NationStates Jolt Archive

The cruise ship moved slowly across the Pacific Ocean. The night sky was crisp and cool. The sea was as calm as could be. On board, various people were conversing, drinking, or just chilling. No one knew that a storm was brewing only miles away.

Syd Harris returned to his room after an exhausting night. He collapsed into a chair. He picked up a book and flipped threw it. It was full of notes about a new fossil he had found. After flipping threw it, he got up and decided to meet some more people before going to bed.

OOC- The first bit of the RP will be introductions and character building. Soon the storm will come.

Kea quietly drank a small glass of orange juice.
"I sooo need a vacation..."
Kea pondered over the idea for a minute.
"Even though I'm suppose to start working professionally for the first time in two days...."

Lauren Wiley was relaxing out on the deck, glad to be away from the hassles of being a lawyer and defending countless convicts. It was an unscrupulous business, but she enjoyed matching wits with hapless attorneys. But now was no time to think of such stressful and mind-boggling things. She had come to enjoy herself.
Lauren ignored the occasional glance some of the men were giving her, reclining back on a chair by the pool. The night was good, the air quiet, the mood comfortable.

Santino Delacosta sat in his state room dressed in his fine white suit with two girls who were huddled over a large mirror sniffing lines. The coloumbian wore a fine white sport suit and was decked out in gold, he sat in an armchair watching a soccer game,

"Ahhh common! mother of jesus! doggy style mary!" he shouted

He jumped up holding a chrome desert eagle shaking it at the televison, the girls looked up suprized at the curses that came from his mouth,

"Whaat?" he asked, they quickly continued what they were doing...

He sat back down and sat the gun down on a table. Out of his mouth was large cigar, he realized what he said and being a religious man he prayed quietly,

"My father that art thou in heaven,im sorry for all the shit..err..stuff i talk when i am angered...i would be in your debt if columbia wins the game..."

One of the girls giggled,

"Whats so funny! the lord isn't a joke..."

Santino stood up and went to the liquer cabnet. He poured a glass of burban and looked out the window,

"Umm..nice night.."

He walked over to the door and said to the girls,

"I'll be back...and don't SNIFF ALL MY SHIT!"

With that he left the room and went towards the pool. Santino was a drug dealer that was deep into the operation, he owned a multi million dollar set up which kept him very welthy and very content. He sat down at the mini bar with his burban and looked at the other passengers, he seen a woman sitting near the pool and gave her a nod then ran his fingers through his slicked back black hair...

Regina Syrav sat in her comfertable cabin, quitely scribbling some lyrics on a notepad as she hummed one of her previous songs to herself. The release of Regina's album Fidelity had been a suprising megahit. The alternative musician who was part pianist, part rapper, and all style now had to contend with swarms of fans mobbing her at the most unexpected times-in the supermarket, on planes, even in public bathrooms.

That's why she had decided to book an unexpected-and super secret-Pacific cruise to relax and 'find herself.' Or whatever musicians did. Regina knew that there were probably some fans on the ship, but it couldn't be helped now. She continued to happily write and hum to herself.

Lauren saw the tall man looking at her and nod, and she smiled a little, waving slightly back, and reclining again.

Santino smiled and thought to himself,

"This is my cue.."

The columbian ordered a vodka and orange juice for the lady and brought it over sitting down in the chain next to her,

"Hello, beautiful ey?"

He paused then continued,

"You..not the stars? i couldn't help but notice you over here and i thought i would be a gentleman and bring you a light drink?"

He smiled showing his perfect white teeth,along the bottoms were done in gold...he looked at the man who had just showed up and nodded,

"Hello how are you friend..nice night out?"

Lauren chuckled slightly and accepted the drink.

"I guess I can always count on men like you to get me drinks...but thanks. The stars are beautiful...especially on a night like tonight."

Gaius grinned, admiring his complementary bathrobe. It had been months since he had had a clean shave and a wash of clothes, and he had long forgotten what it was like to be normal.

