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All My Zoos; Currently ► A.R.C. Update ◄
Topic Started: Nov 7 2009, 12:23 PM (37,962 Views)
-Pureblood-
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I dislike the map only because it was made in a hurry and the story as well :(
So it just doesn't feel right.
I'm having a pretty map in mind right now, which will be available for download when finished.
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Can't wait, imagine it'll be amazing!
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In my mind it already is, now I just have to make it XD
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> The Volcano Drill Search

Previously...
... many zoos have "borrowed" their animals ...
... we're searching for ANY animal and we have three days to collect ...
... the forest we were supposed to reach is still far away ...
... the forest got more and more complicated ...
... spectacular view ...
... we quickly hid in the closes shrubbery to take notes and photos ...
... we made camp ...
... "Get some sleep guys." I said "We have a long journey tomorrow. And only two more days." ...

See the whole PART I. here.

PART II.

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After Hastings and I woke up first, we looked around. Bongos were nowhere to be seen. "It's a large forest..." I thought. The air was chilly, and the crew was sound asleep, except for Hastings who was "browsing" around the bags, looking for something.
"What time is it? 5, 6 AM? Less?" I whispered.
"It's 4:36AM, we'll wake up the rest of the crew in 5 minutes, hold on."
As he kept browsing through the bags I put away my sleeping bag and accidentally knocked over some wood that was in the ashes of what used to be campfire yesterday night. That sound woke up Annabell.
"Ah..." she yawned "What time is it Lydia?"
"20 to 5.".
"AM?!"
"Yes. What did you think, to sleep until noon?" I laughed softly and quietly.
Hastings turned around with one of his gloves in his hand.
"Let's wake them up, shall we?" he smiled.

After the whole crew was up and "running", we took our first steps through the forest we were supposed to take notes in. We have only two more days before the "eruption", and we must get to it.
The "roads", especially in the morning, are rather scary and plain, dark and mysterious, and we really had to keep an eye on everything. Literally everything.

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As we were going deeper into the forest the sun was slowly coming up...

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Just as it was on it's peek, we got to a clearance.

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"Now what?" Hastings asked.
I looked around the area searching for animals. We haven't found any since we woke up. Just a few Toucans, but they're not supposed to be listed for the rescue. Just listed.
"Let's keep going forward. I hear some water sounds, maybe there's a watefall near by." Annabell said and the whole team continued to walk.

After a few minutes we reached a canyon. One of many canyons that are native to this area.

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"It looks beautiful. Did you take a photo Lydia?"
"Yeah, sure."

We took a turn to the left and saw a hill.

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"Oh great, more climbing." one of the newer zookeepers said.
We all gave him "the look" ( :lol: ) and continued up the hill.

Our hike continued for quite some time. Day has already begun for real.

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At one point we saw a small pond in front of us, and as the team was thirsty, and we know these rivers are clean, we went to take a sip.

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When we arrived there we had something to see...

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"What do you think is on the other side of it?"
"Well, shall we cross it?" I volounteered.
"Sure, it'll be fun." the newbie said sarcastically.

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More hills were ahead after we passed the river...

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But it was definitely worth it for such a nice view :D
And although we've already collected 10 000 beautiful views in this forest, it was time to start wondering - where are the animals? Is there something living here at all?!

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We continued the hike with a small spicing of disappointment. Why? Well, why do all zookeepers and vets become that? Because of animals. And we yet didn't see any of them.

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Our hike finally led us to a funny point.
We saw several Toucans flying towards a water hum. As we followed them with our camera AND with our eyes, we noticed a HUGE waterfall, straight ahead!
"Come on people, let's go!" I yelled. I really wanted to see that waterfall, because it looked like the place where animals could be gathering for morning grazing (although it was past noon already).

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As we came near we noticed lots of logs being beached on land. It seems that this used to be a lumberyard of some sort. Many trees were floating in the water as well.

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The waterfall was as beautiful as we thought it'll be :)

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And then...
"Hold on..." Annabelle stopped us again. The same way she stopped us before, when she heard the Bongos :IWANTCANDY:
We all listened carefully, as her ears never let us down. "There's a bird here!"
We all started to look around holding our notepads and pens close by to take a note. I held my camera near my eyes, to get a great shot as soon as we spot it!

And so we did :D
It was a common White Stork however. Not native to this area at all, but who knows how it got here.

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Since it didn't have a ring we figured it's not an animal borrowed from ZOO's, as all ZOO birds have rings.
And as the stork swam away from us, somewhere to the high grass in the water, so we continued on. A bit less than a day and a half is left, and we listed only two species that don't need to be rescued...

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To be continued...

A word from me...
... is that this map can be available for download within minutes! XD
But I won't put it up until it's used to the max. by the story.
Also, there will be several versions.
One with just the hills, no trees, just one waterfall decorated, so you can freely change it's biome (I'm still considering this, maybe it won't be released at all) and one without animals, maybe a version with ;)

Enjoy!
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I love it <33
It is almost real nature :D .
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Beautiful update, PB!

The photo of the stork is magnificent
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i LOVE how you make your rainforests :)
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Incredible, I wish I had a good graphics card and fast game like you. Nice job!

Also, I don't have a White Stork, if you don't mind could you tell me where to get one?
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Love it. The Photography is amazing, almost as good as your Real life one!
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@ Rick651 > Thank you.
@ KumariKat > Aww, magnificent :D
@ snakeraptor > Thank you. And as soon as it's used for the story it'll be all yours :D
@ Kiwilover > Hm... I'll try to browse it up, but I can't really remember was it from a pack or something. You best try is ZT ABC, but I'll look it up.
@ nrg800 > You can't compare this to real life, in RL it's much harder to get a good photo :D
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If you want to take this to ZTV2 you could keep the mustang farm or something exclusive to Environ.
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I couldn't keep it as an exclusive because it's a part of the update, Grim lives there for now, remember? :lol:

But there are some things I could turn into exclusives such as assistant applications and such. But you all think I should take this to ZTV 2 as well? :)
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I'm happy with it staying here, or going there. I only go here now days.
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Well 20% of votes on ZTV 2 says that they miss me :/
There's a topic about missed members.
And there are some people at ZTV 2 that are not on Environ, but still like my story :/
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It's up to you... if you want to take it there you can!
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