Greetings all! This is my first time here, so let's make it memorable! The gist of this is essentially a stranded on a desert island sort of thing. Pretty much each of you are survivors of a plane crash and start off somewhere on the island. The island is uninhabited as far as anyone knows, and was named Elysia by the only person to have found it before the plane crash. So the characters are stranded, their clothing in tatters for the most part, and they haven't seen the opposite sex in quite sometime. Should be fun! Here goes:
My character is John Ryan, a journalist returning from Polynesia. He is 23 years old, average height, a lean athletic build, light brown hair, and gray eyes that belie a deepness few can escape from.
The surf crashes around my unconcious form as slowly light eats away at the dark. Head pounding and lips dry and cracked from the salt, I try to remember where I am. I'm on a plane...no, wait...that's not right. I WAS on a plane, but now I'm on a beach somewhere. "Let's see," I think aloud as I sit up, "I was coming back from Polynesia, and there was a storm and..." And with a sudden chill I realize my plane went down. I somehow must've been washed ashore. My head reels- all those people. Lost. Gone. I stand, my legs as shaky as my memories seem. My eyes scan my surroundings. The beach is made of pristine white sand, receeding into a tree line of palms and various tropical softwood. Farther back I can see hills and the snowy peak of a large mountain, probably an old volcanoe. The sight is breathtaking in its entirety, and I bite my pained lips wishing I had a camera. I look down at myself. My shoes are gone, my shirt missing all but the bottom button, and my slacks are now partially shorts and partially capris. Judging from the sun's height in the sky, it's around noon, and the mid-day sun has warmed the sand to the point of scalding unbearity. I opt for walking in the wet sand at the shore line, the waves crashing over my feet. I notice that I'm not in as good as shape as I once was...the hard ripples of my abs have receeded so that you can only see them in good light, but my chest still looks as good as it did when I was a wrestler in high school. I shake my head at these idle thoughts. It's not really as if I'm going to meet some brazen beauty for a long while, is it? Smiling at the momentary shiver the thought of a tanned beach vixen brings, I continue down the beach
My character is John Ryan, a journalist returning from Polynesia. He is 23 years old, average height, a lean athletic build, light brown hair, and gray eyes that belie a deepness few can escape from.
The surf crashes around my unconcious form as slowly light eats away at the dark. Head pounding and lips dry and cracked from the salt, I try to remember where I am. I'm on a plane...no, wait...that's not right. I WAS on a plane, but now I'm on a beach somewhere. "Let's see," I think aloud as I sit up, "I was coming back from Polynesia, and there was a storm and..." And with a sudden chill I realize my plane went down. I somehow must've been washed ashore. My head reels- all those people. Lost. Gone. I stand, my legs as shaky as my memories seem. My eyes scan my surroundings. The beach is made of pristine white sand, receeding into a tree line of palms and various tropical softwood. Farther back I can see hills and the snowy peak of a large mountain, probably an old volcanoe. The sight is breathtaking in its entirety, and I bite my pained lips wishing I had a camera. I look down at myself. My shoes are gone, my shirt missing all but the bottom button, and my slacks are now partially shorts and partially capris. Judging from the sun's height in the sky, it's around noon, and the mid-day sun has warmed the sand to the point of scalding unbearity. I opt for walking in the wet sand at the shore line, the waves crashing over my feet. I notice that I'm not in as good as shape as I once was...the hard ripples of my abs have receeded so that you can only see them in good light, but my chest still looks as good as it did when I was a wrestler in high school. I shake my head at these idle thoughts. It's not really as if I'm going to meet some brazen beauty for a long while, is it? Smiling at the momentary shiver the thought of a tanned beach vixen brings, I continue down the beach