He strode to the bar, nodding in his friendly, but maniacal way to passerby. "Make it a Bloody Mary, good sir," he boomed to the bartender, happy for one of the first times in several years. Gaius gingerly sat down on a rotating barstool, oblivious to the fact that he was spreading open his legs, revealing his nudity under his ivory robe.

He delicately sipped his drink. He had never had a Bloody Mary before, but the first mouthful bode well. He quickly and loudly slurped down the glass in a matter of seconds, then almost lost his balance on the stool. After regaining his wits, he punded the counter. "Barkeep! Another Bloody Mary!"

Gaius shook his head, blinking his eyes after consuming his second drink having taken about ten minutes that time to enjoy the drink. He scrutinized the poster behind the counter, listing the various available drinks.

"A manhattan! You know what...make it two. I'm just gonna order a second one anyway! Ha!"

After his third drink, he leaned over to the person next to him and pounded on the counter in front of him. "So how are you on this old ship...havin' a tood gime?" He hiccuped, then laughed. "Ha! I just said tood gime! What I meant to say was...havin' a tood gime? Ahh! That's not what I meant either!" Gaius paused to take a swig from the second manhattan. He then stood up on his barstool and faced the rest of the bar. "Hey everyone! I just said tood gime! I'm havin' trouble sayin' 'good time.' Hey, what'll ya know...I just said it right! I just said tood gime! Aww, shit! Well you all heard it! I said it right that one gime...I mean time..." He swayed, then collapsed on the ground, his feet swinging up over his head.

Santino continued to smile at the woman then replyed,

"It's my duty being a man like myself to buy ladys like you a drink..agree? and the stars look like the diamonds of Sierra Leone...beautiful and ever lasting.."

Santino was a charmer with all his money and looks. He did not like to make his profesion public so he usually went under the cover of an owner of a major coperation passed down through his family. His name as a druglord was "El Taurus", it was well known throughout every organized crime family and cartel in the world.

His attention was drawn to the man making a fool of himself, when he collasped to the ground Santino grinned,

"Looks like he had a bit too much to drink..." he chuckled..

Gavin walked out of his First-Class room to get a view of the ocean at night. "So beautiful," he muttered to himself. His bright blue eyes scanned the area, and he finally decided to go into his room and gather his guitar to play some music.

Music is his life, and his band is his job. The Regualtors, have recently been offered a world tour to promote thier new album "Five Star Resort", and he desided to take a break away from them before the tour.

He strums only a few chords before a very attractive girl notices him. She walks over and sits in amazement at the song. He plays through only a song and a half before the two are back ni his room with no clothes on.

This cruise sure seemed to be starting off good.

Roland Martin is so excited to see his friend and his girlfriend. He started reading "Engineering for Dummies" earlier before stepping a foot on the cruise. Roland was in his room...Then he got bored so he went outside for some fresh air. He then went to towards the bow of the ship. He then thought to himself, "The wind feels so good....This wasn't such a bad idea at all taking a cruise instead of a plane."

He started thinking of what he will do once he gets to his destination, but he stopped himself and thought, "...What am I doing.....I should stop thinking and enjoy my cruise."

Lauren laughed as Santino pointed out Gaius making a total fool of himself.

"Those guys are the funniest, when they can't handle the drinks...it's our free entertainment. But anyway, I don't think I've ever been to Sierra Leone...is that in Africa?"

Regina lifted her head as she thought she heard the distant sound of a guitar. Was there another musician on board? She excitedly pocketed her notepad and opened her cabin door, stepping out into the refreshing night air. Yes, there it was again. Someone was definetly playing a guitar. Suddenly, the music stopped.

"Aww. That was dissapointing."

Well, she was already outside. There was no use in going back to the cabin now. Regina made her way to the pool, but there didn't seem to be anyone of interest. Just an overly dressed guy in a white suit chatting with a pretty young women and some drunken idiot in a bathrobe. Regina left the area and instead ended up at the bow of the ship; failing to notice the other man, she leaned out over the edge of the ship and put her flute to her lips. She wet her lips and started to play a calming melody that drifted around the deck, quiet but noticeable.

