#TimeTravelingGhost Part 50: EP 5: Jurassic Era — Rabbits

#Wss366 #MastoPrompt #TimeTravelAuthors 10/15. Wed POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: give/gave)

Until my eyes adjusted to the emerald light, I thought we were still on Gardner Island. I could hear the surf, now sluggish, and the air was warm and humid.

My first hint that we had truly moved in time was the smell. The air still reeked of decay but now carried a resinous tang and the heavy musk of mud. Insect buzzing and a cicada-like chorus replaced the clicking of crabs.

As my eyes adjusted, the first thing I saw was a slow-moving stream edged with cattails as tall as me. It’s muddy water mixed with the turquoise ocean, lying in front of me. Turning around, I saw we were standing under tall conifers mixed with tree ferns. Their broad fronds filtered the light, casting a lush stained-glass pattern on the thick blanket of ferns and moss beneath them.

Emily gasped and pointed upward. Through a gap in the fern fronds, I saw small pterodactyls swooping down over the ocean like swallows.

“Jurassic Park,” I said.

She #gave me an odd look. “Park?”

The joke had gone right over her head. “It was a film,” I explained.

“The Lost World, Conan Doyle,” she said, matching my tone. I had the advantage, though. I’d heard of that.

“Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne,” I said. She would know that one.

“But we’re outside.” Emily’s comment #stemmed the flow of titles.

“Touché,” I said and watched her smile grow broader.

“Don’t move; there’s a damson fly on your back,” Emily said, stepping toward me. She slowly reached out to catch it, only for her hand to close on nothing. Her smile faded. “I forgot I’m a ghost. It’s still there. It’s huge and has lovely gold eyes and translucent blue wings. I wanted to show it to you.”

“I smiled and let her mispronunciation of damselfly pass. It was cute, given her normally proper speech.

Jurassic Era

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