In Times Of Struggle

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    "That sounds good, but the salt alone would probably kill you," she said to him. "Pretzels will make you think you're dying, since you haven't had salt in such a long time," She laughed.
    "Yeah," He sighed. "I meant to ask you since some of the others asked me. "A few of us went and gathered bamboo earlier today, they were just sitting around. "They didn't cut anything yet, and we got more flax too. What else did you need to start building the homes?"
    December 28th, 2016 at 06:36am
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    "Building supplies, a hammer, and some nails - something to hold it all together," she said to him as she looked at him, "Besides the twine,"
    He laughed a bit,"Yeah it'll be nice but we'll have to ease into it,"
    December 28th, 2016 at 07:07am
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    "Nails... like from the plane? We would need to do that tomorrow then, once its beached." He said to her. "Maybe pull the nails out of the sides."
    She nodded a little and sighed. "I like talking to you. It doesn't feel like there's an age difference," She admitted. "You're fun to be around," She said as she sat up. "It's too bad you'll have to go back to Korea once we're rescued. You'd be nice to see often."
    December 28th, 2016 at 07:14am
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    Naomi sat with a few others, tying flax into twine for the treehouse Talia had started building. The plane beached a few days ago, so mostly everyone was able to recover more of their belongings. Several of the passengers who needed their medication now had it, which solved the problem at least for now. It gave her a moment to not panic because she didn't know what she would do when they came asking her when their medications did run out.

    A lot of the older people had begun to get worse, complaining about everything even things out of their control. She had even heard one of the businessmen complain that the tree houses they were building were too small. Naomi thought it was ridiculous, a treehouse is better than sleeping on the sand, but nothing could please them.

    Yugyeom sat a little bit away from her, but for the past few days she had begun trying to distance herself from him a bit. He had begun to seem attractive to her, which threw her off; he was so much younger than her and she needed to remember that. Despite the fact that he looked and acted nothing like his age, remembering that she was a good 5 years older than him was something she needed to hold onto.
    December 28th, 2016 at 09:58pm
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    "Now that we've got all the equipment off the plane we're able to start, I've picked the trees we're going to build in based on durability and how strong the branches are. The highest steps will be about six feet but we'll make that for someone younger and able, then for the older people we'll build stairs for them so they don't have to worry so much about it. The last storm nearly washed us off the beach," she sighed a little as she rubbed her neck then looked around as she used a hand saw to make cuts in the plywood, "This base is pretty sturdy - most houses with crawl spaces in the states use this all over the house so it'll work just fine."
    Yugeyeom had been losing sleep, his skin was itchy and he felt dirty all the time... it was beginning to keep him away at night. Even if he used some shampoo from his bag from time to time, he knew that his skin was dry and there wasn't much he could do about it. He drank the rest of his water then wet his lips, at this point he'd rub cooking oil on his face if it meant stopping the itching.
    December 28th, 2016 at 10:57pm
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    Jackson set down another couple pieces of bamboo, stretching his arms to keep them from cramping. It was unusually hot today, which wasn't unusual after a storm. A few nights before a terrible thunderstorm came out of nowhere, and it nearly wiped out their current living situation. So the next few days were used to gather supplies and begin building, because they knew another storm would end up coming soon.

    "We've just about finished bringing all the bamboo we cut earlier, if you need us to cut more we can go back and do that just let us know," Jackson said as he, JB, and a few others came back from carrying bamboo. He pulled off his shirt, not liking the way it stuck to his skin. He tossed it into the pile of his stuff, stacking the bamboo up in the pile by the people making twine.
    Naomi stood, noticing they were running low on flax and would need some more soon. She dusted off her pants from sitting in the sand and stretched, grabbing her backpack to get more of it for the twine they were tying.

    "Hey, I'm going for more flax, do you want to come?" She asked Yugyeom, gesturing to the shrinking pile. "We need to get a lot more to tie together for the tree houses."
    December 28th, 2016 at 11:21pm
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    "It's about twelve fee tall per piece, we cut off three feet we'll use those for the stairs and some other things - I have some ideas for making stuff, like reinforced concrete blogs with bamboo - it'd make it more sturdy," she said as she looked at all the bamboo. "Maybe about ten more than we can start bulk building ,I'll show you how it's done then we build them with two people per wall," she said, "Is everyone good with this idea?"

    "Can't they be bigger? We need more space," one man spoke up and she shook her head.

