[IC] Rescue on LP-301a

[Kitsune]

Standing in the open cockpit Orin was reaching down the back, trying to pull something up but was having some problems. "Ah, well there should be enough space to sit on the sides of mine... Not to mention. Gah! Dammit! Yeah!" Just as Orin yelled in achievement he pulled up a tarp over his cockpit, covering the thing in shade. IT was clear they would have been heading into a hot place from the reports so some shade was ideal. "I have shade... Now if only we could get some fruit cocktails it would be perfect" He joked before sitting down and powering everything up. "Ever been to a lagoon on earth? Damn, that cost me a arm and a leg but I would go again in a heartbeat."

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal climbed up Orin's SHELL and sat on the shoulder on the left side,she kept her DMR in hand her feet dug into a handle to keep her on the vehicle as they moved.She looked around again staying rather attentive to possible threats she didn't see any and thought it was odd,but she was sure if anything was here it would be here soon enough with the arrival of the ship and two SHELLs.She then awaited the start to their journey looking over at Orin as he was cursing at the strap he was trying to pull up and she couldn't help but to giggle a bit under her helmet her mic was off so no one would hear her girly sounding giggle as she stopped she would look at him "need any help with that?" No sooner then she said it he got the tarp up and she shrugged "guess not then" she tapped her fingers on her DMR and waited.

[Enso]

It hadn't even been ten minutes since they landed and they had already attracted some attention. On the top of a dune to the south stood a shadow, it rose from all fours onto its hind legs to get a better view of the large bird that had landed in the desert and the strange walking creatures it had given birth to. Jean pointed to it and said "Look, we have an audience," as he said it the lizard dog dropped back down onto all fours and began making its way down the dune, closer to them. It circled around them slowly and tasted the air as they made their preparations, being sure to keep its distance so it didn't provoke this giant bird and its young..

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal looked out at the lizard dog in the distance her DMR in her hands she had her finger near the trigger of her rifle and watched it carefully "we should be careful with it we don't know how these things are..." She spoke through the mic in her helmet transmitting to the others."I say we minimize risk and take it out now...but silently we don't know if there is more of these things nearby and the last thing we want is to get swarmed they look fast as well..."

[Kitsune]

Orin just watched the being that had shown up over the dunes, his arms crossed as he tried to figure out what it looked like, only to hold up his hand as Crystal suggested they just take it out. "Good point... Or it could be a baby of a MUCH larger animal, ever thing of that? Just leave it, if this worlds animals act anything like ours they won't go attacking something clearly stronger than them." To be honest he kind of wanted to get closer, but he didn't know if these things had poison or any other type of deadly ways of killing. "What about the reports on this place? Did they mention anything about fido here?" He asked that to everyone to see if they knew.

[Enso]

Jean held out his hand to stop Crystal. "Don't shoot. The intel from the colonists said that these things aren't aggressive unless they're threatened, it'll keep its distance unless its hungry, but if we shoot it and there are more on the other side of that dune they'll come for us." He put his hand down and watched the reptile on the dune for a moment before deciding the thing probably wasn't hungry. "Come on," he said and turned his SHELL toward the east, beginning the long walk that would take them to the colony.

The lizard dog on the dune watched as the group began to move away from their ship and walked along the dunes, keeping them in sight but staying far enough that they wouldn't be able to kill it. It was hungry and these things were leaving their mother, they were good prey.

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal didn't like the feeling of leaving the beast alive but they made a valid point and she accepted it leaning on the SHELL she was sat on the right outside ledge.She looked around across the dry sandy expansive desert and rolled her shoulders under her armor, Big ass desert....well gotta start some place." She said to pretty much everyone to throw their two cents in about it.She kept her eyes peeled on the horizon and her line of sight it would be easy to spot threats in such a bare place that was one good thing,but it was also a curse for them and the large SHELLs.But surely the native animals wouldn't come near such machines,regardless she was ready to fight of course if need be,she some what hoped she would get to fight at some point missions got dull with out a bit of adriniline going.

