"Aaahhh!!!" stretching his tired and aching, the sunshine, fresh air and calm Ocean greeted his day in the island.
The embers of the fire last night was still so headed new firewood on it. He walked around and surveys the island's shore; Bert saw the few coconut trees and the rocky terrain of it.
Coconuts tree is the only he saw useful, Bert wanted to search for clams and fish. But the waves are too strong, so he'll be waiting for the low tide to come.
He tied the knife at the end of the bamboo, Bert got one down after a long try and it was already exhausted him.
"Pak!!!3x" he chopped the rear part of the coconut, hit the soft shell of it and made a hole on it.
"Gulp!!!3x" the water was plenty and sweet. Its meat was still few since it was a young coconut and he eats his breakfast w/ 2pieces of bread.
"Upgrade my Stamina and Status Open!" he said.
"Status"
Name: Bert Devino
Age: 15
Intelligence: C- Class
Strength: D- Class
Stamina: F- > F Class
Coins & etc.: 270 coins and 1 healing potion
[Skills: 2]
Hyper-realism skill (S+ class)
Survival skill (C+ class)
Closing the screen, Bert watches the waves hit the rocks and mangrove area.
Being alone in the island isn't a problem for him since after his parents gone missing in the accident; he lived and w/ his mother's relatives since all their properties was absorbed by his uncle and relatives of his father.
This time he wants to at least get an enough account and property that should belong to him.
His target is the resort that his mother's brother Uncle Greg and family lived as caretaker; the land is under his father's eldest brother Lorry and later became the president of the company.
He really hated his Uncle Lorry for making his life miserable and his father's hard work was stolen by him.
Uncle Lorry used his father's future plans, ideas and this skyrockets the company's fame and growth. He even wanted to punch him, but there are too many bodyguards wherever goes and Bert was outcaste by the rest of the Devino clan.
Bert was the fave grandson among his cousins and the old couple wanted him to stay in Baguio. It was firmly opposed by Uncle Lorry, his reason was that Bert wanted to stay w/ his mother's relative w/ is half true.
But they never mentioned that the old couple would love to take him after the funeral. This started his hardship to find a permanent home; he moved home every semester and this messed up his studies.
He had no sole room so that he can concentrate, Bert often stay late at school until the guards patrol around. He even took home a broken drawing table so that he can do his projects.
His roommates are often animals, since it was near doghouse, pigpens and this made him loss his appetite. He slept on the floor, broken sofa and hammock to avoid flooding water that sometimes happens when high tide came in.
Later, Bert stayed w/ his Uncle Greg, as he struggles to finish his thesis during the Covid19 pandemic.
He currently has enough food and water to last at least a week or two. Giant clams, shellfish and mussels are known in these waters.
"Bang!"
"Swoosh!" he fired one round of a red smoke flare, Bert waited until he fell asleep again and there's no response w/ the distress signal he made.
"Hey, system! How much do I have to until they arrived and rescue?" he asked.
"It may take a few more days, weeks, months and years until they rescue you. You know how lacking the country's response and resources during calamities, Sir!" System replied.
"Yeah, I guess so... funds and donations from Typhon Haiyan is nowhere to be found and went somewhere else pockets!" he said.
"It would suspicious if you found them first, then you'll be arrested for mass murder and it'll be a life time imprisonment or death penalty, Sir!" system said.
"How can you be so pessimistic about this?! If things go according to history, I'll be a lone survivor of this plane crash and gain some fame after." he said.
The name of his parents and his will frequent in news headlines, tabloids front page and internet news sites repost.
Unlike before that he undergone surgery to fix his face, at present he's perfectly fine and he needs some wounds to look convincing.
Bert got his goggles, he choose the part where sharp rocks and milder waves. He didn't even last half minute long, Bert quickly came ashore and his body was full of small cuts from rocks.
"Aaawhh!!!3x" Bert cleans it w/ wet towel, applied ointment and drank a medicine for relieve the pain.
"Num2x!!!"
"Gulp3x!!!"
"Buuurrp!!!" he ate a piece of bread to fill his empty stomach, drinking half a bottle of his water and he was still hungry but Bert's needs to save for later.
12 noon, his campsite was cool inside, while the weather is freaking hot and the heat was absorbed by the surrounding trees.
"Swoosh!" he fired another round of the yellow smoke flare; Bert added new firewood and created a smoke signal.
Day was much longer at the island, he able to gather few oysters and shells in the mangrove area.
This was his dinner tonight, w/ a bunch of water to fill in and a day passed w/ no signs of vessels or rescuers.
He bought a lamp w/ solar panels; this was light inside the bed and added thick firewood to last until morning.
To kill time, he wrote few things he wanted to do w/ his new life and things he did today.
As routine, he fires a round of flare gun before sleeping and prayed before going to bed,
"Bang!"
"Swoosh!!!" he fired one round of the flare gun, another passed by and he could only hope that they won't give up on him.
As he changes the events where he should be, saving his dead parents and the island he's staying is among the thousands can be found in the region.
The country is an archipelago that composed of tens of thousands island. Unlike the former, when he was found floating around w/ other bodies and mistaken to be dead.
Then he receive the attention of the rescuers, as he woke up from long sleep and panicked when saw others in body bags.