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		<h2 id="linktree">Non-Adult Sandbox =&gt; Non-Adult Roleplays =&gt; Topic started by: Skystomp on July 18, 2010, 04:05:55 am</h2>
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				Title: <strong>Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 18, 2010, 04:05:55 am</strong>
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				Richard Crabb looked up at the growing thunderstorm and shook his head. Best to head for cover until it blew over. Limix was going to beside her self tonight. He laughed at himself humerously. Scaley and Skinny, both outsiders and loners, but both needing each other to make it work as they explored and mapped out trails in Rainy Basin.<br><br>Limix grunted and clicked and Richard listened. "I want to get away from the storm. The thunder is going to be terrible."<br>Richard grinned at her. "For such a fearsome creature a little storm like this shouldn't bother you so much."<br>"It doesn't." She said with dignity. "I just hate having to clean mud from out of my claws and scales. Terrible terrible mess is makes. Besides, if it floods you'll be washed away and how would I explain THAT to the council and your family."<br>"True, and I'd hate to bounce around and into some carnosaurs who are singing in the shower."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 18, 2010, 08:10:29 am</strong>
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				Peering out the windscreen of her twin engine plane at the storm and hoping that it would blow over quickly, Laura Reynolds brushed a lock of jet black hair from her eyes and started praying. She hadnt been in a church in years, but right now, she was just praying that her plane didnt get hit by lightning, or caught in a downdraft, which would suck her plane right down to the water.<br><br>She was 24 and came from a long line of proud pilots. Both her grandfather and father were accomplished pilots, she was another Reynolds who sought a job in the air. She had shoulder length dark hair, blue eyes and a 5ft 6" body and figure that had some men wondering if she truly was a pilot, or a model, but she was a pilot, and proud of it.<br><br>In the back of her plane was supplies for Diego Garcia, for the ships store, which was constantly out of everything, so went the saying, high value items, as well as some personal gear belonging to the Base Commander. Plotting her course, she wondered if she shouldnt have delayed her flight, but thats why she had recieved this contract with the officials, she had a plane ready to fly and the island needed supplies.<br><br>Just as she was reaching for her radio, lightning cracked by her plane, once, twice, then a third one did hit her plane, hitting the left engine with a shower of sparks. Flinching as she had never been hit by lightning before,she held onto the yoke as the engine that had been hit trailed smoke and lost power. Around her, she struggled for control as the radio shorted out as well.<br><br>"Great, just great", she said to herself as her plane lost altitude, dropping from 15,000 feet to 10,000 quickly, and lower still. Holding on tight, she stared out at the storm as she passed through it. Her plane shook as she dropped lower and lower. She knew that she likely wouldnt survive a water landing, but as she held on, a lightning bolt lit up the sky and she saw land underneath her, an island.<br><br>"Thank you, thank you to whatever gods are listening", she said as she tried to keep power going to her remaining engine. Dropping to a thousand feet, she saw nothing but jungle.<br><br>Just as the power cut out, she checked her straps, to make sure that she wouldnt be thrown out when the plane hit a tree or land. Flinching as she heard the branches hitting the underside of her plane, then louder ones as her tail was ripped away, then the left wing, she was thrust forward against her straps as the fuselage hit. Crying out as her plane hit, she saw a flash of light as a patch of aviation fuel from the left engine was ignited, but the fuel in the right wing didnt go up or spill out, ensuring that any fire would be short lived.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 18, 2010, 01:20:46 pm</strong>
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				Richard looked out from the cover of the ruins they were staying in and adjusted his hat to keep the water from spilling over and into his grey eyes. This storm was a great big one. Bigger then he'd seen in a couple of years. He did notice the small bit of flame that was coming down through the storm. He tracked its progress guaging where it might impact. "Limix, there's a stone fall. We can check it out once the storm breaks..." He looked over at his friend and sighed with affection. She was a pain in the butt sometimes, but they'd been friends their entire lives, all 26 of them. He checked the remains of the stone roof out of habit and curled up next to Limix to watch the storm through the holes. "Don't worry, it'll be over soon." &nbsp;<br><br>When the storm finally broke a few hours later the small group made its way through the jungle heading for the suspected metorite impact site. "Good thing it came down in the darkness of the storm. Otherwise we'd have never seen it."<br>"Speak for yourself. I have excellent eyesight."<br>"Then take a look up there. Seems like it wasn't a metorite afterall." Richard said pointing upwards at the suspended aircraft. "What is that? It looks like a mechanical Skybax."<br>"There also appears to be a human inside it as well." Limix said pointing at the cockpit.<br>"We'd better see if they're alive. If they are, looks like we're heading back to Waterfall City either way." &nbsp;Richard said looking at the surrounding giant trees and wondering just HOW exactly he was going to get the pilot down without killing them both. With that in mind he starts up the trees heading for the mechanical flyer. Looking at the side nearest him he spots what looks like a hatch. Holding onto a sturdy vine he carefully swings over and after a few tries manages to get inside the belly of the mechanical beast. Making his way forward and down. His thin frame easily handling the treck but the constant shifting was leaving him more then a little nervous. He checked the pilot and noticed the pilot was still breathing. He also noticed the pilot was a woman... however the buckle arrangement took him a few minutes to figure out before he realized it was just a simple latch mechanism. He grabbed the pilot and made his way back to and out of the hatch. The next problem was actually easier then the first. Getting her to the ground was easily done by hacking a few vines down and wrapping her in it and them wrapping himself in them and carefully climbing down.<br>Once down, he checked the unknown woman for any obvious injuries. Hopefully she came through the trip without to much harm.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 19, 2010, 09:11:46 am</strong>
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				By the grace of God, or just good flying, her plane hadnt impacted into the ground. The huge trees that she had seen, just before she had been thrust forward and hit her head on the yoke, which knocked her out, had cushioned her planes impact and slowed it down to the point where the fuselage was mostly intact.<br><br>It would never fly again of course, but she had&nbsp; no way of knowing that. The light blue jeans, tshirt, comfortable boots and dark brown flying jacket, that had been a gift from her father, all fit her well.<br><br>Distantly as she began to regain consciousness, she felt like she was being moved, then lowered down. Had she indeed survived the crash. She knew the statistics&nbsp; like any other pilot. 95% of all crashes were fatal, so if she was indeed alive, then she had well and truly beaten the odds.<br><br>Wincing as she opened her eyes, she tried to focus on the figure above her who was checking her out, but her vision was blurry, and she was cold as well. "Am I alive", she said soflty and tried to get up, but her head only pounded harder when she did that, forcing her to lay back down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 19, 2010, 05:52:01 pm</strong>
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				On the trip down he felt the young woman starting to stir and hoped she wasn't going to make them both fall. Thankfully she waited to come to till they were all one the ground. Then she woke up, spoke some bizzare form of english and laid back down again. "En taru Limix, radun ohp-ohp." Richard racked his brain dreging up the english his father and grandfather had taught him, however it had been years since he last used it and he was very rusty. "Alive. Yes. Your rampana Skybax not much very. Die in vine." &nbsp;He looked over her head at someone out of sight, "Atcha nera puog." &nbsp;and brought a water skin to her lips. "Drink. Move soon. Much come danger. Not be here." &nbsp;He first look at him is a sun brown thin man with a long brown hair pulled back into a knot on the back of his head and short neatly handlebar mustache.&nbsp; Intense grey eyes look down at her an he's wearing a leathery vest festoned with pockets, no shirt, and dark brown pants with boots that are laced up to his knees. "Your head? Hurt?" He asks her, the english lessons of his youth coming back to him the more he dregged it up.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 20, 2010, 08:04:31 am</strong>
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				Blinking her eyes, she found her vision clearing, and gazed up at her rescuer. She hadnt expected her rescuer to be uniformed military, but neither did she expect to be rescued by Robinson Crusoe. His clothes looked hand made, but fitted him well and looked warm, just as warm as her jacket was.<br><br>'Skybax..I dont know what you mean..oh..my plane. Its..it looks,, it looks like a write off, makes me glad that I got the optional insurance. Although the weasels may try to use an act of god clause to get out of paying", she said, then managed to sit up without her head pounding too much.<br><br>Glancing to where he was talking to his friend, companion, she couldnt focus on whoever it was,&nbsp; and wondered just what language he was talking. "What do you mean..danger. In that case, could you go back up there and pick up some things quickly, if its not too much trouble. My green overnight duffel bag and medkit. Theyre near the pilots seat, thats all I'll need right away, and can come back for anything else at a later date", she asked him
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 20, 2010, 04:46:54 pm</strong>
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				Something about.... Writing the words for insurance and small mammals using the acts of God stipulating payment of some kind. The words made sense, but strung together like they were had him very confused. He was sure she had hit her head in the crash. <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75867.msg3325518#msg3325518">Quote from: playfullchick76 on July 20, 2010, 08:04:31 am</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> "What do you mean..danger. In that case, could you go back up there and pick up some things quickly, if its not too much trouble. My green overnight duffel bag and medkit. Theyre near the pilots seat, thats all I'll need right away, and can come back for anything else at a later date", she asked him.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Carnosaurs. Sound draw them. Not good be here. Very unhappy." &nbsp;He looked back over at Limix again asking how long they had. "Yesh, lobah neta wu?" &nbsp;(How long do we have?)<br>Limix said. "Yetuh anah ana yush ambre antolda." &nbsp;(Not long, several beats at least.)<br>"What is 'MedKit'? What look like?" He asked the woman. Hopefully it wasn't something non-crital or there was going to be trouble and not the kind they were going to be able to talk their way out of easily.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 21, 2010, 08:23:49 am</strong>
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				She wondered if he lived on this island alone, as he was like no-one that she had ever met before. She couldnt see who he was talking to, his partner here, but one that didnt speak english.<br><br>"I just need the medkit in case something goes wrong, but..ok, no medkit,just my duffel bag. Its just behind the pilots seat, where you found me, dark green in color, with patches sewn all over it, it has clothes and other important posessions inside it", she tells him, then looks at him strangely as one word that he said clicks in her mind, Carnosaurs.<br><br>"Carnosaurs..as in..no,, Dinosaurs", she says, wondering just what they were smoking on this island to believe that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 21, 2010, 07:50:43 pm</strong>
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				Richard nodded his head. "Yes, Dinosaurs. Like Limix, but not civilized." &nbsp;The more he used it the more the english was coming back. Good to know he remembered so much of it. "Wait here. Back quick." &nbsp;He handed her the water skin and looked at Limix. "Ama chen cho-cho lugano, duffel, et Medkit whus." &nbsp;(Going back up to get this duffel and medkit thing.) Limix chattered at him nervously. "Acha. Epun redolta." &nbsp;(I know, I'll be quick.) With that he scrambled up the vines and to the airship. He took a careful creaking step onto the plane, thankfully it was wedged in pretty good and looked around as he moved down towards the seats. Finding the duffelbag wasn't a problem, he litteral tripped over it. That was when he saw something interesting, a white box with a red cross on it. "Oh! Medicine Kit. Of course." &nbsp;He grabbed both, hoped there was nothing fragile in the bag and opened it up just long enough to stuff the Medkit inside and tossed it across his shoulders. The plane however lurched sickingly and he froze hoping it wasn't going to come down with him still inside it. That lurch made up his mind, even if the Carnosaurs didn't show up staying around the airship was a bad idea. he scrambled down the tree giving the plane a closer look. It was a lot like a huge Skybax and it could carry cargo. Heck it was even big enough to hold Limix, not that she would ever want to be that high in the air. He told Limix that they would have to move soon, the airship wasn't quite as stable as he had thought. "I find you... I found your duffel bag. I think this is 'Medkit' you spoke of? White box, large red cross? We need to move. Your airship unstable. I would not like to be near it when it crashes down. Can you walk? If you no can walk, Limix and I will carry you." &nbsp;At this Limix gave an indignant squawk, she was not a carrier of loads.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 22, 2010, 08:25:09 am</strong>
