The Odyssey

Chapter 2: Island Adventures Part I

This is the beginning of the journey that started after the ten year long Great War. It had only been a few months when they got detoured. They landed on the island of the lotus eaters. They had docked the ship. The island was covered with forest and trees.

"Hey, have a few of you guys head out and explore the island go and explore the island and see who is there," Dick called from the mask. A group of five men went out and explored the island and were gone for a long time, while the rest of them replenished supplies. They had landed at dawn and it was nearly noon and still not one of the men had returned.

"They've been gone for too long," one of the men said.

"Agreed," Dick replied. He pointed to three men as he said, "You, you, and you. Come with me. We're going to see what's taking them so long." They exited the boat and headed out onto the island. They traveled in the junglish forest. They had only walked about a mile before they found the men they had sent out. "Men what is taking you so long? Why did you not return?"

"Because we don't want to return," one of the men said.

"Yeah, why don't we stay here?" another one of the men said. "It's a nice place."

"Sure it is," Dick admitted. "But what about home? What about our families?"

"I'm not worried," the first man said.

"Yeah," the rest of them said. One of the men plucked a flower from a nearby tree.

"Here," the second man said. "Eat this. You'll like it." Dick saw the flower and realized that it was the source of this. He knocked it out of their hands. "Let's get out of here. NOW." They dragged the men that had eaten the flower back to the ship and then took off. They had left the island and were miles away from it.

"What happened?" second man said. "Where…"

"You had eaten one of the flowers on the trees didn't you?" Dick asked.

"Yeah," the first man said. "The natives recommended them and we ate them and…"

"You didn't want to leave," Dick finished.

"Yeah," they said.

"Well, that explains the undesirable erg to stay," one of the crew members said.

"Note to self when arriving at a strange island don't eat strange food," Dick said to himself. They sailed away from the island and were sailing into the sun.