soul survivors ( closed thread)

[afternooner]

Bruce Henway checked his compass for the thirty second time in the last hour Sweat was running off his brow as he looked desperatly for an opening in the forest. He estimated that it would be dark in about an hour and he had no idea where his camp was. He was lost. As much as he hated to admit it he was lost. To make matters worse before he dropped his cell phone in the river and watched it sink out of sight he had called his parents and told them not to expect him home for another week or so he would be staying with sme new friends he had met . He groaned in dispair He told his friends he was going home before leaving them at the campsight, He had packed his tent and all his belonging this morning and left them saying goodby If he hadnt changed his mind just before he lost his phone someone would send out a serch party as it was no one would miss him for a week he shuddered. could he survive for a week in the wilderness this was his first camping trip sure he had read all the books about camping in the wilderness fat lot of good they would do him now/ he felt hopeless and alone and it was getting cold He set up his tent and started a fire He had some trail mix that he munched on half heartedly but had neglected to pack some real food thinking he'd be back before night fall/ An owl whooted in the distance making him start and he begin to wonder about wolves and bears. He threw a log on the fire. It was dark now and he was scared.

 

[Lacewing]

Brenda Cameron tugged at the eyebrow ring in mild fustration. She had gone out that morning following one of the nater paths then found that it gave out beneith her, now scratched and disoriented she didn't know where she was. Sure someone would liekly find her camper in about a week then start looking for her, but no one knew she was here.

Fresh from school taking a break before starting college Brenda decided to take a little 'camping' trip. She never really been far out of the larger Cities before this and the high hills and trees seemed like it might be fun to expreince. Of course from a disinated camp site with a RV that had a DVD player, kitchen and microwave. Fully funtional bathroom with shower and tub. Electricity. Everything she needed.

Now she was rubbing her sleeved arms picking junk from her short hair and groaning over the loss of one of her shoes. They were expensive! Brand new hiking boots. Her coat she had tied around her waist when she fell so it was gone too. Just a stripped ribbed belly shirt and her loose raver jeans. She sat down pouting on a tree stump wishing she knew where she was or how to get back. She fell quite a ways into a gully and then wandered disorented before she realised she was completely throughally lost.

ANd now muttered obsenities as the sky above the trees began to dim and it was getting dark.

 

[afternooner]

Bruce

Huddling by the fire Bruce began to doubt his sanity. At 46 he should know better than to go tramping of into the woods. What was he thinking was he having some sort of mid-life crisis or something. Sure he admitted he'd always wanted to strike out on his own but at his age. His life suited him, teaching college, living at home he had his books and his computer what more did he need. Well he must have needed something. To go off on an adventure like this. Was this some kind of divine test for him. To become lost in the wilderness to learn to survive.

He thought he heard a niose not far behind him. A human voice? Was his mind playing tricks on him. It was pitch dark. Yes he definately heard a human voice, swearing? Obsentities that burned his ears, he was almost afraid to investigate. but overcoming his fear got his flashlight out and pointed it in the direction of the noise, walking carefully into the woods.

 

[Lacewing]

Brenda threw a limb into the branbles cold and mad, very mad, she was still cursing then suddenly paused "Who's there?" she demanded loudly when she heard a branch crack, well maybe she was just hearing things.

Then the brush moved and a man came into view and she blinked "OH GREAT!!!" she jumped up hugging the older man around the shoulders "I must not be that lost!! How do we get back to the RV camp?"