely' as the herd of small dinosaurs that rushed past him while he was contemplating the current situation.]

...Okay. I'm either dead or concussed.

[All that to say, a man in dark green carrying a cane quickly ducked into the nearest alleyway, nearly tripping over a smartphone and attached instructions. Maybe dead and concussed, this was insane enough to warrant both.]

[ii; grasslands]

[Unfortunately, it was quickly very clear that this situation was, against all odds, actually happening. Much to the professor's annoyance, he couldn't very well not help get the situation under control. At least, as much as he could--not like he had any ability to fight a dinosaur and win. Until he got a better idea of who else was here and what their capabilities were, he'd be relegated to something more like a support role and trying not to get killed.]

[Which was how he came to be turning the keys in the ignition of a jeep, genuinely stunned when it actually started up.]

That's...a little too convenient, isn't it? How long have these been out here?

[does literally anyone else have a valid driver's license in this godforsaken city]

[iii; wildcard]

[anything else, i can roll with whatever]

A tear

[whiteshroud]

[Yeah, you know what probably won't help with the concussed feeling? Is if Waver looks down the alleyway, he'll see a figure that's shrouded in a strange white uniform standing there, looking down the alleyway opposite direction to Wavers. There's sounds of heavy breathing from the hooded figure - except they got a modulator on so it sounds much more artificial than anything.

Just a totally normal thing to see in an alley. Yep. But it doesn't seem like this person has noticed Waver yet]

[once_reborn]

Arrival

She might, theoretically, have understood the crack that opened up. Through the Force, all things were possible. The tunnel she was forced to walk down, however - that did an absolute number on her. Her memories were not a place she liked to dwell - not with the whispers as she got to the end, the better days, of 'imposter'. It was overwhelming enough that when she reached the other side, she just plain collapsed, falling into unconsciousness.

She regains consciousness slowly, pushing herself up onto her elbows with a groan. She blinks a few times as she pushes to her feet, brushing herself off.

"What in the stars..."

She reached down to her hip, and at least her lightsaber was there. She lifted it up, thumbing it on - and nothing happened. Well that was not supposed to happen. She turned up her wrist to look at her energy shield - aand that wasn't charged either. Great. Just great. She took some time to check on the rest of what she had with her - and at least some of that was reassuring. Her ranged weapons were intact. Ok. She could live with that. And the stuffed tauntaun that nobody ever got to know about. That was...weirdly precious, in ways she couldn't explain.

The worst part, though, was when she went to conquer the labyrinth at a brisk, force-enhanced run - and barely made it ten feet before the effect faded. That wasn't good. Further experimentation with attempted pulls, jumps and whatnot all confirmed it - her abilities were...limited. More than they'd ever been in her life.

"Well, sithspit."

That was deeply worrisome. A cold feeling went up her spine. What in any universe was powerful enough to do that to a Jedi?

Bad signs, everywhere.

Dinosaurs, Great

She's seen things like Dinosaurs. But thankfully all of them have been on the other side of cages. She still wasn't feeling right either, like she was clearing her head of some gauze or something. Which is one reason she nearly gets trampled by a Stegosaurus in the first ten seconds of her time outside the Labyrinth.

The beast thunders past her, and what staggers her is how little noise something that - what, must be five tons? - makes. The creature bellows at her, using it's strong front legs to pivot around, turning a tail with three-foot spikes in her direction. She falls back in panic, getting up and running before that tail can take a proper swing at her, because she is in no condition. Not for something like that.

She staggers away, thankfully unfollowed, pulling out her bryar pistol and flipping it to the stun setting. She's not at all sure it will work. But she thinks 'stun' has a better chance than the lethal setting - which might just make the things mad.

She supposes, in the end, she should just be happy it's not a bunch of Rancors.

