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@Eruca:

With Dinotopia you can literally pick up all that goes on, in the first book. But it's not like your average kind of book. It's like a large, hardbound book that has illustrations done by the author, as well as full size paintings. Essentially the island of Dinotopia is referred to the "land that time forgot". The island is surrounded by rocks, reefs, storms, and whirlpools that make leaving the island impossible, so if you end up on the island that's your new home. And yes, there are dinosaurs. However, dinosaurs in this world are intelligent as humans, work/live with humans and they have their own writing system. In the first book, Arthur and his son Will were on a boat in like the late 1800s. There was a storm and they ended up (With the aid of smart dolphins) on the island. They were greeted by Bix a Protoceratops and long story short, they get to Waterfall City, and become registered as citizens. Then they just go through learning about the place, and the people and the history.

It's all very interesting. I have the sequel they did called the World Beneath and then another that was written like ten years later. I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid, so I really enjoyed these stories.

Emily waited patiently for the landlord to arrive and thought it strange when she saw a taxi cab pull up and a young woman, around the same age as her, with blue hair stepped out. She thought nothing of it though, until she came over with a duffel bag over her shoulder. Was she moving in? What about the listing and the tour she was supposed to get? She then figured she had been duped and frowned, almost on the verge of tears, but she sucked them back in and was about to head to her car when a voice stopped her. She turned to look at the blue-haired girl.

"No, I'm not the landlord." she responded. "I came here, looking to rent the place. I've been looking forever for a cheap place to rent while I go to college and work part time. I've been living with my sister and I don't want to keep mooching off of her, when I can get a place of my own. I called to check the place out and they told me I could see it right now."

Just as she finished speaking, a white car pulled into the drive of the old house, and an older woman, probably about forty, stepped out. She walked over and looked at them both. "Are you Jade and Emily?" She asked. "I'm sorry for bringing you both out here at the same time, but I need to catch a flight tomorrow, and I was hoping to rent this place out before I left." She said. "Both of you called at the same time, so I apologize. The rent is $500 dollars a month, and that includes electricity and water. If you want internet you have permission to get it set up inside. The house is old, but my mother made sure to keep it up to date with plumbing and wiring, and the roof is new. You shouldn't have any problems, but the market for selling houses is horrid right now, and I don't want to deal with all that paperwork. So, since you both are here, and the house is big enough, you could rent it together. Plenty of room. There's three bedrooms, a small library/office and two bathrooms. A nice kitchen and dining room. But here, since you'll probably want to see the inside, I'll give you a tour."

The lady talked fast, and Emily could barely keep up. She honestly didn't care if she had to share the place, as long as she got one. The lady motioned for her and Jade to follow her to the door while she unlocked it. She did introduce herself as Mrs. Mary Kingston. Emily looked over to Jade as Mrs. Kingston was giving the tour. "If you want to go halvsies on the rent of this place, I don't mind. This place is big enough to where we don't even have to bump into each other much. What do you think?" She asked.

@Eruca:

how come your message repeated lol

@Eruca:

if we totes landed on Dinotopia I'd be so thrilled, but not many people know about that series which makes me sad lol. We gonna do MxF then?

@Amortentia:

I'll be playing Minecraffs :D

@Amortentia:

take your time, I'll be here all night

@Amortentia:

=https://www.voltra.us/forum/view_topic/10269 There ya go!

Emily stared blankly at the screen of her laptop as she sat at her sisters' dining room table. She had moved out of her parents' house, ready to take on college. However she registered late and all the dorms were full, so she currently was looking for a cheap place close to campus to live. She didn't care whether it was an apartment or a house she could share with someone. As long as the rent was good, she wasn't picky. She was scanning places online with her computer, hoping to find something cheap.

Her sister handed her a soda from the fridge as she passed by. "Any luck?" she asked sitting down across from Emily. Emily sat back and opened her soda. "Nothing really...a lot of these places are too expensive. I only work part time...I'd run my self ragged if I had to take more hours as well as doing classes..." she sighed and was about to give up, when she saw a new house pop up on the listing site. She clicked on it, not really expecting it to be what she wanted. However, the listing was for an old house, five minutes from campus....It belonged to an old lady, who got sick and passed away. The family didn't want it, so they were renting it super cheap. "Oh crap! Something just popped up! It's perfect! I need to call right away, before it's snatched up." she said grabbing her phone and dialing the number under the listing, leaving the kitchen for privacy.

An hour later she came back to her sister. "I can go see it today if I run over there now. I'll be back soon sis!" She said as she grabbed her keys and bag and headed out the door. She drove to the address listed on the site and saw a large, almost Victorian style house that was two stories. She couldn't believe her luck. She was to meet the current owner about renting it, so she got out of her car after parking on the side of the street in front. She waited by her car for the landlord.

@Amortentia:

I'll go ahead and make it, and add the first post too, then I'll link you to it.

@Amortentia:

Do you want me to make the thread or do you want to?

@Amortentia:

Anything else you want to hash out before we create a thread? Oh! do you want to at least show an image of our character for reference? I usually don't do full on profiles for 1X1 except a picture, that way you at least have visuals and learn about the character through the story.

@Amortentia:

I can be either. I usually like being female myself but I can be a guy if you prefer. Or we can both be girls and just have no romantic stuff happening lol.

@Amortentia:

Sweet! Do you want it MxM or MxF, and if MxF, which gender do you want to be? And we'll be about...20 somethings just starting college, yeah?

@Amortentia:

Oooh what if, an old house goes up for rent because the previous tenant died, so it was super old and super cheap. Two college students both see the house for sale and both want to rent it. (Not knowing each other) and then they agree (since the house is big enough) to go halvsies on the rent. Some old furniture from the previous owner was left in the house. Like could be a wardrobe or an old mirror, up in the attic or something.