Fantasy Moments in Time

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- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Port, Town of Toulouse, Frankia "​

"I love you too, Chenglei!" yelled Kenren happily, "And we surely have at least ten minutes to . . . " When Tsumiki came back, Kenren's hair was messy and there were dirt stains on his knees. He was smiling at her older brother and couldn't stop touching him.

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The Story | Characters | OOC
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[Katsuya]

Chenglei wiggled and chuckled when Kenren kept touching him, smiling wide and bright, ticklish. His hair was a mess too and there was a red mark on the nape of his neck. Then he tried to fix Kenren's hair when his little sister came back.

Tsumiki set up the camera with a small daruma doll floating above the button and sat in front of her older brothers. "Ready?" She asked with a wide smile. Chenglei brought her in closer, hugging her and Kenren tightly. She practically sat in the middle with the older men on either side of her.

"I am..." Chenglei muttered, nuzzling his cheek with Kenren's.

Once everyone is ready, the daruma doll dropped and with a flash, Tsumiki took a picture with all three of them together.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Port, Town of Toulouse, Frankia "​

Kenren grinned, cheek to cheek with Chenglei and hugging Tsumiki too. He felt happily fuzzy. This was his first ever family picture.

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[Katsuya]

Once she got the picture, Tsumiki let out a 'squee~' and went to the camera with wide excited eyes.

Chenglei shook his head with an amused smile. "We should get copies of the pictures again." He placed a kiss on Kenren's cheek. "Especially that last one..."

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Hisaya's Home, Town of Toulouse"​

"Mm." Kenren nodded in agreement, bumping Chenglei's head as he closed his eyes and nuzzled the side of his head vigorously. "I want one with granny in it too, then another one with everybody, the kids, all our men together. Maybe we can all pose at the front of one of the gardens in the master warship?"

The prince enjoyed the rest of the morning there on the hill with Chenglei and Tsumiki, talking to her about home, what's been going on in her life and granny's while they were away, and if she has someone she likes back at home. The boat for the late disguised oriental messenger came and they were able to hear news of the political and economic state of the Orients. The rumors Chenglei heard were correct, his siblings were working together for once.

Soon lunch came and it was back to the disguises. Tsumiki had to wear one too, so that they wouldn't bring Hisaya's family any attention. Kenren threw off the porter disguise and was a peddler now, carrying some wood back to the house to complete the disguise and for firewood too.

The prince was surprised to find Renee, Sirius, and Seifer playing in a big earthen pool heated up every now and then by Meatballs, who was splashing around with Mica; James was sitting at the porch reading one of Hisaya's books with a fish clip book mark sticking out from the pages, looking serene as he drank tea.

Talisha, who at first planned for lunch inside the house, thought it a nice day to eat outside at the backyard. Cool and sunny, with a nice view of the ocean. And so the guys (James and the others were surprised that Tsumiki was here), marched out with the scrumptious food and laid them all on a table everyone helped put out. There was challa, a sweet, eggy bread that was plaited artistically, Matzoh ball soup, a thin chicken broth enhanced with matzoh balls, falafel, baba ghanouj, which was cooked eggplant mixed with tahina, olive oil and various seasonings, and a lot of spicy meat.

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"Dat sounds lik' a wonderful idea, Ken'en." Chenglei rubbed his cheek with Kenren and once again was blinded by the camera's flash. His sister declaring that picture is the cutest one so far.

Chenglei had to help Tsumiki in her disguise (she had a hood to cover her face as she hunched over like a little old lady. Chenglei is acting like her grandson) and went behind Kenren so no one would suspect a thing. Once they arrived, the little sister got excited at the sight of the earthen pool and simply jumped in with Chenglei yelling to put on something else to swim. She ignored him and happily swam around with Sirius, Meatballs, and Mica.

Renee giggled and waved at the older two men, welcoming them back and inviting them if they wanted to swim. Then she dived in the water and chased the summons, her son, boyfriend, and Tsumiki like she was a shark that's hungry. Whenever she caught them, she would tickle their sides while flapping her wings gleefully and laughing with an exaggerated 'Mwa-haha!'

