New Allies
Manos de Dios Amber Mine:
Dominican Republic
Hot and humid was the very air within the southern corner of the Earth, particularly in the Dominican Republic. Normally, this place is a great vacation spot for tourists. But one man had come all the way here for a completely different reason.
Donald Gennaro, an anxious lawyer, found himself balancing his weight upon a raft pulled toward land by two Dominicans. To say this man was very out of place would be a correct assertion. A man in his forties, in a city man’s idea of hiking clothes and a hundred-dollar haircut. As the lawyer was pulled ashore, one man along the hillside. Juan Rostagno, thirty-ish, Costa Rican, a smart-looking guy dressed in a safari outfit, smirked as he waited for him.
“Apuesto mil pesos a que se cae,” He spoke to one guy. (I bet a thousand pesos he falls)
“Hola, Juanito!” Donald waved.
As he got off the raft, Juanito approached and shook the lawyer’s hand as they both chuckled.
“Hola, Bienvenido,” Juanito replied. (Hello, welcome.)
The two men then start making their way up the path towards an active mining site. Tons of workers were extremely busy along this mine. The majority were overturning large rocks, using pickaxes to scrape and claw through rock walls, or tunneling their way further under the earth. One could imagine how they got anything done, with the work all done by hand, pick and shovel instead of dynamite and bulldozers.
“What’s this I hear at the airport?” Donald asked, following Juanito. “Hammond’s not even here?”
“He sends his apologies,” Juanito responded.
“You’re telling me that we’re facing a 20-million-dollar lawsuit from the family of that worker, and Hammond couldn’t even be bothered to see me?”
“He had to leave early,” Juanito explained. “He wants to be with his daughter, she’s getting a divorce.”
“Well, I understand and I’m sorry to hear that,” Donald responded. “But we’ve been advised to deal with this situation now. The insurance company--”
Donald found himself interrupted when his foot slipped on an uneven path of ground and Juanito helped him up.
“You okay?” Juanito asked him.
Donald merely brushed himself off and continued like nothing happened.
“The underwriters of the park feel the accident has raised some very serious safety questions about the park,” Donald explained further. “That makes the investors very, very anxious. I had to promise I would conduct a very thorough, on-site inspection.”
Juanito paused as a donkey brayed in the distance.
“Hammond hates inspections,” Juanito sighed. “They slow everything down.”
“Juanito, if they pull the funding, that’ll slow him down even more,” Donald warned seriously.
They soon found their conversation cut short when a miner hurried toward them and burst into their talk breathlessly.
“Jefe! Jefe! Encontramos otro mosquite, en el mismo sitio!” The miner spoke. (Boss! Boss! We’ve found another mosquito in the same place)
“Estas seguro?” Juanito asked. (Are you sure?)
“Si, venga!” The miner nodded, gesturing to follow. (Yes, come on!)
“A ver, muestrame,” Juanito encouraged. (Go on, show me.)
The worker and Juanito scrambled back deeper into the mine. Juanito called back over his shoulder toward Gennaro.
“It seems like it’s going to be a good day after all,” Juanito continued. “They found another one! C’mon.”
Donald struggled to keep up with the men as they made their way toward the mine. Suddenly, there was a shout as Donald banged his head on a low setting wooden beam.
“Watch your head!” Juanito warned.
Together they ventured into the dark, dripping cave, where at least a dozen workers are gathered in a tight circle, staring at something intently. Juanito fought his way toward the center of the group. One of the workers handed him something and the man examined it carefully. It’s a chuck of amber, a shiny yellow rock about the size of a half dollar and recently polished.
“If two experts… sign off on the island, the insurance guys will back off,” Donald said hopefully. “I’ve already got Ian Malcolm, but they think he’s too trendy. They want Alan Grant.”
“Grant?” Juanito chuckled. “Ha-ha, you’ll never get him out of Montana.
“Mas luz!” (Light. More light!)
“And why not?” Donald asked.
“Muchachos, echenme luz!” Juanito shouted in Spanish. (Guys, give me some light!)
The miners quickly tried shedding as much light as possible toward their boss, who now held a large chunk of hard amber and observed it closely.
“Why not?” Donald asked again.
“Because Grant’s like me… he’s a digger,” Juanito responded.
Juanito turned and held the amber up to the sunlight streaming through the mouth of the cave. With the light pouring through it, the amber was translucent, revealing something inside this strange stone - a huge mosquito, long dead, entombed within the stone.
“Hay gue lindo eres vas hacer a much gente feliz,” Juanito smiled. (Oh, you’re so beautiful. You will make a lot of people happy)
To some, looking toward the fully preserved body of a mosquito dead center in the hardened amber, this tiny blood sucking insect encased in ancient tree sap might not seem like a big deal. But for these men, however, finding this creature was everything.
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The Badlands:
Near Snakewater, Montana
The Badlands of Montana, within the United States, was so named for a very specific reason. The land’s completely barren and covered completely in desert sand. Temperatures could range anywhere from 140 degrees in the day to below freezing at night. This land was completely devoid of any form of life… mostly.
An artist’s camel hairbrush carefully swept away sand and rock to slowly reveal the dark curve of a fossil - a claw. A dentist’s pick gently lifted it from the place it had laid for millions of years. A group of diggers worked on a large skeleton, as a paleontologist worked on the claw laying in his hand.
These people are the only ones who were brave enough to come to these lands, currently busy with a huge project of epic proportions. Numerous archaeologists currently were amid a massive dig in the sands of this very desert. Many brushed off the numerous old bones they’d found while others were in the process of digging them out. Thus far, their search has proved fruitful as they’ve already dug up a good deal of full dinosaur skeletons. High upon a small nearby sand dune were the leading researchers of this excavation outlet: Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler.
Dr. Grant, a world-renowned paleontologist, was a rather handsome man (Perhaps in his mid-to-late thirties) with slick dirty blonde hair and piercing eyes. He wore a checkered red and dark brown flannel with its sleeves rolled up to his elbows, khaki pants, and dark brown boots.
Dr. Sattler, a renowned paleobotanist, was a beautiful woman in her early thirties, very athletic looking, with blonde hair that came down to her shoulders. She wore a denim short-sleeved jacket that matched perfectly with her jeans, and a pair of faded boots. There’s an impatience about Ellie, as if nothing in life happened quite fast enough for her.
The two esteemed scientists sat upon the dune, overlooking the archaeological team continuing their work on the excavation process.
“You think we’ll finally get a good look today?” Alan asked.
“Only if they can get a good seismic shift in the Earth,” Ellie replied. “With the right trajectory and enough momentum, we should be able to get a clear image.”
This caused Grant to chuckle, earning a curious look from Ellie.
“What?” She asked him.
“Nothing, I just had a ridiculous thought,” Alan replied. “Can you imagine what it would be like to actually have seen one of these creatures alive in the flesh?”
“Well, hopefully it’s one that can’t eat me, but yes,” Ellie chuckled.
Both scientists laughed for a moment until they felt something very odd. Below their very feet, they could feel tremors on the Earth that made the ground vibrate. While these sorts of things weren’t uncommon during these sorts of excavation operations, this one seemed very… odd.
“Do you think they got the machine to work?” Alan asked curiously.
“Well, if they did, they sure didn’t bother to tell us,” Ellie answered.
Suddenly, they felt a strong wind drawing them to turn toward something that made their eyes widen in shock behind their sunglasses. From out of the desert sand, a swirling wormhole opened and from out of it came forth a barrage of strange creatures. These tiny creatures flew out of the ground and landed roughly along the steady plain.
Grant and Sattler slowly made their way down toward where the creatures landed. Upon closer examination, they could see that these creatures were all quadrupeds, except for the tall scaly looking one. They all appeared to come in an assortment of different colors.
“Sweet Celestia, what a landing,” One of them groaned.
The scientists paused in their tracks instantly. Were these creatures speaking? One by one, the creatures got back up allowing Alan and Ellie a better look. Many of them looked like small colorful horses with pastel-colored coats and manes. The other one seemed like a tall bipedal looking lizard with purple and green scales.
To say they were floored to see this would be an understatement.
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“Twilight…” Fluttershy spoke up, looking around. “Do you know where we are?”
“Hoo-wee! This ol’ sun’s bakin’ in mah head like a microwave,” Applejack shook her head. “Fluttershy’s right, Twi. Where in the name of Celestia did that TV send us this time?”
“I’ll check,” Twilight replied.
Taking a deep breath, Twilight Sparkle closed her eyes and focused greatly as light shined along her horn. Soon that very light expanded, scanning the area around them.
“Hmm… it appears we’re in the Badlands near Snakewater,” Twilight observed. “Somewhere in the state of Montana, in the country of the United States of America a.k.a. the ‘Land of the Free’.”
“’Land of the Free’, huh?” Daring Do pondered. “Huh… me likey!
“Me likey too, Daring!” Pinkie smiled. “And believe me, this wouldn’t be the first time in the states.”
“What do we do now?” Fluttershy asked.
“We’ll need to find someone who can help us,” Twilight explained. “Preferably someone who knows the layout of this land.”
“Uh… every pony?” Spike said, pointing forward. “You might want to look.”
“What is it, Spike?” Applejack asked.
The group turned ahead and saw Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler making their way slowly toward the group. Both scientists slowly reached up and removed their sunglasses, just so everyone could clearly see the shock and awe in their eyes.
“Um… Ellie?” Alan spoke up. “Is it me or am I seeing things?”
“No, Alan, I’m seeing it too,” Ellie squealed. “And they’re so cute!”
Ellie couldn’t help but draw herself toward them, hoping to touch them.
“Here horsey, here horsey, nice horsey. It’s okay, we won’t hurt you.”
“Excuse us, darlings,” Rarity spoke up. “We’re ‘ponies’, not ‘horses’… to be fair, it’s a very common mistake. But since you’re here, can you please help us?”
“What the hell?!” Alan exclaimed, shocked. “That thing just talked?!”
“This can’t be happening?” Ellie asked. “How can there by some colorful ponies and a lizard?”
“Dragon… dragon!” Spike corrected. “Not lizard… I don’t do the tongue thing.”
Spike’s tongue flickered slightly, but Spike just looked as if nothing happened.
“Dragon?” Ellie pondered. “Wait a minute! This must be some new species. That would explain why they are talking? Talking ponies… and a live dragon!”
“This is amazing!” Alan studied Rarity, much to her annoyance. “Look at this, Ellie. This one has some weird markings along her flank like diamonds. There are even some other markings along the other ponies. Must be some sort of mating pattern or whatever it can be.”
“Excuse me!!” Rarity exclaimed. “Is this how you treat a lady?! Because some of us find that very rude.”
“This can’t be real,” Ellie shook her head.
“Sorry, sugar cube,” Applejack shrugged. “But you and your friend ain’t dreamin’.”
