Unknown Days Past: Land
He opens his eyes slowly and wakes up all bruised and
broken on what appeared to be a patch of green grasslands by a beach. The air
was nice and cool and the car was there with him, buried halfway in the sands. He
found himself on an island surrounded by water, and for a while he was alone.
Soon he’d discover natives on this island.
Day A14: The Natives
The natives looked like ordinary people he would’ve met
before. A mixture of diverse colors and they all wore shirts, pants, and shoes
like anyone else.
The natives spoke a different language though. He found it
hard to understand them. He would often find that he had to communicate with
pictures or gestures. He found out the natives were familiar with the outside
world but it did not matter because all they cared to know was their way of
life and the island that they lived on. They didn’t drive cars and they didn’t
do much of anything, but drink wine and work the hard labor on their respective
farms. It was an agricultural community that enjoyed harvesting grapes, wine
and fresh foods.
Driver One found himself feeling lost because it seemed that
everything he had learned in the past has proved all for nothing. The skills he
had obtained in his life did not apply to this newfound land. His car was the
means of his life and all that he had ever invested into it. Now it would
appear that all his work was for nothing. The available jobs and duties on this
new island would require no skills involved with driving or cars.
Driver One enjoyed the place for he could see the goodness
that was in the land and its natives. He didn’t have to work. The problems that
he had faced in the past were no longer around. He had always wanted to start a
new life and settle down somewhere. Maybe this was the place. Maybe not, for it
didn’t seem like the destination he had in mind.
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