Week 4 Day 3: A romance

Gabriel Greench was a little disappointed with most of the other families' efforts. The Greench farmers worked hard to increase the production and quality, and Greta made fabrics. The Blumingtons were fishing and painting, but it wasn't really benefiting a growing village. The Redwards ran the consignment store, but Gabriel had not bought anything there in a long time, and now that they planned to sell groceries directly from the farm, the store was no longer needed for consignment. Not much to find on the beach either, so the store hardly offered anything new. The Yea-Lows initiated the school, which was fine, but what was Yespar actually working on? The cell phone connector was not yet successful, why not creating some electricity instead? It would be almost as useful as being rescued.

When Gabriel returned to the farm, he found Yvonne passed out and laying on the ground!

Yvonne recovered, and walked over to the park to have a much needed shower...

They walked into the forest, south of the Greench farm. Except from some birds, the forest seemed all silent.

Yes, what on earth was that?

Meanwhile,   the day was about to close in. Bridgette's younger sister was called back home.

Bianca worried just a little for Bridgette, she had been gone all night and they had no idea where she was. There was no person on the island that they didn't trust, but there were so many unexplored locations, and teens do push borders and explore new terrain without asking for permission.

If there were graves, there must have been residents? Or maybe not? To be continued in 2 days!

Week 4 Day 2: Family Planning

It's another day on the Maccaroni island. Instead of focusing on one family each day, there will now be two families focused in each chapter. Redward and Yea-Low will share this chapter, because in a while their children will hopefully start dating. Every other day the chapter will be about Greench and Blumington families.

This morning was warmer than usual, Rita slept a few hours longer, and wasn't really up for new challenges at all.

So, today some nectar was gone, adding to the recently stolen flowers and a camera.

Christopher has become a child, his traits are Athletic, Virtuoso and Hot-headed. Nothing like his older brother Randal, though...

This wasn't really a big deal to Rita, how much probems could some insane person cause on this island anyway? And there would not be any reason to hide Randal's madness, because everyone knew him already.

Meanwhile Archie Greench had heard that Bianca finally grew up, and everyone says that she looks nice. He rushed over to the Blumingtons to meet his childhood favourite friend...

The situation was new to them both, it all felt a bit awkward. Archie liked Bridgette, and Bridgette thought it was cool that they were same age again. But there was also something more - something new?

Now, if only Bridgette's mom Bianca would leave the two teens alone... Here's some more pictures of Bridgette. She's pretty cute, isn't she?

Near by, the little Yea-Low family was at the school library. I must add that the library has not worked quite like intended. It's a nice place to hang out, but skill books are not available. The chess table is popular, and the playground outside is frequently visited as well. And there's always someone reading inside as well, but novels only.

Later on, they were all back home. Yvonne and Yespar have two children now, Corinne and Alex. They are of course correctly named after grandparents, according to old naming traditions I used for most families ever since TS1. It's all about using the first two letters from one grandparent and the last two letters from another, and any letters in between are tweaked until the name looks half decent. It makes for a nice tie between generations, and it normally brings up more unique names than Corinne and Alex. Yespar is one such name - his grandparents were Yesvald and Jespar.

Both Yvonne and Yespar know that they should have 2 more children. They are not very keen on it, but they respect rules and while they get older, there might not be much time left.

Yvonne was too upset to sleep. She left the little house, and walk just a few steps into the wild forest. She looked to the north, remembered how the landscape had reminded her of the Northern Beach of the smaller island. Both locations were facing north, which had to be the reason why they looked similar. Right now she felt a sudden urge to return to the area with darker ground and dead trees. It felt like someone was calling her!

Perhaps Randal Redward is not the only one touching craziness?

Check back in just 2 more days!

Week 4 Day 1: The Secret Garden

The first teens are here! The Greench twins Jess and LaShawn, and their younger brother Archie, who for some reason reached teenhood on the same day. I'm surprised that they are all rather big, because their mother Greta isn't that big, but this might change slightly when they grow up to young adults in many many days.

The Greench boys live in a farm like home, and it's obvious that one of them will take over what is set to be Maccaroni's largest farm. I have no idea who that will be, hopefully it will become obvious later on. Or will a blog poll be needed? You can vote on the poll for one more week (see right side). 

Their traits are: 

LaShawn: Diciplined, Light sleeper, No sense of humor, Technophobe.

Jess: Excitable, Heavy sleeper, Technophobe, Natural cook.

Archie:  Diciplined, Grumpy, Vegetarian, Hydrophobic.

It's a bit boring to only eat fresh food more or less directly from the plant. No side dish, no spice, no sauce. Not even getting seated to eat.

Okay, mom can take a hint...

The boys ran over to the library.

Greta was already experimenting with different ways to colour textiles she made of suitable plants. She planned to produce the material only, but not to sell outfits.

Over at the school library locals often meet to read. It works well as a community lot and meeting place. While LaShawn and Jess walked inside, Archie hang out in the sand waiting for a good friend...

Archie joined the others inside, but he didn't concentrate because he always had a good eye to the blond little girl sitting ahead of him, Bridgette Blumington. She was still just a child, while he was a teenager. It made it quite complicated, but he knew she would grow up too, in a day or two.

He walked outside and waited again...

Bummer. Age does matter, and weight does, too. Teens and children are not meant to play the same games.

Back at the Greench farm, Gabriel surprised Greta with some flowers.

You don't need to be a teenager to get romantic by finding a secret garden...

Back at the library, Archie helped Bridgette to empty the basket that her mom brought.

Archie loves food, but who wouldn't want cake after a childhood based on tomato and lettuce?

Meanwhile, Gabriel and Greta had returned from the secret garden. And they couldn't quite believe what they saw (or actually did not see).

That's right. Even if Archie has started some romantic journey, there's no way he would give red flowers to a little girl...

So, what's going on? A camera yesterday, and flowers today. Find out more in just 2 days!