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				"Thank you for going up there. The plane looks wedged in there tightly enough, it shouldnt fall unless you did some impromptu breakdancing, and you dont look like thats your thing", she said with a smile. Thanking him for the water skin,she drank from it and felt better almost immediately.<br><br>Watching him climb up the vines, she hoped that he found it,as it had spare clothes, her phone, some power bars, a torch, and a short barrelled 9mm pistol with two clips of bullets. The gun was unloaded of course, as she knew better than to carry a loaded gun on a plane.<br><br>"Dinosaurs, no way, he cant mean that..real ones..can he", she said soflty, then she saw her first dinosaur outside a movie. Staring wide eyed at him, she quickly scrambled away from him as her heart pounded. She recognised it, a Velociraptor, pack hunter, big teeth and killing claws, very dangrous.<br><br>Backing up against the tree trunk, she froze, almost afraid to move, in case it ran at her. Only it didnt, it merely stared back at her with eyes that showed intelligence, as much as a humans, only the body it belonged to was far from human.<br>Looking up at him again as he swung down the vine, she again focused on the raptor, then at Richard. "No way, no way, no real, impossible", she said over and over until he spoke to her again.<br><br>"Umm,..ummm..yes, thats,,its the..the medkit. Unstable, yes, and the fraccing Raptor there. He wont eat me, will he, I know they ate bigger dinosaurs", she said, saying things that she never thought she would say.<br><br>"No,, I..I can walk on my own, and..I'll take the duffel bag", she said and stood up to test her weight. She found that she could walk, but she wasnt up to any long distance running just yet.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 22, 2010, 04:08:31 pm</strong>
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				Richard shook his head at her reaction and grinned. The reaction was almost universal when it came to new comers. At least she hadn't started swinging at Limix.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75867.msg3337413#msg3337413">Quote from: playfullchick76 on July 22, 2010, 08:25:09 am</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Umm,..ummm..yes, thats,,its the..the medkit. Unstable, yes, and the fraccing Raptor there. He wont eat me, will he, I know they ate bigger dinosaurs", she said, saying things that she never thought she would say.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"No! How terrible to think that. She. Limix a.. Limix is a female." &nbsp;Now he remembered why english was rarely used, so many extra pronouns to keep track of. Ah well, best to get used to it for the time being until they found a translator willing to interpret. "Limix does not eat other thinking beings. She likes fish." &nbsp;After she grabbed her bag he held out a hand to her. "Come. Limix will not hurt you. I will show you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 23, 2010, 08:54:23 am</strong>
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				She had never seen a dinosaur, much less a Raptor, one of the most feared ones that ever lived in the flesh. They had all died out when the huge meteorite had&nbsp; hit and killed them all, ensuring the rise of mammals, who became humans.<br><br>She was surprised at how calm it..no..she was, she wasnt about to look between its legs to check if it was male or female, and took his word for that.<br><br>"Real..a real dinosaur, and this is..commonplace..here on this island", she soflty replied. Right about now she wished that the gun in her duffelbag was loaded, in case the female Raptor decided that her fish diet wasnt working out for her and decided to suppliment it with her arm or leg.<br><br>With her heart and mind racing, she took the bags handles from him and stood up. Letting him take hold of her hand, she let him walk her closer to Limix, her very first real, live dinosaur.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 23, 2010, 05:01:27 pm</strong>
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				Limix hissed at Richard. "Chuthalana es tupa reshah!" &nbsp;(Do we really need to do this now!)<br>Richard replied. "Uta. Ech rana meph lostah. (Yes. She needs to know how to say hello.) Hold up your hand to her, palm facing her and say. 'Calm Sprihtack, Shaplo Rintak, Limix' It means Breath Deep, Seek Peace, Limix. A greeting. Remember those words and you won't have much trouble until someone can find you a translator or who speaks english." &nbsp;<br>Limix cocked her head at Laura and held her hand out as well mimicking the instructions that Richard had given her. Limix spoke first reciting the same words. "Calm Sprihtack, Shaplo Rintak." &nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 24, 2010, 04:48:13 am</strong>
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				This was insane, approaching a meat eater like this, even one that had sworn off other animals. Still, Limux didnt seem to want to eat her, perhaps there was something to this after all.<br><br>Focusing on breathing as she stopped in front of her, she held her hand up, prayed that Limux wouldnt relieve her of it, then said the words that he had told her to say. "Calm Sprihtack,Shaplo Rintak,Limux", she said in as strong a voice as she could.<br><br>Instead of lunging at her, Limux merely held her hand close to hers and spoke the same words. A relaxed smile appeared on her face, and she laughed soflty.<br><br>"Amazing, incredible.So, are there others here, other dinosaurs.Wait, you said carnosaurs would come.Does that mean that a Tyranosaurus Rex will come charging in here", she soflty said, then held her duffel bag a bit harder. "Ok, lets rabbit out of here then".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 24, 2010, 08:35:51 am</strong>
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				Richard watched with interest, this was all second nature to him. She took to it well, she had steel in her even though she was obviously nervous and watched as the nervousness vanished into child-like delight. "I don't know about charging in. But yes, the Rexes and worse rule here. So, if you are ready, we should leave. I doubt your airship will survive once they see it." &nbsp;He bent down and picked up two packs and hoisted the smaller of the two onto his shoulders and handed the other to Limix. "Yes, let us 'rabbit' out of here. Our next stop will be several days travel from here across the Sauropod Bridge and on our way to Waterfall City." &nbsp;He told her starting at a brisk walk through the jungle.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 24, 2010, 08:42:40 am</strong>
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				Sighing as he told her that her plane wouldnt survive up there, she glanced up at it, taking what could possibly be her last look at it. There was nothing in there that was worth taking,and all it was loaded with was newspapers, magazines, batteries and other items, nothing worth risking her life for. Anything that was worth risking her life for was in her duffel bag.<br><br>"I'll miss the old girl, she kept me alive, and she deserves better than to be left here to be carnosaur bait", she said, then walked off after her rescuer and his Raptor companion.<br><br>"So is all of this island this dangerous, and whats this Waterfall city like", she asked him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 24, 2010, 11:38:03 am</strong>
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				"I must appologize." Richard said a few hours later. "I have been remiss, and terribly so. I have failed to introduce myself. Excuse my rudeness. I am Richard Crabb, and of course Limix my partner. As for Waterfall City? Mmmm that's hard to explain, it's a city that was built by Dinosaurs and Humans a long long time ago. It sits on the western edge of Dinotopia and is litteraly sits above the falls and is the first stop before continuing on to the capital Sauropolis. Makes transportation of full loads much easier when it's all down stream. As to Waterfall itself? It's wet and loud." &nbsp;He said grinning and twirling his mustache.&nbsp; "It's were all new comers go first to be registered. We try and keep an accurate count of who's who and when and how they've arrived. I think you're the third or fourth who's arrived by air. Most are rescued by the dolphins off shore."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 25, 2010, 05:01:00 am</strong>
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				She listened closely, not missing a word as he introduced himself at last, reminding her that she hadnt introduced herself either.<br>"Well, its good to meet you Richard Crabb, I'm Laura Reynolds, now former pilot hired by the US armed forces to fly cargo back and forth from the mainland to Diego Garcia", she said as they walked away from the crash site.<br>"Wow, this waterfall city sounds even more impressive than New York, or Niagara Falls in Buffalo, and Niagara falls has huge waterfalls going for it. I've seen it from both sides, and, I have to say, its a little bit better from the Canadian side", she added.<br><br>"Registered, so they know who I am and what I can do. I.. look, this is all..I expect to be picked up once I've contacted the Coast Guard, but until then, I guess I'm your guest", she said, then unzipped her duffel bag and reached inside it. Her fingers found her holstered pistol, took it out and loaded it with a clip. Putting it behind her and down the back of her pants, she rummaged through her bag until she found her cell phone, powered it up and looked for the bars at the top that would allow her to contact the Diego Garcia authorities.<br><br>Sighing as she coudlnt get a signal, she held it up, then waved it around, but she still couldnt get a signal. "Damn..I cant seem to get a signal here, maybe I need to be out of this jungle, or a bit higher above sea level", she said, then found him looking at her cell phone curiously.<br><br>"I dont suppose that you have a phone that I could use, or a Radio", she asked him, then smiled at the image in her head that appeared concerning shipwreck survivors being rescued by dolphins.<br><br>"Being rescued by Dolphins, now thats an image that would look good, very..romantic actually".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 25, 2010, 04:41:33 pm</strong>
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				"And a pleasure it is to have meet you Laura Reynolds of the US armed forces. Pretty much. Anyone who comes here from the outside world knows things that we don't. Updates on medicine and the various scientific fields are the most common things." &nbsp;<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75867.msg3352849#msg3352849">Quote from: playfullchick76 on July 25, 2010, 05:01:00 am</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Registered, so they know who I am and what I can do. I.. look, this is all..I expect to be picked up once I've contacted the Coast Guard, but until then, I guess I'm your guest", she said, then unzipped her duffel bag and reached inside it. Her fingers found her holstered pistol, took it out and loaded it with a clip. Putting it behind her and down the back of her pants, she rummaged through her bag until she found her cell phone, powered it up and looked for the bars at the top that would allow her to contact the Diego Garcia authorities.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"I don't want to discurage you, but I doubt these Coast Guard are going to rescue you. The storms and reefs that surround Dinotopia have keept us safe from the outside world for a long time. No one that I know of who has come here has ever left. I'm afraid that we don't use phones here. We use Skybax and Crystal Beacond to send messages over great distances. I'm afraid you're small radio there," &nbsp;He said gesturing at the cell phone, "won't last very long here. Dolphins have always liked humans. That's why they're always rescuing cast aways."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 25, 2010, 05:04:37 pm</strong>
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				"Scientific updates, ok, heres one. Pluto isnt a planet anymore, theyve decided that its not a planet anymore, but a rogue moon of Neptunes. As for medicines, I dont really follow that field too well, I'm a pilot, not a doctor", she said, then looked at him curiously as he told her that no one left Dinotopia.<br><br>"The Coast Guard wont actually get close to the reefs, they'll anchor offshore and send in a helicopter to get me, providing that I can get a signal when I'm in a clearing or somewhere high", she added.<br><br>"No phones, ok, I'll use your radio, any radio. I know some morse code, dad made sure that all his kids knew some. A good guy, he would be happy that your looking after his only daughter", she said, smiling to hide how nervous she was getting.<br><br>From what he was saying, no one left this island. She didnt think he meant her any harm, and lets face it, if Dinosaurs like Limux were taken off the island and sold to zoo's, it would be a repeat of the sequel to Jurassic park.<br><br>"Come on, surely people arrive, get well and try to leave..dont they", she said nervously, then began tapping buttons on her cell phone even faster. "Ok, I have a family out there, who will probably think me dead if I dont tell them otherwise", she added, then sighed as she still couldnt get a signal and put the phone away. If she couldnt find a way to power it up, the battery would die on her, then theres no way of contacting the Coast Guard at all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 25, 2010, 08:08:24 pm</strong>