Once lunch rolled in, Renee was drying Sirius with a towel and passed him to Seifer to fix his fur while she dried the rest. Yes, that included Meatballs. Chenglei helped carry out the food on the table and when everyone sat down (the girls were surprised to see Tsumiki too), they thanked Talisha for the meal and began eating.

"This is delicious, Mrs. Talisha." Minnie muttered, eating a falafel.

"Lucky guy~!" Serena teased Hisaya, poking his side with a wide kooky smile. Then she poked his son's side too.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Hisaya's Home, Town of Toulouse"​

"Metal sides." said Hisaya to Serena smugly, unaffected by the poking. His son on the other hand, jumped up from his seat. The twins laughed, just as Czes turned to Serena and initiated a tickle duel!; Kenren was dripping wet, a thick wooly towel draped over his shoulders as he too accepted Renee's invitation and jumped in the water after Tsumiki. As they ate, him will all the poise of a prince, he checked on her every now and then to see if she was warm.

Seifer had stylized Sirius' fur and his own hair to sleek wavy perfection, and ate classily as the little black dragon ate the way Renee had taught him too. He was already big, and his teeth long enough to eat meat by himself. Sirius ate so much food that it was a good thing the twins foresaw this and bought extra food from their tour around the market place.

They had acquired the shipment for the guild, now currently sitting in a rented warehouse at the docks to be delivered tomorrow. Seth had wanted to show Serena his world, the way he and his brother looked at it. And in a nutshell, it was a world of thieves and mirrors, going into places that weren't public, running and jumping from roof to roof. Going wherever they wanted, taking whatever they wanted --- from those who could afford it --- and pulling pranks if ever they fancied it. It was like the town was their playground even though they had just arrived. And for the first time she also got a glimpse of how Sen and Minnie did things as Guild Master and Secretary. Or rather, the negotiator and the bodyguard. Sen was a talker, he messed around a lot, but he had this way of effortlessly making someone voluntarily open up about themselves, so that he could discern what they liked and what they didn't like, and so seal a deal with an advantage for the Cool Beans, if not, at least one percent mark up profit from a failed negotiation, so that they would still have the money they had invested plus a one percent increase.

One could wonder what the twins spent all their money for. It was a lot of gold, but Minnie knew that it was for the building of their true guild house, which was going to be situated in the pirate's cove! A risky move one might say, with all the cut throats and thieves about, but the twins felt at home there. As though they were with their own --- admittedly a rather dim-witted lot with a few clever rogues here and there --- but the twins saw potential in them, and aimed to turn that place into a major trading port between Jahara, the Storm Wall, the Orients, and Queen Mia's kingdom.

It was during dessert that Seth asked Serena what she was going to do once the rebuilding was over. They have been dating for a couple of weeks now and he honestly asked her if a life of a rogue was a life she'd like and if it was acceptable to her mother. "Would that make you happy, Serena?"

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[Katsuya]

With a war cry, Serena poked Czes in a tickling war, cackling loudly. Minnie smiled and shook her head.

Tsumiki chirped whenever Kenren asked her about something like "I'm okay!" and "I'm warm, thanks big brother!" Renee kissed Seifer's cheek and Sirius' snout before they started to eat. Her wings fluttered as she ate as well. Echo was feeding Johnny and vise versa, her ears twitched.

During dessert when Seth asked her that question, Serena paused mid way to shoving a piece of chocolate cake and closed her mouth as she pondered. Her spoon clanked her plate. "...I...I had fun. Jumping around and seeing what you and Sen do, it's incredible...but I don't want to leave Mia alone. What could I even do in your guild? I don't think I can trick people or steal from them even with one of the personas I made up. I don't have that kind of talent."

