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004 - Text; oh space balls

Who: Clay Terran and ALL of you!!
Broadcast: Yeh
Action: On the Vanquish!
When: January 2nd

[Clay was having a good time exploring the temples. He was all about them temples. So, of course, he feels very bitter about having to cut the exploration short due to catching a cold. A cold. And on top of that, one of his crewmates is gone. He was about to tell Koushiro that hey, the captain caught a cold too, and... well. Normally he'd bounce back from all this and move on, but with the cold quickly and progressively getting worse and worse...

So he's in his bed, covers up over his head and very. Very. Bored. And it's only been a day since he was ordered bed rest! He could be exploring the temples more. He could be learning about the salt mines. He could be continuing his research for his star charts, but no, that has to be put off too. Ugh, this will mess him up...

With a groan, he rolls over, pats for his device, and decides to type since he doesn't want to cough in everyone's faces:]

what do u do to entertain yourself when youre stukc n bed 4ever

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Oh Al picked him out? I've met him- he's really sweet!

[Sweet precious proto-akuma armor child yes.]

[But okay, right. Fox. He's gonna have to find him later. But Allen knows he came here for Clay. Clay who is sick and probably needs attention, so he'll try to focus and smile a bit sheepishly at Clay]

Ah- maybe once you're feeling better we can take the fox somewhere to stretch his legs. [Outside, a waystation, wherever]

He really is. [And that's so a prideful smile right there. The crew are his little ducklings, all right?]

Mm, yeah, I'd like that. [Walking with the boyfriend plus taking the fox out for a stretch? It sounds like a good time, and man, it makes him wish he was better right now... But he's not, so.] So you said you had stories to tell me?

[It's okay Allen knows the feeling, captain. But he gives a reassuring nod if he'd like]

Mm, if you'd like. What sort of story are you in the mood for?

Mmm... I don't know. [He tilts his head back to think] Your best adventure? Like, here or in Paradisa or your own world.

My best adventure...?

[He leans back and crosses his arms as he thinks]

That'd...probably either the week I served on a pirate ship, or the time we got stuck on a dinosaur island.

I... uh. Wow.

[Those are... both pretty wild. He does wonder what dinosaurs really looked like, but at the same time, he doesn't want to know, so he's torn on that one. And the pirate one sounds fun! So, hmm.]

Which... ever one you want to talk about? Sure. Go with that.

[This is Allen Walker: where traveling in space for a television show is considered "settling down". But he'll make a thoughtful sound]

Hmmm...well I haven't told the dinosaur one in awhile, so how about that one?

[Yeah, sounds good. Pirates are cool but he doesn't want to get typecasted as the pirate loving guy. ~~He wasn't an ace attorney character after all~~]

[With that in mind, he'll straighten up a little]

Alright so- oh, so before I begin, I should let you know that this happened when I was....18 or 19? Years ago, when I was a lot more reckless than I am now. Okay? Just...so you know.

[GUESS WHO IS VERY USED TO BEING REPRIMANDED FOR HIS RECKLESS SHIT]

[...................]

Okaaaay...

[Eyebrow raise. Sure, he did stupid things when he was 18/19 too, but being reminded before the story is even told is just. Wow. What did you do, Allen Walker.]

[Really it's just a typical disclaimer for an Allen Walker story, but you'll see soon. He just gives a sheepish grin at Clay's eyebrow raise]

Okay!

[He clears his throat, okay. Back to story time]

Anyway, when I was eighteen or nineteen, I was still in Paradisa. And sometimes the castle would take us to...strange places, with no warning. That's how I saw Los Angeles, and a bunch of other places!

But one time, we woke up and we were arriving to a tropical island- it was supposed to be some kind of resort that this man named Dr. Hammond had created.

It was called Jurassic Park. [you know, like that movie every child is required to see.]

... Oh no.

[HE CAN ALREADY TELL WHERE THIS IS GOING. Also this is totally why he was torn about dinosaurs; paleontologists are still discovering new things, and those dinosaurs are so out of date... even though the puppetry and robotics were really, really good.

But oh god. That place actually existed? Well, it's a surprise and yet it's not, what with everything else he thought was fictional existing in another plane - okay back to listening.]

[He laughs] Oh yes.

I didn't know about the movie at the time, I was still getting accustomed to future technology. Later I found out that this was Dr. Hammond's second attempt at a park like this. There was the time in his homeworld, and then he was brought to Paradisa years before any of us...and well, that's what he had decided to do with his time.

[Much to the horror of everyone possible]

Either way, even if most of us hadn't heard of the movie, many were rather wary of a park full of giant dinosaurs. This was the castle that enjoyed siccing monsters on us, after all.

But for the first day, it was fine. None of the dinosaurs got out and the park was a nice break from the castle.

So of course on the second day, being cocky, we agreed to go on a free car tour that'd take us to the area where larger dinosaurs were kept.

[Yeah, he's just going to. Lean over to bury his face in his hands.]

Oh noooo.

[He'll reach over and pat Clay's knee through that blanket. Come on, he came out alright!]

Anyway, I got into a car with my girlfriend at the time, Lenalee, a couple friends, and a couple of her friends. And at first the tour was nice! I mean, I had the middle seat so I didn't see that much...but I was mostly there to spent time with Lenalee anyway. [Because you know, teenage boy.]

