It's a Wild Wild Life

[iwasforgiven]

When: After a trip to California
Where: Central Park, New York.
Who: OTA

What:

The Rift has been active once again and Jack has taken a small group with him to of all places Central Park. It was nice to have localized activity above the HUB it was easier to find but it made the immortal uneasy.

Jack turned around with his Webley in one hand. He listened to his cheerleader under the HUB giving him and the others directions. The energy signal is a strange one that is leading him closer towards the Central Park zoo. It's a bright sunny day with families and tourists flocking over to see the exhibits.

"Hey, is anyone feeling a little strange?" Jack turns his head around and with an influx of people in the area he reholsters the gun. "Please, let's try not to cause anyone to panic." He tells the people with him and with a motion of his hand he gives a silent order to put the guns away. He pushes himself through the turn-style and he begins to make his way through the mass of people who are enjoying the warm weather.

'Careful Jack, you're getting closer to it's location. It's located in a far corner of the zoo grounds.' Toshiko says, through the commlink to everyone on the surface.

"I promise someone that we can do some guns a wavin," Jack jokes, but the matter is far from one as his hand slides into the pocket of his greatcoat when he pushes through a group of onlookers near a group of flamingos.

Comments

[donna_noble]

Donna had looked up at the birds and asked, "Is that signal you're tracking causing them to do that?"

She was a bit distracted by the birds, but when Märet continued to move, she stayed in pace with him.

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

He stops to let both Andrew, Donna and Maret to catch up to him. The Doctor himself is like a sugar fed ferret so he's not the best to judge.

Now it's on to business of the birds that are acting strangely and he watches them. "There's more than there normally would be and it seems the closer we get the more there are." A bird finds itself smacking into him and he turns around to look at the creature that flew into him.

The bird is terrified and he leans down to pick it up before it's stepped on. He looks up to see in one part there's nothing but a sea of these little sparrows. "Blimey..." He goes to tug on his ears and he's not liking this. "And, here I was looking forward to a nice day at the zoo."

[bluesuit_handy]

Andrew nearly stumbles onto the crashed bird himself before the Doctor scoops it up. He abruptly stops where he is, looking down to mind that there aren't any more in danger of being stepped on, and sticks out an arm to stop Märet as well. "Careful," he says, and the blond stops as well.

"This is very not good," he says, stating the rather obvious as he stares at the sea of sparrows. He turns and peers at the one the Doctor is holding. "Doesn't look hurt," he comments. "Terrified, though - maybe they're sensitive to whatever it is that drew them here."

[donna_noble]

Donna didn't stop as soon as the others had. She didn't step on any of the birds, but it's like she crossed some line or something...

She put her hand to her head, "Something's... I don't know... I feel weird."

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

He continues to look at the tiny bird in his hand and the terrified bird tries to squirm free of The Doctor's hand. The little bird is able to get a mouthful of Doctor flesh but it's not able to do any damage. The Doctor tries to offer some comfort to the terrified thing.

"It's very bad. Well terrified in that a giant hand went to scoop it up yes but you're right, birds tends to be sensitive to change." The Doctor looks up at Donna and then there's worry on his face and he steps over to go see her. The Doctor frees the bird in the process and it's not like he can't take a look at any other wayward sparrows.

"Are you okay Donna?" The Doctor asks her and he reaches over with his hand for her. Then there's a strange feeling a very strange itchy feeling.

[bluesuit_handy]

"What is it?" Andrew would have liked to get a closer look at that bird, but the Doctor's gone and let it go now - anyway, Donna's more important. He quickly forgets about the errant sparrow as he steps closer, Märet following with a thoughtful look as if something is about to occur to him. "What does it feel li--ooh."

He gives a shudder as the feeling passes over him, too. Behind him, Märet jumps when he feels it as well, then suddenly starts backing away, shaking his head. "No, no," says the blond as he hits the end of his leash, Andrew turning to stare at him. "No!"

[donna_noble]

Donna just shakes her head, "I don't know what's wrong with me. I think it's something with may Bbaaaaaaa." She coughs and clears her throat, "With my Braaaaa." She shakes her head and tries again, "My head."

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of birds but Donna's his main worry, his main worry after he had watched her get drug off to be placed in stasis. "What's wrong Donna?" He asks her but then the answer is given and the itchy feeling under his skin is ignored.

