The Beach - Sunday Morning

[itsananomaly]

It was Nick’s birthday and he was five years old and he and Connor were going to be celebrating both their birthdays by going fossil hunting at the beach. They also had Rex with them, who was still looking a little annoyed at how loud his tiny humans were being but the fact he got to fly around outside while they went fossil hunting.

“I bet we’re going to find lots of tribbobites,” Nick declared confidently as they got to the beach to begin looking.

[Nick is here for Connor who is modded with permission but the beach can be open!]

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[anomaly_research_nerd]

"I bet we will find cool dinosaur fossils too!" Connor said as they got to the beach to begin their fossil hunt. "I bet we can fill our buckets by the time we are done!" he said excitedly as he held up the small bright red plastic bucket and shovel he had brought with him.

He smiled as he looked up and down the beach, imagining all the other great things they were going to find. Rex gave a small chirp that sounded partly annoyed and partly concerned and then started to fly around the area for a bit.

[itsananomaly]

"I bet we can fill them up too," Nick's eyes were wide then as he looked at Rex flying around, "oh that is so cool," he said, "this is the best birthday ever, we're going on a fossil hunt and we have a flying dragon with us," he said happily.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor grinned broadly then stopped and dropped to his knees in the sand. "I think we should start digging here!" he decided because it was the perfect spot to find plenty fo fossils for sure! "Rex can be our look out and let us know if he sees anything while we dig!"

[itsananomaly]

"Oh this is a good spot," Nick nodded approvingly as he dropped to his knees and began to start digging, "and yes Rex will be a good look out, won't you Rex?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

The chirp from high above their heads was likely one of resignation as Rex enjoyed getting to stretch his wings and fly around, but still keeping relatively close to keep an eye on his annoying tiny humans.

Connor nodded and started digging. He quickly found a couple of shells which he dropped into his bucket. Treasure was treasure after all! "Remember! keep an eye on the water. We'll get wet if the tide comes in..." he said somewhat proud that he remembered that.

[itsananomaly]

"You're so smart," Nick said enviously, "I didn't know that about the tides ..." he then focused on searching through more sand, finding a few different pieces of rocks ... the truth was he didn't actually know what he was looking for but that didn't stop him from having fun, "oh look..." he exclaimed suddenly as he pulled out a different coloured rock, "look how pretty this is,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor grinned proudly at that then looked at the rock Nick was holding up. "Oh it's so smooth! Look at the colors, it's so shiny!" he said excitedly. "That is a great find Nick, good job!"

[itsananomaly]

Nick beamed at the praise, especially coming from a much older kid than he was, "I'm going to take this one back with me," he decided, "and we can put it on display,"

All of their rocks and shells were going to end up being taken back to the flat and stored all around the flat weren't they?

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Oh for sure! It needs to go on the bookshelf where everyone will be able to see it" Connor agreed. He went back to digging and made the hole a little deeper and wider. There were a few normal stones and shells that got added to the bucket. But then Connor found something cool. "Oh look at this!" he held up an old bottlecap.

[itsananomaly]

Nick smiled, pleased that Connor liked his suggestion, "oh that is awesome," he said in awe at he looked at the bottle cap, "I wonder how long its been in the beach for?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"It looks old" Connor said looking at the bottlecap. "It's probably been here for three hundred years!" Because of course, it had to be that old!

[itsananomaly]

Nick's eyes were wide, "Oh wow, that is so cool, I wish I could find something that's been here for that long ... I haven't seen any tribbobites yet," he dug through some more sand to see if he could find any.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"We still have a lot of beach to search! I am sure we can find a tribbobite still" Connor said as he carefully placed his bottlecap in the bucket. "You already found a really cool stone!"

[itsananomaly]

Nick smiled at that, "we do have the whole beach to search," he agreed, "it will take us all day to do that," or at least until they got hungry and went off to try and find some food. "We've got heaps of digging ahead of us,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Rex!" Connor called out to Rex who was still circling around overhead. "Come help us dig!" He watched for a moment as Rex kept circling. "I guess he's busy enjoying the view" Connor said with a grin as he went back to digging, moving a little to start making another hole.

[itsananomaly]

"It was worth a try," Nick tried to reassure Connor as he moved to another patch of sand and began to dig, "oh look I found another shell," he said as he picked it up to show Connor, "this one looks pretty big too,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"That is a nice one! Look how shiny it is on the bottom side" he said as Nick turned it over. "I wonder if an animal used to live inside it at some point? Like an ammonite or a hermit crab?"

