A gleaming SUV with a large mermaid decal on the side awaits the Mermaid Group. The vehicle can comfortably fit up to eight people along with a cooler full of water and disturbingly healthy snacks, several park maps, plus a medical kit. There's also two top of line digital cameras, each with a cheerful note explaining all images will be saved remotely to the Wonder Park computers and after being reviewed, they'll be emailed to each of the group's guests as a memento of their visit.
Kiera raised her brows at the person waiting in the car already, but it looked as though this was the missing person her group had mentioned. "So very happy you could come," she greeted him with a dry smile as she slide the door open for the guests and went to take her seat at the front. "Now, originally our destination was Curiosity Coast, but the other areas are also available as a first stop. Make a quick vote, or we'll be visiting the aquariums first.
"And before you ask, yes, we do have a few mermaids. Yes, there is a bigfoot. Yes, there are dragons."
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 9:29 pm
Wayra trotted up to the SUV to find that the guide wasn't the only one that had gotten there before her. She was surprised to find a man already sitting in the vehicle. Surprise was shortly overcome with relief as she slid in next to the man.
"Oh thank goodness, we thought something might have happened to you when you didn't show up at the docks. You're the last person in our group, right? My name's Wayra, what's yours?", the vet asked cheerfully, holding out a hand in greeting.
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Guest Name: Wayra Parnella Guest Profession: Zoo Veterinarian Physical Description: Late twenties, five foot three inches, average body build, hazel eyes, waist-length reddish brown hair pulled back in a green hair tie. Wearing a green short sleeve shirt, navy blue vest over the shirt, khaki pants with side pockets, and sneakers. Brief Character Profile: Wayra is a highly curious, happy, and energetic person. She has a few years of veterinary medicine under her belt and loves animals. She enjoys being in groups and talking to other people, especially when the topic is about animals. She accepted an invitation to the park because of the rumors of unique animals residing there.
Adam thought he recognized this man from the boat ride over, but he didn't know he was in this group. "You're the, uh, photographer, right?" He wasn't 100% sure of this, but he seemed to remember seeing him with a camera bag before, so that made the most sense to him. "Sorry, I didn't catch your name before. Now that I think about it, I don't think you know mine's either. It's Adam."
Guest Name: Adam Terrani Guest Profession: Lawyer Physical Description: Brunette. Short, curly hair. Clean shaven. Italian. Flabby arms. Beer belly. Muscular legs. Suit, tie, dress shoes. Neon orange noise cancelling headphones. Brief Character Profile: He tends to be anxious. He seems like he's constantly in a hurry. Like he doesn't know how to relax. He loves talking. He loves the sound of his own voice. He can easily talk your ear off. It's hard to get a word in edgewise with him. He has botanophobia. Are they arriving with a buddy character? If so who: No Your AIM & Minipet SN: AIM: averyairdale, SN: Tenko72
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Reaching the car, Neala did a quick headcount to assure herself everyone here. It appeared they had recovered one of their lost group members, but whether or not this was the only missing group member or not, she had no idea.
"Okay, is there anyone else we're missing?"
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Staff Name: Neala Gibson Job Description: Security Physical Description:Looks like this in casual wear and is 5'5 in height Brief Character Profile: Generally doesn't like to talk much about herself, is serious about her work, but is fairly easy to get along with.
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Lydia approached the car, took note of the man already seated inside, and slid into an emtpy seat herself. "How did you get away from the Luska?" She asked the new man pleasently, shifting her canvas bag so that it was resting on her lap before buckling herself in.
And then everything else was forgotten about, even her earlier rage, at the mention of one not so tiny thing.
"BIGFOOT?!? YOU HAVE A BIGFOOT?" Her eyes had widened into saucers. She had never seen a bigfoot before, not up close at least, though she had searched and searched for one. Bigfoot, yeti's, sasquatches...she was never able to locate the conclusive habitat of a single one.
And they had one here.
Forgetting A) To bother introducing herself to the new man and B) Her indignation of earlier, Lydia lurched forward, snapping her seatbelt tight against her chest as she grasped at the back of the seat in front of her in a near death grip.
"We need to go and see bigfoot. I've seen mermaids before, they're nothing special. You will take me to see bigfoot." She said in much more hushed tones.
