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Serenity Cove- Saturday

It was warm. Uncomfortably so, at least in Connor's mind. Rex on the other hand was use to is seeing as he was from the Cretaceous and warm climates were the norm. That meant that while Connor would have been content to stay inside and turn the thermostat down a little bit, a certain small green dragon thought it was the perfect weather to go out and explore.

And so there they were, making their way long the beach down from the apartments. Connor couldn't be too annoyed really. There was a nice breeze and walking along barefoot in the water felt nice. And Rex of course was entertaining as he flew around doing impressive loops and dives. Now and then he would even investigate the water along the shore though it was apartment he was dragon meant for flying not swimming.

"Give yourself some time mate" Connor said as Rex gave an annoying chirp at the waves pushing up on the sand. "Don't think ya would have spent much time near the ocean back home after all. It's not bad at all once ya get used to it!"

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Well, where there was a beach, there wasn't usually a Sidon too far away, especially during the summer months, which were prime ocean exploration months! And, of course, racing around the island was always good training, his leaps over the causeway had gotten exceptionally good. And, always with an eye on the shore for any sign of anyone else out enjoying the day, he spotted someone there on the cove and figured now was a good time to take a nice break for a bit of socialization!

Which meant please to not mind the rather large red creature in the water gunning it toward the shore, pulling himself out of the water with a mighty leap and a spectacular (if he did say so himself!) flip in the air to land him in a perfect crouch on the beach. A moment to get his bearings before he pulling himself up to his full height and flashed a toothy grin down at Connor with a triumphant, "Lovely day for a swim, now, isn't it?"

Connor had had large somewhat frightening looking things coming up out of the water at him before... Hesperornis, Megaldons, Crocadillians.... so Connor's first reaction was to start backing up and to get ready to run. But when the giant shark??? jumped out of the water and then started to talk to him, while standing upright Connor just kinda stood there, mouth open as Rex landed on his shoulder and looked up, up, and up at Sidon and gave a curious little chirp.

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Oh, it had been a while since Sidon managed to garner a reaction like that, and he had to admit, it felt good to know he still had it in him (still, he said, as if he wasn't even but a fraction of what might be his final size!), and he couldn't help but chuckle a little.

"My apologies," he offered, a hand now to his chest as he bowed a little in deference, "for just dropping in on you like that, but I do love a rather...dramatic entrance! I don't believe we have met, have we? Allow me, then," there was a new particularly bright spark in his eyes now, "to introduce myself! I am Sidon!" And, as always, he pumped a fist across his chest and gave a smile that caught just right in the light. "The Zora Prince! And who might you be?"

Hoping, of course, some of the shock would have worn off enough to respond!

There was still a moment or two of trying to get his brain started back up but Connor finally found his voice once again.

"I'm Connor" he said finally. "And this is Rex" he said with a nod towards the dragon that seemed more interested than frightened despite the sheer size difference that was playing out.

"Connor!" Sidon called out as if seeing how the name sounded and approving of it very much. "And Rex!" Perhaps it was the interest from the little one that did it, or perhaps it was just a certain mutual camaraderie for those with scales, but he couldn't help beaming down particularly at him (no offense, of course, meant to Connor!). "Marvelous! It is absolutely fantastic to meet the both of you! I really must spend more time on the land! There seems to be quite the influx of newer faces that I have not had the honor and privileges' of knowing yet! But the ocean during the summer! That is a difficult call not to answer, my friends!"

"I can understand that, especially for a...." Connor paused trying to remember the title Sidon had used. "A Zora" he said with a slight grin. "It is nice to meet you though Sidon. I take it you live around here then? Me and Rex are still learning our way around and all."

"I tend to split my time," Sidon explained agreeably, "between here and my homeworld of Hyrule, but I do rather enjoy gallavanting around the island when I can! In the warmer seasons, you can find me settled down by the docks," yes, even without a mattress!, "and I have accommodations at the pet shelter when the waters here become too cold or too treacherous! Have you and Rex been her long, Connor? How are you finding this fair island thus far?"

"Homeworld?" Connor asked and then shook his head. Right. Different places and worlds and realities... all that fun stuff. "Rex and I haven't been here long. A couple months or so I think. I've been by the shelter before but haven't had the pleasure of stopping in yet. We just got moved into the apartments" Connor continued with a no down the beach. "And I work over at the museum."

