Echo Incursion 01 - Jurassic Gateway (August 10th, 2016)

[raisednpcs]

It's a particularly hot day in the Gateway City zoo. What else could you expect? It's not like it's not to be expected, it is the middle of August, after all. But there's plenty of things to see here at the zoo, and the visitors' center is air conditioned well enough.

Just a normal summer day in a typical summer vacation spot. Right?

Well, that's when things change. Those in the visitor's center would find the building changing around them. There's suddenly a dinosaur skeleton in the middle of the place, with the banner "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" hanging from the ceiling.

That's not all. The animal enclosures are now different. What used to be a pen for the african elephants now has very large, very long necked reptiles in it. A gigantic, meat-eating dinosaur just tromped its way out of the lion habitat it's too much too large for, and unfortunately for the people around it, its vision is based on movement. The monkey house? Well, those are velociraptors breaking out of it. The aviary? Now filled with particular aggressive flying pterosaurs.

These are just some of the creatures making their sudden emergence, and it's not long until they spill out of the zoo and into the city proper. Dinosaurs are now walking the streets of Gateway City.

Yes, indeed. Just a normal summer day.

[OOC: The new event is live! Please see this post for npc information and just what characters will have to deal with.]

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[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

Okay, maybe chatting on the phone isn't the best thing to do in the middle of a dinosaur invasion. To Twinkle's credit though, she's doing a surprisingly good job at this particular bit of multitasking. Jumping and ducking out of the way of lunging reptiles and smacking them away when she has to. Fortunately, she hasn't had to deal with any of the particularly larger dinosaurs.

Her attention is diverted though, when she hears a familiar voice call out her name. A smile appears on her face and she starts to lift a hand to wave just as casual as ever... when Cure Diamond suddenly vanishes, apparently tackled straight through a freaking wall by a tough-looking dino.

She looks from the dino, over to where the impact sent Diamond... back to the dinosaur. And now it's coming right at her.

"HeyI'vereallygottagoI'lltalktoyoulater-bye!" She quickly presses the end call button just in time to jump over the animal's charge. She hangs in the air for a moment and looks down at the hole in the wall where her fellow Precure is. "Hey, are you okay in there?"

[peacefulwinter]

"Diamond Shower!"

A snowstorm is Diamond's reply, issuing from the hole in the wall. It seems to move without her direct command, heading straight for the offending dinosaur and freezing its hind legs to the ground, as she climbs out, looking just a tiny bit worse for wear. "I've had better, but... I'm managing." Her dry tone does nothing to hide her contempt for the situation and her enemies, though she smiles at her new friend slightly. "Like I was saying, if you're not going to fight, you need to run. If you stick around, I don't know how well I'll be able to protect you." At least Twinkle's off the phone. That'd be kind of annoying, really.

[twinkletwinklesuperstar]

Cure Twinkle lands lightly just a second before the blast of wind and cold comes out from the hole in the wall. She dances back a step or two to stay well out of its way and watches it strike the dinosaur's feet, freezing it in place. That's a pretty impressive move.

She looks back to Diamond when she speaks up, smiling in a way that might be considered entirely too nonchalant for the situation by some.

"Oh, it's not that. It's just--" She trails off as a low buzz starts. With a sidelong glance, she pulls her phone from a pocket(??) of her dress and subtly taps the Ignore Call button before putting it away again. "... I kind of had to take that call."

But before Diamond can dwell on that too much, she's moving right along, turning to look at the city with her hands on her hips.

"So, I guess we'd better do something about all of this, huh? What's the plan, fearless leader?"