Story Events:<\/p>\n
Terry is flying with his flock at night, he starts to nod-off.<\/p>\n
Terry\u2019s flock is unaware of him since he\u2019s in the back of the \u201cV\u201d.<\/p>\n
Terry begins to lose altitude and his eye starts closing, he\u2019s desperately trying to stay awake.<\/p>\n
Terry falls asleep mid-flight, and plummets to the ground below.<\/p>\n
Once Terry realizes what has happened, he tries to fly up in the sky but doesn\u2019t know where he\u2019s going, or where his family has gone. He has no sense of direction.<\/p>\n
Terry flutters through the desert, aimlessly.<\/p>\n
Terry sees a mirage, an oasis. It\u2019s a shack next to a pond with a tree (or cactus).<\/p>\n
Every time Terry gets closer, the oasis gets further away. The desert is playing with Terry, trying to exhaust him.<\/p>\n
Terry rests during the night, the wind makes it very cold.<\/p>\n
Terry seeks shelter in the skeletal remains of other critters.<\/p>\n
Still thinking\/playing with ideas<\/p>\n
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Weakness and Need:<\/p>\n
Terry the flying eyeball is separated from his family after falling asleep while flying over the desert. He crash lands with no injuries, but he doesn\u2019t know where to go or where his family went. Flying up high, he cannot see anything but sand. With little energy, Terry must conserve and returns to the ground.<\/p>\n
\nWeaknesses:<\/p>\n
Lost<\/p>\n
Hopeless<\/p>\n
Sad<\/p>\n
Lack of energy<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Needs:<\/p>\n
Regain energy\/determination<\/p>\n
Navigate and understand the desert<\/p>\n
Survive the desert<\/p>\n
Reunite with family – main motivator<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Desire:<\/p>\n
Terry, lost and down on his luck is hopeless. His only goal is to reunite with his flock, but the vast empty desert prevents that. Terry must explore and navigate the dunes to understand his predicament. As he tries to find his family, he is faced with a bigger challenge. Surviving the desert.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Opponent:<\/p>\n
The opponent of Terry is the desert itself. It is sentient, it absorbs the life out of any living creature that gets trapped there. The desert uses mirages to confuse and trap its prey, Terry falls victim to this many times before he realizes what is happening. Many creatures have found themselves in Terry\u2019s position, often failing to survive. The desert always wins.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Plan:<\/p>\n
Terry\u2019s first plan is to fly as high as he can to try to see the edge of the desert. When Terry gets up in the sky, all he can see is sand. First plan fails, Terry returns to the ground and begins walking. Tired and thirsty, Terry thinks he sees a desert oasis in the distance; a pond, some trees, hopeful salvation. Terry continues to walk towards the mirage until nightfall. During the night, Terry takes shelter in the skeletal remains of a large animal. It\u2019s extremely cold, and Terry knows he won\u2019t survive unless he reaches the pond in the distance. Determined, Terry leaves his shelter and continues to walk towards his goal. He cannot see the mirage at night, but walks in that direction anyways ( he cannot see the mirage because it is a creation of the desert, and during the night, the desert is asleep). Along the way, he sees more and more skeletons. In the dark, Terry begins to hear noises and sees \u201cthings\u201d moving in the dark. He takes refugee in another skeleton, waiting to continue his travel in the morning. Terry is discouraged to try flying during the nighttime, since the winds make it nearly impossible.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Battle:<\/p>\n
The battle Terry faces is both internal and external. Internally, Terry believes that through persistence and determination, he will reach the oasis. Externally, the oasis doesn\u2019t exist, and is created by the desert to trap Terry.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Self-Revelation:<\/p>\n
Option A: Terry realizes what the desert is doing, and finds out how it\u2019s alive and sleeps during the night. Terry finds out the skeletons he\u2019s been sleeping inside are creatures who got lost as well, only they weren\u2019t smart enough to understand that the desert is alive and is trapping them on purpose. Terry tries the only thing he thought was impossible, and tries to fly at night. He leaps off a sand dune, and the winds whip him around violently. Terry is able to recover, and gain control. He continues to fly higher and higher, as difficult as it is, it gets easier. Right as the Terry reaches a point where the winds stop, he is able to look down and see the desert, the same size as it was when he was crossing it with his flock, right before he crashed. Tired and weak, Terry finally learns his true strength by focusing his energy on himself, instead of focusing it on his environment.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
New Equilibrium:<\/p>\n
Terry is able to escape the impossible desert, and begins flying in the direction he was originally headed prior to crashing. In the distance, he sees a flying \u201cV\u201d. In disbelief, Terry flies towards them. Shockingly, it\u2019s his family! The desert was able to manipulate time when he was down there, just another way the deserts controls its prey. Terry begins to tell his family about his experience, but they all roll their eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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