User blog:Tesla Man/WikiLost - E3 - Inland

Episode 1

Episode 2

 The group had left about 10 minutes ago, meaning they were already at the tail end of the plane, and the sky darkened with rainclouds overhead. Lighting growled in the distance, and the rain dropped from thousands of feet in the air instantaneously, pummeling the sand with a downpour of ocean water. Jace ran to Jason and called for everybody to get under the tents that were already assembled. Jason’s team dropped their sticks and palm leaves mid construction and ran into the sick tents.

 With everyone huddled under the 3 tents, full of unconscious people, Jace spotted somebody, off into the distance on the shore of the ocean. Sitting on the sand was a boy, in his teens (maybe 15) unaffected by the downpour. His red shirt had darkened black from the water, and his curly hair flattened to the sides of his face.

 Jace tapped Jason on the shoulder and pointed at the boy, then ran to him through the rain. His voice was muffled by the impact of the water, but he tried is best to persuade him to come under the hut but to no avail. Giving up, Jace sat down next to him, took off his glasses, and stared at the dark ocean is silence.

 After about 3 hours the rain let up and Jace pulled his hair back and stood up and looked at the shelter where the group was asleep. It was dark out, and he could barely see the sand around him, and he was surprised at the speed in which it got dark. He sat back down and opened his mouth.

 “So I just sat with you for 3 hours through the rain, you could at least tell me your name.”

 The boy looked at him and wiped the water out of his eyes. “Jorn van Essen.” He shared the same accent as the captain, Dutch, Jace knew.

 “What were you doing on the plane?”

 “My dad came to pick me up from military school.” He looked down.

 “For what? School doesn’t end for almost 6 months.”

 “I got kicked out.”

 Jace sat silently for a while.

 “Your dad’s the captain?”

 Jorn nodded his head which signaled more silence for another 30 minutes or so. He didn’t seem to have a hard time staying so still for so long, possibly a military school thing, but Jace was a different story. He constantly fidgeted around and played with his fingers and dug around in the sand. He took a stick lying next to him and stuck it in the ground as deep as he could, stood up, and grabbed a blanket, making a bed next to Jorn and feel asleep.

 He awoke to the sound of trees toppling over and a mighty roar. He sat up straight on the blanket and looked out into the jungle. Jason emerged from the tent as well as a few others.

 “What was that?” Jace looked to Jorn who was still sitting in the sand awake.

 “Something big I’m guessing.” Jorn stood and looked into the jungle with everyone else in a state of panic.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Jace looked down at the stick, the runoff water had knocked it down. “How long has this stick been down?”

<p class="MsoNormal"> “It fell like a minute or two after you dropped.”

<p class="MsoNormal"> Jace shot up and ran to Jason and grabbed him by the shoulders. “We need to move inland.”

<p class="MsoNormal"> Distracted by the sound, Jason shook his head and Jace repeated himself for Jason to hear.

<p class="MsoNormal"> “The rain’s going to knock over all the tents in a matter of minutes, we need to move inland.”

<p class="MsoNormal"> “That’s only a temporary problem.” Jason shook off Jace’s request.

<p class="MsoNormal"> “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but when we crashed the sand was wet, that means it’s been a pattern. There’s a sand bar in the bay, which means it’s been happening for a long time. Let’s not also forget that we can expect high tide in the morning.”

<p class="MsoNormal"> Jason sat down and thought.

<p class="MsoNormal"> “What about the team at the tail?”

<p class="MsoNormal"> “We’ll go there.” Jace looked at him. “You’ve been back and forth enough times, you’ll know where it is. The team there got lost, they’re staying the night, plus all the luggage is over there. My laptop.”

<p class="MsoNormal"> “What if they tried to find their way back and got lost? What do we do then?”

<p class="MsoNormal"> “We’ll figure it out once we get there.”

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What should Jason do? Stay on the beach and wait for the team Move inland t save the shelters