by talos this can't be happening
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:04 am
((Shannon Choi continued from Your Honor, Survival of the Fittest.))
They'd been walking for hours.
Probably.
Honestly, when you're on an abandoned island with no electronic access, who the hell could tell what time it was? Some kinda... time... uh... teller?
A sundial man?
Well, anyway, they'd been walking for a while. The sun was pretty high in the sky by this point. Every so often, Shannon checked to make sure Maya was still with her, especially once they'd entered a more forested area. And yeah, they'd already traveled this road, but it was from the other direction, which was totally different. Different perspective, yadda yadda yadda.
The two girls were also not the same in physical ability, she'd come to realize, with Shannon being a track star (legit), and Maya... not.
So their pace was slower than Shannon usually held. But that was fine.
They had come to a small clearing, at which point Shannon turned to Maya, and confidently said, "Alright, at this rate, we'll be at the research station in... uh... some amount of time."
Nailed it.
And once they were there, they'd continue searching for food, even though Shannon still didn't think that they'd find anything. The uneasiness crept back in, but Shannon wrote it off as the chill of winter permeating her body.
They'd be fine once they made it back inside.
Shannon stopped, reaching into the daypack and pulling out one of her remaining water bottles. Her throat had gotten a little scratchy, and a wave of relief washed over her as she tipped back some of the water.
Some of the water quickly turned into more of the water, as she continued to drink way more than she really needed. Which happens sometimes, right? Sometimes you just really crave that liquid. Sometimes you really do be thirsty. Eventually, she had downed half of the bottle.
"Shit," she stated, staring at it.
They'd been walking for hours.
Probably.
Honestly, when you're on an abandoned island with no electronic access, who the hell could tell what time it was? Some kinda... time... uh... teller?
A sundial man?
Well, anyway, they'd been walking for a while. The sun was pretty high in the sky by this point. Every so often, Shannon checked to make sure Maya was still with her, especially once they'd entered a more forested area. And yeah, they'd already traveled this road, but it was from the other direction, which was totally different. Different perspective, yadda yadda yadda.
The two girls were also not the same in physical ability, she'd come to realize, with Shannon being a track star (legit), and Maya... not.
So their pace was slower than Shannon usually held. But that was fine.
They had come to a small clearing, at which point Shannon turned to Maya, and confidently said, "Alright, at this rate, we'll be at the research station in... uh... some amount of time."
Nailed it.
And once they were there, they'd continue searching for food, even though Shannon still didn't think that they'd find anything. The uneasiness crept back in, but Shannon wrote it off as the chill of winter permeating her body.
They'd be fine once they made it back inside.
Shannon stopped, reaching into the daypack and pulling out one of her remaining water bottles. Her throat had gotten a little scratchy, and a wave of relief washed over her as she tipped back some of the water.
Some of the water quickly turned into more of the water, as she continued to drink way more than she really needed. Which happens sometimes, right? Sometimes you just really crave that liquid. Sometimes you really do be thirsty. Eventually, she had downed half of the bottle.
"Shit," she stated, staring at it.