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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[chenwho]

[Terry doesn't notice her just yet. He's still getting over the fact that he's not dead...

He's busy checking his chest for a bullet hole, despite his clothes bearing signs of being shot through. One hole in his chest.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara still doesn't notice him yet either. Nope, just minding her business...

Which apparently, is being reunited with her iPod that she lost on the ship before her life turned to crap. Classy]

[chenwho]

[And Terry's going to wander over to the weapons cache. First and foremost on his mind is "why would the afterlife need this many guns?"

It definitely seems more important than communications equipment at the moment, as he picks up a rifle and examines it with a practised eye.]

This is messed up...

[He looks through the sights and stops... staring through as they line up on a certain someone.]

No bloody way...

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara smiled when a certain song played. Still being unaware of who might be looking at her]

[chenwho]

[What was she doing here? Seriously... as if things weren't bad enough.

He lowers the rifle and hustles to the cover of a tent close by, raising the rifle once more to look through the scopes.

Again, things didn't seem right.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[That is when Lara started to notice the feeling she's being watched. She lowered her iPod to look over her shoulder. No one is there, so she just looked at her iPod again]

[chenwho]

[that was Lara Croft. He was certain of it.

And, now, he was sneaking towards her, drawing a knife from his boot and making sure no-one else is watching.

If he gets away with it, a hand gets clamped over her mouth and an earbud gets popped out.]

Croft. Fancy meeting you here. Scream and my knife goes through your back. [She should feel the point in her back.] We're going to go somewhere quiet to talk.

[lara_the_explorer]

Oomph!

[Lara felt the tip of a knife on her back. She complied with the attacker and didn't scream. Whatever he's planning, she's already thinking up a plan of her own. Better not cause a commotion for now...

But this man knows who she is? Could it be one of those people who want to free the caged dinosaurs Tembo told her about?]

[chenwho]

We're going into the woods.

[He's using one of the fingers on the hand clamped over Lara's mouth to point.

Walk slow. Don't want to draw attention, do we?

[lara_the_explorer]

[And she did comply, and they reached the edge of the jungle]

[chenwho]

[And once they're in the shade of the trees, he stops her.]

I'm going to let go, and you're going to turn around, slowly. No funny stuff, no spinning kicks, no bright ideas. Nod once if you understand.

[lara_the_explorer]

[She nodded with a shrug]

[chenwho]

[Terry's going to let go and take a step back, tightening his grip on his knife as he backs off enough to let Lara turn around.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara turned around with an unamused expression]

It's nice to meet you too.

[chenwho]

[And excuse him while he stares for a moment.

That is Lady Lara Croft, Countess of Abingdon, alright. But she's younger. A lot younger. Younger than when they first met...]

Okay. What the bloody hell is going on here, Croft?

[lara_the_explorer]

Shouldn't that be my line? I don't know you!

[chenwho]

[The knife point lowers slightly as she says that.

He thought so. Too young...]

...What... What year is it?

[lara_the_explorer]

2013.

[chenwho]

[Okay. No. That's not right.]

2013? That's... [Five years. Five years from where he was. How can she...?]

...This is insane. [He's going to look away from Lara and scrub at his eyes.]

[lara_the_explorer]

Absolutely. Did you hit your head? Or perhaps eaten that god-awful stew?

[chenwho]

No, I... [He was starting to get a headache.

What the hell was going on?!]

I just woke up here.

[lara_the_explorer]

[Huh, well that wiped out the sass in her expression. For now, at least]

You must be one of the new comers then. I just got here less than a week ago.

[chenwho]

Newcomers where?

[Because he sure didn't remember being shot in the jungle.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara sighed, but looked straight into the man's eyes. She's as honest as she could be when she says:]

You're not in the same Earth anymore. I know it's not rational. I know it's crazy. But that is what it is. I'm still wrapping my head around it. People call this world "Paradisa".

[chenwho]

And this world... can it bring people back fro the dead?

[He's not questioning anything. He just spent a few days hunting for Pandora's Box, after all.]