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Post by Ariel on Mar 31, 2023 20:18:39 GMT -8
"Hey, Bennett, can you help me out with something?" "Let's leave these nerds to their little book club."
Bennett nodded without hesitation, half in his act, "Uh yeah! Sure," He spoke partly in confidence, but also partly in nervousness. Why was Gabe trying to separate him from the group? He had been versed very briefly on Gabe's past, mainly because he wasn't one of the ones on the list. And yet, a swarm of doubts and worst case scenarios entered his brain. As it would be, for one who has been suffering of anxiety for the past days, worrying that the castaways would start to clue in that him and Ethan weren't who they said they were. But Bennett knew he had to keep a firm head on his shoulders as to not raise any further suspicion.
Giving Heidi a silent way goodbye, he followed Gabe to the treeline towards the large portion of fuselage that was being held against the trees.
"You ever done any construction?"
"Can't say that I have," Bennett chuckled as he shook his head in a negatory fashion, " But I've done some labor jobs here and there," He spoke truthfully as he watched Gabe intertwine his hand with electrical wiring, "What do you need done?" Bennett asked further, willing to do the task in what Gabe was going to instruct him in.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Apr 1, 2023 23:28:35 GMT -8
..."you guys are lucky I'm here with you now."
"Yes!" I agreed, enthusiastic over the progress already made with just a quick glance by Derek. "An archeologist on the plane. What are the odds?" I said, glancing between Linda and Derek.
"Hey, Bennett, can you help me out with something?" "Let's leave these nerds to their little book club."
"Ugh, jocks," I bantered back at Gabe in mock disgust as he stepped away with Bennett. "They're the worst," I added, looking to Derek with an exaggerated eyeroll but with an amused grin. Derek was far behind the rest of us with the whole bonding thing, so I made an attempt to make him feel included in the friendly jabs. Technically, Gabe had started the inclusion, seeing as Derek was the one currently holding said book.
"Linda and I had given up hope that we'd learn anything more about the journal," I said, with a quick glance toward Linda as I got back on topic, though it was mostly me that had become so fascinated by our find. "All we were able to figure was that there looked to be at least five different languages; the Egyptian hieroglyphs, Spanish... Gabe figured another to be Hebrew. The others, we weren't sure. There's also drawings scattered throughout. An Egyptian god, a pirate-y looking ship..." I recalled off the top of my head, "oh, and some old tools and what looks like directions for building a well?"
I shook my head as I glanced down at the mysterious journal. "It's so random, which makes it even more intriguing."
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Post by Ariel on Apr 2, 2023 8:59:23 GMT -8
"All we were able to figure was that there looked to be at least five different languages; the Egyptian hieroglyphs, Spanish... Gabe figured another to be Hebrew. The others, we weren't sure. There's also drawings scattered throughout. An Egyptian god, a pirate-y looking ship..." "oh, and some old tools and what looks like directions for building a well?"
"It's so random, which makes it even more intriguing."
"This island, it's pretty big right? I mean, I doubt we've even discovered half of this place. Maybe this island used to be home to an ancient civilization - or even home to a civilization that still exists," Linda pondered out loud. If there truly was a civilization native to the island, she wouldn't be sure if she should be terrified or intrigued, "But, if there was others living on this island, I'm sure we would have run into them by now. Don't you reckon?" Linda questioned Derek and Heidi, looking to find comfort in their answers of this new fear she accidentally instilled.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Apr 10, 2023 16:17:47 GMT -8
"Can't say that I have, but I've done some labor jobs here and there. What do you need done?"
"Well, I'm hoping that we can use this as our base wall of a shelter," Gabe informed him, tapping his hand on the large chunk of metal. "Get this part fixed and stable, and then we can build the others out from it. I just need you to hold it in place while I secure this side." While Bennett kept a firm grasp on the fragment of fuselage, Gabe began to intertwine the cables between holes in the metal and around the tree trunk.
"Y'know, I grew up on a ranch. You couldn't order stuff from Ikea out there, so you had to improvise. Guess that's comin' in handy now, huh?" he explained, beginning to share his background and perhaps find something in common with the young man. Maybe Bennett was just introverted and overwhelmed by the circumstances; anyone would be. "What about you? Tent in the woods or four-star hotel kinda' guy?" he asked.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Apr 23, 2023 0:07:47 GMT -8
Day three hundred and eighty nine point four.
