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Welcome to a Jurassic Lark [Open]

Characters: Riku, Sora, Kaldur, Kotetsu, anyone else...
Content: DINOSAUR SAFARI!!!!!
Location: North America near the Jurassic Period inland sea.
Time of Day: Mid-day
Warnings: Dinosaurs, antics, people with restored powers...
Notes: I have dinosaur books! I don’t expect this to be scientifically accurate, but I can answer questions! This will be done party-style with no posting order required. Don't feel required to tag every sub-thread, and feel free to create your own or take control of what's happening!

The group was immediately greeted with the scent of pine. Conifers created a sweet-smelling forest, ferns poking up where one might've expected grass. An occasional ginkgo tree dotted the woods as well. However, there was also the feeling of humidity and the smell of fish and salt, what Riku knew meant there was a nearby coast. Metallic blue dragonflies slipped effortlessly through the air, sometimes dancing with each other.

With a smirk, Riku looked back at the rest of the party. It wasn't the same time period, but there was plenty to be seen, regardless. This was going to be fun.

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Off to one side Riku spotted an odd mound. He paused, cocking his head at it. "Hey guys, you see that?" There was a subtle rustling coming from it.

He stepped closer, gently using Way to the Dawn to scrape the dead foliage from the top of the mound. Just under was a clutch of large dinosaur eggs, warmed by the foliage decaying in the sunlight. Several of the eggs were rocking. One was even cracking open. Riku was quick to look around. "...Okay, where's Mom and Dad?"

It had been some time since Kaldur had been on anything remotely like a mission. Still, he had prepared as best he could. Riku said they had their abilities back when they traveled and, so, he had planned accordingly: converting a backpack into a make-shift water backpack to hold water just in case, along with putting a few provisions in the pockets...just in case. Unfortunately he had neither the skill nor the tech to configure substitute water bearers and would have to do without. He just hoped he could channel the water properly without them since it had been some time since he had tried to do so.

Kaldur was cautious, so sue him.

He turned his head at the sound of the noise. Without a word he silently followed Riku over to investigate. "It appears to be a nest," he looked around, "Eggs of this size indicate that the parents will be quiet large...and nearby if they are this close to hatching."

Upon first arriving in the distant past, Sora had been pretty excited to be able to use his Keyblade again...it came back to him naturally, as if it'd never left. And after months aboard the same sterile look of the satellite, getting out for a breath of fresh air (literally) was worth any danger they may find themselves in.

Even if that danger was finding a nest of eggs that appeared to be hatching now. While Sora felt that he, Riku, Kaldur and the rest of the party could take on any dinos that attacked them, it was a bit of a different manner if a mommy dino attacked them because it mistakenly thought they were threatening its babies.

"Yeah...do you think it's eggs from a plant-eater or a meat-eater?" A meat-eater, they may have even more problems.

Kotetsu was thrilled to be back on land. He was eager to try out his powers again. Maybe the time without them had improved matters? It was unlikely, but a nice thought. He didn't want to blow his cover unless absolutely necessary, though, and kept close to the others. Even though the group seemed older and responsible, he still had an instinct to be The Adult.

Kotetsu arched an eyebrow at the questions. "No idea, but maybe we outta clear out. Just in case they do eat meat. I dunno about you guys, but I don't wanna be a baby dino's first meal."

"I don't know, don't turtles just leave their eggs? I know sea turtles do." He sounded like he spoke from experience. "But you've got a good point, Kaldur."

At Sora's question, Riku looked back and shrugged, giving him a look as if to say, "How should I know?" He took a step back before turning and giving Kotetsu an odd look. "It's not that big. They'd be ankle-biters. Literally. I'd be more worried about Mom and Dad."

And not too far from Riku's ankle was a little crack. Out popped a little gray head with yellow eyes atop a long neck. It squeaked at the baggy blue jeans and yellow-laced sneakers not far away.

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"They are eggs...we will not be able to know until they hatch...or the parents return," Kaldur replied, watching as the eggs continued to wiggle around. He looked back at Kotetsu. "It has been some time since I studied about dinosaurs, but I believe the young would be fed from their mothers scraps from what they had...the babies would be unlikely to harm us. However, herbivore or carnivore, an angry mother of an animal is not something to be messed with."

And then there was a squeak. Kaldur knelt down to examine the creature and smiled, "The good news, at least, is that it is indeed a herbivore."

"Hey, you never know," Kotetu said with a shrug, "They could wait until you're down at their level, saying how cute they are, then AARGH! They're on your throat!"

