Week 13 Day 2: On the move

Last night Graica saw a ship passing their island, but she panicked and distracted Reynar, resulting in the ship passing without him noticing it. It was very selfish of Graica, causing them all not to be rescued, and today is a rather tough day on her.

But, before checking on her, let's stop by at 4 Black Heights, up north. Rebecka grew up, and was preparing to move out! She has been spending lots of time together with the much older LaShawn Gladiston, and she couldn't wait to join him at one of the smaller parts of Greench Farm.

So, it was time to leave. In case someone expected to see Rebecka's dad, Christopher, waving his oldest daughter off, he was working at the House of Law.

Rebecka had just one tiny worry. LaShawn never asked her to move in, she was just taking that for granted...

Also this morning, at 11 Rounder Lane which is in the southern region, Cody Mayor and Rosanne Redward were busy in the garden. Cody produces garden plants, and Rosanne is still learning. They are not yet married, but expect their first baby. Counting from Rosanne, it will be 4th generation, the first 4th generation resident on Maccaroni Island!

Cody was still on call as the judge representing the southern region.

Rosanne's mom, Corinne Y. Redward, had at least one good eye to Cody, for a very long time. She will probaby not be thrilled about the wedding, but Corinne is already an elder, and well... she has no choice but accepting.

In the same region, at 2 Greench Farm, Rebecka Black had finally arrived at LaShawn Gladiston's house...

It actually seems like Rebecka was about to cry. They sure belong together, and she is very much aware that LaShawn will turn elderly any day now.

Cody walked over to Greench Market, it's a grocery store and farmers market mostly run by the Greench Farm. Cody bought the pests serum from his brother Archie, and then their sister Beatrice entered the store. She was still trying to figure out a flower she recently grew, a weird thing she never saw before. She described it to the two others.

Their dad was Gabriel Greench. He was a dedicated farmer by heart, and when he and Greta went on their honeymoon, starting our story, he thought he would miss his little farm so much that he brought books for daydreaming. Those books now exists at 3 Greench Farm, the main house.

Archie's wife, Bridgette B. Greench, was taking a break in their garden. The farm is not just a home, or a job, but a lifestyle. They tend the garden for hours every day, and now that all 5 kids have reached teenage stage, both Archie and Bridgette reached their lifetime goals of raising 5 kids. 5 kids, but still none to take over the farm!

Bertil returned from a ride. The horse is old Pepper, originally bought by Bertil's granddad, Gabriel Greench. Bertil was asked to take over the farm, and begged for a day to consider it.

Both Archie and Bridgette are quite relaxed and understandable persons. If Bertil was their only kid, it would naturally have been a different matter...

Bertil saw the Unicorn only once. Being the only Equestrian on Maccaroni Island, he should be the one to befriend the shy animal.

Then Eileen, the youngest, popped up...

Eileen just grew up. She is the one finding her aunt Bella and granny Bianca in the Village Hall the other day.

Eileen's cousin, Blanca, lives across the road. They are same age, and they often hang out together.

Graica is Eileen's older sister. She is the one who moved up north to help granny Bianca and uncle Alfonso with the house.

They walked about for a while. Left the southern region, heading west.

The decided to pull a prank on the Redwards.

Well, they managed to hide, and for a few minutes life wasn't boring at all.

Up north, there are still only 2 houses. Lots of open land, but ground it's less fertile and not much grows up here. A group of wild dogs ran up towards the mountain. No wait, it's the 4 dogs of Constance R. Hamming's household. The first dog is Cairo, the puppy Constance found in the woods.

The 2nd dog must be Cairo's puppy, Brownie.

The blue house is the home of the Blumingtons. This is where Graica Greench lives, temporarily to help granny Bianca and uncle Alfonso. Some time ago Graica planted some strange seeds, one seed turned out to carry burning fruits! Graica never saw such a plant before... no wait, it was the plant that the Redwards grow and sell as lamps! Would this be a rescue to this very poor household? Producing lamps?

After a few minutes, Graica was back on track reflecting over the ship she saw last night. She had been looking for it hundreds of times today, but no ships out there. She felt bad for avoiding them all to be found, but she always thought of Maccaroni Island as her beloved home ground, no reason to get anywhere else.

She knew that others might want to get to the other world. She should have alarmed Reynar, they could have made contact with the boat, and Graica could still have chosen to stay here. Alone? Because Reynar would obviously have left the island without even looking back!

There he was!

Reynar lives with his parents, Dorothy and Alex Yea-Low, and his 3 siblings. But now his parents and siblings might move out, leaving the main residence to Reynar.

Well, no comments needed. The once so lovely and naive Bianca Blumington has really turned into a grumpy old crazy woman. She is the only one of the 8 original settlers still around. And turning 125 years old, she certainly seems to live forever.