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Being Marooned [Thursday, May 27]

"Good some time of the day to you all, me hearties!" Jack crowed at his students when they arrived on the beach. (What, like you expected him to know the time? He judged by the sun. If it was up, he figured he was close enough.) He glanced into the sky. "As you can tell, today is going to be a bit of a scorcher, and a good pirate should know how to find shade." He smiled. "Aye, sitting under a tree might work for the short term, but if you are going to be on the island for the rest of your natural--or unnatural, I'm not going to be judging--lives, you might want to invest in something a mite bit more permanent."

He proudly pointed to a huge stack of sticks and palm branches. Um. Don't ask where he acquired them from. He knew a guy. "Today we make shelter!" he announced. "Well, you do. I'm going to take a nap."

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With your pirate names!

Pick something you don't mind getting grubby in.

Or stare at palm fronds blankly. Whichever.

After you've built your shelter!

If you can wake him from his nap.

It's hot. *whines*

~~Kate Gregson~~ Katherine the Terrible!

Kate was going more the 'staring blankly' route. And looking around to see whether she could convince Puck or one of the other guys to do all the work for her.

She was wearing the same costume as the two previous weeks. That might actually help her in this endeavor.

Peg Leg Straume

Miles stared at the palm branches and wished he had some duct tape.

Killer 'Kita

Now this was fun!

Luckily Makita had managed to find an outfit with pants (http://fromtheheartlingerie.com/fth/images/9445_lg.jpg) today that wasn't going to let her chest pop out if she bent over. She quickly grabbed a stack of supplies and set about making a square frame, tying sticks together with parts of palm branches that were already damaged and using the rest to tie-in as thatching. A lean-to was probably fastest to build for this, given the amount of time for class.

The Fearsome Rochester (a.k.a. Christian)

Cap'n Finn, Scourge of the Hudson!

Puck was also wearing the same costume! Which, really, was no costume from the waist up. He lifted his eyepatch to give the palm fronts, and then Kate, a skeptical look. "Wouldn't we just sleep in a tree or something? Isn't that what he's doing?" he asked, jerking a thumb at Jack.

Christian had opted for a rather minimalist take on his costume this week -- pants, scarves and boots, but no shirt. He stacked a few palm branches together to make a primitive bed, then lounged on the pile. He had no need for a roof.

"Maybe he's expecting us to get marooned on an island with no trees," Kate mused. She... hadn't really listened to Jack much beyond knowing what they were supposed to do. "Or that we're dumb enough to cut the trees down just to make shelter."

"But if we're on an island without trees, how can we make a shelter...with trees?" Puck was treating this like a serious question, which it was! He hated riddles.

Kate paused, and just gave him look that bordered on incredulous. Then she decided that a change of subject was in order.

"Anyway. Think he'd notice or care if we just skipped straight to the tanning?"

"I think we'd need an excuse," Puck replied thoughtfully, smirking at her. "And you're not dressed for building, at least. You'll like, fall out of your top if you bend over too far. Not that I think anyone would mind."

"I would." But she wasn't going to dispute that claim otherwise. Of course not. She shrugged. "I don't know, if we get marooned we'll die so soon anyway that we don't need shelter?"

"Works for me," Puck decided, looking around to pick out some good beach to lie on. "Building shelter's just using up the last of our energy. We should conserve it."

"Dude, why didn't I think of that?" Puck called from where he was lounging nearby in the sand. "It's like a little bed. Smart as hell."

"Exactly," Kate agreed, smirking just a bit. "Clearly you have your moments of being smart."

She pointed to a spot a little further away from the palm branches and the other students starting to build stuff. "That looks like a good place to tan."

"Hey! I have like, long moments." That's not a good defense, Puck.

He wandered over to plunk down in the sand, though. "And see, we're no worse off than the others would be. In fact, we're better off. We're going to be tanner and hotter."

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Being Marooned [Thursday, May 27]

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Get changed [5/27]

Build shelter [5/27]

Work on Your Tan! [5/27]

Talk to Jack [5/27]

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