It was like she thought she could play some kind of jedi mind trick. All she was missing was a wave of a hand to complete the image.
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Guest Name: Lydia Stiles Guest Profession:Crazy person Cryptozoologist Descript: Smalle, willowy, lots of fly away, frizzy light brown hair that is tied back in a very messy ponytail. She is wearing this t-shirt, short torn off and worn out jeans, hiking boots, and is carrying a tan canvas bag which is filled with who knows what (definitely a ziplock of boogers). She appears to be in her mid to late thirties.
She's a little...weird at times~
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 1:56 pm
Hawkeye was not very thrilled with their car. It had a freaking mermaid on it. Why couldn't they end up with something cool and not girly as all hell? With reluctance, he crawled on in, then crossed his arms.
"Hope the rest of this place isn't so lame," he muttered under his breath.
Algie arrived a bit behind the others after getting stuck in a mob exiting the facility. He momentarily examined the vehicle before joining the others. As of right now, he wasn't sure if he was believing the hype. The nonchalance of the staff was off putting. If said creatures were real, could you really be so casual about it?
Lydia seemed keen on seeing a Bigfoot, and he as well would like to see one, but the writer assumed they'd be getting around to everything eventually. "I think we are all here. So we are we headed first?"
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Guest Name: Algie Mixlin Guest Profession: Comic Writer - Lecturer - Professor Group: Mermaid Physical Description: Fifties, salt and pepper neatly cut hair, he's a sort of tired-scruffy version of handsome. He dresses like a typical english professor type... sweaters, button up shirts, scarves, etc. Brief Character Profile: Algie become known for writing what are now known as 'classic' comics. Edgy politically fueled hero stories which changed the way many looked at the hero complex. He was never fond of the spotlight (not like theres much in comics) and has continued to live, almost hermit like, in a small village that is his home town. He doesn't write many comics anymore (a few small things here and there), instead often guest lectures at universities and teaches writing. He rarely makes appearances or signings and has denied connection to any movies or shows made of his works. (( Think Alan Moore-esque))
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:32 pm
Wayra stared at Lydia for a moment, surprised at the sudden tone in the woman's voice. "I... I have no problem with going to see Bigfoot first. That actually sounds pretty exciting! What about you Adam?" She really didn't care what she got to see first, she just wanted to see these creatures the man on the building claimed were here.
Wayra caught sigh of movement out of the corner of her eye and turned to see a new person had gotten into the car. "Oh, another new person? How many people do we have in our group? This vehicle's turning into a regular clown car at this rate." She opened her mouth to introduce herself, but the man's muttered words stopped her in her mental tracks.
"Lame?", she blurted out. "This place is not lame! We're on a beautiful island that supposedly contains creatures that no one's ever seen up close before. And we're going to meet them, maybe interact with them. So unless you can do something better, I'd appreciate you not calling this place lame."
Wayra knew she shouldn't get so worked up over someone else's words, but she was enjoying this place so far, and hearing someone call it lame bothered her. With her temporary anger subsiding, the vet let out a sigh as she turned to look out the window. She could only hope that this wouldn't interfere with their adventure.
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Guest Name: Wayra Parnella Guest Profession: Zoo Veterinarian Physical Description: Late twenties, five foot three inches, average body build, hazel eyes, waist-length reddish brown hair pulled back in a green hair tie. Wearing a green short sleeve shirt, navy blue vest over the shirt, khaki pants with side pockets, and sneakers. Brief Character Profile: Wayra is a highly curious, happy, and energetic person. She has a few years of veterinary medicine under her belt and loves animals. She enjoys being in groups and talking to other people, especially when the topic is about animals. She accepted an invitation to the park because of the rumors of unique animals residing there.
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:18 pm
The man rolled his eyes as one woman got in his face for his little comment.
"We're in a ******** car with the little mermaid plastered on it. That's what's lame," Hawkeye griped, "And we hadn't seen anything just yet. Just how real these beasts are, we have to see."
As a visual effects artist, he had created such creatures. All fake of course. And so he was rather skeptical on just what they were going to witness.
