Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26892768-20180911005615/@comment-26892768-20180911211946

(Accepted)

(And now, we start)

Along a line of palm trees and a sandy shore, a gentle breeze flows. Waves rub against the shore in small waves, and the sun shines bright. A tranquil image - it's what one would imagine a tropical paradise to be like, minus the people.

Doesn't mean the island isn't inhabited, though...or rather, happens to be inhabited at the moment.

Along the sandy shore, a young girl laying there slowly opens her eyes, yawning. She absentmindedly brushes a stray lock of black hair aside as she gets on her feet, completely ignoring the sand rolling off her green and tan clothing. She does, however, notice the sand beneath her feet.

"What the..." She blinks, tilting her head down in confusion before leaning down and touching the sand herself. Yup - definitely sand. She stands still for a moment, listening to her surroundings, before backing up and slamming her foot into the ground.

This is how the girl sees, actually - because she's completely blind. She can only "see" through vibrations in the ground, whether they be her own or ones caused by others.

And, sure enough, through the vibrations, she's able to confirm that she's somehow on an island. Most people would panic, wondering how they got there at all, but this girl - Toph is her name - isn't most people. She can figure out how she got here later. Right now, she needs to figure out how to get out.

And conveniently enough, she happened to notice that there's another person a few meters away, laying down on the ground.

Toph walks over, noting the figure's build as she walks over. Tall, lanky...a pair of glasses? Well, some kind of glasses - they seem to be made of a different material than most, or at least the lenses do. The figure also happens to be laying face-down, as if they'd jumped off a diving board and completely failed the landing.

The figure, who Toph can definitely tell is a he now, also happens to snore.

Toph stops right next to the figure, almost bumping into his arm. She looks down, tapping her foot.

"Hello?" Toph ventures. No response - just more snoring. After a moment, Toph yells "Hey! Wake up!"

This manages to elicit a half-conscious response, the figure's voice somewhat muffled and in an accent that Toph's never heard before. "c'mn bro, gif me lik...t'n mohr mihnutes...wy do ya ev'n want a str'fe at fuk'n sev'n..."

Toph stares deadpan at the figure, who is clearly about to head back into the throes of sleep, and decides to take matters into her own hands. She takes a few steps back...

"h'w man lay'rs of ihrony ev'n is-" And then the figure is promptly launched into the air by a rock, startling him awake. And with her fine-tuned hearing, Toph is just able to make out what he says as he snaps into lucidity:

'"OH GOOD GOD FUCKING SHIT ON A TRICYCLE-" '

And then he slams back into the ground.

Standing back up and groaning, the figure brushes sand out of his blonde hair and adjusts his shades before brushing sand off his t-shirt. "well heres hoping no one heard that incomprehensible stream of gibberish coming out of my mouth just then i mean really what the hell was that-"

And then the figure - better known as Dave - takes note of his surroundings. He stares blankly at the girl in front of him. "...okay you look really familiar for some reason also how the hell did i end up in the bahamas or wherever this place is"

"You mean you woke up here without any explanation, either?" Toph asks. Not exactly what she was hoping for, but if this guy is someone else in her situation...

"uh yeah does it look like i floated over here in my sleep like an asshole" Dave remarks, glancing at the rock that happens to be where he once lay. "also i swear i know you from somewhere and by the time it hits me im going to feel like a idiot"

"I'm Toph, greatest Earthbender in the world. Ringing any bells?" Toph asks.

"correction im really going to feel like an idiot" Dave looks at Toph. "anyway im dave strider your resident coolkid"

"Dave, huh?" Toph muses. "Weird name, but I can roll with it. Since we're both stuck here, wanna stick around and see if there's a way off this rock?"

"sure why not" Dave holds out his hand, and Toph shakes it. "...also how old are you"

"Twelve." Toph answers.

"okay that makes me feel slightly better about swearing that much" Dave remarks.