Island Reach

You wash up on the beach. Your legs are cold, your back is hot. You lift your head up, the sun is high, grains of sand embedded on your face. You turn back around towards the water and wash [[your face]].

Scifi A memory trip? Something like in "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" User is not aware that they're in a "trip" Text and audio (narration, maybe some music) User is told what's going on through audio makes choices by selecting text Mostly dark background, some hints of blue, and other cold colors Basically a mental adventure But, something happens (A evaluation (maybe mental) depending on your choices?) You wash up on the beach. Your legs are cold, but your back is hot. You lift your head up, the sun is high, grains of sand embedded on/in your face. You turn back around towards the water and wash your face. You are very tired, you lay on your back. The sun is still blazing high so you close your eyes. The warmth is very comforting on your face, but you are very tired. After a few relaxing moments you get up and look out. The sea is calm, nothing visible on the horizon, a vast ocean. You don't know where you are, you don't know what you were doing, you don't know how you got here, you don't know when you are. Your mind is filled with mystery. You can hear birds in the distance behind you. You turn around, it's a lush forest, tall mountains visible in the background. You find shelter under a nearby tree on the edge of the beach. You try and remember how you ended up here, but it's one big blank. You want to rest more hoping that it will come back to you, or maybe you'll see a ship or a boat pass by. But you're thirsty, awfully thirsty. You need to find water, but you don't know anything about this island. Is it inhabited or is it desolate? Perhaps it is inhabited but by dangerous creatures rather than other people who may help you. You don't even know which hemisphere you're in. The thought of the dangers beyond the become a growing fear and suddenly the need to quench your thirst doesn't seem so important now. At least for the moment. You decide to nap under the tree, and then you wake up. You don't know how long it has been, but the it's still very bright out. And then you remember how thirsty you are. You may trick your mind into thinking that you don't need water, but the body has its needs. And now, you must decide. Should you go out venturing into the unknown, or should you stay and see how long you can hold out with the hopes that rescue will come by? All of a sudden a song comes into mind, "There!" you say to yourself, something from the outside world. "I've remembered something." [Stay] or [Go] It's a dating app! It measures your compatibility with other users. "You've matched with so and so folks". Person A also selected these 6 choices, Peson B is pathethic on a nearly identical level as your self. Person C is clueless, they have no idea what they're doing in the real world or the virtual.

You are very tired, you lay on your back. The sun is still blazing high so you close your eyes. The warmth is very comforting on your face, but you are very tired. After a few relaxing moments you get up and [[look out]].

The sea is calm, nothing visible on the horizon, a vast ocean. You don't know where you are, you don't know what you were doing, you don't know how you got here, you don't know when you are. Your mind is filled with [[mystery]].

You can hear birds in the distance behind you. You turn around, it's a lush forest, tall mountains visible in the background. You find shelter under a nearby tree on the edge of the beach. You try and remember how you ended up here, but it's [[one big blank]].

You want to rest some more hoping that it will come back to you, or maybe you'll see a ship or a boat pass by. But you're thirsty, awfully thirsty. You need to find water, but you don't know anything about [[this island]].

Is it inhabited or is it desolate? Perhaps it is inhabited but by dangerous creatures rather than other people who may help you. You don't even know what continent you're in. The thought of the dangers beyond the beach become a growing fear and suddenly the need to quench your thirst doesn't seem so important now. At least for [[the moment]].

You decide to nap under the tree, and then you wake up. You don't know how long it has been, but it's still very bright out. And then you remember how thirsty you are. You may trick your mind into thinking that you don't need water, but the body has its needs. And now, you must [[decide]].

Should you go out venturing into the unknown, or should you stay and see how long you can hold out with the hopes that rescue will come by? All of a sudden a song comes into mind, "There!" you say to yourself, something from the outside world. [["I've remembered something."]]

[[Stay]] or [[Go]]

Thinking that it is the safer option, you decide to stay. You go to sleep under the tree. It's the middle of the night, you hear a very loud sound, but before you can open your eyes, you feel a very sharp pain in your head. You have [[died]].

You are terrified, but you venture out into the unknown out of desperation. After about a mile of marching inland, and what seemeded like an eternity, you come across a small creek. The water is crystal clear, you immediately start drinking. You feel refreshed. You start washing your hands and face as you start hearing ominious sounds all of a sudden. You are terrified. Quietly but quickly, you start walking back to the [[beach]].

Go back to [[Island Reach]]. [[End the game.]]

You come back to the beach, the harmonius sound of ocean waves is calming. You are very hungry, but at least you have quenched your thirst. It is getting dark, you take a seat against that same tree. You need to sleep, but where? The beach feels a little safe. But what if something finds you? You lift your head up and look at "your" tree, the first branch seems low enough for you to climb it. And the tree is lush enough for you to hide in it. [[Try to climb the tree]] [[Sleep on the ground because you are too tired]]

That branch was higher than it looked! But after several tries you jump high enough to get a good grip on it, with your last bit of strength you manage to pull yourself up and hug the tree in great relief. You rest a little, and then you climb higher. The branches are thick and feel strong enough for you to sleep on them. [[You fall asleep]].