Stranded life continues. Shirts somehow keep on getting misplaced, I'm not even sure this one is mine. Its tighter than usual, shorter too. Booze has proven to be non existent yet the voices of the island come and go, the visions or hallucinations or ghosts... whatever they are seemed to have died down.
Stu aimless walked around as his inner monologue continued.
The island woman though... Oh the island woman. There were worse places one could be trapped.
There was Gwen who totally rocked the whole sexy air hostess fantasy though her attitude was kinda bossy which Stu found off putting. Kate was also an woman of the island but there was no way he was joing her harem of guys. There was the pregnant chick who was very pretty and Shannon though she was a dime a dozen and had some weird sexual tension with that Boone guy. There was also Heidi. Heidi was scary. She was nice and didnt expect anything from him, yet anyway. She had one of those smiles that could light up a room with the way it beams from her. Maybe she was one of those mythical genuinely nice people he had heard about. Stu then caught the sight of Linda in his eye line. Her curves. The way her butt still looked amazing regardless of whatever she had left to wear. She was always confident and pretty bad ass. She was in all seriousness kinda brilliant.
Stu's hand rubbed his chin and and face.
Maybe when we get off this island she will want to see Vegas. Maybe Heidi could join her, crazier things have happened.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on May 5, 2023 23:12:45 GMT -8
Even though Derek was primarily focused on their little book club now, he took notice of Gabe leaving with the guy he hadn't even gotten a name from yet but who gave him an uncomfortable feeling. Once they were gone, he could relax some more and turn his full attention back to Heidi, Linda, and, of course, the artifact.
"Ugh, jocks,""They're the worst,"
Derek chuckled softly at the quip yet rather along the way of looking over the pages in his hands again. He was totally a social person, at times at least, but he was also a nerd next level, fading into a completely different world as soon as he held something in his hands that fascinated him deeply. But it seemed he wasn't the only one left with fascination over it because, soon, also Heidi turned her attention back to it, sounding just as fascinated.
"Linda and I had given up hope that we'd learn anything more about the journal,""All we were able to figure was that there looked to be at least five different languages; the Egyptian hieroglyphs, Spanish... Gabe figured another to be Hebrew. The others, we weren't sure. There's also drawings scattered throughout. An Egyptian god, a pirate-y looking ship..."
Derek continued looking through the pages and touching the letters as if they would be giving him more details to them by just that while he listened to Heidi's explanation at the same time.
"oh, and some old tools and what looks like directions for building a well?""It's so random, which makes it even more intriguing."
He looked up at her with a slight smile, appreciating her interest and fascination with these things, like a teacher who did when a student, for once, was not only doing their homework but asking questions beyond.
"This island, it's pretty big right? I mean, I doubt we've even discovered half of this place. Maybe this island used to be home to an ancient civilization - or even home to a civilization that still exists,"
And here they got closer to Derek's field of interest regarding this island. Maybe too close even. Usually, he loved to share his findings and information but, around here, it was a little different. Derek was already too deep into lying and withholding from this group of survivors. He turned to the next page to hide what had been on his mind for a moment, although they barely would be able to guess.
"But, if there was others living on this island, I'm sure we would have run into them by now. Don't you reckon?"
"I'd think so, yes," he replied with a slight nod. No, he didn't think so. Derek had found out so much more already. "But I do agree that this must have been home to an ancient civilization with, uh, a lot of secrets," he added as he went through the pages again, a lot more casually now. He would study this more thoroughly as soon as he was alone with it, making notes, extending his own journal.
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Post by Ariel on May 6, 2023 13:55:01 GMT -8
"Y'know, I grew up on a ranch. You couldn't order stuff from Ikea out there, so you had to improvise. Guess that's comin' in handy now, huh?"
Bennett was intrigued by the way Gabe could carry a conversation. Of course, he had an idea of the guy's background through briefing, so he knew that he had to be cautious of what he said and sticking with his story. Though, he honestly had no idea what an Ikea was, Bennett knew that he had to mute any sort of puzzled expression and go along with the interesting short story that Gabe was telling. He chuckled lightly at Gabe's remark on improvising with the materials that they could find and nodded his head in agreement.
"What about you? Tent in the woods or four-star hotel kinda' guy?"
