The 'We're Stranded' Meme

[survivorkate]

 THE ‘WE’RE STRANDED’ MEME

You’re stranded it’s as simple as that. Maybe you were on your way to a nice relaxing holiday, a business trip or maybe you were just on your way home. Whatever the case, it doesn’t look like you’re going to be reaching your destination any time soon. You’re stuck and all you can do is to try and survive until help arrives. If help ever does arrive. Well, at least you’re not alone. No, there’s someone here stranded with you. Maybe you know them, maybe they’re a complete stranger or maybe they were stranded here long before you. Whoever they are you’re going to have to work together to get out of this mess.

 

What you do to survive and what happens to you is up to you. Do you search for food, do you try and find any signs of human life, do you have a run in with the locals or the local wildlife or do you just close your eyes and hope someone finds you. Whatever happens good luck.

RULES

• Comment with your character, canon, preferences and any ideas you might have
• It might be useful to note whether you want the interaction to be between two strangers or if you’re okay with any assumed cr
• Feel free to set up your own scenario in your initial comment to give taggers something to work with or just leave your comment blank
• Pick a scenario that catches your eye or use trusty old RNG
• Reply to others!

WHERE ARE YOU STRANDED?

1. On an island – You’re stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere. There’s no phone or radio signal and there are no signs of life (that you can see). It could be a huge island with a dense forest in the center or it could be a small, sandy island with sparse vegetation cover. It’s up to you.
2.  In the jungle – One minute you’re making your way along a jungle trail and the next minute you’re completely lost. You have no idea where you are, you have no idea which way to go and all you can see around you is trees and more trees. Have fun in the jungle. Look out for the wildlife and any local tribes
3.  In space – The sci-fi option. For some reason you were in space. Maybe you’re inside a ship stranded in the middle of nowhere or stranded in the middle of some kind of asteroid field. Or maybe you were outside of your space shuttle and now you’re stranded with no way to return. Let’s hope your oxygen supply doesn’t run out
4. Open Water – Maybe you were simply out for a swim and the current was too strong, pulling you out to sea. Maybe you were diving and after resurfacing you’ve realized you have absolutely no idea which way is land and your boat is nowhere to be seen. Or maybe it’s a Titanic-type situation and your ship has sunk. Better get your life jacket ready.
5. High in the air – Maybe you’re trapped in a ski lift high above the ground just like the movie Frozen. Maybe you were on a roller-coaster or a Ferris wheel and the rides malfunctioned. Or maybe you’re just stuck at the top of a really, really high mountain or cliff. Whatever the situation you better not be afraid of heights!
6.  Inside an elevator - This one is pretty self-explanatory. You were in an elevator, the elevator stopped and now you’re stranded inside the small space, probably with a bunch of people you don’t know until help arrives.
7.  A cave – Maybe you had planned to explore the cave system or maybe it was a spontaneous event but you went inside and now you’re stranded with no way out.
8. The middle of nowhere – This can cover any landscape really: a mountainous area, a desert, the middle of the countryside, a tundra area. Whatever the landscape there’s no signs of human life anywhere. You’re stranded.
9. Wild Card! – Don’t like any of the options given? Come up with your own scenario!

 

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

1. Searching for food/supplies!
2. Setting up a camp/shelter from the rain
3. Coming into contact with (possibly dangerous) locals/local wildlife
4. Calling for help
5. Trying to find a place with better signal
6. Just generally freaking out
7. Trying to come up with a plan
8. An obligatory smut option
9. Wild Card! – There are so many options and so many things you could do in this situation. Use your imagination!

Comments

Allen Walker | D. Gray-Man | OTA

[everforward]

Doug Quaid | Total Recall (remake) | OTA

[knowwhoiam]

Haruka Tenoh | Sailor Moon | F/F for shippy

[actsmagnificent]

[ No smut, please. ]

Levi Ackerman | AoT

[cleanblade]

[Any of the options are fine. Feel free to be creative or pick more than one if you want.]

Stiles Stilinksi | Teen Wolf

[ambisinister]

Ash Williams || Evil Dead Trilogy || OTA

[boomsticking]

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yang xiao long | RWBY

[shotpun]

[ assumed cr is welcome! ]

9, stranded in another dimension

[noneed]

[ Upon arrival in Forever Fall, a few things crossed Tenchi's mind.

First off, he really, seriously needed to have a talk with Washu about activating experimental time-and-space tearing technology in the house. For one thing it wasn't even the first time one of those devices had malfunctioned, what with being sent through five different alternate realities when she tried it the first time. For another thing, they were so loud! Noise pollution is a serious problem when you're trying to finish your homework!

