Holidays/Break
I realise I haven’t updated in more than 2 weeks, and that’s unlikely to change for a little while – I apologise to people who have been waiting for updates. I’ve got to move house and it’s unlikely that I’ll have anything more than sporadic internet access for the next few weeks. I’ll attempt to get another update up soon but if I don’t, I’m sorry and it’ll get done eventually.
Just letting you know I haven’t died or anything!
Sahr – Family Time
Miriam was happy to meet Alyssa, who didn’t seem as intolerant as Edgar. Unfortunately though, they only had a few minutes to chat before she ran inside to tend to Ena, who she could hear crying.
Ena was dealing very well with moving to a new place, but her sleeping patterns were a bit disturbed. She seemed to be awake all the time.
Miriam was surprised by how much she enjoyed looking after a toddler, considering that children had never really been in her lifetime plans. She played with Ena a lot, as Shayne had found himself a job off the island in an attempt to get some money.
Alyssa hadn’t come back after their first brief initial meeting, so Miriam spent a lot of the rest of the day playing with Ena, and teaching her to talk.
Ena, however, preferred to be on her own, talking to her Wobbly Wabbit toy. Only the toy would understand how much she missed where she came from. She was very happy to see her daddy come home early, as it was a special night for Ena.
Shayne and Miriam invited Lance Kowalski to Ena’s small, but private, Transition party. They were all excited by the prospect of living permanently on Forgotten Island, and having a Transition party and a child growing up seemed to cement this in their lives.
Notes: Apologies for the brevity/lack of inspiration in this one – I was going to make it a lot more interesting, but I realised the pictures I’d taken weren’t that inspiring. I’ve been struggling with this one for the last few days, and just decided to get it over and done with, and hopefully I can move on to a more interesting update in the next few days!
Genaris – a fantasy life?
Alyssa had found everyone who came to Forgotten Island fascinating, even if their conversation topics were a little odd. Still, as the wife of a (hopeful) future leader, she had to behave as though she was interested in all of them. She genuinely liked Shayne Sahr, though. He was attractive, and full of wordly wisdom that her naive young mind had not yet been exposed to.
Alyssa even found herself bringing up some of Shayne’s conversation topics with Edgar. She didn’t mention, however, who she’d heard the ideas from. Edgar found it quaint that she’d been doing ‘research’.
Spending time with his wife wasn’t Edgar’s only concern – he still thought of his tomato plants as symbols of how the community would flourish. Sure, there were a few weeds, but these could easily be disposed of, and careful watering never goes astray in nurturing a community as well as a household.
Alyssa made sure she was out of bed in time to serve Edgar breakfast, bright and early (it wasn’t even dawn yet!) He’d found a job working as a campaign worker, which would hopefully give him contacts in the Confederacy. This could potentially lead to one day being the Administrator of Forgotten Island. Edgar was very excited about this opportunity. Alyssa was too, even though it meant she’d be alone for much of the day (Edgar considered it inappropriate for her to find a job too – what would the other men at work think?)
Alyssa kissed Edgar off on his way to work that morning. She felt like a storybook heroine, with her beautiful pink kitchen and her hardworking, caring husband.
Alyssa found herself falling easily into the housewife role as soon as Edgar had left. She cleaned the kitchen, and began preparing dinner. Edgar had requested a ’special’ recipe, so Alyssa made sure she spent some time studying it to get it right.
She even ventured out into Edgar’s prized tomato garden to tend and water the plants, as she knew Edgar would be disappointed if his gardening venture failed. She didn’t want to leave any tell tale signs she’d been there though, and so went out without her shoes on, being careful not to leave any marks in the dirt.
Evening came, and the pink sunset served to highlight the colours in the kitchen. Normally Alyssa would be overjoyed by the beautiful, shifting colours, but instead all she could think about was how lonely it was to eat alone. Edgar had said he’d be home in time for her delicious spaghetti bolognaise – where was he?
It made her remember something else that Mr Sahr had mentioned. Friends are few and far between in new places – perhaps she should reconsider listening to Edgar about everything?
Notes:
Poor Alyssa, she was alone and bored all day, and had a wish to call someone over.