The blonde violinist really did have fun jumping on the roofs and pranking people. Even to watch Sen and Minnie do their thing with the twin negotiating and the gunslinger just scaring them with a glare; it's a sight to see. A very funny one but she didn't know if being a rogue is the life for her.

"My mother is already used to me being far away since I used to live alone way before meeting Johnny and Echo....or...maybe I can play violin for the guild? If I played something while you guys work, perhaps that can help your customers feel happier? Same with your men?" Serena honestly didn't know what to do. She didn't know if she should go with Seth to be part of the Cool Beans Guild or if she should stay with Queen Mia...

"Or maybe..."

"I could make a portal for you and Seth if you two would like?" Renee piped up in their conversation. "Maybe a door that only connects to your rooms? What do you think, Seth?" She didn't mind making a portal for her little brother and friend. She already made plans with Lydia and James for their organization, creating portals to their main job. She's not going to be surprised if anyone else asks to make a door for them too.

Serena perked up at that and her blue eyes shined in a quiet plea at Seth if he's okay with this plan. This way she can see Seth and not leave Mia alone.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Hisaya's Home, Town of Toulouse "​

"O-our rooms?" stuttered Seth, going red. "Isn't that not proper, sis?" he looked at Serena too.

"You care?" said Sen, surprised. "You've been travelling together for many months!"

"It's not the same with Minnie and us." said Seth. "Minnie is like a bro."

"Um . . . right . . ." said Sen vaguely. He didn't know when it had changed, oh wait, probably during their stay at the pirate cove, but he had stopped seeing Minnie as a tomboyish pal. Now it was like, 'You're cute with your short, extremely intimidating, chirpy bird laughing, shy self!'

Seth noticed Serena's eyes though, and said to his sister. "Okay, but can it be connected to the living room? Or kitchen? Definitely not the bathroom --- oh! How about a wardrobe!? Like that story, what was that again?" he turned to Serena, "The one with the witch, manticore, and the wardrobe?"

"Hernia?" said Seifer, helpfully.

'What hernia?' Sirius spoke in Renee's head. He was getting better at talking.

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[Katsuya]

Renee giggled behind her wing. She never saw Seth turn red before. Then she turned to Sirius. "There's two things; the medical Hernia is when an organ pushes through somewhere. Mostly happens in the intestines since we push a lot while going to the bathroom or lifting something too heavy. The Hernia everyone is talking about is a fictional story about four siblings traveling through a portal that's connected to a wardrobe and another world." She explained with a warm smile. "I can read it to you before bedtime if you like?" She might need to find a book that can talk itself...if that even exist...or a spell to let the book tell it's own story until she can read braille.

Serena turned red, leaping off her chair to glomp Seth and bringing him close to her chest. He can hear her heart beating fast. "I don't care what door to use as long I get to see you!"

"Wardrobe it is then." Renee chimed.

When Sen and Seth mentioned about traveling together, Minnie's cheeks turned pink and continued to eat her third falafel. She's not going to mention anything, not her asking around for advice from Seifer and Johnny nor her ... scientific talk with Minuette. Talking about her talk with Seifer...

"Oh...Sei, I still owe you that prize you won for shooting the most shades." Minnie said in a friendly manner, giving him a small smile. "We did make a bet on it and you did win...by one shade."

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Hisaya's Home, Town of Toulouse "​

'I like!' said Sirius, his ears fluttering like Renee's wings whenever she was happy, and licked her nose, before wolfing down his very big bowl of everything mixed together.

"Um!" said Seth, gasping for air from Serena's chest. He was touching her royal milk tea . . . he was touching her royal milk tea . . . why was he giving a code for them in his head? "I'm excited too, Serena --- c-can't breathe! Sh-should we get matching wardrobes?"

Sen laughed at his brother; Seifer, who was laughing too, muttering, "Little cherry", turned to Minnie as though he had just remembered their bet. He had forgotten. "Yes, I did!" he said proudly, "I won a bet." he announced to Renee with the air of a husband bringing home the bacon. "You, and me, girl, we are going to go on a shopping spree in Chingpo!" he said excitedly to Minnie.