Secondly, the forest was beautiful. He'd seen the trees change color as summer turned to autumn back home, but never an entire forest of deep red leaves. It's almost surreal, and he had to pick a few up between his fingers to make sure they were real - and they most certainly were. Well, maybe Washu hadn't screwed up so bad - at least she'd sent him somewhere nice! The mad scientist was probably already hard at work finding a way to repair the fabric of the universe, so he can at least take in a deep breath of fresh air and enjoy the view while he waits, right? Right?

Thirdly, monsters.

Which is why Tenchi's few minutes of relaxation have now escalated to a full-on sprint through the woods with the beasts hot on his heels, a broken stick in one hand from when he'd tried to fight them off briefly on his own. His technique was sharp as ever, but unfortunately that didn't mean much without a half-decent weapon on-hand, and as such he resorts to his second weapon of choice.

Noise pollution. ]

HEEEEEEEY! ANYBODY, HEEEEEEELP!

[shotpun]

[ if there's one thing you gotta give tenchi credit for: it's that he truly knew how to get a girl's attention. it isn't often that yang would make it a habit to wander away from the rest of the group during a field trip, but she'd been trailing behind when she suddenly heard his shouts and... well. you can't really ignore a cry for help like that.

of course, by then, the rest of the group had already wandered far enough, and she didn't have time to really think — she bolts towards the voice, and while she may not have had ruby's speed, she gets there fast enough to see the guy peeling down the forest like his life depended on it.

and it kinda did.

the grimm hot on his trail didn't look like too much of a threat, but given the guy seemed only arms with — was that a stick? yeah... it was definitely time to step in.

from the cliff she'd been watching from, she hops down unto the grimm's back. one punch, two, three — it goes down like a lead balloon. there's maybe even a spark of disappointment in yang, who'd anticipated more of a challenge... but that doesn't overpower the relief she feels upon seeing the guy looks fairly unharmed. ]

Sooo.... [ she hops down from the fallen grimm's head, landing just a few feet away from tenchi. she glances down at the stick in his hands. ]

I'm guessing that doesn't also turn into a gun?

[noneed]

[ This isn't how he wanted to die! If he knew he was going to die today he would have at least slept in a little this morning! Taken his time eating breakfast! Skipped out on his chores! What a waste of a final day on the mortal plane this would turn out to be - and he doesn't even have the comfort of knowing where he's going to die. This sucks.

His mournful thoughts are interrupted by what sounds distinctly like a gunshot from directly behind him, and he nearly topples over in surprise as he whips his head around to see what's going on. What he did not expect to see was some blond girl literally on top of the monster, punching its head with... gun fists?? You know what, it's not even the strangest thing he's seen. He'll allow it.

As the beast topples to the ground Tenchi slows his pace to a halt, doubled over with his hands on his knees as he wheezes for breath. ]

Too close... way too close...

[ He lifts his head tiredly to peer at his savior, who didn't seem to have broken a sweat whatsoever. At her question he raises the broken stick to examine it, having forgotten he was even still carrying the useless thing, and tosses it wearily aside. ]

No... apparently it just turns into splinters. [ an exhausted laugh, as his expression warms slightly. ] I can't thank you enough, though! You really saved my hide, miss.

[shotpun]

[ yang's already got a hand lifted to wave off his gratitude, dismissing it with an easy roll of her shoulders. ]

No big, I was just passing by. [ hopefully professor goodwitch won't be too angry with her...

she hunches over a little too, resting her own hands on her knees so she's at least level enough with him that she can peer at his face. he doesn't look familiar at all, so he couldn't have been a student... though he looks right around her age. ]

I'm guessing you're not from around here?

nyreen kandros | mass effect 3 | OTA

[omegatalons]

3 technically i guess? (and doing 5 for now)

[desertblue]

[ erimita likes omega. really. she swears. its just that some days she has to remind herself of it a thousand and two times to keep her cool, because things will be fine and jobs will be good and then shit like this happens and she just wants to slink back to illium on the next shuttle out. her home planet has lots of problems. tunnel collapses aren't one of them.

the tunnels are good for getting around unnoticed and while erimita's plenty sure she doesn't know half of them, they make things easier and so she's thankful for them. a little less thankful for the cave-in, but a little more thankful for finding someone else skulking around down here where they shouldn't be.

erimita's for the time being friend is not only not a vorcha, but actually attractive enough to be worth looking at in the dim emergency lighting, so the assassin figures her luck just about evens out. even so, frustration is easier than acceptance and erimita's dark brown eyes are focused mostly on her omni-tool, trying to fiddle with things enough to get a please come get me signal out to someone she trusts. she had only found dead ends before she found nyreen, so she at least has no faith in their ability to find a route out. quite frankly, erimita has no interest in dying in a dim tunnel that smells vaguely like singed vorcha, so she is being awfully persistent with that interface on her wrist. ]

