Scott
Hiking to Higher Ground
Days from finding out the truth... plg%%Sayid, Scott, Charlie%%
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Post by Scott on Jan 16, 2007 19:51:12 GMT -5
(OOC: Sorry about the delay.)
"No reason."
No reason, over someone he had called exeptional? Somehow, Sayid doubted that. He felt perhaps there was something Ethan thought about Gwen, but the nature of those thoughts he did not wish to disclose with him.
"Yeah, no problem."
Sayid got to work folding the large tarp between himself and Ethan, taking corners opposite Ethan as it got smaller and smaller in size, until it was at the appropriate length to line the inside of a container. He took the folded tarp into his arms when they were done.
"So, do you know Gwen from somewhere?" Sayid asked, making conversation in an attempt to get to know him better, and having trouble remembering if Ethan had mentioned it to him before. Usually couples would call each other exceptional, he considered, but it was rare that a flight attendant's partner would be on the same flight. He was stranded on a desert island with complete strangers though, so any kind of relationship between people could be possible.
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Post by Ethan Rom on Jan 17, 2007 9:20:02 GMT -5
"So, do you know Gwen from somewhere?"
"No." he said bluntly. He had to work with this man, his competition, his enemy. He didn't have to insult him, but he didn't have to make him welcome. Avoid conversation.
Perhaps she was more trouble than she was worth. No, that was completely wrong, she was entirely worth the trouble. At the same time, he was incredibly frustrated. Everything in his brain told him to stay away from her, for both their sakes. And yet, he kept seeking her out, kept wanting to protect her, kept wanting to-
But Ethan knew he was not exactly a good suitor. He was honest with himself. He was unintelligent, socially inept, and painfully ugly. So he often relied on his winning personality to get women. He recognized the kind of men on the island, they all were able to fit into one category or so.
Sayid seemed to be professional. His looks would get him attention, and his intelligence would hold that attention. It made sense that Gwen was attracted to him, he was a man for the thinking woman.
Sawyer, the Southerner, had almost nothing but looks. No romance. No charm. No intelligence. He relied on the bad boy thing, which unfortunately, worked. Of course, 'bad boys' was simply another name for 'good looking boys who act like assholes and get away with it'. If Sawyer behaved like a jerk, women would believe that he could be tamed, that he had some sort of good side to him. They were always wrong. A jerk was usually just a jerk.
Beau had it all. Looks, wit, charm, and a complete sociopath. Not caring about other women or their feelings, using them, sleeping with them, leaving a trail of damage in their wake.
Jake was Beau minus the disrespect and blatant misogyny. But Ethan could tell straight away that he was the kind of man who was attracted to the wrong kind of woman.
So where did Ethan fit in? No charm to speak of, very ugly...and then there was the anger. When he got a woman, he felt the need to hang on, resulting in jealously and that infamous temper. He knew it would be best for Gwen if she stayed away, but...he couldn't help himself, sometimes. Besides, even if it wasn't Gwen, there was always someone for everyone. Right?
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Tylah
Freshly Marooned Monster Bait
What Will Be Will Beplg%%Tusti Vipul%%
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Post by Tylah on Jan 18, 2007 20:50:59 GMT -5
***Tusti arrives from G3 - Camp - Tusti's Shelter***
Tusti took a deep breath as she stepped into the fuselage. She had a job to do, and that was to gather electronic equipment for Gwen. She had another job to do as well; not freak out once she would pass Raj's body, because she knew just as well as everyone, you're gonna bawl your eyes out if you find your loved one dead.
After two hours of rummaging through luggage non-stop without a break, Tusti found a pleathora of electronic goods that would certainly achieve a job well done. She grabbed a nearby backpack and replaced its contents (except for a dress) with the electronics. She slung the backpack over her shoulder and ventured back on to Gwen.
Along the way though, Tusti saw Sayid and Ethan working with some tarp. Her curiousity got the best of her and she asked the two of them, "Pardon me for prying, but what are you guys doing?"
