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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 15, 2008 15:46:26 GMT -5
Matt was wandering into the jungle, making sure he knew which way he was going, there was no use in him getting lost on this Island. In fact he wasn't even sure if anyone from the crash saw him go into the jungle. Still he wanted to know the layout of the near area, and after those people vanishing the night before, he was even more cautious not to get lost.
It was always so silent, no birds or other wildlife he'd seen to date. Which worried him as he couldn't tell if anyone was around without bird calls. And worse, such a tropical island, which would be perfect for some film or other, really was stifling with heat and humidity. Sweat was inevitable in this place and he really was starting to hate it here, the feeling of a long desire to go home was overwhelming.
"Vile, damn island." Mattie muttered under his breath, picking his way through the under growth, trying not to trip up.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 15, 2008 16:43:37 GMT -5
Hope walked into the jungle she had always been an explorer at heart and wanted to see what it was like. She was wearing a red backpack on her back and her striped sweatshirt around her waist showing off her invader zim T-shirt. It was quiet which was a little creepy but it kind of felt good. She noticed a tree and climbed up to the branch so she could get a better view.
Although creepy it was also kind of pretty. She sat on the branch swinging her legs. Even though she was seventeen years old she still acted like a kid at times. At this moment she was finally free of her evil family.
Hope looked again and noticed a guy walking in the jungle. She couldn't see his face so she wasn't sure who it was.
"Hullo Mate!" She called to him in her Australian accent.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 16, 2008 13:34:40 GMT -5
Jumping at first, being startled by the sudden voice, Matt calmed, recognising it came from above but that it was also female. Looking up, he saw the young woman in the tree swinging her legs. It was hard to guess an age from the light and how obscured she was by the foliage, but if he had to guess, he'd say she was in her late teens, possibly early twenties.
"Hello up there." Matt answered with his New Orleans twang to his voice. As far as he was aware he hadn't seen this woman before, and so he was still somewhat suspicious and wary of her. Even more so considering the missing people from the night previous. "What are you doing up a tree?" Mattie asked, the confused and inquisitive tone clear in his voice.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 17, 2008 12:39:29 GMT -5
She had gotten the guy's attention she could sort of see what he looked like through the tree's leaves. Hope climbed down then jumped to the ground from 5 feet in the air landing on her hands and feet sort of looking like a frog. Because of her petite figure, she was tiny compared to the 6ft guy. She looked back up at the tree with her blue eyes.
"It was a good view of the forest from up there" she said in her aussie accent. "Top of the morning to ya!"
The girl paused and quickly turned to look at the guy. She stepped away slightly, the dissapearences from the group she was in that past night snapped her back to reality, she didn't know if he was gonna kidnap her too or not. She didn't want to be kidnapped, she could lose her new found freedom, something she didn't want to lose right now. She was having too much fun.
"Who are you mate?" She asked stepping away slightly.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 18, 2008 4:33:35 GMT -5
Matt looked down at her when she landed, noting she wasn't that tall and that she was in her late teens as he guessed. Looking back up the try he gave a nod. "I imagine you could see a lot up there." Landscape layout, indiginous wildlife, any island natives running away with some of the survivors, and other such useful things. "Good morning." Mattie answered politely, strangely reminded of a terrible film in which the actors were putting on terrible Irish accents and all said top of the mornin' to ya.
Noticing her sudden suspicions of him, and he was still fairly unsure of her, but knew that unless she had two large friends, he was probably the more threatening one here. "I'm Matt Nixon." Mattie held his hand out to her, his best winning smile on his face, wanting to make her feel more at ease so he could chat. Get to know her better, see how much she knew of the island. "And who might you be?"
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 19, 2008 22:38:02 GMT -5
Hope listened to the guy speak. He had introduced himself as Matt Nixon. He soon asked her about herself.
"H-" Hope started to say. "Shadow" She answered.
She had called herself this since her mother's death, although she answered to both Hope Demi and Shadow she always introduced herself as "shadow" especially to new people, simply just shadow no last name because she never felt part of her birthfamily and it was what she always thought she was a shadow. She would never reveal her real name until she knew someone better or it was badly needed.
"So what do you know about this place?" Hope decided to ask casually.
If he was gonna kidnap her he would know alot about this place, or he could pretend not to to capture her. Hope was a little iffy about the situation and just wanted to get back to the beach where others from the plane were.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 20, 2008 9:43:16 GMT -5
Matt cocked his head to one side, thinking that 'Shadow' was a rather unusual name for a girl. Either it was a nickname she was using or she really didn't have a lot to thank her parents for. But if Shadow was how she wanted to be referred to as, then he was just going to have to get used to it.
