♐ fifty-sixth shot

[yeahihidmypants]

[Oliver is scratching his head. You can't tell that over the journal, but he's been doing it for a while. No, he doesn't have lice... just a puzzlement.]

Has anyone seen a dinosaur around? [Because, now that he thinks about it... Sansa didn't show up after the pirates thing.]

She's small-ish, likes plants... actually knows her name is Sansa. [

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[autophoenix]

You have a dinosaur?

[yeahihidmypants]

[Did he forget to mention that when they were engaged???? Fail Fiancé.]

Well, I did. [Man, Kara is would kill him if she knew. Then again, there was the threat of her getting shot by Tess and Tess did stay over... after the pirates...

NO. Don't think that Ollie.]

She's probably around here somewhere. I think the break-ins spooked her... and then I thought I'd see her by now. Just.... she's not anywhere I can usually find her.

[autophoenix]

How big of a dinosaur are we talking? I mean, those sound like they'd be kind of hard to lose track of. Even in a castle this big.

Which is my way of saying I'll help you look if you need the extra eyeballs.

[yeahihidmypants]

I appreciate the extra eyeballs, because she's sort of dog-sized. Like, Labrador sized.

[Oliver]

[_fredless]

I always have time for projects.

[Even with Charles showing up. They're a welcome distraction from impending difficult conversations. As well as anything lingering from things like pirate ships]

...you have a dinosaur? I didn't know that, did I?

Fred ]

[yeahihidmypants]

I do have a project and I hope I still have a dinosaur. She's just missing right now.

[the project though!]

Anyway, the recent break-ins at the castle reminded me about the project I had started to talk to you about. I've been thinking about all the back-up generators I had back at Queen Industries. [and Watchtower]

I've managed to collect a few of these power crystals, the ones that allow things to be powered up in the Dead Zone, and I've been curious if they can be used to power a back-up generator, for those times when the castle itself decides to depower down to a more primitive state. Just so that certain locks... stay able to be unlocked or relocked.

Oliver]

[_fredless]

I'm sorry, I'm still trying to get past the idea that you have a dinosaur.

[It shouldn't surprise her in this place. Nothing should. But somehow it does, and for some reason it makes her smile]

I think it's definitely possible, but -- should I even be asking what it is you want to keep locked?

Fred ]

[yeahihidmypants]

She's small, if that helps.

You should be asking, but I think it's better to show than explain.

[luthored]

You lost Sansa?!

[ I'M GOING TO KILL YOU ]

[yeahihidmypants]

[frown.]

I didn't do anything.

Like I told Claire, whoever roughed up the castle put a valiant effort into trying to break into my room. All that noise, I'm sure she got scared then the first chance she got she probably bolted.

I'll find her. [a beat] She hasn't come to find you? [he's secretly hoping his smart dinosaur is SUPER smart... though, he should go check Kara's old room.]

[luthored]

No. I'll go out looking for her.

[ why didn't you tell lana sooner D< ]

[yeahihidmypants]

[He feels like a fail!parent and he would've told her sooner if... his writer hadn't been so lame.]

I'll check a few more places around here. I just figured... dinosaur + castle of curious people = found pet.

[foolreversed]

A... A dinosaur!?

[yeahihidmypants]

Small. I did say small, right? She's harmless.

She's like a Labrador... shaped like a dinosaur.

[foolreversed]

H-Harmless or not, aren't dinosaurs supposed to be... y'know... extinct?

[yeahihidmypants]

There was a thing... earlier. If you were here for the pirate thing, just figure that instead of pirate ships and islands -- there were other islands and dinosaurs. I wasn't there for it, but someone was and they had a dinosaur that came back with them.

Then it just ended up in my care.

[stopkissingme]

A dinosaur?

[yeahihidmypants]

[Well, this is a pleasant turn of events...]

Yeah, her name is Sansa. She's harmless, so I'm just half-expecting her to turn up in someone's lap being spoiled rotten.

[stopkissingme]

[Yes, she has no idea you're looking for her, Oliver] A dinosaur? In your lap? Don't they eat people?

[yeahihidmypants]

People? No. Well, not her at least. She's a plant-eater, so she just eats all the houseplants. She's big into soybeans too.

She's not very big either. Maybe the size of a Labrador -- little bigger. Honestly, she's pretty harmless.