Santino showed her a ring with a large diamond on his pinky finger,

"It's a dangerous place, warlords..rebels..but when you have the proper sercurity you would be fine"

*Pause*

"This diamond came from the mines of Sierra Leone...only with connections can you aquire a diamond such as this, if i had a wife my gift to her would be one of these...she would be happy? agree?"

"I often go on buisness trips, as well as many other places around the world, Columbia,Jammacia,Domincan republic,Czech republic,germany,france,austria....italy..."

*He paused*

"Anyways im just trying to spark conversation, although traveling alone gets b\rather boring..how would i go about getting a young beautiful lady such as yourself to come with me? of course at some...point in time...."

Gaius came to painfully, laying on a couch in the bar. Someone had obviously carried him over. There was a man, presumably the bartender, he couldn't remember as he was very hungover, leaning over him, dabbing his forehead with a wet washcloth. "How long was I out?" Asked Gaius, wincing at the pain it had cost him to do talk.

"'Bout 25 minutes," replied the man, grinning slightly. "The infirmary has it's hands full with several drunks like you passed out, so they just gave me directions on how to wake you up. You should get back to your room. C'mon, I'll take you to your room."

Leaning slightly against the man, Gaius stumbled down the hall, keeping a close eye on his feet, to make sure he didn't misstep. "So hoe did you lose control of your drinking so quickly?" Inquired the man.

Gaius did not respond immediately. "I'm not used to drinking mixed drinks. More alcohol than just whiskey I buy with coins I find on the street."

"Are you homeless?" Asked the man delicately.

"You could say that. More a bum...a beggar. I steal if I have to. The only reason I'm here is because I found a scratch-off ticket on the sidewalk. It was a winner. Damn....I'll never forget that day."

The man smiled slightly, and opened the door to Gaius's room. "Rest up, sir," he said, nodding to him. As the man turned to leave, Gaius's eyes followed a glint of gold emitted from his pocket. It was a pocketwatch. He pretended to loose his footing, and stumbled into the man's back, swiftly snatching the watch from his pocket and placed it in his own. "Sorry, man...so sorry."

OOC- Sorry for the slowness, I've been very busy.

IC- Syd wandered around deck. He heard someone playing the flute. He then noticed it was a redheaded woman. He walked over to her. "Hey, whatsup? My name's Syd Harris. And you are?"

Meanwhile, the storm grew stronger. It rapidly approached the ship. Still no one noticed it. Within a few hours it would be on them.

Even further out, an unknown island stood. It was a small island, but it held a great many of secrets. It was small enough to go undetected for so long, but large enough to support a complex ecosystem. And, on the island, to creatures reigned supreme. One was known by man as a killer from eons ago. One had recently been discovered, and only a few men knew about it.

"You've gone a lot of places." Lauren smiled, "I've never really been anywhere. I guess to get people with you you've got to have what they want, but that would take some time to get to know them. But if you form relationships, you can get some very close friends."

(Regina is playing the flute, not the guitar, Breitenburg.)

Regina stopped suddenly as she was approached by an older looking stranger. He looked nice enough, and didn't seem to look too stupid. Although she could always be proven wrong, of course. Regina despised stupidity in all it's forms. Still, she did have manners.

"Hello! My name is Regina Syrav. I'm a musician of sorts, escaping the world on this cruise. Who are you?"

OOC-Oops, my bad.

IC- "The name's Syd Harris. I'm a paleontologist. I just discovered a new species of reptile. Well, only it's head. But it's still a big discovery. So your a musician? That's pretty cool." Syd continued on the conversation like this, noticing how the wind began to get stronger.

"That's interesting, although I've never had the urge to uncover bones myself." She paused as the wind started to whip her hair in several directions at once. "Yes, I play flute and piano, and even put out something of an album a little while ago. I enjoy the success, but the fans were becoming a bit of a problem."

Liu was spending his time off walking around like Hamlet with a coconut in place of a skull. looking at it every so often then holding it close and cradling it like a little baby

Every few minutes a few words would lapse from his inner thoughts and spurt out either in Franglais or Imperial Asiatic Dialect 1c.

Inside his mind he was thinking about these high energy photons hitting inverse photons and gravitrons trying to figure out how 5 strains of coconut could develope in a 10,000 year period in the same vicinity.