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Jack
Collecting Info for a Census
plg%%Jack, Boone, Ben Henry, Kyle, Neil, Goodwin, Pickett%%
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Post by Jack on Jan 19, 2007 16:42:43 GMT -5
JACK
He thought for a minute about how to answer that question, then he simply shook his head, "No." He paused as he stared, then he shuttered to almost physically snap himself out of it. He rubbed the back of his head as he stared at the marshal, "Well I uh... I got stuff I gotta do, so..." Jack said trying not to sound rude.
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Natz
Found Kate's Mugshot
Charlie&Claire foreverplg%%Natz, Danielle, Sakura,Libby,Chris%%
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Post by Natz on Jan 19, 2007 16:58:13 GMT -5
*Krystal and Natz enter from Natz' shelter*
Natalie entered what was left of the wreckage and looked around. There were a few people about.
"So...who should we ask about food?" Natalie asked again. Her stomach wasn't giving up and the nosies it was making really annoyed her.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 19, 2007 22:22:41 GMT -5
KATE
Kate kept her eyes on his face, studying his expressions and reactions, but still was not reading anything more than what he was saying. Things did feel a bit... awkward. But if he knew, she was sure he would have something.
She just nodded as he dismissed himself and watched his retreating form. Her eyes came to rest on the marshal's tent again. She wanted to see him, see how he was doing, but it would be better if she waited until she could slip in, unnoticed. Less of a reason to have to explain why she would want to make a hospital visit to someone she supposedly only knew because they happened to sit next to each other on the plane. It had to be soon. Chances are, he would wake up and she needed to be the first one to talk to him. What she hoped to accomplish, she did not know but she did have to at least plead with him to not reveal who she really was.
Kate made her way down to the shoreline and sat in a spot where she could easily get a glimpse of the tent every now and again without being too obvious and waited for her opportunity. She watched the waves as her thoughts turned to the last time she'd pleaded with Edward Mars. The smiling image of Kevin entered her mind. How happy they were and how foolish she'd been to think the marshal would stop his search for her. On that day when she'd taken the pregnancy test and gotten a negative result, she'd made the extremely difficult decision that she had to leave Kevin. What had she hoped? That if she was carrying his child, she could stay and everything would turn out right? No. She was only looking for an excuse to talk herself out of leaving. She'd realized then, as he lay collapsed on the floor after drinking the drugged lemonade, that there would be no happiness in her future. There was no point in getting close to anyone because she didn't think she could handle the heart-wrenching pain of loss again.
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Scott
Hiking to Higher Ground
Days from finding out the truth... plg%%Sayid, Scott, Charlie%%
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Post by Scott on Jan 20, 2007 12:54:19 GMT -5
"No."
"I see." Sayid said quietly, starting to get the picture. If Gwen was a stranger to him like they all were to each other, and yet Ethan had suggested she was exceptional, the answer seemed clear, but was uncertain. He seemed unwilling to talk any further, and Sayid considered that any opinions the man felt about her, that it was none of his business. Pulling a cooler box out from the fuselage wreckage, he laid the tarp down into it to line the sides, when Tusti walked up to them.
"Pardon me for prying, but what are you guys doing?"
Sayid looked up to see Tusti, with a backpack strapped over her shoulder, considering that he would answer the question as task leader. There was also the fact that Ethan didn't seem to be in a talkable mood, either. "We're placing the tarps around the camp to collect rainwater." he informed Tusti, wondering if she had been listening in to his speech at the fuselage before. "How did you and Gwen go? Were you able to gather all the electronic equipment you could find?"
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Tylah
Freshly Marooned Monster Bait
What Will Be Will Beplg%%Tusti Vipul%%
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Post by Tylah on Jan 20, 2007 15:24:39 GMT -5
"How did you and Gwen go? Were you able to gather all the electronic equipment you could find?"