"Definitely tent in the woods," Bennett gleefully answered, and quickly at that, "My cousin and I are from Ontario. Sure, we got a couple of big cities where we're from, but many of us Ontarians such as myself would take waking up with a cup of coffee in the mountains over partying it up on Queen West," Bennett explained, proud to have done his homework in detail. There were few of his people that were either from the outside world or visited the outside world often for recruitment, so he had been able to pick a brain or two, "So sure, this whole crashing on the island thing kinda sucks, but it's not the worst thing that's happened." Bennett grinned affirmingly as he watched Gabe in order to follow his lead in the project at hand.
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Post by Ariel on May 6, 2023 15:21:06 GMT -8
"I'd think so, yes," "But I do agree that this must have been home to an ancient civilization with, uh, a lot of secrets,"
Linda nodded, grateful for Derek to spend his precious time surveying the journal and politely answering their questions even though he had barely even a moment to settle into camp. Her gaze suddenly flickered over to someone standing in the distance, as she had felt the person staring over at her. Linda's complexion lit up when she realized it was Stu. She felt like she had been preoccupied as of lately and haven't had much time to talk or visit with him, and she felt bad but knew very well that he knew how to hold his own. Nonetheless, Linda took it in this moment as a sign that she needed to slow down and do less. "Excuse me," Linda snapped her gaze back at Heidi and Derek and gave them a slight nod of farewell before climbing to her feet and brushing the sand off of her knees before making her way over to Stu. She walked back out into the open beach area where the sun felt like a blazing fire, but she figured for Stu that it would be worth it.
"Hey," Linda greeted Stu as she approached him. An amused grin played on her lips as she noticed that he was was wearing a shirt that was a tad short on him, "You lose your shirt, or are you just trying to show off?" Linda chuckled as she poked at him with a bit of fun, though she wouldn't be too hard on him. He had gotten her though times where no one else had showed up for her. She wasn't sure exactly what it was about him, but being around Stu always made her feel at home.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on May 6, 2023 22:04:21 GMT -8
"You lose your shirt, or are you just trying to show off?"
There was a confidence in her approach that Stu dug, a carefree intent about the world around her perhaps. Maybe he saw part of himself in her with it that made him want to see other parts of himself in her.
"Actually its all part of my master plan Goldilocks. I figure you see me in a shirt that is clearly too small for me and in an act of selfishness..." Stu took a second his eyes raising upwards as he was thinking "...Or is it selflessness.... Whatever shellfishthingy you desire allow me to get into your shirt."
Stu smiled at her before giving a small point toward the group Linda had just came from.
"Ya know you didnt have to rush over to see me I was enjoying the view. Dont get me wrong I'm glad to see you, I've been meaning to call but you know how it is. How many days is a guy supposed to wait to call a girl for a date, is that the same for Island time, do you subtract any for giant monsters."
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Post by Ariel on May 7, 2023 8:27:28 GMT -8
"Ya know you didnt have to rush over to see me I was enjoying the view. Dont get me wrong I'm glad to see you, I've been meaning to call but you know how it is. How many days is a guy supposed to wait to call a girl for a date, is that the same for Island time, do you subtract any for giant monsters."
"Well, you know what they say about the three day rule," Linda remarked as she motioned with her hands towards a water bottle near Stu so that she could replenish her hydration levels, knowing that she surely needed to be drinking more water than she had been in this scorching heat, "If he doesn't call, then that's when you know he'll be more trouble than he's worth," Linda said in a light matter of fact tone before she took a swig of the water bottle. She didn't mind trying to match his energy, it was always a refreshing change in conversation rather than thinking about rescue and all of the doom and gloom that came with being stranded on an island, "What's your take on the new guy over there?" Linda pointed her head in the direction of where Derek sat with Heidi, "He seems nice enough and intelligent at that, but something just feels strange. He just came out of nowhere and said he's one of us?" Linda questioned the newcomer's presence, consulting with Stu on his honest opinion.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on May 7, 2023 12:16:07 GMT -8
"This island, it's pretty big right? I mean, I doubt we've even discovered half of this place. Maybe this island used to be home to an ancient civilization - or even home to a civilization that still exists,"
I glanced over at Linda, a disbelieving expression on my face at that last part, but she voiced the same reasoning for contradiction I had about it before I could.
"But, if there was others living on this island, I'm sure we would have run into them by now. Don't you reckon?"
