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Lot of good stuff in here. Schulmericho is great! I also enjoy your newspapers and non SC4 pictures that you add in.

Excellent work here. I really like the small towns, I think my favorite part are your underwater shorelines. Very realistic, looks perfect. Quick question, what type of wildflower lots are you using? I like them because they arent so bright, they are nice and subtle and look good.

I rarely visit these forums anymore, but today I decided to come have a look. The very first terrafom post looks really familiar, I was wondering if you downloaded my old region like you wanted, and started your work with that one plot? Post 19, Picture 1, bottom left... I was just curious because I never saw you mention if it was mine or not. I suppose that you might have used as a guide that terraformed yours from the ground up to look similar. If thats the case excellent job!

Yes yes, I am back from the dead and once again dabbling in SimCity... I thought it fitting that I continue on with my story seeing as how a large part of it was still sitting here finished and not submitted. More to come at a later time, please enjoy this long awaited update and I apologize to everyone I left hanging for so long.

http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/chapter6title.jpg align=middle> After a while Keele, Farah, and Reid all had houses over in Eternia. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/3houses.jpg align=middle vspace=10> Reid designed a medium sized brick house with a simple yard and a pool. Farah went for a nice little villa with a patio and a nice sized herb garden. Keele decided to go a little overboard since they had extra money. His was a large, almost mansion sized house. Since he was technically the ruler of Eternia, he thought it was fitting for him. The new houses fit perfectly onto the peninsula by the bay with Cliff and Maria's. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/beginning4house.jpg align=middle> Early one morning shortly after the new houses had been finished, Keele heard a boat out in the water. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/boatvisit.jpg align=middle> It turned out to be a bunch of people from Rasheans. They were interested in what was going on. Several people decided that the land was a beautiful place to live and wanted to move in right away. After discussing it with the others, Keele decided it would be fine. With the help from everyone that wanted to move in, they could create a nice little town. They decided the town would need a name and after a long discussion, Alexandria was chosen. One evening Cliff and Maria were sitting on their porch talking. Maria took a sip of her lemonade, You know, we should go up and destroy the remnants of our ship, in case someone finds it. Yea, I had thought about that too. With all these new people running around, someone is bound to find it sooner or later. Cliff said. The radio still hasn't picked up any transmissions. Cliff went over to the edge of the porch and looked up at the first star of the evening. It might be quite a while before we get anything. You've got to remember how far out we are here. Maria sighed, I guess, its not like we have it bad here either. The next day they went up to the crash site and destroyed the rest of the ship. On a bright sunny afternoon, Farah went to meet Keele in the construction zone where several new houses were going up. Keele had just finished his surveying of the buildings and streets. Hey Keele hows it going? Keele glanced up from his paperwork he had with him, Pretty good. A few new people came over today and picked out plots for their houses. That's great! This place is really starting to grow. Farah said. Hey Keele, do you have any plans today? No, I just finished here. Did you have something in mind? I was thinking we could take a hike up to the place that thing crashed and take another look at it. Keele grinned, That's a great idea! I never did get a good chance to look at all the stuff in that crater. Lets go. With that they were off. Near mid afternoon they arrived at the crash site. Across the hill from the town. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/crashsite.jpg align=middle> Farah walked into the clearing first. Look! Everything is gone. Theres only some rocks and weeds left here. Keele surveyed the area. This is really odd. Check out near the main area at the end, the dirt seems to sparkle. Wow, it does. Farah walked down to the end, leaning down to watch the dirt on the ground sparkle occasionally. I wonder what happened to all the stuff that was here. Keele didn't need to wonder, he had a pretty good idea where it was, now he had just had to prove his theory. When they arrived back in town, Keele quickly said goodbye and headed down the road toward Cliff and Maria's house. Before coming to the house he cut through a field and approached a large shed. This specific shed had been Cliffs project after finishing the house. He never allowed anyone to help him, and neither him or Maria would ever say what was inside. Keele snuck up to the door and reached to pull the latch. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/secretbarn.jpg align=middle> Just before his hand touched it, he received a horrible electric shock. While it startled him, and hurt quite a bit, he wasn't giving up. He moved all around the barn, reaching toward it slowly before being shocked. Whatever it was surrounded the entire barn. There was no way to get in. His hand numb from so many shocks he decided to give up. Although this just proved his theory that they were hiding something in there. It had to be something from the crash site. With all the new people and supplies coming into Alexandria, Reid helped begin a waterfront area near the town. The area was mainly planned as a dropoff and storage area for supplies, but there was a simple waterfront built in for people to come and watch all the excitement. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/waterfrontarea.jpg align=middle> Most of the major work around Maria's house being done, she decided to take up a hobby. Because of her love of flowers she decided to start a wildflower garden near her house. When they had picked out the campsite in the beginning, Maria had chosen the site because of the small meadow with a patch of wildflowers. She brought a few of them into her greenhouse and begin growing multitudes of them and transplanting them near the house. Soon she had a huge wildflower field started. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/Mariaflowers.jpg align=middle> In no time the town took shape. The houses were finished, many new farm fields were started, and a few small businesses had even sprung up. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/alextitle.jpg align=middle> http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/endoverview.jpg align=middle> The whole town was gathered one evening, having a celebration for the completion of Alexandria. There was a huge barbecue, games, and singing. Near the end of the party they were all startled to hear a long loud horn bellow across the bay... http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter6/tobecontinued.jpg align=middle>

