RO > call me out; a forever open RP post, version 2

[midvalley]

NEW OPEN RP POST

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[wavewalker]

My name is Ian. And I'm not experiment, as much as you and the others seem to suspect it.

It's really rather convoluted, but I'd rather not get into it with so many people traipsing around outside.

[enraptored]

Ian, then.

[ ... Okay.

So. Clearly an intelligent creature, and he doubts InGen has worked their way up to cooking up something this self-aware that could learn speech. Something else, then.

... ... ... Okay.

He knows most of the cages back in the park were controlled by touch pads, usually warranting some sort of pass code. Owen's surprised when he finds this one is a simply lock and key affair; he guesses that this InGen operation is either a low budget affair, or else the disaster at the park had taken a huge toll.

Luckily, a ring of keys sits on a table near the front of the tent, and Owen snatches it, still moving as quietly as possible, putting his old military training to good use. It takes a few tries, but eventually he finds the right key for Ian's cage, and he opens the door for him. ]

You hurt at all?

[wavewalker]

[ Ian watches quietly as the man retrieves the keys. ]

Nothing that hasn't already healed. I am at a slight disadvantage without my glasses, however.

[ Honestly, he says it as much as a warning and as much to see what the reaction will be. ]

[enraptored]

[ ... ... ... ... okay. ]

You wear glasses.

[ He says it flatly, half-statement, half question. ]

[wavewalker]

I do. I can see you just fine, but across the room, things start to get a bit blurry.

[ yes, Owen. The raptor man is near-sighted ] I also have clothes and weapons I stashed before I was captured. I thought it best to play dumb, as it were.

[enraptored]

[ ... Right.

Okay.

... Okay.

For a moment he just. Nods. Then, ]

Any idea where your stuff is? We should find it before they do.

[wavewalker]

I was unconscious when they brought me here, but I can probably pick up the trail easily enough.

We should make haste. Someone usually comes in around this time to feed me, and I'd rather we had a head start when they discover I'm gone.

[enraptored]

[ He jerks his head toward the back of the tent before kneeling beside the opening he had made himself. He checks his watch, doing the mental math for when the next blindspot in the patrol should be. ]

C'mon. We need to be quick. Stay close.

[ Which is all he says before he he's rolling back out and hurrying back to the cover of the jungle. ]

[wavewalker]

[ "Quick" is Ian's middle name. (Okay, he doesn't actually have a middle name, but if he did it would have something to do with how fast he is.) He lacks the sheer size of his fellow Raptori, and has had to make up for it with speed and agility.

So he's right on Owen's heels, footfalls oddly silent as he runs. ]

[enraptored]

[ They reach cover just as the the soldier rounds the corner, walking around the tent in slow, lazy strides. Once Owen leads them some distance away out of earshot, he finally addresses the elephant in the room: ]

So. What are you, exactly?

[wavewalker]

I'm a pirate.

[ Stop being cheeky, Ian. ]

In all seriousness, I'm a Raptori. I was not created in some laboratory, I was raised in a Raptori village, with a dozen or so nestmates. Just and you and your kind descended from primates, me and mine descended from the Old Ones- dinosaurs, I think you call them.

Obviously we don't exist here.

[enraptored]

Obviously.

[ yeah. Obviously. ]

You wanna explain to me how the hell you found yourself here, then?

[wavewalker]

The truth of the matter is I'm not entirely sure myself. I was running along, everything sort of shifted, and I found myself face-to-face with an Old One.

[ He pauses, head tilted upward, nostrils flaring, before heading off further into the trees. ]

If I were a halfway decent Raptori, it would have been quite the religious experience.

[enraptored]

[ that. makes him pause. ]

You're saying you saw a raptor? Do you remember where?

[wavewalker]

[ That makes Ian pause, and he turns to regard Owen ]

Suppose I did. What would you do with that information?

[enraptored]

I just wanna know if she's okay. Place is crawling with InGen's crews -- any encounter between the two of them won't turn out well.

[wavewalker]

[ Another pause, as he regards Owen levelly. Then he gives a twitch of his tail and starts off through the brush again ]

You know, I don't believe I ever got your name.

[enraptored]

[ well if you're going to be dodgy, then two can play at that game. ]

You didn't. It's not important for you to have it.

[wavewalker]

What do you expect me to call you, then? "Man".

If I'm to lead you to the Old One, I would appreciate two things- one, I would quite like to know your name, and two, I would quite like to get dressed first.

[enraptored]

I expect you to call me "Sir."

[ He jerks his head in the direction of the jungle. ]

Find your gear, then.

[wavewalker]

Rude. If you hadn't gotten me out of there, I would be greatly disinclined to do you any favors.

[enraptored]

I didn't ask you for any favors. I asked about the active status of a Velociraptor.

[ Because if the guy is going to be suspicious, Owen has every right to be, too. Articulate Ian may be, but that's certainly no reason to be overly trusting. ]

If anything, I'm doing you a huge favor, and then some. I'm about the only friendly face you're going to see on this island. The rest of the men here will want to strap you to a table and dissect you like a sixth grade science project.

[wavewalker]

I am well-aware of what they wanted to do to me. I sat there in that cage for days, listening to them talk about it like I didn't understand.

You let me out of there, it's true. I'm indebted to you for that, but that doesn't mean I trust you.

[enraptored]

Alright, then. That makes two of us.

[ much chat. so kind. ]

[wavewalker]

Now, I'll take you to the Old One, if you're so desperate to see her, but if you make any move to hurt her or me, I will hurt you first.