"I'd think so, yes," "But I do agree that this must have been home to an ancient civilization with, uh, a lot of secrets,"
Big island, mostly undiscovered by the survivors or not, our arrival had to have been noticed if this had been an already populated island. "I'm sure our plane crashing could have been seen anywhere on the island," I pointed out, "and that anyone living here would have found us after just a couple of days."
Such a huge, dramatic event surely would have drawn any residence over to them, purely out of curiosity if not to help. I glanced up from the book to see what thoughts Linda might have on that only to find her distractedly glancing in another direction.
"Excuse me,"
"Yah, sure..." I said, now distracted myself as I wondered what had captured her attention. I mean, what could be more intriguing than this on an island where life had already become pretty monotonous after only two weeks?
"And then there were two," I said, still watching her progress, frowning and narrowing my eyes suspiciously at Stu when I saw that's where Linda was heading. Giving a barely discernable shake of my head, I glanced back down at the book and put my concentration back on it, finding myself easily drawn in again and perplexed as to why others weren't.
"How are people not more fascinated with this?" I asked, glancing up at Derek. "I mean, it's pretty damn amazing, even despite the fact there's hardly anything else to keep us occupied."
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Post by Kristi Lynne on May 8, 2023 15:27:28 GMT -8
"Definitely tent in the woods. My cousin and I are from Ontario. Sure, we got a couple of big cities where we're from, but many of us Ontarians such as myself would take waking up with a cup of coffee in the mountains over partying it up on Queen West. So sure, this whole crashing on the island thing kinda sucks, but it's not the worst thing that's happened."
"Well, yeah, things could be worse," Gabe agreed with a mirthless laugh. "We probably shouldn't tempt fate like that, though." He finished up securing the cable around the tree trunk and began the more difficult task of connecting the metal wall along the top to a tree branch, grateful for Bennett's help in keeping it steady.
"Ontario, huh?" Gabe repeated. "I never made it to our neighbor to the north. What do you and your cousin do when you're not camping? Is it really all hockey and moose and maple syrup?" He kept the conversation light and congenial, to gather as much info as he could. Then at some point, he could find the cousin and compare notes to see if they were a match.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on May 14, 2023 2:19:55 GMT -8
"What's your take on the new guy over there?""He seems nice enough and intelligent at that, but something just feels strange. He just came out of nowhere and said he's one of us?"
"Imma be real honest with you." Stu said as he looked around making sure they werent being spied on before leaning in close to linda as if to tell her secret only she would be privy to only finding himself caught off guard by how good Linda still smelt. It was subtle and almost flowery something he hadn't been expecting. It felt calming, nurturing and full of rose tinted nostalgia. Her scent made him feel safe, like he was within the confines of a caring grandmothers garden so secure that nothing would be able to cross that picket fence and get to him. Or was it the island purely messing with him again? Stu leaned in further, close than he should have and tried catching her scent again.
"I didn't even know there was a new guy, let alone one over there with Heidi." Stu said entirely sure Linda hadn't noticed his not at all suttle sniff. "Where the hell did this dude come from? Did he just walk out of the Jungle? Is there a McDonalds or Whisky Bar back there no one told us about? Did you check to see if he was like a zombie? Ya know sung that Michael Jackson Thriller around him and see if he danced cause I may not know much but I know zombies love Thriller!"
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Post by Ariel on May 18, 2023 14:02:08 GMT -8
"I never made it to our neighbor to the north. What do you and your cousin do when you're not camping? Is it really all hockey and moose and maple syrup?"
"Pretty much, to keep it short and sweet. You'll have to pay the province a visit when we get out of this place and find out," Bennett chuckled as he politely brushed off the question. This guy asked many questions - too many for Bennett's liking. The guy was pleasant, but Bennett had a inkling that this was more than just some friendly small talk. He decided to turn the conversation back onto Gabe himself as Bennett's expression grew just as curious about his fellow castaway, "And what about you? You sure like to ask a lot of questions - are you a cop or something?" Bennett asked, "Or just an analytical kind of guy?"
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Post by Ariel on May 18, 2023 15:11:03 GMT -8
"Where the hell did this dude come from? Did he just walk out of the Jungle? Is there a McDonalds or Whisky Bar back there no one told us about? Did you check to see if he was like a zombie? Ya know sung that Michael Jackson Thriller around him and see if he danced cause I may not know much but I know zombies love Thriller!"