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[Katsuya]

Renee giggled when Sirius licked her nose, her wings fluttering happily as she watched her son wolf down the food. Then she raised an eyebrow at Seifer when he mentioned about a bet he made with Minnie. Blooming pink in her purple cheeks, she leaned up and kissed him with a warm smile. "Congrats Sweetheart." She giggled behind her wing again when she saw Minnie's reluctant face.

The gunslinger sighed and nodded. "Okay, Sei, we'll go in a shopping spree at Chingpo." Maybe she can find something nice to wear there? Like really good boots or hidden pockets for knives...or maybe something cute that will catch Sen's eye? She blushed again and poked her glass of water shyly.

"I wonder if they really do have fish flavored ice cream..." Minnie pondered out loud.

Serena gasped and cupped his cheeks, smiling wide. "Ohh~! That's such a cute idea, Seth! We should do that!" She gave him a kiss before backing away with a pleased hum.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Attic, Hisaya's Home "​

"They do, it was disgusting!" said Seifer.

"Fish flavored ice cream?" said Sen interestedly; Seth was still red, as he rubbed his cheeks, glad that Serena was happy with the idea." Okay then, my violinist spry! So soft . . ." he added, muttering to himself, slightly dazed. as he felt around his own face.

There was an obvious clearing of throat. James was giving Seth and Serena the look as though to behave. He had been talking to Hisaya and Talisha all this time, talking about what Renee and he had learned so far about getting one's body back. The hour was coming close, and after everyone was happily fed and watered, Hisaya stood up to get everyone's attention.

"It is time." he said, almost nervously. "I've decided to do this in the attic upstairs so as not to alarm the neighbors. Shall we?"

He led the way, and when they reached the top, Czes wasn't allowed to watch, even though he wanted to. Talisha held Hisaya's hand, and he hers. He also held Serena's shoulder for support. She could tell he was very nervous, probably thinking of things that could possibly go wrong; James was very calm as he waited for Hisaya to be ready.

"Let's do it." said their friend.

"Ifrit." said James. With a burst of flames, the towering djini appeared within their midst; Talisha gasped in shock, and held her husband's hand tighter.

"Are you ready to make your wish?" said Ifrit to James.

James nodded. He looked at Renee trustingly for a moment before he said, "I wish Hisaya had his body back without changing anything in the past."

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[Katsuya]

Serena gave James a mischievous grin in return, her cheeks pink. Minnie raised an eyebrow at Seifer. "...Still gonna try it..."

When they went up to the attic, Serena patted Hisaya's hand reassuringly, smiling at him. "Everything will be fine, you'll see. Just like how we separated you from Valdanr. We'll get your body back too."

Renee is just as nervous as Hisaya but she braved through it when she held Seifer's hand tightly. She asked Meatballs, Tsumiki, Czes, and Mica to watch over Sirius before they went upstairs. She can hear the faint laughter of Chenglei's little sister and Mica's chattering as they chased after Sirius and Meatballs. She took a deep breathe when Hisaya said he was ready and remembering James' teachings, she stayed calm.

With a nod at James, Renee took a step closer to Ifrit and gave him a hesitant but determined smile. "..." She didn't let go of Seifer's hand and squeezed his hand tighter as James made his wish. Her wings trembled as she looked at everyone for the last time...

There was a burning in her heart, she knew it was the cross she placed under Ifrit's promise. It wasn't going to hurt, he said and so trusted his word. Serena, Chenglei, and Echo noticed something odd with Renee's eye color; it was becoming lighter...The edges of her vision started to blacken and she had that same wistful look as the last person she saw was Seifer and James before...

Everything went black...

Renee couldn't see anymore...

