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

[livefreely]

If it was a trick, then you'd be able to touch one of the trees and have them fall down like a movie set, wouldn't you?

[fullonbraced]

[...ONE SEC!

....

......]

The trees are REAL!!

[skyentist]

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

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

[fullonbraced]

[Giving you a confused look.]

Um... Hey there!

[skyentist]

[The girl pushes her glasses to her forehead and waves over to Robin.] Hi!

[fullonbraced]

[...Well you look like a nerd, and Robin is okay with that.]

... The trees are made of wood, man! But the boat is made of PLASTIC!!

[skyentist]

I know! Scientifically speaking... that probably means the boat was made somewhere else!

... I'm Ema Skye, by the way.

[fullonbraced]

I'm ROBIN NEWMAAAN!

[Aw yeah!! Totally psyched up!]

Nice to meet you!

[skyentist]

Nice to meet you too!

[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?

[fullonbraced]

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

[livefreely]

You think so? Do you want to try putting it back on the water to test it out?

[fullonbraced]

Sure! What do we got to lose?!

[He'll totally go and try to put the plastic, likely never going to float, boat in the water, you don't even know man.]

[livefreely]

Alright, then! I wonder if this is going to work...

[She has an inkling that it probably won't, but she might as well try.]

[fullonbraced]

[ALRIGHT JUST GONNA

TRY PUSHING THIS NOW

...WOW IT'S STUCK IN THERE]

[livefreely]

... Oh. That poor boat.

[fullonbraced]

Ugh.... uh....

[Looking at her.]

Give me a hand!

[livefreely]

Huh?

[That's awfully suspicious, but she has no qualms about this, either.]

Yessir! [And there's a salute with her hand and she runs on over.] Okay, so am I supposed to try to grab it from the other side or just help you out with this side?

[fullonbraced]

Help me out over here! This thing is really heavy, man!

[Like, wow. Plastic is supposed to be lighter then this.]

[livefreely]

...Alright!

So, on three?

[Because this might take some effort.]

[fullonbraced]

Okay! On three!

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

[And PUSHING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE]

[livefreely]

[Definitely following up on Robin at the sound of three, pushing as hard as she can. She has the muscles of an ordinary high school girl, after all.]

[fullonbraced]

[Robin braced herself against the boat and pushed as hard as she could. And, as though a miracle, the boat began to move out to the water.]

We're doing it, man!

[livefreely]

Yeah! It looks like it's going out...

[Maybe they should have tried getting on it.]

Ah.

[fullonbraced]

Ah....

[Oooooh. stomping the ground in frustration.]

AAUUUUGH!! AW MAAAN!