"My god, you're so extra," Linda smirked as she let go an exaggerated eye roll. Of course she appreciated who he was, but she enjoyed giving him a mildly hard time. Linda threw another questioning gaze over her shoulder back at Derek sitting with Heidi, "Gwen found him in the jungle when we were all up there playing golf. He says he was on the plane but - I don't know. Something just feels...off." Linda crossed her arms over her chest, her fingertips grasping her biceps in a slightly anxious state before looking back at Stu, "I had asked him a question regarding other people possibly settling here before we even crash landed, he didn't oppose. Do you think?..." Linda pondered the question at hand, wondering if this strange truth even existed. Perhaps she was overthinking things, but the whole scenario was just weird.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on May 18, 2023 23:06:55 GMT -8
"I had asked him a question regarding other people possibly settling here before we even crash landed, he didn't oppose. Do you think?..."
"I'm not a smart man so I dont think often Jennay." Stu said in his best Forest Gump impression. "Seriously Goldilocks I don't tend o think about things, I'm much more an animal of impulse. Being that I tend to go with my instincts and listen to my gut and balls. If your balls are telling you not to trust that guy then..." Stu shrugged before placing his hands on Linda's shoulders. "...that's good enough for me. I trust you from my loins up. If you truly think there are other people living on this island then its a pretty easy thing to prove right? We just go for a stroll and find anyone who has set up a camp. Alternatively we could always beat some answers outta the new guy." Stu held his hands up by his face crossing his fingers. "Come on option two!"
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Post by Ariel on May 19, 2023 21:56:03 GMT -8
"...that's good enough for me. I trust you from my loins up. If you truly think there are other people living on this island then its a pretty easy thing to prove right? We just go for a stroll and find anyone who has set up a camp. Alternatively we could always beat some answers outta the new guy." "Come on option two!"
"Hold your horses, cowboy," Linda put two hands up in front of her chest in a soft stopping motion, pulling the breaks on Stu's mischievous desire, "No one's gonna be beating anything out of anyone. Not yet at least," She removed her hands from in front of her and placed them on her hips, "But I think you're right. What happened to me...and Heidi out there in the jungle was horrible, but I think I'm ready to venture out into the jungle again. We should go for a stroll, in parts where we've barely treaded any foot. Maybe, just maybe, we'll find something that will be worth our while," Linda nodded in agreement with herself as she stared at Stu, "Since when did you become such a genius?" Linda couldn't help but play a playful grin on her lips as she shed the generous compliment his way.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on May 20, 2023 17:14:15 GMT -8
"Pretty much, to keep it short and sweet. You'll have to pay the province a visit when we get out of this place and find out. And what about you? You sure like to ask a lot of questions - are you a cop or something? Or just an analytical kind of guy?"
"Heh, no, never wore a badge," Gabe answered. Prepared with the usual answer that he gave to strangers about who he was and what he did, a delicate balance of vague and detailed. "Wore a uniform for a while, though. I was in the Army, did a couple of deployments to Iraq, learned enough about the country and the culture to work as a consultant after I left the service."
He secured the last length of cable along the branch and gave it a tug to test its strength. Then he took a few steps back to assess the job. "Well, it's a start. Thanks, man," Gabe said, clapping a hand on Bennett's shoulder. "You should talk to my ex-wife, though. She says I don't ask enough questions. I figure it she wants me to know something, she's gonna' tell me."
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on May 27, 2023 19:34:35 GMT -8
"Since when did you become such a genius?"
Stu ignored the slight warming in his cheeks.
"I don't know about all that, I mostly just hurt people." Stu turned slightly to look over at the the encroching jungle off in the distance. "Where would you like to start?" Stu couldn't ignore the slight chill running down his spine when eyeing the jungle. It wasn't from fear or the fact that there was some kinda of presumably giant thing out there but an overall sense that something just wasn't right with the island. An overall sense that the island shouldn't belong in the world or that they had crashed on forbidden land, ironic given how he had never cared about tresspassing anywhere before. He turned back to look at Linda, "I'll follow your lead, you be captain Shatner and I'll just hurt anything that gets too close to you."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 3, 2023 17:21:26 GMT -8
"Where would you like to start?" "I'll follow your lead, you be captain Shatner and I'll just hurt anything that gets too close to you."