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:33 pm
"So long as we go there eventually, I don't care about the order." As far as passion went, Adam knew there was no competing with Lydia.
"Wayre, this is the man I was talking about back at the docks. The one I thought got left behind." He was the one he had seen on the phone on the boat earlier who said he'd rather be in the dragon group. Probably because mermaids were girly? Or not as cool as dragons? This was all conjecture on his part.
"You must want to see dragons. Swimming dragons, flying dragons, ones that breath fire. Am I right?" He worked on giving him crappy subliminal messages. Maybe if he could get this guy on his side, he could bide his time before seeing Bigfoot. He really, really, really didn't have any problems with Bigfoot, but last he checked, it lived in forests. Forests have trees. Trees! The largest and therefore, the most terrifying of all plants!
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Kiera really only needed a nudge, and with the piss-woman scrambling to get some bigfoot action, well, who as she to refuse? Though she felt slighted that even one of her specimens was deemed "boring", and she took a deep breath to calm herself. Future promotion at stake here.
"You can tell the critters how lame they are when you're face to face," she added to the newest member of their group with a roll of her eyes, getting the SUv in gear. "You've already waived away claim to sue for damages, so if you get to meet one of the dismemberment goblins in the Faerie Forest later on and something goes wrong, I will be treated to a live feed of the human anatomy being displayed and smile."
Most of that was just a bluff, though the SUV did rev its engines with how quickly she pushed the gas.
"Off to see the mountains we go."
(( sldkfj you guys can go ahead and get to Monster Mountain at your leisure. I'll post again later tomorrow to move us elsewhere. ;; sorry for my derp online times ))
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Dorian wanted his camera. He wanted his baby. And his Dior bag. At the very least he had his watch, his handsome Louis Vuitton watch. Brand names were important and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
Greeting oh so warmly by staff, then by some woman he did not know had Dorian debating his options.
==> Flirt ==> Insult ==> Claim to be a homosexual
"My name is Dorian, and I would think I was there otherwise, how would I have gotten here?" Adam got a quick inspection. Beer belly. Orange headphones. Well, there were weirder people on the island he supposed. "......." So much for option 3. Another woman this one with-
Dorian wanted to cry on the inside. No attractive men, no sane and good looking women, his editors were going to hate him.
He almost missed Algie and Chris. Almost. Well, Dorian supposed, maybe they could do.
He was zoning out otherwise. Where were the cute girls at?
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Plz 2 not B 'RPing' my character without me. He would have been there @ Docks kthnx. Just because I was physically unable to post doesn't mean my character has 'vanished' or gone 'Missing'.
Algie was definitely relieved to have more men present but found their attitudes to be questionable, especially the man whose unrestrained boredom seemed to have gotten some of the ladies riled. It also seemed that Lydia's strong-arming had convinced the guides to take them to see bigfoot.
The introspective man simply smiled a bit and quietly observed those in the car, but eventually turned his eyes outside of the SUV to enjoy the scenery of the park. He had the inward excitement of a child, every glance had the expectation that he'd see something amazing, but similar to childhood he would have to wait until they arrived at one of the habitats and instead simply enjoy the pleasant tropical scenery as they traveled.
[EXIT to MONSTER MOUNTAIN]
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Taking Ol-j's initiative to move us on to Monster Mountain.. gotta get in our couple day's worth ;D. Feel free to post there before me... my monster currently has last post and I don't want to double up hahah.. especially since I... am the bigfoot >.>
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Guest Name: Algie Mixlin Guest Profession: Comic Writer - Lecturer - Professor Group: Mermaid Physical Description: Fifties, salt and pepper neatly cut hair, he's a sort of tired-scruffy version of handsome. He dresses like a typical english professor type... sweaters, button up shirts, scarves, etc. Brief Character Profile: Algie become known for writing what are now known as 'classic' comics. Edgy politically fueled hero stories which changed the way many looked at the hero complex. He was never fond of the spotlight (not like theres much in comics) and has continued to live, almost hermit like, in a small village that is his home town. He doesn't write many comics anymore (a few small things here and there), instead often guest lectures at universities and teaches writing. He rarely makes appearances or signings and has denied connection to any movies or shows made of his works. (( Think Alan Moore-esque))
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