[Michael Hunter]
[Skills: 4]
[Perception Lv1]
[Learning Lv1]
[Command Lv1]
[BJJ Lv1]
[Honesty Points: 0]
[Quests: 3]
[Quest: Survive till the end on All-Out Teen Isle! The more honest the audience, contestants, and staff believe you are, the more points will be gained! Reward: 10 Honesty Points, 5,000 dollars (?)]
[Quest: Make it past the first challenge without being voted off! Reward: 2 Honesty Point]
[Quest: Be honest to 11 other contestants before the first challenge ends! Reward: 1 Honesty Point]
“Welcome to All-Out Teen Isle where 22 complete strangers will be competing in crazy challenges for the shot at one million dollars!” The host introduced from atop a giant cliffside.
The camera panned down from the face of the attractive young Hispanic host and went down the cliff, showing just how giant it truly was. “I am your host Susan Garcia and we’re going to make these kids really work for it if they want to win one million dollars! On my island that I definitely got through legal means!” The camera sped along the water before reaching the island where everything was going to take place.
“Here is where the magic is going to happen folks at home. We’re here live on Susan’s Glorious Island. We found 22 eager teens willing to sign all sorts of contracts with their parents to put themselves through eight weeks of challenges, the judgement of other teens like themselves, and somehow not go mad all throughout! Luckily for some of them, they get to go home after every 3 days if their team loses and their fellow teammates decide to vote them out. The unlucky ones are safe from elimination and have to stay here longer. If you know what I mean.” Susan elbowed the camera with a mischievous grin on her face.
The camera began to show some of the highlights of the island. “Here is the Spooky Forest that I wouldn’t be caught dead exploring by myself at night. I couldn’t really figure out how to separate the unsafe animals from the safe animals so, I just decided to keep them all in there to save myself some money. Running a reality television show isn’t cheap, people at home. There might be bears, tigers, or even a dragon in there. **** I don’t know.” Susan then realized what she said.
“You can bleep that out, right?” She asked in a concerned tone.
“We’re live...” The cameraman whispered in annoyance.
“Right, right. Anyway! After the Spooky Forest, we got the Scary Caves that I also wouldn’t be caught dead in. I heard it goes straight to the center of the island! That’s the dock where the contestants are going to be sent after being voted out by their peers. After being voted out, they’ll take a boat ride home after losing the opportunity to win one million big ones! And then we got the Mess Hall where they’ll be eating whatever I can afford.”
“What do you mean I can’t be saying this stuff? They finally let me have my own show and I can’t brag about it?” Susan was talking to her ear piece. “I’m not bragging about dangerous stuff that could get us sued. Besides, it's too late for anyone to do anything anyway!” She cackled. “The campers are already on their way here, their parents signed all the forms, and there’s no one that can stop me from running my show how I want to! I’ll deal with anything after the eight weeks are over.”
“We’re f*****…" The cameraman muttered under his breath.
“We got cameras all over the island and I mean everywhere. I kind of went overboard with buying and placing all the cameras since I knew you folks at home didn’t want to miss a single interaction between the contestants, don’t worry. I definitely hooked you guys up. After all, this is MY SHOW!” Then the camera switched to Susan at the docks.
She waved at the cameras. “And we’re about to receive our first half of the contestants! Right now!” Ahead of the docks and on Lake Garcia, twenty-two figures could be seen riding together on a large boat. “Find out with me, Susan Garcia, in the first season of All-Out Teen Isle which teens will manage to thrive or crash in this eight-week long reality television show!”
“Welcome Linda.” Garcia greeted the first contestant.
The camera panned to Linda. A young girl with pigtails that looked like a little ball of excitement came bouncing off the boat first. She gave Susan a tight surprise hug before stepping back and looking into her eyes. Then her mouth starting running.
“Hey Susan! I’m really excited to be here and couldn’t believe it when you called my parents and said I passed the auditions. I started calling everyone I knew and telling them about how I was going to be live television! I called my grandma, my grandpa, my grandma and grandpa on my dad’s side, my cousins, my friends from school, at one point I even started calling random numbers on the internet just to squeal about how I actually got accepted on this show! It turns out, people don’t really like it when you call their phones to tell them good news about what happens in your life. Some of them even curse at you! It was-” Linda was cut off.
“Alright, to the other side of the docks. We only got 24 minutes an episode. If I let you keep yapping, you’ll take up the entire first episode!” Susan pushed her out of the way to introduce the next camper. “Come on Kimberly.” A girl similar in disposition to Linda but a lot freer in her outlook of life.
