Team Tembo: Day one

[sparednothing]

[By now you should have already woken up to your surroundings. Your camp is in the jungle, surrounded by tents, vehicles and cages full of dinosaurs. Wander around, check out the armoury, wonder why there are a bunch of dinosaurs in cages, or get yourself a tent]

[[ooc: The camp | Pick a tent | The dinosaurs | Roland Tembo | Day One OOC post | Plot Hub]]

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[i_got_this]

[You know who's not happy? This girl. And she's venting her frustrations by firing at one of the dinosaurs with numerous darts, because these things remind her too much of the Covenant aliens, because she was already pretty pent up about stuff, and of course she has the Worst Loss Ever if things were to actually go south.]

[No pun intended.]

[Dare you approach the scowling, trigger-happy blond?]

[delincuente]

Dude!

[There's a pajama'd, bedheaded teenager scowling at you right now, standing a cage over and looking up at the creatures with something between interest and irritation.]

Chill out, it's not gonna, like, eat you or something.

[i_got_this]

Don't worry it's not like I'm hurting the thing.

[She reaches over and fires a shot at the girl to prove it. Nothing but foam and rubber darts.]

[delincuente]

[She grimaces and swats the thing off of her.]

Wait, why would you even carry something like that? It doesn't do anything.

[originalcopy]

[Guess who's neigh immune to scowling. Church is wandering around wondering if it's a bad idea or a really really bad idea to poke the dinosaurs in cages with a pointy stick.]

Any idea what's up with all the Godzilla wannabes?

[i_got_this]

[Not like it would matter. The big dumb stupid thing South's shooting at hasn't really noticed it's flank is covered with little orange darts.]

No fucking clue.

[originalcopy]

[Clearly she should be shooting for it's face. Or, she could go the pointy stick route.]

About as smart as it is good looking too.

[i_got_this]

[She's frustated, not an idiot.]

God can you even imagine what it would be like if these things could actually think?

[originalcopy]

[Are you implying he's an idiot?]

Uh, we'd be in for a shit ton of trouble?

Hell, just having something this size and stupid I'm sure is dangerous enough. Big, strong and stupid is a combination made for fucking shit up.

[i_got_this]

[Pretty much.]

Y'know, I think I'm much more comfortable with them in cages than running free. At least there's a little bit of safety there.

[originalcopy]

[Yeah, alright... he's kind of an idiot.]

No kidding. Still, it doesn't look all that dangerous other than being really big. I don't think it has any teeth.

[He leans in a bit closer to get a better look.]

[i_got_this]

[South shifts back slightly, letting him get ensconced with what he's doing, and then she jabs him in the side with her pistol to startle him, hopefully. ]

[originalcopy]

[There is definitely something unfriendly about the big ugly beast. He's too busy looking at the beady dark eye to notice South.]

Ah! Jesus Fuck!

[He jumps and turns, bumping into the cage and making the occupant snort and rumble in protest.]

[i_got_this]

[South just dissolves into raucous laughter. Win!]

[originalcopy]

Augh, you rotten fucking bitch!

Not funny.

[Ok, it was a little funny. It would have been funnier if it had been done to someone else.]

[i_got_this]

Dude you jumped like five feet into the air.

[originalcopy]

I did not... I just, hopped a little. Don't exaggerate.

[He doesn't sound convinced by his own words. Terrible liar is terrible.]

[i_got_this]

Yeah, right. You nearly wet your pants.

[originalcopy]

Oh, fuck you.

[He'd mention that it's physically impossible but well...]

[princelyspirit]

[Utena's staring at the cages, wondering what these dinosaurs are doing here, what everybody from the castle is doing here... you know, the usual. And then she sees someone going absolutely nuts with some tranquilizer darts]

Hey! [shooting her a glare] What the hell do you think you're doing?! They're already stuck there - it's not like they can do anything.

[i_got_this]

[Oh don't worry, they're not tranquilizer darts. They're just Nerf darts. That's all the castle will let her shoot.]

Yeah let's hope it stays that way. I'm in no mood to be trampled.

[princelyspirit]

[...so they are. Geeze, this place must be getting to her - she can't believe she mistook a toy for real darts. She shakes her head, trying to rationalize away her embarrassment. Even if they aren't real darts, it's not a great idea to poke at them like that, right? Right.]

...yeah, well, as long as we leave them alone we should be fine. [Still a bit grumpy, but she's calming down now. She'll probably apologize after she recovers her pride - and, you know, gets over the fact that there's dinosaurs right in her face] Though, I'm kind of wondering who stuck them there in the first place. I mean, whoever it was, it seems like they're just asking for trouble.

[i_got_this]

[South hardly notices the other woman's embarrassment. The less that's said on her Loss, the better.]

Eh, I'm just blowing off some steam. It's not like I'm hurting it, hardly even notices me.

I dunno who did this, but yeah, it's nothing but a bad idea.

[princelyspirit]

[Is about to protest about how that doesn't make it right, but- well, if the dinosaur is bothered, it doesn't seem to show it. It looks fine, doesn't it? She sighs, and glances around at the other cages]

This kind of thing happened before, too - or at least, that's what I heard from somebody who's been stuck here for a while. She didn't say much, but I'm guessing it didn't go too well back then, either-

[Wait a minute, sudden thought. She looks back at South with newfound interest]

Hey, what about you? I don't suppose you were around for the last trip to Dino Land.