Alba Serena 3 - Rivieras

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull teaser my friend wonderfull work

happy xmas

[anarchy0029 2]

Hey what an interesting teaser. I wanna wish you Happy Holidays luv.

[PhilsCafe 8]

Stunning story! Looks like you're stranded in paradise... I like the town very much, beautifully done!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Very nice indeed - lovely teaser!

[dfnva 34]

Wow those beachfront shots of Esmaralda are great! I like all the buildings you used.

-Dan

[Twenty20 28]

NEW NEW PERSONAL REPLIES

jacqulina

Thank you my friend !

 

 anarchy0029

Mysterious teaser... my holidays in S.E. make me feel an amazing experience !

  

PhilsCafe

Yes, I’m really a stranger stranded in a paradise(?) Thanks for your visit.

 

Mike the Mayor

Thank you, glad you’ve enjoyed.

 

dfnva

Thanks ! I was born in an island and that provides me inspiration for making these seafronts.

 

I think that my next update will be ready for next Friday or Saturday.

 

And thanks for all the people who visit and enjoy my little world.

 

[Tomasneto 20]

Beautiful teaser, very nice!!!

[Twenty20 28]

  Tomasneto : thank you !

 

 
It’s time for a new update ! Alba Serena  is back.

Here’s a current view of the archipelago with all the islands and their development.

Update 18.1 – Adventures in islands, part III – A gorilla in the city.  

Since I live here, I’m very much busy and I’ve a lot of things to do. I thought spend all my time at the beach, but it happens a lot of unusual events. Additionnaly, I have a country to govern. But curiously I’ve nothing to do, there’s no decision making, no people’s demands. It seems that here, all is going very well. Too well, perhaps...

 Fortunately, I’ve got this book which will be very useful for me.

But, currently, I’m reading the old book I found yesterday and who’s talking about the columns.

There’s a short paragraph which describe them. They’re in fact a representation of six kings who left their mark on people's minds by their reign : Augusto I, Adriano VI, Adriano IX, Orlando IV, Giovanni XIII, and Giovanni XIV. … It’s impossible to have more informations. There’s no internet access here, and no other books in the palace about this, the only one who’s talking about the columns was in my drawer...

 But... certainly by chance, although all those coincidences seems curious, among some magazines, I find one on the cover of which I see the famous columns. And inside, an article talking about the 6 kings. All were great adventurers, and one of them, Orlando IV, brought back from Egypt a black obelisk, who can be found on the island of Arenui. There’s also a legend about a gorilla. That becomes very interesting and intrigues me a lot. I must go on Arenui.

 
While I was wondering how to go to Arenui, Philip, my gardener, offer his services to take me on the island with his boat. Hmmm, is this man really a gardener ? I never saw him taking care of my park.

  We leave Esmeralda...

and we arrive in Arenui.

Here we are in Arenui, a nice island with an asiatic architecture.

Indeed, there’s a gorilla in the city, called “Joe-who-scratchs-its-head”, but nothing to fear, it seems very quiet. It’s a sacred animal here, and this one has a funny history. But currently we must go for the walk.

After a visit of the city, a good night and a restful sleep in a beautiful castle, we are ready for a long walk.

We leave as the sun is rising. We have many places to go, but Philip wants to present me some friends who works as farmers on the other side or Arenui. They know many old legends of the island.

First, we’ll go to the black obelisk, because there are inscriptions that I want to see.

We'll have to walk on footpaths, but I’ve got good shoes and Philip knows very well the island. I’m very very lucky... isn't it ?

Hope you enjoy !

Soon : the incredible mystery of the black obelisk.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- nice region, and the new island is awesome, you really capture an asian style town...

[Zelgadis 638]

Great! You do Asian very well. Though the obelisk doesn't fit architecturally, it does fit with the story, so carry on. I shall continue to enjoy.

ISF

[Schulmanator 5,807]

A great new city! Looks very nice. An interesting change. And I wonder what the inscription says on the obelisk.

[PhilsCafe 8]

Wow, great update! That book looks like an interesting read and probably quite helpful if you haven't ruled a country before. I like Arenui a lot, nice use of Japanese BATs. I think those building fit in perfectly. C'est très belle!

Bonne année!

[dfnva 34]

Wow, I like the BAT's you use in Arenui, very Asian looking and realistic. The book "How to Lead a Country for Newbies" may have been a good book to have given George W. Bush, but alas it's too late. lol.

Happy New Year,

Dan

[Alabaster 0]

Great update, from the change in architectural style to the deepening plot! Things are getting interesting in Alba Serena.....what's going to happen next?!

[anarchy0029 2]

Great work!!!! I was scratching my head about a gorilla in the city. However, your Asian architecture is really unique. You are getting so damn better. I hope you get in the Trixie Awards, because it's a very attractive CJ. As far as category, perhaps most nature filled. Happy New Year's BTW.

[pipishere 3]

Oh My...a lovely update indeed. May i ask where you obtained those columns in the first pic?

xx

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull pics my friend wonderfull scenery,excellent work.

happy new year

[Tomasneto 20]

Fantastic update!! Really awesome!!! And let

[snsa_simmycity 0]

It's hard to describe how beautiful this whole thing looks. It's allways so exiting to see whats next .

[Twenty20 28]

suplado!

Thank you, I love to try various styles of cities, and each island will have a different architecture.

 

Zelgadis

Thanks ! yes the obelisk is not asiatic, but it’s important for the story. Yes, very very important...

 

Schulmanator

Thank you. The mysterious inscription will be known with the next update, now. I think that everybody is impatient.