In his other hand was a 1 litre bottle of sweet coconut rum that he drank straight from the bottle, this was his 3rd bottle in the last 2 days and for someone who never found time to drink before he was now some what tippered.

He looked up for a moment and thought to himself **** monsoon coming in gail.. and continued on his way.


He sat down for a moment in a corner closed off near the rails and sat down in an attempt to roll a joint.. 'vacation and now monsoon spend all season in monsoon and now monsoon ****'

after a failed attempt at trying to roll a joint drunk outside he started entered into the main lounge bar area and was somewhat made tipsy by the multi coloured lights inside especially the discoball.

He Raised the coconut again to the light then kissed it and held it close again.

Lauren looked up from talking with Santino abruptly as clouds began moving in on the cruise ship.

"It's getting a littly windy out...oh well. Can't spoil this evening."

After dozing in his lit stateroom for several minutes, a gust of wind rattled Gaius's window. It shocked him for a few seconds, then he paid it no mind and continued to try and sleep with his discolored beanie over his head. About 30 seconds later, a gust of wind about threefold larger than the previous one jolted the window, screaming like a howling wolf. He shot upuright, his beanie dropping off his face. The lights dimmed to a brown-out of sorts, and a wave of increased, furrowed conversation and several, impulsive, muffled yells billowed down the hallway.

Gaius warily stood up, and was surprised at how much the ship was rolling, though he wasn't sure whether it was due to the waves or to his drinking. With adrenaline of fear making his hand shiver, he pocketed some items that were on his nightstand, and a few that had fallen off. He opened his drawer and set a revolver, with only four rounds, on his bed. Pulling on his regular clothes and overcoat, he shiftily slipped the gun into his interior breast pocket.

Gaius set off down the hallway and made his way to the upper deck. Once into the fresh air, he immediately knew why he had been startled. The once velvety black sky of the night had yielded to an ominous ceiling. He tasted the air deftly. It was unbearibly humid and surpressing. The wind had picked up to the point that many people were struggling with their hats or their hair, which were furiously smacked around by the now constant galeforce wind. In the distance, broad flashes of lightning illuminated the horizon to the bow of the ship. The sea sounded choppy.

Over the howling wind and angry sea, a delicate sound of a flute progressed towards him. He turned to the stern, and spotted a couple sitting on a deck chair, one holding a flute.

Gaius rushed over to them. "I wouldn't stay out here if I were you. Can't you see the lightnin' over in the distance? I know enough to know when a storm's headed this way."

They merely looked at him as if he were insane. This was a common occurance for Gaius.

Several seconds later, a fork of lightning streaked from one cloud to another, directly above the ship. This was followed by an instantaneous clap of thunder. Gaius shook his head. "I'm goin' inside. I'd be careful. In a storm, that flute'd make a useful lightning rod."

But he never made it inside.

The storm picked up rapidly.The sea was thrown into a violent rage. The winds whirled around. By the time the boat and the crew noticed it, it was to late. The cruise ship was smashed and thorwn around as if it were a toy. Syd was hurled of board. He plunged into the ocean. He grabbed on to a piece of debris and held on for dear life...

... when Syd woke up, he was in the sand. He got up and looked around. He was on an island. There were several other people around him, including the redhead. Miraculously, his cell phone and MP3 player were intact, but he had no service. Hs pocket knife, wallet, and notebook. "Is everyone okay?"

Roland woke up as the he felt the soft sand on his face. Earlier, there was panic aboard the cruise as the storm was directly over the ship. He was running towards his room from the bar when the ship tilted on its side. This was when he fell into the ocean....The next thing he knew, he was waking up on an island.

Roland was confuse as he stood up. He started walking along the shore when he saw a group of people, they all seemed to be confuse. He thought to himself, "..Thank God..." Then he started running' towards them.

All Lauren remembered, now waking up on a sandy beach, was falling asleep un the deck, and being woken when the ship had been bucking about in a storm. The man she had been talking to was nowhere to be seen, and people were running about on the deck. She had been flung overboard, and had grabbed on to a piece of metal flung off from the ship, then not long later everything had been black. She tried now to stand up, but winced and thought better as a knife-wrenching pain shot up her left ankle.