[omegatalons]

[It's strange where Erimita's optimism fluctuates. Nyreen is no more thrilled about the current state of affairs than she, but it's a touch amusing how the asari she met seems defeatist about breaking through physically when it comes to saving their own hides, yet still holds shreds of hope that communications will somehow make it through. Lifting her own omni-tool to her face several feet away, Nyreen is met with the same empty air when she scans for her own private frequencies. That means a rescue operation is likely out of the question. She can continue to pick through the dark if she so chooses, but Nyreen's already getting restless, and with the familiar hum of electricity her omni-tool's compacted once more before she draws toward the source of the problem.]

Communications are a bust.

[She's stating the obvious and she knows it, but two pairs of hands are better than one. The tunnels are practically her home at this point, after going to ground the way she had. A flare of wry amusement wells up in her chest when she imagines how hilarious The Great Aria T'Loak would find it, probably, if she somehow learned that Nyreen Kandros had croaked in an underground ditch somewhere after making such a grand show of vacating the station entirely.

No way in Hell.]

There are other ways. Not everything down here is as it seems. But if you don't want to dig your fingers into a bleeding mess, I suggest you tell me your reason for being here in the first place.

[She's not wearing the logo, the red face paint, and that automatically makes her less trustworthy than Nyreen would like to risk right away.]

[desertblue]

I went for a stroll and got a little lost.

[ the answer comes without looking up, still poking at her omni-tool, a different tactic now. it's a bad lie and she knows it, but it's not said to try to convince anyone of anything. it's just her way of telling the turian to mind her own business. a smartass response is still a response, after all.

even the most travelled of omega's tunnels are well-kept secrets, ones erimita would never have found on her own. but a secret here, a secret there, and if someone was paying for someone else to show up dead, she knew how easily sticking around the scene of the crime could wind up with her never needing to be paid.

and they only mostly smelled of dead things. ]

I could ask the same of you. [ she doesn't, though. just drops her arm finally and then looks around, evaluating options based on what little she knows of the tunnel system. ] Find a weak point, biotic explosion?

8

[forgivetheinsubordination]

[The plan had been fairly straightforward. Meet the salarian a few clicks outside of the port, get the Cerberus intel. Keep it quiet and quick. Only the shuttle had broken down on the approach and Garrus isn't sure he has the parts to fix it, and the Normandy isn't due to check in for 48 hours. Add to that he has no other way to get in touch with the salarian and Garrus is not in the best of moods. At least it isn't cold out here.

Mumbling to himself, Garrus opens up the paneling on the side of the ship, already trying to track down the problem.]

[omegatalons]

[It's not exactly difficult to spot one of her kind at a distance -- but Nyreen had seen the shuttle's drawing nearer, noted the way it looked like the engine could give out at any moment. Sure enough, it's sputtered to a grinding halt a few yards from her location, and the turian who gets out is not one she recognizes.

Another off-worlder like herself, it seems likely. Vakarian's not the only one out for information that could potentially sabotage Cerberus. She's here on her own agenda, part of which included scouting out those around her for potential threats. Smooth, careful strides draw her closer to the broken-down vehicle and its stranded driver.]

... I'll assume you're lost out here for a purpose.

[There's no reason to be outwardly hostile or suspicious right away, subvocals laced with good humor.]

[forgivetheinsubordination]

[He glances at her as she approaches, taking note of clan markings and the way her armor doesn't match any current merc group he's aware of. It's not turian military, but it's not something that makes him immediately worried.]

I heard there was a sale on rifle mods. Did I miss it?

[There's no point in making up a believable lie. Too much effort, no reason as of yet. Might as well be friendly enough without giving too much away.]

Or did you already get the good ones?

[There, he can see what went amiss. It looks reparable.]

Seth Gecko | From Dusk Till Dawn

[manilargo]

Carlos The Scientist || Welcome to Night Vale

[hollowclocks]

cosette | les mis ( modern au ) | ota

[larks]

6

[epiny]

Eponine was claustrophobic. Short amounts of time in places like closets? Sure she was fine. But places with no windows or airflow? For long periods of time? That was, to be frank, bad news bears. Add to it that Eponine was stranded in the elevator with her favorite person in the world? This was going to be the opposite of fun.

"Did the elevator just stop?" She hadn't said anything to Cosette when they both got into the elevator. Now, now she was breaking the ice. "You've got to be fucking with me."

Ril Sorrin =✈ (Original) | OTA

[sheloves]

Jack Benjamin : Kings

[thebetterstory]

pavel chekov | star trek | ota

[astrogational]