    "More space means more supplies, we have to work with what we have, and seven feet by seven feet is more than enough room for even the tallest person to lay down in any direction. We don't have much in the way of objects, we sleep in there thats it," she said to him shaking her head a little, "So unless you can pull tools and wood out of your ass, this is what we're getting no get back to work,"
    He looked up as he finished working on the last bit of twine then nodded, "Sure, things are really looking up huh?" he said to her smiling a little as he thought about it, "We'll have homes soon, hopefully within the month but of course I'm hoping they'll find us by then,"
    December 29th, 2016 at 01:11am
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    She nodded, stepping back so he could stand. "Things are getting better, just wish everyone felt the same," She smiled a little, grabbing her bag. "Well no matter when they get here, we'll be living better than we were, which is a plus. And I'm excited for it." She said as they walked. "How have you been though?"
    Jackson laughed a little and went back to moving bamboo until it was all into a pile and then he stood up. He had noticed that Talia hadn't really been looking at him when she spoke to him anymore, and he wondered if he had upset her somehow. He walked up to her and tapped her on her shoulder, looking at her when she turned around. "Hey."
    December 29th, 2016 at 03:51am
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    "I'm a little tired, the beach is hard to sleep on sometimes.. woke up with a grab in my shirt this morning - not the most pleasant experience," he laughed a little as he ruffled his hair then looked at her, "what about you? are you okay?"
    She turned around and brought her eyes directly to his face then smiled, "Hey," she said to him lightly then looked to the side when she heard people talking, "Whats up?" she asked as she looked back at him, "Do you need help with something? I'm sure I could spare a few minutes," she joked then pushed some hair out of her eyes.
    December 29th, 2016 at 03:55am
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    She nodded slowly at first and then quicker. "Yeah I'm fine. Tired for the most part, but fine. I need to find something for my hair, I'm beginning to think I look more like a caveman than anything else," She laughed a little. "Skin too if it works," She added as an afterthought.
    He looked at her and tilted his head. "Something is different about you..." he said as he looked at her. "What is it, huh? Tell me. I want to know too." He said as he tapped his chin.
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:01am
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    "W-what do you mean?" she said looking at him then shook her head, "nothing is different about me other than the fact that I might have lost four pounds?" she offered as she looked at him then turned to continue cutting the bamboo to the proper length then glanced at him over her shoulder cursing when she realized from this angle she couldn't just look at his face. No his entire body was within eye shot making her want to jump off a cliff.
    He smiled a little,"You look beautiful to me," he said to her shrugging, a small tint burning his cheeks as he looked away then continued braiding the last bit of twine in his hands before standing. "I'm ready when you are,"
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:04am
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    She stared at him for a second, not knowing what to say to that. She knew she looked a mess, she had all but given up in terms of her appearance, and she was sure he was just saying that. Or at least it was what she would tell herself to keep herself in place. She knew better.

    "I'm ready," She smiled a little, grabbing her bag. She headed off toward the marked path into the trees, adjusting her bag. "And thanks, but I look a mess. I know that much. Hopefully I can salvage my hair before I go bald though."
    Jackson leaned down, looking at her in the face . "See, that. You won't look at me normal," He poured, crossing his arms and stepping closer to her. "I want to know why, are you mad at me? Am I ugly to you you cant even look at me?"
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:11am
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    She groaned a little, "No, no you're not ugly, please it's not that big of a deal," she said to him laughing a little then covered her face, "We got work to do, come on lets just finish this,"
    "Maybe we can make something with the coconut fat?" he offered as he thought about then nodded, "A cream or something,"
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:17am
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    "Ive been working on something like that, to use so I can stretch my conditioner for as long as humanely possible," She laughed a little. "Something that's moisturizing so I can look semi decent when we're found."
    "Then why won't you look at me?" He asked her, shrugging his shoulders. "You aren't mad at me right?" He asked her seriously.
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:19am
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    "No, no I swear.. I'm not mad at you and I don't think you're ugly, I promise I've just been super busy and..." she trailed off, "I don't...i didn't think it was a big deal," she murmured.
    He nodded a little,"Ah I'm sure we'll be sponsered by all sorts of companies when we get back, free makeovers and tons of free stuff in general," he nodded a little with sighed, "It'll be nice but overwhelming I'm sure,"
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:24am
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    She laughed a little. "You mean I can finally be a Covergirl?" She joked. "Actually I don't like attention. I don't think I would want any of it, you lose more than you gain really. No privacy at all." She said honestly. "It'll be great for you though, lots of great publicity."
    He nodded a little and shrugged. "Well okay then. Later I was going to go to the hot baths, do you want to come with me?" He asked curiously. "I didn't want to go alone."
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:33am
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    He shrugged a little, "It will be but, we've all talked about it a year break so we can get used to just being home again...it'll make life easier on everyone,"
    She wet her lips then let out a long breath,"Yeah sure, jsut let me know and I'll go with you," she said to him smiling a little.
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:36am
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    She nodded a little. "That makes sense," She murmured. "Once were back we'll probably be everywhere. I imagine being around people will be difficult, anyone new I met would likely know who I was which I wouldn't like." She sighed. "Could you imagine being on a first date and immediately they know everything about you? There would be no point."
    Jackson nodded a little and smiled, walking back to help gather more bamboo. "Good," He smiled a little. "Just let me know when's you need a break."
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:46am
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    He laughed a little and nodded,"It'd be kind of weird and terrifying," he admitted but most fans knew everything about him as it was.
    She nodded a little,"I will," she said to him as she began laying out the bamboo in sets so that all the walls were separate.
    December 29th, 2016 at 04:48am
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    "That's another thing, dating would be nightmarish. I'm doomed to a life of singularity," She laughed. "At least until everyone moves on from this," She shrugged. "What about you? You're a celebrity, so it wouldn't make much of a difference for you, would it?"
    Once he finished getting everything together he walked over to her and sighed. "Is there anything you need me to do? I finished with the bamboo," He pointed, turning to her.
    December 29th, 2016 at 05:09am