EVENT: It's Like Jurrasic Park but with death puns

[soul_mods]

Characters: Everyone and anyone
Location: Anywhere in Death City!
Rating: PG-13
Time: July 19th
Description: Dinosaurs are everywhere.



As Spirit Said, sometime during the morning dinosaurs just started randomly appearing everywhere. The fact that they're small is good in that they aren't terribly dangerous, but bad in that they really can get into everything except the flower pot.

You might even find one in your cupboard. And it looks like one of them has BREW!

Go wrangle some dinosaurs and bring them back to Shibusen!

Comments

Lily | Streets of the Shopping District | Open

[vintage_magic]

[Lily was really starting to hate being a Weapon… In the past few days, she’d already been threatened with being thrown in the garbage, sprinkled with salt in an exorcism attempt, and inadvertently had her contents exposed to several people. But this had to take the cake!]

[Hearing a strange noise in one of the fitting rooms at her shop right after she opened, she had pulled aside the curtain to investigate. And was immediately knocked over by a dinosaur, causing her to transform. The creature picked her up with its mouth and fled Yesterday’s Magic, knocking over a few baskets of scarves and ties on its way out.]

Dag nab it! Let me go!

[So, there’s a dinosaur racing through the streets of the shopping district with a red leather bound book in its jaws. A book that is frantically yelling…]

Help! Someone, get this critter off of me!

[unbreakably]

[ Josuke would recognize that voice anywhere by now. And at least it makes sense to him that that voice - of all voices - is not coming from a person right now, but from a book. (At first he thinks it might be the dinosaur talking, but then he realises what's really going on here..)

And with him being the way that he is, he can't just not help. So he's already sprinting after the dinosaur the moment after. ]

Yo, miss, hang in there! I'll get it!

[vintage_magic]

[Lily recognizes that voice too and its odd mix of casualness and formality.]

I'm trying to, Josuke!

[Not that she can do much else being stuck as a book. Inside her soul space, she's tossed around as the dinosaur darts down an alleyway and almost feels as if she's playing the part of Lady Godiva in some bizarre reenactment. Well, if it had been a dinosaur instead of a horse and one that ran away to boot...]

[unbreakably]

[ Wait, where did the creature go.. --oh, there, into that alleyway! Luckily Josuke is used to running all over the place even back home, so it's not too difficult for him to keep running although the dinosaur is pretty damn fast, which makes accomplishing his task harder. In the end he tries to chase it down to a street that he knows leads to a dead end-- then all he's got to do is pounce it! ]

Heh, I've got you now, you little asshole..

[ Making a jump for it to try and grab the dinosaur now. ]

[vintage_magic]

[The dinosaur comes to the dead end but isn't about to give up so easily even if Josuke manages to grab its tail, Quickly turning around, it tries to slip out of his grasp and flee back the way it had come.]

Watch out!

[She hopes he doesn't get knocked over!]

[unbreakably]

Gah..! [ He almost trips over his own feet. It's only thanks to how much experience he has with battling and running around back home that he manages to keep himself from smacking on the floor face-first, although it does give the dinosaur some advantage in the distance between them again before Josuke is fully ready to chase after the creature again. ]

Dammit.. you bastard! Get back here!

[vintage_magic]

[The dinosaur isn't inclined to listen but it stumbles over an overturned garbage can and its jaws open. Lily lets out a scream as the creature loses its grip on the her and the slightly slobbery book goes flying through the air towards Josuke.]

[unbreakably]

[ .. Oh god, he can't mess this one up, he simply can't. So without any risk or thought for his own safety (naturally, though, since he always does that when people are in trouble) he jumps so he can catch the book and hold it in his arms. Mostly so when he lands on the floor, it's his back that takes the damage rather than the book itself. ]

.. Ugh. [ He groans, that'll be a bruise in the morning. ] Y.. you 'kay, miss?

[vintage_magic]

A bit dizzy and slobbery but nothing a shower and a change of clothes wouldn't fix. [She's more concerned about something else at the moment though.]