But then in the middle of the tour, there was loud thunder and a sudden downpour- a large tropical storm had come into the area. And all of the sudden, the car stopped and the power went off. Lenalee looked out the window, and read that we were next to a dinosaur area for the T-Rex. Which...neither of us knew what that was, it hadn't been discovered in our time. But one of Lenalee's friends said it was a large dinosaur that ate meat.

And then? We heard the sound. [He'll stomp his boot on the ground, to mimic it]

[...... You know. This strangely sounds like the plot of the movie.]

... Did you have a cup of water on the ride? Did it do the thing?

[He pokes Clay's side a little]

No, we didn't. I'm not reciting the movie, this is how it happened!

[He grins at that, moving his side away a bit at that poke and pushing slightly at Allen's hand]

Okay, okay. So you heard the thoom. Then what?

Well we kept hearing it. And then? In the car in front of us, one of the superheroes types- I think his name was Booster or something? Anyway, he started panicking. Because you see, since we had arrived on the island, our powers hadn't been working. The castle's magic dampened them or something- it happened a lot.

So because there was a T-Rex and he had no powers, he panicked. And he panicked so loud we could hear his shouting from our car. He was shouting things like- [mimicking a terrible american accent] "JESUS H. CHRIST IN A WHEELBARROW! EVERYBODY GET DOWN". We could even see his silhouette trying to push people's heads down as he shouted- [He imitates playfully trying to push down Clay's head as he imitates the accent again] "SWEETMOTHERFUCKERGODDAMNSHIT"- And so on! He was really loud! And then you could hear the people in the car telling him to be quiet! Or least not swear with kids around!

[Which wow, weird priorities there guys]

But that didn't matter. Since we heard him, of course the T-Rex did too. When it came into view- it was massive, like a good fifty feet long. It went right over and started pushing its head into the side of their car, trying to flip it over.

[Oh dear sweet lord. Allen imitating an American accent is bad enough, but what he was saying too? Clay ends up first snorting, then laughing, though it's more like half that and half coughing. Man, no part of his body likes laughing. Getting his head pushed down just makes it worse, though he does still laugh in the middle of his fit. HE LOVES IT, HE DOES, IT'S HIS LUNGS THAT HATE IT.

It's as he finishes up those last few sentences that his coughing seems to settle, tears in his eyes both from laughing and coughing too hard. Ow. But it's a good kind of ow.]

Stars, Allen - Th-Then what? Was everyone okay?

Oh- sorry! Didn't mean to make you have a fit- [His hand that was on Clay's head moves to rubs his back. Oh sweetie.]

[But once the coughing has settled and Clay is asking questions, he'll go back to the story]

Well, meanwhile back in our car, we were pretty frightened by what we saw. And Lenalee was getting really upset about what could happen to those people in the next car. She wanted us to do something, but we didn't have our powers.

And...well, I didn't want to watch a car full of people get eaten by a T-Rex, so I started digging through the cars supplies until I found one of the flares that someone had mentioned were in the car earlier.

Except by the time I found it? The T-Rex had been distracted somehow and moved away from that other car, and was near ours. It hadn't spotted us yet, but it was sniffing to see if anyone was inside.

Which...we probably would've been safe....

That is, if my nose hadn't picked that moment to sneeze.

[And he pays attention, and yeaaah, this sounds like the movie too, so it takes some effort to separate that and the fact that it actually happened to Allen... and the sneeze just makes him groan.]

Nooo, Alleeeeen...

I know. I wasn't happy with my sinuses.

[Stupid nose]

The T-Rex heard the sneeze, but it wasn't sure if anyone was in there, since sneezes are pretty quiet. So it stared into our car, as I slowly tried to move for the door.

And then when it was hovering by the window of one of my non-fighter friends- it roared, which caused her to scream in fright. Which that definitely gave us away. It started shoving at the car-

So, in a split second decision- I lit the flare, dove out of that car door, yelled at the people in the car to shut the door and then...

[rubbing his neck a little]

I ran like hell.

[....... Okay, what

what

the hell was he thinking.

Clay just stares, opens his mouth as if to say how utterly stupid that sounds - then shuts it, lowers his head to press a finger to his forehead, and lets out one of those sighs. Okay. Okay, Allen said he was younger and reckless, so - okay.

Still, he'll at least raise his head again to say something.]

Someone at least told you what a bad idea that was, right? I mean - Were you okay? Did you...

[Look Allen has some very worrisome scars DID ONE OF THOSE COME FROM THAT]

Edited 2016-01-10 04:09 (UTC)

[Uuuuugh this is why he had the disclaimer]

Yes, everyone has told me it was a reckless idea. Even my girlfriend who had insisted we needed to do something to help. [There was just no winning with her.]

But it turned out fine. There were a couple other people had also left their cars to lure the T-Rex away and with their help, we managed to get it far enough away that it got distracted by something in the jungle and left the area.

[He can't help but grumble a bit bitterly to himself] Though I don't remember any of them getting lectured.

[DISCLAIMERS CAN'T SAVE YOU ALLEN

Still, he can't help smiling a bit from that last part.]

You know they lecture because they care about you, right?

[It's sure why he was about to do it. Although that kind of implies that the other people had no one that cared about them, and that's kind of sad.]

Though yeah, they should've gotten something similar. That's not fair to you or them.

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