bakerstreet | AHH THERE ARE DINOSAURS

_{[ insert a certain kaiju grrrrrroupie into this madness and what have you got? a dino grrrroupie, of course. ]}

[It's too early in the day for dinosaurs. Perhaps if they'd arrived following afternoon tea, Arthur wouldn't have complained so much. But really. This is verging on ridiculous.]

We're going to die, aren't we?

_{[ seriously, who even is this guy, and why does he keep looking at Newt as if he knows the answers to the weird mundane questions he keeps asking.

Newt considers Arthur for a second. half a second, really. actually it's more like he glances at him before he goes back to staring at the passing argentinosaurus herd with a very obvious grin. a grin that could counter all other grins.

some might call it a shit eating grin. ]}

Nah, man, these cuties are herbivores. They'd probably use you as a toothpick before eating you.

_{[ though that green dressing gown might confuse them. ]}

Hey, come on, let's get a closer look!

[Well, Arthur certainly doesn't know the answers. He only just woke up about an hour, hour and a half earlier. It's just so typical that dinosaurs would invade the planet on a Thursday.]

Oh. Now I feel reassured.

[Argentinosauruses don't strike Arthur as particularly cute or cuddly. He feels no urge to get a closer look.]

No. I don't think we should. I really, really don't think we should.

_{[ oh, you're like everyone else! you're totally boring and you don't get it ]}

You should feel reassured, man. You look about as tasty as a slipper to them. They won't care how close we get.

_{[ well, you stay here, then, mr grumpy british guy. you remind him of someone already. :| ]}

Dude, where's your sense of adventure? We're standing next to dinosaurs. Like, living, breathing dinosaurs. Come on, man, their stride's much longer than ours, we'll have to run to catch up.

_{[ what's that???? no sorry newt's running, and you better do the same to catch up with him! ]}

Edited 2013-12-05 20:35 (UTC)

[Get what? There are dinosaurs. In school, he learned that those are meant to be dangerous. Arthur isn't fond of dangerous things that are big enough to squish him like a flea.]

Oh God, [he said, as the nutty man started running toward the dinosaurs.]

You are actually off your rocker! [And perhaps he is as well, because he runs after the crazy man. Arthur can only reassure himself by imagining that he'll better off near the dinosaurs that react to him as he would react to a jellied eel, than the ones that might see him as more of a McDonald's hamburger.]

_{[ school doesn't teach you anything important. it just teaches you that kids can be dicks, ok.

also, he may be somewhat insane, but he's happy. look at his cute little face once he's all but caught up - he's smiling and - well, okay, actually he's looking a little bit manic in his need to touch this dinosaur, in his need to understand the muscles lying underneath her skin and he wants to press his hands against her teeth and her mouth and honestly who knew he'd ever really be able to see and watch dinosaurs walk, because these guys are the precursors to the kaiju he knows are currently wrecking his planet.

he just wants to study, he really does, but watching her move is enough for now.

well, it was. until he started climbing that tree. why is he climbing that tree??? ]}

You don't even see how amazing this is, it's like. I can't even explain to you right now, the scientific discoveries we're making just by seeing the pattern with which they walk and the fact that they live in herds - seriously, don't you find any of this interesting? These guys die way before we have the chance to study them, and -

_{[ he's just so excited. and he might be trying to find the best way to climb up onto this dinosaur.

because he is slightly crazy, yes. ]}

[Arthur can feel the earth shake beneath his feet as they approach the heard of massive dinosaurs. This is so incredibly stupid that his mind is having more difficulty fathoming it than the fact that creatures extinct for millions of years are suddenly alive again. Really, that's trifles compared to the monstrosities that have been emerging steadily from beneath the ocean anyway.]

How can you hope to learn anything if they squish you into a pancake?

[He's starting to panic. He can feel it building up in his chest and make him feel mildly queasy, like he'd just gotten off a particularly fast moving attraction at the park.

When Newt starts to climb the tree, Arthur grabs him by the back of his shirt to try and stop him.]

Stop that!

_{[ wow. arthur is like a slightly more able-bodied hermann, grumpy british accent included. i mean, sure, he's not actually german, and he doesn't seem to be as intelligent as hermann is, but he is cockblocking in the exact same way, only this time he's cockblocking dinosaurs (only he isn't really, because arthur's cockblocking the dinosaurs, but it's the same sort of thing either way).

and obviously that is utterly unacceptable. ]}

You can't seriously expect science to progress when you're standing still. It's all about action, man, it's about grabbing the bull by the horns or the balls or something, whatever.

_{[ he's not very good with the whole balance thing, especially when he's been dragged backwards without any warning (beyond stop that, but that's not even a warning. it's a vague hope, a quiet prayer that gets stuck in the throats of every unfortunate coworker).

he sort of. ends up falling backwards, and then he's on the floor looking entirely unimpressed at this entire scenario. who even are you, british guy???? ]}

Hey! Come on, man, hands off the merchandise, ok?