“If you give us a few hours, I’ll explain everything,” Twilight offered.
To which the two humans nodded in unison.
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Several hours later…
Within that time, Twilight Sparkle had told them everything of how she and her friends, along with her younger half-brother, came from a magical land called Equestria, a place where ponies and other creatures lived together in harmony. She also informed them of the magic within their bodies, which left the duo in disbelief. At least until she gave a demonstration by lifting Applejack’s hat with a light emanating off her horn. She also explained that the marks along their flanks (Except for Spike) were cutie marks, each of which showcased the talent of one pony. Knowing this group wasn’t a threat, the duo decided to provide introductions for them to be better acquainted.
“Well, I guess introductions are in order then,” Alan declared. “I’m Doctor Alan Grant.”
“My name is Doctor Ellie Sattler,” Ellie introduced herself.
“I’m Twilight Sparkle, the princess of friendship,” Twilight tipped her head. “And there’s no need for the two of you to bow; I’m not the ruler of Equestria yet. For now, you can just call me Twilight. And these are my friends, along with my younger half-brother.”
“Howdy y’all!” Applejack greeted. “Ah’m Applejack, farm mare at the Sweet Apple Acres. The Apple family, me included, farm the best apple crops in Equestria as well as the best makers of apple related products. We’d know you’d like them.”
“I’m Fluttershy, animal caretaker of all creatures and animal whisperer,” Fluttershy introduced herself. “I’m also the owner of the Sweet Feather Sanctuary and member of the Ponytones, we’re a well-known acapella group in town.”
“Rarity’s the name and I’m the owner of Carousel Boutique, as well as Rarity for You and Canterlot Carousel,” Rarity explained. “I’m also a member of the Ponytones. I must say, Darlings, your outfits are divine!”
“Thanks,” Alan nodded.
“We try our best,” Ellie replied.
“HI! I’M PINKIE PIE!” Pinkie exclaimed excitedly. “I’M THE BAKER AT SUGARCUBE CORNER AS WELL AS PONYVILLE’S RESIDENT PARTY PLANNER THAT MAKES THE GREATEST, FUNNIEST, SILLIEST & FANCIEST PARTIES EVER IN EQUESTRIA!!!”
“… Yeah, sorry about Pinkie Pie,” Twilight smiled sheepishly. “She gets overexcited meeting new people.”
“Sup dudes, name’s Rainbow Dash,” Rainbow greeted casually. “I’m the fastest flier in Equestria and beyond, as well as a member of the Wonderbolts. You could say that makes me 20% cooler.”
“Heya! I’m Spike, the brave and glorious,” Spike introduced. “I’m also Twilight’s number 1 assistant.”
“The name’s Daring Do,” Daring tipped her hat. “Famed adventurer who explores the jungles of Equestria and beyond. I’m also a best-selling author under the pseudonym name, ‘A.K. Yearling’. But just Daring will be fine. So, you better not tell any pony of my real identity otherwise… I’m dead. Like seriously dead in the water. Understood
To which the humans nodded in unison, much to Daring’s approval.
“Good.”
“Name’s Time Turner,” Dr. Whooves introduced himself. “But folks call me Dr. Whooves. Brilliant scientist and inventor in Ponyville. Might we ask you what brings you two out here anyway?”
“That’s a good question!” Alan smirked. “You see, Ellie and I are paleontologists.”
“Paleo what now?” Rainbow squinted her brows.
“Paleontologists, Rainbow,” Dr. Whooves emphasized. “They’re scientists who study prehistoric life.”
“That’s right,” Ellie nodded. “In here, our country has lots of fossils of living things lying down in our land. The very sport where dinosaurs and others used to walk back then.”
“Hmm… you remind me of one of Sweetie Belle’s classmates, Petunia Paleo,” Rarity recalled. “The little filly has a knack of finding dinosaur bones in any place within Equestria.”
“Ah yes, now I remember!” Fluttershy realized.
“Remember what?” Twilight asked curiously.
“Before humans walked the Earth, dinosaurs and the like used to roam here,” Fluttershy explained. “I found a book during one of our previous travels and I was fascinated to learn the world wasn’t always like it is today. How it used to be a cluttered pile of continents until there was some explanatory theories on how dinosaurs died.”
“You’re right!” Time Turner nodded. “There have been theories like the Asteroid Theory or the Climate Change Theory on how they were extinct. But no pony, or anybody, really knows how all these creatures were wiped off of the face of the Earth.”
“And you’re really into all this paleontology, aren’t you?” Twilight asked the scientists.
“Correct! Look over there!” Alan pointed.
Twilight Sparkle turned toward where Alan was pointing, taking a glimpse of all the archaeologists at work.
“We’ve uncovered four skeletons alone…” Alan explained. “Such a small area, isn’t it… the same time horizon--”
“They died together?” Twilight asked.
“The taphonomy sure looks that way.”
“If they died together, they lived together,” Ellie explained. “That would suggest some kind of social order.”
“And that would suggest…?” Spike asked curiously.
“They hunted as a team,” Grant answered. “See that dismembered Tenontosaurus bone over there - that’s lunch. We’re just excavating another Velociraptor that we just found today, and we think its part of the pack that killed that dinosaur.
“The bigger question is: What killed our raptors in a lakebed, in a bunch like this? We’re attempting to come up with something that makes sense.”
“Maybe it was a drought,” Daring suggested. “It looks as though the lake was shrinking--
“That’s good,” Grant agreed. “That’s right! They died around a dried-up puddle! Without fighting each other. You’re good at observation.”
“Well, when you’ve been exploring old tombs and finding forgotten bodies like I have, you learn to guess what happened at the time they were alive.”
Just then, a voice shouted toward the group from the bottom of the hill.
“Dr. Grant! Dr. Sattler!” A volunteer called out. “We’re ready to try again!”
A sigh escaped Grant’s lips as he stretched out his back.
“I hate computers,” Grant muttered.
“The feeling’s mutual,” Ellie agreed.
Grant and Ellie were just about to walk toward the source of the voice when they suddenly stopped as a realization came to them.
“Hey! I have an idea!” Ellie thought, facing the Equestrians. “How would you like to join us in helping out in the field?”
“Us? Join the both of you?” Twilight pondered, as her eyes widened. “I mean, we’d hate to impose--”
“We need all the helping hands, or in this case hooves and claws, we can get,” Ellie insisted. “What do you say?”
Twilight Sparkle turned toward her friends and the whole lot nodded in agreement.
“Sure! We can help,” Twilight answered.
Soon the Equestrians tagged along with their new friends toward the dig site. As they walked, they were able to get a good look at the badlands. Exposed outcroppings of crumbling limestone stretched for miles in every direction, not a tree or a bush was in sight. It was here these paleontologists chose to find this velociraptor and work on the skeletal remains of which they found.
In the dig itself, the ground was checkered with excavations everywhere. There was a base camp with five or tix teepees, a flapping mess tent, a few cards, a flatbed truck with wrapped fossils loaded on it, and a mobile home. There are a dozen volunteers of all ages at work in various places around the dig. The volunteers are from all walks of life, dinosaur buffs. Three or four of them have children with them, and the kids raced around like in a giant sandbox.
“Why do they have to bring their kids?!” Grant muttered.
“Not into kids, is he?” Rainbow asked Ellie.
“He could hire his help,” Ellie replied. “But there’s four summers of work here, with the money for one. You say it’s a learning experience, sort of a vacation, and you get volunteers with kids.”
By the time they reached the remainder of the team, Allie and Ellie were requesting permission for their Equestrians friends to join them and offer their assistance. After looking cautiously toward the group, the accepted… provided the duo kept them well-behaved leading to the Equestrians to make a ‘Pinkie Promise’ not to get too rowdy.
Everyone, every pony included, was keeping themselves busy around the dig site. Little did they know, however, was that the duo (Along with the Equestrians) would be chosen for something very special. That this group would be the VIP Guests on a private tour to a place that will captivate their minds but place them directly into the heart of the danger zone.
Soon as the group got into the camp, many people couldn’t help but look at the ponies and Spike in complete bewilderment. Before anyone could start asking questions, Alan decided to jump in.
“Alright, I know what you’re all thinking,” He spoke their thoughts. “These creatures are strange and bizarre, but I can personally assure you they won’t harm anyone. For now, let’s focus on the task at hand.”
Soon he, along with Ellie and the Equestrians arrived toward where several volunteers were clustered around a computer terminal set upon a table in a small tent, its flaps lashed open.
“Ready to give it a shot, Jerry?” Grant asked a volunteer.
Fluttershy soon turned and noticed the machine near the tent.
“Miss Ellie… what are they doing with that?” Fluttershy asked nervously.
“Why don’t you watch the computer?” Ellie suggested. “And… you might want to cover your ears.”
Ellie quietly moved Fluttershy out of the way, while the remainder of the Equestrians followed suit. The volunteers were hard at work making the necessary preparations.
“Thumper ready?”
“Ready.”
“Fire.”
The volunteer through a switch on a machine that resembled a floor buffer. The whole thing hopped into the air as it drove a soft lead pellet into the earth with a tremendous force. There’s a dull thud, the earth seemed to vibrate, and all eyes turned toward the computer screen.
“If that doesn’t get a reading, who knows what will?” Dr. Whooves commented.
“Did it work?” Rarity asked.
“How long does it usually take?” Ellie asked.
“It should be immediate return,” The computer man replied. “You shoot the radar into the ground, and the bone bounces the image back…”
The man typed a few keys on the computer and the screen suddenly came to life, yellow contour lines tracing across it in three waves, soon revealing the image of a velociraptor skeleton on screen.
“This new program’s incredible!” The computer man stated. “A few more years of development and we won’t have to dig anymore!”
Grant looked toward him, and the Equestrians could see that his expression was positively wounded.
“Where’s the fun in that?” Alan joked.
“It’s a little distorted, but I don’t think it’s the computer,” The computer man commented, studying the picture.
“Look,” Ellie pointed at the screen. “Post-mortem contraction of the posterior neck ligaments. Velociraptor?”
“Yes. Good shape, too,” Alan nodded. “It’s five… six feet high. I’m guessing nine feet long. Look at the extraordinary--”
Grant pointed toward part of the skeleton, but when his finger touched the screen the computer *BEEPS* at him and the image flickered. He drew his hand back, as if it shocked him.
“What’d you do?” The computer man asked.
“He touched it!” Ellie said jokingly.
Grant touched the top hood of the computer experimentally. Again, the screen flickered.
“Looks like Dr. Grant isn’t machine compatible,” Twilight muttered to her friends.
“Hell, they’ve got it in for me,” Alan muttered.
The volunteer laughed and touched a different part of the screen, which brought the original image back. Grant continued but didn’t get as close.
