DAY 0 - Morning

[islandiastaff]

[Good morning, contestants!

One moment, you were receiving a mysterious envelope marked "Greetings from Islandia". The next moment, you're waking up on a beach.

Twenty-four people are scattered across the sands of a beautiful tropical beach, all somewhere in the middle of waking up. To your right, a sunrise over a gentle sea. To your left, dense, vibrant jungle.

There are two signs of civilization here! One is a shipwreck, about half of a good-sized ship emerging morosely from the waves. The other is a wooden sign at the edge of the jungle, showing simply an arrow pointing deeper into the island. Looking a bit closer, there is a narrow but well-maintained path into the jungle.

Welcome to Islandia!]

Comments

[fullonbraced]

Time for an intro! I'm Robiiin Newmaaaan! I'm training to be a super cool prosecutor! So I can beat all the bad guys!

[A smirk]

My wish is that my friends and I will be friends forever!

[carptricks]

[he nods]

I'm the same way.

If that's the ship we took to get here, don't you think we'd remember it?

[teethteethteeth]

[Guess who's also stuffing herself? This lady!]

[livefreely]

That depends. If we were kidnapped in such a way that we blacked out that entire time, it's possible not to.

But it doesn't make any sense, since I'm sure a plastic boat wouldn't have been able to take us here, or anywhere, to begin with.

[collateraltsunage]

[A very true statement]

I suppose you could call it that, yes. [STILL FEELING UP THAT TREE]

[Meryl, contain yourself]

[carptricks]

And that's the part I'm concerned about.

[the "possibly blacked out" part]

The plastic ship could be a decoy, y'know?

[fullonbraced]

No, but I saw him just a little while ago! And then I woke up here, man!

[Robin dug around in the pockets of the Themis Academy uniform she wore, producing a couple handfuls of sand.]

I'm Robin! Uh, nice to meet you! I guess.

[wildrhythm]

I am, and you can't stop me.

[carptricks]

. . .

Sooooo, how's it feel? Touching a tree.

[he asks casually, but there's a hint of sarcasm in those words]

[livefreely]

Then where's the real ship?

[She tilts her head to the right, hand under her chin, thinking.]

Did they actually carry it from one end of the island to another. . .?

[carptricks]

[AMUSED SNORT]

Oi, whatever makes you happy. Right?

[jerks a thumb at himself]

'M Kaito! Kaito Kuroba, age 17, from Japan. As for my wish. . .

[pauses thoughtfully for a moment]

There's a new video game coming out next month, I'd definitely ask for that.

[SAGE NOD]

[teethteethteeth]

I'm Sugar Cream from Settletown, and I dunno what I'll wish for!

[fullonbraced]

Okay! On three!

...One! Two! ...Three!

[And PUSHING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE]

[wildrhythm]

Don't wish for a single video game after saying I was wasting mine!

[carptricks]

They wouldn't have to carry it.

They could just sail it to the other side and park it there.

[fullonbraced]

This food is soooo good!

[teethteethteeth]

It sure is! But I better leave some for the others.

[s2g]

[ a lean-cut figure on the edge of the water! he's tall, dark, and handsome—just kidding, he's actually little more than trash, and currently still half-buried in the sand like a piece of driftwood that just so happened to wash up on the shore.

there's water—everywhere. it makes his spine tingle in a way that's neither good or bad, but rather a bit of both. he blinks sand-blind eyes behind his shades, licks his lips where the sand clings to them. nah, it's real alright. ]

You gotta be shittin' me.

[ he doesn't know how to swim. ]

[carptricks]

Okay, how about. . .

Ten video games, and an unlimited amount of time to play them all.

[punchestumors]

Well, arrow signs don't sprout up from the ground... I want know who they are too. Only one way to find out, I guess.

[He's dithering because doing so also requires throwing caution to the winds. Then again, this jungle couldn't possibly be more dangerous than the one in the hunter exam. He straightens his tie, nods at Kaito, and heads on in.]

[wildrhythm]

[Sage nod.]

Way better.

[carptricks]

[Kaito shoves his hands into his pockets and ambles behind him, keeping a sharp eye on their surroundings as he does so]

We definitely weren't learning anything new by hanging around the beach.

[carptricks]

[snrk]

I'm glad my revised wish meets with your approval.

[punchestumors]

[Leorio's gotten almost-mistaken for two different people today. He must have one of those faces. Raising an eyebrow at the weird face she made, he then lets it slide with a shrug.]

I don't like the idea of following a vague arrow into the jungle. But, at least there's a trail. Maybe that means the destination isn't too far.

[s2g]

[ tags him on his way past, a sharp-knuckled hand catching Vash by the back of that high collar and holding fast. ]

Where do ya think you're goin'? [ surprise, Vash! it's your favourite shitty priest, here to ruin your day. ] Do ya even know how to swim in this stuff?