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				"Shento eshas lumma blustabus." &nbsp;Limix said gesturing at Laura. (She has a firearm.)<br>"Yhu polo.&nbsp; Et tempolo. Es randana rujuice." &nbsp;He replied back. (I know. I'll take resposibility for actions.)<br>"We have no radios. Our forms of communication are much different here then what you are used to."<br>&nbsp;<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75867.msg3355549#msg3355549">Quote from: playfullchick76 on July 25, 2010, 05:04:37 pm</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Come on, surely people arrive, get well and try to leave..dont they", she said nervously, then began tapping buttons on her cell phone even faster. "Ok, I have a family out there, who will probably think me dead if I dont tell them otherwise", she added, then sighed as she still couldnt get a signal and put the phone away. If she couldnt find a way to power it up, the battery would die on her, then theres no way of contacting the Coast Guard at all. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Of course most try to leave. I know. My grandfather was a Dolphinback. He hated it here. Tried to escape and didn't make it. He was lucky and survived the attempt. Most others who try don't make it, the lucky ones are rescued by the dolphins again. I am sorry. I can't say I know how it feels, but at least you're not dead and that's something. There's a whole new life waiting here for you, if you can accept it." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 26, 2010, 07:49:22 am</strong>
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				No matter what buttons she pressed, she couldnt get any bars to appear at the top of her cell phones screen. Shutting it off to conserve power, she put it in the top pocket of her jacket. She liked her jacket, a gift from her father one christmas, or birthday, she wasnt sure. A replica of the one worn by her grandfather during WW2, it even had period flying patches on it.<br><br>"No radios either, thats going to be a problem, no radios and no phone, means no Coast Guard pickup, and no return home to hear my insurance company probably refuse to pay, wonderfull", she said softly, trying not to sound ungratefull for her rescue.<br><br>'No, I'm not dead, I am gratefull for that, I guess its not my time to meet the Reaper", she added, unsure if Richard or Limux even knew about the Grim Reaper.<br><br>"I havnt been here long enough to either hate it or love it. Dont think me ungratefull, but, dont think that I'm just going to..accept the fact that I wont see my family again. They wouldnt give up on me, and I owe it to them not to give up either, my parents didnt raise a quitter", she said and continued walking.<br><br>"Ok, humor me Richard, what is life like here. You were clearly born here, but your grandfather was shipwrecked here, and from..where", she asked him while keeping her senses extended as much as she could. If a T-Rex did show up aiming&nbsp; to make her part of its complete meal, she aimed to set it straight. She wasnt sure if the pistol tucked in the back of her jeans would seriously harm it, but it might scare it off, or it might just make it angry.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 26, 2010, 06:20:25 pm</strong>
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				"Grampa Lee was a salior on an East India company trading ship. To hear him tell it, they were just shy of being outright pirates. Says they went out when they shouldn't during a storm and spent the next several days being hurled all over. When the storm was finally over, he was being pulled ashore by a pod of Coast Watcher dolphins. He was the only survivor of the wreck. Wound up being a scrounger for most of his life." &nbsp;He trailed off for a moment and glanced back at Limix before shrugging and continuing with his tail. "Seems that it runs in the family. Mom and Dad do much the same thing out by Windy Point, mostly harvesting crystals and salvaging wrecks for goods to barter back in the various towns along the coast. As for me and Limix, well... we weren't as attracted to the sea as the rest. So we specilaized in the acquisition of difficult to obtain goods further inland."<br>"As for life... oh my. I'm not even sure where to begin. Given your flying machine I guess Professor Denison was right in that people would fly with the aid of machines some day. I'm guessing you're use to machines doing all the work for you? Well... if you are, prepare yourself. We don't use many machines here. Partnered with the Dinosaurs we work together and get just as much if not more done. We can do things they can't and at the same time they can do things we could never do, with two minds working at it little gets missed. We care for each others children, partner up when we decide what we want to do or grow up knowing what we'll do if you're lucky enough to be apprenticed to someone like a Horn Blower or Blacksmith. To be honest.. much of this is probably going to make as much sense to you now as it would it me if you told me about your world." He told her honestly one hand playing with his moustache. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 27, 2010, 09:43:46 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Oh I can picture that, running up the skull and crossbones, cannons sounding. From what your saying, your grandfather was a borderline privateer. They hit the shipping of rival countries and were protected from prosecution by letters of mark".<br><br>"Theres nothing wrong with being a scrounger. If more from my world scrounged, the world would be a better place, but too many people want a new car every year, a new toaster every year, a bigger house. So few people can live within their means anymore. Thats how the Global financial crisis happened, thats a long story though", she said.<br><br>"Well, if its safe, I may try to return later to see whats left from the cargo of my plane, see what I can salvage and barter for..something", she said offhand,&nbsp; hoping that her plane is high enough to be out of reach of whatever Carnosaurs find it.<br>"We do have machines doing a lot of work for us, but not everything. Humans do still do things for themselves. The industrial revolution did increase the production of things, and put some out of work, but systems merely changed".<br><br>"The plane that I came in is only a small one. There are bigger ones, Airbus A380's, Boeing 767's and 787's, that can transport 400 people and more across America, or from new york to london in eight hours. Most of us have cars, motorcyles and trucks to travel around in, its faster and saves time. I cant say that I'm familiar with this..professor Denison, but I'd like to meet him", she added.<br><br>"Partner up, you mean marry. I knew early on what I wanted to do with my life, fly. I had artistic talents, but Dad told me to do something with my life that kept me clothed, fed and housed, and being an artist didnt pay the bills. Flying did, so thats what I did".<br><br>"You're right, I dont understand your world yet, and you dont understand my world", she said soflty and idly wrapped a lock of her hair around her finger,a nervous habit she had and helped her to think clearly.<br><br>"So..what other dinosaurs exist here. I know that you have..Raptors, and T-Rexes, but what else. I used to love making model dinosaurs when i was younger. One of my favourites was a Triceratops, dont ask me why, and maybe T-rexes for sheer scary presence".
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 27, 2010, 05:05:34 pm</strong>
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				Most of what she said to him was incomprehesible. Names, letters, numbers, those made sense, but very little else did. He only vaguely knew what the outside world continents were like and that they were huge. One thing did catch his attention however. "I think you misunderstand. Limix and I are partnered, but we are not married. That's just si.. not what it means." &nbsp;He was treading a little more carefully around her then he would normally, but it was obvious she was lost and making oof-handed comments like that wouldn't help her sense of self and well being. "It means we're partners. A team. You can be a flyer here, but artists are always in demand. We like bright colors. Stone just isn't that lively. So maybe you'll find what you've been looking for. Many times people who arrive here feel lost until they discover something about themselves that they didn't know they had. Or had but weren't using."<br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I cant say that I'm familiar with this..professor Denison, but I'd like to meet him", she added.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>"He loves machines. When he got here he tried making flying machines. Didn't work out so well. He's currently the head librarian in Waterfall City. He came from the outside world, much like you did, only he did it by sea instead of by water."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"So..what other dinosaurs exist here. I know that you have..Raptors, and T-Rexes, but what else. I used to love making model dinosaurs when i was younger. One of my favourites was a Triceratops, dont ask me why, and maybe T-rexes for sheer scary presence."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"There are many different types here. I can't begin to tell you them all. That would be like... like dividing humans up into different kinds because of skin color or eye color. Most will tell you what species they are if you ask politely. "
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 27, 2010, 05:30:08 pm</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I assumed that partnered meant..oh crap, no, I didnt mean that", she said, then laughed as she misunderstood. "No, sorry, my bad, you're just good friends. Dont translate that for Limux, lest she take it the wrong way", she pleaded, then laughed again.<br><br>"Just what would I fly here. I assume that you dont have planes like the one that I crashed here, so&nbsp; I doubt that I would get the same thrill from flying whatever slow moving dirigibles you fly here. As for my artistic talent being in demand, it wasnt in demand out there, but I could give it a shot I guess, see if my style will keep me fed, housed and clothed", she added.<br><br>"From what your telling me, I'm headed there anyway, I could tell him about modern aircraft design, help him with a better design that will work. But he would need a power source, fuel of some kind".<br><br>"I'll know a lot of Dinosaur species by sight, I think, the main ones at least. So all Dinosaurs here are sentient. I did read that they were smart for their time, though some only had brains the size of a walnut, not that I'll say that to the face of one who does. Never tempt fate, thats what I like to say".<br><br>Then she was reminded of her sketch pad, at the bottom of her duffel bag, already half filled with sketches of places that she's been thinking about. Once she's at Richard and Limux's home, she'll show him.<br><br>"So how does this,, partnership start off, you just ask around, or is there a vetting process thats used to determine if your compatible", she asks.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 28, 2010, 05:26:05 pm</strong>
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				"As for what you could fly? There are the Skybax of course. Imagine having a flying partner that thinks and can anticipate your moves. There are also the glider pilots at Waterfall City. They transport people and cargo from the cliffs down to the city proper."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"So how does this,, partnership start off, you just ask around, or is there a vetting process thats used to determine if your compatible", she asks.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Mmmm that depends. Some people just have a knack for similar things. Sometimes it starts at a young age, sometimes when you're older. It's a lot like making a friend. You talk, you gt to know each other and then if things mesh well you decide to work together. It's really not that complicated. Some people are better suited for some tasks and others for other tasks. Like, a lot of Oviraptor's are adept at child care and egg tending, but not many Triceratops are. Because of their height Bracisaurs make good lookouts but not many of the shorter ones want to. Jobs like those are just a few examples. Limix and I meet when we were both wandering around the edges of Rainy Basin... ah that would be the jungle we are in now. Hooked up because it's easier to run around with someone to watch your back."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 29, 2010, 08:54:11 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"A Skybax. I'm familiar with a lot of dinosaurs, but I dont think ive heard of one called a Skybax. Do you mean a Pteradactyl, those Ive seen&nbsp; in movies. Very fast,hmm, thats definately worth thinking about. As for the cargo transporting, thats also a possibility, but not all the time". <br><br>I became a pilot to see different places, to see what was over the ocean, over the mountain range. My feet may go to sleep if i kept the same route day in and day out for,,what..40 years, how long to glider pilots do that job for", she asked him.<br><br>'I dont quite fit in here, and I'm already saying things that confuse you. You've been polite enough not to point them out, but i know I'm doing it. How am I supposed to find a partner, someone to watch my back, which is very important, when I'm missing social cues and dont even speak the language".<br><br>"If you suddenly found yourself in downtown San Diego or San Francisco, you would feel just as lost and out of place as I feel. It could be a while until I'm ready and know what it is that I can do here", she said, talking more to get it out than to truly have her questions answered. But he did get her out of her plane.<br><br>"Can you tell me more examples, I just want to know what my options are".
