Log 8: Darius

A few weeks later...

Darius: (to camera) So, we're heading to Sammy's garden now. I think that it's a really good idea, so eventually, we won't have to scrape by. The rest of us gather jars or containers in advance, but Sammy still insists on doing the garden work, yes, all of it. 

Sammy: (off camera) Darius!

Darius: (to her) You know that it's true, Sammy.

Brooklynn: (off camera) So, what do we do until the crops are ready?

Darius: (to her; on camera) We continue on. At least now, though, we have a long-term plan. 

Sammy: (on camera) Have we had time to search for any other way off the island?

Darius: (on camera) We haven't found another way, yet, but we will. 

(They arrive at the garden and Sammy gets right to work. Darius and Brooklynn stand there, Darius pointing the camera and moving it after Sammy, while displaying the sprouts that were starting to grow.)

Brooklynn: (off camera) I never thought I'd be so happy to see sprouts. 

Darius: (behind camera) It gives me hope.

Brooklynn: (off camera) I'm happy that Sammy finally feels like she's contributing.

Darius: (behind camera) True, she's been very hard on herself lately.

Brooklynn: (off camera) I can't believe that I--that Yaz made her feel for so long that the whole Mantah Corp debacle was her fucking fault.

Darius: (snaps camera towards her) Brooklynn!

Brooklynn: (on camera) What? I'll put a swear warning in when I post.

Darius: (behind camera) Not what I mean, Brooklynn. We don't have to keep rehashing it.

Brooklynn: (on camera; rolls eyes)

(Sammy finishes and they head back to camp, the sunset making them realize just how labor-intensive growing crops is, especially when someone didn't let them help. Kenji and Yaz arrive at the same time, returning from their scouting mission.)

Darius: (behind camera) Find anything?

Kenji: (on camera) Zilch, Dino-Nerd. 

Darius: (behind camera; sighs) Alright. Tomorrow, Kenji & I will go scout. Yaz, Brooklynn, you go with Sammy and try to convince her to let you help her out. Ben, stand watch. 

(They nod in agreement. The camera did not miss Brooklynn nudging Kenji, wiggling her eyebrows at the same time.) 

Sammy: (on camera) What are you doing?

Yaz: (on camera; hooks arm around Sammy's shoulders) Babe, let's leave them to their business. (guides her somewhere off camera)