"Well Shadow, I can honestly say we're on an island in the back of nowhere, stranded." Which was the grand sum of his knowledge on their predicament. "You know anything about here? Whatever and wherever 'here' was. Matt already hated this Island and they hadn't been on it for that long. Not as long as they could end up on the god forsaken place.
Matt was now pretty convinced that Shadow poised no threat to him. But that didn't mean he shouldn't stay vigilant. Apparently the survivors weren't the only ones on this island. The people vanishing from the night prevous had him concerned. Although it was fair to say they might've just wandered off exploring for themselves.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 20, 2008 21:40:58 GMT -5
"Do I know anything about here...hmmm..." Hope repeated his question. "Lets see, there's a beach," She pointed to the direction of the beach. "a jungle" She put her hands to the side. "and a whole Shitload of kidnappers, oh yeah don't forget about the crashed plane in the ocean from the other day" She said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
Hope looked at this guy Matt casually. She used her hands when she spoke sometimes, usually subconsiously. Probably thats because her dad did all the time so did her siblings. It was something she had picked up.
She put her hand to her head her cut from the other day was starting to heal, at least she didn't need stitches, now that would really stink.
"It's kind of funny though that we are on some kind of Island, left here from a plane crash" She added. "Go figure huh?" She said with her accent.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 21, 2008 6:43:32 GMT -5
Matt gave a wry smile, shaking his head, teenagers never really changed. They get to 15, discover what sarcasm is, and from then on it's just a downward spiral. Story never changed, he was exactly like it when he was a teenager, and was sure every other teenager worldwide was the same.
"Looks like you're on top of everything." He added with his own brand of sarcasm. Though he wasn't going to be rude to her, she was only a teenager, and being a female she didn't have a lot going for her. "So you're out in the woods, exploring alone, hoping to be another kidnappers victim?" Looking around, and listening it was pretty apparent they were the only ones in this part of the jungle. "Or just bored twiddling your thumbs on that beach?"
It would be interesting to see if this young woman wanted to continue exploring with him, or whether she'd go back to the beach. Mattie didn't plan to go back for a while, the mood there was dour and he couldn't stomach all the questions about where the people had gone. At least he might have a better chance of finding them or some clues than just talking about it.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 22, 2008 12:08:30 GMT -5
Hope watched matt he wasn't half bad at all, but she still didn't trust him, well her trust problems didn't help much either. He had used sarcasm in his voice too.
"I Sure am, I try to be" She played along.
She listened to the guy continue, Hope's head jerked the other way she had thought she heard something in the jungle.
"Well let's see I'd rather NOT be taken by the kidnappers, but I got bored twiddling my thumbs on the beach and decided to go exploring." Hope put everything together.
"What are you in for?" Hope used a familier phrase from some movies asking Matt what he was doing here as well.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 22, 2008 14:24:54 GMT -5
Matt listened to as he thought he heard something, but shrugged it off to an over active mind, and all the creepy goings on. Still, he'd listen out for any other noises, making sure they were real and not his imagination.
"I got tired of listening to the other survivors talking about the vanishing people. Thought I'd see if I could find anything. Anything at all. Clues about the Island, where they were or simply where the kidnapped victims went. Anything was better than sitting around and doing nothing. "Want to join me, Shadow, or you got other places to be?" Mattie asked with a smalll smile on his face, wondering how daring the teenager was.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 23, 2008 22:59:19 GMT -5
Hope listened to the guy for a moment, shrugging off the noise in the jungle she thought she heard. Matt told her about trying to find where the vanishing people were.
"Sounds like a great Adventure" Hope said. "But, I still don't want to be Frikken kidnapped" She added quickly.
Whatever worked right? She was finally Free from her hating family although she did wonder if her Aunt was wondering where she was, she doubted it greatly.
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Post by Matt Nixon on Jul 24, 2008 5:01:41 GMT -5
Matt grinned at her, thinking he could probably get her to go with him. It wasn't that he wanted the company, but now it was just a challenge, and Mattie was overly competitive.
"Who says we'll get kidnapped? If you're too nervous to go then just say. Won't hold it against you." The more he thought about it, he really doubted that they'd be kidnapped. It was a huge jungle and the chances of actually walking into someone else was little. "Out of curiousity, what would you rather do?" He asked, wondering if there was anything else they could do on this spit of land with no habitation one could see.
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Post by Shadow (Hope Demi) on Jul 30, 2008 18:47:54 GMT -5
"I'd rather go exploring than deal with those on the beach." Hope said sharply glancing back at the way the beach was.
People were getting Crazy on the beach anyway, hope had been knocked over and bumped into, well with her small frame it wqas easy. It didn't mean she liked it. Reminded her too much of home. So many throughts ran through the teen's head. How happy was her family that she was gone? what would her mother have done? What's Aunt Elisa thinking about? Is she worried?
"Let's go" Hope said.
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