Syd noticed a woman who looked like she was in pain. "Hey, need any help?"

At that time, no one noticed the beast staring at them from the forest. It had just arrived. The carnivore searched for easy meat. It saw one that looked like it was struggling. The carnivore waited motionlessly, camaflouge nearly perfectly in the forest. It was only six feet tall and nine feet long, but it could still destroy a human with it's large claws and teeth.

A man in a torn suit that noone had previously seen before sat with his back to a tree on the beach. He had been working on a novel in his room and was just standing to stretch his legs when the cruise ship lolled over, his leg had caught between the table and the floor and had snapped at the shin.

A trail led up to the man where he had dragged himself to relative cover from the rains.

His name was Tali just Tali thats all he ever knew and heard, as a boy he had enjoyed writing short stories, he grew and rebelled earnt money by the bucket loads but spents twice as much. He got into debt and decided to turn his life around this cruise had been a present to himself after earning a 5 figure sum for his last novels he had sold this was the 4th book in the series and was set to light up the world.

Now it was lost sure had had emailled it a few hours ago to his home PC but his notes from the storm, the imagery conjure.....lost.

He licked his lips as they cracked from the salt drying on them, he tried to call out to the passengers who were gathering on the beach, he seemed unnoticed and his voice grated his throat.

Just then he noticied why he hadnt been noticed and the words lodged in his throat, his mind swam and his stomach quivered. How...how could it be....the 'thing' moved behind a tree and Tali's view was obscured.

Roland reached to where the group of people are. He said, "...Hey guys..I'm Roland Martin..Are you guys okay?"

"Something's wrong with my ankle, I think," Lauren said.

"Hmm... here, let me help you." Syd helped the woman up, and looked at her ankle. "Is anyone a doctor here?" Syd heared something. He looked into the woods and gasped. A dinosaur was staring at them.

The dinosaur had lost the element of surprise. It didn't need it now. The injured one was still hurt, and now another one was helping it. This would slow them down, the beast didn't need surprise. It walked out and let out a roar. It had three claws, and and a small ridge on it's head.

"Oh my God... everyone, watch out! It's a... a dinosaur! Syd pulled out his knife. It wouldn't do much, but this dinosaur was small, and it would most likely back off if it got hit. "I need some help!"

Gavin woke up covered in his own blood, face-down on the beach. The last thing he had remebered was getting dressed after the groupie left his room. Shock and awe are the only things he could feel.

The first thing he saw was some sort of small animal, obviosly not of this time.
A man yelled a warning, but Gavin was already in motion towards it. He managed to grasp a medium sized rock in his hand during the scramble to his feet.

Full speed towards it, he pulled his arm back into a haymaker position. The beast wasn't expecting the blow to the head. As Gavin continued to beat the creature he turned an ran, knowing he couldn't do this on his own.

He didn't realize it had slashed his arm fairly deep until after he had ran away from it. "Well, this is a very deliteful cruise," he sarcastically muttered as he backed away from the beast. He didn't notice until he had gotten away that there was actually a second animal on the ground. "Someone kill them!"

Waking up on a beach in the middle of the sea did not strike him as luxury. He snickered as he found his guitar in it's case on the beach. The band is going to be pissed if he isn't at practice next week.

Roland was shocked at the sight of the dinosaur. He didn't believe it. He didn't believe that dinosaurs still exist.

"What in God's name...?"

Gaius opened his eyes. He had fallen asleep on a safety raft, and now something was noisily sniffing his foot.

A Bronchiosaurus was delicately licking his boot.

It took him about ten seconds to comprehend the magnificient sight he beheld. Finally, he recoiled in horror. "Holy hell! Holy freaking hell!"

Various items knocking around in his pockets on his overcoat, in which he could hold many things, he sprinted down the beach, unaware of whether the thing was chasing him. He slowed as he reached several people.

Trying to act calm, he said mildly, "Umm...hey...my name's...uh...well I forget right now. But I just saw a freaking...thing....it was licking my boot. Well...I just wanted to know....If any of you...um...saw a, erm...thing."