“And look at the half-moon shaped bone in the wrists. No wonder these guys learned to fly.”
This statement caused a majority of the assembled group to laugh, much to Grant’s surprise.
“No, seriously!” Alan continued. “Show of hands. How many of you have read my book?”
Everyone stopped laughing and looked away. Ellie raised her hand supportively, along with the volunteer. Alan turned toward the Equestrians, but the way they looked at him said enough. A sigh escaped his lips.
“Great… well, maybe dinosaurs have more in common with present-day birds than they do with reptiles. Look at the pubic bone - it’s turned backwards, just like a bird. Look at the vertebrae - full of hollows and air sacs, just like a bird. Even the word raptor means ‘birds of prey’.”
“That doesn’t look very scary!”
Everyone drew their breath and stepped aside, revealing a kid standing alone.
“Boy-howdy, that kid’s a pistol…” Applejack muttered.
“More like a six-foot turkey,” The kid added critically.
Some folks got a laugh out of the statement, but the Equestrians faced Grant nervously. The man turned toward the kid, lowered his sunglasses, and stared at him like he just came from another planet.
“A turkey, huh?” Alan grinned, strolling toward the kid.
“Oh, no,” Ellie groaned. “Here we go…”
“What? What’s happening?” Spike asked, confused.
“Okay. Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous period,” Grant began. “You’d get your first look at this ‘six-foot turkey’ as you enter a clearing. But raptor, he knew you were there a long time ago. He moves like a bird; lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still, because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement, like a T-rex, and he’ll lose you if you don’t move.
“But no. Not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that’s when the attack comes -- not from the front, no, from the side, from the other two raptors you didn’t even know were there.”
The Equestrians looked silently as Grant walked around the kid. Ellie merely rolled her eyes, knowing where this was going.
“Because Velociraptor’s a pack hunter, you see,” Grant continued. “He uses coordinated attack patterns, and he’s out in force today. And he slashes at you with this --”
Grant takes out the raptor claw he found, tucked away in his pocket. He held it in the front of the raptor’s three-toed foot. The boy’s eyes grew large with shock.”
“-- A six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the middle toe,” Grant explained. “They don’t bother to bite your jugular, like a lion, no, no. He slashes at you here, here--”
Grant pretended to slash the boy’s mid-torso, the thigh, around the groin region.
“Oh, Alan…” Ellie muttered disapprovingly.
“Oh… my…” Fluttershy whimpered worriedly.
“-- Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines,” Alan emphasized. “The point is, you’re alive when they start to eat you. Whole thing took about four seconds.”
The Equestrians couldn’t help but eye the kid, who was on the verge of tears.
“So, you know, try to show a little respect,” Grant suggested.
“Okay,” The boy whimpered, glassy-eyed.
And with that he walked back across the camp, returning to the skeleton. Ellie and the Equestrians hurried to catch up with him.
“You know, Mr. Grant, if you really wanted to scare the kid you could’ve just pulled a gun on him,” Daring Do suggested.
“I beg your pardon!” Rarity gasped horrified.
“What? Happens all the time in the field… me, I never get scared.”
“And that’s why I’m such a big fan of your books!” Rainbow Dash grinned widely.
“Don’t forget… I introduced you to those books,” Twilight reminded.
“Yeah, yeah…”
“Daring Do does make a valid point, Alan,” Ellie agreed.
“Yeah, I know,” Alan muttered. “Kids. You want to have one of those?”
“Well, I don’t want that kid. But a breed of child, Dr. Grant, could be intriguing! I mean, what’s so wrong with kids?”
“Oh, Ellie, look. They’re noisy, they’re messy, they’re sticky, they’re expensive.”
“Wow… spoken like a true cheapskate,” Spike shook his head.
“I’ll have you know Mr. Grant that while I agree with only two-thirds of that statement,” Pinkie rambled. “Rarity and I happen to be mothers ourselves and not all of it’s as bad as it seems.”
“They smell,” Grant added.
“Oh my god!” Ellie gasped. “They do not smell!”
“Some of them smell!”
“Oh, give me a break!”
“Babies smell!”
“Actually… Grant makes a fair point,” Rarity agreed reluctantly. “It’s never easy during those first few years.”
“Tell me about it,” Pinkie nodded. “When I was babysitting the Cake Twins when they were first born… whoo-wee! That was a doozy.”
“Alright, the one on the airplane had an accident,” Ellie admitted. “But usually babies don’t smell.”
“They know very little about the Jurassic Period,” Grant pointed out. “They know less about the Cretacious.”
“Anything else, you old fossil?” Rainbow smirked, shaking her head.
“Yeah, plenty,” Grant nodded. “Some of them can’t walk!”
“I’d be careful about what you say Mr. Grant,” Fluttershy advised patiently. “Even a few grown ponies back home aren’t able to walk on their own. But they manage to get around just fine.”
“You know, if I didn’t know any better, you two argue like you’re a married couple,” Pinkie Pie speculated. “You two ever dated outside of work.”
To which the two turned toward Pinkie Pie silently, not really answering the question. To which Pinkie Pie nodded in understanding then kept going.
“I don’t see what any pony’s complaining about,” Rainbow Dash remarked cockily. “I’m pretty sure I can handle being around kids.”
“Hon, treatin’ a filly like an honorary sister ain’t the same as raisin’ youngin’s,” Applejack pointed out. “They’re a mighty big responsibility.”
“Probably why Applejack was just a shy higher than you when the Cakes were scrambling about looking for foal-sitters even though I repeatedly volunteered in the first place,” Pinkie Pie recollected. “But fourth place isn’t a bad spot.”
“Yeah, whatever,” Rainbow crossed her hooves. “That doesn’t make me… HEY! Wait a minute! Now I can understand Fluttershy being the top pick for a foalsitter, and Rarity… well, back then I wouldn’t think she’d be interested in kids.”
“HEY!” Rarity frowned.
“So, who was number two?” Rainbow questioned.
To which all heads turned toward the princess herself, Twilight Sparkle. The pony merely glanced at the group and shrugged her wings with a sheepish smile and a light giggle. Rainbow Dash stared blankly at Twilight Sparkle, then shook it off.
“Anyways, you just wait A.J.,” Rainbow Dash challenged. “When the opportunity comes, I’ll prove I can be a great parent for children. Why, I’ll be parenting so hard, you may as well be calling me the ‘Iron Pony of Parenthood’. Now, that’s a title I can be proud of.”
“Ya know that ego of yours frustrates me so much… that ah love you just the same,” Applejack smiled. “Even if ya make me wanna strangle ya right now!”
“Oh yeah?”
Rainbow Dash playfully took off Applejack’s hat, who gasped then charged toward Rainbow Dash as they rolled about on the ground causing a slight dust storm. But soon their grunting and groans turned into laughter as they eventually rolled down the hill toward the very bottom. The Equestrians merely shook their heads at the scene as they saw their friends stop at the bottom. After the pair calmed down, their eyes met, their faces softened… and they started to lean in for a kiss.
All of a sudden, a strange wind started to whip up drawing the marefriend’s attention. Grant, Ellie, and the remainder of the ponies (Spike included) looked around in confusion. The wind started growing stronger, blowing dirt and sand everywhere, filling in everything they’d dug out, even blowing the protective canvasses off. Their ears flicked up as they heard a familiar roar, all eyes darted toward the sky and that’s when they saw it—
A huge helicopter, descending onto the camp.
“Great wickering stallions!” Dr. Whooves gasped.
“Girls, Spike, get down there and grab some canvasses!” Ellie ordered. “Cover anything that’s exposed!”
“You got it, Ellie!” Twilight nodded. “Come on, every pony!”
The ponies and Spike were already making their way down the hill, as Applejack and Rainbow Dash picked themselves up and bolted for the camp. Alan and Grant raced down the hill, shouting toward the volunteers and the pilot.
“Cover the site!” Ellie shouted.
“Cover up the dig!” Grant ordered.
“Tell them to shut down! Shut down!”
“Cut the machine!”
“Hurry! Cover it all up!” Applejack ordered. “Pull them canvasses over!”
Rainbow Dash and Applejack had already arrived, helping the volunteers in their desperate attempt to protect the skeleton they’ve been excavating. By the time their friends joined in to help, Twilight Sparkle and Dr. Grant looked up toward the helicopter, the latter shaking his fist shouting for the pilot’s attention.
Down at the base camp, the pilot had already landed near the camp. By then, Grant and Twilight Sparkle raced toward the aircraft like Moses and his follower steaming. They tried to get the pilot’s attention, wildly ordering him to turn off the blades.
“JUST CUT IT WILL YA?” Grant yelled over the noise. “CUT IT OUT! SHUT-IT-DOWN!”
The pilot pointed timidly toward the mobile home across the camp.
“WHAT?!” Twilight shouted.
The pilot pointed rapidly and their heads finally turned toward his direction. Together, they raced toward the trailer, punching away a pair of jeans hanging up on a line. Whomever was responsible for interrupting their dig, somehow Twilight knew what Grant was intending. This man was about to give an intruder one-for, and she hoped to stop him before he did anything rash.
By the time they arrived at the trailer, Grant slapped the door open and stormed inside. As Twilight Sparkle followed him in, she only had a quick glimpse of the trailer’s interior which served as the dig’s office. Several long wooden tables were set up, every inch covered with bone specimens neatly laid out, tagged, and labeled.
Farther along are ceramic dishes and crocks, soaking other bones in acid and vinegar. There’s old dusty furniture at one end of the trailer, and a refrigerator. A man rooted around in the fridge, his back towards the man and pony. They could hear him grumbling about the contents, which appear to be mostly beer until…
“Ah hah!” The man declared.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing in here?” Grant asked, confrontationally.
The man turned around as his fan fell across a bottle of expensive champagne in the back, popping the cork like a celebration (Luckily Grant avoided it). He’s a seventy-ish old man, sprightly as hell, with bright, shining eyes that say, ‘Follow me!’ and all dressed in white clothing, glasses, and a straw hat. Twilight was unsure what to make of it, but Grant was staring incredulously at the guilty-faced man holding his champagne bottle without an invitation.
“Hey, we were saving that!” Grant pointed out.
“For today, I guarantee it,” The man replied, in a Scottish accent.
“And who in God’s name do you think you are…?”
“John Hammond,” The man shook Grant’s hand. “And I am delighted to finally met you in person Dr. Grant.”
Grant was struck silent. He shook Hammond’s hand, staring dumbly. The old man noticed all the sand and dust on his hand and casually blew it off. Grant and Sparkle were silent as Hammond looked around the trailer approvingly, at the enormous amount of work the bones represented.
“Mr. – Hammond?” Grant broke the silence.
“I can see my fifty thousand a year has been well spent,” Hammond smile, facing Twilight. “And you… you must be Princess Twilight Sparkle?”
