Three years have passed since the last chapter. Geodessa, the family matriarch, has passed away at the age of 80. Ruby is now engaged to a man named Jon Smith, though some question his motives for marrying into the wealthy Geology family. Meanwhile, mysterious visitors named Malachite and Vanadinite arrive, revealing they were old friends of Geodessa's with an urgent matter to discuss, but learn of her death. They fear that without a "Diviner," their home dimension will perish.

1. Chapter 7:
Catching Up

2. Three years later…
College is nearly over for the kids of generation 2, the Geology family
has been through a lot in the last three years, one event of note was
the passing of the family matriarch and founder, Geodessa…

3. At the age of 80, Geodessa
Geology left for greener pastures,
leaving behind three kids, seven
grandchildren, and a lot of dear
friends…she will be missed
greatly.

4. Rhode finally got to meet aliens, and it was not entirely what he had
expected it to be. The family’s heiress Ruby was worried for the sake of her
brother’s sanity.

5. Ruby: I hope my other papa wasn’t too mean to brother… *worry hands*

6. Ruby: Hey, weren’t you the same guy who was mean to my grandmother?
Orion: Who was she again? Oh right, the purple freak…
Ruby: Yep, same guy.
Jon Smith: Honey, is this guy bothering you?
Ruby: No, I just feel sorry for him, stuck in his rage and anger. And for so long too.
Orion: ….shut up!! I am not pathetic!!

7. Ruby: Jon, I thought you liked art.
Jon Smith: This modern slop is not art, in my day they made true art…
Ruby: In your day?
Jon Smith: Never mind dearest…

8. Ruby: I don’t know, I like it…orangey, but nice.
Jon Smith: Where are you Ruby?
Ruby: Over here!
Maybe coming to the art museum wasn’t the best idea for a date after all. Jon
seems to hate it.

9. Jon was a nice guy, he was never unkind to her. He can be a little stand-offish at
times but maybe because it’s from all that his family went through. The Tricous
have a long and detailed history around these parts after all. Her aunt married one
of the Tricou boys and she seems happy, Obsidian introduced her to Jon Smith
and Ruby knew her aunt would never do anything to hurt her.

10. Ruby loved Jon and he loved her, so why not have him help her bring in the
final generation of her family? All of her aunts and her father found good
matches, Ruby wanted the same.

11. Ruby: Heehee, my finance. That sounds so cool.
Jon Smith: Same here, it’s been a long time since my first wife died and I don’t
want to be alone.

12. Back on campus…
Ruby: Whee!! I did the xylophone trick!! And I’m getting married!! Yay!! I’m
going to be a great heiress for daddy!!

13. Ruby’s siblings, all now in their Junior year, found their triple-bolt spouses. Pen
here found that his triple-bolter was none other than the Dance Studio owner
Noelle Dennis.

14. For Bad Apple Limonite, it was Stephen Willkie, the local exterminator. She
could put up with the bug-gut stained uniform if it meant she got to have her
triple-bolter husband.

15. For Rhode, it was the local Good Witch lieutenant. She had graced him with
White magic not too long after their first date and as a Knowledge seeker, it was
a whole new experience for Rhode.

16. Even their placeholder, Skylar found his triple-bolter with Tish Dallas. A former
teen townie who was allowed to go to college due to being one of the ones
selected for the Townie Teen college lottery.

17. One day, a freak thunderstorm set one of their backyard palm trees on fire. And
before the rain could put it out, it stopped and it was up to Pen and his quick-draw
fire extinguisher to put out the damage.
Ruby: Oh no!! Save daddy’s college house big brother!! I can’t let it burn down!!
Pen: Working on it!!

18. Back in Belladonna Cove…
The family’s grief deepened with the loss of Metrion, she had been with them
since before Olivenite was born. But she was an old cat, she lived to be 35 days
old. She never even got to explore the new house…
“I resent being called old!! I am distinguished!!”
Sorry. 

19. Olivenite had decided to move the family homestead one last time before Ruby
came home from college, this house would last for the rest of the challenge and it
had lots of room for future grandkids to play in. In the welcome wagon, he had
come out to meet some rather unusual people.

20. Malachite: I am honoured to meet the son of my Mistress Geodessa. We had not had the
opportunity before.
Olivenite: Mistress?
Malachite: Forgive me, we are old friends of your mother’s. I would have thought your
sisters would have told you about us before now.
Olivenite: Nope, ‘fraid not. My sisters keep themselves a lot.

21. Malachite: Forgive my boldness, but might we be able to speak to your mother?
It is rather urgent.
Olivenite: No one told you? My mother died some time ago. I’m in charge of the
house until my daughter returns to take the reigns as my heiress.
Malachite: She has passed?
Olivenite: I thought you knew, being that you’re old friends of hers and all..

22. Malachite: I did not know…
Olivenite: Is there something I can do for you?
Malachite: I am afraid not, it was matter that needed to be discussed with my Mistress.
Olivenite: Nothing illegal I hope…
Malachite: Oh…gods no. I did not mean to imply…forgive me.

23. Malachite: We are doomed…with no Diviner our world will perish!
Vanadinite: Maybe not, perhaps his child might be able to help us, she might
have inherited our Mistress’s gift. I do not sense her power in him now.
Malachite: If Black Star finds out she has passed…he will seek us out
Vanadinite.
Vanadinite: I know Mal, I know.

24. Belladonna Cove had grown since the Geology family settled here. Olivenite
moved their house to right in front of the lake, providing a perfect backdrop for
his family’s mansion.

25. Back at the Cordial House, Malachite was still reeling from the shock of learning
that his Mistress died; she never even knew they had come after her and have
been looking for her this whole time. It seems her children and grandchildren had
not inherited her Diviner’s gift; they could not go back to their dimension without a
Diviner and the local deities were not being very helpful with their predicament
either.

26. Vanadinite managed a small smile; it was an attempt to lighten Mal’s mood but
instead it was only masking her own pain.
“We’ll find a way to save our world Malachite, we just have to have faith.”
Malachite: Forgive me if I cannot be as optimistic as you Vana my dear. I am not
strong enough to handle the mantle of Diviner myself and Black Star is still out
there.
Vanadinite: I was just trying to help…

27. Malachite: We can hope that one of the children will have a child who will inherit
all of our Mistress’s power and we can save our world…
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28. I know it was a short chapter, but after putting this off for nearly four months due
to being sucked into my RKC, my Alphabetacy, and my legacy, this one suffered
the most I think. I will get to planning out the final generation of the OWBC soon,
with Geodessa gone, Black Star still biding his time and the mysterious
circumstances surrounding the father of the next generation, Jon Smith Tricou,
who knows what will be in store for generation 3. Does Jon Smith have his own
hidden agenda for marrying Ruby and the money her family will provide him? Or
does he truly love her? Could it all just be a misunderstanding? Find out next time
on the Geology OWBC!!