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The Jahono Territory. A remote region largely ignored by its owning country, this pristine landscape has been solely occupied by a small town named Cypress Creek for many years. But change...

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HalcyonSpirit

Flaming Rage

By HalcyonSpirit,

Cypress Creek had also been on an expanding spree during Benzoate's growth spurt. The western half of the city was proving to be a popular area for new immigrants. Both Michele and Jason agreed that it needed to be capitalized upon using the open land separating much of the already developed housing from the businesses near the Dessan River. The construction began in the fall, and by the spring a whole new section of the city was complete. The majority of the new buildings were already fully occupied by...
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One month later, I return! My absence has been a direct result of the end of my senior year of college. Senior design project, exams, job and housing searches... it's been a busy time. But summer is here, and since I've been denied having a job for now, I'm free to work on this more! Woohoo (sorta)! --------------- Crossing the River Back in Benzoate, Mayor Vi was tirelessly dealing with the logistics of running a rapidly growing farming community. Unlike Cypress Creek, she had no planner to defer to...
HalcyonSpirit

Mystery Man

By HalcyonSpirit,

Comrade Thomas, leader of the small village of Vascrenard, hit the ground running in his bid to quickly establish the town as an industrial stronghold. An engineer at heart, he knew the initial stages of Vascrenard's development would be absolutely crucial to its survival. His home country would need proof that the town was viable before they would truly support it. Even if he were to convince the government to support them, any supplies would need to come by sea, and by relatively small ships for quite...
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Construction in the new industrial sector began almost as soon as it was zoned. Despite the downturn in residential immigrants, industries were finding Cypress Creek a highly desirable place to set up factories. Since Jahono was only a territory, no federal taxes applied to the industries, and so producing products was far cheaper even with the greater distance the goods had to travel. As such, it was imperative that the railways and shipyard be able to handle ship the goods without incident. Jason...
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Moving West

By HalcyonSpirit,

Cypress Creek's city planner, Jason, found it to be relatively easy to find the problems causing so much trouble: funding. Budget cuts early in the town's history had never been reversed, leaving a substantial hole in public service funding. He had never thought to check the funding levels during the town's rapid expansion, and his oversight had left the town without healthcare workers and a prisoner population that escaped temporarily. Berating himself over the mistake, he brought the issue to the...
HalcyonSpirit
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Jahono... A small bay, at the entrance to one of the many valleys within Jahono, had always been one missed by surveyors. The valley was small, and the bay was the home of many marine animals seeking shelter from the powerful storms that frequented the region. And then an unexpected group of visitors sailed into the bay. It was a cargo ship filled to the brim with supplies destined for the shore of the bay. When the ship made landfall, the passengers onboard carved out the...
HalcyonSpirit
Cypress Creek's troubles did not go unnoticed by Benzoate's mayor. The morning after the news broke, she was all smiles as she strode along the tree-lined streets. When asked for her comments on the mini-crisis by reporters from the Daily Chronicle, her grin spread and she merely said, "Serves her right for treating her citizens like dollar bills." She then continued on her daily walk, taking in the autumn beauty. Despite her disapproval of Mayor Michele's mayoring ability, Vi saw fit to help Cypress...
HalcyonSpirit
Mayor Michele didn't take too kindly to the founding of Benzoate right next to Cypress Creek's borders. Without permission from Benzoate's mayor, Vi, Cypress Creek would not be able to expand to the north. Despite her town's rapidly-growing population, she was not in a good position to bargain with Mayor Vi over development rights. She set out to correct this. Enter Jason, a 22-year-old middle-class worker and recent immigrant into the town. He wasn't extraordinary in any sense, but Mayor Michele took...
HalcyonSpirit
Once the people of Cypress Creek realized that their mayor had brought in outsiders to their land, they were left feeling rather upset. The feeling was worsened by the industrial sector that set itself up nearby as well, sullying their picturesque view of the landscape with dirt and smoke. Mayor Michele had not told them of this part of the deal, if it was even a part of the deal at all. Several people met with the mayor at her home soon thereafter to find out what was going on. "It wasn't a part of the...
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Introduction

By HalcyonSpirit,

Cypress Creek. The residents of this small town were once fairly well-off in another, distant region, but desired a simpler life away from the big city. They grouped together and, upon scouring the maps, discovered a remote, undeveloped region along the west coast of the northwest continent. It was a perfect location for them. They sold all their collective assets to purchase, develop, and relocate to their new home. The small town in the middle of nowhere was built to be both self-sustaining and...
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