Are you okay, Josuke? It looked like you fell pretty hard. [She normally wouldn't be so open about it but if he was hurt, that was more important than hiding her secret.] I should have a healing spell in this form if you need it.

[unbreakably]

...mm fine.. [ Half-mumbled, but as he sits up he does look fairly okay. He's just not used to being a Meister, he's a little less sturdy this way. But he's pretty used to constantly getting beaten up in his own world, so a fall isn't much more trouble than a moment of grumbling. ]

I'm more worried about my clothes, that gross shit is all over them now!

[ Priorities. No, really, the moment he's sitting up with the book he's already staring down at the slobber all over his jacket in horror.. ]

[vintage_magic]

[Lily blinks at that unexpected answer although she does have to agree that dinosaur slobber is pretty gross. Even in Weapon form, she gets the feeling that there's going to be a large spot of reptile drool on her dress when she turns back. At least, he seems to be okay...]

I'm sure we can figure out some way to get it out back at the shop even if I usually deal with food and makeup stains rather than dinosaur drool. At least, it's a fresh and not an old stain. [Although in a way, it was ancient...] That will make it easier to get out.

[unbreakably]

Y.. you're sure we can get it out?! [ Yes, he's fairly desperate about this. Welcome to the many ways in which Josuke is a complete loser, Lily, including the fact that he seems to care more about his clothes than his physical health here.. ]

If it's gonna stain, then I won't even be able to wear these anymore! And they're my clothes from home!

[ So at least they're special in a way.. maybe that makes it slightly less weird. Maybe. ]

[vintage_magic]

...I think so. I can't say I've ever had to wash out dinosaur slobber before. [Hopefully, it wouldn't be more of a problem than normal saliva... She tries to be reassuring since he's so worried about this. It's somewhat understandable if these clothes are one of the few things he has from home.]

It'll probably be fine if we get it into the wash as soon as possible.

[They really should get back to the shop too and make sure things were all right and that no other dinosaurs had suddenly appeared there!]

[onlystarabove]

[FLYING KICK INTO THE DINOSAUR.

Fictitious reptilian beings were harmed in the process of this RP.

No mercy, no regrets, all Black☆Star.]

Go back to being extinct!!

[vintage_magic]

Aaaah!

[The dinosaur flew into a lamppost, crying out in pain and dropping the book. Lily also tumbled over inside her Weapon form, equally dazed. Mumbling mostly to herself since she didn't get a good look at who had shouted...]

Who was that?

[onlystarabove]

[Was that seriously asked? SERIOUSSSSSSSSLY?]

Who the hell do you think it was? The great Black☆Star, obviously!

[vintage_magic]

Black Star?

[The name's not particularly ringing bells but now that she has a chance to get a better look...]

Haven't I seen you somewhere before?

[onlystarabove]

What kind of reaction is that? You're talking to the only human to ever surpass the gods.

[vintage_magic]

[Surpass the gods? That's quite an ego!]

[But now she remembered! She'd seen him on that tour when she first got here but never actually talked to him. So, he'd be unlikely to remember her even if she weren't still a talking book.]

You're with those folks at the school, right? Where did all these critters come from anyway?

[onlystarabove]

Does it really matter where they came from as long as I kick their ass?

[vintage_magic]

[Well, she supposed that was more important at the moment. This was the second time one had run off with her today and the dang things were all over the place!]

I guess not. I just thought people from the school might have a better idea of what's going on.

[onlystarabove]

None of that stuff is important enough for me to waste my time on.

[vintage_magic]

[Looks like she asked the wrong person if she wanted answers... And the dinosaur seems to be recovering.]

Um, shouldn't you tie that thing up or put it in a cage or something before it runs away again?

[onlystarabove]

[Kicking it.

Again.

Gotta check and see if it has what he wants, of course.]

What, do you want to keep it as a pet?

[vintage_magic]

No. But it seems dangerous to have them running loose.

[And after a couple of tries, she finally manages to change back from book form to normal, her dress somewhat slobbery from dinosaur drool.]