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What Each Townie Adds to the Community Center After Complete, Pt. 1

Farmer - a farm-to-table dinner once a month and everyone brings a side dish to share

Caroline - expands her fitness class and moves it to the Center (offers 3-4x's a week)

Evelyn - a baking class once a month (mostly cookies, some cakes too. Haley sometimes helps).

Gus - cooking class once a week (and he would be such a good teacher with a gentle, encouraging voice) AND a near daily breakfast for seniors and vets (because he's that kind of guy)

Sebastian - basic computer classes because these townsfolk need to get outta the dark ages. Jk... but seriously, he would open a computer lab. People could come work on resumes, kids could play games after school and on weekends (Sam included), and folks could pay bills online.

Penny would create a kids club for after school on Wednesdays. Vincent, Jas, and Leo all come for storytime, homework help, snacks, and playtime. Jas would donate some of her old dolls and toys. Vincent would create a bug display. Leo would fix up a treehouse out front with help from Robin.

Robin would offer woodworking classes, and she would co-lead an environmental science club with Demetrius (for the social and moral support).

Willy and Elliott would arrange beach clean-up days, and use the Center to create a place for recycling gathering. (And compost - Leah and the Farmer would add).

Gunther would partner with the Adventurer's Guild to host a series of guest lectures on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Archeologists, botanists, monster hunters, travelers, other experts.

Shane would open an AA chapter and suicide prevention support group (with some encouragement from Harvey). Bad coffee. Stale donuts. Everyone feels welcome though.

Band practice would move out of Sam's bedroom and into the Center. He would also organize an open mic night (Abigail would do most of the work, but his enthusiasm counts). He would support and cheer for everyone equally (no matter how off-key).

Elliott would do poetry readings. Once he was published, he would host his book reveal party at the Center. Over wine for the 21+.

Leah would host art classes - sculpting, painting, etc. She would also organize a tri-athlon with Alex.

Alex would fix up the backyard for a kids gridball team. He would have a sports mentorship program (and kids from surrounding towns would attend). Work hard. Play hard. And learn life skills. With a lot of help from other townies.

Haley would create a dark room for anyone wanting to develop their own photos. And she would gladly have many of her own photos on display.

I feel like George would host movie nights with help from Alex, Sebastian and Maru. Alex would hang the projector, Seb would set up the equipment, and Maru would decorate with lights in the yard for movies under the stars in summertime. And bring strawberries to share, of course. Old timey movies. Black and whites.

Harvey (and Maru) would host health clinics, offering free wellness checkups. Gus would provide healthy lunches. They would team up with Caroline for a fitness class. Emily would call her Swami friend for a yoga and meditation demonstration.

Emily would definitely start a sewing circle. Jodi would join. Maybe Marnie. And Caroline would enjoy cross-stitch.

Em would also do additional projects. The younger ladies like Abigail, Sophia, and Scarlett would definitely be into cosplay and costuming together. Abs would drag Sebastian in every once in awhile and Sam would tag along, just cuz. Seb would rock Puck from A Midsummer's Night Dream. And Elliott would make a fantastic Romeo. Haley would definitely be Juliet.

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audioaujom · 8 months

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Leo Gets Adopted

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Discovering Ginger Island and it’s lore was a huge boost in working on these oneshots long before I started posting them, so I figure it’s time to pay my dues by giving into my own personal fantasies and giving Leo a much more fleshed out adoption and giving him a house and a family and everything he deserves. Sorry I missed last week, it definitely will happen again. I'm low on ideas... ;-; Anyway, him, Vincent, and Jas are CUTE and I can not be swayed on the matter, so enjoy!

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Standing on the lively beach of Ginger Island, Sam turned a wide grin to a slightly overwhelmed Sebastian beside him. “This place is awesome!”

“Yeah, it’s quite nice.” Sebastian agreed, shielding his eyes from the beaming summer sun. “That farmer really fixed everything up.”

Sam’s head swiveled around to take everything in, pointing off in a random direction before running that way. “Let’s go exploring!”

“What? Wait—!” Sebastian sputtered and ran to follow, confused but also a little eager to check things out.

“Look! Birds!” Sam finally explained, pointing again so Sebastian could spot the brightly colored feathers hidden by tall palm fronds. “C’mon!”

The two ran towards the nearby jungle, following the flapping of wings and flashes of bright colors of the small flock of parrots, only for them to be stopped in their tracks by the appearance of the farmer. They grinned as they saw the two boys, tipping back the wide brim of their straw hat to get a better look at them. “Heading after the birds?”

“How’d you know?” Sam asked, a little embarrassed at seeming so childish, Sebastian faintly flushing red from beside him.

“It’s the first thing I did after coming here, too.” The farmer shrugged, before pausing and slinging off their backpack to start rooting through it. “Oh, here. You'll need these.”

They offered the two boys two strange looking nuts, a golden sheen covering the outside of them that almost seemed unnatural. Upon noticing Sam and Sebastian’s hesitance to take them, the farmer grinned wide and shoved their hand further into the boys’ face.