"Roger that, Sprock," Linda acknowledged in an assertive manner before a slightly puzzled look flashed across her eyes, "I mean, that's the name right? I'm not really good at nerd shenanigans," Linda pressed her lips into a tight grin of embarrassment before throwing her gaze around towards the jungle, "I guess we could start on the path to the caves and then veer off from there? We'll need markers. Definitely, otherwise we won't get back. Gotta love being directionally challenged." Linda poked fun at herself, knowing her sense of direction wasn't exactly the greatest to begin with, but she was willing to venture out and sleuth where she could to try and find out some more information about this Derek guy.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 9, 2023 16:33:22 GMT -8
"Well, it's a start. Thanks, man," "You should talk to my ex-wife, though. She says I don't ask enough questions. I figure it she wants me to know something, she's gonna' tell me."
Bennett felt the hand clamping down in an outgoing, appreciative manner on his shoulder as the two men both stared at the progress at hand. "Fair enough. Women, am I right? Expectant for us to be mind readers, disappointed when we're not." Bennett remarked towards Gabe's comment regarding his ex-wife. For someone who supposedly doesn't ask enough questions, he sure as hell talked a lot. Gabe made Bennett feel slightly uneasy, and he wasn't sure if it was because of his exuding confidence powering over Bennett's introverted personality or if Gabe was trying to figure Bennett out and he knew it. Either way, Bennett knew that he would have to regroup with Ethan soon, "Do you need a hand with anything else?" Bennett inquired eagerly, turning to Gabe.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jun 11, 2023 19:11:00 GMT -8
Stu nodded along with Linda her plan seemed solid enough though he did query the name Sprock which he thought was one of those spoon fork things.
"Not getting back would be a bad thing, being loster is probably not the best. Specially being loster with a fiend like you, defenseless lil ol' me wouldn't stand a chance." Stu grinned as he said it knowing even if she did try he wouldn't exactly put up a fight. "I guess we better go to the nearest department store and pick up everything you need for this project." Stu shivefred slightly "Is it just me or did rthat sound a little too much like we're spending the weekend doing some work in our garden?"
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Jun 17, 2023 23:06:34 GMT -8
"I'm sure our plane crashing could have been seen anywhere on the island,""and that anyone living here would have found us after just a couple of days."
Derek nodded slightly at her conclusion, pretending to be much deeper into reading and studying than he actually was right now. Yes, she had a point there.
"Excuse me,"
After some moments of actually reading more deeply, once again, Derek had become so absorbed in it that he almost missed Linda's sudden words and nod of farewell. He quickly looked up to smile at her at least, but she had already turned her back towards them, walking straight towards a boy standing in the open beach area. The smile grew into a knowing smirk, like a teacher who watched his students going into a flirt in the schoolyard, before he turned his attention back to Heidi after all.
"And then there were two,""How are people not more fascinated with this?""I mean, it's pretty damn amazing, even despite the fact there's hardly anything else to keep us occupied."
Again, Derek had to smirk, this time not over Linda throwing herself into a completely different situation, but instead, over Heidi's attitude of pointing that out like it was the most mysterious puzzle to her, maybe even more than a journal full of hieroglyphs. "I guess sometimes people need these kinds of things to distract themselves from what's giving their minds no peace, you know," he replied while turning to another page, still smiling but looking down into the journal again.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 23, 2023 18:19:04 GMT -8
"I guess we better go to the nearest department store and pick up everything you need for this project." "Is it just me or did rthat sound a little too much like we're spending the weekend doing some work in our garden?"
"Ugh, I wish," Linda began to turn around, leading Stu in the way of her tent entrance, "Take me back to when life was much more simple than being stranded on an island with monster and god knows what or who else," There was an almost empty backpack at the entrance of her shelter in which she scooped up with one hand. The next stop was to the prep area where fresh food and supplies were readily available, "I would take gardening over this complex bullshit anyway - with you, of course. You can dig and I'll plant the seeds. Pints of whatever you fancy to beat the heat. Win win, I'd say." Linda explained, she didn't want to make it appear that hanging out with Stu was a chore. Because that would be the last thing that would cross her mind.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jun 24, 2023 17:39:21 GMT -8
"Fair enough. Women, am I right? Expectant for us to be mind readers, disappointed when we're not. Do you need a hand with anything else?"
