Lysine Dependent

"Change is like death. You don't know what it looks like until you're standing at the gates..."

~Ian Malcolm

A QUICK NOTE:

Before we begin, I should tell you some little known facts about the Jurassic Park franchise that could potentially throw off some readers who don't know much about the franchise, or even those who consider themselves superfans.

1. Before InGen and John Hammond bought Isla Nublar from the Costa Rican government, there were indigenous people living there known as the Bribri, or Tun-Si, which translates to "water people" and their name for the island was "Gua-Si" which translates to "house beyond water. They believed a religious figure called Sibo created the earth and everything on it. In the summers, the would live on the beaches and coasts to catch fish. They also were the people to name the volcano present on the island "Mount Sibo" and believed it was a home for the animals. Because of the volcanic I activity present on the island, it is seen to have a layer of fog at all times. In 1525 a Spanish explorer by the name of Diego Fernandez discovered the island, and Cartogropher Nicolas de Huelva, when he described seeing a "Cloud Island" while mapping the coast. After the island's discovery, the people were spread to the mainland over the next four centuries. Between 1987 and 1988, InGen bought the island from the Costa Rican government and began construction on Jurassic Park.

IMPORTANT BECAUSE: There are a few structures discovered on the island that were never canon in the franchise, but were instead build by the Bribri.

2. In the original novel by Michael Crichton, Isla Nublar was only eight miles long and five miles wide. However in the films, it is seen to have about a mile added to each side, making it nine miles long and six miles wide. Likewise, the book version of Isla Sorna had the length at 4.8 miles and the width closer to 5.1 miles. In the films, Sorna would be 5.8 miles long, and 6.1 miles wide.

IMPORTANT BECAUSE: Although there is no official size for the islands present, in this story I will be using the larger versions of the islands for the sake of having more space to work with.

3. There are many special of both plant and animal life that were native to the island even before the Bribri were evacuated. Some plantlife included the Moreton Bay Fig Tree and the West Indian Lilac flower. Indigenous wildlife included the Brown Pelican, red-tailed Boa, Nublar ruffed deer, and Green sea turtle. InGen introduced some prehistoric plants to the island as well, most commonly known Serena Veriformans and Heliconia.

IMPORTANT BECAUSE: There are a few special of both plant and animal life that the characters run into on the island that are never stated to have ever lived there in canon.

4. Before 1994, the animals on Isla Nublar were essentially allowed to roam free until InGen, partnered with Henry Wu, did a cleanup of the island to try to get it under control. In 1998, John Hammond told Simon Maserani his dying wish of continuing his dream. Maserani Global bought the island and InGen and began construction of Jurassic World in 2002, which eventually opened in 2005.

IMPORTANT BECAUSE: I felt as though I could get my point across more clearly if I replaced Wu with Malcolm, and had his mind still fresh from both Jurassic Park and The Lost World.