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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[dictator_ko]

The raptors that didn't go down seemed to lose their courage, as they withdrew rapidly, leaving the knocked out ones on the sidewalk and road.

Mina took another closer look at her rescuer. Yuck, his outfit was so tacky. It's like he's a criminal! But she was grateful enough to manage at least a "Thank you."

[speedpariah]

"It's no trouble," Weller said, turning towards her. Then... he actually puts his hands on his hips, looking pointedly up at the sky. "It's all in a day's work."

Yes.

Yes, he just did that.

[dictator_ko]

"Oh my god! Did you really say something that cliche?" Yeah, that cliche was so bad she just can't help but react to it despite her gratitude.

She does pause though. "Well thanks again, though."

[speedpariah]

Hmph. Life literally rips events out of a comic book, and you can't get away with making a cornball line? Weller resents that a little.

But no, he won't dwell on that. He'll simply shove it into a mental box for now.

"It's no trouble. Now, you get somewhere safe, alright?"

[dictator_ko]

"I'm gonna just get home and shut myself up until all this dinosaur stuff goes away."

And she begins walking toward home.