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Annie Leonhart ([personal profile] lyingheart) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2014-09-27 02:35 pm

[ open ] operation: baby sea turtle rescue is a go!

WHO: ALL IMPORTS.
WHERE: An Atlantic-facing beach in Eastern Florida.
WHEN: Saturday - Monday
WHAT: Baby leatherback sea-turtles have been stunned by the temperatures of the water at their hatching beach, and must be rounded up in their thousands to be relocated to warmer waters, either to struggle out through the surf on their own, or to be boated out and released directly into the sea!
WARNINGS: ... How can this log have warnings ImPorts rescue baby sea turtles! More information located here.



The long stretch of beach the ImPorts find themselves on is littered with baskets, coolers, styrofoam containers, anything the rescue workers could use to hold the baby sea turtles for transit. Dozens of nests have all emptied of turtles, and gulls roam overhead, looking for opportunities to snatch the stunned baby sea turtles tumbling around in the waves. The shock of the unexpected temperature on their tiny systems renders them incapable of moving, and ImPorts will soon find themselves ushered to the water line to grab tiny, tumbling turtles out of the water.

When enough are collected, a portion of the volunteers and ImPorts are pulled aside to ride with the baby turtles down the coastline to warmer waters, where they'll either be asked to cart the containers down to the waterline to release the baby sea turtles and watch that they don't end up shocked all over again, or instructed to go out to sea on any of the chartered or volunteer-driven boats and release the sea turtles directly into the warmer ocean waters.

Water and lunches will be provided, dinner is haphazard, come as you go. Bright search floodlights are set up on Saturday night so that collection rescue efforts can continue without much interruption. If the same is needed on Sunday night, it will be provided.

For some ImPorts, this will be the first time their arrival isn't treated with great fanfare. People with abilities that assist in the collection and redistribution of the baby sea turtles will get relieved displays of gratitude from attending volunteers and any press drawn to the scene, but much of the fervency seen elsewhere will be largely absent.
sharkweak: (baby sharks are called pups)

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-01 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Worst helper who's also blatantly abusing his newfound power to breathe underwater. He keeps ducking down, disappearing for much too long stretches of time, then popping up again somewhere completely different. Naturally, baby sea turtles are being saved as well! They just might be more Rei's priority.

He'll take the bucket, though.]


How many is that?
theoryandcalculation: (i've studied the theories)

[personal profile] theoryandcalculation 2014-10-01 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that makes him nervous every time, even knowing about Rin's power. He knows that the ocean is nothing to be disrespected, now, even this close to shore. But, well, it seems like it's impossible for Rin to drown. He hopes that holds true.]

There's six or seven in there... I lost count.

[They're all in there, crawling over each other in their confusion.]

I think we'll have to go back soon. I don't want them getting too crowded.

[Rei is really concerned about them, alright?]
sharkweak: (mm boy now turn around)

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-01 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Darkly ironic, isn't it? After what they've gone through, after what Rin has gone through in particular, now he can't drown. Never going to know what that's like, at least as long as he stays 'ported.]

How would you feel about making a contest out of it? You have a head start.

[Let's the bucket sway a little, floating in the water, his hold on the handle keeping it from tipping over.]
theoryandcalculation: (only beautiful sports)

[personal profile] theoryandcalculation 2014-10-01 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Rei would rather he never know what it feels like. No one in their group is allowed to drown and that's final.

But Rin is speaking his language now. He grins despite his earlier concerns, folding his arms.]


You really think you're up to that challenge, Rin-san? I doubt there's any way you could catch up to me now.
sharkweak: (you don't want to get bitten)

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-07 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, he may have missed the tail end of that because he was diving back underwater (after pushing the floating bucket in Rei's direction). Without having to worry about that pesky breathing thing, it's not hard to snag a couple flailing turtle babes, even if it requires a deep push through the water.

When he comes back up, he has two squirming in one hand.]


What was that?
theoryandcalculation: (ehhh)

[personal profile] theoryandcalculation 2014-10-08 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's cheating.

Annoyingly he can't seem to access his super speed in the water (because even alternate universe superphysics can't stop the power of a running gag), so he can't use that to his advantage. He's still a few turtles ahead, though.

He can't exactly abandon the bucket, so he keeps a hand on it as he swims after another shocked turtle and plucks it out of the waves.]
One more for me.
sharkweak: (everything for the dream)

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-16 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Back underwater, eyes open as he tolerates the pressure of the water. He should have brought his goggles along, but everyone was using words like emergency so he'd just grabbed his suit and came along. The spirit of competition has his adrenaline flowing, and soon enough he's popping up again, not out of breath, but to put another wee baby turtle in the almost overflowing bucket.]

Someone has to bring this back to shore—and since you were bragging about being ahead…
theoryandcalculation: (you're giving me a headache)

[personal profile] theoryandcalculation 2014-10-19 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He sees what you're trying to do, but he actually can't argue that someone has to take the turtles they have back...]

It's your own fault that you're behind. [He shakes his head.] But, alright. You'll just have to make do with having nowhere to put your rescued turtles until I get back.

[And off he goes. He won't be very long - once he gets mostly out of the water, he can move fast.]
sharkweak: (got nowhere to run)

1/2

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-26 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Fair point! Shit!]
sharkweak: (rich like caviar)

2/2

[personal profile] sharkweak 2014-10-26 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[But it's all right. Rei will come back to a Rin who has one arm cradling at least four baby turtlings, all of which are flipping out at being crushed together against a bare chest, but it's better than having them swim back out to their little, amphibious doom.

The second he sees Rei he'll smile and lift an arm to waa--- ack! Grabs turtles again!]
theoryandcalculation: (only beautiful sports)

[personal profile] theoryandcalculation 2014-10-29 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Rei just shakes his head and makes it back out to Rin, holding the bucket out to him. It might help Rin catch up, but he doesn't want to let the poor turtles freeze just to win a contest.]

I think that might tie us up.

[He wasn't actually paying that much attention, so it's his best guess. He starts to swim further down the beach, tugging the bucket along with him.]

Next turtle takes it all?