“Hai, hai!” Kimberly waved and smiled. “I can’t wait to make so many new friends here.”
“Happy to hear it, Kimberly. Short, sweet, and to the point.” She was then pushed out the way by Susan but more gently than Linda. “Zachary! Welcome to the show.” A guy shorter than Susan who looked like he wanted to find the joy in life through laughter.
“Seeing your beautiful face just made my day a hundred times better. I don’t know if I was unlucky but some of those guys on that boat, aren’t the happiest little campers. Just a heads up.” Zachary warned.
“I can’t wait.” The more teen drama the better the ratings. “Keith.”
“Is it bad if I fell in love with you at first sight?” Keith swooned.
“As long as you don’t mind that my feelings won’t ever be the same.” Not to say that the little cutie was ugly. Susan just wasn’t trying to catch a case.
“Rejected on the first episode. Can’t go anywhere but up from here!” Keith’s eyes switched over to Linda and Kimberly.
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“Brittney! Our resident fashionista!” Susan introduced the knockout gorgeous blondie with her multiple suitcases.
“Hi, Susan! I totally thought we were going to get lost on the boat ride here because like there was nothing but water everywhere. I don’t know how our boat person found his way here from the city. He didn’t even look at his phone for directions.” Brittney smiled.
“Can’t have a tv show without any cast members.”
“True. That’s true!” Brittney nodded as she thought about it.
“Next up is Lori!” Susan introduced the tall bespectacled girl.
“Hello, Susan...” Lori looked around at the island with a frown on her face and her arms crossed.
“I know, it's one of my pride and joys.” Susan smiled proudly.
“I see...” Lori refused to comment and walked over to the other already introduced campers.
“Sandra! Come on down!” Susan told the shorter girl with glasses.
Sandra walked with confidence, pride, and self-assurance. “Hello, Susan Garcia. I do hope you’ll be fair to all contestants during the course of this television program.” She fixed her stare on the host.
“Yes, yes miss future judge supreme overlord. I won’t give your lawyers the chance to cause trouble for me on my show.” Susan waved her away.
Sandra narrowed her eyes at Susan as she moved to the other side of the docks. “Timmy!” A short young man with brown hair and timidity in his eyes came walking.
“Hey, Susan...” Timmy replied.
No sense of confidence or pride radiated off of him at all. Kid looked scared of his own shadow. Susan quickly pushed him out of the way after his introduction. She needed drama and future stars. Not people who can only make it by relying on others.
“Welcome Jack!” A tall bad boy came off the boat and simply stared in Susan’s direction.
“... Hey.” Then he walked to the other side of the dock.
Inwardly, Susan nodded at his behavior. He was hot enough for the silent broody type to work for him. She could even see the female contestants throwing glances his way.
“Next, we have Emily!” The young teen came tumbling down the boat.
“Heheh... I might have missed a step there.” She smiled a bright innocent smile while rubbing her head.
“Be careful walking to the other side of the docks.” Susan gave a carefree warning. After all, any injuries that happen on the island as a result of the campers own actions were not her responsibility after they signed the contracts. “Nicholas!” She called the next contestant
“Why hello Ms. Garcia.” Nicholas adjusted his glasses.
“Nice suspenders.” She wanted to laugh at the boy.
“Thank you.” A small blush crept on his face as he walked to the other side of the docks with pride.
“Ron!” A boy of similar stature to Nicholas but looked more exploitable came off the boat.
“Hey everyone.” Ron showed a shy smile and wave to everyone on the docks.
“Hey Ron!” Emily greeted back.
“Kyle!” A young man radiating masculinity and muscle came off the boat.
“Sup. I’m here to win some challenges, get famous, and knock out anyone in my way.” Kyle growled.
“Someone’s eager.” Emily giggled.
“More like future offender to assault and battery.” Sandra muttered.
“Certainly gives off the aura of a bully for sure.” Nicholas agreed with Sandra.
“Melissa Jones is here!!!” The next contestant introduced herself with an impressive front flip off the boat. “And I'm here to win the million, find some friends, and get some sponsors for my future gymnastic career!”
“And that was Melissa Jones...” Susan felt upstaged on her own show and was slightly upset. “Next we have, Brain.”
“Hello everyone. Somewhat similar to that crazy girl before me, I am also here to win. Try to stay out of my way, will you?” Brain politely requested as he moved over to the others.