"Gwen's finishing up with the unclaimed luggage, as am I with the fuselage," Tusti reported to Sayid, shifting the backpack weight from one shoulder to the other. "I was just going to ask people if they had any more electronic goods."
Tusti noticed that Ethan didn't talk a whole lot, and was only focused on the job at hand. She liked that kind of dedication, but at the same time was a little perturbed by it as well.
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Brittany
Running From Bees
I got caught in a net.plg%%Sawyer %%
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Post by Brittany on Jan 20, 2007 23:02:58 GMT -5
SAWYER
**arrives from his shelter**
He wandered around the debris, making his way past the make-shift medical tent, in search of Kate. He really had no reason to think she'd be around here, but it was the first obvious place to look. He stopped, with his hands on his hips, and looked around for that curly brown hair. He didn't see her. So, he continued down the beach until he finally found her sitting by the shore, watching the ocean. He walked over and stopped next to her without sitting down. "Hey there, Freckles," he said, in a friendly manner.
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drewdeburg
Hiking to Higher Ground
plg%%Krystal Wilmington%%
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Post by drewdeburg on Jan 21, 2007 4:17:28 GMT -5
*Krystal and Natz enter from Natz' shelter* Natalie entered what was left of the wreckage and looked around. There were a few people about. "So...who should we ask about food?" Natalie asked again. Her stomach wasn't giving up and the nosies it was making really annoyed her. Krystal paused for a second, and thought. She hadn't really thought beforehand about who would be in charge of the food situation, and Krystal had just expected someone to have a sign saying "I am the Food Manager." Obviously, this wasn't happening. "Well, I don't know honey," Krystal groaned, "maybe we should just see if it is lying around somewhere?"
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pearl
Having An Athma Attack
"I could use some therapy" plg%%Sarah & Aaron Parker%%
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Post by pearl on Jan 21, 2007 8:51:07 GMT -5
*** Sarah enters from G4 - Beach and Shore - Day 4 ***
She was walking right past the fuselage looking back to make sure Gwen wouldn't be able to see that she was not going for wreckage. Than it snapped into Sarah's mind, her jogging suit. Walking around in a bikini all day was not only getting cold and sunburning, it kinda took the seriousness out of the situation too. She turned around heading back to the place Billy and her had lunch before and there it still was. But she could have sworn that it was not that nicely folded and placed on a pile of debris so that no one could confuse it with some leftover. Sarah smirked, how neat of him. She took the soft cotton and slipped it over leaving at least the pullover zipper a little further open to enhance ventilation. Fully dressed she made her way back around the fuselage heading straight for Jack's tent.
***Sarah leaves for Jack's Shelter***
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 21, 2007 18:19:05 GMT -5
KATE
"Hey yourself," she said in the same friendly manner without looking away from the waves. She'd seen him walk up to her in the corner of her eye and was confused as to why he wanted to talk to her. Their last 'conversation' hadn't exactly been on the best terms and he didn't seem the type to make friendly conversation. But then again, she sensed his exterior was all an act. She finally looked up at him. "Have a seat," she offered, gesturing to the sand next to her.
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Brittany
Running From Bees
I got caught in a net.plg%%Sawyer %%
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Post by Brittany on Jan 21, 2007 22:36:51 GMT -5
SAWYER
"Don't mind if I do," he said while taking a sea. He didn't say anything to her, just watched the waves roll to and from the sand. He bent his knees and rested his arms on them.
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Scott
Hiking to Higher Ground
Days from finding out the truth... plg%%Sayid, Scott, Charlie%%
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Post by Scott on Jan 22, 2007 22:58:09 GMT -5
"Gwen's finishing up with the unclaimed luggage, as am I with the fuselage," Tusti reported to Sayid, shifting the backpack weight from one shoulder to the other. "I was just going to ask people if they had any more electronic goods."
