Kagome tolerated Claire more now that Owen and her weren't dating. Not that they ever got to that point really. The velociraptor watched the two speak snarkily to each other. Apparently, potential investors and sponsors were touring today and Owen failed to read the memo. Claire's jeep had arrived a few minutes before the one moving the businessmen, and now she was ripping into the raptor keepers (but really just Owen) for not making the enclosure "presentable". So what if there were pig body parts and innards strewn about the place from breakfast. At least there wasn't any blood. Kagome, kind girl that she was, decided she would help out her fellow woman before Claire had an aneurysm, so she started "tidying up" by scarfing down a piece of pig.

Another jeep with the Jurassic World logo on the side pulled up and out stepped three people in suits. Claire directed one last glare at Owen before putting on her professional face with a turn of a heel. She clicked over to the group of men and talked them up as she led them to the enclosure. One man looked understandably skittish. The youngest looking man seemed as excited as a child in a candy store, and the last gentlemen looked like he couldn't care less about being there.

"Gentlemen, I present to you Jurassic World's velociraptors. They're scheduled to go on exhibit in 8 months. Surveys show that they're a highly anticipated attraction, and we're confident that these four assets will bring in a lot of revenue, increasing our profits by, at minimum, 4%." The female stopped at the outer gate of the enclosure. "Our highly skilled raptor trainers are here to prepare the animals for public display. This is Owen, our head velociraptor trainer and behaviorist. Owen, meet Mr. Hanes, representative for Kane Technologies, Mr. Esposito, VP of Corbin Securities, and Mr. Taisho, CEO of Meido International Inc." She stepped to the side to let the men shake hands.

"Well, hi." Owen wiped his dirt-stained hands on his cargo pants before giving firm handshakes to the suits. "Nice to meet you men. Welcome to my domain." He grinned, nervous on the inside. Ugh. He hated suits.

Esposito was the first to speak, "Oh my gosh! This is soo cool! How many people can say they train velociraptors!"

"Right now? Officially, 2. These girls are Barry's and my babies. But we get a lot of help. Come on, I'll show you around and then you can get a better look at the girls from above."

"Oh my god! Oh my god" Esposito followed after Owen like a puppy. Taisho almost rolled his eyes before following, and Hanes repeatedly wiped his forehead as he trailed behind them.

Claire cursed under her breath at Owen's casual approach. She wasn't worried about getting Esposito to sign on. He was pretty much a sure deal from the beginning, but the two others were where the money was really at. Hanes looked ready to faint and jumped at every rustle of a leaf, while Taisho's expression showed how he thought this was a big waste of time. If Claire could only choose one to close the deal with though, she would choose Mr. Taisho. Meido International was a big force across Asia and was established in a lot of sectors. It was currently growing its tourism and hotel enterprise. If they could be on good terms with Meido, Jurassic World could increase its Asian customers.

After a brief explanation of the safety features of the paddock and general design, the group of people found themselves on the catwalk. The raptors' nostrils flared and they fidgeted at the new scents. Charlie peered out at them from within a bush while Delta and Echo crouched low in some tall grass. Blue was equally cautious and mimicked a meerkat on watch.

Mr. Taisho looked unimpressed, prompting Claire to nudge Owen a little bit. "Owen, why don't you do a demonstration on what you've been working on?"

"It's still a work in progress and they don't look too comfortable right now." Owen waved off her suggestion and Claire glared daggers at the back of his head. "Usually when they catch new scents, the girls get all riled up and move around a lot. They're being weirdly on guard right now."

"Just put the intern near the cage. Then you'll get this place hopping," joked Barry, and the aforementioned intern almost dropped the bucket he was holding at the suggestion.

Claire gave a half real sounding chuckle as she stepped on Owen's foot with her heel.

"AH! ah-I...guess we can give them a few mice to get them out of their shells." Owen took up a bucket and started banging its side. "Hey! Eyes on me."

The raptors glanced at their alpha but didn't line up as they normally did when he brought out the bucket.

"Got your favorite treat! Come on!"

The dinosaurs chirped in discussion with each other, eyes glancing back and forth between the strange men and Owen.

The sound of a cell phone ringing and Mr. Taisho extracting it from his pocket sent the girls into a frenzy as they gave a few screeches and hisses. The aforementioned man narrowed his eyes at the skittish creatures before excusing himself and stepping several feet to the side to answer his phone.

"Of course. Take your time," said Claire but she was sending him a mental glare for the interruption. Owen lamented, thinking the uptight woman would probably take out her frustrations on him later.

Owen really looked at his girls then and observed their guarded behavior. Crouching low, they looked ready to pounce or to flee. Or maybe it was a fear response, a way to make themselves smaller or protect their underbellies. But usually when his girls encountered new things in or near their enclosures, they showed curiosity or outright aggression. They weren't afraid of much but if they were afraid, wouldn't they find better hiding places? Hmm...he'd have to write down these new observations.

A/n: Don't quite know where I'm going with this because, as I said wayyyy long ago, this started out as a crackfic. So I have no direction. Pretty much throwing darts at a map right now to decide where to go next :P Hope you guys like this road trip.