"Ah, the museum!" said Sidon, with a brightness in the recognition. "Now there's a place I've been by a few times and should probably duck in," yes, he thought he was funny because he would be meaning that quite literally, "at some point! It is, after all, right around the corner from the shelter, so I've really got no excuse."

Well, he actually had a pretty good excuse for not wanting to go into a lot of buildings, but that was neither here nor there.

"We do have wonderful products on hand for the reptilian set there, as well," he threw out there, along with a wink that was clearly directed at Rex, "should you ever do have the occasion to visit!"

"Would love to have you come by whenever. We do have a new and expanding fish exhibit area" Connor said with a grin. "And I think we definitely will pay a visit to the shop sometime soon. Gotta get Rex's side of the apartment fixed up nice for him still. Ain't that right mate?" he asked Rexy who gave a happy trilling chirp as he looked up at Sidon and gave a happy cry.

The soft smile and the tilt of Sidon's head made it clear that such a response would have instantly endeared him to Rex if he hadn't already been so sufficiently charmed. "Perhaps I could take some inspiration from the exhibit," he said with a chuckle, "though I like to think, I have set up our fish exceptionally well."

His attention, though, was mostly on Rex. "May I ask," he ventured, "what exactly he is? Such remarkable features! And vibrant colors! Is he of this realm, or does he hail from some other one? You never really can tell around here."

Connor was used to Rex getting most of the attention and he gave a grin as he looked over at Rex who decided he was starting to like the water and was plashing around in the small waves.

"Rex is a Coelurosauravus. A type of dinosaur from a long long time ago back on the Earth I am from." Connor paused for a moment, realizing he wasn't 100% sure how this version of earth here on the island compared to his own in the smaller details of things just yet.

"Basically, back home me and my team were dealing with these anomalies, kinda like the portal around here I guess. They were opening to times millions of years in the past and at times some of the creatures from those times came through into our world. Our team was trying to close the portals and keep the creatures int heir own times."

Connor gave a fond smile to the small green dragon. "Rex here unfortunately got trapped here early on with one of the first anomalies we had to deal with. So, he's been living with the team since then."

"Well, it's very clear," Sidon's chuckle was now more of a bright laugh, "that he's got an adventurous spirit! He certainly doesn't seem all too perturbed by his displacement, at least! And I suspect he hadn't wreaked too much havoc for it, either?"

"Rexy is a resistant one" Connor agreed with a nod. "It's been a couple years now so he's adjusted pretty well. But this is the first time he has been away from the home base for so long so he's taking it like a champ."

Connor looked over at his green scaly companion and gave a small smirk. "He is a bit of a trouble maker at times. But I guess it really cant be helped."

"If anything," said Sidon with approval, "he's sure to keep you on your toes! And, around here, I'm sure there will be no lack of trouble for him to get into! He'd certainly be more than welcome to come stir some up at the shelter, never a dull moment to be had there! And he seems a personable fellow; I can't imagine he wouldn't get on well with the other reptiles..."

"Well I know where to have Rex looked after if I ever have to leave for a spell and can't take him with me."

Connor looked from Sidon, to Rex, and back.

"He seems to have taken a liking to you so that is good progress already" he admitted with a chuckle.

"Oh, well, I'm sure we have just a little bit of a certain kinship," Sidon beamed down (and down and down) at Rex before kneeling down so that he could offer out a hand to the little guy, "and he seems far more friendly than the lizalfos we have back in home. They're quite a bit larger than Rex, too, although I'm sure you are impressively strong in your very own ways, Rex!"

Rex gave a happy-sounding chirp as he crept curiously towards Sidon's outstretched hand and inspected it for a moment. Then with a admittedly graceful leap, jumped into the air and began to fly circles around them. First he flew around both Connor and Sidon in a wide ring then honed in on the person that held his interest at that moment and circled Sidon a few times. Each pass brought Rex higher and higher until he finally landed on the still impressively high perch on Sidon's head and gave a very happy trill of chirps as is he was quite impressed with himself.