Finding Housing

She doesn't need much, which is what she tells the Zodiac people. Who seem to smile knowingly and offer her some keys, along with some directions. She finds the building soon enough, slowly climbing the stairs to the top, where her new apartment was. What she found would be rather equivalent to a bachelor apartment, which many people might find tiny.

But to her, who had grown up homeless on the streets of Nar Shaddaa, lived in Imperial barracks - and then the cell-like housing of a Jedi Temple? It was unaccountable luxury. With a sigh, she sat on the edge of the fold out couch, running her hand through her hair, pausing only briefly at the scar hidden under it. Couldn't they have changed that instead?

But she sits there, hands idly working against each other. Wondering what to do next. What is she now? What is she going to do?

Helping in the City

But the one thing a Jedi can do - must do - no matter what? Is help. She'd learned that from Kyle Katarn, her savior and mentor. You do what you can, kid, when you can.

She makes her way to the Track Field, in part because the Galli...Gallimimi...Plucked Tauntauns look decidedly less dangerous. In fact, they're mainly milling about, eating various things or trying to - she sees one grappling with a fake potted plant that someone must have dropped, for instance - but they don't look threatening.

"Hey, there, big guys..." she says, quietly, approaching with her arms held open. "Think you can be nice and help a gal out and just..."

The one nearest her bolts with a honk, which sets off some of the others. And they are unbelievably nimble. She sighed, shaking her head.

"Why couldn't you have been slow and dumb?" she groans.

This is going to take some time.

Helping in the city

[laminae]

Fern isn't really discerning between herbivores and carnivores right now. After the t-rex, when Fern sees a dinosaur he immediately assumes it's something he needs to cut up before it can hurt anyone.

That's why he doesn't hesitate to book it over to the field when he sees a bunch of them milling about, sword raised. "Dude, you gotta be careful! These things are dangerous!"

Fern | Adventure Time | OTA

[laminae]

Route C
[Fern's main priority is going after that t-rex. When the portal first opened she kind of owned the hell of him, and so not only does he want to stop her from hurting anyone else but he kind of sort of is out for vengeance.

His body is practically made for traversing thick jungles, so he has no problems doing so, hopping over roots and swinging from branches and cutting through heavy foliage with his sword. Following the giant footprints and debris the rex has left in her wake, it isn't that hard to track her down.

When she attacks, Fern dives out of the way and gets his sword ready.]

Let's chop this donkus up!

[He's one hundred percent down for killing her, even if there may be another option.]

Dinotopia - Kaisou beach
[When you're a knight you can't very well ignore people in danger. At some point during the day Fern heads out from the dump, where Varian's manmade portal is located, to do a little scouting around the city and survey the damage. When he sees just how bad the situation is he'll do what he can to start wrangling dinosaurs.

Eventually he winds up at the beach, watching the world's oldest seagulls in the form of pterodactyls divebombing small animals and generally harassing people. Of course he jumps right in and, luckily, he's made for this kind of thing. The roots in his legs extend into a patch of dirt to anchor him to the ground, and he whips out one arm as a massive, long vine to twist around one of the dinosaurs. With a big heave he violently yanks, sending the poor critter crashing down onto the beach. This might not be the most peaceful way to stop them, but it sure is effective.]

Aftermath - County Fair
[After all of the dinosaurs have been taken care of, Fern makes his way over to the fair. Fighting monsters is always going to be fun for him, but it's also nice to be able to relax afterwards.

Unfortunately for him, in his wanderings he's made his way over to the petting zoo. It should be totally harmless, these animals are good with even little kids, but he's made the mistake of getting too close to the goats and they look hungry. One in particular keeps following him around, wanting to chomp down on some grass, and he keeps trying to shoo it away.]

C'mon man, I'm not a snack! Go bug someone else!

Route C

[droptheious]

[After Fern got his arm ripped off the last time he squared up against the Rex, Varian's certainly not planning on leaving him to deal with her alone. He knows he can't stop Fern from fighting her (Fern is a knight and that's what he does) but he can provide back-up and knows now he can at least heal the other boy if he needs to. He's gathered as many alchemy bombs as he can- they won't do much against such a huge enemy, but it's better than nothing.]

