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Who: Parker, Denise and Atia.
Where: Jurassic Port
When: All port
Warnings: The three swearingest ladies in the Barge's history? Parker possibly losing it? Some randomness that not even I can consider?
And then to the comments!
Where: Jurassic Port
When: All port
Warnings: The three swearingest ladies in the Barge's history? Parker possibly losing it? Some randomness that not even I can consider?
And then to the comments!
There was a gun at her back and another in her bag and damn if Parker wasn't wearing high heeled boots with her suit. At least it was pants.
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Walking to meet her former inmate, Denise took one look at what Parker was wearing before passing judgement.
"Christ, Parker. We're going to a jungle, not a business convention."
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She was not, however, unarmed. One just wouldn't guess it unless they searched her.
Still, she was dressed lightly enough for the weather to likely be of no problem.
Didn't say anything, though. Already had reason to hold a severe grudge against Parker. Instead, she just showed up, as was demanded.
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However, her brows rose when she saw her inmate, and the stony way that she looked at her caused her blood pressure to start to rise. Her head was already going to ache. Maybe this was a completely shit idea. For a moment she didn't say anything, and instead she slapped her hand against the door and headed out into it. "Once more into the wild fucking blue yonder."
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Bright sunlight and heat washed over her, and Denise shaded her eyes as she surveyed the landscape.
"There's gotta be some kind of catch," she declared, and re-adjusted her backpack. "No way it's gonna stay this nice."
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Even she, however, could tell that the relatively visitors' centre - futuristic-looking, from her perspective - was in a severe state of disuse. Vegetation was overgrowing it.
"What are these... Pictures of?" She asked, squinting at the commercial murals of dinosaurs which seemed to be everywhere. "I should hope we've not ended up in one of those fucking serpent cults..."
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"It's never this nice." She muttered, and then she hefted the bag onto her back before she looked to Atia. "What the fuck are you..."
But then Parker spotted the dinosaurs and grimaced. "Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me. Really? Fucking Jurassic Park."
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She turned to Atia. "They're dinosaurs: crazy-big lizards that existed way before the first human being came along. I'm willing to bet they're alive again here, though. Call it a hunch."
In other words, she didn't have the patience to explain that she'd seen stuff like this in a movie.
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Thankfully, Denise came through with enough of a layman's explanation for Atia to go slightly wide-eyed at the implications. 'Crazy-big' insinuated more than enough of something she did not want to be around.
Or at least, not unless she could have it enslaved and harnessed. Sounded like a lovely addition to parades.
"I have no intention of ending up as some overgrown reptile's lunch... Where are we expected to head?"
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"Shit." She looked to the path in front of them and frowned. "We get to where ever it is that the bastard wants us to be. He said four days." She was going to punch him in his head so hard his brain hurt.
"He'll have some kind of place where he wants us to be picked up, like in Salem. Knowing him, it's going to be the worst place where we can go and surrounded by fucking raptors."
Looking to her inmate, Parker scowled. "Listen, no matter how cute these things look..." Right, who was she talking about again? "Look don't trust them, and don't touch anything."
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"Some of 'em eat plants, and some will probably try to eat us if they get the chance," she continued to explain to Atia. "You're seriously not gonna be able to tell which is which until they bite down, so don't try anything stupid. Even the plant eaters can gore you or stomp you flat if you try to ride 'em."
And she wouldn't put that past her, what with that entitled bearing.
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And better than what Atia had secreted on her person.
"I would not care to, unless the beast is harnessed," came her response. Although, some would argue that it was perhaps her logic of dealing with other human beings, too. And if the three of them were ever at a severe disadvantage, Atia would have no qualms about sacrificing them to save her life. "Then I suggest we start moving, soon as possible. The less time we give these things to find us, the better."
A part of her was tempted to raise the possibility of simply going inside the the facility and waiting things out, like a small fortress. But without any guarantee of rescue, food or drinking water... Not an enviable situation.
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The comment about riding dinosaurs made Parker's hand move to the back of her neck. She needed a damn drink and they hadn't even started yet. However, she couldn't deny that she was right.
"Let's get going. Nice and easy."
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Because Denise sure as hell wasn't one. She still fully intended to keep Atia sandwiched between the two of them, just in case, but thought it might be a bad idea to let Atia know it. The last thing she needed was someone else's inmate pulling a bitchfit.
She kept pace after the other two, paying careful attention to any noises in the air around them.
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She had never got on with Cleopatra.
"I trust one of you remembered to bring some description of food, yes?"
Atia hoped so. She had never hunted before and, much like most other manual skills, would probably be rubbish at it.
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Sometimes she wondered if things were worth this. Most of the time the answer was no. Like now. Her inmate's mutterings made her jaw clench so tightly she thought it would break, and all she could offer was a curt nod.
"Yes, Atia, I brought fucking food and water. I should have enough for four days if we're careful and go easy on it." Hopefully. God fucking knew with dinosaurs around.
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