Walkin' in Circles
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:56 am
((Lulu Altaire continued from Wild International))
Lulu Altaire didn't originally plan to just wander off somewhere. She had originally planned to leave the cottage and wait for Ryan, Steve and Eris. Yes, deep in Lulu's heart, she still had hope that maybe Steve and Eris had sorted through their problems. Maybe Eris was still alive.
It was possible. Yeah right.
Unfortunately, no matter how much Lulu wandered around, she never saw a single soul. Were they still back at the cottage? She hoped not. It was a danger zone after all. After some more walking, it wasn't long until Lulu realized that she was lost. She assumed that she was a fair ways away from the the cottage and out of danger but what if she accidentally stepped into another danger zone?
This island was crawling with them now. Sitting down at the base of a tree, she opened her map and examined it, pen in mouth. She looked at all the various danger zones she had marked off. If she could somehow avoid those spots, she would be okay.
"If I cross through the jungle, I'll probably make it to the caves or the airfield or something..Maybe there are people there. Or maybe I could get reunited with Ryan and all them.." she muttered, but realized that it was just wishful thinking. The grim realization was that Lulu might not see them again.
Time passed. Was it minutes? Hours? Lulu had entered the jungle just a few short minutes ago and it seemed like days had passed. Every tree looked the same. Every stick snapped in the same way. Every bird made the same call.
Lulu sat down against a tree, trying to trace her path. Unfortunately, she had no clue where she was located. Oh how she wished for one of those signs that one would see in a mall lobby. A big glowing white one with a layout of the entire shopping complex. And then, a big red X was marked somewhere with, "You Are Here" written in bold black letters.
If only Lulu had one of those. Instead, she was in some unspecified part of the forest, completely lost. "Oh well, as good of a rest place as any..." she muttered to herself. Sitting down in the dirt, she lied on her back and stared up at the sky. Her mind was swimming with thousands of thought-fish, all trying to reach the same destination: "Why am I here? How have I survived so long? How much longer can I last?"
"Not too much longer..I'm starving. I'm thirsty. I'm tired," Lulu complained aloud. To add, the wound on her arm was stinging something awful. She was glad that she hadn't been shot, but a graze was still painful.
The red headed girl sat up and dug through her bag, looking for something to eat or drink. She had very little water and very little food supply. Maybe for later, when she would be even hungrier.
After a few more minutes of silence, Lulu came to the realization that this is where she began. At the beginning of this forsaken game, she had hidden here for a few days before met Anna, Amanda and Lauren. A bunch of people. But now she felt completely alone. "All I have now are a bunch of twigs..and this little spider. Crawling up my leg..ew ewww get off.."
Lulu made quite a scene of jerking her leg around to get the spider away from her. Even though she had been trying to survive on this island for like, more than a week now, Lulu had lost count, that didn't mean that she was any more used to bugs.
Lulu lied back down on the jungle floor, deep in thought.
Lulu Altaire didn't originally plan to just wander off somewhere. She had originally planned to leave the cottage and wait for Ryan, Steve and Eris. Yes, deep in Lulu's heart, she still had hope that maybe Steve and Eris had sorted through their problems. Maybe Eris was still alive.
It was possible. Yeah right.
Unfortunately, no matter how much Lulu wandered around, she never saw a single soul. Were they still back at the cottage? She hoped not. It was a danger zone after all. After some more walking, it wasn't long until Lulu realized that she was lost. She assumed that she was a fair ways away from the the cottage and out of danger but what if she accidentally stepped into another danger zone?
This island was crawling with them now. Sitting down at the base of a tree, she opened her map and examined it, pen in mouth. She looked at all the various danger zones she had marked off. If she could somehow avoid those spots, she would be okay.
"If I cross through the jungle, I'll probably make it to the caves or the airfield or something..Maybe there are people there. Or maybe I could get reunited with Ryan and all them.." she muttered, but realized that it was just wishful thinking. The grim realization was that Lulu might not see them again.
Time passed. Was it minutes? Hours? Lulu had entered the jungle just a few short minutes ago and it seemed like days had passed. Every tree looked the same. Every stick snapped in the same way. Every bird made the same call.
Lulu sat down against a tree, trying to trace her path. Unfortunately, she had no clue where she was located. Oh how she wished for one of those signs that one would see in a mall lobby. A big glowing white one with a layout of the entire shopping complex. And then, a big red X was marked somewhere with, "You Are Here" written in bold black letters.
If only Lulu had one of those. Instead, she was in some unspecified part of the forest, completely lost. "Oh well, as good of a rest place as any..." she muttered to herself. Sitting down in the dirt, she lied on her back and stared up at the sky. Her mind was swimming with thousands of thought-fish, all trying to reach the same destination: "Why am I here? How have I survived so long? How much longer can I last?"
"Not too much longer..I'm starving. I'm thirsty. I'm tired," Lulu complained aloud. To add, the wound on her arm was stinging something awful. She was glad that she hadn't been shot, but a graze was still painful.
The red headed girl sat up and dug through her bag, looking for something to eat or drink. She had very little water and very little food supply. Maybe for later, when she would be even hungrier.
After a few more minutes of silence, Lulu came to the realization that this is where she began. At the beginning of this forsaken game, she had hidden here for a few days before met Anna, Amanda and Lauren. A bunch of people. But now she felt completely alone. "All I have now are a bunch of twigs..and this little spider. Crawling up my leg..ew ewww get off.."
Lulu made quite a scene of jerking her leg around to get the spider away from her. Even though she had been trying to survive on this island for like, more than a week now, Lulu had lost count, that didn't mean that she was any more used to bugs.
Lulu lied back down on the jungle floor, deep in thought.