video; un: signorvespa

[prontissimo]

[ On the feed is a young boy, probably a preteen, with a mess of sun-bleached golden brown curls, tanned, freckled skin, sun-burnt cheeks, and a rather worried expression on his face... apprehensive to be making this post at all. But, for what it's worth, he puts on some airs, just a hint of bravado, in a vain attempt to save face. With the camera apparently propped up in front of him, in the background are a lot of strange trinkets strung over an old fishing net hanging in front of a sunny window, crystals dangling from a dead tree branch he brought inside for some reason, refracting colorful light from the sun vaguely, if one looks closely. Very lovely, if not a little odd. But his news to deliver today is much less charming than this homey scene... ]

Uhhh— Ciaaaooo... Everyone...

[ Oh, man, just that tone is not a promising start. ]

So, um, I'm looking for my pet... She's missing. She ran away. By accident, not on purpose, because I can totally take care of her and I'm a great pet-dad — just for the record! [ A-Also not instilling confidence here... ]

Her name's Sofia and she's a, uh— comp— compinagthus—? Compnagsathus. [ Nailed it. ]

She has beautiful eyes and she looks like this:

[ He holds up a very impressive drawing (minus the stickers and other dinosaurs, Sofia is the star here!) to the camera for all to see, leaving it in the frame for a few seconds while he continues. ]

If anyone sees a big lizard monster thing running around town, that's probably my Sofia. Lemme know if you do, will ya? Oh, and she's, uh— kiiinda shy, so, if you try to catch her— maybe... don't? Just a heads up.

[ He... clearly means she's gonna try to bite you. Yeah, that's right: Alberto's released a small but apparently potentially vicious dinosaur on the town. Whoops...? ]

And! And! If anyone out there knows a lot about compsagnathisuses, tell me everything you know, okay?! [ A hint of more urgency, as he lowers the drawing and points at the camera with his free hand, brows raised, meaning business! But ends the feed pretty awkwardly, shifting his eyes away before meeting the camera's eye straight-on again with a look of forced resolve. ]

Sooo, yeah— Bye?

[ And leans forward to shut the video off clumsily. This was... Not. a comforting post. ]

(( ooc: If anyone wants to hand wave they've seen her, that she's bothered them or caused some chaos, anything at all, just wing it and I'll roll with it, feel free! If you wanna transition to logs to look for her or encounter her by chance, let's go for it! THERE'S A ROGUE DINOSAUR IN TOWN, sky's the limit! ☆ ))

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video; un: smoking_bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

How big is she?

[Gokudera holds his hands apart as if to measure between them. He's going to try and coax the dinosaur into a cage if he can, but who knows if it'll fit.]

And what does she eat?

[prontissimo]

[ Oh, it's that Italian guy. Nice.

Alberto still has the camera propped up, and extends his hands to show her approximate size. ]

Uhhh, definitely bigger than a lizard — like the size of a really big cat?

[ He doesn't know that many animals... ]

But smaller than a sea turtle.

[ Well, land animals. ]

[bakudan_bambino]

Okay... I can work with that.

[Smaller than Uri. Why that matters is anyone's guess.]

And... what she eats?

[prontissimo]

Well, I've been giving her fish... Chicken... Salami... Ehhh, she also tried to eat my hamster. So I guess hamsters...

[ This... all sounds like a mess. He's feeding a dinosaur salami. Alberto. Please. ]

[bakudan_bambino]

So she's a carnivore, she eats meat. This may sound weird, but were the fish or chicken alive? Cooked or raw?

[He wonders who gave this creature to Alberto, and if they went over care and safety instructions. If this tried to eat a hamster and the kid can't even say the animal's name correctly... and oh what a headache.]

I can see about getting some rodents or something. Can you show me where was the last place you saw her?

[prontissimo]

[ It was not advised he take it, that's for sure. But he took it. Stealthy little shit. ]

Not alive, but I've given her raw meat and cooked meat before. And pasta. But she didn't really care about the pasta.

Anyway, I last saw her outside the inn — that's where we live. When we went outside, I took her off her lead and she ran away!

[bakudan_bambino]

How long did you have her before she ra-

before she got lost?

[He clears his throat.]

