(open) mission: hit the beach

[aithinkthereforeaiam]

Date & Time: July 18th-24th, Exsilium Time
Location: Sea Shore during the Late Cretaceous Period
Characters: All! Oh those pesky mandatory missions.
Summary: In lieu of the success of the space shuttle's test flight, all of the Transports have been sent back to the Cretaceous period to gather mineral supplies and volcanic rock, while doubling as a sort of 'vacation' and chance to get Transports out of the Initiative's hair. With well stocked supplies, camping gear, and more burlap sacks than anyone could possibly ever use, the Transports have been set under a protective dome and told to collect what they can... and to enjoy the sunshine.
Warnings: Shenanigans!

The overflow log can be found HERE!

It's almost surreal, the quality of color, of light, of oxygen saturation in the air once people arrive. It's so rich that the Initiative sent people back with respirators, to help ease the transition, and warned those who would listen about the effects of too much oxygen on a system.

What they don't warn for is the sheer alien familiarity of the landscape, the warmth, the roughness of the sand on the beaches. This is not the fine, sandy beaches out of vacation dreams, but a rougher, larger granule sort, with shells that might be recognizeable as ancestors to ones those from Earth would remember washing up on familiar beaches, millions of years later.

Most striking is the lack of abundant wildlife found among the fronds and leaves and foliage, or underneath the surface of the saltier, much warmer waters extending off the beach. While acting as a permeable membrane to oxygen and water, along with the sorts of phytoplankton that kept sea creatures alive, all the larger animals had been pushed out by the Initiative's installment of the safety dome. Along the transparent walls, curious creatures would come close, peer in, tap against the barrier and run off if frightened, but very few were found inside at any size larger than that of a house cat. It was for the better in the long run.

Too bad that the Initiative didn't have ultra-violet blocking technology in their shielding. For all the atmosphere is in much better shape millions of years in the past, the sun is as strong as ever, and the unwary will be burned through and through if they're not careful.

Comments

[velveteened]

What a surprise!

ignore icon choice i have like nothing HUGS OZZZ (not)

[bravelyrunsaway]

A pleasant one, I can see.

( He grins, plainly amused and knowing Oz's reaction for what it was. Licyn shifted weight, turning to almost square off against the shorter -- man-boy. Adults of his general age, based on what the island had taught him alone, were not all so standardly used to the world as they should be.

It was curious, in a passing thought through his mind sort of way.

Just to be annoying, he brings a hand up in an attempt to cluck Oz under the chin. )

Over-favored the sun, did you? I hear the burns are painful, but they pass within a matter of days. Do try not to complain for the duration.

/DOESN'T IGNORE DOESN'T FORGIVE

[velveteened]

( dealing with people he doesn't like, being friendly to the point of saccharine, is old hat. but there really is something about this person that just inherently irritates him. his expression stays pleasant, of course, but he does glance upwards and take a short enough step backwards that could just be, say, moving a little more into the shade - with the coincidental effect of also avoiding any contact. )

You mean to say you've never been sunburned before? It sounds like you've been lucky.

welp

[bravelyrunsaway]

( Licyn's own step forward is natural enough, as he contemplates the shade of his own arm and glances to Oz's. Not long after, his hand darts out to try and brush fingers over Oz's forearm, coming away to a wrinkling of his nose and a contemplative look. )

I suspect it has less to do with luck and more to do with natural coloration, oh fair one.

D:< etc

[velveteened]

( things he never thought he'd consider: how, for the most part, isla yura had least not been very handsy, first meeting aside. )

Which still comes back to luck, since that's not something that can be controlled.

[bravelyrunsaway]

Oh, enough time outside and you'll be as brown as a nut, I'm sure.

( Smile. Attempted hair tousling. It's so easy to mess around with Oz, and he was less easily provoked as that other kid. )

Though your hair might go near white with that much exposure.

( ........heh )

[velveteened]

continued here!