"Did it work? Hisaya-san? Do you have your body back?" She asked quietly.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Port, Town of Toulouse, Frankia "​

"Are you alright?" Seifer had kept on whispering as she noticed Renee's odd nervousness. Everyone else was looking forward to this, happy, a little nervous, but not like Renee as though she was going to be part of it. His cry of "Stop!" came too late though, when she squeezed his hand as James made his wish. He realized too late that she was going to do something that was going to involve a lot of effort that was scary --- he didn't know what it was, but if it had something to do with a mysterious ancient such as a djini, she might get hurt.

A mixture of amazement and shock rang in the room as a pulse of magic akin to Luthien's burned in the center of the room where Hisaya had stood. The smell of dust and sea, and something copper tangy filled the room. Next thing Renee knew, her face was being cupped and the smell of forests after a rain swirled in front of her. "Renee?" said Seifer, warm breath on her face.

"Oh, Hisaya!" cried Talisha.

"Darling, I'm back. Renee, I have my body --- what happened to your eyes?" said Hisaya.

"It is finished." said Ifrit's voice. "Our contract is complete, Renee Pendragon." Renee would feel the burning in her heart fade away into coolness.

"What happened to our sister's eyes?!" said the twins protectively, "What contract?!"

James' voice hadn't spoken, he seemed to be speechless.

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[Katsuya]

"I-I'm fine." Was Renee's vague response to Seifer whenever he asked.

Serena was currently hugging Hisaya with Talisha and was going to hug James too when she saw what's going on. She froze with wide eyes and didn't know how to feel about this now, wanting to play her violin now.

When she smelled Seifer's scent and felt him cupping her cheeks, Renee leaned into them as her wings trembled. She looked up as if she's searching for something. He can see that her eye color is now a milky orange. The Pendragon medic gulped but smiled bravely when she heard the djinn. "O-okay...Thank you, Ifrit."

The burning sensation left. She placed a hand over her heart as she winced from everyone yelling. Wings flapped in surprise. Is...Is her family always that loud?

"I-I'm glad you have your body back, Hisaya." Renee said, tilting her head a bit as she guessed where Hisaya's voice came from; she's a bit off to the right. Then she explained, stretching her arms out to hug Seifer close, and pressing her ear against his chest where she can hear his heartbeat. She needed to stay calm. She really needed to stay calm to talk without stuttering so much.

"I-I-I made a contract with Ifrit; Instead of getting something from James, I offered my e-eyesight in exchange for Hisaya's body. It didn't hurt, like he promised it wouldn't so please...don't be mad at Ifrit. He's just doing what we agreed to do." When she couldn't hear James at all, Renee gulped down her whimper and stretched out an arm as if she wanted to reach but she didn't want to leave Seifer's side at the moment. She made that clear when she tightened her grip on the back of his shirt.

"James? A-are you okay?" She quietly asked, blinking a lot.

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[Zer0]

- A Wish From a Sister to a Brother -
" Port, Town of Toulouse, Frankia "​

Hisaya and Talisha had hugged Serena too, she really looked like part of their family with their closeness.

"I'm okay." said James finally after a moment of silence, the sound of his strides approached; Seifer and the twins had gone quiet too.

"Oh, you brave girl." said Talisha, sounding touched. Many footsteps approached, and next thing Renee knew she was being hugged by a lot of people, one her familiar older brother, one soft with delicate hands a little rough on the palms, another with skin so smooth like a newborn.

"Renee, I don't know what to say . . ." said Hisaya beside her.

" . . . Thank you, sis." said James. "Don't worry. Ifrit, I wish for Renee's eyes back."

"Impossible." said the djini.

"What?" said the twins and James together.

"It is part of our contract, I cannot grant that wish." said Ifrit impassively. "What are your next two wishes?"

"I don't care about my next two wishes!" said James angrily. "I wish for Renee's eyes back!"

"Impossible." said Ifrit patiently.

"So this is permanent?" said the twins.

"Yes."

" . . . Wow, Renee." said one of the twins. "You did this for James?"

