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• Don't Build Up Your Hopes

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  Deftly, and as hard as she could, she scraped at the outer husk of the coconut; soon, she was left with the familiar, hairy e…

• I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  Blaire walked out of the shell of the yacht, quite finished with her meager pineapple portions.

  Her previously elaborate red…

• And More Finding

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  She had found a quite smashed but otherwise alright pineapple, and sat on one of the damp pieces of what was left from the fu…

• Finding

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  _Well, at least I had courses in survival – one of the perks in being in, as Diane calls them ‘third world countries’. It’s a…

• Need

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  Her feet left deep imprints in the sand, and Blaire knew she was dehydrated; her skin stood up when she pinched it, and her m…

• Stranded

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  After that, I hit my head against a rock, I think, and I passed out. So much for being a trooper.

  Blaire awoke with a head…

• Running Aground

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  The storm raged on, tearing the yacht to pieces in the process. The clouds raged about them like deranged wraiths, misty hand…

• My Favorite Things

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  _That’s right. Easter Island. Look the map up if you don’t believe me. It’s way off from Tahiti, but we were close in our g…

• A Flame of Hope

  by NightMaiden 2 days ago

  “Get back here!” Blaire screamed into the storm, gripping the rail until her knuckles turned white. She knew they couldn’t he…