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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.

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WHERE ARE YOU STRANDED?

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.
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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Wild Card! – Don’t like any of the options given? Come up with your own scenario!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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

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[What was supposed to be a nice day out, shopping, splurge on food, maybe end up at the arcade to play some games was quickly turning out to be a disaster.

Heaving a very annoyed sigh as he pressed the help button for what seemed the tenth time Rin was close to giving up on life.]

Why is this not working?!

[Looking over at Sousuke, his play buddy for the day - or any day really every since he had come back - the death glare he sent him was clearly not meant for him but the metal box they were currently trapped him.]

Technology these days!!

[Seriously! You'd think it would be better these days!]

[ooc: I hope this is alright! Let me know if it isn't!]

Edited 2014-09-04 08:38 (UTC)

[ Sousuke gave a small shrug as he stayed leaning against the wall of the elevator. The taller teen gave a quick glance around the metal box. He didn't know if the emergency lights were on or if there was still power. Given how often Rin pressed the help button. The elevator must have been running on emergency power. Perhaps the rest of the building had a power outage. ]

You do know that there's always a possibility for the elevator to go down. You should be glad that it's not moving and that you're not stuck with someone else. [ There could have been other people with them or they could be stuck with people they wouldn't want to be with. Sousuke had been thankful that they were the only ones in the elevator. ]

Why don't we wait? After that let's see if there's another option.

[ooc: this is fine! I am relatively slow at tagging back, just as a heads up! \o. ]

[Logic was not something Rin wanted to hear right now. Or any sort of making sense. He wanted Sousuke to be as annoyed as he was. Why wasn't he annoyed? They were stuck in a small space that was getting hotter by the second. Or maybe that was just him.

I could just shake you. Why are you so calm?!

Rin glared.]

I am totally lucky being stuck with Sir Totally Calm himself.

As if we can do anything but wait.

[Heaving a big - maybe slightly dramatic - sigh, Rin gave up and let himself slide down onto the floor.

This was the worst.]

[ooc: No problem!!]

[ One of them had to remain calm. Why panic? Sousuke didn't see the point in wasting energy when he could potentially use it towards something else. He wasn't sure if there would be another way out.

He turned his attention on Rin, frowning at seeing him being dramatic. He walks over toward his friend and pokes his foot at the side of his leg. ]

Would you rather I panic? Would that really help you? If you have some ideas, suggest them.

[ His eyes focus up at the ceiling seeing the small tiny emergency escape. It could be a possibility to get out. Sousuke wasn't going to be suggesting it any time soon for other reasons. ]

We could try to do something while we wait.

[No. But I am not telling you, you are right.]

Hmpf.

[He looked away, teeth worrying his bottom lip because Sousuke had a point and worst of it all Rin had no ideas to fix this or make it any better. Acting like this was now making him feel embarrassed.

You better not tell anyone Sousuke.]

Something like what? Not like there is much to do here.

[Besides playing simple games or.. talk he supposed. Or whatever else Sousuke thought they could be doing.]

Got any ideas?

[ Sousuke wouldn't have it any other way. It wouldn't be right for Rin to come out and say those things. He wasn't about to tell the next person he sees that Rin had a melt down in the elevator. It was better that they were stuck with each other for these very reasons. Anyone else would spread the word as soon as able. ]

We can just talk. What did you want to do once we got outside? Maybe we should start thinking what we're going to do when we do get out.

[ He sits down next to Rin, leaning against the wall of the elevator. ]

We could be in here for a while. The only thing we can do is distract ourselves from the situation at least.

[Talking about what he wanted to do but couldn't do right now didn't seem that appealing to him but he figured it was better than sitting here staring ahead. He hoped though that the elevator would work quickly, getting stuck here for hours would be a nightmare.]

You know.... It would really suck if one of us needed to take a piss.

[That thought suddenly appeared, of course it immediately made him conscious of his bladder. And the fact he had been drinking a slushie not too long ago. Damn.

Legs pressed together then.]

Quick, say something else so we can stop thinking about this.

[ooc; I apologize for slowness, work got busy :(]

[Sousuke slowly turns his head to look over at Rin after his comment. That would be really bad but it wasn't something that he would think about. Even if they had gotten done with drinking slushes not too long ago. He knew that he would be able to last a few hours or more if needed.]

You would be the one to say something like that. It would be an interesting sight to see. If we had a bottle of some kind you could use it.

[He wasn't going to give up the moment to tease Rin. Even if it meant the other getting uncomfortable slightly.]

Most elevators had an escape door that could be used to get out. Granted that this one may be hard to open. I wouldn't suggest it not knowing if we are between floors either.

What do you want to do after we get out of here? If it's a few hours at most there's still time to do some of the things we couldn't.

[ooc: no worries on being slow! :3 I can be just as slow.]

[He would think of something like this. And of course right after he thought of swimming. Honestly his brain betrayed him a lot of the time.

Stop it Rin. Just. Fuck. Stop.

This was going to amuse Sousuke way too much.]

...

[And there it was. Naturally, he glared at him.]

I'll piss on you.

[Of course he would never but he just had to make a threat back.

Stretching out his legs he thought then, hand coming up to absently push back some of his hair.]

Arcade. Definitely that. Maybe get some food? I just wanted to play some games... you?

[Sousuke raises an eyebrow at Rin. His lips twitch as if trying to hide a big smirk going to spread.

There's a brief pause as his shoulder shake and he laughs at Rin's comment.]

No you won't. I'll make sure you wouldn't.

[That wouldn't be hard for him to do either. All he needed to do was grab at Rin's hands if he even thought about doing something like that. Not that it would happen anyway. There were better reasons to get out of pants.

He gives a small shrug while smiling as he looks toward the opposite wall.]

As long as I'm hanging out with you. It doesn't matter.

[There definitely were better reasons to get out of his pants. Rin could name a few easily. Peeing all over Sousuke was not one of them. Seeing Sousuke laugh about it made him want to, but instead he forced his face to stay in the same unimpressed position.

But then Sousuke did that thing again where he would say something that rendered him completely speechless. Made him forget about annoyances and just had him sitting there looking at him.]

Sousuke..

[Rin was half tempted to shove him just so he could mask how he felt. Instead he reached out, grabbing Sousuke's chin and making him look him in the eye. But then, after having done that he wasn't so sure what his intentions were anymore.

Or maybe he was chickening out.

That of course he would not admit. So he dropped his hand uselessly, head bending forward a little as he broke eyecontact.

Ugh.]

The 'We're Stranded' Meme

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