He stopped his halting speech to follow the direction of the gaze from a man standing immediately in front of him. There was anohter dinosaur, closely inspecting them with it's nostrils.

"Yeah...it kinda looked like that."

Liu


A long stretch of beach with a long row of footprints, the weary face of Liu with one hand ontop of his head and the other holding a coconut at his hip. The look on his face was like a man with his cheeks being squeezed, teeth showing, his white toga with sand on it in chunks and his tartan kilt flopping along, with his ES Comunit hanging at his side. His earlier attempts at using it prooved fruitless and ended with him speaking into the coconut. 'Allo, Allo... ' Atleast there is no monsoon.

Every so often he managed to pick up a trinket, although last night was foggy he now came to relize that the ship he was on or some other ship was tattered ruins scattered accross the shoreline. The last thing he remembered was failing an attempt to roll a joint.

I died? I died?

Suddently he see's something, it IS...

other crew members.. he takes his hand off his head and his face brigtens. Lifts the kilt up abit and runs... 10 steps 20 steps getting over the hill ... at first he see's the reptile but it doesn't register.

30 steps... he relizes that a reptilian saur is 10 ft from him, in the process of launching an attack against the survivors.

His Emergency Servcies training kicks in... and ..


THUD!!!! a coconut at high speed makes contact with the SAUR.. Liu following in charge with

"Arghhghghhhghhahghahghhghghhhgg"

Liu uses his tribal form martial arts against the dazed beast!

Thet tunk whhhat koo

Before the beast regains it's awarenesss Liu is on it's back strangling it.

I died.. I died!!!

Gaius laughed to himself. Wow, I must be trippin'. How much weed did I take in last night? Then he remembered. None.

It had to be a dream. But it seemed too real. But the situation...a dinosaur about to do God knows what...on a tropical island with strangers...he took some time to glance around at the two people beside him. There's that one redheaded chick, he said to himself.

He looked back at the dinosaur. He remembered his liquor in his coat. Gaius slowly reached inside his overcoat, careful not to make any sudden movements, and pulled out a bottle of booze.

"Hey," he said gently. "Hey, man. You want some liquor? It's good. Southern Comfort. I bet you've never had booze this good." He shook the glass bottle, the liquid sloshing quietly inside.

Both beasts looked around at the many choices of food. Before they could make a choice, another creature interupted. It was much larger, double the size of the smaller allosaurs. It had two tiny ars. It rushed foward and grabbed one by the neck. It's massive jaws crushed it's neck, killing it instantly. The other rushed off, throwing the man off it's back. Syd rushed the woman to a safe place, and found many other people there. "Alright, is everyone okay?"

Roland was still shock at the site of the dinosaurs. A man went over to where Roland and a group of people and asked if everybody is okay.

Roland replied, "..Yes..I'm just a little shock and confuse..."

Gaius put his Southern Comfort back in his coat. "Uhh...was that just a freakin' dinosaur?" He asked rudely, his hands quivering with adrenaline.

Liu landing next to the location of the ricocheted coconut which miracoulously survived it's impact. He grabbed the coconut in one hand and a handful of sand in the other and did a no hands flip up. On gaining his feet there was a man covered in light whitebrown sand.


"Biggg" "Biggggggg"

Seeing two bus sized creatures and an even bigger one he receeded from the dry san to the wet sand.

He thought to himself 'those are dinasaurs!!!! if there are land ones will there be water ones too...... ?

So he started running back into the water then swimming back in the water.. seeing if he could get deeper than 10 ft out. Maybe they don't like water..?
Liu looked to it's tail wrong shape for a swimming tail not flattened on axis.

"Everyone into water!!!"

If dragons in water I'more dead

Lauren was still a little dumbfounded by the entire sequence of events. "Can someone tell me what really just happened without using any of your scientific words?"

Looking at the woman....Roland said, "..I have no idea....to tell you the truth...."

"Well, at least there's two of us." Lauren replied sarcastically.

