Paradiso

I was thinking, and I don't think I make a very good person. I mean...like Isaac is taking care of everyone and building things and everybody's slaving away to help everyone else and I kind of don't get it. I mean, I want to take care of me, and Isaac, but the rest of you, I don't get why you just don't take care of yourselves, you know? I mean, when it comes down to you surviving or me surviving I want it to be me and if you guys have to die for that I can totally deal with that.

I think that makes me a bad person.

Is realizing that a step, at least?

[Lydia]

So, um, do you think your baby's a girl or a boy? I think mine's a girl. I don't know why. That's just how I think of it. Does that mean anything? And I have a tiny baby bump. Like, you can only see it when I'm naked. Is that normal? I don't know. I'm a little scared This is weird.

Hello Volunteers.

My name is Azibo. I am the God of the Land and I want to welcome you all to the island. You are doing a wonderful job of beginning your society and I hope my gift today will help you continue your advancement without harming my trees. The lumber provided will renew itself so you no longer have need of cutting down the trees on the island for building materials.

Are there any other plants or animals you would like for medicinal or dietary purposes? I make no promises, but I will do what I can to accommodate you.

I'm going to be really sad if weekly Christmas stops being a thing at any point. ...did anybody get, like, mugs or something like that, by chance? Like something to drink out of? No idea why the hell Derek is giving me things, but I'm not going to complain because all of this looks awesome.

Best. Morning. Ever.

If anyone would like something stronger for nausea, pain or sleeping, I've got a recipe for something much more effective but still natural.

[ CISCO ]

Guess what I woke up in this moring.

[ ADRIAN ]

So I heard some of you story at the bonfire. How are you doing now? That previous post of yours was concerning.

[Nick]

So, hey. How are things?

[Lydia]

How are you feeling?

[Unfiltered]

So, I caught some rabbits today if anyone wants some. I was thinking of making a big pot of stew to share at the bonfire or something.

Okay, oh my God, sorry...I really meant to say this like two days ago, but I've been so sick...

So, a few days ago, I got a big bottle of shampoo and a big bottle of conditioner. I'm willing to share, but I'm going to be rationing it so that we all get to use it and so that we can make it last as long as possible. So. If you'd like to use some, please let me know and please bring something with you to use as a container or something, even if it's just a flat piece of shale or a hollowed out half-a-coconut because I'd really rather the bottles stay with me, if it's all the same to you all.

Again, I really did mean to mention this before, but I had other things on my mind. In any case, anyone who wants to use it, please give me a shout.

I'm going to ask this because I have a feeling that a lot of people are thinking it but no one is saying it.

It's warm. I mean, it's really warm, and I know that at some point it might get colder but right now that's not the case and we have limited clothing. We're all here to sleep with each other...

Why are we even wearing clothes instead of just saving them?

I can do this

Hi, everyone. It seems like it's well past my turn to do...something like this, and it's far easier for me to do it this way than in person with...anyone.

I'm Dr. Amanda Perry. I've spoken with some of you before. Back home, I was an aeronautical engineer.

Back home I was also a quadraplegic. I was in an accident when I was nine years old that left me paralyzed from my chin down. I relied on a caretaker to eat and tend to my personal hygiene. I almost died choking more times than I care to recall.

Before I came here, I was killed.

Where I'm trying to go with this is...I've never really been intimate. I've been attracted to someone people, I'm fairly certain I'm heterosexual, and I've read plenty, but I've never had any real practical experience. Which sounds far more absurd, at my age, than it ever did before.

I'm not asking for anyone to 'volunteer', especially if it's going to be out of pity or sympathy. I just felt it might be easier, considering our purpose for being here and since everyone's pairing off so rapid-, to have it out in the open now, so it wouldn't be an awkward conversation with someone later. I never had to talk about it before.

If anyone has any respectful questions, I'll gladly answer.

Omg please just shoot me.

I have never puked before. It suuuuuuuucks

I'm going to sleep now. Not really feeling like that threesome tonight sorry

Uggggh gotta go

[*ooc: this will autofilter out uninterested parties, so if your dude isn't feeling it, he won't even see this]

Call me curious Hi. I'm Lydia Martin. I'm eighteen and I prefer older men. I'm not interested in building any monogamous or emotionally-reliant relationships with anyone right now and if you're curious why, I'm willing to share. Otherwise, I suppose it's irrelevant. What I am looking for is some fun with someone or someones new who is/are willing to overlook my age and the fact that I'm pregnant. I reserve the right to be picky, but I figured I might as well put out a feeler for the sake of curiosity. If you're interested, please filter your response to me privately because I saw what happened to Isaac in his post and I don't have the patience for that at all.