"Excellent, well done." Sayid nodded to Tusti. "When you are finished, I want you and Gwen to give all the electronic equipment to me, and I'll see what I can do with it." he asked of her, and smiled. "When you are done, you are free to join me and Ethan setting up tarps to collect rainwater, or help some of the others gather food or set up shelters."
He noticed Tusti glance at Ethan, and felt the need to break the tension. "Tusti, this is Ethan. Ethan, Tusti." he introduced them. "Tusti, you'll be working with him and I setting up tarps around the perimeter of the camp."
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 23, 2007 2:40:26 GMT -5
KATE
Kate said nothing for a long while. He approached her, let him be the one to break the silence. But after several minutes, her curiosity out won her stubbornness. Why be childish? Whether this whole attitude of his was all for show or not, it was too early to tell, but from what she'd seen of him so far, she was damn near certain he wanted something. "Something you need, Sawyer?" she asked it in a polite, yet business-like tone without looking away from the waves.
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Brittany
Running From Bees
I got caught in a net.plg%%Sawyer %%
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Post by Brittany on Jan 23, 2007 3:02:23 GMT -5
SAWYER
"Can't a man enjoy the ocean view with a beautiful woman without her thinkin' he was after something?" he asked back, knowing it would push her buttons and irritate her.
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Post by Ethan Rom on Jan 23, 2007 16:50:40 GMT -5
"When you are finished, I want you and Gwen to give all the electronic equipment to me, and I'll see what I can do with it."
"Bossy, aren't you...." he muttered under his breath,
"Tusti, this is Ethan. Ethan, Tusti." he introduced them. "Tusti, you'll be working with him and I setting up tarps around the perimeter of the camp."
"Huh? Oh, yeah, pleasure." he said, not really paying attention. He'd been deep in thought, wondering about himself and Gwen and what the hell she was doing now.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 24, 2007 3:02:30 GMT -5
KATE
Kate resisted rolling her eyes, not so much at the fact Sawyer was playing around with her, but more for the fact that she had expected him to just come right to the point. "Not if that man is you," she said with a smirk, playing along with his game. At least it was helping to break the ice and take her mind off things.
She dropped her arms from around her knees and stretched her legs out in front of her as she leaned back, placing her hands in the sand behind her. She finally looked over at him expectantly. "So, you just decided to 'enjoy the ocean view' and dazzle me with your southern charms?" she drawled the last two words, teasing him by imitating his accent.
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Natz
Found Kate's Mugshot
Charlie&Claire foreverplg%%Natz, Danielle, Sakura,Libby,Chris%%
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Post by Natz on Jan 24, 2007 13:45:20 GMT -5
NATZ
"Well, I don't know honey," Krystal groaned, "maybe we should just see if it is lying around somewhere?"
Lying around somewhere? Natalie didn't fancy eating something that had been on the floor but Krystal probably meant that it was going to be somewhere obvious nearby.
"Hey, there's that guy...?" Natalie said remembering that she saw some chinese guy or someone fishign the other day. "The man that was fishing?" She told Krystal.
CLAIRE *Enters from shelter*
She thought she better start looking for her luggage- anything she still hadn't found. The fuselage had been burned but there was still some bags and such around. She sighed and began looking through the bags on the beach.
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Tylah
Freshly Marooned Monster Bait
What Will Be Will Beplg%%Tusti Vipul%%
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Post by Tylah on Jan 24, 2007 16:29:22 GMT -5
"When you are finished, I want you and Gwen to give all the electronic equipment to me, and I'll see what I can do with it." he asked of her, and smiled. "When you are done, you are free to join me and Ethan setting up tarps to collect rainwater, or help some of the others gather food or set up shelters."
"Sounds like a plan!" Tusti exclaimed with enthusiasm.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, pleasure."
Tusti smiled at Ethan's acknowledgement of her and she walked off to the camps.
***Tusti leaves for G3 - Area of Survivor's Camp***
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