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[sirius_is_a_dog]

Who: Sirius Black and Dr. John Watson
Where: Jurassic Port
When: All port
Warnings: Lots of English swearing?

A wizard and a doctor/soldier walk into an ill-advised dinosaur theme park...

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Day One

[sirius_is_a_dog]

Sirius was wary and then some about this port, considering the fact that he had lost his entire identity on the last one. The Admiral had said here would be less civilisation, and to plan accordingly. His plan included a sturdy pair of dragon hide boots, the matching jacket, and his wand. He figured it was the Warden's job to come up with actual supplies.

He went to meet John at the designated meeting place. He could feign illness, but despite his last port experience, he really did want to see what was out there. Maybe it would be fun. And it was hard to pass up an opportunity to get off the Barge and stretch his legs.

[drdaytimetelly]

It was John's first port, and he was very, very excited. Running around? The wilderness? Potential danger? Yes, yes, and yes please. He made sure to leave a note to Sherlock, sticking it to the forehead of his skull (not his skull, but the skull), hoping his flatmate wouldn't blow anything up while he was gone.

The note read:

Going to port with Sirius. Behave.

-JW

That army training of his started kicking in when he began to pack for the trip. Essentials neatly tucked into a rucksack that was slung over his shoulder, gun loaded and hidden under the waistband of his jeans, he headed off to find Sirius for docking. He knew that they'd wait on deck and then be transported down, but that was all he was told about the actual port.

[sirius_is_a_dog]

Sirius was watching the stars pass by as he waited on the deck. When he saw John, he gave him a bit of a wave. "I didn't know what I was supposed to bring." Again, a wand counted for much and more in his opinion. "Do you have any idea where we're going?"

[drdaytimetelly]

John jogged the rest of the way to his inmate, motioning to the rucksack on his back. "I came prepared, and you brought your wand, so that should be enough," he replied, though he had to shrug at the next question. He hadn't the foggiest. "I know as much as you do: there's going to be a lack of civilisation, we have to navigate our way back to the Barge."

John wasn't particularly worried. He was, however, hoping for something more woodsy than deserty. He was kind of done with the dry heat.

"Have you ever gone camping then?"

[sirius_is_a_dog]

"Does fighting Death Eaters in the woods count?" He doubted it.

He considered what the Admiral could have in store for them. Navigating back to the Barge sounded...well, call him paranoid, but he was still remembering Black the drug monger from his last port. Even though he had secretly enjoyed having power and groupies and minions, he highly doubted this was going to be a leisurely stroll. "Do you have some sort of weapon?"

[drdaytimetelly]

Death Eaters. John was going to have to familiarise himself with these terms if he was going to successfully stop himself from giggling each time Sirius spoke. "No, it doesn't count," he said, turning his head to look out beyond the railing

[sirius_is_a_dog]

Sirius stayed with the pack, but he removed his wand and kept it close at hand. He looked around the large but utterly abandoned visitor's centre. Abandoned and decimated. That wasn't a good sign at all, was it?

"Familiar? Have you been here before then?" He could see the wall of green through the hole. A spider the size of his fist was within two inches of his foot, so he flicked his wand at it, banishing the hairy creature to the far side of the centre. He wasn't going to take the time to put up any area protection spells, considering the point of this little adventure was to find their way back to the Barge.

[drdaytimetelly]

"No..." he replied, turning on his heels and heading towards a moss-covered lump that had to have been a desk at one point. "No, but it feels like I have." He started digging under the plants, stopping only to strip down to his t-shirt before the rest of his clothes soaked through with sweat, eventually coming across something that jogged the rest of his memory.

Jurassic Park. The desk read Jurassic Park. Oh God, did the Admiral set them down in the middle of a dinosaur film?

"Sirius? Don't suppose you know anything about dinosaurs, do you?"

[sirius_is_a_dog]

In the time it took John to dig down to the truth of their location, Sirius had banished a snake and another three spiders. There didn't seem to be much to be done about the mosquitoes. They were too small and fast for him to even point a wand at them. He started to shoot water into the air from the tip of his wand, hoping that would be enough to drive them away.

"What?" He turned away from soaking mosquitoes. "Dinosaurs?" He moved closer to the desk. "Jurassic Park," he read out loud. "What kind of park is this?" It wasn't necessary, but he gestured to the ruins around them anyway. "You muggles have strange notions of fun."

[drdaytimetelly]

It was a good job that he'd brought his gun, though he didn't know what good it would do if they wound up being chased by a tyrannosaurus. He laughed a little though, mostly out of disbelief at the whole situation, though there was some genuine amusement caused by Sirius' questions. He didn't know about dinosaurs. Really? It as just like Sherlock and the solar system.

"A bloody awful one, I can tell you that much."

He couldn't tell how long the park had been abandoned, but it was safe to say that the dinosaurs were pretty much running the show now. "It was a film," he began to explain, rooting through his pack for his compass and knife. "Dinosaurs are these extinct animals that used to walk the earth millions and millions of years ago. In this film, these scientists resurrect them and decide to build a theme park, but of course it's a complete disaster and..."

He stopped himself before the words and almost everybody dies escaped his lips. "And now here we are."

[sirius_is_a_dog]

"Of course. It couldn't be some place remotely nice, could it?" Dinosaurs, extinct animals, complete disaster of a theme park. "And what are these dinosaurs like? They sound big." He continued to look around as he talked, shifting his wand to his left hand to wipe his right palm off on his shirt.

[drdaytimetelly]

"Exotic location, remotely nice? I believe they call that a holiday, and I haven't had one in years, so why start now?" John laughed a little bitterly, doing the same thing as his inmate and having a good look around the place. They were supposed to head to the beach apparently. From what he remembered about the film, the island they were currently on was fairly enormous, but if they stayed away from the high hills they should be alright.

"Dinosaurs? Yeah, some of them are enormous. Some of them...not so much. Some are potentially more dangerous than others."

[sirius_is_a_dog]

"I'm telling you, mate, the Admiral wants us all dead." Sirius returned his wand to his dominant hand. He thought about casting Lumos to brighten the place up a bit, since all the greenery was choking out whatever light there might have been out there, but once John talked more about dinosaurs, he decided they could make do, for now. "I'm glad you've seen this 'film.' I always wondered how muggles could have moving pictures shows but not moving photographs." He banished another snake and returned to John. "Do you know which ones are which?"

[drdaytimetelly]

"You have moving photographs?" Sort of like a streaming video, maybe. John was intrigued, but he figured there were all sorts of things in Sirius' world that were more interesting than moving photographs.

"The dinosaurs? Some. I had this book when I was little. I was never really obsessed, mind, but I can probably remember which eat plants and which we probably should just avoid altogether." John found a rusty box underneath some of the brush. He took out his knife and started prying the top loose, unearthing a bunch of emergency flares and an old torch. They'd probably come in useful. "I also know that if we feel the ground shake, we should run like the fucking wind in the opposite direction."

[sirius_is_a_dog]

"Yes. They're far more interesting than your photographs. I'll show you sometime, I have plenty in my room."

Sirius was glad John knew enough to know which ones ate plants and which ones ate, well, not plants. Which left meat. And they were basically living meat, strolling about on two legs. He swallowed a bit and hurried over to see what was inside the box. "How can you tell what direction it's coming from if the ground is shaking?"

[drdaytimetelly]

John snickered, closing up the pack now that he had put the flares and the torch inside. "You just can. Ever had somebody try and sneak up on you?"

He slung it over his back again and nodded. "Right, best get a move on. We need to cover some distance before it gets dark."