Once he got a better look at the newborn, though, he smiled. "...okay, that's pretty cute." He took a couple of steps back, letting the others investigate. Someone had to keep an eye and ear out for mama.

It looked like they didn't have much time to worry about the parents, as one of the eggs hatched right in front of Riku. It didn't look like one of the meat-eaters at all...just like one of the easygoing long-necked ones.

"Aww! He doesn't look mean at all!" Sora said with a smile. He didn't much heed Kotetsu's warning of how these babies could lure you in and then go for the throat, and carefully reached a hand out to try and pet its head.

At the squeak, Riku turned, spotting the little dinosaur looking right at him. His first thought was to look around, checking for the parents. Still nothing. Why?

"Yeah, I remember those," he replied to Kaldur. "Brontosaurus, right? Or... Whatever they're really called." He remembered hearing that wasn't the correct name for the species in school, but he couldn't recall why, and under normal circumstances wouldn't care enough. Now he certainly did.

And then the little dinosaur stumbled out of its egg. It sniffed at Sora's hand curiously and completely unafraid... And then waddled over to Riku, head up and chirping. He backed up, if for no other reason than he thought he was in its way of wherever it was going, only to find it was moving towards him. ...Hey, wait, I'm not your mom!

Kaldur decided not to mention that the dinosaurs would have a difficult time piercing his dense Atlantean skin. Still, the worry was pointless, these creatures would not attempt to eat them.

He shrugged at Riku's question, "That sounds right, I am not much of an expert on dinosaur identification though." Probably something he should have looked into before coming, but it seemed enough to be able to tell whether they were meat or plant eaters.

A small smirk spread over Kaldur's features, "It seems to like you, Riku."

Kotetsu squinted at the creature, trying to determine if it was a boy or a girl. Well, at least they didn't have to worry about being eaten. Now it was a matter of if mama was going to come back and accidentally step on them.

Even so... he had to admit that the whole situation was pretty damn adorable.

"Maybe it's hungry."

"Brontosaurus sounds right..." Sora said. It probably was a different name, but he was even worse than Riku at remembering those kinds of things. The dinosaur sniffed at his hand, but didn't bite. And there was still no sign of the parents anywhere...

Sora snickered a bit under his breath when the baby dino went up to follow Riku. "He thinks you're his mommy! You should give it some leaves to eat or something!"

Riku inched backwards, still crouching, but managed to stumble over the foliage and fall on his rump. Before he knew it, he has a lap full of baby dinosaur, which, much to his dismay, wasn't particularly picky where it put its feet. He grunted in pain, cutting short a brief whimper as he moved the offending foot aside.

"D-do I look like a reptile?" His attempts to hide the ebbing pain weren't as successful as he'd have liked. "I don't know what kind of leaves to feed it. We don't even know if it's hungry!" The little dinosaur nuzzled his neck.

Kaldur attempted to hide his smile as the baby dinosaur continued to pursue Riku. It was difficult, but the amusement ended a little and turned to a sympathetic wince when the dinosaur mis-stepped on Riku's lap.
He smiled slightly at Sora, "It would be unwise to attempt to feed them if we do not know the correct diet. Just because it is a herbivore does not mean that all leaves are viable for it to digest. Some plants could be poison to it and we have no way of knowing."

He crossed his arms, "Still. This might be a bad idea after all. If the dinosaur thinks Riku is it's parent then we will have to separate them eventually. And the parents have yet to return." He was starting to wonder if this nest had been abandoned.

"So, what're we gonna do about it, then?" Kotetsu asked. "Can't just leave it here or it'll be another dino's snack. Can't take it back to the satellite 'cos it'll grow up to be huge."

...Owww. Sora winced a little at that...he was now kind of glad the baby dinosaur hadn't spotted him first. But that still left them with what to do with the dinosaur.

Sora thought for a moment...this was a tricky situation. "Maybe we can try to find its parents, and send it back to them? If we stay far enough away, they won't notice us." Sora figured that since they were herbivores, the parents had less chance of going after them anyway.

"The raptors smelled me, so who knows? Hard to guess how these guys will react." He slowly grew thoughtful. "Or how connected they are to smell." Riku slowly looked down at himself. ...And pulled his legs up to keep history from repeating itself.

Riku had tried to keep his vest after his encounter with the raptors, and while he was wearing it, it wasn't in the greatest shape anymore. Despite his efforts, there were still stains from foliage and blood on the white fabric. It'd been stretched out in a few odd ways, making it look odd at a few angles. It was torn from attacks, and claws had torn one side of the zipper half off. While he liked that vest, it was time for it to go.

