Paradiso

PSA: Found coffee beans.

You're welcome.

I realize it's hot here, but is there anyone besides myself who would be looking for a sparring partner?

And I do mean that in the training sense, this may be paradise but I'm not looking to let myself fall out of shape and practice.

Okay so, I've seen people mention the thing about making clothes but do we know when that's going to happen? I don't want to rush anybody! I'm just wondering when that might happen because I've already sort of resorted to ripping clothes up to cover the most... important parts but that only gives me coverage for two or three days, tops. Fun fact everybody! Washing your clothes in a stream? Not the fresh jungle scent you'd expect.

And um, also... if someone might be able to show me how to build a shelter that would be great? Mine attacked me last night.

I'm so sorry, I'm already awful at this whole 'helpful part of the community' thing.

Everyone seems to be doing something of this sort and since I got here yesterday, it's probably overdue. I'm Dr. Raymond Palmer (only one person I know actually calls me Dr. Palmer, though, so I'd really prefer just Ray). I'm 34, I have three PhDs: Physics, Nanotechnology, and Engineering and Applied Sciences. I can't say I have a whole lot of survival skills as far as hunting, identifying plant life, etc. goes, but I imagine that sooner than later, we'll (hopefully) be given the resources to expand from a technological standpoint. Or, you know, if the gods would like to give me my suit, that could be helpful in more than a few ways, but for now, I don't have it.

In any case, I'll admit I'm not sure how useful fighting techniques would be, but I've got those and I'm willing to teach. I'm nowhere near as skilled as some other people I know, but for a beginner, I could probably be of good use. I'm also strong. Pretty strong. I guess strong is subjective, isn't it? And I'm always happy to help out with anything anyone needs. I'm no expert in a lot of things, but I pick things up pretty quickly in practice, so it might take me a little longer to build a shelter for someone than another, more skilled person could, but I'm pretty certain I could manage it after a few tries. In the meantime, if you find yourself having any issues with your bracelets, I'm happy to take a look and am fairly confident that I can fix them, even if I would prefer to have more specialized tools to do it.

Anyway, hello! I'm looking forward to getting to know the rest of you and helping this community grow in any way I can.

[ooc note: not that Ray mentioned it, but he's also an Eagle Scout and he earned something like a hundred merit badges in his day. So...if your character had been pretty much stationary at camp for the day and wants to notice the fact that he's casually spent his day building himself a giant teepee out of tree branches and palms, or whatever (he'd know what would work; I don't), please feel free to mention it.]

I made some soap. I figured that I couldn't be the only one in desperate need of a bath. It's not luxurious or anything, but it will get the job done and I added some orange juice to half of the batch and some lavender to the other half. It still needs a couple of weeks to dry completely, but if you don't mind it being a little wet and dissolving quickly, it can be used now. I'll keep making more so we can build up a good supply.

Also, has anyone figured out if we have any birth control options here? I mean, yeah, I know they want us to have babies, but they can't expect us to be constantly pregnant, right?

Has anyone else noticed someone who looks exaclty like someone from home, but then they claim to be someone completely different? Because this has happened to me twice now.

The food storage containment is finished, thanks to a lot of help from others. If you find food you can put it in there, it's right outside of the main group of shelters that have been built. Sara is awesome and she's thinking about making a smokehouse, so I suggest if you find something, clean it and smoke it first. It'll last longer.

I've made fishing traps by the shore for those of you who aren't great hunters. It's a large group of rocks in a v formation in the water, when the tide comes in so do the fish and when it goes out they get trapped behind the rock wall so they'll be easier to catch, since they'll be in a confined space. So if you see stones lined up by the water, do me a favor and don't move them.

We should seriously consider building some loft beds. It'll be complicated and we'll have to find strong enough wood, but we shouldn't be sleeping on the ground no matter where our shelters are. Snakes, bugs, all that fun stuff, are best avoided. If I'm coming off as bossy tell me, that's not what I'm trying to do, I just want to help. If anyone needs anything I just finished with those fishing traps so I'm available!

This place is so pretty! Look at all of the flowers, and the water is just gorgeous, I'm already so in love.

Right, okay. I'm Patty! Patty Spivot, I'm excited to be here and meet all of you! I'm not very good when it comes to the whole 'survival' thing, I've never really done that before, but I was a detective back home, and a scientist. So if any of those skills can come in handy here I'm more than willing to help. I'm not afraid of hard work either, so if anybody needs help building anything, I'm your girl!

So hey, as I said in another post, I'm Sara Lance.

I know we're all excited about waking up in a paradise potential playground, but building and survival are still important.

Has anyone woken up near fresh/drinkable water? It would make sense to start building shelters around a clean source of water.

If anyone is interested in teaming up from the start, I'm going to be working on a temporary shelter as soon as I locate a water source. I also have some hunting and survival skills. Anyone who has skills and is willing to share/speak up, please do.

So, hey everyone. Guess I should introduce myself since we're all going to be getting to know each other pretty well?

I'm Reese Williams. Grew up in the Australian Outback, been living in the States the past few years. Looking forward to doing something good for a change, maybe making a difference.

I like sunsets, long walks...and trying not to sound like a personal ad.

These little wristband things are awesome.

So, hey, I'm Stiles. Anyone figure out where we're supposed to be staying? Like, are there cabins or something around here?