Welcome to page 3! Thank you everyone for your support! The nice comments keep me writing! gurrgkud, Amryai200, MayorTim- Thanks for visiting, Im glad people are liking the story. jacqulina- If the replicator hadn't broken, Im sure cliff would have made you some money to buy a region too. Rhino- Those are sprinklers that randomly show up in the fields. RadioheadFan- Thanks, the settlement picture is one of my favorites. screamomatic- The region is downloadable, see page 2 for the link. Regarding giant metropolis' this is a story made with SimCity of course, hint hint... And about the farms, they do have quite a bit of farmage there for two people. Farah went a little overboard when planting crops for them.

http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/chapter5title.jpg> When they arrived at Rasheans Maria and Cliff said their goodbye's to Keele and thanked him for his help. Maria told him that he and his friends could come visit them anytime. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/keeledropoff.jpg> When Reid and Farah showed up at the tower that day Keele was already there. Keele! Farah yelled. Where have you been! Keele quickly told them of his little adventure to King City with Cliff and Maria. Reid was particularly interested in the part about the money. Where could they have obtained that much money? That's crazy. Cliff let it slip that they made it. Something is definitely up with those two. I know they have something to do with whatever fell from the sky. Farah was quick to defend them. Well they are very nice people, I really don't think they would have stolen the money. They must have some good reason. Whatever the reason, I intend to find out. They plan to build some kind of house over there. Maybe we could go help as an excuse to look for information. Keele suggested. Farah was excited with the idea. That's great! I could bring along some seedlings from my family's farms. Living over there all alone they will need to be able to live off the land. Oh, good idea Farah. What about you Reid, are you coming? Keele asked. Reid rolled his eyes. You want to go over there to work? What fun is that going to be. I guess Ill go, it would be boring being over here alone. Great! Well prepare tonight and leave first thing in the morning. The next morning they borrowed another fishing boat, loaded it up with some extra supplies for Cliff and Maria, and headed off to see them. Cliff and Maria had set up camp on the other side of the crash site, near the bay. Maria had picked the spot because of the small patch of wildflowers that were growing there. She loved flowers. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/SupplyCampsite.jpg> Because of the campsite not being where the three had expected, they didn't arrive there until mid day. When the three came into camp, they didn't exactly get the greeting they had expected. Maria jumped up at seeing them, grabbed several items and ran into one of the tents. Then she came out and zipped up the door. Keele explained that they wanted to come help them build their house. Cliff seemed happier about seeing them than Maria did, but they both welcomed the help. Keele helped with ideas for the house while Farah and Reid looked for a good site. In no time they had the supplies moving and the framing started. Over the course of the next several days the progress was steady and everyone was working well together. Despite it being work as Reid put it, he was having a lot of fun. Farah had a large area around the build site plowed into several different small fields. Once the house was complete, Cliff started work on the generator to give them power. Meanwhile the rest of them constructed a greenhouse and a few sheds near the home to contain all the extra tools tools and farming things Farah had brought for them. After a short time, Cliff and Maria had a beautiful house, and thanks to Farah several small fields of different crops. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/Homestead.jpg> Everyone was relaxing on the porch that evening, drinking some fresh lemonade. You know, it's so peaceful and beautiful over here I might want to move over too. Farah said. Keele arched an eyebrow, Actually I was thinking the same thing. Maria shared a troubled look with Cliff. He shrugged. Well you two, there is certainly plenty of room over here. Cliff said If you really wanted too we would be happy to help build a house for you as well. And we could always use a hand with all these crops that Farah got for us. He chuckled. Maria didn't really want anyone else around. With the salvaged items from the crashed ship hiding in their house and shed she wanted to keep anyone far away from it. But at the same time she had to be polite to her new friends. Wouldn't you two miss your island, and your family's? She offered. Keele laughed out loud, I never see my dad anyway, he's always so busy with governing the island. If I ever do see him it's because I have to go help him with his work. Farah took a sip of lemonade, The other thing is that it's not far, Rasheans is just a short row away. she said. This will be so exciting, another new adventure! Reid had been silent the whole time, You two are always doing something crazy! Don't think I'll let you leave me out of it this time either, if your moving over here so am I. Keele and Farah both laughed. If that's your decision we'll be happy to help Cliff offered. But, I think that if we are going to be building a bunch of stuff over here in this area we should purchase it and make it ours. Keele, what would we have to do to ensure that this land stays ours to do with as we wish? Keele thought about it for a minute, I suppose we'd have to go to Imperial City and purchase the rights to the land. Imperial City is far to the east, past King City. Its the largest city in the world and the capital of the eastern regions. There is a large government building downtown that my father and I had to go to once long ago for something concerning Rasheans. I'm sure that would be where we would take care of our business. Sounds like that would be the place. How much do you think it would cost? Cliff asked. I really would have no clue, Keele said However, after seeing how much you were carrying around the other day, I'm sure you have enough for at least a small plot of land here. I'll bring everything we've got just incase. Cliff said. Reid decided he wanted to go, Hey, can I come to? I've never been to any place other than Rasheans, I want to see what the big city looks like. Cliff thought on it a minute, Sure, we'll leave first thing tomorrow morning. The ferry is due back in Rasheans then if I'm not mistaken. Yea, tomorrow morning it will be there. Farah said. The morning of the trip, Cliff went down to the basement where the replicator was hidden. He replicated some more money. After that he decided he wanted a quick snack and programs the replicator to make some Cocoa Krispies. A small burst of smoke came out from the back of the replicator and all the lights went out. The replicator was done for. While he wasn't surprised that it finally gave out, Cliff was upset that he couldn't have any Cocoa Krispies. The three rowed over to Rasheans to catch the ferry, and in no time were on their way. In King City they caught another ferry that took them to Imperial City. It was dawn the next day by the time they arrived. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/ICtitle.jpg> http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/Imperialcitylong.jpg> They headed to the capital building and waited for it to open. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/governmentIC.jpg> When the doors opened they navigated the large building to a special office that dealt with purchasing land. An older woman was sitting at a large desk in the room. Good morning Keele smiled at her. Hello, we are interested in purchasing some land. The woman sounded bored. Please state the location and how much. Its the land west of the island of Rasheans, far to the west of here. She frowned. Why would you want to buy any land there? Theres nothing out there. Cliff was starting to get annoyed. Is it for sale or not? The woman took a large book of the shelf behind the desk and began flipping through it. Well, there are no claims on that land. I suppose you can buy it if you want. How much would you like to buy? Looking through his pocket, Cliff pulled out a wad of cash and put it on the desk. How much would that buy? Keele smacked his head. He's done it again he whispered to himself. The woman gasped. Why, you could buy the entire region for that amount. Good, well take it. Please put it under this young mans name. He will be the owner. Cliff said pointing at Keele. Reid was still staring at the money, astonished. She looked confused Why would you be paying all this money just to put it in his name? Um, well.... He couldn't say 'I'm not from your planet and I have no right' ...then it came to him Because this young man here is the son of the mayor of Rasheans. He has been around government and knows how to take care of important things like this. Very well, the paperwork is pretty simple to complete. I'll get it started. By the way where did you get this amount of money? the woman asked. Cliff had prepared himself incase he was asked that question. My father was very wealthy, but he died recently and left me this money. Cliff tried to look sad. Please I do not wish to talk of him right now. After that the woman left them alone about it. Shortly the paperwork was done and the whole region was put in Keele's name. Now, I need a name for the region. Did you have one prepared. she asked them. They hadn't been prepared for that. Quickly they discussed it between themselves. Keele brought up several names he had heard in books. One in particular came to mind, everyone agreed it sounded great. We have decided. We will call the region Eternia. Keele said. Eternia. The woman tested the name. That sounds very nice. Now that the land is yours, you are free to build whatever you like on it and create any system of government you wish, however you must be fair and equal to any people living there. Unless there are any problems, our government will not interfere. With the task complete, they decide to buy some more supplies to build houses for Keele, Farah, and Reid. Cliff again hired a boat in the harbor to take them back to their place. After returning home, they made plans for the three new houses and began work the next day. http://spicychipmunk.net/simcity/TOE/chapter5/tobecontinued.jpg>