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>July 31, 2010, 01:07:31 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"Hmmmm." Richard said scratching his head and obviously thinking hard. "They are big, really big flyers. Quetzal something I think is what they're called outside. They are bigger and more even tempered then 'dactyls. You'll find those mostly in the cannons near the stone monuments. They're nasty tempered creatures. Given a choice I wuold rather deal with the carnivors of Rainy Basin, at least they can be bribed." &nbsp;<br>He listened to what she said and then shrugged. "It is like anything else. Out there I would have trouble to. In here you have trouble. Some of the words you use I do not understand because I don't have any reference for. Like a Bowing. I don't know what that is. It is a flying machine I assume. However, past that, I know nothing of it. There are many outsiders who show up here, a great majority of them have adapted to living here and speaking the language. I can not say if you will have problems with it, but with study and patience all things are possible."<br>"I do not know these places you speak of, but I am sure I would be lost and confused there. I do know that the Outside world is vastly different then Dinotopia. And I do not mean to rush you or heap another burden atop of you. You have time to decide, we don't do things in an instant. We take time and that can take years. If it takes years then it will take years. You can not rush growth or wisdom. And as for more examples?" He threw his hands into the air in a gesture of, where to begin. "There are many things. Farmers, waste collectors, merchants, explorers, religion, health care.... as long as you are willing, patient and keep an open mind, you will find something, or even, something will find you that only you can do."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>July 31, 2010, 02:24:02 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				'If I'm to ride something, I would prefer it to be something that agrees with me and doesnt try to buck me off, or eat me. I cant imagine that a Carnivore can be bribed not to eat you, unless you tricked it into going after a bigger non- existent target", she said.<br><br>"Ok, I'll try to think before talking so that I dont confuse you. As for Boeing, its a company that makes airplanes, starting with passenger ones, then built bombers during World War 2, B-17's and the B-29. After the war, they went back to making passenger planes, which they make to this day".<br><br>'I dont doubt that I can learn the language,and talk to Dinosaurs. I already speak two languages aside from English, Spanish and French. Learning another one would be just as easy I imagine".<br><br>"San Francisco is beautifull, a true city by the bay, and it has the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most beautiful bridges ever built. San Diego isnt quite as good, but its a big Navy place, a lot of US Navy ships are docked there at any given time, and its where I live with my brother. He's an armorer on the&nbsp; Supercarrier Carl Vinson, so he's away on deployment nine months of the year, and in return for free rent, I look after it while he's away, so it works out for both of us", she said, then fished around in her bag for the family photos that she carries around in it.<br><br>Taking out the envelope, she finds one, taken on his last deployment, with him on the flight deck of the Vinson, and showed it to Richard. "Thats him there", she said and pointed him out.<br><br>"I dont knock those that pick up trash, or..waste. From what youve said, I woudlnt be adverse to flying on a Skybax, or using my artistic skill, or, now that you mention it, an explorer doesnt sound too bad, hows the health plan", she says, and grins at that image.<br><br>"I dont know about you, but I'm hungry, are you", she says and finds the small box of honey and oats bars that she has in there, just in case something like this happens. Taking one out, she offers one to Richard, then looks to limux, unsure if Raptors would eat one.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 01, 2010, 10:20:26 pm</strong>
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				"Fish. They love to eat fish but aren't very adapt at catching them. Normal practice is to carry a load of fish and then let them take it as a bribe to leave alon passing caravans. They are quite honorable. Once they give their word, they keep it unless the other party breaks it. They just don't like the civilized life. Out here, they rule by their laws, not ours. If you like this San Fran Sisco then I think you'll feel the same about Waterfall City." &nbsp;He looked at the picture she showed him and he was obviously amazed by it looking at it closely. "Amazing detail." &nbsp;When she asked about eating he looked at what she was offering. "Limix eats fish." &nbsp;He said fishing around in his pack and handing Limix a cloth wrapped package before handing her one of his own. Rice, spiced with some kind of spice with bits of cooked fish in it. "Fish, one of the staples of life here. We don't raise meat animals like they do Outside."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 02, 2010, 08:27:16 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"No, I can imagine that Carnivores with small arms dont have mush fishing skill. I'm trying to picture a big T-Rex with a fishing rod in his hands, maybe I'll draw that", she said, and grinned at that image.<br><br>"I'm still dealing with the fact that dinosaurs exist here, and your telling me that big Carnosaurs are..honorable, very strange", she said, glad that they dont rampage around, eating slow moving people all over this island. "So the Carnosaurs dont live all over this island, just in this Rainy Basin, maybe I can reason with them for my plane, if it survives their visit, but I hope they dont find it",she added.<br><br>"Yes it is, its taken on a standard camera, he takes them when he can. The Carl Vinson is home to 5,000 men and women, 70 aircraft, enough weapons to fight a war, but it hasnt actually had to yet, and god willing, it wont ever have to", she said. She did her best not to worry about him when he was deployed, and she was always glad to see him back at San Diego.<br><br>"Oh, I wasnt sure if she ate this, I was just being polite", she said, still offering the bar while watching Limix take the cloth wrapped package, then took&nbsp; the one offered by Richard.<br>Opening it up, she sniffed it and sighed as it smelled good already. "Oh that smells good, Im garenteed not to starve. I happen to like fish, so I should be ok", she said and took a bite of it.<br><br>"No other meat, so no beef, chicken, lamb. None at all, just fish", she added, marvelling at that, and took another bite of her first dinotopian meal.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 03, 2010, 01:11:23 pm</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				He took the bar and gave it a odd glance before taking a bite, if she ate it he could to. He chewed... and chewed and chewed some more before finally swallowing it. "That was an interesting experience. I could taste oats and honey and something else I could not identify. Must have been a spice from outside, but very tastey." &nbsp;He ate the rest of the bar trying to identify that elusive flavor of perservatives while listening to her talk about the Outside world. He looked uncomfortable when the aircraft carrier was meantioned but didn't say anything about it, instead commenting on, "Most of the livestock animals don't take to being rescued very well so few if any ever make it this far, that and it would be to much like eating a neighbor. The dinosaurs are intelligent, what would happen if you found out your chicken could talk to you?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 03, 2010, 05:23:12 pm</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"i'm glad you like it Richard, I have more if you want another one", she said with a smile and finished off her own meal that he had given her. Just as tasty and filling as well.<br><br>"If the chicken that I was about to eat could talk to me, I probably wouldnt eat it, but most of us dont see the chicken that our nuggets come from, or the cow that our hamburgers came from. Plus, we may like hamburgers and steaks, but that doesnt mean that most of us want to meet the cow,otherwise we probably wouldnt eat it", she added as he had a good point there.<br><br>"They dont talk, and I guess, we think that gives us the right to eat them, but some escape their fate, and I applaud the sheep or cow that escapes the truck taking them to their deaths, it shows&nbsp; inginuity on their part."<br><br>"Do you think the Carnosaurs are tracking us, or are they most likely pre-occupied with my plane. They cant follow us to this Waterfull City..right".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 03, 2010, 07:16:09 pm</strong>
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				"Hmm that could be a problem, they don't see where their food comes from. We do, we work the farms with our hands and with our friends. You'd be surprised at what tehy know about farmnig." &nbsp;He chewed in silence before answering. "If they are, there's nothing we can do about it. If they want us, they're going to take us and no ones going to know. Regardless of the good.... we're not supposed to be here."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 04, 2010, 07:38:18 am</strong>
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				"Well, I dont plan on being some Carnosaurs main course. Lets keep moving and hope that they dont catch us, if they do, well, I have something that should make them find easier prey", she said, not knowng that both of them already know about the gun that she has.<br><br>"Besides, if these Carnosaurs are as intelligent and honorable as you say they are, then they should be swayed by the fact that my plane crashed,and that I had no say in my landing zone", she told them, and hoped that whatever language the Carnosaurs spoke, Limix spoke the same.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 04, 2010, 05:57:16 pm</strong>
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				"No offense, but that gun you are carrying, won't do more then annoy a Carnosaur. It may end your life quickly, but not something like them. Even the... do not look so surprised. We know what a gun is." &nbsp;Richard said as Laura's eyes widened. "We have had issues with new arrivals and their reliance on firearms before. As I was saying, your firearm may startle a Carnosaur, but it will not stop it." He smiled at her ruefully. "I would also appreciate it if you do not cause any problems waving it around. I have taken responsibility for your actions, so any harm you do, will be my fault." &nbsp;He stood with her a little worried about how she would take his statement. Honestly he was surprised that her opinion matter as much as it did to him. "I can not speak for what they will think, they may be content to destroy the machine and be done with it. At least I hope that is all they will be content with doing."<br>"Dosh kand an iky, esh rah nes hias." (I don't sense any Carnasaurs nearby, but lets hurry anyway.) Limix said speaking again at last.<br>"Limix says, she doesn't sense any Carnasaurs nearby, but she wishes to hurry out of here." &nbsp;<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 05, 2010, 10:17:44 am</strong>
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				"You know about it, its for protection only. I was raised around firearms, so I know when and how to use them, and when not to use them", she said to that as she tried not to let her surprise show, and failed.<br><br>"You could be right, the loads in the bullets arent high, and I doubt that even a .30 calibre bullet would penetrate a Carnosaurs hide.&nbsp; Its just that out there in the outside world, there are people who love guns and dont hesitate to use them to get what they want, so thats why people like me have them, to equalise the situation, if you know what I mean", she said as well.<br><br>'Ok, your the Carnosaur expert, I'll defer to your wisdom, but..if one comes close and opens its jaws to eat me, I'll draw it and take my chances. And what do you mean by taking responsibility for me..ok, whatever that means, I'm cool with that, and I wont draw my firearm unless Im out of options", she added.<br><br>"As much as that saddens me, better my plane than me,or they may not even find it, that would be even better, then theres a chance, slim,that I could return and salvage something from it. Limix, I wont argue with you on that, lead the way":, she said and continued walking, eager to get as much distance between her and this Rainy Basin as possible.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 05, 2010, 07:36:01 pm</strong>
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				"I would not call myself an expert. Just that I did my research before coming here. Our first time here we left the same day after having a run in with some young Carnosaurs. We can hope they will leave it as it lays, or hangs." He said and thought about what she had said before hand. "Ah what does 'cool' mean? You are not cold are you? That would be a very bad thing here."<br><br><br><br><br>(OOC: want to fast forward to Waterfall city?)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 06, 2010, 07:50:30 am</strong>
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				Laughing soflty as Richard had no idea what she was talking about, she held back the comment that sprang to mind. "It means..its good, ok, all okay, five by five. I'm not cold, the flying jacket I'm wearing keeps me warm in my plane, so down here, its just as warm", she said and thought ahead as she walked.<br><br>What would they make of her in Waterfall City, would she be asked for information about what had happened since the last outsider had been shipwrecked or crashed. Waterfall City seemed like Rome, where all roads lead to, she had a lot to learn and experience, that was for sure.<br><br>(that sounds like a good idea, fast forward at my mark..mark)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 07, 2010, 10:09:32 am</strong>