"Ah, see, you learned that lesson about women at a much younger age than I did," Gabe remarked. "That should save you a lot of headaches. I think I'm gonna' keep weaving these bamboo chutes together. You're welcome to help," he offered, "but it's not gonna' hurt my feelings if you'd rather be somewhere else."
Gabe left Bennett to make up his mind and went back to his 'sewing circle' where Heidi and Derek were still intently studying the old book. "Can you make anything out of it, Doc?" he asked, taking a seat in the sand.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 24, 2023 17:58:03 GMT -8
"Can you make anything out of it, Doc?"
I'd been watching in quiet study as Derek flipped the pages, looking mostly at the journal but glancing at him every now and again. The way his eyes were moving across the words, it seemed he read several of the languages with understanding. I kept quiet to avoid breaking his concentration, but since Gabe reappeared and did so, I interjected with a quick answer and got in the question I'd been wanting to ask.
"He's definitely been engrossed in the words and not just the pictures like the rest of us," I said, glancing to Gabe. "Does it say anything about the T-Rex?" I asked, looking to Derek now with an amused smirk, using humor to try to ignore my terror over the thing in the jungle. With his questioning look, as that had been a rather vague and random comment and he hadn't been around the rest of us long to have heard anyone else's (particularly Hurley's) theories on what it might be, I elaborated. "You know, the thing that knocks down trees...let's out spine-tingling roars... I mean, I know it's not really a dinosaur... unless we crash landed in 'Land of the Lost' or 'The Lost World'," I said with an amused grin.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 24, 2023 18:50:19 GMT -8
"Ah, see, you learned that lesson about women at a much younger age than I did," "That should save you a lot of headaches. I think I'm gonna' keep weaving these bamboo chutes together. You're welcome to help," "but it's not gonna' hurt my feelings if you'd rather be somewhere else."
Bennett nodded, "Fair enough," He agreed, still standing in place as he watched Gabe take off in another direction. He allowed an exhale to escape his lungs as he felt like he was no longer being watched or monitored. Immediately, he placed the materials he was working with on the ground and already conspiring to find Ethan. That was his job, after all.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jun 24, 2023 22:12:04 GMT -8
"I would take gardening over this complex bullshit anyway - with you, of course. You can dig and I'll plant the seeds. Pints of whatever you fancy to beat the heat. Win win, I'd say."
"Miss Linda are you trying to seduce me?" Stu said following behind her. "Because it is totally working." Stu not normally one for authority or following orders had no real problems falling in behind Linda and not just because of the view she offered by taking the lead. There was something nice with just following her, he had no expectations for another shoe to drop. It wasn't a matter of feeling safe in her presence or anything like that, in fact Stu didn't even know how to describe it. It was a feeling he had never felt before, clearly it was more of the islands doing.
"It's not so bad, laying around on a beach all day. Monsters I can handle, do you know how many call Vega home? This whole people walking out of the jungle though, definiately a problem exclusive to her."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 25, 2023 12:21:28 GMT -8
"It's not so bad, laying around on a beach all day. Monsters I can handle, do you know how many call Vega home? This whole people walking out of the jungle though, definiately a problem exclusive to her."
Linda and Stu had reached the prep tent, and opening the backpack Linda began to grab supplies. Water bottles, fruit, makeshift marker ribbons - anything that would help them along the way. She listened to Stu as she placed the items in the bag one by one. Linda allowed an apple to roll into the bag from the palm of her hand as she looked up at Stu and gave him a mildly puzzled look, "Who now?" Linda questioned him, feeling kind of out of the loop with what exactly Stu was going on about.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jun 25, 2023 23:06:26 GMT -8
While Linda grabbed things for their expedition Stu picked the odd thing up and looked at it, not really caring what he held he mainly felt a little bad for not helping her get the supplies ready so he tried to look at least a little busy this time.
"Who now?"
"The Island." Stu replied like it was common knowledge Linda should have known. "It's clearly a female island. It's both beautiful and gives life. Harsh but fair. Doesn't put up with any of our shit. Just seems feminine to me. Sure there is some kind of monster on it that could just come and turn us all into chew toys at any moment of its choosing but it doesn't. I'm not trying to be all hippie 'Mother Nature Maaaan it like nurtures us' but there are populated places that give less than this islands given us." Stu shrugged "Just like all the islands we could of crashed on with out monsters or whispers or ghosts... I'm beginning to sound like Locke aren't I? just forget I said anything."
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