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

[punchestumors]

Sign? I thought this was a desert island...

[Leorio scratches his head. It wasn't good to just assume that, was it? He looks around. Sure enough, there is something unusual at the edge of the jungle, though it's far away.]

Maybe over there!

[poetryandclarinet]

[Yeah, assuming it's a desert island isn't the best idea, but Wirt kind of assumed that too. It's a good thing he's good at being in denial about bad situations.]

Oh, I- I haven't noticed that before. Let's go check it out! [MAYBE IT'LL POINT THEM TO A CITY WITH PHONES AND CARS AND HELP]

[punchestumors]

[No, it's just an arrow that says nothing.]

... Well, it's a trail. Not very helpful for a sign though.

[poetryandclarinet]

Ah, darn. [He was so hopeful...]

..well, maybe the trail will lead us to society? Just because the sign isn't very helpful, doesn't mean there isn't anything there. R-right?

[punchestumors]

I guess there's nothing to lose... I think we oughta go in a group though. That way no one gets left on the beach wondering where the hell everyone else went.

[poetryandclarinet]

Oh. Yeah, I guess we should. [He actually doesn't really care about the others, but if this guy says they should wait, then they should wait.]

[punchestumors]

Hm.

[kind of a noncomittal response, but he'll let it slide.]

Before I do, though, I wanna clarify something - did you get a letter too? Greetings from Islandia.

[poetryandclarinet]

Oh, yeah. Y-yeah, I did. [Now that he remembers it...] It's pretty strange, isn't it?