_{[ which probably looks about as menacing as jeff goldblum with his shirt randomly falling off in that one movie about dinosaurs. Newt's flailing to get back up and after giving arthur another quick once over (why are you wearing a dressing gown, that's really starting to get to him), he's scrambling to get back up that tree.

only this time he offers a hand to help arthur up. ]}

Edited (EDITS EVERYTHING) 2013-12-05 21:23 (UTC)

[It's quite alright; Arthur isn't used to receiving any sort of acknowledgment or positive reinforcement when he does something helpful. Sure, there's the occasional 'thank you,' but that loses some of its punch when the giver of thanks is speaking to his digital watch rather than to Arthur. Right now he isn't even worried about being thanked. In fact, he'd quite like this man to shut up. Shouting at him seems like a good idea, until he considers the possibility that doing so might attract the dinosaurs' attention as well.]

I'd actually rather prefer to survive than to see science progress! And at this point, the two are mutually exclusive! [Oh dear, he's shouting, isn't he?

How does this man have so much energy? He's like an ultra-energetic squirrel scrambling for the last autumn acorn. Arthur stares skeptically at his hand.]

What?

_{[ well, arthur doesn't really deserve a thank you for pulling him away from his dreams. in fact, he probably deserves a curse word or two, but newt is holding back on the basis of science. awesome science. dinotastic science. ]}

Yeah, ok, but here's the thing: sometimes you have to make sacrifices to ensure that the next generation are aware of the awesomeness you've seen. Sure, you might die, but you're going to die doing something you obviously love. And anyway, who wouldn't want to die because of dinosaurs? That is an awesome way to go. I mean, unless you're killed when you're mid poop, then your death is probably more hilarious than plot-inducing.

_{[ he's getting tired of holding his hand out for you, Arthur. and the argentinosaurus are moving away at an alarming pace (which arguably shouldn't be all that alarming, given their size. but that's hardly the point, here). ]}

Dude, if you don't grab my hand soon, I'm going to leave you here. And then you'd be all on your own, in your weird dressing gown with dinosaurs staring at you and wondering if you'd be any good to eat. But it's your choice!

_{[ ok you have like five seconds before he resumes his mad hunt for all things four legged and scaly. ]}

[You're flying too close to the sun, Newt. Abort now before it's too late!

Or continue to babble ridiculous nonsense about loving something that until ten minutes ago had been believed to be extinct. Is it really worth dying for? Really?]

But what I love is not dying, actually! That, and a proper cup of tea, which I haven't had yet today! I don't want to die without a final cup of tea!

[Oh god, the decisions! He doesn't have enough time to think it through, but the thought of being alone during all of this influences Arthur to grab Newt's hand so that he can have some help climbing the tree.]

We are definitely going to die.

[Yes, of course. We should leave the kaiju gr(rrrrr)oupie to his own devices within the prehistoric fray. How then, in God's name, did Hermann get roped into such an absurd array of events?

Hermann is in by no means any condition to romp around the same ground as the dinosaurs and yet he stands besides this tree with cold sweat under his brow. There is a small sense of fascination in all this: a sense of a childhood wonder and awe to finally see such majestic creatures roam the same plane of existence as him.

Until he feels the wrath of a diplodocus' mucus shower from the back of him.

No... He wants out of here. Immediately.]

_{[ newt is very busy at this particular moment in time fangirling gushing over just how magnificent the diplodocus are. because they're pretty fucking magnificent, like - the way they move is amazing and getting to witness this is - well, kind of terrifying, honestly but that makes this whole thing that much more epic.

he hasn't stopped running after them. he cannot stop running after them. but hey, he sees hermann a little way off from where he is, so he decides to check in on him because he is obviously the best colleague ever.

and he is so glad that he did. ]}

Oh. Oh my god.

_{[ because he cannot stop laughing. he's laughing so hard he's wheezing, and now he's fallen over because hahaahhAHAHAHAHA oh my god. ]}

I- _{[ can't even talk jesus christ ]} I'm just - _{[ he seriously needs to breathe right now ]} I'm just so happy.

Edited 2013-12-06 23:10 (UTC)

[Oh how Hermann wishes he could find the humor in this but he can't help but be distracted by the cold, moist snot dripping down his collar. He can find nothing but repulsion and utter disappointment. Not even his handkerchief can do anything to rectify the rather large mess on his back.

So no this isn't funny in the slightest.]

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AHH THERE ARE DINOSAURS

newton "newt" geiszler | pacific rim

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oh. oh my god. i love arthur so much screams

:DD I just saw Pacific Rim too and Newt was my favorite

as he bloody well should be

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i officially love this thread

Me too you are excellent

as are you!

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