[itsananomaly]

Nick's eyes were wide, "oh it is really nice and shiny, that would be so cool if this was an amm...ammite ..." he stumbled over the word, "do you think this shell could be thousands of years old?" he said in awe.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"I bet it is! It's probably a really old shell. It been buried here for a long long long time and you were the first to find it!" Connor said excitedly.

[itsananomaly]

"Oh wow, that is so cool, being the first to find this shell," Nick grinned at Connor, "best birthday ever,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"It's like the beach gave you a birthday present" Connor grinned. "That shell definitely has to go somewhere special when we get back home!"

[itsananomaly]

Nick stared at the shell in awe, "its a very special shell," he agreed, "maybe we can put it on the bookcase when we go home, we can put it in the middle for everyone to see?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Oh definitely! Everyone who comes to visit will need to see it. You can tell them all about the amazing birthday, and our fossil hunt, and rex, and everything you know about fossils!"

Connor, don't encourage him!

[itsananomaly]

"I can really do that?" Nick squeaked, eyes wide at the idea of telling people everything he knew about fossils and about how he and Connor went on a fossil hunt, "oh that would be amazing, we have to do that,"

Turns out he didn't really need much encouragement funnily enough.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Course you can, if anyone else comes by to visit!" Connor said with a nod and a broad grin. "And if anyone comes by the beach here we can show them everything we have collected so far! We can tell them all about fossils and the shells and rocks. We can be liked real paleto... real fossil hunters!"

[itsananomaly]

“Oh that will be so much fun,” Nick grinned, “and you and I will be the best paleo…fossil hunters in the world,” he declared.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"And Rex can be our mascott! And we can give talks about how cool he is. You can be the fossil hunter and I will be your assistant!" Conne squeed happily.

Funny how some things seemed to line up no matter what timeline shenanigans of Fandom madness was afoot huh?

[itsananomaly]

“Oh that will be so much fun and we can have all kinds of adventures,” Nick grinned, “and find all the tribbobites there are,”

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Not bad for our first fossil hunting birthday eh?" Connor grinned as he went back to digging. Just then Rex finally got tired of flying around and landed nearby, giving a small chirp as he cautiously scuttled over to see what his tiny humans were doing.

[itsananomaly]

"I can't wait for our next one," Nick said happily even though the day wasn't finished yet, "hi Rex," he smiled as he showed him the bucket of treasures that he'd found already, "do you want to help us with our hunt?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor giggled as Rex nuzzled the bucket a little as if he were looking through the treasures inside. Then with a small chirp he headed towards the water edge and started splashing in the shallow water.

"Oh that's a good idea Rex!" Connor said suddenly. "There's probably some really cool shells and stuff right at the water's edge!"

[itsananomaly]

"Oh yes let's go and look in the water," Nick immediately got to his feet and reached a hand out to help Connor up, "maybe we can find some tribbobites there?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor nodded and took a minute to take his socks and shoes off and then reached up and took Nick's hand with a smile. "Maybe we can find a shark tooth too! I'd love to find a shark tooth" he said with a grin as they started towards the water's edge.

[itsananomaly]

Nick grinned at that, "ohhhh that would be amazing," he said as they began to head to the water, "I bet we will find all kinds of interesting things here,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor nodded and ran into the water, forgetting to roll up his pant legs as he got about ankle deep into the shallow waves. He didn't care, he was looking for shark teeth!

"Eeeep the water's a little cold!" he squealed, though that was definitely not enough to slow him down too much.

[itsananomaly]

Nick kicked off his shoes and followed Connor into the water, he also didn't bother about rolling up his pant legs and he began to run around the water, "it's fun though," he said cheerfully as he began to kick the water, definitely sending some of it flying in Connor's direction.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Ah you did that on purpose!" Connor laughed as he got splashed and then of course returned a few kicks of his own, sending water splashing towards Nick. It didn't take long for them to start getting quite wet and Connor was soon laughing hard as he bent down and started deliberately sending water in Nick's direction.

[itsananomaly]

Nick started squeeling rather loudly at all that water, sorry Rex, as he began to splash around - the hunt for treasure temporarily forgotten as he enjoyed the feel of running around in the water and splashing Connor.

This was definitely the best birthday ever.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Absolutely the best birthday ever! Connor laughed and shrieked with delight as he chased Nick along the beach, the water splashing with every step and getting them both soaked as they played. It was an absolutely perfect fossil-hunting adventure!