[prontissimo]

Umm— five days? Six if you count the day she disappeared, but it was in the morning, soooo... Five days.

[bakudan_bambino]

Okay, how were you keeping her? Did she bask in the sun at all? Was she nocturnal, so running around at night and sleepy all day?

Were there more creatures like her? Maybe she misses them and went back to them? If that's the case, I'd just accept that she's happier now.

Video; un: no

[pridefulness]

[ You know, he'd question keeping a dino for a pet, but...he'll take looking for a lizard over another cat any day of the week. Besides, it could be a welcome challenge. He hopes, anyway. ]

Where did you last see her?

[ ... ]

And just how "shy" is she?

[prontissimo]

Outside the inn. We were gonna go to the beach. But— she ran off when I took her off the lead...

[ Alberto shifts his eyes away from the camera awkwardly, scratching his cheek absently to cover his awkwardness. ]

And, she, uh— I don't think she had other lizard monster friends. So— pretty shy.

[ Ahem. ]

[pridefulness]

[ Putting aside why a dinosaur would want to go to the beach, Sasuke is suddenly very glad he's been camping in the woods like the angry little gremlin he is. If a kid's been keeping a dinosaur in the inn, who knows what other shenanigans are happening over there. ]

Right... [ His eyes narrow. He sighs. ] We'll need some supplies if we want to trap her. How big is this...compsagnathisus [ ???? ], anyway?

[ It was hard to tell from the drawing. ]

[prontissimo]

Uhh, bigger than a cat, but smaller than a sea turtle? Liiike... the size of a mackerel.

[ Uh. Well, that's. One way to measure something. ]

[pridefulness]

[ It sure is. Sasuke gets the picture, at least. ]

So not very big. Good. With some net or wire, this will be easy.

[prontissimo]

Oh! Oh! I have a net! I have an extra fishing net!

[pridefulness]

That's perfect. All we've gotta do now is find her.

[ He sounds so confident, clearly this will only end well. ]

[prontissimo]

Right!

[ That confidence is evenly matched!!!

Well... for a second. ]

...Okay, so now what? That was like three days ago.

[ gruiefjskld you waited three days to let the town know your monster was on the loose, Alberto?! ]

Video | un: pikohammerhero (Hope it's okay but if you don't want to do multiple threads that's fine)

[pricklybloom]

[ ...oh no. ]

You actually adopted one?

All good!

[prontissimo]

Yeah! The little one!

[ He says with an enthusiasm as if nothing’s wrong… ]

[pricklybloom]

[ Kid. ]

You don't think that maybe those dinosaurs need a bit more room to run around, and...I dunno, hunt for food?

[prontissimo]

Yeah, I did think that — that's how she escaped! We were gonna go to the beach, and I took her off her lead — y'know, cuz she doesn't like it — but then she didn't follow me... She just ran off...

[pricklybloom]

Of course she didn't like it, and of course she didn't follow you. You have to train pets for stuff like that first!

[ Wait wait...breathe, Amy. ]

Okay, okay...so you said you were on your way to the beach, right? Where was it that you lost her exactly?

[prontissimo]

Uhhh... [ He's hesitant to admit just how quickly Sofia ran away... which was... preeetttttttyyy much as soon as he took the lead off... ]

Outside the inn. A ways. Ahem.

[pricklybloom]

[ Of course. ]

All right...are you still by the inn? I can meet you and we can look for her.

video -> action;

[prontissimo]

Yeah, I live there. I'll come outside. See ya...

[ And she'll find him waiting outside, sprawled out comfortably lying on a bench, leg crossed over his knee, futzing on his phone with one hand, absentmindedly picking at his toes with the other. He's barefoot, wearing rather worn brown shorts held up by some old rope like a belt, with a sky blue T-shirt on. Beside him on the ground is a lumpy canvas tote bag, and curled up on the end of the bench is a winged yellow tabby cat, its iridescent, translucent, fairy-like wings folded against itself, eyes squinting in the sun. Alberto, himself, is quite a bit more languid than the day Amy had first met him, a little bleary-eyed, even. He's absorbed in his phone as he waits, having headed outside from his room almost immediately after she asked to meet, and doesn't notice her come up until he's approached. Undoubtedly responding to other people on his post asking about poor Sofia... ]