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				"Ah, another slang term. I understand."<br>(Mark.... whaaaaaaaa thud bump crash... ow)<br><br>After two and a half days of hard travel, all of it on foot through Rainy Basin they came to one of the crossing points, one of the extendable bridges built like giant vertabrea bones. Thankfully a caravan was nearby and they were able to grab a lift, resting their weary feet on the last leg of their journey to the cliffs of Waterfall City.<br><br>(http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af270/JonaHex/Waterfallcity.jpg)<br><br>As the sun rose behind the city, on the dawn of the thid day, you could hear the muted thunder of the water as it crashed down the cliffs. <br>As they crested the finale ridge Richard waved at the giant city in question, home to both Dinosaurs as well as Humans. "Welcome to Waterfall City."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 07, 2010, 10:41:25 am</strong>
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				She was no stranger to camping, she had done enough camping through California, but camping in the Rainy Basin was like no forest that she had stayed in. They found some ruins to shelter in during the nights, and badgered Richard, and even Limix for information. No matter how trivial it was, she wanted to know it.<br><br>Her first sight of the extendable bridge made her marvel at the design of it. Carnosaurs couldnt cross it, and traffic on it was one way by big dinosaurs extending out the bridge using their weight. The sight of the caravan of dinosaurs, armored to protect against Carnosaur attacks, shocked her as they were right out of a movie as well, only in the movies that she had seen, they couldnt talk.<br><br>She kept herself composed all the way on the backs of the Apatosauruses and Brachiosaurs that made up the caravan. She also got to talk to the other humans, and learned that she wouldnt need her pistol here. She also learned that there were no wars, no poverty, no violence, unless you counted the outsiders, but the people on the caravan didnt go into detail about them.<br><br>Riding on the back of the Apatosaurus was a bit like riding an elephant or camel, only it was a longer way if you fell.<br><br>The sound of falling water got closer and closer as they made it up to the cliffs. Her eyes widened at the sight of all the waterfalls, and the sounds of crashing water. Waterfall city lay before them, lit up by the morning light and looking more beautiful than even the Golden Gate Bridge when the sun shone over it in the morning.<br><br>"Woah, thats..I'm lost for words, something that doesnt happen very often", she soflty said as she took in its beauty. Reaching into her bag, she took out her cell phone, brought up the camera function of it, then took picture after picture of it. She already had a few in there of the bridge, and the armored dinosaurs,but Waterfall City was something else.<br><br>"I think I'm going to like it here", she said soflty, then grinned and gently hit his upper arm. "And..we fly down there..right", she added, unsure as she was sure that the big gliders she saw woudlnt pass an FAA inspection, but if they were good enough for Richard and Limix to use, then she was game enough to try them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 09, 2010, 01:57:49 pm</strong>
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				"This is why I did not try to explain it. It must be seen to be believed. Yes, we can take the gliders dirrectly into the city, the caravan itself will swing around the city and enter from the main bridges..." Richard started to say before being interupted by Limix.<br>"I'm not flying on those. You know I don't like them." Limix said chattering at Richard. "I will walk with the Caravan and meet you at home."<br>"Of course Limix, but she's a flyer, she can get a little something back at least, of what she lost. I'll see you when you get home. Breath Deep."<br>"Seek Peace." With that Limix sprinted away easily catching up with the caravan.<br>"She is not found of things that take her feet off the ground. She truely dislikes flying." Richard explained. "She will meet us later tonight at our house. That should give us enough time to at least get you situated and get some things done, like bath, clean clothes and food before doing the required things tomorrow morning. Unless you want to do explore?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>August 27, 2010, 11:48:49 pm</strong>
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				Laughing softly once Richard had translated what Limix had said, she put her cellphone away and once again took in Waterfall City.How could she possibly fit in there, she asked herself. Taking a quick sniff of her clothes, she didnt argue when he mentioned a bath, she did need one, and some clean clothes were definately on the itinery.<br><br>"I could do with some clean clothes. How much would a set of fresh clothes cost me, or are they given out to every newcomer to Dinotopia. I'll take it like I take to most places that I visit, get myself based somewhere, bath, food, clothes, then explore, in that order", she said with an excited smile, then looked to the big gliders. The thought of designing the first airship entered her mind, but not leaving, not yet at least.<br><br>"So tell me about your house. I assume that I'll be on the couch. Thats called couch surfing on the outside, travelling and sleeping on friends couches. Saves on paying out for hotels and motels", she added as they got closer to the gliders.<br><br>"Lets race her to the City, see who gets there first".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>August 28, 2010, 09:35:05 am</strong>
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				"It will not cost you anything. This last trip was profitable and I still have a store of credit saved from the last time." &nbsp;He laughed at her sniffing. "Do not worry, I want a bath just as bad. The jungle grim gets into everything if you are not careful."<br><br>"The house? Well it is a moderate sized home for a single human and small dinosaur like Limix. There is a bath located on the bottom floor near the back and rooms on the top including a sun room for reading. I was lucky when I found it. The previous tenant was leaving to be closer to her family and children. So I took over its care. Ah... admittedly it is a bit on the crowded side. I tend to pick up items of interest when I am out. Couch?" &nbsp;He looked at her questioningly. "Oh no no. You will have a proper bed to sleep upon. It would be rude of me not to offer you a comfortable place to rest at night." Richard laughed again quickly unwinding now that they were closer to home again, his home at least. <br><br>"Richard, hoy choi!" The glider pilot called out.<br>"Jax, hoy choi! I brought someone new to Dinotopia. You will like her, she was a flyer on the outside." &nbsp;Richard called out in english.<br>Jax stepped away from the glider, he was a short muscular man who was bald as a que ball and tanned so brown he looked like he was made of rock. "Christ be praised, Richard. You always seem to find interesting things on your little trips." &nbsp;Jax turned to Laura and held up his hands to her. "Breath deep and Seek Peace. Name's Jax, I'm one of the Glider pilots in this area. Richard says you were a pilot in the outside world. Good to meet another pilot who doesn't need a Skybax to go flying through the air."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 02, 2010, 08:55:33 am</strong>
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				She had found out that money had no value here. That was good, as money was the cause of, and solution to, most of lifes problems. But, as she couldnt buy clothe, foor, or a place to stay, would she barter for things, trade, that made her think.<br><br>Since crashlanding here, she had seen things, and done things that would have shocked most people. Yet she still didnt want to leave, not until she had seen all that this island, lost from the prying eyes of the outside world, had to offer.<br><br>"Nothing, I'm glad to hear that, but I dont like to rely on charity any more than I have to. I intend to&nbsp; sing for my supper, figurately speaking. There has to be something that I can do for you, or for Waterfall City at some point", she replied and listened to Richard as he told her about his house. She was sure that she would like it, as it would have the personality of Limix and Richard in it.<br><br>"I wont say no to a proper bed, I thank you", she said to that and stepped up to the glider. Up close, it looked bigger and sturdier than she had realised. <br>Turning her attention to Jax, she smiled as he looked like something that someone had made out of rocks and clay, but he was the pilot of the glider, and handled it with the same skill that she had handled her plane.<br><br>"Breathe deep and seek peace to you as well. I hope I said that right, I'ts good to meet you Jax. I was, one of the more..hotshot pilots out there in the world, taking on the jobs that not many others would for the green. Still, what I've seen so far has had the wow factor about it, but this city, and your glider..thats something else".<br><br>"No, I liked hauling freight from island to island, or tourists. Doing those jobs gave me the hours in the air to pay for my plane and gave me the freedom to be my own boss. As to my crashlanding here, I would be happy to tell it to you later on, once I've had a shower and a meal", she added to him, deciding that she liked him already and smiling at him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 03, 2010, 05:00:13 pm</strong>
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				Jax grinned at her like a student who got something correct on the first try. "Indeed you did!" &nbsp;He grinned at her in a roguish sort of way. "You're like those bomber pilots we got a ways back. Hotshots all of them. I think it runs in the blood. We live for the thrill and adrenaline. This thing is my pride and joy. Nothing like riding the thermals when you're alone... or for that matter when you've got passengers who don't mind a good thrill now and again. Did you do passenger runs with your own craft?"<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75867.msg3574482#msg3574482">Quote from: playfullchick76 on September 02, 2010, 08:55:33 am</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> "No,&nbsp; I liked hauling freight from island to island, or tourists. Doing those jobs gave me the hours in the air to pay for my plane and gave me the freedom to be my own boss. As to my crashlanding here, I would be happy to tell it to you later on, once I've had a shower and a meal", she added to him, deciding that she liked him already and smiling at him.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Ah some of the most important jobs of all and some of the least highly looked upon. I can understand that. Pester Richard here about some of his close calls. He's got his own addiction to thrills. Then after you've had some time to rest and get aquainted you're more then welcome to head for my home. Richard knows where it is. Mara, myself and all the younglings will enjoy having someone else to cook for. However, if you're ready hop aboard through there and we'll get underway. Just make sure to strap yourselves in good and tight." Jax said pointing at a collection of boards and straps and giving Richard a meaningful look. Richard in the meantime had the good graces to look abashed and did as he was told.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 04, 2010, 05:47:15 pm</strong>
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				"Bomber pilots, They would have to be Brits or my fellow Americans Im guessing, you had to be hotshots to get in a bomber&nbsp; and risk life and limb..literally in some cases, to hit your target and get back safely. I can see that your proud of this glider, it shows", she said with a grin and looked at Richard.<br><br>"I've done just about every extreme thing I an think of. Abseiling, skydiving, I have over 200 solo jumps to my name, Canyon swinging, white water rafting, and most roller coaster rides that I could do", she added.<br><br>"As long as you love what you do, thats the main thing. Oh I intend to ask him about his close calls now, remaining on station in the Rainy Basin of all places is hazardous enough, so he would have stories", she said, not surprised that Jax would have a family.<br><br>"Sure, We'd love to swing by your place for a meal and good conversation. Oh we're ready alright", she added and climbed up with Richard helping her up. Once she was up, she gave Richard a hand up, then sat down on one of the boards, strapped herself in, then took out the gun and put it into her bag. The last thing she wanted was for it to fall out on the flight in and end up in the hands of some curious kids.<br><br>"He's quite a character, Jax, I know that I'm going to like him. But dont worry, he cant steal your thunder", she whispers to Richard while they sit there.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 07, 2010, 05:24:54 pm</strong>