“For the birds.”

“Oh, um, thanks…?” Sebastian stumbled out awkwardly as he took one and Sam took the other, going to say something else before the farmer was already running off—bizarre looking skeleton in hand—and disappearing up the stairs to the upper island. “Aaand they’re gone.”

“That farmer’s a little strange.” Sam commented as they disappeared, sandy footsteps fading to silence.

Sebastian shrugged, turning his attention back to the birds after putting the golden walnut in one of his pockets. “So's the rest of this town.”

“Fair enough.”

The two followed the birds through thick underbrush, eventually finding themselves in a small clearing with a small hut and another strange flight of stairs. Wordlessly deciding to investigate up the stairs, they only stopped as one of the parrots from a nearby tree flew down in front of them to block their path, only moving when they hesitantly handed over the nuts they’d gotten from the farmer.

The parrot happily accepted the offerings, turning and flying up the steps and disappearing into a treehouse that had been constructed at the top, Sam and Sebastian hurrying to follow.

The inside of the structure was sparse, built of unfinished and slightly rotten wood with a small pad of palm fronds covering one corner. The bird landed on a perch in the corner, letting out a loud squawk that shook the glassless windows on the front of the small house. Sam and Sebastian shared another look, before they turned to stare as a small boy descended a ladder against the far wall. Clothed in colored leaves and oversized fabric scraps, the boy couldn’t have been older than 10, with shaggy, uncut dark hair that covered bright eyes and a hesitant expression.

“Hey there, little buddy!” Sam greeted immediately, dropping to a crouch and smiling widely. “Are you alright? What are you doing all alone out here?”

“You are… bird friend too?” The boy asked quietly, Sebastian copying Sam’s hopefully non-threatening posture. “Like farmer?”

“Yes, we are.” Sam nodded, sighing in relief as the parrot flew over to him and landed on the floor in front of him. “See?”

“Okay.” The boy smiled a little, the parrot flying back up to its post by the ladder. “I live here. This is my nest.”

“Your… nest?” Sebastian asked slowly, glancing at Sam beside him.

“Yes. We birds nest.”

“Alright, well, I’m Sam, and this is my friend Sebastian.” Sam introduced, shifting to sit on the floor and carefully scoot a little closer to the boy. “What’s your name?” “Leo.”

“That’s an awesome name for an awesome bird.” Sam’s quiet cheer had Leo grinning widely, him hugging himself out of an excited embarrassment. “Thanks for letting us come into your nest.”

Sebastian slowly stood up as Sam did the same, but still bent his head low as he asked, “Would you mind if we came back again some other time?”

“No.” Leo shook his head, reaching out to pet the parrot beside him. “Bird friends always welcome.”

Taking that as their cue, Sam and Sebastian excused themselves from the treehouse and headed back for the main resort on the beach with heavy steps.

“So.” Sebastian started as they exited the thickest part of the jungle, greenery giving way to sand. “He’s coming home with us, right?”

“As soon as I can get him to trust me, yes.” Sam agreed immediately. “I need to talk to mom.”

“Yeah. I’ll do the same, and see if she can talk to Marnie about Shane and Jas.”

Sam grinned, his worry for the young boy easing slightly from the promise. “Good. I’ll see how Penny feels about another student, too.”

“It’s a plan, then.” Sebastian stuck a hand out to Sam, who rolled his eyes before taking it and shaking it exaggeratedly.

“Good luck to us both.”

Convincing Jodi to come see Leo wasn’t hard at all.

The parrots let her through as long as she was with Sam and Sebastian, so they made a whole family trip out of their mission and brought Vincent along—and definitely not because Sam thought the two boys would be really good friends.

Definitely not.

Sam and Sebastian had already come by the treehouse several more times and cleared Jodi’s visit, so Sam went inside with his mom while Sebastian and Vincent waited just outside.

“Well, aren't you just the cutest little thing!” Jodi exclaimed as Leo came down to greet Sam, eyes wary. “I'm Jodi, this silly guy’s mom.”

Jodi reached out and ruffled Sam’s hair, her son whining, “Mom!” as he tried to fix it.

“Sam here tells me your name is Leo.” Jodi smiled, watching as Leo seemed to relax a little.

He nodded very slightly, hiding behind his long bangs. “It is.”

“Well then, it's nice to meet you.” Jodi patted Sam on the shoulder, both of them sitting down on the floor. “Sam really likes you. He talks about you all the time.”

“Really?” Leo asked, his eyes flashing hopefully out from under his hair.

Jodi nodded as Sam brushed her hand off, playfully glaring at her. “Yeah! He’s got a younger brother your age.”

At that, Leo seemed to really light up, eyes gleaming with nervous excitement. “Really?!”

“Would you like to meet him?”

In an instant his excitement seemed to diminish, him looking away and thinking for a few long moments before tentatively admitting, “...yes.”