“W-W-W-Wait a minute,” Twilight Sparkle sputtered, surprised. “You… know who I am? Have we met?”
“Not till today, but I am in touch with a few associates who’ve told me so much about your exploits… and your friends. But if I hadn’t seen you for myself… well, I’d say this makes today extra special.”
Suddenly, the door slapped open again as Ellie stormed in, just as pissed off as Grant.
“Okay, who’s the jerk?” Ellie asked, steamed.
“Uh, this is our paleobotanist, Dr. Ellie…” Grant stammered.
“Sattler…” Ellie paused.
“Dr. Sattler. Ellie, this is Mr. Hammond… John Hammond.”
“Did I say jerk?” Ellie smiled sheepishly.
“Well, I’m to assume he’s responsible for disrupting that fascinating dig site,” Twilight pointed out. “No offense, Mr. Hammond sir.”
“I’m sorry for the dramatic entrance, but I’m in a hurry,” Hammond replied casually. “Will you have a wee bit of a drink now and then?”
“I’m not really much of a drinker,” Twilight admitted. “But I’m all for conversation; I do have lots of questions.”
Hammond began to walk into the kitchen, making himself at home. Ellie followed him trying to help, as Twilight helped Grant settle behind the table hearing him mutter ‘Hammond… Hammond…’. From what Twilight could see of this mysterious man, she noticed he walked with a slight limp and used a cane – either for balance or style, difficult to say or imagine.
“Come along then, we don’t want it to get warm,” Hammond rambled. “Come along, sit down! Sit down! I’ll just get a glass or two it’s a – No, no, no, no! I can manage it; I know my way around a kitchen.”
Ellie goes around towards Grant and Twilight. She grabs a bottle of water nearby. The three looked toward each other, really aback by this guy’s bravado, and sat down. Hammond dried the glasses that were used to hold several stones.
“Pardon me for interrupting Mr. Hammond,” Twilight spoke up. “But what are you doing here anyway?”
“Well now, I’ll get right to the point,” Hammond answered, facing the scientists. “I like you. Both of you. I can tell instantly with people; it’s a gift.
“I own an island. Off the coast of Costa Rica. I leased it from the government and spent the last five years setting up a kind of biological preserve. Really spectacular; spared no expense! It makes the one I had in Kenya look like a petting zoo—”
“You mean like an animal sanctuary that one of my friends run at home?” Twilight guessed.
“Miss Fluttershy? Well… almost,” Hammond grinned. “But there’s no doubt that sooner or later our attractions will drive the kids out of their minds.”
“And what are those?” Grant questioned.
“Small versions of adults, honey,” Ellie joked.
Grant gave Ellie a dirty look for the cheeky comment.
“I think he’s referring to those ‘attractions’,” Twilight spoke up. “How do they cater to the kids?”
“Not just kids, Miss Sparkle – for everyone,” Hammond emphasized. “We’re going to open next year, that is if the lawyers don’t kill me first! I don’t care for lawyers, do you?”
“Well, actually uh…” Twilight pondered.
“—Don’t really know any,” Alan & Ellie answered in unison.
“Well, I’m afraid I do,” Hammond sighed. “There’s a particular pebble in my shoe, represents my investors. Says they insist on outside opinions.”
“What kind of opinions?” Ellie Sattler asked.
“Well you’re kind, not to put too fine a point on it. I mean, let’s face it, in your particular field, you’re the top minds – and if I could just persuade you to sign off on the park – you know, maybe pan a wee testimonial – I could get back on schedule – schedule.”yh C
“Why would they care what we think?” Ellie questioned.
“What kind of park is it?” Grant added.
“Well, it’s right up your alley,” Hammond smiled, facing Twilight. “And you, being clever and all, have had your own share in your studies… am I right?”
While Hammond was handing Grant and Ellie their drinks, Twilight Sparkle looked around the trailer to determine what the old man was referring to. She had a guess what he was referring to but wasn’t quite sure.
“Well… there was this one incident at a museum when my friends and I visited a town called Coolsville,” Twilight admitted.
“And you would say it was a living attraction?” Hammond hinted.
“… not exactly…”
“Mm-hmm… I tell you what, why don’t the pair of you come on down for the weekend? I’d love to have the opinion of a paleobotanist as well! And you Miss Sparkle, I trust you didn’t come alone. I would be honored to have you and your friends come along to serve as a ‘test audience’ for my park.”
“Well, we would love to come if I can talk with my friends about it,” Twilight replied. “But I don’t know if that helicopter will fit everyone. I mean, we wouldn’t take up too much room and some of us can fly on our own, but…”
“Oh, no need to fret yourself, my dear,” Hammond smiled. “I’ll have suitable travel arrangements to compensate for your friends. I’ve got some jets standing by at Choteau.”
“No, I’m sorry, that wouldn’t be possible,” Grant shook his head. “We’ve just discovered a new skeleton, and –”
“I could compensate you by fully funding your dig,” Hammond offered, pouring himself a drink.
“And this is a very unusual time—” Grant pointed out.
“The timing is—” Ellie added.
“… for a further three years,” Hammond concluded.
Twilight Sparkle turned toward Grant and Sattler who were clearly taken aback by this offer. Three years of funding to support their dig was the biggest offer they’ve been granted, and this would benefit the work not just for themselves but for the scientific community. As for Twilight Sparkle, she was still curious as to how Hammond already knew about her and her friends and not once seemed nervous. It was as though he had been anticipating their arrival for some time.
Could that have been the reason they were sent here in the first place? To meet Mr. Hammond and visit some park connected to their new friends in some way? Twilight felt there was something else going on, but still… this does sound like a hard opportunity to pass up. At least it would give the group something to do for the weekend: Seeing the attractions, all the arrangements made, and not having to worry about villains for a while. If anything, they could use a relaxing vacation.
“Where’s the plane?” Twilight asked.
“Why don’t you bring the rest of your friends over?” Hammond suggested, smiling. “And all will be explained in due time.”
“Yes sir!”
Twilight Sparkle proceeded to race out of the trailer, as the three humans cheered the prospect of this trip. Grant and Sattler were so excited for this offer, they couldn’t help but hug each other like giddy school kids. All the while, Hammond looked on approvingly as he slowly sipped his cup as if knowing this would be the start of a very productive venture.
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Raptors were very aware of this when they were naming themselves
Yeah, this is gonna be a common thing for Spike. Being mistake for a lizard
Discord: (0:00–0:07) “Winter wrap-up. Winter wrap-OOH! Oh ho ho ho!” (To Mr. E) “Now, Mr. E. You know you’re supposed to give us the heads up, before you post another chapter! In case you haven’t noticed, I was in a very invigorating shower.”
Wow, strange way to meet. Then again, it's almost like their other encounters, so I'm not complaining. Although....how did he know Twilight and the others?
They say you can meet some interesting folk around dig sites. They really take pride in their work unearthing the hidden wonders of the world and exploring their history. For the group this will definitely be an educational experience. But then comes a visit from a man not only with a big offer for the scientists, but claims to be familiar with Twilight and her friends. They are definitely going to have questions on the way to and when they get to the island.
Now it’s a just a matter of finding a craft that can fill in a big group like the equestrians.
It's really amazing how much we can from dinosaurs by looking at fossils that they left. To think that millions of years of evolution, dinosaurs would become birds. However comparing the Velociraptors from the movie and the books, they look completely different as they are more bird like.
So the Equestrians and encountered the humans arrived in their regular forms this time. Interesting.
Well done. They've met their first human friends, and are learning quite a lot at the dig site.
Somewhere in Ponyville
Wouldn’t you know it? A whole troop of Flying Monkeys from the Land of Oz have been called in by Discord to make up the entire staff team of his theater.
Now that they no longer work for the Wicked Witch, they were hired by Discord, with benefits.
And right now, they’re…doing whatever this is.
Flying Monkeys: (Chanting) “One more! One more! One more! One more! One more! One more!“
One of them has gotten a whole bunch of bananas in his mouth and was struggling a little with adding one more banana into his mouth.
With one last push, he managed to shove the banana in and it came up through his nose.
The monkeys all let out excited hollers.
Meanwhile, on lookout, some Flying Monkeys noticed something.
Flying Monkey #1: (Looks through a binoculars…backward) “Hoo, hoo! I see someone coming!”
Flying Monkey #2: “Give me those!” (Looks through the binoculars and sees Regina and a whole army of Black Knights on the march) “SOUND THE ALARM!!!”
The other flying monkey takes a lobster, sticks it up a chimney and…
*CRUNCH*
(0:22)
Prince Blueblood: (Screams like an opera singer)
The prince’s screaming alerted all the other Flying Monkey troop and the Diamond Dogs that Shadowshion had called.
Discord: (Like a drill sergeant) “MEN! TO YOUR STATIONS!” (Breaks the fourth wall) “While me and my troops are in an epic battle, let’s see what our friends are doing.”
Next>>
And, that’s what I call a Red Flag already.
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I couldn’t agree more. It’s one thing meeting a new stranger; but one that knows your their name and is told from his ‘associates,’ about her and her friends is another level of creepy. Something fishy is going on and I don’t like it…
But seriously, this is a big chapter and I’m already working on some other big project(s).
Give me some time, Mr. E, and I’ll post something up soon.
What did you and Drama say the minimum time I have again?
I’m liking it already.
Mushu would be so proud.
Nice chapter
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"Dr. Seuss' Horton hears a Who!" reference 😆.
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Discord Memorial Cinema
Hitch: Is this a new location?
Me: Yep. Manos de Dios Amber Mine: Dominican Republic.
Pipp: How do you know that?
Me: Because I’ve seen this movie inside and out.
Sunny: What’s an amber mine?
Me: You will see.
Me: That’s Donald Gennaro, a lawyer. We’ll be seeing more of him later on.
Me: I bet a thousand pesos he falls. Pesos being the country’s currency.
Hitch: Well no wonder, he’s being towed to shore on a rickety raft.
Izzy: Hola, mi amigo. Como estas?
Me: I didn’t know you speak Spanish.
Izzy: (gasps) I’m speaking their language?!
Me: I guess that means my theory about human languages having Equestrian counterparts is correct.
Izzy: Hello, welcome.
Sunny: That’s cool that you can speak another language, Izzy!
Izzy: Well, I guess when it comes to it: yo soy una experta!
Me: I’m not sure how much that adds up, but it’s okay.
Sunny: 20 million?!
Hitch: That’s a hefty lawsuit alright.
Zipp: This guy’s clearly out of his comfort zone.
Phyllis: Both sides bring up important points.
Haven: A necessary bore, but very useful.
Me: Boss! Boss! We’ve found another mosquito in the same place!
Izzy: Are you sure?
Izzy: Yes, come on!
Me: Go on, show me.
Sunny: What did they find?
Zipp: Something about a mosquito? I hate those things.