"Oiy! Rex!" Connor called out. "What do you think you are doing up there?" he called out with a bit of a laugh then looked at Sidon to make sure he wasn't upset or bothered too much. "Sorry... Rex gets a bit excited at times and likes to show off his flying skills."

Sidon laughed with delight as Rex landed, carefully tilting his head back a little and looking up, although he knew he would not be able to see the dinosaur with the ridge of his headfin between them, and then he grinned down at Connor.

"No harm in it at all!" he said. "And who could really blame him, with such excellent talents in flight such as those! Well done, Rex! Enjoy your well-earned perch!"

Alara normally liked to go running along the beach but she really wasn’t a fan of the heat and so she decided to just go for a walk instead today.

She spotted Rex and Connor and she did stop to watch Rex for a bit, “is he your pet?” she asked Connor curiously, she had never seen an animal like Rex before.

Connor smiled and nodded at Alara then looked over a Rex who was still trying to decide what he thought of the water.

"Aye, that's Rex" he said with a grin. "And I'm Connor."

"Oh wow, what kind of animal is he?" Alara wondered, smiling over at Rex before turning her focus back to Connor, "I'm Alara, it's nice to meet you Connor," she said.

Rex gave a happy chirp as he looked up at Alara, as if he knew they were talking about him.

"Rex is a Coelurosauravus, a type of dinosaur from long, long, long time ago. He's kinda become the official mascot of our team back home. And I decided to bring him with me when I came here."

Alara tilted her head curiously at Rex, there were quite a few questions she wanted to ask but the only one that came to mind was, “what’s a dinosaur?” she asked

Sorry Connor, they didn’t have dinosaurs on Xelaya.

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Ok that was a new one. Connor was used to people questioning him about the insane idea of dinosaurs still being around. Not being sure what a dinosaur was? That was something he wasn't used to.

"Oh, ummm.... dinosaurs were huge reptiles, lizard like creatures mostly. They live a long long time ago. Most here really big, but some, like Rex here, were on the smaller side."

“Oh, I still don’t know much about Earth’s history,” Alara admitted, “we don’t really have anything like dinosaurs at home,”

"So, what is it like, back home... wherever that is?" Connor asked. "What kind of animals do you have, since you dont have anything like dinosaurs around?" The idea of there being a place where the giant reptiles were unknown was kind of fascinating to be honest.

“I’m from a planet called Xelaya,” Alara explained, “we do have animals called eevaks, I’d say they’re similar to horses on Earth,” she added.

"Never heard of... Xelaya" Connor said, trying to make sure he got that pronunciation right. "It would be amazing to see I am sure! I've seen many versions of the Earth, both in the past and future. But being able to visit a different planet entirely? Would be both terrifying and fascinating!"

Heat didn't bother Marc too much. Also he was one of those obnoxious people who not only got out of bed easily on a Saturday morning but who considered that a good time to exercise. So there he was, jogging along the beach.

Connor caught sight of Marc as he came up the shoreline and gave a small wave as he approached. "Morning" he said with a nod.

Right. Steven's coworker. Probably past time for Marc to have met him. "Hey," he said, slowing down so that could talk.

Well what passed for talking with Marc.

Connor had almost called out a "Steven" there but hesitated. It looked like Steven but... not. He gave another look and then asked, with a slight head tilt. "How's it going? I'm Connor by the way."

"Marc," Marc replied. He didn't hold out a hand to shake or anything since he didn't do that. "Steven told me about you."

Which was one of many reasons why the flying lizard wasn't throwing him.

Connor gave a small nod. He had spent time with Cutter. He was used to a no-nonsense approach from some folks.

"Ah, yes. Steven" he said with a slight smile. "Good chap he is. And nice to meet you Marc."

Marc was so not the one who made small talk. If it wasn't for Steven knowing Connor Marc wouldn't even have slowed down. But even he knew it would be questionable if he left right this second so he tried, "It's nice that Steven's co-worker isn't an asshole."

Best he could do.

Connor had worked with someone who wasn't big on the small talk either but even Cutter wasn't quite this to the point.

"And.... good to know his, brother (?) isn't one either" Connor offered with a slight lift of an eyebrow. "Was good to meet you anyway, Marc. Will probably see you around the apartment sometime I'm sure."

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