He grabs hold of his sonic and he goes to make an attempt to bleep her. The itching is becoming intense and he's going to begin itching at his skin. "No, no..." The Doctor wants to do what he can to help comfort Donna and he goes to try to bleep her.

Then Maret's words hit and he turns around to look at him, his sonic tumbling out of his hands and rolling down to the ground. "No, no? What's no no?"

[bluesuit_handy]

It's a good thing Andrew's holding onto the leash after all, because Märet is yanking on his end of it, trying to get away even though the feeling is already all over him. He isn't coherent enough to answer the question; he just keeps moaning and shouting, "No, no!"

"Märet!" Andrew realizes that something's wrong with both of them, from the way he can't stop shivering with the itchiness all over his body. The meta-meta panicking won't do anyone any good, though, especially since he suspects Märet may have guessed something about what's happening. To be fair, though, he could be simply having an episode in response to a frightening sensation. "Märet, calm down, what is it?"

[donna_noble]

Donna suddenly hunches over and falls onto the ground. But by the time the others look at her, the transformation is complete. And there, standing before them is a little Big Horn Sheep. It looks from Ten to Andrew to Märet and then gently nudges Ten's hand. It looks sad and a depressed sounding "Baaaaa" is heard.

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

The last thing he'll see as Donna as a Time Lord is a little sheep that's nudging a feathery hand. The Doctor holds it up to see nothing but feathers in it's place.

The flying birds get his attention and he watches them with a pair of wide eyes that are not his own.

He begins to fidget and soon his world is nothing but darkness when he shrinks into his clothes. There's a screeching sound and movement from inside of the clothing mound on the ground. He eventually frees himself and there standing in The Doctor's place stands one unhappy Horned Owl.

meta-meta tag next, for icon's sake

[bluesuit_handy]

"Wh-" Andrew turns to look at the others, staring in shock and horror...only for the itchiness to suddenly intensify and then disappear completely as his entire body sprouts shaggy brown fur. Then he's rapidly shrinking - no, not shrinking, exactly - he's becoming much more compact while retaining more than half his mass. He falls to all fours, his clothes loose around him, and gives a startled bark. A bark? Is he a dog?!

Actually, Andrew has become a capybara. All he knows, though, is that he's suddenly very short, very round, and very much confused.

[bottled_drums]

Märet, meanwhile, finally pulls the leash out of Andrew's shrinking hand and makes a run for it. He doesn't get far, though - he can already feel something protruding from the base of his spine as he, too, sprouts fur and then begins to shrink. He stumbles and falls, becoming tripped up in his clothing as it suddenly seems become enormous around him and the leash slips off his shrinking wrist.

When it's done, he's left in darkness, squeaking in panic as he tries to find a way out of the fabric that's all around him.

[donna_noble]

Donna noticed what had happened, and grew concerned that the Horned Owl would eat the Mouse - talk about the possibility of revenge! She prances over to where Märet's clothes are and nudges them aside to free him.

She tries to talk, without knowing if she'll be understood or not, "There, there Märet, you'll be free in a moment."

[alien-nothing.livejournal.com]

The Doctor is just trying to figure out exactly what happened and he sits there a bit ruffled. The squeaking perks up his interest and he opens up his wings. "This is going to make things just a little bit more complicated."

If The Doctor only knew the little mouse was Master but that's for another time. "Blimey, this is bad and in bad that's not exactly good." The Doctor tries to keep those predatory instincts from taking over to find the mouse a tasty meal.

[bluesuit_handy]

Andrew hears the squeaking and sees the movement in the pile of clothes Märet left behind, and struggles to free himself from his clothing and go help. It's harder than anticipated, though, and until he finally squirms backward out of the last article of clothing, his short limbs can't carry him anywhere without getting tangled up.

"Don't you even think about eating him!" he warns the owl.

Märet emerges from the clothing while Andrew is still struggling, and darts for Donna's nearest leg. Gone is the desire to run away - now he wants someone to protect him.


[OOC: Am in a thread with the Masters further down the page, btw. Takes place vaguely a few minutes later, but if either of you want to join....]

[donna_noble]

{{OOC: Will thread-jack that direction, then.}}