Getting Started

[Dante]

It was mid afternoon, and Dominic was working. Not reflecting, like the others. or talking, or goofing around, or getting water and food. The last two did qualify as working, but this was different. He'd spent days collecting poles, and using his knife and a flit to make them work. He'd had an idea, and when Dominic had an idea, he generally went through with it. This idea was to get him out of the boys tent. It could help, too, with others. He was building a cot, of sorts. The blind boy was shirtless, hunched over and A-frame in the sand. Or rather, a 'V'-frame., since there was no line through it. His mouth was open, emitting sound ordinary people couldn't hear, not unless they really, really wanted to. The sound bounced off whatever he was 'looking' at, and that was his seeing. He could do pretty much anything like that.

Most of the island thought he could see. In fact, he didn't think anyone knew of his handicap. Better for him. Earlier he'd gotten vines, which he used as rope. tying the two poles together at the top, fanning below like a 'V''. A second one like this was in the sand beside him, already done. He reached up and wiped some seat from his forehead, lest it fall into the never seeing green eyes. Frankly, he wondered why no one had thought of building cots occurred to anyone. Sure, they'd have to find a way to mosquito proof it, but Dominic was thinking that out, too.

Pretty good for the loner-boy, the one that had once been as far to of been thought mute. If he were mute and blind, he'd have to rely on everyone. But he wasn't and he feared people knowing, on this island, that he was blind would never allow him freedom. So, since he could pass of being able to see, why not? Plus, he wanted to be a leader. As of now though, he had been in the shadows. This idea, he thought, could well bring him out.

[**Kilo**]

Ari jogged dwon the beach, her brown hair flowing gently in the wind as she made her way towards the opposite end of the beach.
What was she running from? Reality, people, pretty much this whole effed up thing they called a life.
Ariella finally stopped, dubbling over as she attempted to catch her breathe; running for almost an hour sure put the eighteen year old out of breathe easily.
She finally pulled herself up, blue eyes searching the beach for any other signs of civilization...
That boy. Who was he? Did she know him? Probably not, seeing as back in Beverly Hills she had lived such a sheltered life, the life where you eat, breathe, and live Clique! That was her life....
But, not now, not now that she was trying to get away from them for good, not now when she was actually trying to find someone out here to care for her. Was that possible? Probably not, not when everyone thinks your second best, not when you can't measure up to Jennifer's standards. Second best, thats all she had ever been, runner up for homecoming queen, the one to get the "Leftovers" Meaning boys of course, the one who had always followed in Jennifer's shoes, but not for long. That life was over, it would be over, Ari couldn't survive like that for much longer. Her best friend, the only one who had cared had finally broken down and told her she was no better than the other clique members, and that was low.

[Dante]

Keen ears heard the sound of someone running up behind him and he turned, remembering to blink, trying to hope his eyes looked normal. Not that he'd ever seen his face, or anything. He again sent out sound, like he did instinctively, capturing her features. Yes, he could tell she was a her, right down to her hair, eyelashes. Pretty much everything but the color of her eyes. Color, he never really understood. Dominic ran though the people he knew on the island, and finding no match to the person he 'saw' he said, "'Lo. I'm Dominic." Who are you?" He asked, dusting sand off his hands and then returning to lashing the frame together. In a moment, he was done, having almost been done at her arrival. He stood up, and against turned to face her, remembering the spot she had been in. Who was she, and why had she come running? Not to see him, he'd bet. No one came to see him. She probably didn't even know him.

[Kimmie Rox]

...The mute kid. Shannon Cassidy was strolling down the beach. That kid who like...doesn't talk...everyone says he's mute. What is he doing? Her big brown eyes scanned him, as she watched from afar. He's...shirtless. Gorgeous...Ugh, stop thinking that, Shan...didn't you have a crush on Kyo like, yesterday? Yeah, but he hates me. As she had the regularly occurring internal monologue instead of actually talking to people, she sighed and crossed her arms. If I was my brother right now...I would already be talking to him, right? Oh, well...here goes. I need to prove to everyone that I'm not the shy-ass loser that I appear to be...well, I am. But I want to change that, right?
Keeping her arms crossed, Shannon walked up to him with a nervous smile on her face. "Um, hello." She said softly and waved. "I-I'm Shannon." Blushing profusely, she looked down. Talking to people just wasn't her thing.

[**Kilo**]

Her breathe grew short as she heard him speak, no she didn't exactly expect him to notice her. Ariella sighed, folding her arms as she looked the young male over.
"I'm Ari, pleasure to meet you." She said softly, well maybe she could actually get someone on this island to realize she wasn't a stuck up bitch like everyone else said. Maybe.