Alphabittle: Ha! That was funny.
Tinny: Is that a rock?
Red: (thoughts) I did not know rocks could be yellow and shiny.
Pipp: Who’s Alan Grant?
Me: We’ll see him very shortly.
Izzy: Light. More light!
Izzy: Guys, give me some light!
Me: (with Juanito) Because Grant’s like me… he’s a digger.
Me: Oh, you’re so beautiful. You will make a lot of people happy.
Me: What you see before you is amber.
Sunny: Woah! What is amber?
Zipp: And why is there a mosquito inside?
Me: Millions of years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs, an insect, like a mosquito, would land on a tree and get stuck in the tree sap. That sap would then harden and become fossilized, buried deep underground over years of erosion.
Sunny: It was buried underground?
Me: Paleontology is a real science, which is the study of old bones, I think. Speaking of which, we now arrive in The Badlands: Near Snakewater, Montana, United States.
Me: Full dinosaur skeletons. Fossilized and preserved underground for millions of years.
Izzy: Wow~!
Pipp: Ooh, he’s quite handsome.
Zipp: Is he a scientist?
Pipp: Then he makes smart look sexy.
Zipp: Pipp!
Pipp: What?
Hitch: She looks nice.
Zipp: Wow. Is this how paleontologists dress?
Me: It was the best I could find of her Badlands outfit.
Sunny: What?
Me: Nothing.
Me: I can imagine, but don’t want to experience it.
Sunny: Why not? It’d be fun to see centuries-old creatures alive again.
Me: No, no it would not.
Me: (grinning) This outta be a fun exchange.
Me: She’s probably saying that ironically.
Me: She’s right. They have been in previous movies set in the States.
Zipp: When are they gonna notice the humans watching them?
I, for one, was laughing my head off.
Zipp: (chuckling) I’m glad someone else finds this funny.
Hitch: Spike’s not a lizard! He’s a dragon!
Sparky: (babbles in agreement)
Me: (singing) Disney~!
Hitch: Uh…
Sunny: Maybe he’s part lizard?
Zipp: What’s so funny about this is that Twilight and the others have now met someone who is scientifically intrigued by them. And they are so unprepared! (laughs)
Me: OH, MY GOD!!! (howls with laughter)
Pipp: (buries her face into her hooves)
Izzy: Uh…I-I don’t know what t-to say to that…
Me: Just give them a few hours and a jumpcut.
Sunny: Works every time.
Me: I think now’s the appropriate time to cut this in two parts, because this entire chapter’s one long continuous scene.
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We didn't specify a minimum, just so long as it gets done.
How much I missed this scene: The first encounters between humans and our heroes. Good thing there was no yelling or "grab the gun"'s scene. Although we are talking about Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler; It is normal that they are more excited than something else. Now to see how Ian Malcom reacts.
How appropriate that you met them when they were digging up a dinosaur, because that is going to be the first of many that you are going to see. And Twilight just meets the man who will make that possible: John Hammond. He expected this old man to be surprised to see Twilight, but her surprise has been taken by our princess (and all of us) by revealing that he already knows her. The first chapter and it is already causing emotion and unknown. The "how" is that Hammond knows Twilight and "who" told him about her is anyone's guess that will hopefully be revealed soon.
I imagine that Pinkie and Fluttershy will be more excited than the rest by the idea of attractions and seeing new animals. But if they believe that Spooky Island was terrifying, they are in for a big surprise: the nature of this natural park isn't of this time.
Nice point mention Petunia Paleo. I remember that episode (it was the one in which Gabby makes her debut in the series); and the reference to Mushu never gets old.
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Me: I just love it when “scientists” dress in the most un-sciency outfits you can find.
Zipp: It’s kinda funny that way.
Izzy: Why is your Sparkle so happy, Plymouth?
Me: Because Daring Do’s in a Spielberg movie. Enough said.
Me: So I was close. Makes sense that the Doc would know.
Izzy: So is Doc an actual doctor?
Me: No, Phantom’s not a doctor. I don’t know where that came from.
Me: Well, blow me over! Dinosaurs roamed the lands of Prehistoric Equestria too!
Sunny: That’s so cool!
Izzy: (gasps) Sunny, you know what that means? That means there are bones of dinosaurs buried probably in the same spots where we all live!
Me: That’s so amazing.
Sunny: So much new information!
Zipp: I’m liking these guys already!
Sunny: Me too!
Sprout: Is the sciency stuff really needed?
Me: Absolutely. No question.
Hitch: They are a bit difficult at first, not so much when you get used to them.
Zipp: Here comes the geek squad.
Pipp: Says the detective with the fancy high-tech.
Zipp: You’re the one with millions of followers. Who’s also a geek?
Me: Just look at that beauty.
Zipp: Wow. Is that what it looked like?
Sunny: All that’s left are the bones.
Me: Straight to the point. I absolutely love every single character in this movie.
Sunny: That was loud, alright!
Pipp: This tech is so~ dated.
Me: Well, it was innovative during its time. Just wait until self-driving cars become mainstream.
Sunny: Yeah.
Me: (laughing) This is great.
Haven: This is quite humorous.
Sunny: He wrote a book? I’d like to read it.
Me: He’s right. Chickens are more closely related to dinosaurs than salamanders and chameleons.
Me: (chuckles) He’s in for it now.
Sunny: (nervous) What…what’s he talking about?
I just sat there with a stupid grin on my face.
Hitch: Is…that an actual raptor claw?
Me: And a beautiful one at that.
Pipp: I don’t like the picture he’s painting in my head!
I just chuckled.
Me: There’s a reason why dinosaurs ruled the Earth when they did. They’d eat us all alive when given the chance.
Me: (laughing) As funny as that exchange was, I never knew that ponies produced guns. Aside from unicorns, how would you even wield one?
Hitch: I, for one, don’t want to find out.
Haven: I resent that! Parenthood is a wonderful adventure!
I continued to laugh.
Izzy: Babies can walk!
Hitch: Only after a few months, or a year. I’m still grateful that I have a little son of my own! (nuzzles Sparky lovingly)
Mares: Awe!
Me: (smiles) That’s adorable.
Me: Yes. Yes they did.
Me: Of course, that was probably long before she got married.
Hitch: You know, that makes sense. She had to raise Spike from when he was a baby. So the Cakes would look for someone who had actual experience in babysitting.
Pipp: (fluttering wings) Ooh~! I love it when they kiss!
Zipp: Watch the wings, sis!
Sunny: What the?!
Izzy: It interrupted their kissing! Blasphemy!
Hitch: What is going on?!
Sunny: It’s ruining the site!
Zipp: Who’s the idiot who brought a helicopter to a dig site?!
Hitch: Is he breaking and entering?
Zipp: Does it count if they left the door unlocked.
Me: (laughs) That gets me every time.
Zipp: Okay, yeah—that’s an immediate red flag!
Hitch: I already don’t trust whoever his associates are.
Izzy: Mmhmm!
Hitch: I don’t like how he somehow knows all of their names.
Sunny: What could this mean?
Pipp: Stranger danger, that’s what.
There was a handful of laughs.
Hitch: If it were up to me, I’d shut down the project just from the incident we saw before.
Izzy: You think Hammond owns Jurassic Park?
Me: It’s not exactly a twist.
Zipp: Why’d he say it like that?
Me: Probably because of how his home region pronounced the word.
Sunny: Ooh…I remember that one.
Pipp: Yeah, the attractions weren’t exactly living, but when they came to life…(shudders)
Me: (in Hammond’s accent) “Spared no expense.”
Zipp: This guy’s suspicious up the wazoo.
Izzy: Now that’s an offer they can’t refuse.
Me: This is gonna be an adventure unlike anything any of them have ever seen before.
Zipp: I have an idea that one of the Legion’s influencing Hammond in one way or another here.
Me: There is certainly an element of corporate espionage in this movie.
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lol i totally got the Mulan reference, its the start of another historic adventure, curious to how Hammond knows Twilight and the gang, awesome job Lord E and Drama XD
Thanks for using some of my Quote Suggestions, Lord Enigma!
But until I get the next commentary up, this is just in.
We have...
NEW EXTRA CUT GUEST-STAR(S) APPROACHING!!!
I wonder who they could be? 👀
Uncle Chan: "One more thing!"
Announcer: "Announcing, the arrival of the long-lost changeling princess, the runaway daughter of Queen Chrysalis, and the lover of...of...uh..." (Discord whispers into the announcer's ears) "The very special some changeling of a Mr. Extremeenigma, Princess Atalanta!"
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Meanwhile, back at Discord's Theater
Gilda: "He's dressed almost as funny as that Phoenix Wright guy, a few years back." (Growls menacingly, remembering Turnabout Storm) "He was a real pain in the rear, that day!" (Inhales and exhales a deep breath) "But at least he was doing it to save, Rainbow Dash. I'll give him that..."
Random griffon: (To Gallus) "Psst! How much is a thousand pesos? Is it rich?"
Rockhoof: "Hmmm. Look at them miners, diggin' up the earth!"
Silverstream: "I wonder what they're lookin' for?"
Smolder: "You sure it's not gold?"
Mina: (To Smolder, in alarm) "No! DON'T–"
Gold Fever: "GOLD?!" *HIC*
Mina: (To Smolder) "Aw, now you've done it..."
Gold Fever: (In a frenzy) "GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! Where?! Where?! Where?! Where?!"
Garble: "UH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! I'm not here to watching a movie about boring talk to fall asleep! Where's the gold?!" *HIC* "I wanna know about that?! WHERE'S THE GOLD?!" *HIC* (Turns to his fellow gold fevers) "My gold!" *HIC*
Trixie: (Gives Garble the stink eye) "Your gold?" *HIC* "Me precious!"
Gilda: "THAT HATTER GIRL HAS MY GOLDEN BELT WITH MY NAME ON IT!!"
The griffon, unicorn, and dragon shoot imaginary lightning between their eyes.
Starlight Glimmer: (Puts a hoof over her forehead) "Oh, Mother Faust. Give me strength..."
Sunburst: "At least Sunset Shimmer is more behaved than these three children..."
Smolder: (Agrees with Sunburst) "Oy, tell me about it."
Norberta: "Mmmm-hmmm."
Scootaloo: "I'm no detective, but I'm thinking they're talking about...that creature in the cage we just saw earlier...and that poor guy who became it's dinner..."
Sweetie Belle: (To Scootaloo) "I think so too!"
Apple Bloom: (To Scootaloo) "Eeyup!"
Diamond Tiara: (To the CMCs) "Yeah. Whenever there's an animal attack at a zoo, or a park, that's a red flag for a lawsuit on safety concerns."
Silver Spoon: (Agrees with Diamond Tiara) "Yup."
