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[paradisamods]

[This afternoon, the quirky merriment at Terre Haute has something very sudden cutting its way in. There's the very distinct sound of an explosion. It shakes the ground with a small tremor for but a brief moment. Those who are looking at a certain monolith in the distance may see that there is now smoke coming from it, parts of it crumbling and tearing away as black smoke begin to fill the air.

Something's happening at that strange "thing" that fell from the sky. But what? Dare you disregard the unsettling feeling that may begin to steadily fill the air?]


[REACTIONS | GIRAFFES | NEW FRIENDS | I DON'T LIKE THESE NEW FRIENDS]
(OOC: More sections will be posted as the event progresses!)

Comments

[gottaknockhard]

If you say so.

[Spike is still leaving that part out of his story.]

[rose_of_battle]

Don't you like...um, what were they again? Juraffs?

[Yep. Totally alien creatures there.]

[gottaknockhard]

Not enough to be worth it.

[Or at all. Animals...]

[rose_of_battle]

Well, I'll admit the one was a bit--not really annoying, but he could have been more helpful.

[Animals aren't so bad.]

[gottaknockhard]

You can't expect too much from animals so far from civilization.

[Haha. No really, he doesn't want to think about it enough to ask them anything.]

[rose_of_battle]

[She looks at him in surprise.]

You've met animals like them before?

[gottaknockhard]

Giraffes? [Actually, he can't remember if he's ever seen one in person...] Not a talking one, anyway.

[rose_of_battle]

Talking animals are rare on your world, too?

[gottaknockhard]

Other the kind in cartoons and amusement parks, yeah.

[rose_of_battle]

I have no idea what a cartoon is, but the talking animals in our amusement park were usually people in suits.

Did you have real ones?

[gottaknockhard]

Just the suit kind. Sometimes mechanical.

[rose_of_battle]

[Her eyes open wide.]

Mechanical animals?

[gottaknockhard]

[...You know, sometimes he wonders how people would react if they got sent to his time.]

Nothing you'd mistake for the real thing.

[rose_of_battle]

[She can say the same about hers.]

Oh, so it's obvious they're machines? What kind of animals do they make?

[gottaknockhard]

Whatever kids ask for.

[rose_of_battle]

They ask the kids and make them right then?

I didn't think machines could be built that fast.

[gottaknockhard]

... Not exactly. They've got factories or whatever.

[He's so not the expert on this topic.]

[rose_of_battle]

[She's quiet a moment.]

Oh. So they make a whole bunch of things kids usually like? Like puppies and kittens?

[gottaknockhard]

Pretty much. Adults don't have the same appreciation.

[rose_of_battle]

I'm not so sure about that.

[She smiles.]

Aren't adults the ones who make the machines?

[gottaknockhard]

You have to make a living somehow.

[rose_of_battle]

[She looks away for a moment then back.]

Yeah, I guess you do, but there are people who find the jobs they like to do.

[gottaknockhard]

Or they're complacent enough not to complain.

[rose_of_battle]

"Complacent"? Doesn't that mean "happy" or "pleased"?

[gottaknockhard]

Well, not everyone sees it as a bad thing.