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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.
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[personal profile] fishhumanalien 2014-10-13 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. Yuki said... it's sad when someone dies." Haru places his hand over his chest. He understands now a little more than he did back when he first had the conversation - how it might hurt someone to say 'it's fine if someone dies, because everyone dies'. Humans don't like being reminded of that. "But if they die, then they won't lay more eggs at this beach. And that's good. It's just a shame that we can't reach all of them, since everyone's trying their best."
weapabilities: (Holoform - Worry)

[personal profile] weapabilities 2014-10-15 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Yuki? Mmm. It is. It's- always sad. Very sad." It never really gets any easier, even after having been in a war fir millions of years. He looks down at his box of turtles all still crowding toward Haru.

"Right. We'll just have to do our absolute utmost."
fishhumanalien: (GENTLE)

[personal profile] fishhumanalien 2014-10-15 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't always understand," Haru admits. "Goodbye sad and happy sad and lonely sad... because sad means losing something, or getting something back, and all of those things happen all the time to everyone." The wind rustles Haru's hair and that seems to shake him of his quiet mood. He claps his fingers. "Well, well! We have a little room for more, right? Then we'll take these little ones out to the big warm sea, so they won't be scared stiff anymore!" He reaches into the bucket, where the little turtles attempt to butt their heads against his fingertips. "You'll be home soon!" he tells them. "Try to think of ways not to get eaten!"
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[personal profile] weapabilities 2014-10-16 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"It's pretty crazy, isn't it? It's important though. Because how would you know when you're happy without the sadness." Drift pauses to push back his hair. It's a quiet moment before Haru mercifully distracts him.

"Right. No time for slacking. Can you call more of them over?" Though Primus, the thought of all his hard earned turtles being eaten after they're released. Drift winces. Hopefully they'll take the advice.
fishhumanalien: (I CHOOSE YOU)

[personal profile] fishhumanalien 2014-10-16 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, but --" Haru turns to Drift, mimicking the way he pushed at his hair almost perfectly - except for the fact his isn't nearly as long. "I need you to get out of the water, 'kay? Just for a sec!"