I was vastly inspired when reading the decades challenge, and as a history teacher, I could not stop myself from giving it a try. Of course, true to my nature or refusing to do things by the book, th...
This is the final installment of this story. At first I thought I'd run things further, and there are story lines yet to explore, but the save is old and the bugs are piling up, also I find that this is a logical conclusion and fits the character, so I will leave it here and fondly remember the two and a half years I've spent with these characters. I hope you enjoy the last chapter.
I love your story, I instantly bookmarked it. Abigal looks like an interesting personality for a founder. Personally I think breaking the rules is the best decision someone can make when starting this type of challenge. But I think "adapting the rules" sound better. Some people need the rules because they want the competition, other just want to tell a story and don't want to compete with others. Just do what ever you want because it is your story.
I was thinking about the geek trait. I think it could fit somehow. I don't know how popular the books from Jules Verne were in the USA at the late 19th century. But some books from him are the earliest science fiction books, they were written mid 19th century. The problem would be the computer games, but then you can made hate them. A girl with that curiosity gene could have a hard time because of her technical interests as a woman, but then you have great women like Marie Curie. In the last decade of the 19th century many technology inventions and discovery were made, just because of the curiosity of human mankind.
