Near the Causeway, Friday Afternoon

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So... it was Friday afternoon, classes were done with for the week, and Jason and Peridot had plans to portal somewhere with ridiculously high cliffs to dive off of. Because Fandom had only 'moderately high places to jump off of' and that wouldn't do.

The Portalocity gnome had looked at Jason kind of strangely when he'd booked the trip earlier this week, and made sure to stress that this trip was "non-refundable, no matter what the circumstances" but that "missed portals to this particular destination could be re-booked within one month of a missed trip". Which... sure? Jason didn't think there was anything short of a full-scale invasion that'd stop him from going on this trip, but you know, whatever.

[ooc: for that one mentioned, but can also be open, though 'Dot thread is chronologically last!]

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Was Peridot excited? Heck yes Peridot was excited! She had even rigged up a little belt for herself made of strung-together tin-cans so that she could attempt some velocity control on the way down, because what good was jumping from a really, really long way up if you couldn't take advantage of it for science?

She looked pretty darn proud of it, too.

"Okay! I'm ready!"

Look how ready she was!

And how ridiculous she looked!

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Jason... was biting his lip to keep from laughing, because that enthusiasm coupled with that get-up was, frankly, adorable.

"You came prepared," he managed, fighting to keep a straight face.

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"A Peridot is always prepared," came her reply, and she even struck a little pose to go with it. "I designed it myself."

Obviously.

"Isn't it great??"

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"It's very shiny!" Jason said enthusiastically. "... How's it work?"

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"The theory behind it is really very simple," Peridot explained, her little chest puffing out proudly. "It's made of metal, correct?"

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"Correct," Jason nodded.

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"Then behold!"

She threw her arms up into the air, willing the cans to lift into the air. The intended result, of course, was a dramatic lift upward, as though she could fly.

The actual result was a very impressive faceplant into the ground, her butt up in the air, belt keeping her bottom half from joining the rest.

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And, okay, Jason couldn't actually keep himself from laughing, this time. Although at least he managed to (hopefully) cover it with a cough.

"Was that... was that the intended result?" he managed, once he trusted himself to speak again.

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"I might need to make a few small recalibrations," Peridot muttered into the ground.

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"Just a few," Jason agreed with a nod.

"Ugh," he glanced at his phone. "The portal's late, I can't beli-"

whatever else he was about to say was cut off due to a sudden case of no longer being human-shaped.

When Peridot managed to right herself, she'd find a puzzled looking bipedal lizard, maybe half a foot shorter than Peridot herself.

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Well, Peridot was now looking at the puzzled lizard in... puzzlement. And then her eyes widened and she pointed a finger at it.

"Did you just eat Jason?!"

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"Grr?" Jason the T-Rex cocked his head at Peridot. What was she talking about, anyway? He didn't eat Jason, he was Jason!

... Give him a second to figure out that he was no longer human-shaped.

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"Don't you grr at me," Peridot said, pointing a finger at him. "Spit him out, you... you scaly clod!"

Peridot, Jason wouldn't even fit in there.

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"Mrrp?"

What was she on about? Spit him out? Scaly? Jason wasn't-

hey, why was he closer to the ground?

What was wrong with his hands?

He was totally scaly. What the hell?

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Meanwhile, Peridot was going to be marching over and attempting to pry his jaws open.

As you do.

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"Arglarbl!" Jason protested, while also trying not to accidentally chomp Peridot. Sure, he knew it probably wouldn't hurt her, but chomping wasn't the way to convince someone you hadn't eaten, uh. Yourself.

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"Jaaason," Peridot yelled, more or less into the strange lizard's mouth. "Are you in there!? Scream if you are!"

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Jason tried to protest that he was fine (except for being a lizard), but it came out as more "Arglarbrl!"

He was also trying to gently push Peridot away, but given the relative size of his arms, that wasn't terribly effective.

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Peridot kind of paused at that, at least.

And slowly let go. And then took a step away to look at Jason speculatively.

"Was that a scream?"

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"Grrp!" No, it wasn't a scream, it was Jason trying to tell you he was totally fine other than being all lizard-y, Peridot!

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"You aren't making any sense at all," Peridot informed the lizard. "Stomp a foot if you understand me."

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Jason sighed. But obligingly stomped his small lizard foot.

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And now Peridot was squinting again.

"Stomp if you know where Jason went."

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The answer was nowhere! Because he was right here!

But he did know where he was, so he stomped again.

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There was a long, long pause.

And more squinting.

"So... where is he?"

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Jason... tried to point to himself, and then thought better of it lest Peridot take that as confirmation that he was... eaten. So instead he just. Raised a hand? Kind of?

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Peridot looked up.

...

And then, about ten seconds later, she looked back at him speculatively.

"Jason?"

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Yes! He nodded emphatically. He was absolutely Jason!

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"Jason, why are you a dinosaur?"

Asking the important questions, that Peridot.

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Because sometimes he drove a giant robot shaped like one, Peridot, gosh.

Jason just gave a lizard-y shrug. He had no idea.

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"Well, turn back. We're supposed to go jumping off things," Peridot demanded.

Look, it was worth a try.

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He would if he could, Peridot!

Jason just grumbled sadly; he'd been looking forward to it too, you know.

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Peridot stood there awkwardly for a few moments. And when no transformation back was forthcoming, she sighed.

"Wanna go back to the dorms and watch Camp Pining Hearts instead?"

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... You know what? Sure.

Jason nodded. If they couldn't go cliff-jumping, he supposed that was fine.

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"Great! I'll show you the episode with the canoe races! That's the one that got me hooked. I watched it for seventy-eight hours in a row when I first discovered it. Granted, that's because I had no idea there was more than one episode, but it's a really good one! And we can talk about why Percy and Pierre are objectively the best pairing in the entire camp!"

Well, Peridot could talk about it, and Jason could spend that time regretting being a dinosaur.