Gathering: Garden party, interrupted

[concierge]

From grand galas to informal gatherings, parties of one sort or another were not an unusual occurrence at the Nexus Hotel. Today was no different, a low-key affair erected in the rotunda of the Italian gardens with the aspiration that tea sandwiches and mimosas would facilitate mingling of the hotel's ever-shifting population.

What was unusual, however, was the inclusion of a wayward, bipedal lizard courtesy of a door standing open on the hotel's facade. Green, spry, perhaps five feet long and roughly as tall as a man, this new guest featured a curved, hard plate across his (or her) forehead that was perhaps indicative of the stubborn nature lurking beneath -- Perhaps because the foliage was so tasty, this little dinosaur resisted all attempts by the staff to corral it back to its home. It would run away from ropes and outstretched arms, knocking over bottles of champagne and destroying the decor before settling several feet away to chomp on some accommodating flowers.

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[morethanhuman]

"Not recently," said Erik, "but memorably." He eyed the little lizard in amusement, thinking of its larger cousin which might have made a meal of him, if not for Banner's timely interference.

"They're not all as small as that," he said, though he thought Kirk probably knew that. "Let's hope none of the bigger ones come through from whatever door that one found."

[boldly_going]

"I prefer the small ones," Jim agrees. He doesn't know much about larger dinosaurs but what he does know from science as a child is that he doesn't want to become someone's dinner.

"Where did you see them? The door this one came from?"