Your fatigue overpowers your mind. You close your eyes as you fall into a deep sleep, [[never to wake up again]].

Thanks for playing!

Go back to [[Island Reach]]. [[End the game.]]

You wake up. In the same exact position as you had fallen asleep, safe in the arms of the trees. It's almost dawn. You get up on the branch and look around the tree, hoping to see something, anything, from up high. [[You notice something]].

A shape, it's definitely something. Further down the beachline, it wasn't there yesterday. The beach was all but empty. You squint your eyes hard to try and make out what it is but it's still too blurry. You look down the tree and consider coming down to get closer to it but you glance back and the shape is [[gone]].

You're frustrated, scared, angry. You're tearing up in stress, "what the hell is going on!" After calming down you make your way all the way to the top of the tree. You look around, it certainly is a big island. Too much vegetation to see what's down below in the distance, and the hills and mountains make it impossible to tell where the island ends. You start wondering if this is even an island [[at all]].

Though you think to yourself, the beaches are too beautiful for it to be empty if it was a part of a bigger mainland. Meanwhile the sun has risen out of the horizon. It's a beautiful sight, but you wish you were looking at it from elsewhere. From far, very far. You start making your way to the ground. As you descend you notice something on the tree. Some strange engraving. No numbers, or letters, as far as to your knowledge, but some weird symbols, or maybe it's just one symbol. [["What the hell is this place..."]]

Your great confusion has nearly made you forget how hungry you are. A fact which you've very much realized once you touched down on the ground. You gotta find food, and water. You can't go back to the same place you did yesteday for water because of those noises. But you figured that you could still find the creek or another source of water [[elsewhere]].

Instead of going straight inland you decide to go for a walk along the shoreline for a while before breaking in. You continue walking when suddenly you start hearing running water. You cautiously walk into the forest, it appears to be the same creek. Though a wider and a deeper segment. Deep enough to cover your waist as you [[find]].

You drink up and wash yourself as you keep an ear out for any trouble. You look around yourself, no animals, nothing moves except the leaves of trees. Trees which bear no fruit to your disappointnent, and no plants in the vicinity which may provide any nutrition. You get out of the water, and make it back to the shoreline, you are very hungry. But the sun will set soon, you are too scared to explore further. [[You go back to your tree]].

Next morning you wake up with the warmth of the sun on your skin. No mysterious figure this time. The hunger is starting to hurt, you climb down and start walking in the opposite direction. You must have been walking for an hour but you are determined, [[you need to eat]].

After walking some more you come across a pair of shrubs. They bear fruit! You take a closer look and you can't seem to recognize what kind of berries they are. You're very hungry, but what if they are poisonous? It would be the end of you. [[Eat the berry]] [[Don't eat]]

You decide to eat a berry. You feel relieved as the taste is very pleasant. "It can't be poisonous if it tastes good" you think to yourself. You're not botanist, well, you don't know who you are at all, but you continue eating the berries. Until you are full, and then more, [[as much as you can]].

After channeling up a great amount of self-control you decide not to eat the berries. And you can't see anything else beyond the shoreline. You're desperate, but "I'll just go straight inland tomorrow morning" you think to yourself. You climb back into your tree and try to go back back to sleep even though the sun still has not set. You close your eyes and [[fall asleep]].

All of a sudden you wake up to the sound of a seagull. You jump out, startled. You try and hold on to the branch as you start losing your balance but it is too late. You fall down, hard. Though the pain from hunger is too great for you to feel any other pain you heard the sound of your ribs breaking as you fell down. You start wheezing, unable to breath. The look of sad acceptance in your eyes is frozen on your face, as you feel the last bit of [[life leave your body]].

Go back to [[Island Reach]]. [[End the game.]]

You feel good, and energized. The shrubs are rich with fruit, and even though you've eaten so much, it looks as if they were untouched. You'll definitely be coming back. You decide to use this energy to do some exploring. You break inland, and continue walking slowly and carefully. You just have a good feeling that you will [[find something]].

The land is heavily vegetated, "If I hear something, I'll just take cover" you think to yourself. You must have been walking for over twenty minutes now, keeping as straight as possible to avoid getting lost. You keep going as your right foot hits something hard and heavy. You freeze, a little frightened, but you [[look down]].

It's a piece of wood! Never in your life did you think that you'd be afraid of a piece of wood, well actually, you don't know much about your life. "Wait a minute!" You say to yourself, as you notice how flat the wood is. You get down and take a closer look, this wood has definitely been worked on. There were people here. [[There may still be people here]].

You're still where you are as you scan the area around, when all of a sudden you notice a pitch black spot. Even more careful now, you crouch and start walking towards it while trying to make as little noise as you can. It's slow, but you have to be careful. [[You finally get there]].

The black spot was an opening. With solid rock on all sides. It appears that you've found a cave. You try and take a peek but you can't see anything. You discovery a great deal of bravery in you as you decide to just walk in there. [[To be continued]]

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