"Well, to make it easy for you, were on an island with dinosaurs. Which is bad. So we should all stick together. Those things will kill us. Can you walk yet?"

"Last time I checked...dinosaurs are extinct. What the hell is going on?!"

Gaius stood, satring at Lauren. He didn't know her name yet. He looked around, then directly at Roland. "Were you guys on the cruise, too?"

"...Yeah, I'm guessing your from the cruise too. The name's Roland...Roland Martin."

"...Yeah, I'm guessing your from the cruise too. The name's Roland."

Gaius nodded, then held out his hand. "Gaius Dequalum. So...what do we do now?"

"Well, I guess we should make a shelter. Is anyone an engineer, or something. Also, anyone a doctor. I'm a paleontologist, so I know a lot about dinosaurs. As for being extinct, I guess this islands different. But those are dinosaurs never seen before, even in the fossil record." In his mind, Syd though up names for them. The smaller one will be allosaurus minimilus, and the larger one gwangi magnus. "By the way, my name's Syd Harris."

Roland stood up and looked around the island. "..I don't know....To survive and get the hell out of this dinosaur infested island I guess."

"Hey Syd, I'm an engineer. I can plan what the shelter should look like. But first, we need supplies."

"I'll try to help. I've lived on the streets for, what, 8 years? Yeah, I might be some help. Though I'm sure that Jurassic Park here is not much like downtown Molvin."

"Alright Gaius, come with me...we'll find some supplies. Anyone else want to go with us?"

"Alright Gaius, come with me...we'll find some supplies. Anyone else want to go with us?"

Gaius nodded, pulling off his overcoat, revealing the various items he had packed away in there. An airtight bag of marijuana rolled out into the sunlight. "Heh, let's pretend no one saw that but me, 'kay?" He said, embarrassed, as he scrambled to pick it up and stow it away under his coat. Gaius bundled up his belongings and tossed them under a shrub about 50 yards inland from the sea, shielded from the sun.

"Right. Let's roll...Roland. Erm..that wasn't meant to be a pun."

After seeing the marijuana, Roland just shook his head with a smile. "Alright, let's go. We just have to be careful about those 'saurs." Roland started walking in the direction towards the woods.

"Hold on, I'm coming too. We'll need some more supplies if were going to make weapons." Syd knew that spears wouldn't do much against bigger dinosaurs, but if they got enough, and maybe made a few pikes out of logs, they could make a formidible defense.

"Wait," cried Gaius, and he sprinted back to his stowed away posessions under the bush. He rummaged through them, and grabbed his dulled pocketknife, and his revolver. He doubted it still worked after the sinking, but it was worth a shot (OOC: Ouch, another unintended pun).

Gaius, mumbling quietly to himself about dinosaurs, hurried back to a waiting Roland.

Roland turned and wait as Gaius and Syd approach. "Weapons! Good Idea! Now let's hurry up before it gets dark!"

Gaius feebly attempted to stumble through the thick undergrowth. Citylife had eclipsed his wilderness capability.

Roland has trouble going through the thick undergrowth. "...wow...unbelievable...It's a freaking jungle..."

Lauren stayed on the beach, testing out her weak ankle to see if she could walk alright. It didn't seem too bad...maybe at 60%. Besides Gaius, Roland, and Syd, she had no idea who any of the others around her were. The man who she had been with at the advent of the storm she hadn't seen since.

Syd looked around. It was amazing. Everything was so lush and vibrant. He wondered how this happened. He had joted some notes and skethes down in his niteook on the species they had already encountered. As they walked, they heard something. Syd looked up to see something he had never seen before, except in a movie. A massive gorilla corpse was lying on the ground, most of it eaten. It was a female, and about 17ft high. "Whoah, it's like King Kong!" He gave it the name megaprimatus kong, and wrote it down. "Come on, let's leave before scavengers come.

"Holy God," Gaius said in awe. He skirted the body, staying a far distance away from it. He burrowed his hand into his side pocket, grasping the handle of his hand revolver. Only four bullets, but he hoped it would get the job done if he ever came to use it.