Try not to die, I guess?

[Just gonna make light of it instead of facing the very real possibility this will kill them is the way to deal with this right? ]

Eve | Black Cat | OTA

[playtag]

[Arrival]

[Life sure decided to take a sudden and disorienting turn. One moment, Eve had been walking towards Trains room to hand over a recently acquired thank you gift. The next, she caught a brief glimpse of red glow on the wall before being dragged into a dark tunnel.]

[Where was the safe house? Where was Train and Sven?! She had only just been reunited with them, this can't happen!]

[She clutches the gift box tightly for a moment before finding her resolve. The only way for her to go is forward, so that's what she must do. Once she is out, Eve can look for her travel companions. With steady steps, the young girl walks through the darkness. While the oddly personal reflections in this strange space give her brief pause, she does not stop for long. Eve keeps walking until suddenly she reaches a city. She doesn't have time to ponder the abrupt change, as chaos is all around. Specifically, dinosaurs.]

[Eve stands in the middle of it all. Which, considering she looks like a regular little girl to the average bystander, is bound to get someone's attention.]

[Why are there More Dinosaurs]

[Once she is past the initial confusion (and wonder) at the current situation, Eve starts making her way towards the fleeing crowd. One T-Rex she could handle... for a short time. Here she is completely outnumbered. She needs to find Sven and Train.]

[Yet she is quickly distracted as she realizes a lady nearby is right in the path of a Stegosaurus.]

Look out!

[Eve calls out as she rushes to her rescue. That's when she finally notices something that the dinosaurs had distracted her from: her body isn't moving right. She's slower than expected, her legs feeling off. If no one else jumps in to help her, she manages to grab the woman and pull her to safety... but only just by the skin of their teeth. The foot stomps down, knocking them both off their feet.]

[A little help?]

Re: Eve | [Why are there More Dinosaurs]

[couldntsaveone]

Help comes from an unlikely, unexpected, and unusual source-- one bouncy, rubber man. Not that he appears to realize how much he's helping as he distracts the stegosaurus by delivering a rubber punch to it's abdomen. All he's concerned with is--

Meat!!

He winds back, ready to continue punching it. He's not sure how much damage he's doing but as long as he keeps hitting it, it'll eventually keel over, right?? And then he can grill it. Or barbecue it. Roast it? There's so many tasty options!

I'll fight you, you over grown cow with plates!

Garnet til Alexandros XVII/"Dagger" | Final Fantasy IX | PAU | open!

[uncagedbird]

[I. holy fucking shit it's a dinosaur]

[Today had been a normal day up until a half hour ago. She was planning on doing a little shopping, maybe listening to someone busking, possibly taking some pictures with her new phone—but all of that went to hell in a handbasket when the dinosaurs arrived.

She looks terribly out of place wearing white and mint green against the backdrop of gray buildings and reptilian scales. Every ounce of her determination is being spent batting tiny raptors away from her charge, a little girl with pigtails who has lost her parents in all the chaos. Garnet holds the child tightly in one arm and swiftly smacks any too-curious dinos on the nose with her glowing parasol. Anyone sensitive to such things may be able to tell that it's been enchanted with holy magic, if only for a few hits.

It would be effective if not for her being cornered against the building.]

Leave us alone!

[II. there is no cow level]

[A little lost on what she can help with, but slowly coming to accept this new weird twilight zone she's been dropped into, Garnet makes her way to one of the problem areas: the county fairgrounds. She's a little surprised to find this dangerous creature hanging out with cows like it has lived there this whole time—about as subtle as a bull in a china shop, really.]

Um...

[She looks at whoever happens to be nearby that isn't a child begging for a chance to ride the triceratops.]