"Think if we run fast enough, it'd stick around something that smelled like me?" Riku had to smack away the little sauropod's head when it tried to eat his hair. "NO."

Kotetsu's words made him think of one of his friends. Size would certainly not have stopped Superboy from trying to adopt such a creature, he thought with amusement.

"Most animals tend to have a far better sense of smell than humans, regardless. I would think they would smell us unless we managed to get downwind. But this is a nest...one would think the parents would return eventually." The problem then being how to get the little one to stay.

A small creature scurried past. Riku's eyes locked with a strange sight. His voice was hushed. "Wow, it looks almost like a bird!" Except for that little sickle claw, teeth and tail, of course. It's head bobbed as it tried to makes sense of the strange creatures that smelled and looked all wrong. It's plumage was primarily gray, brown, white and black, save for bright blue that ran down its head and neck that came to a burst at the end of its tail plumage.

Link had taken some steps toward being prepared as well. He'd scoured the weapons deck for a good sword. It wasn't the Goddess Sword, but it was well made and well balanced. He'd also considered provisions and gotten a makeshift pack. Unable to find a shield that he felt comfortable with, he'd dcided to go without.

Riku's comment about the small, bird-like creature got his attention in a hurry. He scanned the surroundings until his gaze fell on the small creature that had demanded the comment. It did indeed look quite bird-like... which served only to start Link thinking of his Loftwing.

For its part, the dinosaur seemed equally curious about these strangers in its territory, though it was being very cautious while trying to figure out whather or not they were threats.

Riku bent down, holding out his hand with a hint of curiosity showing in his face. "C'mon, boy. Girl. Whatever you are. I just want to get a closer look at you." The archeopteryx didn't budge. "Come on. Man, I'm asking to get bitten here, let's get it over with." He inched a little closer, and the little dinosaur tensed.

Link watched the whole affair with faint amusement, reasonably certain that he wouldn't be surprised if the little dinosaur did bite Riku. It seemed much more likely when the animal tensed at his approach. It certainly behaved like a bird.

Still watching, Link shifted his weight... and snapped a twig. Oops...

Just a foot away, Riku flinched slightly at the sudden noise. The little theropod, however, turned tail and began to run up the tree, flapping to help it ascend quicker. Riku, however, whipped off his vest and tossed it over the little creature, which squawked loudly and faltered. Riku threw his arms over it, and feathers were flying everywhere. He held down the little bundle to the ground as it writhed, careful not to put his whole weight on it.

Well this was getting interesting. What did Riku plan to do with this creature? The possible answers inlcuded simply studying it or keeping it as a pet. Either one was a good enough reason to try to help with holding onto it.

Hopefull, neither of them would manage to get bit...

The little dinosaur struggled, but Riku, with the help of Link, managed to wrap his arms around the thing firmly. If there was one thing Riku had, it was size, and his long arms were useful. He managed to clamp a hand around its muzzle. The little thing finally laid still in his arms, a bundle wrapped in his vest. It’s eyes darted back and forth as its chest puffed with rapid breaths.

Riku was covered in feathers and fluff, but he didn’t look like he cared too much. He looked proud they’d caught it, and there was something thrilling about having caught a dinosaur.

“Hm. You think petting it would calm it down?”

"Worth a try," Link replied, "It might show that we don't want to hurt it."

Then again, the creature might be agitated enough not to calm down any time soon. Judging by how readily feathers flew during the struggle, the animal was molting. Link wasn't sure about dinosaurs, but birds tended to be very cranky when they were molting.

The small creature hummed a few squeals, but otherwise didn't move too much. The squeals seemed more like calls rather than anything else. Riku walked closer to Link. "I've got its mouth and its claws are pinned if you want to try. My arms are a little full."

Link nodded in response and reached out to give the little animal a gentle pet on the side. It was a little startled at first at the touch and squirmed a little, but seemed to settle down when it realized he wasn't hurting it.

He had to admit that it was kind of cute in its own way.

"I wonder if it can be trained."

Riku hummed an interested note. Even though it had calmed down, Riku wasn't going to let it go. At least, not yet. It was still likely it'd run, and holding a dinosaur wasn't something he could do every day.

"Not sure. I guess about as well as a bird can. But I'm not sure if it's be a good idea to take it with us. Or even if we can." He looked down at it before realizing a feather was hanging down in front of his eyes, having been caught in his hair by the tussle. He tried to blow it away, but mostly succeeded in blowing his ovegrown bangs back.

"Hmm. I guess not. It might not like the satellite anyway." It was still quite a fascinating little creature, though, and a shame they might not be able to learn more about it.

