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The Helpful Islandia Staff ([personal profile] islandiastaff) wrote in [community profile] islandia2015-01-03 11:19 am
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DAY 0 - Morning



[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!]
featherduster: troll, ehe, excite (yes!!!!!!! (wait no))

Re: THE BEACH

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-03 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A row of vibrantly green trees dead ahead; an impossibly blue, impossibly large, impossibly full of water ocean at his six. This is perhaps one of the worst conundrums he's ever faced, because despite his many (stupid) talents, running breakneck in two directions at once has never been among them, and he must thus make a choice.

The water wins.

He pulls himself up from where he seems to have fallen unconscious in the sand at some point — must be Tuesday — and barrels right for it like some crazy bastard who's never seen a body of water in his life. ]


Look at all this water!!

[ SOMEONE STOP HIM FROM DROWNING. ]
punchestumors: (>:))

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-01-03 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leorio's still recovering from the shock, but some manic guy running and yelling is not helping. He furrows his brow, watching, but soon enough he's in the shallows and Leorio can't resist yelling over, a mixture of annoyance and morbid amusement.]

Oi, the hell are you doing? Swimming at the beach is one thing, but you're gonna drown in that bigass coat!

[he doesn't want to do CPR on a dude if he can help it]
featherduster: :), soft, excite (> play w/kids to avoid responsibilites)

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[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ On the contrary, sir, he is doing you the great service of annoying you back to your sound senses! You're welcome. IOUs are accepted payment. ]

I'm being careful, I'm being careful! [ It seems no amount of sound logic can hamper the excitement this much water has created, as he scampers up to his knees in seawater ] Do I look like the kind of guy who's careless enough to —
featherduster: bullied (he's dead jim)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-04 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His boot slips

He flails

He faceplants quite soundly into the shallow surf

(Use your judgement to fill in the rest of that question) ]
punchestumors: (this motherfucker right here)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-01-05 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
.... I rest my case.

[oh wait he probably can't hear that since HE'S FUCKING DROWNING. Leorio stalks over to the edge of the water.]

I TOLD YOU!

[there now he'll just grumpily watch for a second to see if he's going to pull himself up]
featherduster: bullied (with friends like these)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-05 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ One arm rises from the murky (not-)depths, waving about plaintively.

HE COULD PULL HIMSELF UP OR HE COULD MAKE YOU HELP. Perhaps all this disparaging cruelty is preventing him from getting up on his own. ]
punchestumors: (what?)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-01-06 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh for - [That is a signal to help isn't it. In knee deep water... what, did he get stung by a ray or something?

God fine he is way too nice for his own good. Leorio tosses his jacket off to the side (after he'd already spent so long getting sand out of it, too) and hustles in, water splashing around behind him. Lifeguard stuff isn't anything he's studied, but once he's close he holds out his hand toward Vash's flaily one.]


Hey, I gotcha! Grab my wrist!

[and pull]
featherduster: hollerin, !, ? (GAHHHH)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-08 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ You're the hero we deserve, Leorio.

The flaily hand in question latches on gratefully - in a bizarrely strong vice grip, as if it were literally a vice - and he pulls himself up coughing and spluttering. ]


— Wet sand doesn't move the same way dry sand does!
collateraltsunage: (pic#6604997)

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[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-04 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Meryl's already standing right on the edge of the water, too enamored to even care that her shoes are getting wet. She bends down to touch it with her fingers, eyes lighting up in the kind of excitement you'd never expect to see on her face]

Is this a dream? All of this water, I...
collateraltsunage: (pic#5841089)

[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait.]

[That voice.]

[That hair.... that red coat....]


No.... It can't be....
collateraltsunage: (pic#5842576)

Done!

[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-04 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH, BUT IT IS]

[The excitement and wonder drains from her face (momentarily), and she holds her hands up to her head as horror overtakes her...]


It's a NIGHTMARE!
featherduster: !, ? (huh.)

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[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-04 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That sounds suspiciously like an insurance agent! Perhaps he's begun hallucinating her voice whenever he dares to have any fun at all

Wait, no. She's actually standing there. ]
featherduster: :), soft (under a sky so blue)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-04 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He wheels around without missing a beat, gesturing helpfully to the water that's now up to his knees, grinning broadly. Almost like he hasn't seen her in a while, or something! Weird. ]

No, no, this is an ocean, see? [ BC THAT'S CLEARLY WHAT YOU MEANT ] Isn't it amazing?!
collateraltsunage: (pic#5869174)

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[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-05 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[That reaction is downright odd. In fact, she's even distracted for a moment or two-]

Yes, I've never seen anything like it...
collateraltsunage: (pic#5869199)

[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-05 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Before glaring at him suspiciously]

What are you doing here?! Are you behind this?!

[Is it an actual nightmare?! ... Hallucination?]
featherduster: uhoh, unsure, sheepish (HI............ bye)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-05 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aha!!! There's an adventurous bone in your body after all, Meryl Stryfe!! ]

[ The picture of innocence, ] Behind what, the ocean?

I'm flattered by your estimation of my abilities, but this is getting a little silly.
collateraltsunage: (pic#5841174)

[personal profile] collateraltsunage 2015-01-05 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course there is. She's still stealing looks at the water ss she marches up to him and barely resists grabbing his collar]

You know very well what I mean, Mr. Vash. [Don't play stupid!]

If we've been kidnapped because of some trouble you've landed in...!
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featherduster: !, uhoh, unsure (BACK UP HOLD THE PHONE)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-06 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Backpedaling on auto-pilot, which puts him further into the water, which causes him to sway dangerously at least once as the wet sand shifts beneath his boots. It might be wise to beware of tipping giants. ]

Whoa, hey, this isn't fair! Why blame me?! I didn't do anything, I swear!

[ Aside from open a sketchy letter but

Pot

Kettle ]

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s2g: (how are any of you alive)

[personal profile] s2g 2015-01-04 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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?
featherduster: uhoh, judging, unsure (wow no)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-05 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is a comically long moment where he seems intent to continue running even while scruffed, and has to slowly and deliberately walk himself backwards when the slack of Wolfwood's arm runs out. ]

Oh good, you're here. [ Deadpanned. He was aLMOST ENJOYING HIMSELF ] How the heck would I know how to swim?! You can walk in water, too, y'know!
s2g: i'll stay here and YOU go negotiate with the angry mob (i have a great idea)

[personal profile] s2g 2015-01-05 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ if we're being honest (which Wolfwood rarely is), he'd paid more attention about walking on it, 'cuz that was about as believable as ever encountering this much water in one place. but he shrugs, elaborately, and drops his hand. from here on out, if Vash drowns himself, it's all on him. ]

You can barely walk on sand without something comin' up to getcha.
featherduster: -- (all faces for wolfwood tbh)

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[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Now you're just exaggerating. Nothing's gonna —
featherduster: bullied (with friends like these)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-05 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ On cue, a sand crab, barely even a fraction of the size of his boot

Which he hastens to avoid stepping on, to such a degree that he unbalances himself and falls into the surf with a rough SPLOOSH! ]
s2g: (wat)

[personal profile] s2g 2015-01-05 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ keywords. ]

The Lord is testing me.

[ wonder how much that coat weighs soaking wet ]
featherduster: bullied (he's dead jim)

[personal profile] featherduster 2015-01-08 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ A LOT

He's going to drown

Save him ]

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