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

[carptricks]

You think we should start dreaming for something bigger?

[HMMMM. . .]

How about a cruise ship with an all-you-can-eat ice cream bar?

[carptricks]

Cool.

[a pause]

[. . . he's so curious he has to ask]

Soooo what's that like?

[wildrhythm]

All right, I'll ask.

[Hibiki faces towards the jungle, cups her hands, and shouts.]

HEY, WISE GUYS! HOW ABOUT A BOAT THAT ACTUALLY WORKS SO THAT WE CAN GO HOME?!

1/2

[scarfphiliac]

[ACCEPTED]

Yeah. Much as I'd like to stick around- ['not'] -I've got better places to be, so...

[With a grand gesture, he moves out of the way to conjure up





















absolutely fucking nothing.]

[punchestumors]

[Probably true!

... Though when Leorio notices a silent figure on the rock behind him, he's a little creeped out, so he turns to stare a bit.

It's a lady though. Whatever, he'll wave.]

[exfired]

[snaps his fingers]

Now we're getting somewhere! I figure, if you're gonna dream, might as well go all the way.

[scarfphiliac]

...eh?

[Wait, what the fresh hell is this shit, he can't even??]

[part_time_overlord]

You could, but if I wanted to maintain my cover I certainly wouldn't bring up the idea. A shapeshifter wouldn't want people thinking about shapeshifters, obviously.

[teethteethteeth]

Something like that. Though it's more like a prosthetic hand, I guess.

[part_time_overlord]

Why do you care?

[exfired]

Aah, gotcha. Well, hey, this body prolly works better than a hook!

[wildrhythm]

Unless you brought up shapeshifting so that we wouldn't expect you of being someone who would bring up shapeshifting!

[Hibiki is mostly confusing herself at this point, but she is pretty done with shapeshifters these days.]

[scarfphiliac]

[And in the entire process, all Ivlis can think of is 'w h y'.]

...did you really have to go that far to confirm it?

[teethteethteeth]

Nope, but I guess I just like the hardness, you know? Plus they can have just any kind of taste. And you seem to like chocolate a lot, young man!

[teethteethteeth]

Though if I had a hook I could be a pirate!

[part_time_overlord]

But if I thought of bringing up shapeshifting as a bluff to make you think I wasn't a shapeshifter, there's no way I wouldn't also think that bringing up shapeshifting to make you think I'm not a shapeshifter would just make you think I'm a shapeshifter even more!

[punchestumors]

Me?

[He doesn't look particularly angry, but he's still kind of grouchy. Not enough to take it out on her though.]

Hardly. I remember getting some kind of envelope - that's about it.

[exfired]

Trust me, the only pirates with hooks are pretty bad ones.

[carptricks]

[YIPES. he sudden volume causes Kaito to start once, and he nearly trips off of the rock]

. . . volume control! Volume control! Who're you even yelling at?

[wildrhythm]

I am so lost.

[part_time_overlord]

Me too honestly.

[carptricks]

I don't know how you get much bigger'n a cruise ship with an ice cream bar.

[pause. . .]

Unless it's a cruise ship with wings?

[now he was just being ridiculous]

[carptricks]

[POP-FUCKING-CORN]

. . . was that supposed to be some kind of grand exit?

[wildrhythm]

...Apparently nobody. I figured it might be worth a shot.

[sweetssuite]

....

[Unintelligible, annoyed muttering as she holds her head in pain.]