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TEST DRIVE MEME #0

A TIME VORTEX has opened in downtown LA! Some magic folks have been contacted to close it, but they haven't gotten here fast enough for the vortex not to spill out a HECK TON OF DINOSAURS – all kinds of dinosaurs of all kinds of sizes. There are theoretically gentle herbivores among the fierce predators, but they are all pretty pissed off about their sudden, startling relocation, and a lot of them have spikes.

(The vortex is both temporally and spatially unstable, which is why the dinosaurs emerging onto the streets of LA are constrained neither by specific prehistorical era nor geographical location.)

What you do is up to you. Here are some suggestions, though:

Fight some dinosaurs. You might be trying to herd them back to the vortex, or just trying to stop them by any means possible.

Flee or hide. If you're lucky the dinosaurs won't work out how to open doors and you can spend your entire thread hiding behind the bar in a Starbucks with some other hapless civilians without having to confront any of them.

Try to capture the dinosaurs on camera. If you can get some really good photos you might be able to sell them to the local paper in order to supplement your elderly aunt's meagre income. Or just use them to get a bunch of notes on Tumblr, either way.

Take advantage of the chaos to do crime. The forces of law enforcement are preoccupied with all these prehistoric reptiles.

Or pretty much anything else you think your character might be doing. Any location in LA is game, although there's no real need to meticulously look them up – you can just assume a generic street, rooftop, store, etc. (You don't have to look up the dinosaurs, either.)

If you have a character who you'd like to assume is part of a team, but that team hasn't been named or brainstormed OOC yet or anything, feel free to indicate in your opening post that you're assuming your character is operating alongside others and encourage others to tag in as if they are part of the same team! Or just handwave it and assume they got caught without their usual teammates or separated from them. Whatever way works best for you.

Events from this test drive are not automatically assumed game canon, but individual threads can be if you and the people who you thread with end up mutually wanting to keep them.

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"Move along, citizens!!!" Down from the sky swoops a random vigilante who fancies himself a full-blown hero. These dinosaurs are dangerous and he needs to do something about them! ~~Never mind that Jake is being a dork and riding one just one thread down from here...~~

He uses his superstrength to pick up that very anxious triceratops.

Ammy stops, torn between offense at someone interfering with her work and wondering if the boy is going to help by taking the herbivore to the vortex area separately.

The triceratops, meanwhile, is not amused with this treatment and bellows to show it, an impressively loud sound.

"Whoa, buddy!" Jake cringes. His arms wobble and he just about drops the triceratops. But he manages to redouble his grip before that can happen. "We've got to get you home, so don't wiggle about up there!"

He takes a heavy step toward the time vortex, blissfully ignorant of the fact that that dog over there was already doing something like this in a much more efficient manner.

Ammy puts a paw over her face. What an awkward situation... Still, it's sweet of him to try and help her. Ammy circles around the predators, bringing them to an organized stop, and goes to rescue both thrashing triceratops and somewhat outmatched human.

The goddess's first attempt to intervene is taking a bit of his shirt and tug gently until she gets his attention. (Her first impulse was to stick a cold nose under his shirt, but then he might drop the triceratops.)

Hm?

[ He stops in his tracks and glances down. The triceratops roars again. ]

Well hello there little fellow! Ha ha, if somebody's fallen down a well I'm afraid it'll have to wait. I do promise I'll finish up here as soon as possible, though!

[ Jake... ]

...she doesn't even look like a collie... Ammy heaves a sigh, and rears up onto her hind legs, resting her front paws on his chest. That gives her more than enough height to grasp one of his shirt sleeves delicately in her teeth and tug once again. Put the triceratops down, young man, the poor thing's already upset.

"Whoa!" Jake frowns down at Ammy. This is a pretty persistent pup!

He's going to have to put the triceratops down either way because his arms are getting tired. So he tosses it aside gently. He trusts that it will land on its feet, so it does.

"What in tarnation do you want with me?"

Ammy huffs at him - godly dog breath is no better than regular dog breath - and drops back down to all four paws. She goes immediately to sniff at the semi-stunned Triceratops, licking at its muzzle to try and reassure it. This is how you dino-wrangle. Licking is not optional.

Oh, she's trying to help with the dinosaurs! Gosh, what a smart dog.

He steps over to pat the dino's back, oblivious when the triceratops lets out a distressed roar at his presence. "Are you trying to assist?" he asks Ammy.

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