[Kitsune]

"Heh, cute little thing if you think about it. I ent seen many animals, being from titian and all, but still." Shifting his weight with the controls of his SHELL the large machine started to move, following their leaders SHELL across the desert, of course not before telling the ship to go on lock down and for the others to get on his ride as well, couldn't leave anyone behind after all. "Well at least we have a direction to go. I would not want to be searching this place from top to bottom after these people" He answered Crystal, a little cold sure but really they wouldn't have a chance of finding them without direction and was likely the only reason why they were even here.

[Enso]

Jean kept an eye out for any shadows in the distance as the two SHELLs and their passengers made their way toward the east. He caught a flicker of shadow out of the corner of his eye but when he looked there was nothing there. "Guys, don't panic or anything but I think we're being followed. Keep going and keep your eyes peeled for any movement." Jean said as he looked around and saw something peek over one of the dunes before ducking back down and, he assumed, continued its walk along beside them. "Yeah, they're over there." He said and pointed to where he saw the shadow. "I can't be sure, but I think that lizard dog from earlier is following us and trying to keep out of sight. Either that or some colonists spotted us and aren't sure who we are."

[Shoryu]

[sorry once more for my now very extended absence DX Hopefully I can make up for it =D]

The heat didn't really hit Solas as hard as one might expect, given that a lot of engineering jobs go on inside of heavy machinery that puts out a shit-ton of heat it might as well be just another day on the job... granted, the transition between climates was pretty extreme. He was quick to climb up and hold onto Jean's SHELL, though it seemed to have considerably less space for 'gabbing on' it wasn't too difficult to afix his grappling hook on the back-side while it was still and use this to hold himself safely ontop of it.

He'd been quiet for most of the preparation, though as conversation turned to this 'critter' that was observing them from a distance, he finally threw in his 2 cents "Did'n tha intel also say theh could be Domesticated? Maybeh it's hungry an weh could ge'it tah be friendleh...-ish, bah feed'n it. Ah can't say ah know much aboot 'the animal kingdom', but If nothin else it maht react ta a more dangerous creature comin up, use that whole creepeh 'nature critters can sense things we can't' think that animals do, ya know? who knows, if it's followin us, maybe 'hungry' is all it is, try'n feed'n it could be the diff'nce tween it ambushin one of us later, and... somethin better... like bein our mascot or sumthin! always wanted some kinda weird alien critter as a pet, hahah."

[Kitsune]

Orin laughed at Solas' comment "You are free to try if you want, but if you feed it and it is alone we will never get rid of the thing. I don't think our solar system prohibits bringing them back too..." He seemed to stare ahead for a moment before looking to Jean's SHELL ~"Do you think we could do it? 'Research' and all that" He really wanted to try it, discovering new things was his goal after all and finding out if this thing could be treated like a wild dog was just another step towards that goal!

[Rock Killjoy]

Crystal shook her head at the plan to make the wild creature a pet. "I don't like that plan because when one of you gets one of your limbs torn off I'll have to listen to you cry and whine while I reattach it" she shifted her DMR in her hands,she kept her eyes peeled for movements having noticed the lizard dogs following them as a possible threat and little else.

[Enso]

Jean laughed and smiled. "I would love to have an alien for a pet, but unfortunately I think Crystal is right," Jean said and looked at her, "If the thing is hungry, not curious, then if we get too close it might try and kill us. Sure we have guns but according to the colonists' report even the quickest SHELL is too slow for one of them. It would kill at least one of us before we could kill it." Jean saw the head peek over the dune again and paused. "I saw it again, if you guys are interested we could head over there and check it out. Could be fun."

[Kitsune]

Orin nodded, he was up for a little detour away from their goal. "If we do then I suggest we try offering it food. If it is hungry the best way to calm it would be to feed it right?" Well ti would work on him anyway, or they would try and raid them all for the food, depending on what its attitude was like... "Ah, forgot. We only have that dried and paste stuff right?" After all they had to live in space for a good damn while...