Babs Seed: "I remember nearly being attacked by a manticore at the Manehattan Zoo! The thing reaches its paw through its cage and almost got me, if my sister hadn't saved me! She took it up with the zoo official and she made sure they never hear the end of it, until next Summer Solstice!"
Diamond Tiara: "He's not wrong..."
Gilda: "What's he saying? Did he discover gold?" *HIC*
*Crickets chirping SFX*
Gilda: "...Mosquito? Really? That's what all the fuss was about?"
Garble: "A bug?"
Sandbar: (To Gilda and Garble) "Actually, mosquitos aren't something to joke about. Those things suck all the blood out of you and they can carry disease from one creature to another!"
Gilda: (To Sandbar) "Boooorrrrriiiiiiiiiingg..."
Gabby: (To Gilda) "Actually, hold on, Gilda! Maybe there's something even more important going with these mosquitos."
Gilda: (To Gabby) "Oh puh-lease. Next thing you're gonna say is that ladybugs purify evil butterflies and cats make dinosaurs go extinct."
Flurry Heart: "What is it? What is it?"
Shining Armor: (To Flurry Heart) "Calm down, sweetie."
Joining Flurry Heart, Lil'Cheese, Gemstone, and Big Sugar all watched with anxious excitement to what was about to be revealed.
Garble, Gilda, Trixie, and their fellow Gold Fevers all have the same greedy dollar sign in their eyes.
*Cha-CHING SFX*
Trixie: "THEY STRUCK GOOOOLDDDD!!!!" *HIC*
Starlight Glimmer: (To Trixie) "Actually, that's–OOOF!!!"
Before Starlight could finish, however, Trixie was already picking her up and using her like a machine gun, making a beeline for the Magic TV.
Trixie: "OUT OF THE WAY! THAT GOLD IS MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!!!"
And once again, Trixie and her fellow Gold Fevers all got back in another fight for gold.
Mine, Mine, Mine
Smolder: (To the Gold Fevers) "WILL YOU JUST SHUT UUUUUUP?!!!!" (Takes out her wand) "Immobulus!" (Freezes the Gold Fevers on the spot) "You rats with wings!?"
Smolders sits back down in her seat.
Garble: (Speaks frozen) "Smolder, unfreeze me."
But instead, naughty Norberta simply walked over, grabbed her adoptive uncle's claws, and sticks it into his nose. Then, Norberta walks back and jumps into her mother's lap.
Smolder: (Cuddles Norberta's head) "That's my girl~"
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*Proceeds to fix the error I made in the commentary box*
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Applejack: They really betting on him falling?
Arctic: Yes, yes they were.
Sci-Twi: They could’ve at least get a better transportation for him. (She mentioned)
The Rainbooms and Jumiper: 20 million?! (they said in shocked)
Sonata Dusk: Wow, that’s a lot of money.
Arctic: Oh yeah, lawsuits can be like that. Especially, when it comes to things like Fraud or copyright.
Fluttershy: I-I don’t think he is ok.
Arctic: Can’t blame him. If I had to walk through, something like that I’ll be a bit unease too.
The Rainbooms, Juniper, Arctic and Sonata wince a bit from this.
Pinkie Pie: Ooo~ that’s gonna leave a mark
Applejack & Arctic: Eeyup (they said in unison)
Sonata Dusk: Oo~! That’s a pretty rock.
Arctic: That Sonata, would be Amber
Sonata Dusk: What’s Amber? (She asked curiously)
Sci-Twi: Fossilize tree sap that’s hardened. Normally, found underground.
Arctic: Yeah, some even use Amber for jewelry.
Rarity: Well, I can see why. Look how beautiful it is.
Arctic: Plus, depending on the Amber one would find, it could range a different amount of money if you say it?
Sonata Dusk: For realizes? It can be sold for money? (She asked)
Arctic: Yeah, it can ranged up to about 40 thousand if I recall right.
Sonata Dusk: Wow, that is a lot. (She said amazed)
Juniper: They, seem really happy about this.
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, but who is this Alan Grant guy?
Arctic: Oh, you’re about to see him soon enough. (He said towards her)
Arctic: I present to you all, Dr. Grant. Aka Alan
Rarity: I must say, he doesn’t look so bad.
Applejack: Have to agree, he looks mighty nice.
Arctic: and finally, meet Dr. Sattler aka Ellie.
Rarity: my word, such a beautiful woman.
Fluttershy: s-she looks like a nice person too.
Rainbow Dash: Not gonna lie, it would be awesome to see something like that in the flesh.
Arctic: Yeah, I don’t think so. While there are ones that are non-dangerous, there are others that can be dangerous.
Sci-Twi; I have to agree, back then there are dangerous creatures that you wouldn’t come across.
Rainbow Dash: I’m sure it won’t, be that bad. We faced worst.
Juniper: Don’t think, you’ll be saying that if you come across one yourself. (She mentioned)
Arctic: So, raise of hands if you think they’re going to freak out.
The Rainbooms and Juniper raised their hands. Sonata looked over and tilted her head.
Sonata Dusk: What do you mean, by freak out?
Juniper: Well, you see anytime they go into a new world and in their pony forms.. the reactions of some people are..well.(she begins to say)
Pinkie Pie: They get really spooked and think they’re going crazy. (She said)
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, pretty much that.
Sonata Dusk: For realizes?
Arctic: For realizes. (He confirmed to her)
Rainbow Dash: (stares at Daring Do) Hey… that one pony looks familiar for some reason
Sci-Twi: Now that you mention it.. she kinda does.
Arctic: I would consider, you both would. Considering she’s..(he begins to say)
Rainbow Dash: Wait… Daring? As in Daring Do?! (She Exclaimed)
Sci-Twi: They have Daring Do in their world too?! (She also exclaimed)
Arctic: (he chuckled a bit) Yeah, that would be Daring Do. (He said and looked over towards Sci-Twi and Rainbow Dash) And, if you’re anything like the Princess and Equestria Rainbow. You both are big fans too.
Rainbow Dash: You kidding?! I’m a HUGE fan! (She said with a big grin) ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! (She said happily) This just got more awesome!
Sonata Dusk: Wow, she must really like her. (She asked)
Applejack: You have, no idea Sugar cube (she said to Sonata)
There was some small giggles seeing the way Ellie was acting around the Princess Twilight and her friends.
Juniper: Well, that is something different (she said in between giggles)
Fluttershy: S-She’s not wrong, they’re really cute.
Arctic: Just give it a moment…(he brought up)
Arctic: There it is.
Pinkie Pie: Poor Spike, being mistaken for a lizard and not a dragon.
The Rainbooms, Juniper and Sonata turned red from this.
Fluttershy: o-Oh my..(she said as the shy girl covered her face a bit)
Applejack: (covers her face with her hat a little bit)
Juniper: In for a long story. (She said looking a bit red still)
Sci-Twi: (would nod her head also looking red)
Sonata Dusk: At least, they’re well acquainted now.
Arctic: Yeah, always nice to be on good terms after they explained everything.
Arctic: True, but that what makes Pinkie, well Pinkie. Happy to meet new people and make new friends. (He said looking over) Isn’t that right Pinkie?
Pinkie Pie: Most definitely true Acey! (She said with a happy grin as her friends also chuckled and smiled at this)
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Getting late and feeling myself getting tired everyone. So, rest of the commentary will be out tomorrow, once I get off from work.
Elroy: Yo guys! What's up! I'm enjoying the movie so far!
I'm halfway done.
But until then, pleasure enjoy this classic song.
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Petunia Paleo: "Ooh! A fossil!! My kind of cup of tea!"
Maddie Hatter: (Pops up next to Petunia) "Did somebody say TEA?! Oops!"
The Gold Fevers immediately spotted Maddie Hatter and were struggling to catch her. Unfortunately, for them, they're still petrified by Smolder's Immobulus charm.
Cheese Sandwich: (Singing) Spooky scary skeletons
Send shivers down your spines
Petunia Paleo: (To Cheese Sandwich) "Ah, but not just any skeletons, mind you, Mr. Sandwich. Dinosaur fossils! These old bones tell us the stories about the creatures that used to exist, long before we did!"
Lil'Cheese: (To Petunia Paleo) "How can they tell us, exactly? Can the bones talk?"
Petunia Paleo: (To Lil' Cheese) "Not exactly. But we can figure out, based on their structure, like which animal was a meat eater, or which was a vegetarian."
Luster Dawn: (To Petunia Paleo) "Astonishing!"
Moondancer: (To Petunia Paleo) "Wow, I gotta hoof it to you, kid! You know your paleontology!"
Silver Shill: "I could really use Mr. Phantom-Dragon's expertise on these human characters about now..."
Flurry Heart: "Been there before..." (Everyone looked at her in confusion) "The pterodactyl ghost from Uncle Scooby-Doo's world? He's technically a dinosaur, isn't he?"
Mudbriar: "Technically, a pterodactyl is referred to as a pterosaur. Not a dinosaur."
Big Mac: "Eeyup."
Capper Dapperpaw: "Now that's what I call a grand entrance."
Big Mac: "Eeyup!"
Capper Dapperpaw: "...But the landing still needs some work."
Maddie Hatter: (To Mr. E) "You think?"
Rain Shine: "What a coincidence! My husband is from the United States of America."
Autumn Blaze: "The Land of the Free and Liberty Kids!" (Singing) "Looking at life through my own eyes~"
Mina: (Perks up) "Hey! You know what I think? If our friends are there, then maybe Doc and Krystal are there too! And who knows? Maybe the TV dropped them off somewhere close to home! DOC'S HOME!"
Silver Shill: "Maybe, but don't forget. There's a possibility that this world may be an alternate world to the one Doc came from."
Starlight Glimmer: "Someone like Sunset Shimmer?" (Remembers) "Oh! Wait...she's in another Galaxy far, far away. Right..."
Capper Dapperpaws: "Well I'll be darn! That must be one of the few times where they arrived in another world and nobody freaks out upon first meeting!"
Big Mac: "Eeyup!"
Marble Pie: "Mmmm-hmmm!"
Capper Dapperpaws: "...Well, it was good while it lasted..."
Ember: "DRAGON! WE! ARE! DRAGONS!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO–Ugh, forget about it..."
Gabby couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Gabby: (Laughs herself to tears) "No! That's not it at all! Believe me, I've tried getting a cutie mark and that's not how it works..."
French Narrator: "Several Hours Later"
Maddie Hatter: "Oh! What's up, Docs?"
Cheese Sandwich: "Say! From one doctor to another, do you know our friend, Dr. Phantom-Dragon? He's not really a doctor, but he is a talented doctor of fun!"
Discord: "And spoiler alert! She will soon be Luster Dawn's master, and will later be killed by Opaline!"
Mr. E and Drama: "DISCORD!!!"
