circle7 | A wild EVENT has appeared!

[Withdrawing, Adachi gives Phoenix a questionable look, the line of his mouth wavering. Maybe Namatame had gotten to this guy, too. Those victims never seemed to remember being thrown in. With a nervous laugh, Adachi rubs his neck.]

...Come to think of it, that was more like last week's episode of 'Lost in the Wild!' Sheesh, I guess all that sand was worse than I thought.

Hey, my daughter loves that show.

[Back on track there without so much as a hitch. Just keep walking and avoiding that screeching and roaring. Now that he thinks about it, it stopped - did the T-rex win, maybe? (That could be bad for them.)]

[PSYCHE LOCK x 9000. Oh wait. You don't have that ability anymore, Phoenix.]

...Daughter? A real family man, huh?

[Unshaven, dotes on his daughter. Reminds Adachi of someone else he knows.]

[...SHUT UP.]

Haha, I guess. It's just me and her.

...Wife died in a hit-and-run car accident?

[That'd just be too uncanny.]

[Blink.]

Now where'd you get an idea like that? Hah!

[Phoenix gives him a hearty slap on the shoulder, returning his hands to his hoodie pockets.]

I never married.

[Seriously, those slaps. He hasn't eaten or slept well in a long time, cut him some slack here. Adachi stumbles, rubbing his shoulder after recovering. Of course, he jumps to conclusions - this is probably one of those irresponsible guys who knocked a girl up and got stuck with their kid after she couldn't afford it. Maybe his wife had...unsavory choices in employment. Definitely one of those.]

...Oh. Heh, just...got stuck with a daughter out of the blue, huh? That's gotta be tough, raising her on her whooooooaaaaaa!

[The impromptu interruption is due to the fact that the ground suddenly shakes, as if there were an earthquake. The way it did in Jurassic Park when a T-rex was approaching.]

[Welp, no time to get into the sentimental story about Trucy Wright. (He probably wouldn't indulge all the information, anyway - or would be as vague as possible.) Quick to act, he grabs Adachi by the arm and pulls him into some forestry. They can't afford to stay out in the open.]

Thought I saw a cave around here somewhere...

[A harsh whisper. The quakes become more pronounced.]

A cave?! There's a man-eating dinosaur coming this way and you want to walk into a dead end?

A t-rex won't fit in there. Though I guess it'd be bad if it collapsed on us...

[With a shrug, he treks along anyway, no longer dragging Adachi. Phoenix figures he'll follow.]

[Adachi doesn't like following all that much, unless he does it with another purpose in mind. Though he has probably less of an idea of where he's going, he falls into step with Phoenix, walking headstrong despite his darting attention.

Soon enough, a cave comes into view - just small enough that a T-rex's face wouldn't even be able to fit in, although an adult human could crawl into the opening with ease. Adachi kicks away some of the shrubbery hiding the entrance, frowning to himself.]

I don't even wanna know what kind of tropical bugs are living in there.

What's a bug bite in comparison to a dinosaur bite, huh?

[With a laugh, he helps with the shrubbery before crawling in. It's dark, and a little damp, but hey, Phoenix has plenty reason to want to live, Trucy being one of them. After getting cozy, his arm pops out of the cave mouth, waving Adachi in.]

Better get comfy. I think I hear that thing roaring.

[Well, it's a mad scramble from there. Adachi crowds into the dark cave. There isn't much room to spare. Adachi finds himself shoulder-to-shoulder with Phoenix, crouching in the shadows with baited breath. The T-rex finally arrives in their vicinity, though all they can see of itt is the bottom of its ankle as it pauses in front of the cave. Judging from the sound of its breathing, it looks around before finally shuffling off. Adachi lets out a sigh of relief.

Then he fidgets.]

What are- ...are you poking m- haha! S-Stop that!

[Even the ever-so-collected Phoenix breathes a sigh of relief. It doesn't mean they're off the hook, but it shouldn't come back for a while.

That is, unless they draw its attention with noise or something.

Phoenix turns to Adachi, raising an eyebrow.]

I'm not poking y-

[He stares quite obviously over Adachi's shoulder, blinking a few times. Surprise is hardly an expression on his face, but now... No, he still looks indifferent, never mind.]

If it's not you, then who- argh!

[He fidgets again, this time elbowing Phoenix unwittingly in the chest.]

I said stop it!

[Phoenix may feel a poke of his own at the back of his neck, if he's not too busy nursing that elbow-induced bruise, that is.]

[That's it - Phoenix is pulling out The Voice. (While rubbing that sore spot.) His other hand points behind Adachi. (Completely disregarding the poking on his neck. For now.)]

HOLD IT!

[The poking stops, and now with the less frenzied chance to see who's behind the harassment, it's much easier to make out the face of... the very hairy face of what seems to be...]

...Cavemen?

[JESUS FUCKING CHRIST way to give a guy a heart attack. Adachi jolts, jamming the top of his head into the roof of the cave (ow), stumbling onto his hands and knees as he glares over his shoulder.]

What the hell was that fo-

[Why hello there, curious little caveman, who apparently took his angry tone as some sort of aggressive war cry, considering how murderous and defensive it's looking.]

...Uh.

[...Huh. They look pretty mad.]

Don't worry. I know how to handle this.

[Is that Phoenix standing up and making a run for it? Why yes it is.]

[Oh no you don't. With surprisingly fast reflexes, Adachi grabs onto Phoenix's ankle before the other man can get anywhere, holding him down just as the caveman leaps on both of them. What follows is a three-way battle of epic proportions - monkey screeching, hair-pulling, finger-biting, and elbow-ramming.]

Take that you ape - oh whoops, sorry pal, was that you?

[Ow. Sheesh, you play dirty, officer. Phoenix was never the malicious type, however, but he knows when to defend himself. He pulls out that grape juice bottle (wait, he still had that?), and gives a hefty swing right at the back of the caveman's head. Of course, it takes a while to get that opening, when two guys are busy trying to take you down. (In the process, his beanie falls off again, his eye gets elbowed, and his stomach kicked. Not exactly pleasant.)]

[Eventually, realizing they're outmatched, the cavemen disperse, from whatever hole they crawled out of (too small for Adachi or Phoenix to fit through), leaving the two men bruised and quite beaten, despite having escaped the dinosaur. Adachi struggles to catch his breath on his back, though that's not the only reason he's not moving - he's winded. Someone gave him a sharp punch in the stomach, and moving is really not looking like an attractive option at all.

Head falling onto the cave floor, Adachi wraps his arms around his middle, eyes darting around in case the cavemen launch another ambush.]

...Jerk.

I don't think they understand our language. Where did my beanie go...

[Phoenix is a bit winded, looking between the congregation of cavemen and the exit. Maybe they should find a new cave, but that's pretty risky.]

[Come to think of it, one of those cavemen did have a pretty turquoise-looking head when he bounded off... Adachi keeps quiet, smirking inwardly.]

I was talking to you.

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TYPO FIX

HRNGH

sorry about that

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