Link waited until Riku stopped trying to blow the bit of feather away before obligingly removing the errant bit of plumage. He knew well enough that sometimes feathers just liked to stay put in such places and no amount of huffing and puffing would remove them. Rather than throw the feather away, though, he held onto it. Maybe they couldn't take the dinosaur, but some feathers might be fair game.

"It might like the nature deck, but I don't have any clue what we'd feed it. It's got sharp teeth, so it probably eats small animals and insects, but even then..." The creature's bright yellow eyes locked on Riku's. It was an odd feeling.

"Thanks." Riku watched, however, as Link held onto it. He hummed an interested note and looked around. At his feet were actually quite a few feathers, all leftover from the scuffle. He smiled back at Link. "Maybe I should let the little guy go, now."

"Hmm... The only way to know for sure would be if we could bring it with us, but..." Link eyed the small creature for a moment. The sounds it had been making before had sounded like calls of some sort. It was possible the dinosaur was a social animal and taking it from its pack or flock might be a bit cruel.

After a moment's thought, Link sighed, "It might be better off staying here. For all we know, it has young ones to look after."

"Plus who knows? Maybe this little guy eats the lizard that would have eaten the mammal that eventually gave rise to humans." He gave it a little smile of wonder. Judging by the look on the animal's face, it wasn't reciprocated.

Riku stepped back from Link, slowly loosening his grip over its mouth. He didn't want to drop it, so he needed an extra hand for dexterity. That being said, if he was bitten he'd have little other choice. He let go and it eyed him, cocking its head while still in his arm. "What, you're okay with me now?" Gently he stroked the ruffled feathers on its head, but it hunched its shoulders a bit. Clearly the animal was still uncomfortable with the situation. "I'm going to let him go, okay?"

"That's an interesting thought," Link mused, watching the creature's response both when Riku let go of its muzzle and when he petted it. He gave both boy and dinosaur some space, fully expecting the animal to want to go as soon as it thought it could get away.

"We've probably the poor thing enough anyway."

Riku's adjusting the camera he's been toting around, and moves away from it, showing they're all in a clearing. He looks rather smug as he addresses the others.

"Okay, so who's first?"

Kaldur shook his head with amusement. While he had to admit he was curious about what the others could do, he was more amused by the way they were so excited to go about demonstrating it and even filming it. It was something Wally would think to do. Still, Kaldur was up for stretching his magical abilities a little since he had not been able to in some months. His natural abilities (ie breathing underwater) had not been affected, thankfully, by whatever had brought him to the SOL but whatever magic ability let him control water or create electricity had vanished.

It would not hurt to have a little practice after so long.

"I will. I do not have much to show." He stepped forward and the black eel tattoos on his arms started to glow a soft blue. It was a little difficult without his water bearers to help channel the magic, but he managed to get the water out of the nearby river to spring up and twist into the shape up of large eel. It "slithered" around the group before he "threw" it back into the river with a grunt of effort.

Riku lifted an eyebrow when those tattoos began to glow. The water eel got that other brow to raise, and he watched in awe as it moved around them. A smirk slowly slid over his features. “Your ‘not much’ was more impressive than a guy Sora had to fight back home.” He thumbed back to his friend. Demyx could have only dreamed of doing that. “That was impressive.”

“My turn.” Riku stepped to the side near a tree, having come prepared. From his pocket he pulled a black strip of cloth and he blindfolded himself. He raised his hand and extended another almost invitingly, his Keyblade forming in a congregation of bright blue sparks. He turned back to the others as if he weren’t blindfolded at all.

“Nobody move. ...I mean it, don’t.”

The youth drew back his weapon and the immediate area darkened. He rushed ahead, vanishing into a dark portal only to appear on the other side of the group, speeding forward. Riku rushed all around them, blinking in and out of existence until he appeared in the air near the tree, forcefully plunging Way to the Dawn into the ground. Blasts of dark energy erupted from the ground, and Riku drew back his Keyblade one last time. His weapon lengthened, a huge glowing blade covering his sword. Turning, he effortlessly swung it through the trunk of the tree, which promptly crashed to the ground.

The extra blade vanished, and he held open his palm to reveal a blue-white fireball for a brief second before snuffing it out. Riku smirked, slinging his Keyblade over his shoulder. That was fun.

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Welcome to a Jurassic Lark [Open]

A nest of eggs!

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It's not as big as the pic. Also, TOUCHSTONE FILM, AKA DISNEY

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Catch-A-Dino. Because they can, really.

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SUPAH POWAH SHOW

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