 

PhilsCafe

Oh yes this book is very helpful, I hope that I’ll be able to govern when I’ll read all the lessons. Thanks for your comment, and happy new year !

 

dfnva

Thank you for your visit. Yes it’s too late now to send my book to Mr. Bush, but... he got shoes. Happy new year to you.

 

Alabaster

Thank you. You’ll know now what happens to this great adventuress named Twenty20 !

 

anarchy0029

Thank you ! this gorilla was a great thinker, and it was scratching often its head. Your comment is very nice, but the Trixie Award is a great challenge. Happy new year to you !

pipishere

Thanks ! the column is the “pompeys pillar”, and here is the link in the Stex :

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=2561

 

jacqulina

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoy it.

 

Tomasneto

Thank you ! I give you the answer now.

snsa_simmycity

Thank you. My new update is ready !

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Update 18.2 – Adventures in islands, part III – The singing well

 

The Egyptian obelisk, on the heights of the city, looks rather strange at this place. I would know the signification of these hieroglyphs, but how ? And I don’t think that Philip knows too...

 -Look, Twenty, what do you see ? owls, stones, plants, symbols of time… we translate :

 

Recipe for Owl Soup

Put a prepared owl in a big pot with a granite stone, unpeeled apples and onions, salt and pepper inside and out the pot.

Make a sauce of melted butter, red wine, vanilla. Baste owl often while cooking. Boil the pot for 9-10 hours, depending on size of owl and temperature of fire.

When the stone gets soft, throw away the owl and eat the stone.

Once again, Philip astonishes me. Without any help, he’s able to decipher the hieroglyphs.

 -Well… now, Twenty, look here : the translation is written down the monument... it’s just a stupid joke. No need to insist, the obelisk will not give us any indication.

 

I am really disappointed, I thought that here I'd find something interesting, but the owl’s soup is indigestible. However, the panorama is splendid.

 

We leave again and finally we arrive in a little village with terraced fields.

 

First, Philip introduce me to his friends. We have a dinner together with their 15 children. In my honor, they decide to give my name to a peach variety.

After the meal, Kuan Ti, the father, tells old legends, because there’s no television at home. I’m impatient to know Joe’s story.

 -Joe was a lovely baby gorilla brought back of Africa by a sailor. Everyone loved it very much and the children played with it. But time goes, Joe grew up, and people found it less interesting. They put it in a cage, with a custodian to feed it.

 Time going again, the lock was broken, and Joe escaped in the forest, where he lived, eating insects and fruits. Nobody knew where it hid. Often, people could hear it “singing”.

Some month later, pirates took over the island and terror reigned everywhere.

During a very dark night, a luminous monster appeared in the streets of the city. The frightened inhabitants hid in their houses. But the pirates, superstitious, seeing this green ghost, ran away and left the island.

-What about this ghost ?

-Joe lived hidden at the bottom of an old well, whose walls were of white phosphorus, and Joe’s fur became phosphorescent. It's from this well that people heared it singing.

A park was built for it, where it lived, eating bananas and scraping its head. Then, it got older and died. The city wished that a statue of Joe was made in its memory. Today, people throw coins in the well, making a wish.

The day after, we go at Joe’s park, a very nice place, to see the well where he lived, and make a wish. I take a coin and... there’s something written on the well’s edge ! An old inscription, partially illegible. We only can read some words: The well entry..... not tell you...... black goddess..... old.

  We leave Arenui, with a new mystery very... mysterious !

Hope you enjoy ! more adventures soon.

 

[Schulmanator 5,807]

What a fabulousupdate! And I am always glad to savor some glow in the dark monkeys!

[Zelgadis 638]

Gorilla ghosts? Boiling owl/rock soup? You've got some imagination. That's a good thing, btw.

ISF

[dfnva 34]

Wow, nice update with more great pictures. I particularly enjoyed the story/tall tale about Joe the Gorilla and the singing well.

-Dan

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting anything like this going in. It's a bit crazy, but I love it. The great scenery and the interesting mystery make for a cj that I just can't ignore.

I rather like Arenui. It's a very pretty place, the Asian buildings are all very nice. The hiking trails look great, too. I believe that if I were to move there and live on the beach for the rest of my life, I'd be a very happy man.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- that was a cool and very interesting story...anyway, really like some of the farm overview and the coast view, really awesome!!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Owl soup? Sounds interesting . Great update once again, I like your stories a lot. And the farms look very pretty.

[Petrovar Ambassador 15]

youve got an awesome imagination going on this story...cant wait for more adventures in Alba Serena!

[panthersimcity4 162]

I love your little villages

[art128 4,622]

fantastic update my friend, excellent work !

[Twenty20 28]

Schulmanator

Thank you very much ! Gorillas are fascinating animals.

 

Zelgadis

Thanks ! I love telling stories and sometimes I wonder where I’m going to find all that 

 

dfnva

Thank you, glad you’ve enjoyed this update and Joe’s story.

 

NMUSpidey

Thank you very much for this nice comment. If my stories are sometimes strange and often funny, it’s because I love this kind of world. And I make sceneries where I’ll loveto live too.

 

suplado!

Thank you, I am glad you like my story, and my exotic sceneries, which are inspired by Polynesia.

 

PhilsCafe

Many people seems like owl soup. Thank you for your nice comment.

 

Petrovar Ambassador

Thank you, that motivates me to continue my little tales, writing is one of my passions.

 panthersimcity4

Thank you (before coming here I was making only big cities)

 

art128

Thank you, glad you enjoy it.

One of the characters above will be soon very important in this history. If you have ideas you can propose them. Just to know how you imagine the continuation of the tale.