This kind of sacrifice seemed too much for James. "Seifer, can I just . . ." Seifer let go and now Renee was in her older brother's arms. He was hugging her really tight and with so much love and with so much amazement. He had promised to let his sister do whatever she wanted, whatever the result. He sighed, he didn't know what to say. He just pressed Renee's head very close to his heart, gave her a sweet long kiss on the top of her hair, and did not let go for a long time.

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[Katsuya]

Renee sighed in relief when she heard James after the silence, her wings were calm. However she jumped when she was suddenly hugged by others; one sge is familiar with while the other two...oh! It's Hisaya and...his wife?

"I'm just glad that you were able to reunite with your family too." She smiled at Hisaya but when James tried to wish for her sight back; she frowned and nodded in agreement of the paitent djinn. It's part of the deal...to not have her sight back ever again.

Renee giggled warmly, her wings fluttering happily. "Seth, Sen, why did you think I left the castle when we had to escape from Valdanr long ago in Paroosia? It's to distract him from the flying castle...to make sure you guys stay hidden from his sight..." She would brave an evil fiery dragon just to make sure her family has a chance to run away. "I would do anything for you guys to be safe. I even asked Ken-chan and Mia to watch over you guys in case anything happened to me."

"...though it was really silly of me before-hm?!" Renee's mutterings halted when she felt Seifer letting her go and passing her to someone else's arms. A familier scent of old books and a fireplace got her to relax again and she hugged back. Her wings fluttered and flapped when she felt James squeeze her. Same with the loving kiss and hearing his heartbeat so close to her ear and...

It brought Renee to tears.

She squeezed him tightly, nuzzling into his clothes with her red cheeks as she quietly cried. Her tiny wings spread open and wrapped around him like they wanted to hug him too. As she looked up, she had the brightest and warmest smile on her face. Yea, she's scared, obviously with her body and wings trembling a bit, but she doesn't regret her choice at all.

"Thank you for trusting me, James."

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- Jurassic Park -
" In an alternate world "​

It's been almost a month since the terrorist attack. It had the been highly anticipated grand opening of the island. Anyone who was anybody was there: popular bands, actors in disguise with their families to have a good time away from the paparazzi, soccer stars, and even the president of the United States and his wife and daughter. All here to gaze . . . at the dinosaurs.

Cloned from fossils, the park had been a research facility, before news of the ancient giants became public. It naturally attracted not only the media and the common folks, but nastier people too, those who were interested in the industrial and military applications of these powerful beasts.

It started with a sudden delay of the boats and the guards searching each one. A thief had stolen something important and they were looking for a sandy haired man, tall, wearing a dark suit, and with a brown backpack. Then the lockdown came to the annoyance of the tourists, who were all asked to head on to the nearest rest house for some free drinks and snacks for the inconvenience. To our alarm soldiers were dispatched, helicopters thundering overhead to the other side of the island. Suddenly phones were ringing, those who had friends on the other side were calling in panic because of an escaped carnitaur and a terrorist attack.

No one was allowed to go out of the rest house. We had waited for a day, but whatever was going on, they weren't evacuating us. The worse happened, a riot, people went out, but the gargantuan gates that were on lockdown and kept the dinosaurs out were still closed. Then explosions rocked the island, and before we knew it we were getting calls that dinosaurs were escaping everywhere, the military had destroyed the boats and anyone who tried to escape the island was being shot.

It seemed they did not know who the thief was, and whatever he had stolen was of the utmost importance that they weren't even letting the president leave. He was going to be escorted to another area, but the man stubbornly refused to leave the tourists behind.

For the next following days we had no contact with the military. We did not know what was going on. We sent out people to check the docks, look for a way out, but they haven't returned. We had no signal, no internet ever since the attack started, now a month has passed and our food is running out. Many people have left the rest house, either because of fights for food and the best place to sleep, or because they were willing to brave the world out there where the dinosaurs are now roaming free and a terrorist organization possibly still on the island. But those people never came back.

Now it was night time, someone was playing a guitar singing a tune to keep our spirits up. Most of us are hungry, some are sick because they ran out of maintenance medicine, others are trying to sleep off their stress, while a few were huddled around still planning an escape.