Mr. E reaches into his computer, breaks the fourth wall, grabs Discord by the neck, and proceeds to trounce him, repeatedly.
Mudbriar: "Technically, the fact that you’ve made that confession on live TV, everybody now knows it.”
…Awkward.
Carrot Tops: "Plus, Derpy's boyfriend and a time traveler."
Derpy simply blushes in response, while holding her daughter, Dinky close.
Petunia Paleo and Moondancer: "Paleontologists!"
Petunia Paleo: "Yup!"
Petunia Paleo: (Rubs her hooves together) "Ooh! Sounds like paradise for me!"
Maddie Hatter: "I do! It was a pleasant Sunday morning, on my last trip to Paris, France, where I had a run in with a little old man, and this mischievous little black cheshire cat, I believe. I believe he had something to do with the dinosaurs untimely demise...and dragons."
Mina: (Her eyes bulged out at Maddie) "...What?"
Discord: "...Uh... Can somebody run that by me again? But explain it to me, like I'm Sunset Shimmer..." (Snaps his fingers and briefly turns his face into Sunset Shimmer's...with Sith eyes...wearing a dunce cap)
Audience: "Ooooh!"
Ember: "A whole pack of killing machines? Sounds like my kind of guys."
Dr. Caballeron: "Hmph! Show off..."
...My computer is gonna pretend they didn't say that...
Petunia Paleo: "Aw, I wanna be apart of that expedition!"
Mrs. Paleo: "Now, sweetie, you're already schedule for an internship program with Professor Fossils at a dig site, in Somnambula.
Mr. Paleo: "Isn't that just as wonderful?"
Petunia Paleo: "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Dr. Caballeron: "Hmmm. That's not a bad idea actually..."
"Dun dun duuuuuuuuuun" – Rainbow Dash
Uh...you mean, "threw", right?
Petunia Paleo: "Wow, if that actually works then...that just makes fossil finding a whole lot easier!"
Audience: "Ooh!"
Mr. Paleo: "So long as it doesn't put our daughter out of the job..."
Discord: (Grins trollishly) "I guess computers have a strict look, but don't touch policy."
Even the audience all laughed along with the joke.
Tempest Shadow: "Ouch."
Moondancer: "Well, I'd like to give his book a read, if he has a copy!"
Luster Dawn: "Make that two!"
Minuette: "Me three!"
Gabby: "So...does that mean, us griffons have dinosaur ancestors?" (Immediately gets starry eyed) "'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE SO COOOOOLLL!!!!"
Even when they're frozen, the Gold Fevers got a good laugh out of that as well.
Gilda: (Still frozen) "Them's fightin' words, kid!"
Tempest Shadow: (Whistles) "Wow! He knows his dinosaurs. Hunters, I should say."
Grubber: "...mother."
Grampa Gruff: "Yeah, that's right kid! Run home and cry to your mummy!"
Gabby: (To Grampa) "Grampa! He's just a kid! He didn't know any better and...it's kinda harsh with the way Dr. Alan Grant lectured to him..."
Grampa Gruff: (To Gabby) "Aw, well...TOUGH TAILFEATHERS! THAT'S LIFE KID! Ya want the truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!"
Dr. Caballeron: "She's lucky we could even afford guns! Lousy cheap toy plastic Nerf models..."
Biff: "Sorry, Dr. C! But they made them look so convincing!"
Quibble Pants: "Me too! Though...she could've been a little less detailed to make them sound more convincing..."
Apple Bloom: (Grumbling) "I'll say. Even a cheapskate, like Mr. Krabs, is a loving a father!"
Scootaloo: "Still don't know how a crab could become a father to a whale, like Pearl."
This is the part where Erik agrees.
Cheese Sandwich: "And I'm proud to be a father!"
Cheese Sandwich: "...Touché."
Erik agrees with Cheese Sandwich.
Sounds like a question to me. And what do questions need at the end "?" 👈
Audience: "Hmmmmmm."
Skeksil: "Hmmmmm."
Everyone all turned to look at Storm Shield, wondering if the Jedi Grandmaster put any idea in Twilight's head.
Scootaloo: (Bored) "Oh boy..."
Apple Bloom: (Bored) "Here we go again..."
The poor petrified Gold Fevers were all screaming in agony as they were forced to witness the whole make out.
Gilda: (Petrified screaming) "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! SOMEBODY TURN ME AROUND! TURN ME AROUND!!!""
Discord: "Ooh! Fancy!"
Cheese Sandwich: "AUNTIE EM! IT'S A TWISTER!!!"
Discord: "No, no! Please do!"
Sweetie Belle: "Hammond?"
Scootaloo: "As in the person that the lawyer from the previous scene was supposed to be meeting, regarding the...incidence?"
Sonata Gloom: "Someone's certainly been paying attention to details."
The fillies turned around and looked to see, none other than Sonata Gloom – the former unicorn con-artist who reformed and became a lawyer, like Phoenix Wright. Not the siren, big difference.
Scootaloo: "SONATA!"
Sweetie Belle: "Long time no see! What are you doing here?"
Sonata Gloom: "Well, even a lawyer, such as myself needed some time off, once in awhile. And I've read a lot of reviews about this theater of that klutzy draconequus..."
Discord: (To Sonata) "HEY! I heard that!"
Audience: "WHAT?!"
Random Dude: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, SAY WHAT?!"
Scootaloo: "That guy knew Twilight?! HOW?!"
Princess Luna: "Hmmm....This is the League of Assassins all over again..."
Princess Celestia: "Which means that there's a connection between this man and them as well!"
Big Mac: "Eeyup."
Capper Dapperpaws: "Right off your cuff."
Sassy Saddles: "Now that's just uncalled for..."
Apple Bloom: "She does know a good lawyer, or three. Mr. Phoenix Wright, Athena Cykes, and Apollo Justice!"
Sweetie Belle: "Yeah! And Trucy Wright's not bad either!"
Starlight Glimmer: "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Luster Dawn: "I don't need the Force to tell me that."
Moon Dancer: "Ditto."
Shining Armor: "It was a living nightmare! Nuff said!"
Princess Cadence: (To Shining Armor) "Now, Shining. It wasn't entirely all that bad. I mean...if it weren't for our daughter, Spike, and Scrappy-Doo, we'd all be dead."
Tempest Shadow: (Rolls her eyes) "Oh yeah. Not like all the other past 'relaxing vacation,' that turned out to be a disaster..."
Mina: "I smell trouble...and it stinks like that man's cup..."
Rain Shine: "Oh. Wherever, Doc and Krystal are. I hope they're okay..."
Speaking of whom
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Me and Krystal had just exited out of the vortex, and we were falling towards a forest of trees. Krystal, being the athletic fox that she is, was able to twirl herself upright as she landed and bounced off the tree branches to tree branches, while I...had the misfortunate to smack a few with my face on the way down.
And I kept on screaming!
The Lego Movie – Emmett screaming for seven seconds
At least, until something bonked me on the head, knocking me out.
Me: "Oh..."
Krystal: "Doctor? Doctor!" (Her voice droning out) "Doctooooooooorrrr...."
And I started dreaming about the Animaniacs.
Animaniacs Theme Song (2020)
See? I told you I can finish this up before midnight...
NOW GOODNIGHT!!! 😴
Hey D! While she will be Luster Dawn's master, you don't even know if Opaline kill her or not. That hasn't been confirmed or mentioned in the Gen 5 franchise.
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The Rainbooms and Jumiper: 20 million?! (they said in shocked)
Sonata Dusk: Wow, that’s a lot of money.
Arctic: Oh yeah, lawsuits can be like that. Especially, when it comes to things like Fraud or copyright.
Me: Lawsuits are a bitch.
Me: Slippery in places, huh?
Me: *like Nelson* Ha ha!
Sonata Dusk: Oo~! That’s a pretty rock.
Arctic: That Sonata, would be Amber
Sonata Dusk: What’s Amber? (She asked curiously)
Sci-Twi: Fossilized tree sap that’s hardened. Normally, found underground.
Arctic: Yeah, some even use Amber for jewelry.
Rarity: Well, I can see why. Look how beautiful it is.
Arctic: Plus, depending on the Amber one would find, it could range a different amount of money if you say it?
Sonata Dusk: For realizes? It can be sold for money? (She asked)
Arctic: Yeah, it can ranged up to about 40 thousand if I recall right.
Sonata Dusk: Wow, that is a lot. (She said amazed)
Me: If I had that much money, I'd either have enough for rent for a long while or go on a nice long vacation.
Juniper: They, seem really happy about this.
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, but who is this Alan Grant guy?
Arctic: Oh, you’re about to see him soon enough. (He said towards her)
Me: Next scene!
RIP for Richard Attenborough. Actor of Hollywood movies.
David Attenborough, who does nature documentaries, will always remember him.
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Arctic: I present to you all, Dr. Grant. Aka Alan
Rarity: I must say, he doesn’t look so bad.
Applejack: Have to agree, he looks mighty nice.
Me: Both inside and out.
Arctic: and finally, meet Dr. Sattler aka Ellie.
Rarity: my word, such a beautiful woman.
Fluttershy: S-she looks like a nice person too.
Me: She is.
Rainbow Dash: Not gonna lie, it would be awesome to see something like that in the flesh.
Arctic: Yeah, I don’t think so. While there are ones that are non-dangerous, there are others that can be dangerous.
Sci-Twi; I have to agree, back then there are dangerous creatures that you wouldn’t come across.
Rainbow Dash: I’m sure it won’t, be that bad. We faced worst.
Juniper: Don’t think, you’ll be saying that if you come across one yourself. (She mentioned)
Me: I must agree with everyone here.
Arctic: So, raise of hands if you think they’re going to freak out.
The Rainbooms and Juniper raised their hands. Sonata looked over and tilted her head.
Sonata Dusk: What do you mean, by freak out?
Juniper: Well, you see anytime they go into a new world and in their pony forms.. the reactions of some people are..well.(she begins to say)
Pinkie Pie: They get really spooked and think they’re going crazy. (She said)
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, pretty much that.
Sonata Dusk: For realizes?
Arctic: For realizes. (He confirmed to her)
Me: *with Arctic in unison* For realizes.
Me: God bless America~!
Rainbow Dash: (stares at Daring Do) Hey… that one pony looks familiar for some reason.
Sci-Twi: Now that you mention it.. she kinda does.
Arctic: I would consider, you both would. Considering she’s..(he begins to say)
Rainbow Dash: Wait… Daring? As in Daring Do?! (She Exclaimed)
Sci-Twi: They have Daring Do in their world too?! (She also exclaimed)
Arctic: (he chuckled a bit) Yeah, that would be Daring Do. (He said and looked over towards Sci-Twi and Rainbow Dash) And, if you’re anything like the Princess and Equestria Rainbow. You both are big fans too.