“Let me go grab him.” Jodi beamed, getting to her feet and poking her head outside to tell Sebastian and Vincent that they could come in.

The three adults sat on the floor near the door and let Vincent run in and over to Leo, sticking his hand out with a wide, toothy grin. “Hi there! I'm Vincent.”

“I'm Leo.” Leo shyly greeted back, reaching out to take his hand in a mix of interest and confusion.

“Sam says you're a parrot.” Vincent didn’t mind the way Leo didn’t understand the handshake, quickly shaking his hand up and down until the other boy reciprocated.

“Yeah, I am.” Leo said proudly as they let go of each other, Vincent jumping up and down in excitement.

“That’s awesome!! I wish I was a parrot, I think it would be really cool to fly.” Vincent giggled, before excitedly asking, “Can you fly?!”

“Of course I can!” Leo put his hands on his hips and stuck his nose up in the air, before leading Vincent over to the ladder that led up to the second floor of the treehouse. “Let me show you.”

Several hours later, when both boys had tuckered out—Vincent on Sam’s back and Leo being watched over by the parrots—the group met with Robin, who was watching the sunset on the beach as she waited, none of the three needing to say anything as she watched them with amusement.

“Just tell me where you want the extra room, and it's yours.” She said, looking at the sleeping Vincent fondly. Jodi and Sam glanced at each other with matching grins as Sebastian found a nearby chair and pulled it up beside his mom, the moment fading out into a hopeful silence.

“You should come live with me.” Vincent blurted randomly while playing with Leo a few days later, startling the other boy—who was building a small sandcastle by the volcano’s shore.

“What?”

“Mrs. Robin is building us a new room for you, and once school starts I won't be able to come here as often.” Vincent frowned, patting the sides on his own sandcastle half-heartedly. “And I'm sure Mr. Willy would bring you back here whenever you'd like!”

“I… don't know.” Staring at his sand-covered hands, Leo was silent for a while in thought. “Been a long time since I… lived with anyone but birds.”

“My mom loves you, Sam loves you, I love hanging out with you… the whole Valley wants to see you safe and happy.” Vincent tried, leaning over towards Leo, who for the first time since they'd met didn't shrink away. “So I think it would be best for you to move.”

“Really?”

“Yeah! Mx. Farmer brought us all out here and taught us to make friends with the birds, just for you.” Vincent’s admission was met with a quiet sputter of surprise from the other boy, who hid his face behind his rather lumpy creation. After a stretch of no sound other than the crashing waves, Vincent quietly continued, “And I’ve always wanted another brother.”

Leo peeked up and over the top of his sandcastle at Vincent’s bashful face, slowly crawling over to plop himself down right next to Vincent with a small smile. “I… think I would like that, too.”

“Okay! I'll tell mom when she comes to pick me up.” Vincent grinned wide, the embarrassed flush on his face quickly dying out. “You won't regret this, Leo!”

The town was overwhelming for Leo, but not in a bad way.

Everyone came out to greet him after Jodi and Sam picked him up, including the wizard—even though he only really watched the proceedings from afar with Marlon and Gil. Emily took some measurements to make him new clothes while Haley demanded that someone—anyone—give him a bath. Lewis gave a big speech about welcoming him to their home, Linus offered to help Leo find the best foraging spots, and Harvey worked with Maru to give him a quick check-up so they could advise Jodi on helping him adjust. Jas seemed wary, and it didn't help that Leo couldn't make eye contact without furiously turning red while Vincent teased him from behind. Marnie and Shane didn't say much, but said he was always welcome to come check out the animals, and Penny was ecstatic to have another kid to teach. Willy made sure he knew he’d always have a ride back to Ginger Island, Elliot offered to have lodgings open in his cabin if Leo needed a change of scenery that felt more like home, and Leah suggested she take him around the woods to explore. Abigail, Pierre, and Caroline promised he’d always have something to eat, and Gus asked to learn some of his more exotic recipes to make him feel more comfortable in the Saloon. Pam, Clint, Gunther, and Demetrius made quick work of their hellos, while George and Evelyn spent a little too much time fawning in Alex’s opinion—even though he was just as eager to offer to help him learn to throw a football around. It was only made better by a final surprise from Robin—a treehouse in the backyard that both he and stray parrots could spend their time in.

It was much later that night after a long potluck organized by the farmer, Gus, and Pierre that Leo found himself properly indoors, in a small room next to Vincent’s in clothes that fit and a bed that was warm, feeling a lot of new things. He was unsure since everything was so new, but it wasn’t a bad new. It was good. It was warm. It was safe.

Jodi pushed his door open to check on him just as he’d finally fallen asleep from his big day, while Sam and Sebastian chatted animatedly in the other room and Vincent was asleep in his own bed, smiling to herself. She wasn’t always happy with her life in the Valley, but at least she’d raised her boys right.

Together they’d made the right decision, and now Leo had a home.

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