Chapter 15

Orla and Balun carried on researching and the children were doing will in finding the mushrooms and the collectable and Mucha harvest the coconuts. Soon there was food available to the tribe was 1000. But the children still found the mushrooms to keep the food up and Mucha still harvest the coconuts.

In the meantime Nitis carried on building a new hut that was 96% completed. Balun and Orla soon had 5000 tech points to buy construction and the builder were able to work on the dam, but Nitis said that the hut was nearly finish and said he would work on the dam then. It took Nitis an hour to finish the hut, and he informed every one that the hut was finish and were able to raise the population. All 8 villagers came to the centre of the village to celebrate and congratulated Nitis for completing the hut alone. They all want back to work and Nitis decided that he would have something to eat and relax a bit before working on the dam.

Later Nitis started work on the dam and Orla and Balun carried on researching, the next hurdle was to make 16000pt towards science,and then another 20000pts for medicine so that they could improve their life span, as they could not do anything else now until the dam was done and the villagers were hoping that the coconuts would hold out until then.

Orla has a baby

Now that the villagers had 1500 food now and Orla been the age of 24 thought it was time to have a baby that she had longed for. Nitis also wanted a baby and so they went indoors, in the broken down honeymoon hut. They both laugh about the state of what it was in, but at least it gives them some privacy. Orla had a baby now and would have to look after it now for two Isola years. It had lovely blue eyes and a sweet smile. The same in her own home she would not name the baby until it was 2 Isola years old. Nitis want back doing his researching while Orla nursed her baby. Orla was now a Trainee parent as will as an Adept Scientist. She also had healing added to her skills.

In the meantime Tobi had just turned 14 and was old enough to work, he was caught sitting in the centre of the village not sure what to do, so he asked the guiding hand to help him choose a job. He was persuaded to help and build a dam and with the help of Nitis. He soon became a trainee builder. However, Tobi got bored with building and he felt he did not get on well with Nitis as he was always going on at him for making mistakes. After awhile and he just skives off saying this job is so boring. Orla noticed him and told him off and she said, 'If you're so bored Tobi, and we can't afford to have skivers in this village as every available hands are needed if we are to survive, so why don't you try researching, Balun well show you the ropes. Tobi was upset the adult villagers always finding fault all the time and feeling he was been criticize said, 'Alright don't be like that, I'll do researching then. Tobi preferred to work with Balun as he had known him all his life and always got on well together and Balun said, Sure I will show you what to do and with the help of Balun, as his monitor soon found he liked researching better than building.

Balun give Tobi some advice telling him if it was not for the two adults that came to the village, I don't think we would of survived much longer and remember they are only trying to help, and they are under as much stress as we are. 'Tobi remember what your parents said before they went missing, No matter what happens they always want the best for you. Your only still 14 and I know you're missing them and the reason you don't trust the strangers is you think they are trying to take the place of your parents, but they would never try to take your parents place. All they want to do is to help and make this place better for us.' So please Tobi for all our sakes try and accept them, even if you don't trust them now, I'm sure you find a place in your heart.'
Tobi said, I will try, but they are not my parents and I can't help my feelings towards them.'
Balun said, 'I understand and in time you will learn to accept them.'

Balun knew that he was the same when he was 14 and he too was angry about his parents leaving them, but now he was 16 and accepted the situation they were in after all he had to grow up fast and look after them and he was pleased that two older adults had joined them but Tobi was a very sensitive child been the middle one and he always stuck by him, when they were alone. He also seemed to show his feelings more, while he had to hide his as he did not want to alarm his younger siblings. He was relived when two other adults came giving him less responsibility.

Balun and Tobi worked well to gather and Balun soon become a Master Scientist and he found that Tobi was doing really well on researching and soon was Adept Scientist, even after some failed attempts he stuck at it. Balun suggested Tobi try to go help with the dam again, because they really needed it done, and he was the only other worker with building skills. Tobi asked what if Nitis is mad at me for quitting? Balun told him to go talk to Nitis about it. Nitis said he wasn't mad, that Tobi was young and had to decided what he wanted to do. He told Tobi he would be glad to have help finishing the dam, but only if he wanted to.
Tobi strangely felt better and realized that Nitis was not bad even if he did seem old to him and began to like him after all. Then he started asking questions what was it like at the South Shore and Nitis told him about the GC, who always making parties, but apart from that he told Tobi he had his good points as he could make magic food and make the crops grow. Tobi said, 'we could do with someone here to create magic food and that. Wow you were lucky, so why did you went to come here for? I mean there is nothing here look at the place.
It was Orla that wanted a changed and I wanted adventure so we agreed to find somewhere else. As you know it is not always a bed of roses where we came from, as we had real mighty storms that blow away all the food, after all our hard work.
Tobi said, 'Oh that was not good at all.'
'I know,' said Nitis and he told Tobi of the time when all their parents died of old age and like you had to survive on their own, he told him that their were 60 of us. He told him about Tuna who was their Heroine that kept them going.

After Nitis talked about old times found it was getting late and if he wanted to after he been to work on researching tomorrow could help him to finish the dam and tell you some more stories.'
Tobi said 'I'd like that.' Then they both departed. Tobi wanted to here more of Nitis's stories where he came from.

They had now completed 34% of the dam and the scientists had made enough tech points towards researching and had more materials to work with that would double production. All the villagers were very please with the progress they had made and it was time to relax.

To be continued