They want us to... capture this one, correct? It's hardly harming anyone, but we can't force it to go back the way it came...

Perhaps we could lure it out with food?

[ooc: I haven't made a permissions post about it yet, but Garnet has the ability to see ghosts and spirits in this AU. If that's relevant in any way, let me know!]

[once_reborn]

[She's moved up to a rooftop, if only to get away from the dinosaurs and figure out what in the stars to do next - this is hardly the arrival she'd wanted, after all. But then she hears someone calling for help from nearby. It takes a second to figure out what direction it's coming from, but she's at the edge of the flat rooftop in a moment, looking down on...well, peril.]

[She reaches into her backpack, pulling out the heavy repeater rifle. She hates having to use it without warning, but it'll have to do.]

Get down!

[She then lays down a barrage of fire, the three barrels spitting out energized metallic slugs that she sweeps across the path between Garnet and the creatures. It's enough to get them to reel back in surprise and fear - which gives her a moment to think.]

[Nearby, there's a rooftop firebox - and she runs to it, using the butt of the rifle to smash in the glass and grabs the thick firehose, rushing back to the roof's edge and tossing it over. She can't quite see how close the thing gets to the ground.]

Grab on, I can help pull you up!

Tsunayoshi Sawada | Katekyou Hitman Reborn | OTA

[theskyaccepts]

[Fairground Fun]

[Admittedly, Tsuna is questioning his decisions here. He doesn't really like events like this. There's a lot of people around, he's never been any good at the games, and he's terrified of the rickety rides. Maybe this was a mistake.

Well, for now he'll stand in line to get some mini-donuts, and then maybe he'll head home. Though, there's a bit of longing as he looks at one of the large prizes at the whack-a-mole game.]

[High Flyers]

HELP!!!!!

[One minute he was just walking along the beach, and then next, the ground was rapidly moving away from him. Tsuna flails desperately, caught in the claws of a Pterodactyl that has mistaken him for a small creature.

It seems to be heading for a nest of some sort.]


[Punch a Dino with My Dying Will]

ROOOOOOOAR!!!!!

[Naked, save for his underwear, and with a bright orange flame burning in the centre of his forehead, Tsuna charges through the undergrowth of the forest. How he got there? How his dying will was activated? It's hard to say, but he's here, and the minute he sees a dino, the fists of fury will rain down upon them.

Hopefully that maybe saves a life in the process.]

[Wildcard]

[Open to other shenanigans, or plotting at urbaninja]

Re: Tsunayoshi Sawada | [High Flyers]

[couldntsaveone]

That would be Luffy being launched into the air as he gets flung off a dinosaur. He'd been playing with them before, or rather, attempting to ride them. Like a roller coaster.

Shi shi shi shi!

He laughs as he comes down, stretching out an arm to grab a hold of the pterodactyl as it flies past. He wraps around it's neck a little too tightly and maybe choking it a bit, something it most definitely doesn't like. It's going to end up kicking up a fuss but at least it drops Tsunayoshi? And also flinging Luffy off again.

But, uhhh, now they're both falling through the air. Not much of a rescue, tbh... This is definitely not helped by the fact that Luffy is still laughing, like this is all so much fun.

Monkey D Luffy | One Piece | OTA

[couldntsaveone]

[ Kaisou County Fair: Food Thief, or, alternatively, IOUs don't work here ]

Luffy doesn't really understand the concept of money and how it applies to him. Oh, he knows it's a thing. He knows, he knows, he's supposed to pay for things, that it's an exchange of goods for money. But, since he was a child, he's been handing out IOUs for any future treasure he finds on the high seas. And, at the end of the day, while he might be a good person, he's still a pirate, which is definitely morally gray.

Take today, for example. Luffy had wandered into the fair, following the scent of all the delicious and weird kinds of food. He'd originally come with some of the normal NPCs he'd made friends with directly after arriving but he's lost them somewhere along the way. And, since they were the ones paying for all his food, he's technically about to become a food thief at any stall he comes across. And will likely try to argue with his flawless IOU logic.

