I placed a sim looking slightly foxlike, and named Volpe, at the lot Cordelia's Cottage.
Right now I'm playing a legacy, for the first time.
I chose the Desert Bloom lot, in Oasis Springs, for the desert theme, and the large lot. There is also a lot of plants and dig piles around the neighbourhood, and no other lots, which I wanted. It's loosely situated in neolithic times. The lot is off the grid, with earth quakes, lava bombs, vild dogs and other dangerous creatures; and they live a simple life in the middle of the desert where rarely anyone ventures.
This is Anaya. She is a very productive member of the tribe. She came as a teenager, thirsty and alone wandering the desert after an earth quake had taken her relatives. She moved in with my original mother, Ororo, and her two toddlers, and when their mother died of a poisonous spider bite she took care of them. Having raised her skill in handiness she was able to break open the Forgotten Grotto in the neighbourhood, and craft furniture for the tribe.
When the twins were children, a lone adult joined the small tribe, helping out with fishing and gathering. Yara had some foreign plants with her, and took care of them, and the bees. She was mindful and spent time in the little hut built for reflexion. The tribe's religion is a celebration of life and harsh nature, and stillness like the hot sun over the desert dust. Here she rests, with Ororo; she had a long, fulfilling life.
The twins, Ororo's daughters, are grown up, and both mothers. Ull befriended an elemental being, basic needs for procreation; her line is turning in the direction of grasping nature by it's lava balls - I mean, bombs. Ayla also has a son. When the cousins are grown up, they will go walkabout like their mothers, to the areas north of the dry desert where they live, to find new mothers for the tribe.
Yaras son is soon of age, and will bring in a new woman from the islands, to the tribe, to maintain the line - and then leave for the northeast, to settle down. Men only stay with their mothers until they are old enough to attract another childbearing woman, exchanging their place with them. Here is Ujuju, the almost grown child of Anaya, and the next in line to mother a child. She is out gathering to sustain the tribe's living and slow growth.
With the efforts of all the tribe members a small village has taken form, and after the day's work are done and the sun sets, they all gather to celebrate life, fire, darkness and shadows in the larger common hut.
And the dark sets over the sand, and a new day approaches.