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[Katsuya]

- Jurassic Park -
- Minnie von Ironheart -​

No one was expecting the terrorist attack and no one didn't know what to do now that the military would shoot anyone who escaped. They were all confused, stressed, and desperate to leave this dinosaur infested island.

As the guitar player played the instrument near the fire, beside his cinder block chair is a small lump under a table cloth, staring at the fire with a small frown. A tiny girl with short blue hair cuddled into the table cloth she found in an abandoned food stand, her dazed teal blue eyes gazed in deep thought.

'I wish I never came here...' Minnie thought mindlessly, bringing the table cloth closer. An invite to see the Grand Opening of this Dinosaur park had arrived to her Uncle's mailbox. It wasn't the first time people had invited her to go somewhere. Either because her uncle's clients had wanted him and her to come in a party or because she is a famous romantic author and fans loved to write to her about her books. This invite to the Grand opening was just another simple event to go, an event she didn't want to go until a friend of hers had pushed her to do it.

That same friend had left in the night to find some food, only to never come back again. Leaving Minnie alone and not knowing what to do, staring at the fire while listening to the guitar player. "...This is a nice song..." She mumbled at the guitar player.

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- James Pendragon -
" Rest House, Lysaur Valley "​

"Thanks, Minnie, been nice having an audience too. " She was his only audience for tonight as usual, most of the survivors who were left didn't want to take it slow. They wanted action, but the guitarist, an electrician employee of the park by the name of Mike Wazawski, said it's only going to stress them out.

They had gone through the plans over and over again, and over and over again it never got anywhere because they didn't have much knowledge to go on. No real information, just speculation of what's really going on out there. They needed a scout, but with no one coming back every time someone went out there, nobody was brave enough to do what needed to be done.

"There has got to be something that's attacking those who went out. It's just odd that not a single person of the fifty-three who went out were able to come back." said one of the people huddling with the others who were still going over and over the plan. He was a tall, gangly youth, a college student majoring in criminology by the name of James Pendragon. After one month of being cooped up together in the rest house, everyone knew who everybody was. He was one of the people who are determined to get out to return home to their families.

"P-people or dinosaur?" asked a frightened woman, a popular korean singer by the name of Sun Hee.

"Got to be people." said a businessman knowingly. This man was Porter Calm, owner of a fast food chain called the Flaming Grill.

"We don't know that." said James. "But one of us has to go and investigate. Try again." there was a pause. "I'm willing to go, but I need to take the rifle with me."

A lot of shaking of heads. The only weapon they had, a rifle left by one of the soldiers a month ago, was their only good weapon against whatever was out there. Everyone else only has make-shift ones like kitchen-knife spears, or simple sticks. They had more weapons before, but they were all taken by those who went out.

"You take that rifle, we won't have anything to defend ourselves with in case something big decides to come here." said Porter.

They've seen smaller dinosaurs pass through their rest house which was three stories high, the bottom stairs barricaded and locked. Those little ones couldn't reach them, but the larger ones could. Fortunately a giant predator hadn't come their way yet. A carnitaur or tyrannosaurus could easily stick its head inside their loft.

"Well, then we're stuck here." said James.

"How about someone goes out with just a spear?" said Sun Hee.

"What good will that do?" said James. "Give it to a dinosaur so that it can use it for a toothpick?"

"I'm only trying to help . . . "

"Sorry, it's just . . . we've been going at this same old conversation for the past week." said James exasperatedly. "At least to get out and find food, we can at least use the gun for that, right?"

"No, sorry, James, you just may not come back."

And so on and on the debate went, until an hour later, they all broke off to sleep. Later that night, a figure would be sneaking about, hunched over a sleeping Mike Wazawski, trying ever so slowly to take the rifle without waking him up.

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

Minnie ever so slightly smiled at Mike before looking towards James and Sun Hee as she overhears snippets of their conversation.