Someone should either try to come set him right (good luck) or help him out (also, good luck). Or maybe just point out what he's doing to someone in charge?

[ Route B: Riding the dinos ]

Luffy hasn't seen dinosaurs since Little Garden and he is delighted to find them again. Beyond ecstatic. He is a little disappointed that there aren't any giants.

He runs around a little bit, climbing trees and bouncing off them, flinging himself around in the air, shouting strange names but nope. No Dorry, no Broggy. Oh well.

Ya-hoo! Woah!

That would be him, now attempting to ride the dinosaurs like a roller coaster. He slides down one's neck, before stretching out his arm to grab onto another one. There's... really no one quite like Luffy.

Shi shi shi shi! This is so much fun!

[ Route B: accidentally fighting a dinosaur because hangry and it looks tasty? ]

But hey, what's this? All this playing has made him kind of tired. And hungry, very, very hungry.

Hungry... Need food.... Sanji, meat! Ah, no Sanji.

Which is right around the time he spots something yummy. The first in a group of Giganotosaurus.

Tasty meat!

Regardless of how reckless of an idea it is, Luffy will now be attempting to take down the leader. Because that's a lot of meat and he wants to barbecue it all.

[ Route B: the jellybean trail ]

Luffy has found a trail of jellybeans. You have no idea how excited he is, to be finding sweets in the wild!

Regardless of the fact that they're on the grass and dirt and mud, he will be following along, bending down every couple of feet and popping one into his mouth!

Mmm!

Does it matter where this leads? Who put it here? Why? Nope, not at all. He's found free food, free sweets and that's all he cares about. His... appetite is bound to get him in trouble at some point...

[ Wildcard! ]

{ooc; interested in something else? Wanna see this wild child go, well, wild in another way? PM me!}

Route B - hangry

[whiteshroud]

[Jun had only happened by this guy by chance as he was exploring the realm and trying to find a way to fix this thing. This place was dangerous, so that's why he figured it'd be best to stick together even if he didn't know this guy--

That is, until this guy yells something about meat and goes running towards a giganotosaurus he had been planning to sneak past.

Jun will make a surprise sound through his voice modulator, before calling after the guy]

What're you doing?!

alphinaud leveilleur // ffxiv // ota

[arcanistic]

[a. Kaisou Fair.

France has always been rather expressive sort of country, though to say its own celebrations match up to the... rather, uh... unique things Kaisou has to offer in this fair. Alphinaud more than once has to wave off someone offering him cotton candy noodles and a garbage plate.]

Ah, I do apologize, but I am rather full already...

[One of the vendors seems very intent on trying to sell their food, and poor Alphinaud looks very bewildered and overwhelmed as the man drones on and on and on. Carbuncle moves in between the boy's legs, but only seems to sit and give a headtilt as things unfold.

Someone please help, he looks like he needs it.

b. Dinotopia - Universtiy Track Field]

I saw them move this way, do you think we'll be able to divert them at all?

[Said as Alphinaud is definitely pondering a way- before he blinks, immediately shifting focus.]

I have an idea- while we can't exactly keep up with them, we can certainly catch them off guard by other methods. [A beat.] Namely, the environment.

[It's funny, because he feels like he should be panicking, but if anything, he's calm and already assessing the situation. Odd.

c. Route A: Visitor Center]

I doubt I would be the first to say I do not trust any part of this.

[Said with a narrowed look and a hand carrying his half of Adelphoi, his half of his grandfather Louisoix's gifted grimoire. Emerald Carbuncle moves a bit in front of him as he studies the auditorium in general.]

If such a thing existed in this place, did people willingly come here?

[The thought is absolutely bizzare, considering how dangerous it's been back home as well as even coming through.