Rainbow Dash: You kidding?! I’m a HUGE fan! (She said with a big grin) ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! (She said happily) This just got more awesome!
Sonata Dusk: Wow, she must really like her. (She asked)
Applejack: You have, no idea Sugar cube (she said to Sonata)
There was some small giggles seeing the way Ellie was acting around the Princess Twilight and her friends.
Juniper: Well, that is something different (she said in between giggles)
Fluttershy: S-She’s not wrong, they’re really cute.
Arctic: Just give it a moment…(he brought up)
Me: *points to Equestria Rarity*
Arctic: There it is.
Pinkie Pie: Poor Spike, being mistaken for a lizard and not a dragon.
Me: Hehe, Inner Disney.
The Rainbooms, Juniper and Sonata turned red from this.
Fluttershy: o-Oh my..(she said as the shy girl covered her face a bit)
Applejack: (covers her face with her hat a little bit)
Me: Giggity~!
Juniper: In for a long story. (She said looking a bit red still)
Sci-Twi: (would nod her head also looking red)
Me: *quoting the French Narrator* Several Hours Later...
Sonata Dusk: At least, they’re well acquainted now.
Arctic: Yeah, always nice to be on good terms after they explained everything.
Me: Anhow.
Arctic: True, but that what makes Pinkie, well Pinkie. Happy to meet new people and make new friends. (He said looking over) Isn’t that right Pinkie?
Pinkie Pie: Most definitely true Acey! (She said with a happy grin as her friends also chuckled and smiled at this)
Me: Never change, Pinkie.
Behind the Scenes: Writing
Universal paid Crichton a further $500,000 to adapt his own novel, which he had finished by the time Spielberg was filming Hook. Crichton noted that because the book was "fairly long" his script had about 10 to 20 percent of the novel's content; scenes were dropped for budgetary and practical reasons, and the violence was toned down.
Malia Scotch Marmo began a script rewrite in October 1991 over a five-month period, merging Ian Malcolm with Alan Grant. Spielberg wanted another writer to rework the script, so Universal president Casey Silver recommended David Koepp, co-writer of Death Becomes Her. Koepp started afresh from Marmo's draft, and used Spielberg's idea of a cartoon shown to the visitors to remove much of the exposition that fills Crichton's novel.
While Koepp tried to avoid excessive character detail "because whenever they started talking about their personal lives, you couldn't care less", he tried to flesh out the characters and make for a more colorful cast, with moments such as Malcolm flirting with Sattler leading to Grant's jealousy.
Some characterizations were changed from the novel. Hammond went from being a ruthless businessman to a kindly old man, because Spielberg identified with Hammond's obsession with showmanship. He also switched the characters of Tim and Lex; in the book, Tim is aged eleven and interested in computers, and Lex is only seven or eight and interested in sports. Spielberg did this because he wanted to work with the younger Joseph Mazzello, and it allowed him to introduce the sub-plot of Lex's adolescent crush on Grant.
Koepp changed Grant's relationship with the children, making him hostile to them initially to allow for more character development. Two scenes from the book were ultimately excised. Spielberg removed the opening sequence with Procompsognathus attacking a young child as he found it too horrific.
For budgetary reasons Koepp cut the T. rex chasing Grant and the children down a river before being tranquilized by Muldoon. Spielberg suggested adding the scene where the T. rex pursues a jeep, which at first only had the characters driving away after hearing the dinosaur's footsteps.
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Erik: " Uh, what’s Amber and why are they mining for it?"
Myself: " Oh that's right, you're from the 1800's. Amber's is a stone made from fossilized tree resin that sometimes has preserved insects in them. They are mostly used for museums but can be made into jewelry too.
Fleck: " He ain't gonna fall!"
Tubby Nugget: " Nope!"
General Supernova: " 20 million dollars!?"
Dr. Gangle: " Well, finding out you're family member died in a secret project wouldn't you want compensation too?"
General Supernova: " Uh, even as a general I hate inspections. They go on for hours!"
Fleck: " Mosquitoes are very common in Amber stones, but you can find things like frogs too."
Un the chi blocker: " Alan Grant!? The renowned Paleontologist."
Dodger: " Paleo-what now?"
Myself: " Paleontologist, is a person who studies fossilized bones. ( To Un) How do you know Doctor Grant?"
Moraik the fire bender: " When we were hired by Regina, the Benefactor granted us knowledge of the multi-verse incase we ended up somewhere hustle."
Erik: " Wow, it's beautiful!"
Fleck: " I think you know what to give Rarity as a gift later, huh?"
Erik: " Most certainly!"
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Postwar: Ugh, inspections are the worst.
Sunset Shimmer: *Looks at him with a flexed eyebrow* Seriously?
Postwar: Sorry, thinking about my last job before I joined the CA group.
Cal Kestis: I know what you mean. *Looks at human Sunset* After Order 66, I had to stay in hiding, so I took a job as a junker, taking apart ships to try and recycle them. The pay was lousy, but we got the job done.
Sunset Shimmer: I see. *ponders for a moment about Cal's situation thanks to her therapist training*
Petro: What could they want with a bunch of bugs?
Sunset Shimmer: It's the contents that the bug possesses that's important. *Gains a surprise look from the others* During my time studying as a therapist, I'm also a major in Paleontology.
Postwar: Now that's hot. *kisses Sunset, which made her blush*
Byph: So they're after the bug's blood or...?
Katochi: Or the blood that the bug had stored inside itself.
Postwar: Now you're catching on.
Zatt: But what could they need it for?
Postwar: You'll just have to wait and see.
Sunset Shimmer: I can only assume both of them are important.
Postwar: They are. Both of them are scientists that like to study bones.
Sunset Shimmer: Those two make a good couple though...given the right environment.
Postwar: *playfully* Don't tell me...you're a marriage councilor too?
Sunset Shimmer: Only part time. What can i say, I really love to help people in different goals of the field.
Sunset Shimmer: Wait...so...these are the girls that are the counterparts of the Rainbooms you told me about?
Postwar: That's right.
Sunset Shimmer: Aw, they're so adorable. Now I'm curious of what I look like as a pony.
Postwar: Oh, I'm sure you'll get that chance.
Mando: And trust me, as ponies they can be quite the handful.
Cal Kestis: They might want to recheck that slogan.
Postwar: Meh, no one said it was perfect. We gotta make due with what we have in life.
Mando: Agreed, freedom isn't easy, but they at least tried to make it work.
Postwar: *notices Sunset stifling her laughter*. What?
Sunset Shimmer: Sorry. It's just...kind of reminds me of that story about four kids that encountered their first talking animal.
Postwar: Oh yeah. *Should we also add Chronicles of Narnia?*
Ganodi: That would be their, what did you once said Postwar, their inner Geek talking?
Postwar: Wow, I'm surprised you remember that.
Sunset Shimmer: Inner geek?
Postwar: Trust me, they use that a lot in my old world.
Postwar: Uh, you do realize that you just confessed who you are in front of everyone in four different cinemas, right?
Sunset Shimmer: Even I know better than that.
Mando: Clearly she didn't think things through when Twilight and the others didn't realize that everyone was watching them the entire time.
Petro: Well it does have a lot of money involved, I mean who wouldn't want a job to study ancient life from long ago?
Postwar: I believe you know the old term, "The past stays buried for a reason".
Mando: He's right, it's the reason why the Jedi vowed never to let secrets like that surface, otherwise it would doom the Republic.
Postwar: Like the Dark Reaper.
Postwar: Accept that time you thought you were protecting the treasures when you've been stealing them from Ahuizotl.
Byph: Who's that?
Postwar: Oh, he's sort of like a Guardian for ancient treasure, to make sure that no one steals them. Daring thought he was a bad guy without even asking why he was with the treasure.
Cal Kestis: Why is it no one bothers to talk things through before doing anything else?
Postwar: You're telling me.
Sunset Shimmer: Sometimes their inner xenophobic nature kicks in.
Postwar: Sometimes it's a challenge to put up with kids.
Petro: Tell me about it, I remembered how much of a trouble maker all of us were during our early days in Jedi training.
Ganodi: Which you sometimes are. *This caused Gungi to laugh at that statement*
3PO: Oh, the man must've feel threatened, most machines help plenty of people when they tried to uncover something.
Postwar: That's because some are stubborn to accept the new things and would rather stick to the old. *R2 beeped, asking if he was speaking out of experience*. That I am little one, that I am.
Cal Kestis: This won't end well.
Sunset Shimmer: What won't?
Mando: The kid's challenging the guy's job, thinking that some things in life aren't dangerous. If they think that, then all of them are completely ignorant of what's going on around them.
Sunset Shimmer: Did he really have to scar that child, just because someone was challenging his masculinity or his job?
Postwar: Sometimes we get very defensive about our professions. *smirks* Or did you forget that time you were challenged you didn't know how to have fun and you ended up...
Sunset Shimmer: S-shut up. *blushed in embarrasment*
Sunset Shimmer: A classic case of deniability of wanting to be a parent because he's afraid he might fail to be as a father.
Cal Kestis: You really know your people, huh?
Postwar: That's why she's one of Canterlot City's best therapists.
Sunset Shimmer: She's really that bad with kids?
Postwar: Trust me, she takes Egghead to a whole new level. Heck, it's even hard for me to stay awake whenever she flaps her gums. Cause I'd prefer to hear Ganodi give a lecture, because she knows how to make things exciting and she's more fun to hang out with.
Ganodi: Aw, thank you.
Mando: A transport like that means someone important just came along.
Cal Kestis: But the question is who?
Postwar: I have a feeling all of you will find out sooner or later.
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Zatt: Someone's a huge fan.
Postwar: It's rare to meet people like that.
Postwar: Hmmm...*sends texts to Arctic and Hunter, asking to keep an eye out for anyone who might have a connection to John Hammond*
Katochi: How is it that he knows them?
Mando: Something's definitely off.
Postwar: Same here.
Sunset Shimmer: I thought I was the only one.
Sunset Shimmer: Someone is very eager.
Cal Kestis: When they want to keep their business afloat, they tend to go overboard.
Mando: Tell me about it.
Sunset Shimmer: Wow, this feels so exciting. I see why my counterpart enjoys this. I wish I could meet her.
Postwar: I have a feeling you will someday.
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Oh! We should’ve warned her about that.
There's an 'r' missing in Adventues in the title.
Okay. I got to say I love our two paleontologists gushing over the ponies, particularly Dr. Sadler Just dropping all guard in a display of "cuteness proximity" coming in.
Cool to see Doc Hammond too, but worried he may be talking to the wrong people if he knows about the ponies in advance. Also for some reason I always am curious about that zoom in shot from the movie when he says "Today, I guarantee it." for some reason.
I am also curious where Daring Do procured some shooting iron back in Equestria, then again she is an Indy expy.
Mulan reference!