She just stared quietly for a while before telling Mike that she will be sleeping in their usual spot early.

Later that night, another hand shot out and grabbed his wrist. When the figure looked up, he will see Minnie glaring angrily, her blanket pooling around her waist as she sat up quickly. "...It's not good to steal, especially when we are in this type of situation where people are already dying from just leaving here..." Her grip tightened.

"You should know better, James..." Minnie quietly hissed, tensing up and ready to make noise should the older teen ever does something.

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- James Pendragon -
" Rest House, Lysaur Valley "​

James jumped, startled. " Ow, ow." he winced quietly, not daring to drop the gun that was partially still in the guitarist's grasp; Mike mumbled something in his sleep.

"Minnie, stop. Look, I'm hungry. A lot of us are. After tomorrow, our ration's are gone, and I'm not staying here to be part of some survival of the fittest brawl or-or cannibalism." said James quietly. "I'm going out to hunt and scout out the area, okay? What else are we supposed to do to survive?"

Katsuya

 

[Katsuya]

"Not steal and destroy the one foundation everyone in this area puts their trust and hope in." Minnie countered. "You think I don't know everyone is hungry? Just because I don't say much, James, doesn't mean I don't have eyes...or have a growling stomach like the rest of us." This is not even funny. What James is about to do is break that one thing everyone on this side places their sanity on, this gun, and was gonna go out to 'hunt'. What is he thinking?!

Is he even thinking at all?

"That's another thing James. Do you even know how to use a gun?" She asked. "You can tell me all you want about 'wanting to survive', but reality check: It's not that simple. You have to think about your own skills. Understand the gun and how it works. I bet you don't even know how to use it." Minnie concluded, already believing that he's going to be missing like everyone else who left and took the other guns.

"James, no. I cannot let you take this gun if you can't even handle it."

Zer0

 

[Zer0]

- James Pendragon -
" Rest House, Lysaur Valley "​

"Alright, I don't know how to use a gun. But I am not going to starve here, Minnie." hissed James, "There's twenty people in this rest house, that's twenty rations tomorrow, sooner or later someone's going to start shoving people off for food." he thought a moment. "Forget it, keep the gun, I'm out."

He settled the rifle gently back on Mike, then quietly made his way around the sleeping huddled figures in the loft. Shouldering his backpack, he opened a loose floorboard and took out a few belongings he had kept for himself, which included a rope made of shredded blankets. He then began to tie it around one of the posts to rope down into the dark misty jungle below.

Katsuya

Spoiler: Backpack

Bleeding: 0/10 | Poison: 0/5 | Condition: Hungry
Armor: 0​

AP: 10/10

Party Morale: 5
1. None
2. None
3. None

[E]
[E]
1. x4 food (starter item)
2. Ruined Safehouse (starter item)
3.
4.

Safehouse Stash:
*maximum item slots = infinite
1. N/A

?? Stash:
1. N/A

Spoiler: Character Stats

James Pendragon
" Digging up the truth "​

Title: Detective, Rank 0

Skills:

Spoiler: Skill Aspects

1. Unarmed 3
   a. WIP
   b. WIP
   c. WIP
   
2. Fortitude 3
   a. WIP
   b. WIP
   c. WIP
   
3. Operate 1
   a. WIP
   
4. Speech 3
   a. Crazy Talk || Can understand the mutterings of crazy people.
   b. "From Russia, with love." || Can speak Russian and has a shady past there??
   c. Animal Empathy || Good with animals.

1. Unarmed 3
   
2. Fortitude 3
   
3. Operate 1
   
4. Speech 3

Safehouse​

Name: None

Resources:
Total AP = 10

1. Secret Ammo Stash = Gives 4 AP. Location: Crashed Helicopter
2. Mushroom Cave = Gives 4 AP. Location: Lysaur Valley
3. Hot Shower = Gives 1 AP. Location: Mel's Restaurant
4. Oran Berries = Gives 1 AP. Location: Raptor Fields