.......of course, things don't get better with velociraptors approaching and people stuck, which simply prompts him to place another hand on his open grimoire.]

I'm still rather new at this, however- [One written line in the book has Emerald disappear in an upwards leap, aether fading, before another completely new carbuncle takes its place.]

Obsidian, come. You and I have a job to do, and you need to protect these people while we help them out of here.

[Time to finally put them to use, it seems. Memories aside, there's something awful nostalgic about being prepared for a fight.]

c

[fionnuisce]

You'd be surprised what kind of dumb shit people would willingly get up to.

[That was a kind of familiar he'd never seen before--was it a cat, a rabbit, or some weird fusion of both? From the sound of it, the black one had a different function from the blue one it had replaced--fascinating, but this really wasn't the time to focus on the logistics of magecraft.]

I can help cover you.

five | dark matter | ota

[brightspot]

1. County Fair - Feasting

[Five appears to have a plate full of "stick" foods, as well as some other fair treats, that she sits down with at a table and contemplates which to choose first.

She's got fried pickles on a stick, pizza on a stick, deep fried Twinkie on a stick, spiral spuds on a stick, and a monkey tail (frozen chocolate covered banana with nuts) on a stick. There's also a donut dog (hot dog in a long John donut, wrapped in bacon and deep-fried), fried pickle cheese curd tacos (tacos deep-fried with pickles, cream cheese, and cheese curds), and fried macaroni and cheese bites.]

I don't know if I can eat all of this, but it seemed so interesting I want to try a little of everything!

2. County Fair - Livestock

[Some of these animals she knows she's seen before, as she walks around the farm animal area of the fair. Of course, she only remembers it because of reliving someone else's memory in her own head.]

I kinda miss taking care of animals on a farm...

3. The Walls Have Eyes - closed to Danny

[She's not entirely sure what to expect when she shows up for this job at the Infinite IKEA, but she's thinking about maybe checking security cameras... Problem is, she needs someone to run distraction. This is when she notices Danny and witnesses the accidental use of some of his powers. Which is... Honestly neat and impressive? But...

She walks up to him, smiling brightly.]

Hi! Do you use the Libra app?

4. Dinotopia - Kaisou Beach

[Armed with a tranquilizer gun courtesy of Zodiac, Five is here to help keep the dinosaurs busy while someone else with the ability to seal the cracks maybe helps with that part.

She tries to barricade herself in the sand with a beach umbrella over her head to protect her, aiming up with the gun and watching the pterodactyls swoop and cause mayhem.]

Okay... I could do this fine with a gun, but I'm not as sure how to aim with this thing and compensate for like... The weight of the tranquilizers being lighter than bullets?

[She's mumbling a little, squinting on eye to stare down the length of the tranquilizer gun to one of the dinos who has landed in the sand.]

[OOC: Feel free to hit me up on my plotting comment, on Plurk at favors, or in the Discord game server if you want to plot or want something that isn't here yet! Also I will match styles so no worries there~]

Feasting

[couldntsaveone]

Where did you get that??

Luffy points excitedly to the fried pickle cheese curd tacos. Those smell interesting! They look tasty! He wants to try them!

T-Rex of War

[aspectsofblood]

Zagreus is not having a good time. He didn't know what dinosaurs were, but thankfully they made pretty clear early on that they did not want to be friends. Plus, even though he only contributed his blood to this cause, he still contributed his blood, so he feels a bit responsible.

Especially when he comes across the T-Rex and her blade rift.

"Blood and darkness," he groans, casting his gaze up towards an Olympus that is definitely not there, "Ares, mate, was that really necessary?" You could have at least given him a boon, too.

[whiteshroud]

Jun also felt rather responsible for this situation, considering it was his idea to use Zagreus blood for . So understandably, he was along. He's wearing his knight uniform, and with the hood up, his voice sounds different thanks to a modulator.

"Ares? You mean the God of War?" That's why the t-rex is shooting out blades??