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Vava 21-Nov-21 10:36 AM

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reddeR 21-Nov-21 08:17 PM

Terra Mason BOT 21-Nov-21 08:19 PM

I somehow survived the plane crash. Even without a parachute, I knew hitting the water would be better than hitting the island it was going down on. So I'd jumped. The pilot hadn't fared so well, and my friend Stephen had landed on the beach, having jumped just after me. I didn't dare try to get close enough to see his body. I was sick just thinking about it. The plane landed off the beach, carving a scar into the island that would remain for decades. I know I need to get to it, try the radio, find supplies. But for now I just sit on the beach, shivering and trying to collect my thoughts. The plane crashed. We were out with Stephan's friend, taking a spontaneous flight out from the resort. The whole reason we'd wanted his pilot buddy along on our date was because we both enjoyed when he joined us in bed, and the plane. We couldn't have afforded the trip without the plane. I choke back a sob and stagger to my feet as the wind gusts forcefully. The dark grey sky looms ominously low, promising more severe weather. The waves we had flown over had been massive, easily able to capsize a ship the size of the one we'd seen before the alarms started flashing. I looked like they were going to come to the island as well. I move back from the beach, all the way to the tree line. Rain starts to fall, more rain than I've ever been in. It feels like buckets are being dumped over me. I find a spot under a large leaved tree where I can be relatively dry. I know I need to get to the plane, I'm practically screaming it in the back of my head. But my exhausted, bruised body has been through so much, the thought of treating through the undergrowth to get to the plane is overwhelming. I sit down, hoping my hands stop trembling soon. I've never felt so alone, so helpless. So vulnerable. I don't know if anything lives on this island, but the weather looks like it's going to be the biggest challenge I face.

reddeR 21-Nov-21 08:19 PM

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Livewire 22-Nov-21 02:17 PM

Everything had been a blur. The flight. The turbulence. The lightning bolt that took our wing off. The plummet. Everything. My eyes opened lazily, the darkness replaced by slightly less dark grey skies. My whole body felt like lead, but I forced myself up to a sitting position, wiping the blood leaking from my nostrils on my forearm and surveyed the scene. This was hell, but I had been raised to walk through hell with nary a peep. And that's exactly what I intended to do. I started surveying the scene, looking for anything from the wreck I could scrounge, when my eyes locked on a woman resting against a tree's trunk. And she seemed alive. "Hey! You by the tree! Can you hear me," I ask as I walk over, trying to gauge the woman's condition.

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Terra Mason BOT 22-Nov-21 03:03 PM

I look up at the sound of a voice, shocked that anyone else was here. I stagger to my feet, waving as he approaches me. He appears to be uninjured, for the most part. Capable of walking, at least. I scrub my salt and sand gritty hands over my face, then go toward him. The rain feels incredible in my cuts and scrapes, though I'm mostly just aching from having hit the water. I'd known the only way to survive that impact was to dive in, but I had poor form and didn't quite slip into the water like an Olympic diver. I don't even care that my bohemian skirt and shirt are ruined, it wouldn't matter if I was naked, my relief at seeing someone else is overwhelming. I stumble, as soon as my feet hit the sand beach, landing on my hands and knees. The sand is coarse, abrasive, and stings like salt. But that doesn't matter. "Thank Gaia someone else is alive!" As I say it, my eyes venture down the beach and land on Stephan's body. It's almost unrecognizable as a body at all, as misshapen as it is. I close my eyes against the nasea the turns my stomach. I'd kissed him, and he'd pushed me out.

reddeR 23-Nov-21 04:57 PM

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Livewire 24-Nov-21 03:05 PM

Despite all my training, I was rattled by the crash. And this woman going from near-dead to lively took me aback. Still, I keep myself together while I lift her up to her feet, wrapping an arm around her to support her body. While inspecting her face, I followed her eyes and immediately regretted it as I saw a mangled corpse of a man. Poor bastard didn't make it. "Hey, take it easy. Don't focus on that. There's nothing more we can do for him, or the others. Now if we want to avoid joining them, we're going to need to work together. And before that, we need to patch you up. Can you walk?" I speak in a firm, steady tone. It may have sounded a bit cold, but this wasn't the time to be over emotional. I had never been good at that anyway, and this was no time to start.

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Terra Mason BOT 24-Nov-21 03:39 PM

"I'm OK, I think. I can walk. I landed in the water." I say, staring at you like I've never seen another person. "Stephan...Stephan pushed me..." I cover my face and take a deep, shuddering breath, blowing out slowly. I collect myself, now that I'm no longer looking at the mangled remains of one of my lovers. "Do you think there is anybody else alive?" I ask. Your arm around me becomes uncomfortable quickly, putting pressure on the very tender side I struck the water with. I hiss through my teeth, lifting your arm to step out from under it. "Sorry, it's just, it hurts. It's just a bruise, I didn't break anything." My words are just to fill the silence, I don't really care what I'm saying. After a moment, however, I remember that I wanted to get to the plane. I turn back toward to scar left in the treeline where the plane ripped up vegetation as it impacted the ground and slid. "We should go there, we have to get to the plane! The radio might work, there will be supplies!"

reddeR 24-Nov-21 03:41 PM

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Livewire 25-Nov-21 03:22 PM

I shake my head at her question while moving my arm when I see the look of discomfort on your face. "I doubt it. But we'll find out soon enough." I don't address the apologies. I don't need or want one. Right now I need both of us to focus so we can survive. Looking around it's obvious that the island is deserted. We're going to need to fend for ourselves. "Alright, let's move. Be careful, we don't know if anything else lives on this island," I advise, walking closely beside the woman in the direction she pointed out. All the while my head stays on a swivel, turning from side to side to make sure nothing sneaks up on us.

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Terra Mason BOT 25-Nov-21 03:37 PM

I focus ahead, toward the broken trees where the plane was swallowed by the trees. I avoid looking around, I don't want to see Stephan again. Though just leaving him there seems wrong... I hesitate at the treeline, thinking about Stephan's body, laying there in the rain. I have to make sure I survive, then I'll be able to do something for his remains. There is no way he made it, he couldn't possibly be still alive, suffering... "Fuck." I exclaim, turning to look at the stranger. "What if he...what if he isn't dead?" I ask, swallowing hard. "I mean, what if he's just there, not dead yet? Don't we have to...check?"

reddeR 25-Nov-21 03:37 PM

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