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				Jax laughed. "Wait till you try wave skipping with a Bracio. You'll love it. Excellent, now that you're all buttoned in lets go!" &nbsp;With that Jax pushed off the edge of the cliff and began banking into a thermal and spiraling in towards the landing pad on the edges of the huge stone city. <br><br>Richard cracked one eye open and glanced at Laura. "Good to know." &nbsp;He squeeked and closed the eye again clutching the buckels. Heights no problem. Giant carnosaurs... pssht. Flying through the air... minor problem. Whatever his problem with glying was, it didn't happen on this particular flight. Either Jax wasn't pulling pranks, Richard was afraid of flying or maybe it had something to do with this incident they kept refering back and forth to. Either way the flight took them over a portion of the city giving Laura a birds eye view of some of the business going on. Dinosaurs in brightly colored cloth coverings, people of all shapes, sizes and colors walking around and flying creatures the world of science never even guessed existed flew through the upper reaches. Some even came up high enough to eye the glider before dropping back down to land on stalls selling everything from rocks to fruit to things that looked like giant pet supplies.<br><br>The landing pad itself was a large, almost the size of a normal house, with a raised butress of three of the four sides. The fourth side was a ramp leading out into the air above the falls. A broad ramp lead down to street level on the opposite side. "There you go kids. Have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do." &nbsp;Jax said waving from his spot as pilot as he turned the glider around. "Though, that really doesn't leave much you can do does it. Enjoy yourselves you two and we'll see you when you get around to it."<br>"Take care of yourself and your flying Jax." Richard said more calm now that he was back on the ground again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 08, 2010, 09:42:32 am</strong>
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				Laughing back at Jax, she would definately look him up after she was settled in here. She was no stranger to hang gliding, but this was something else. She was used to driving, not being driven, she told herself as Jax pushed off the edge of the cliff and banked up, using the thermals like any glider or hang gliding pilot would have.<br><br>She felt a thrill as they spiraled in, diving down to the city. One glance at Richard told her that he wasnt enjoying it as much. Laughing and urging Jax on, she half expected him to perform a barrel roll, but he held back, perhaps to spare himself and Laura seeing Richards last meal come out.<br><br>Looking over the edge, her eyes took in even more new sights and surprises. Dinosaurs the likes she hadnt seen outside a movie or animotronic show moved below her, decked out in bright cloths, with unknown symbols and signs on them. There was a mixture of people down there as well, dealing in commerce, but she saw no signs of trouble. She found it hard to beleive that everyone co-existed peacefully here, true world peace and an example to the rest of the world that it could happen.<br><br>Grinning as several strange flying creatures flew up to get a good look at the glider, and her, she reached out for them, but they were just out of reach. She had no idea what most things on sale down at the stalls were,but she would find out. She always landed on her feet no matter what, and Dinotopia was no different to San Diego, only it was cleaner.<br><br>She didnt want the flight to end, but all good things had to end at some point. Sighing as Jax brought the glider in onto the landing pad, and landed it with the ease of someone who had done this a thousand times before, she grinned as Richard only now opened his eyes to confirm that they were back on the ground.<br><br>Standing up, she helped Richard out of the glider as he was a bit shaky on his feet. "That was incredible Jax, just incredible. Thank you for the flight", she said and reached into her bag for her emergency money. Even though they didnt use money, she wanted to give him something for the flight. Taking out a five dollar note, she gave it to him.<br><br>"Outside Dinotopia, thats whats said to be a good tip", she said and stood beside Richard next to the glider, then stepped away from it as it was turned around, ready to be relaunched into the air.<br><br>"Actually, it encompases a lot of things, but you're giving me ideas about things that I can do", she added with a grin and let Richard lead the way, down the side of the landing pad and out into the City proper. From the very first second that she walked from the glider, her senses were assaulted by new sights and sounds, from brightly colored merchants and storeowners, to feathered birds flying around. One landed near her and to her shock, talked to the merchant that it had landed near.<br><br>Two huge triceratops walked by, clad in bright cloths and what looked like symbols, letters, but in a langauge that she didnt understand. She definately stood out in her cargo pants and flying jacket, ensuring that she got plenty of stares, but no hostile ones, merely curious ones.<br><br>"I feel like I'm eight again and walking into a new school', she said softly to Richard. She was in Richards element here, he knew where up and down was here, while she looked at everything, drawn to what she was seeing for the first time.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 16, 2010, 10:09:12 pm</strong>
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				(OOC: Sorry about the delay, some RL issues came up that needed to be dealt with)<br><br>Jax waved at them both as he got back into position. "Anytime." &nbsp;He took the money and gave it a funny look but nodded when she explained what it was and why.&nbsp; "Then I thank you for the Tip. I'll put it someplace safe and show it to the kids tonight." &nbsp;Jax said with a twinkle in his eye and a wink as he carefully folded the money and tucked it into a oiled pouch at his hip. "Now, remember what I told you two. The wife'll have my hide if I didn't remind you of the offer and anytime you want to try your hand at glider work you come see me. We'll set you up." &nbsp;With that he pushed off and dipped down towards the rushing water before soaring back into the air.<br><br>"Flying has never agreed with me. I like to have my feet on something solid." Richard said looking a little green but clearing up quickly as they hit the streets. Some people gave her a curious glance and a few of those same eyes narrowed at the sight of Richard as he walked by. "I am not sure I can truely imagine what this must be like for you. I have trouble picturing a world like the one you come from. Where there are only humans and not dinosaurs to live with." &nbsp;He side stepped around a group of kids being herded by an harried Oviraptor. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 17, 2010, 09:10:58 am</strong>
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				She lived to fly, but to fly here, she would have to go back to school. She had been in gliders before, but they were more advanced, more enclosed and with more safety features than the gliders that were used here. She felt as if she had gone back in time almost, no modern technology that she was used to, nothing.<br><br>"Flying isnt for everyone. If at first you try and dont succeed, avoid skydiving", she said with a grin and walked quickly to keep up with Richard. He knew exactly where to go, while she had no idea. If he was lost from her sight, she would have been well and truly lost here.<br>"No, you have no idea. It would be like you being lead along the streets of San Diego, or San Francisco. Cars, buses and trucks going by, no dinosaurs in sight. Tall buildings around you, the smells of oil, gas, smog. Its not all bad though, we do have marvels. We like to shape the world, build upwards and show off our engineering marvels", she told him, trying to picture him on the streets of the cities that she called home.<br><br>Staring at the Oviraptor, she couldnt help but laugh at the almost humanlike harried look that it had. They may be different species, but some things were the same no matter where you were.<br><br>"Kids, dad wanted me to give him some kids, but I was too much of a free spirit to settle down. I wanted to get myself set up somewhere before finding a man to share my life", she told Richard, opening up to him, then took several more pictures with her phones camera.<br><br>"This place truly is huge. I feel as if I could be here a month, and still not see all of it. They will accept me right", she asked him as she was getting more curious looks. It had to be her clothes, they were made of heavier materials, made by machines, not hand made like the clothes that she saw on everyone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 23, 2010, 09:49:34 pm</strong>
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				"I shall take your advice. I am not one to avoid something just because it frightens me some. Face fear head on and never let it rule you. That is why I continue to take Jaxs glider." &nbsp;He replied and slowed down some. He had forgotten that, while this was normal to him, it was her first day in a city like this, almostly litteraly a brand new world. "I guess each of our worlds has to be seen first to be believed." &nbsp;<br><br>"Mother sometimes asks when I will settle down and have children. Honestly, I never gave it much thought. Unlikely I ever will." &nbsp;He got kind of a far away look in his eye before shaking it off and going back to the devilish outdoorsman again. "It is. The architects have to build large. Some of the people measure almost 100 paces in length." He grinned at her wonderment, sometimes he forgot how outsiders saw it when they were not bigoted. "You have as much time as you want to look around. I'm certain they will accept you. You just look a little strange is all. All Outsiders tend to attract attention to themselves. You're something new, unique and interesting. People here don't judge very harshly." The last bit was said lightly enough, but there was just a very minor tone of bitterness. <br><br>The roads branched out after they left the busy section of the open air market and while they didn't thin as much as would be expected, the type of person started to change slightly. There seemed to be more family types moving about with the occassional vendor selling specialized goods, some familar like combs and brushes to the bizzar like hooked instruments and fanged rakes. He took her down a side ally, small enough to be considered a single lane road back where she was from, to another street and stopped before a three story house painted in bright blues and yellows. While it was as clean as the rest of the city that she had seen, it had the air of being slightly rundown and "Looks like we arrived before Limix did."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 24, 2010, 09:05:22 am</strong>
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				"If you dont control your fears, they'll control you. More of Dads wisdom. I am who I am because of him, for better or worse, for the better I hope", she said with a grin and continued to look around, taking in everything that this strange new world was. She couldnt wait to get her sketchpad out and do some sketchings. If this island, Dinotopia had a regular paper, she could do cartoons for it, just an idea of course.<br><br>"They do need to be seen. I'm at ease out there as you are here, but the people havnt been giving me any wary looks, so, they're curious about me. Thats better than the other reaction, flaming torches and pitchforks", she said, then realised that he wouldnt know what that meant.<br><br>She did sense a bitter tone in that comment, but couldnt think of a reason why. Perhaps Richard and Limix werent as popular because of what they did, going out into the Rainy Basin.<br><br>"Everyone has a part to play in this stage that the world is. I have mine, you have yours, so does Limix. We all make our mark. I'll stand by you,&nbsp; you just need to ask", she told him and continued to follow him through the city. She could tell the changes around them. They were getting to the residential part, but still passed stalls selling items that she would see in beachside markets.<br><br>Staying with him, she followed him down an alley that was wide enough for a truck to drive through, if any suddenly appeared, that is. Laura was trying to memorise where she was going and how to find her way back to the open air market if she had to, but this was like something out of a fantasy book she had seen and read in primary school, but the name of it eluded her.<br><br>At last, she stood in front of Richard and Limix's house. To her eyes, it looked like something out of Italy, apart from the blue and yellow paint job. Glancing around, she felt reasured by the presence of the pistol against her back, yet this was Dinotopia, a place where guns werent necessary. No-one would try to rob them here.<br><br>"Have we.&nbsp; I have to say, I like it. Its not quite perfect. It has that..lived in look and feel to it already. So, give me the grand tour. Limix isnt going to ambush me..right", she asked him, unsure if they kept certain skills sharp for when they were needed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 28, 2010, 11:45:35 pm</strong>
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				"No, she has no sense of humor. Some will pretend to stalk you, but you can tell becuse you will see them. The obvious approach and hiding spots that are not very good. Such as standing with just the head hidden. Limix understands human humor but she doesn't find it funny. It makes working with her tense at times, but at least I always know she is serious." &nbsp;He said checking the door quickly and undid the latch holding it shut. He didn't even unlock it. The latch was obviously there just to keep the door shut but not to keep anything other then the smallest of children out. <br><br>Walking in was like walking into an ancient store filled with innumerable knick knacks, trinkets, plants and other oddities, only without the dust and musty smell. The light itself came from many windows set high up allowing unobstructed sunlight to filter in and allowing the plants to flurish. The inside of the house smelled sharply of something like cinnimon crossed with an undertone of pumpkin. Further exploration would reveal the source of the sent being some of the plants. Books and scrolls covered every surface that wasn't already covered with something else. Ancient books and some that appeared to be modern ranging from philosophy to an old worn copy of Robert Heinlens Have Spacesuit will Travel. Statues of men with the heads of dinosaurs. Scrolls covered in the footprint writing she had seen already. One wall was covered in clay or ceramic pots sealed with wax, each with a neat little footprint note written on it. The rafters held no skeletons or other oddites, surprising given how much was scattered around the large central room. Towards the back a broad ramp lead upwards to the second story floor and a short tunnel lead into the back of the house.<br><br>"Please, enter and be welcomed. Feel welcomed to look around and explore." &nbsp;he said politely shucking his own pack near the jars and carefully removing bundles and placing them into boxes set near the ground.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 29, 2010, 09:53:30 am</strong>