“Yeah, I'll introduce myself, thanks.” The next contestant walked up. Black ponytail, slim waist, and the face of a dangerous beauty. “My name is Cynthia and I'm here strictly to get famous. If you don’t have the looks of at least an A-star actor, don’t even try to get in my circle.” Cynthia greeted the other contestants.
“Is it bad if I'm falling in love again after being rejected so soon?” Keith whispered to Ron.
“I don’t know?” Ron had no experience with love!
“With that stunning introduction, we now have Jason!”
“If we’re going to be bunking together, I want to be in the same bunk as that chick.” Jason grinned as he slicked his hair back and winked at Cynthia who turned her head in disgust.
“Drop dead jailbird.” Cynthia coldly retorted.
“Woof!” Jason howled.
“Sharon!” A young lady with red hair and a friendly disposition smiled.
“Hey everybody. I’m Sharon and I hope we have a fun time together for these next eight weeks.” Sharon greeted.
“Hi Sharon! Pleased to meet you!” Linda greeted.
“Meeting all these new people is so exciting.” Emily agreed.
“Hi! Hi! I’m Amy and I'm here to have fun!” Amy jumped off the boat and happily greeted the others.
“There’s a lot of you blinding types here...” Cynthia frowned thinking of Amy, Emily, Melissa, Linda, and Kimberly.
“Blinding type?” Brittney questioned.
“Forget it.” Cynthia didn’t feel like explaining.
“Scott!” The next contestant was called out. A frail looking boy whose personality seemed bigger than his appearance.
“Yo yo yo peeps. How yall doin?” Scott greeted.
“Good!” Amy replied.
“That’s what’s up.” Scott walked over to the others.
“Katherine!” A red head full of aggression walked off the boat looking pissed as all hell. “What’s wrong, Katherine?” Susan asked curiously. It smelled like drama was afoot.
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“That son of a ***** is my problem!” She pointed to the last contestant on the boat smiling down at her.
“Did I say something wrong? I was just being honest after all.” Michael stepped off the boat and looked down on Katherine.
“You say any more s*** like that to me and my fist will personally be smashing your face in.” Katherine raised her fist.
“I like a challenge. It’s probably the first time in my life I've ever been threatened by a ginger.” He grinned.
“I’ll give you more than a little spice in life, pal. I’m not interested and I'll never be interested in a prick like you!” Katherine stormed off to the other side of the dock.
“Give it some time. You’ll see my charm eventually. They always do.” Michael flexed his well-built body.
“In. Your. Dreams.”
“Now with that all wrapped up! Everyone group up so we can get photos for the promos!” Susan couldn’t wait to milk these young tender teens for all the sweet sweet money she could.
All twenty-two campers got together as Susan stood on the boat with her phone. Michael intentionally stood next to Katherine to antagonize her. Everyone noticed but only a few people really cared. It looked like they were just a couple quarreling to most.
“It's the first episode and you’re already exploding like a spoiled diva. I can’t help but feel bad for your future teammates.” Michael whispered while shaking his head.
“...” Katherine audibly growled as her body shook in anger.
“You might just get voted out the first night once they see how unhinged you are, Gingy.”
Snap! Multiple photos were taken just as Katherine swung at Michael’s very punchable face. The first photo was of her swinging at him, the second was her fist nearing his face, the third was of him slightly tilting his head, and the rest were the others reacting to Katherine’s violent outburst. Susan shrugged as the contestants helped restrain Katherine from attacking Michael.
“Why are you messing with her?!” Sharon glared at Michael.
“Shut up, fire crotch and mind your own business.”
“Whoa dude, no need for name calling.” Scott spoke up.
“And who are you, midget? Did one of the interns forget to pick up their kid?”
“You’re not doing yourself any favors, man...” Zachary softly spoke.
“Why don’t you try speaking up like a real man? I can’t hear you all the way down there cool guy.”
“Hahaha, I like this dude!” Kyle wrapped his arm around Michael’s neck. “He ain’t afraid to speak his mind or the truth. I can respect a man like this.”
“He got balls that’s for sure.” Jason nodded in agreement.
“Eugh. Toxic masculinity in three different packages. This show really knows how to pick em.” Cynthia groaned.
“I’m calling dibs on her.” Jason stated.
“You’re calling dibs on nothing, delinquent!” Cynthia bit back.
“Awoo!!! I’m already falling in love.” Jason howled again.
“Alright campers! You’ll have more time to socialize later, follow me so we can get the pilot episode introductions out the way.” Susan clapped three times.