Part XXV: The Search For Autumn

Well, we've come to the end of our month long adventure, Torchy. Our search for the four seasons has taken us from one side of 2nd Life to the next, and I'm sure we've cheesed off a lot of people in the process. Especially those dancing noobs back there on the beach.

It's only fitting we end with my favorite season, autumn. I've been cruising along through some coastal Japanese suburbs but not much is happening here. It's time to crack open our teleporter and see if we can pin down the last season.

Unfortunately, there's next to nothing as far as autumn goes in 2nd Life. I knew this would be the hardest one to locate. There are various Goth/Halloween/Vampire sites to choose from but that's not what comes first to my mind when I think of fall. I'm in the mood for beauty, multicolored leaves, harvest and a quite calm that foretells of a long sleep the land is about to take.

Oh well. We'll make do with what we can find.

This forest is quiet and not a hint of Latin-urban-techno music is to be found. The trees glow with an amber hue in preparation for a molting that they will never do unless their user scripts it in to their programming.

What a fine harvest there will be for these fine folks who are getting uneasy because I'm sitting on their crops.

An enrichment of the senses comes naturally when subjected to premium solace. This is another one of those times when sitting in a smelly print shop that I wish I could trade places with old Huygens and Torchy. Well...maybe not Torchy.

And what better ending to our adventure could we have than finding all four seasons in one spot. As I stand in the snow, with autumn to the left, spring cherry blossoms to the right and a sunny beach straight ahead, I am reminded for how glad I am that it takes longer than one month to fully enjoy each season.

And you know what, Torchy? We managed not to tick anyone off this time around. Maybe for our next adventure we should bust out the harpoon again. For old times sake.

Torchy says he's totally down with that and to screw all these pretty trees.

Torch, you are going to get us arrested someday.

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BONUS:

Huygens will never jump the shark...

...but, he will ride it from time to time.

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