He spotted a glimmer of orangish color from his peripheral vision. He shot a glance sideways, spying several oblong, orange-yellow fruits. "Hey, check this out...fruit!" He inspected it closer. "Huh. Not like any fruit I've seen before."

Seeing the giant gorilla corpse, Roland was amazed by it. We wanted to take a picture of it, but his camera is underwater below the ocean. Then he looked at Gaius, who had found a never-before-seen fruits. He came closer to inspect it.

"I've never seen this type of fruit before.....Watch out though, it might be poisonous."

He was in awe of the jungle. So vibrantly green, so immaculate. He hadn't talked for quite sometime. Suddenly, he decided to introduce himself.

"Sorry for the late introduction everyone, my name is GAvin Collins. Im not what you would call a, umm, outdoorsman, but something majorly tells me the beach is going to be safer than the jungle. And before any of you snap on my credintials, I am a rock star, but I have intelligence. I graduated with a 4.3."

He stepped around a log on the dark ground. Something is very awry here, and he can sense it. Hell, everyone seems to notice it at this point.

After walking for a long time, the group found a large area, filled with fallen trees, logs, and sticks. "Alright boys, let's get to work." Sy found a sturdy tree branch. Using his knife, he chopped a vine, and tied his knife tightly to the stick. He sharpened it on a rock, and threw it at a tree. It hit and stuck. "Nice."

"Alright guys, We're need to bring as much wood as possible to the beach to make our shelter." Roland took out his knife and started cutting the thin woods.

Gaius stared down at his own knife, lamentably dull and slightly rusted. He spun his head around wildly, looking for a boulder. He spotted one in the corner of the clearing. He brought it over and attempted to sharpen it on the ancient rock. "Heh...this is a lot harder than you'd think," he commented.

Back on the beach, away from the small group that had gone into the forest to explore, Lauren was inventorying around to see what supplies could still be usable. Most people only had personal items, though several had pocketknives that could be used effectively. Some rope and wooden debris had washed in from the wreckage that could be used in the construction of a shelter or in carrying water and food. But what troubled Lauren most was the need for protection. Seeing the encounter already with the strange creatures that inhabited the island, some sort of defense would be needed...one that would obviously have to be constructed. Besides several pieces of twisted metal plating that had been sheered off of the sunken ship during the storm and had floated in, nothing else appeared easily usable. Several roars from the jungle sent shivers up Lauren's back...obviously, something would have to be done soon.

OOC- Sorry for not posting in a while, I've been busy

IC- After bring all the wood back to were Lauren was, the men set up camp. It took all day. At night, they set up a watch system. "So, who goes first?" The main shelter was high in a tree, surronded by sharpened logs. Hopefully this would keep predators away.

OOC- If you take watch, have only creatures we've seen come, don't bring anything new it just yet.

bump, sorry everyone, I've been so busy. If you want to continue, go ahead.

Santino woke up laying in the surf on the beach where he painfully sat up, his vision was blurry and he wiped his hand across his face,

"Holy shit...where the hell am i?"

He slowly pulled himself into a sitting position where he looked out at the ocean, he started to emty his pockets contents in front of him..

"Switch blade..mobile phone..ruined..1,000 dollars..cigar still in case..pack of cigerettes..soaked...3 1/2 grams of the good stuff..."

He sat on the beach in silence trying to figure out what he would do next...

OOC:Sorry i hadn't realized how busy i was when i took up this rp, time has come forward but i am not sure if people are still interested in this...

After coming back out of the water. Liu seemed distant.

Sitting in camp as the sun was getting ready to go down.

His first words with the others in the camp that was being constucted roll from his lips with his face almost lacking expression.

"When I was a child... there was a big dog... it's name was rex."

"I loved that dog."

"Then one day I fell on rex, and he got really mad at me...."

He trails off for a second.

"This whole thing, reminds me of rex and how animals get upset when you fall on them."

"What the hell was that"

He seems to get inspiration of some sort.

Liu stands of and starts to pace with his free hand on his forhead in a fist.

"Ok, we need sharpened sticks"

Used the knives to make LONG LONG LONG sharpened sticks. I can wave some twine to make some bows.

"Does anyone know where we are?"