Just out of curiosity, is anyone here interested in threesomes or moresomes?

Strictly for recreational purposes, of course.

[ooc: pls to be pretending this was posted eaaaaaarly this morning, like before the sunrise early? I fell asleep before I could get it posted haha womp sorryyyy! kthanx!]

Oh my God, fuck this so much.

SARA.

I'm really sorry...can we do our training in the evening, today, instead of in the morning...?

I have shampoo and conditioner. If you want to use it, let me know. I'm letting you all have first dibs...well, second, after Sara and me on it before I tell the whole camp. One pump of each is more than enough if your hair is shoulder length, two pumps is plenty for my length. Half a pump for the guys...I'm thinking we can make this last easily enough; they're those huge bottles.

I like today. Today is a good day so far. Let's make sure it stays that way, yes, Universe?

Putting this out there, mostly because it will give me something else to do. If anyone is looking to learn to hunt, learn self-defense or how to make and use weapons, let me know. I'm already working with a couple of people, I'd be happy to work with more who are interested.

[ LYDIA ]

How are you feeling?

[Derek]

Are you busy tonight?

And don't worry. This is strictly recreational. I've decided that having children isn't the best choice for me at the moment.

[/Unfiltered]

I'm thinking that we should perhaps keep track of who has slept with whom and who is conceiving with whom? Also, there was some prior discussion about keeping those that we reproduce with to a maximum of two to protect the gene pool?

Do we have any relations here already? And by relation, I mean familial ones. That is, is anyone here related?

EDIT: I misspoke, and I hope my correction quells some of the upset.

Who just figured out how to make almond butter? This guy. Do we need almond butter? Probably not. Does that matter to me right now? Naw.

Also, I don't know if continuously crushing almonds until they make a paste is truly considered as almond butter since I don't know what that stuff actually is, but this is our island and we can reinvent things as much as we want. I made a creamy paste with almonds. It's now called almond butter.

MALIA.
Hey, how are you feeling? Do you need anything? I found these pretty awesome looking flowers when I was looking around for stuff today, I brought one back if you want it. I just thought it would be nice if you're feeling gross or something.

LYDIA.
How are you holding up?

[Derek]

I must say that I had a perfectly lovely time with you. I hope that you enjoyed our assignation as much as I did. I have...never had sex quite like that and I have certainly been missing out.

[Cisco]

I am still trembling a bit from the last part. I do hope we can meet up again.

[Unfiltered]

Is anyone well-versed on the emotional effects of having multiple sex partners? I'm very curious, and wondering if we will start to skew towards Monogamy in this place, or if there is a way to dampen normal human jealousy.

Since apparently it's okay to tell everyone, hi! I'm Malia Tate and I'm a werecoyote. I lived a bunch of years in the woods on my own as a fully changed coyote. From the time I was nine until just after my eighteenth birthday. So I'm super good at hunting and stuff but not so good at people. That said, I love having sex and am totally willing to learn new things. And I'm pregnant too. So yep. That's me.

[Isaac]

Why haven't you ever kissed me?

[Stiles]

I want to do that again.

[Lydia]

I made out with Stiles last night.

So, fun fact of the day. There are bears.

If you don't like bears, don't go for a walk alone. Because there are bears.

I'm just clarifying that you all understand; bears. Not little bears. Big bears. Brown bears. Big, angry brown bears. I mean, there might be little bears but if there are, they're babies and that means that big bears are near by.

Thank god. Bears are exactly what we needed.

MALIA.
Hey, I don't want you going out there alone anymore. If you need something, tell me.

LYDIA.
If you need anything from the jungle, I want you to tell me. I don't want you going in there alone, and I don't want Stiles doing it either. It has nothing to do with having faith in him or anything, it's just when you have a regular person going against a bear, a bear is going to win. We don't know what else is in there.

And I finished your combs. I made a couple of them just in case you snap a few. ...And I know that you've been down and annoyed with the lack of hair care around here so I was able to make coconut oil. I heard it's really good for conditioning? I don't know. I just thought it might help.

So, this is what I've gleaned from speaking with Arva that I figured would be worth sharing, if even just for future reference.

We already know that, according to Arva, she will only allow conception when both parties are on board for it. In addition, I learned that she's somehow going to be shortening the length of our pregnancies. I'm not naive enough to assume that all of us are human, but since I mostly am, for reference, my normal biology would dictate 40 weeks. Arva says three months.

Also, I asked her about those of us who wanted to contribute to the effort toward repopulating but weren't really ready to be parents and she said that we can choose to give her the child to raise herself.

So...I just thought I'd share; we have flexible options and I figured some of you might want to know those options whether for now or for later.