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				Laughing soflty as Richard explained Limix and anyone else who might stalk her, she had known people like Limix, socially confused, but excelled in other fields. They knew their work, but when it came to socialising, and humor, they found themselves isolated.<br><br>"I'm sure that we'll get along, once I become more comfortable with her", she added, then followed Richard inside his home. The inside was as lived in as the outside, and matched with their natures and ways of living. She had lived near a greenhouse at one of the places that her father had stayed at, and had found work there. It was just watering the plants when the owners were away and being visible to secure against break-in's, but she had never seen the plants that she was seeing here in the outside world.<br><br>Walking up to the many plants, she traced her fingers over their leaves and took in their scents. She soon found the source of the Cinnimon and pumpkin scent that filled the air. The scrolls and books were another thing entirely. The scrolls were in the same footprint script, clearly the dominant language here, and one that she would have to devote herself to learning.<br><br>Some of the books were in english, her native language, and smiled at the sight of one of Robert Heinlen's books. Opening up her pack, she fished in and took out a book that her brother had loaned her a month ago, but she hadnt had a chance to written, a collection of sci fi stories written by sci fi writers, among them Heinlen and Issac Assimov.<br><br>"I think you could use some new reading material. I havnt read this one yet. I'm still going through Tony Wheelers book Bad Lands, so, you'll probably read it before I will. Consider it a gift", she said, then placed it on the bookcase where several other books were.<br><br>She gaped at the statues with dinosaur heads on them, something that she wouldnt have seen outside this island, and wondered what was in the sealed ceramic pots. "So, just curious, what's in the pots", she asked him and looked around for Limix, but she couldnt see a velociraptor's body anywhere.<br><br>"Upstairs we go next", she added and walked towards the ramp, curious and eager to see more of their house. She assumed that she was the first stranger to be shown around in a while and wanted to see everything. Plus, she wanted to see the top levels,and if there was a rooftop entrance, then she could sketch there,with the city spread around her in every direction.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>September 29, 2010, 10:13:57 pm</strong>
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				"Excellent. Something new to ponder over." &nbsp;He ducked under the table and grabbed something else and began wrapping what looked like clubbed ferms together carefully. "The jars? Mostly dried and ground up plants, herbs and spices. they are the main reason Limix and I head into Rainy Basin. Many rare plants grow there and they are not the easiest to harvest. This trip was for these ferns. They make up a medicine for younglings who get sick just out of the shell. Some of the others have Bonehead fish oil," &nbsp;He paused looked to the left and up slightly and suddered, "I hope to never have to get more of that ever again. The rest have other rare ingrediants used in medicine. Please, feel free to look around. I must tend to these before they go bad." &nbsp;He explained as he wrapped the ferns and then hung the first batch on a hook that sat in the middle of a wide beam of sunlight.<br><br>The upstairs wasn't nearly as packed with things as the first level was. The ramp was broad and shallow allowing for those with wide thick feet to assend without much strain. For a healthy human, it was no challenge at all. The upper level was almost a mirror of the first level, again large artfully placed windows allowed sunlight to stream in no matter the time of day giving it a warm comfortable feel. The front large room was ringed with low padded couches, ornate high backed chairs and strange U shapped benches. In the corner there was a decent sized wooden desk covered in what looked like a half dozen projects of wood, metal and glass. There apparently was a walking machice off to the side as well. Full woven tapastries hung from the walls and a large pane of glass allowed a view up and down the street and across the street where a dinosaur was enjoying the sunlight while it walked in place, on its own walking machine, head down reading something that flashed past and the reasoning for it became obvious. The walking was powering whatever it was reading. <br><br>Another short hall led into the back where there were several much smaller rooms. Two were obviously lived in, one had what looked like a round bed made of polished woven branches and piled deep with blankets and small pillows with frills. Given that it didn't look like a normal bed, it must have been where Limix slept. The other had a much more normal looking bed and it was obvious that Richard was a heavy sleeper from the mess the bed and the sheets were in. There was one interesting thing of note in Richards room, there was a painted portrait on one wall that showed a young boy standing next to young lookign woman and man. The woman strongly resembled Richard of today. A grizzled older looking man with a bent hat stood next to the couple, a hand on the young Richards shoulder. <br><br>The extra 4 rooms were split evenly between the two types of beds and it looked like none of them had been used in some time. The one room that was truely bizzare, once she figured out what it was supposed to be, was the privy. Some strange engineering had gone into making it usable by a multitude of species and body builds. There was a small, when compared to everything else, ramp that lead to the third level which was composed of a dusty attic and a small door that lead to, of all things, a tower. It wasn't very big and it obviously wouldn't have suited even a small dinosaur, but there was just enough room for a human to see most of the city. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>September 30, 2010, 11:31:10 am</strong>
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				Grinning as he liked the new book, she wondered how many books from outside made it here. Not too many, as she remembered him saying that most newcomers were shpwrecked here, or their planes were destroyed. Hers had crashed more or less intact, if you ignored the fact that it was suspended in a tree in the Rany basin, and would never fly again.<br><br>"Ah, so your like..into Chinese medicine, using natures own to cure illnesses, not using things made by machines, very innovative, and they l clearly work, judging by the range", she said, proud of him as he was a doer and made do with what came his way. In the outside, he was one of the few who could survive when everyone else died out,unless many others did the same as he did.<br><br>"I'm guessing that the Rainy basin detail doesnt get many volunteers, so you would corner the market in these medicines. Business is clearly good", she soflty said,and left him to his work. She didnt want to get in his way or get underfoot. She would find a room to call her own here, and explore further.<br>Exploring through the first level, she was drawn to the artfully crafted, ornate high backed chairs, the low padded couches, and confused by the U shaped benches. Just who could sit on them, she had no idea, no idea at all.<br><br>He truly was a tinkerer, just like one of her uncles, a trait that she loved about him. She looked around for Limix, but she was nowhere to be seen, or perhaps she was just too well hidden. Taking a close look at the tapestries, she was drawn to the walking machine, an exercise machine perhaps.<br><br>Once she saw the dinosaur through the window, she figured out what the walking machine truly was, and how incredible it was in its simplicity. The bedrooms were even more..incredible. The one with the round, woven one had to be Limix's, as only a dinosaur would be comfortable in it. The other room had a more normal bed, and by the way it was messed up, he did a lot of sleeping here. She was the same after a long flight.<br><br>Not intending to spend a lot of time in what was Richards private room, she gaped at the painted portrait on the wall. She could tell that it had been painted when Richard was younger. Were his parents alive, she hoped so, as she wanted to meet them, to meet the people that had shaped Richard into who he was today, the kind hearted man who had helped her.<br>Walking down the passage, she stepped into a room with a 'normal' bed, one suitable for a human, and dropped her Duffel bag down on the bed. From the looks of these rooms, they hadnt had guests in a while. She was glad to be his guest, and after glancing around, took her pistol from under her jacket, ejected the magazine and round in the chamber, then placed all three items at the bottom of the bag.<br><br>Shocked at the privy, the bathroom as most Americans called them, she marvelled at the many species that could use it, not just human, and walked up the ramp to get to the third level. The tower was the real find, a place where one could look over the city and marvel at it.<br>After a quick trip down two levels to retreive her sketchpad and pencils, then another quick trip back to the tower, she got settled in and began to sketch.<br><br>She found it easy to draw. She didnt have a photographic memory, she just found it easy. As she sat in the tower, her hands moved, drawing the city before her, what she could see of the waterfalls, and the moutains. Set into the mountains, she drew Richards face, then Limix's, with a glider flying over the city. She did the sketch in straight black pencil, shading in, then moved to her colored ones and worked to make it look as lifelike as possible, her first sketch for them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>October 06, 2010, 03:22:44 pm</strong>
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				Richard grinned as she went off to explore his house. It wasn't much, well, to him it wasn't much, but it was a place to hang his hat and catch up on events. The house had belonged to an old Weather Taker, hence the small tower at the very top. He was still busy laying the plants out properly to dry when the door opened. He looked up expected to see Limix arriving early and the greeting on his lips died just as quickly when he saw who had entered. "What do you want?" &nbsp;He demanded of the old man that limped in.<br>"Now is that a way for a boy to great his Grandfather? I hear you got a new arrival. Now you weren't going to go runnin' off with that scaly of yours and not introduce us were you." &nbsp;The old man ground out.<br>"I will not have you refering to her like that. This is my home Grandfather. You Will respect that." Richard growled disrespectfully. "Where are your watchers. They should be here with you..."<br>"Boy, don't think that because I'm an old man that you can disrespect me. I can't still crack you upside your head." &nbsp;The old man snapped interupting Richard. "Now boy, introduce me to this young lady you've brought back. I hear she was a flier on the outside." &nbsp;The old man continued in a much more jovial tone.<br>"You should leave before Limix arrives..."<br>"I have a good word that she won't be arriving for quite some time. Work on the bridges picked up a bit today." &nbsp;The old man said streching. "Now, were is this pretty lass? Have to make sure she's got the right look on this place."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>October 07, 2010, 08:40:01 am</strong>
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				Sitting comfortably, she separated the finished sketch from the pad, then began to draw San Francisco as best she could remember. Drawing the Golden Gate bridge, with Alcatraz Island as well, she was just doing the outline of the buildings when she felt hungry. Bringing her sketch pad and pencils down with her, she climbed down the tower, then down to the next floor to help herself to one of the honey and oats bars that wouldnt last long the way she would go through them here.<br><br>She did like scrambled eggs, but since Dinosaurs came from eggs, she doubted that they would be eaten. "Would probably call it murder", she said soflty, then lifted her chin up as she heard voices coming from the ground floor. She could hear Richards side, then someone elses. From Richards tone, he wasnt happy to see whoever else it was in the room.<br><br>Curious to see who it was, she slipped out of her flying jacket and continued eating while making her way down to the ground floor. Walking down the ramp, she saw both men turn to her as they heard her footsteps.<br><br>"I'm sorry, am I interupting anything", she said while slipping a lock of her jet black hair behind her ear. "So who's your visitor", she added, curious about him, and ready to defend Richard if he needed it.<br><br>She sensed a very bad vibe coming from Richard, he didnt want his guest here, but she wasnt sure what to say exactly. "I can come back if this is a bad time", she said, looking from face to face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>October 07, 2010, 01:18:30 pm</strong>
