Artist's Adventure/B/Talk
From Create Your Own Story
The Beach
You walk up to the washed-up sailor, now seeing he looks to be about your dad's age. He has dark black hair, graying at his temples and though it's soaking wet you can see that his hair is curly. In fact, his whole body is soaking wet so you figure he only just washed up on shore. His loose white shirt and dark leather pants make you wonder not only where you are but when you are.
"Hello?" you speak to the sailor, not getting a response. Of course! He's unconscious. Or, well, you think he's unconscious.
Then, you realize you haven't even checked to see if he's alive! You kneel down next to him. Now you realize you're not sure exactly how to check if he's alive. You blindly push your fingers to his neck and breathe out a breath you didn't know you were holding when you feel the steady beating of his pulse. Moving your hand to just above his mouth, you also feel the small puffs of air that show he's breathing fine.
Happy that the sailor is alive, you take another look around and spot the wreckage of the ship this sailor must have come from. Out on the horizon, you see the bow of the ship sticking almost vertically into the air. There's a gray plume of smoke rising from bright orange flames on miscellaneous piles of surrounding wreckage.
You decide to...
