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]

Totally! A boat made of duck tape woulda floated better!

...It would have been lighter, too!

[candyrocks]

Nope!

[He may be small, but he's pretty hard to scare! His expression right now is mostly just cheerful.]

We're fine! We've just never been shipwrecked before!

[zerotodoro]

[He nods]

Yes - that's a good idea, let's start searching the beach. Chances are we might find someone we know.

[Or least that's how it's been for the Ninja]

[life_is_megas_wonderful]

Aw, that's great! I think you kinda need a ship to be wrecked to be shipwrecked, though! Hahahaha!

I'm Tsuruya! What's your name?

[life_is_megas_wonderful]

Ooh, me? Hmmm... shoulds I give the boring answer or the awesome answer first?

[livefreely]

I guess that depends, doesn't it? If there's signal in this place, I'd say a working cellphone. Otherwise, I'd probably bring one of my friends here.

[skyentist]

[The girl in the labcoat is scribbling in a pocket notebook off to the side.]

Note:... Trees... are... real.

[livefreely]

Depends on what kind of frog it is, I think. But they're usually in darker areas... but it doesn't mean that the sunlight's bad for them!

[livefreely]

Then I guess this solves that! But don't you think it's strange that the trees are real but the boat's made of plastic?

[candyrocks]

Hey, yeah! Like Beatrice, or Wirt even! Or maybe your friends, too!

[candyrocks]

He's the fancy kind! The kind that wears fancy socks!

[candyrocks]

That's not true. You can be shipwrecked in a lot of things, like a ship or a barrel or a hat...but there's a ship over there!

[Pointing down the beach to the shipwreck in the distance.]

Anyway, I'm Greg!

[wildrhythm]

A boat.

[carptricks]

[snorts and tilts his head back a bit]

Why would you start with a boring answer? C'mon, don't hold back! Gimme the awesome one first.

[fullonbraced]

OOOH! I know!

[Robin was practically bouncing with energy.]

A phone!

[carptricks]

. . . what kinda deserted island has a cellphone signal?

[he asks in a deadpan]

Re: THE BEACH

[skyentist]

[The girl in the labcoat and the pink-lensed glasses has pushed herself up to a sitting position is currently pinching a small measure of sand and watching as the grains fall from her fingers.]

Hmm. Real sand. Real ocean too. That settles it! Scientifically speaking, we're at a beach!

[The girl writes something down in her pocket notebook and then pushes herself up to her feet. That shipwreck over there is really intriguing and definitely needs some scientific investigation.]

[carptricks]

[OPENS MOUTH]

[closes it again]

[h. . . hm]

Y'know. . . that answer almost feels like cheating.

[zerotodoro]

Ah - yes, I can talk of course. And yes that is true I am not native to this planet.

[fullonbraced]

[Giving you a confused look.]

Um... Hey there!

[skyentist]

[What an easy question.]

Luminol. Or perhaps a fingerprinting kit.

[carptricks]

What, so you could save yourself from boredom by playing Candy Crush all day?

[he's amused]

I don't think deserted islands have cell phone towers.

[fullonbraced]

...Oh! Maybe it's like a rubber raft! They could fill it with a lot of air or use it as a lifeboat!

[carptricks]

. . .

[blinks at her in apparent bewilderment]

Er.

Why? I mean, I guess if this was a mystery deserted island. . .

[zerotodoro]

That much is clear, but which beach is it though?

[It's clearly not the one the Hinata family would take them to, doesn't seem like the others he's been too before]