This is quite simply one of the best mods EVER! I love it. Thank you so much. I do have a question though... Is it possible for these trees to be made into props for the lot editor? After using them across my region and falling in love with them, when I see any of the maxis trees on a lot it annoys me. I would be happy to do, or help with, the work to get them made into props... but I dont have the slightest idea where to start. I dream of the day when my entire region can be covered in CycleDogg trees, lots and all.

Greetings Eternia visitors! If you didnt guess from my little note above in chapter 4, King City was not part of Eternia. Its an old city in an old region that I decided to have the characters go visit. Another part of the story coming up soon will do the same thing again, in a different part of that old region. At this time the only city/populated area in Eternia remains Rasheans Island. RadioheadFan- Thanks for the continued support! I always look forward to your comments. dhoppeii- Thanks for visiting dhoppeii, I appreciate the comments! MayorTim- This has to be my favorite story journal on Simtrop, Wow! Thanks so much, Im glad your liking it. jacqulina- Thanks jacqulina. Im always happy to see your comments. superjaberwocky- Thanks for stopping by, the dirt roads are from THIS mod by Trolca. I need some input from some people, how about a poll : For future chapters (wouldnt be until chapter 11 this would take effect) would you rather see them be : 1.) Short but come out faster or 2.) Long (something like what they are now) but come out slower Im currently working on chapter 11-15 and before I write in the story and format it, Id like to know how people would rather I do it. As always, thanks for visiting! Chapter 5 will probably be out tomorrow evening.