Week 13 Day 7: Second thought (2 of 2)

This is the final part of the very last ordinary chapter. The Maccaroni Island people have made contact with the other world, and right now the Village Council is entering a meeting with Captain Donald Turmington and his 3 men.

The man watching it all from the street outside the Village Hall is Yesador Yea-Low, who uis now a young adult working at the local hospital.

So, Captain Turmington positioned two of his men at the entrance, and allowed only Steve Freeman to attend the meeting. Randal Redward wasn't comfortable with the situation at all, feeling less powerful next to a captain representing a Government...

What a disappointment. Was everything the 4 settler couples and their children worked so hard to achieve, worthless?

The bank owners are; Randal Redward (30%), Dorothy R. Yea-Low (20%), Yoseph Y. Hedgewall (20%), Constance R. Hamming (10%), Agnes Y. Hawk (10%) and Carie G. Peel (10%).

Randal definitely wanted to make sure that he would leave Maccaroni Island with higher standards than his parents once arrived, swimming and on a raft. They all left the Village Hall, some went home to pack a few belongings or to inform their household. Randal decided to just sit in his office, giving it all a second thought.

Let's go back to Maccaroni Mine. Agnes followed the shadow of Beetle to what looked like a possible entrance into Beetle's world. But then she was disturbed by someone walking up behind her!

Grim is Agnes' youngest son, who just turned teenager.

Agnes left him. Still, none of them knew about the ship. On a normal day the ship should be easily seen from the mine entrance, but the volcano smoke reduced the sight considerably.

Grim had come to the mine often, but never did he see the entrance before... was it for real?

Finally, their last community event started. They held this weekly event on various locations, at Roggy Slight (light house), at the theatre, at Maccaroni Beach, and now at the central square. This is the tiny spot surrounded by most of the service builds. The latest addition, the Business Offices building is seen in the background.

The event was more crowded than ever!

The fire pit and the building are actually the original constructions. The oldest residents had so many memories from this place. They had to cross the place whenever visiting the other households, especially before they got roads, the rest of the area was forest, only, with wild dogs hunting at night.

Graica G. Yea-Low is the one who never wanted to be rescued, she likes it too much on the island. It's tough for her to finally realize that they will leave.

Then their time was up! In fact there was no point in cleaning the square, in a few hours they would all leave anyway. Perhaps some of the animals they would need to leave behind could benefit from the leftovers.

Most walked back home to pick up their stuff and to shut down their homes. Most likely they will all return to pick up more stuff in a short while.

A few minutes later, Father and son ran over to the waiting Captain Turmington and his men.

Now, what will the others say when they show up in one hour, in order to - they think - walk up north to a waiting ship? So, the feelings were bittersweet, most of all it had all been very rushed. Not really time for their community to think everything over. They all knew that the volcano was only resting temporarily.

Will they all hate Randal Redward for the rest of their lives?

Life will go on. The biggest difference between yesterday and tomorrow, is that Maccaroni Island is no longer totally cut off from the other world. And it all will start with the dawning of the following day...

Thanks for reading the SimBasic story! Don't miss the spin-off starting August 2012 :-)