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]]

Comments

[originalcopy]

No way... Hey Delta.

Heh, the 8 bit look works for you.

[Jeez, that looks like the most annoying thing to have to put up with. He appreciates having a body just a bit more right now.]

[encryptedlock]

Hello, Church. [Delta waves from his little blocky screen.]

Kind of sucks, but at least it's better than having him on a floppy disc or some shit. Gotta remember to feed him every couple of hours, though.

[originalcopy]

You have to what... feed? What does he eat?

[He thought the Tamagotchi thing was just a storage device that allowed some interactivity.]

[encryptedlock]

I don't know. Tamagotchi food? It looks like little breads and candies.

[York shrugs. This sort of thing is well behind his time.]

Anyway, the manual said he could die if I don't, so I always gotta be careful.

[originalcopy]

Seriously, he could die? Wow, that fucking blows.

[and then to Delta.]

Do you actually get hungry? What's the food taste like?

[Clearly, this is just as important as dinosaurs.]

[alaspooryork]

It is difficult to say. The sensation is not identical to hunger as I have experienced it in a human body. However, I do become uncomfortable in time. The food does not have a taste, but relieves that discomfort.

[Kind of bizarre really.]

[originalcopy]

That's really messed up.

[Welp, he might as well help himself to a couple of guns while he's at it. He's not going to go gun crazy like you the Freelancers though. Guys, if you can't carry all of your guns, you have too many guns.]

[Plus, you know... there is that aiming for shit thing.]

[encryptedlock]

[Hey, York doesn't need a huge gun all the time. Pistols work fine on little compys. But if he's going to go up against something big--like, you know, almost everything here, he's going to need more power.]

Better than being stuck as a squishy human for all this. See, I even made him a shock-proof, waterproof case.

[originalcopy]

Heh, I guess I get one up on you this time huh.

[Uh huh, and between you and Carolina you could outfit a small army.]

As long as there isn't a jabberwocky here.

[encryptedlock]

[Look, getting nommed on by a T-Rex last time sort of kind of gave him a phobia okay?]

Nah, only strictly historical dinosaurs. We should be all right, I hope.

[He sounds totally sure about that yep not unsure at all no way.]

[originalcopy]

[Well, someone hasn't told Church much about his prior adventures in dino hell.]

Right. Good to know.

[York, you fill him with confidence. So much confidence.]

Maybe we should set up patrols?

[encryptedlock]

Absolutely. I'll take second watch tonight, and we can do a perimeter check right now and every half hour or so?

[originalcopy]

Sounds good. I'm sure we can get South and some others to help too.

[He'd suggest Carolina but she'd want to do it all by herself through the whole night. Assuming she wasn't already planning on it.]

[encryptedlock]

[York's sure she is, because what is sleep?]

Are North and Wash both here? I know not everybody is, but I haven't looked around the whole place yet.

[originalcopy]

I haven't seen them yet. One more reason to take a good look around the place.

[OK, so he may have wasted some time early on taunting checking out the dinosaurs with South. Rather than taking proper stock of the situation.]

[encryptedlock]

[York nods.]

If they are, any objection to tenting together? Holds four, and I promise I don't snore.

[originalcopy]

Hey, me neither.

I take up a bit more room than you guys do. But I don't mind sharing if they don't.

[He's actually in his old body for now. At least until he can explain the Harper body to Tex. So, taking his armor off isn't an option.]

[encryptedlock]

Works for me. Meet back here around dinner time to discuss patrols, then?

[originalcopy]

[He nods]

And you can give us an idea of what to expect from the locals.

[It's a shame their hard work is going to get ruined by one over zealous animal lover.]

[encryptedlock]

Trouble, mostly. [York laughs a little nervously.] But at least this time we can be prepared.