EPISODE ONE

[teenbab]

[ The flight itself wasn't supposed to be too long - only six hours or so. And up until it all went sideways, it'd been fine; some of the kids had paired off, making small talk with those sat closest to them. Others kept to themselves, tuning out with headphones in or with books. A couple of boys a couple of seats from the front had fallen asleep on each other. Some faces were plastered to the windows, as if there was much else to see other than the vast expanse of ocean.

One minute it'd been smooth sailing, the next there'd been turbulence. And then that's worsened considerably, and it'd rapidly become transparently clear that they were taking a one-way, nose-first detour into the Pacific. Though perhaps by divine intervention or sheer, what're-the-odds chance, the plane had gone down a couple of miles from an island's shoreline.

Some woke up practically washed ashore, others weren't so lucky, left to flounder for any floating debris large enough to hold their weight. Regardless of where or how they woke up, one thing was abundantly clear. They were all equally, undeniably fucked. ]

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[fresh_to_deaf]

By the time Djem comes-to properly, it's been a couple of hours since they made impact with the water. Unlike some of the others, however, he wasn't lucky enough to wash ashore all neat and tidy.

He has no memory of finding the suitcase he's clinging to or how long he's been out; only that his arms ache and he's slipped far enough into the water to wake up sputtering and choking, pulling himself up as best he can. Not an easy feat with the waves and the nausea and the whole 'holy fucking shit I'm in the fucking ocean and Levy and Neph are probably dead and my head hurts really bad god fucking dammit dude.'

The prospect of swimming to shore isn't one he's looking forward to - it's only a mile or so if his guess isn't totally off, but he also knows he's scared, he's tired, and he's in pain.

This is why he classes himself as an 'indoor' type of guy. You know what doesn't happen to computer nerds who're wrapped up at home right now? Plane crashes.

Fuck.