[Dante]

Two people? At once? "Hi." He turned to Shannon, quickly noting her, before standing between the two, "Shannon and Ari. And Dominic. Hi." He wondered why Shanon was looking down, but there was nothing he could find. Maybe she had sunburn. If it burned, maybe it had 'color' and she didn't want him to 'see'. Either way. He thought of something to say, and paused, "What brings both of you over to my place?" He asked, gesturing to the frames, poles, flint and knife. There were some vines and palms also, and looked like s tone-age construction site.

[**Kilo**]

Ari nodded to the other girl.
I should go, they obviously know each other.
"Mhmm, smarter than the others." She said to herself, obviously referring to Dominic, "The other guys neve would've thought of building anything." She laughed softly before glancing over at Shannon.
"I just came for a run, I should probably be going." Since when was Ariella Dustin nervous? Around anyone?!?!
Since, this boy was totally gorgeous. Ari, don't go there, he's probably just like all of the others.

[Kimmie Rox]

Seeing Ari, Shannon bit her lip and uncrossed her arms, clenching her fists nervously. "D-Dominic." She stuttered softly. "N-nice to meetcha." She nervously fingered one of the two bright-orange streaks in her black hair."U-uh...I was just walking around." She looked nervous. "Am I interrupting something? S-sorry."

[Dante]

Why was everyone so nervous? Did he look strange or something? "Is something wrong?" He asked both, before shrugging, "No body's disturbing anything. I'm just building, and I can talk while I do so." He looked down and picked up one frame, forcing it into the sand and shaking it. It stayed and he knocked it down, dragging two poles parallel to the other. They were the same length, a bit longer than himself, before taking one about two feet long and placing at one end, and another at the other end. He did this without messing up, and he was glad. Sometimes, even with echolocation, Dominic could mess up badly. For example, he'd been at the frames for a long time, trying to tie the vines.

[**Kilo**]

Ari shook her head at his question,"No, I just thought that..." Her voice trailed off before she added, "Nevermind." Honestly, she wasn't too sure what she was going to say there. "I mean, if you two wanna talk or something, I can go. I need to run." Yes, stay in shape, stay pretty, so that hopefully when she gets back to Beverly Hills some rich guy can come in and sweep her off her feet. But, thats really not what Ariella wanted, Ariella wanted someone who would really care, anyone who would care.

[Kimmie Rox]

"No..." Shannon said, losing her stutter. Her voice stayed soft, though. "Nothing's wrong. I'm just...not too good with people." She looked pleadingly from Ariella to Domenic, hoping they would understand.
"Er...do you want help?" She offered. She wasn't too strong, but she felt weird just standing there and watching him work.
Turning to Ariella, she watched the other girl ramble. A more outgoing person would've stopped her, but Shannon just watched.

[Andi]

Jamie wandered down the beach looking for someone to talk to. Most everyone else was asleep or out gathering food or something. He looked over and saw Shannon, Ari and another boy. He wasn't sure who it was, but he would go find out. He walked over to the little group. "Hiya. I'm Jamie, who are you?" He asked the boy. "You look familiar..."

[Dante]

[align=center]Dominic hacked away a notch in one end with a rock, not the flint or knife for a bit before speaking, "No, there's nothing you can do really. I'm Dominic Saunders." He went away at the notch, just noting the direction of Jamie's speaking rather than look up. Besides, the more people around, the more likely his sightless stare would be noticed. And that was something he did not want. He let his bangs fall into his eyes a bit, hacking away. How'd I get so popular? Oh well. He reached up with one hand, again wiping away some sweat, as he hadn't been in the shade for quite some time. He needed a bandana or something. Maybe he'd cut a bit off his shirt. Yes, he would do that. If he was going to build cots on the beach in the sun, he'd need it.

[**Kilo**]

Her pearly white teeth dug down into the pink flesh.
"Um... I think I'd better go." Ariella said quickly, her blue eyes glancing back and forth between everyone around her. Sure she was popular, sure she was used to crowds, but right now, she really didn't want to be around anyone. Her heart was torn, and that only caused for pain, being alone normally helped that. Or, so she assured herself. Ariella turned on her heel, walking away from the group, her feet moving at a fairly average speed. Idiot.

[Kimmie Rox]

"O-okay." Shannon nodded. hearing Jamie's voice, she urned around. "Hello." She said softly, waving at the boy she vaguely knew. She ran a hand through her choppy bangs and leaned against a tree. "Well...I officially feel useless."