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				Richard winced when Laura came back down. He had hoped to shoo his Grandfather away before this meeting could happen. <br>"He..." &nbsp;Richard started to say and was verbally overrun by the older man in question.<br>"Don't be silly, lass. You'll not be interupting anything that was going to happen anyway. Tis a pleasure to meet you. I'm Lee Crabb, the boys Grandfather. He was just about to introduce us while we were alone." With that he hand out a large rough looking hand to shake. "We humans have to stick together." &nbsp;He said warmly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>October 09, 2010, 12:29:30 am</strong>
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				Looking from face to face, she saw something that wasnt happiness on Richard's face. He didnt want her down here, but it was too late, and she had to see this through.<br><br>He was dressed not much differently to his grandson, yet he looked to be about 60 maybe, so how could he be his grandfather, she had no idea.<br><br>"Well, I have to say, you look good for your age", she said just as warmly, unwilling to make enemies if she didnt have to, and accepted his hand and shook it.<br><br>"Its a pleasure to meet you then, I'm Laura. So do you do something similiar to what Richard does, or do you have another line of work. Me, I'm a pilot..well,,was a pilot. I'm a pilot without a working plane", she said as she shook his hand.<br><br>She didnt know what to say about his comment about humans having to stick together, and looked to Richard.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>October 10, 2010, 12:06:30 am</strong>
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				"Ah honest flattery. Does an old man's bones good to hear those simple words from such a lovely lass. Especially one with a lovely name Miss Laura. No, nothing quite like what my grandson does. I'm more... a jack of all trades. I do a little bit of everything." &nbsp;The old man listened carefully to what she had to say and spoke again carefully. "A plane you say? I.."<br>"Chu nok larist..." &nbsp;Richard started to say heatedly hand slashing at the air.<br>"Richard! How very rude of you. I thought you were raised better then that. You shouldn't speak scaly in front of a guest. Its rude. You wouldn't want her to think you have something to hide now would you?" The old man asked resonably as Richards face flared with color. "I wouldn't say I'm a betting man, but I'd bet that this young lady has family on the outside world. You wouldn't try and keep her here against her will would you? That isn't the Dinotopian way. We help people. I simply wish to help her return home. Your plane? Did it crash.." The old man started to ask before glancing at the plants drying, "ah, it crashed in Rainy Basin didn't it? If it is intact I know some humans who have knowledge of airplanes and engines. They may be able to fix your plane. Then you would be able to return home. Perhaps, if you were willing to repay the favor, take some other people who long to go home with you?""<br>"This is not the time or place for you to speak of this Grandfather. Leave now. I do not wish to have any association with you or your 'friends'. This is my house. You know the rules for Guests. Please leave, now." &nbsp;Richard ground out, his face still flushed from embarresment. <br>The old man waved aside the not quite order. "I will boy. But she deserves to know the truth, doesn't she? If you'd like to meet, come down to the Drowned Branch out by the river. My friends will take care of you. Tell them Lee Crabb sent you. If anyone can fix your plane, they can. Many of us would like to leave. Find our familes again. However it would appear I have upset my Grandson. I guess he had plans to seduce you and I foolishly interupted them. Takes after his father he does." Lee laughed humerously. "Now I shall take my leave, please consider what I have said young lady. There is no reason for you to spend your life grubbing in the mud and tending eggs for the scaleys." With that Lee swung his cane around and bowed smoothly to Laura before striding for the door and out into the street.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>October 10, 2010, 02:35:11 am</strong>
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				By Richards use of Dinotopian, spoken instinctively, she knew that that was the primary langauge spoken by him, and when one got excited, or angry, it came out automatically. She didnt know what to make of Lee Crabb, he certainly had character, but he and his grandson didnt see eye to eye.<br><br>"A bit of everything, well, I'm glad to hear that, men like you arent prevalent outside this Island. Yes, a plane, although it is in about three peices. The tail and left wing sheared off. You would need an arc welder and power tools to fix it, and a knowledge of Electrical systems, which I have to a degree, but im no Engineer", she replied, then listened as he continued talking.<br><br>"The Rainy Basin is, from what I can tell, dangrous, and Im partial to breathing, which I wont be if Im eaten. I would need considerable backup to not only get my plane down from the tree, but to get it out. It would be a huge endeavor", she added, and looked at him surprised as she heard that others here had knowledge of airplanes and engines, and the yearning to return home.<br><br>Looking from Richard to his grandfather, she was taking in a lot. She trusted Richard and owed him, but she was willing to consider all options, including ways of returning to the outside. Yet, that would mean exposure of this island, and if the outside world came knocking, their whole style of living would be lost. It would be when Europeans made contact with the Aztecs, and other indiginous tribes, it went very badly for them.<br><br>She didnt want to say that she was curious, as she didnt have all the facts about Richards grandfather, or his friends, but once she got to exploring the island, she might take a look at this Drowned Branch tavern, or bar. Still, she didnt say anything direct about his offer as Richard was becoming more and more desperate to get him out.<br><br>"Ok, well, it was..good to meet you and, I'm sure that one of us will find the other in due time", she replied as he bowed smoothly, like a courtier, then walked to the door and was back outside again, leaving the two of them alone.<br><br>"Ok, firstly, I dont intend to tell him where my plane is, secondly, i wont use the term, scaley, so.. tell me about him, and who would want to leave here so badly that they would risk encountering Carnosaurs to get my plane",she asked Richard, curious about him and this Drowned Branch bar that lee had talked about.<br><br>"Oh, and by the way, that tower up there is incredible, you can see the whole city from there. I got a pretty good sketch of it if you want to see it", she said as he calmed down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>October 10, 2010, 11:33:40 pm</strong>
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				"As much as I would like you to see Dinotopia as perfect, it is far from it I am afraid." &nbsp;He sighed heavily and stroked his mustache as he pulled out a stool and flopped onto it. "He was one of the people long long ago that found the fabled World Beneath. He and Professor Denison found something similar to our sunstones called a Ruby Sunstone that could power huge machines. It was ost beneath the waves when he was stopped. That was not the first time and it was not the last. Again after that he tried to stockpile weapons from the empire of Chandara. Of course he escaped again somehow, I think it was with help from the ship wrecked soldiers that came later. He has never said how. The soldiers wanted to leave and could not. Not because they were stopped, but because we did not know anyway to leave. Many of them did not beleive what they were told and Grandfather insisted that there must be a way to leave. He has spent almost every waking moment planning and plotting to leave. To take what he wants from here and, I fear, to come back and conquer it. He beleives that all humans here are slaves. Sadly mother and father had taken his beliefs to heart. I have not done so. I do not beleive him. Even though others think and look down on me because of the actions of my family I still strive to do good things." &nbsp;He looked up at her with regret. "It is a lot to take in and I am sorry you had to learn of it this way. I did not mean to deceive you, but I understand if that is how you feel. I think he and many of the soldier arrivals wish to leave. Personally I wish they would and never come back. They cause much trouble to those of us who wish only to live in peace. I believe that if he can find your plane and fix it, they may actually be able to leave. I do not know for certain if they could fix it or even power it." Richard smiled again, this time more naturally. "This house used to belong to a Weather Watcher. The tower was where she would track the clouds and weather patters and judge how severe the storms would be. I am glad that it gave you a view of the city that you enjoy. You should try and watch a sunset or sunrise from there. The view is breath taking."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>October 11, 2010, 08:46:50 am</strong>
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				"No place is perfect Richard, which is the message of a movie called the Beach, an island off part of Asia with a perfect beach, and three backpackers go out to find it, live there for a while, only to find that there is a price to pay for living in paradise. Most of those there end up leaving the island, but, I can tell you about that later", she said as he explained about the World Beneath, a place that had her hankering to see it.<br><br>Sitting down as well, she listened closely as he also explained about his grandfather, and why grandfather and grandson dont see eye to eye. Richard wanted to stay, while Lee wants to leave with the soldiers, whoever they were. If she wasnt willing to pilot her plane if they did somehow manage to fix it, one of the crew from the bomber, who Richard had mentioned before could if he was one of the ones in lee Crabbs camp.<br><br>"I havnt been here very long, but from what I can see, all the humans here arent what you would call..oppressed. You certainly arent, and while I havnt spent as long here as you have, you're happy with Limix, and Jax wasnt what anyone would call unhappy either", she said, going over what he told her.<br><br>"Its ok, you would have told me about this other faction sooner or later, I'm sure, but I dont think they could fix it. Finding it and getting it out of the Rainy Basin is doable, but fixing it wont be easy, and any repair shop on the outside would take one look at my plane and call it a write-off. They would need quality electrical wiring, sheet panels, a way to heat the metal and fix the breeches in the fuselage, not to mention, the lightning strike&nbsp; killed my radio, transponder and emergency beacon", she said, telling Richard quite a few reasons why she didnt think her plane was fixable.<br><br>"Perhaps later on, I could go down to this..Drowned Branch, pretend to be interested and find out just how they could fix my plane. My own weapon has to stay a secret, do you have a hiding place for it here, that Lee and no one else would find", she asked him, as she didnt want to lose it, and especially didnt want to lose it to lee Crabb.<br><br>"Im assuming that..you're painted with the same brush as your grandfather because of what he's done, right. Its amazing, no mater how far I am from the outside, some things dont change. You're not your Grandfather. Hmm, if he had a sunstone, that could power my plane,hmm, he just might be able to pull it off, but conquering Dinotopia, I doubt that. Compared to some of the dictators and Tyrants that have graced history, he's small fry", she added.<br><br>"I just might do that, tomorrow morning, lets both see the sunrise", she said, then moved closer to Richard as he still looked tense. "Lets go out, walk this off, show me some more of this&nbsp; City, where newcomers go to after arriving", she added and rested her hand on his.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Skystomp</strong> on <strong>October 13, 2010, 11:04:31 pm</strong>
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				"Not just my Grandfather, my mother and father as well. They look at me as if waiting for me to be like them." He sighed, blowing out the end of his mustache like a walrus, and straightened up. "Of course, you are correct. I should not let it bother me as much as it does. The horestails are done and just need to dry out fully." He said, the last part mostly to himself. "That being done, I shall show you the sights. It will take my mind off this."<br><br><br><br><br>OOC: Mind if I cheat a little on the tour? Or do you want to go through it all, like in the books?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Dinotopia, IC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>playfullchick76</strong> on <strong>October 15, 2010, 08:54:53 am</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				(I dont mind if you cheat on the tour. You dont have to go into huge minute detail about the tour)<br><br>"Your parents as well, thats just..it's wrong on so many levels, what they're doing. Well, I know that your not like your grandfather, and I will stick by you no matter what. Anyone harms you, harms me", she said, as she liked him and had come to know him better over the last few days.<br><br>"Anything that takes your mind off this would be a good thing. I've never been a beleiver of the Sins of the Father stuff. Everyone is different", she added and slipped up to him and took his hand in hers.<br><br>"Come, show me where you like to go, who you like to buy from, and where a new woman to the city would pick up some new threads to wear, and a good jacket. Not that my flying jacket wont do, but it wont last forever. What would be a good trade or barter for those items", she asked him, as it was clear that money had no value here, and she didnt want to be too dependant on Richard and Limix for everything.
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