Day 2; group one

[brightestlight]

They were safe. That's how much they knew - that they weren't stuck in the driving wind and rain, that even though the power flickered it looked like it would stay on. They even figured out the radio system, and for a while - a little while - they could hear the other groups, even though the sound was full of static.

That was before the power bit the big one. They'd thought that this was the chance to not be in the movie, that things were different because there wasn't Samuel L Jackson just hanging around and Dr. Ian Malcolm talking about chaos theory.

But then there's a giant clap of thunder and the power goes out, and they're all just sort of left there - the lights still on so they weren't in the dark, but it was clear they were run on a generator, everything washed out from the spotlights.

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Re: Immediate Lights-Out

[dr_lauren]

"There isn't any other way?" Lauren questions, though even as she says it she knows there's not. Leave it to a movie to make the only option on fraught with danger. "You'd think on a tropical island they'd plan for this eventuality," she adds, muttering under her breath.

Re: Immediate Lights-Out

[6seasonsandamovie]

"There isn't any other way," Abed confirms, and shrugs. "I told you this would happen." Their little stay here would have made for poor entertainment if they had simply been left to kick back in the visitor center.

"Watch out for the raptors," he tells Caroline, and moves to the cabinet with the walkies to grab one and hand it out to her. "When you reach the shed, follow the cables and the pipes. You'll find a gray box, with High Voltage written on it." And he starts quoting from the movie, as much as he can. "You can't just throw the main switch by hand, you have to pump up the primer handle to give you a charge. It's a large, flat, gray handle. Pump it until it's charged. Now, under the words 'contact position', there's a round green button that says 'push to close.' You'll have to push it. The red buttons turn on the individual park
systems. Switch them on. Take this," he adds, holding the walkie out to her. "I'll talk you through it if you need me to."

Re: Immediate Lights-Out

[brightestlight]

Caroline's brows furrowed as Abed handed her the walkie. "Right. Follow the cables and pipes." She paused, and then- "You know, I've seen Jurassic Park. I know what happens to that Samuel L Jackson guy, and- I mean. Just... be ready. Hope for the best."

She's taking a deep breath, and then she takes the walkie. "I'm really hoping that this is just going to be a reminder-" And then whatever she was going to say she didn't, because she remembered something.

There was nobody here.

And the raptors were in a pen, and that cow thing? The thing that showed you how terrifying they were?

That never happened. There were a bunch of starving raptors that were about to break out unless she got the electricity back on.

"I've gotta go." And just like that - faster than a human could move, but not a blur - how she wished for that speed right now- she was gone.

Re: Immediate Lights-Out

[6seasonsandamovie]

"Samuel L Jackson probably couldn't tear off a raptor's head with his bare hands," Abed states, a few seconds after she's gone. "At least, not in this movie."

Troy says something that involves Nick Fury and Raptors On A Plane, and Abed smiles over at him.