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Come and enjoy the Region 10x10. Included is Bare Naked Resort, Dark Kingdom, Dragon Kingdom, Land of the Dragon, Mystic Beach,Mystic Caves,Viking Kingdom and Waterfall Cave. Rez a Boat,Dragon or Hor...

Just landed in the Hobbit Shop...Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Samwise_Gamgee ! All waiting for you. Come get yours at the Hobbit Shop! Enjoy!

๐Ÿ‰ DragonCommand Update โ€” Built-in Translation!

We're excited to announce that DragonCommand now ships with full site-wide language translation โ€” completely free, self-hosted, and privacy-first!

๐ŸŒ 12 Languages supported out of the box:
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง English โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท French โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spanish โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portuguese โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italian โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Dutch โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinese โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japanese โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korean โ€ข ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Arabic

How it works:
โ†’ Language selector ๐ŸŒ in the navigation bar
โ†’ Residents set their preferred language in Account Settings
โ†’ The entire site translates automatically โ€” public pages, resident portal, everything
โ†’ Powered by LibreTranslate โ€” self-hosted, zero cost, zero tracking

No third-party services. No API keys. No monthly fees. No privacy concerns.
Your grid. Your language. Your data.

DragonCommand โ€” Because your grid shouldn't have borders ๐Ÿ‰
Test Grid Here: https://www.msaxiom.com/
Check-Out The Features Here: https://dragoncommand.com
Community Edition Public Beta Coming Soon!!!
๐ŸŒ™ APHRAโ€™S LATE NIGHT SHOW

๐ŸŽง DJane Aphra starts playing at 22:00 CET at Solaris Club

And thenโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

๐ŸŽ SPECIAL GUEST AT 23:00 CET?

Surprise, surpriseโ€ฆ
Someone special may join us behind the decks.
Weโ€™re not telling. Yet. ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐ŸŒด Solaris Club ยท Cozy Comforts Sun Grid

Space Shuttle: sun.cozycomforts.net:8002:SOLARIS - post into big map!

๐ŸŽถ Dance โ€ข Pop โ€ข House โ€ข 80s โ€ข Lounge โ€ข Live Mixing
๐Ÿ’ƒGreat music - Good Vibes - Nice People
๐ŸŒด Extended Beach Area
โญ Party Space Free to Rent
๐ŸŽ Skyboxes Available

WHERE MUSIC, MAGIC & MEMORIES MEET
Dolly performed this concert in London UK and this a tribute to the fabulous Country Icon. Starting at 12:00 ost with 30 mins of country classics with DJ Jon Temple then 12 :30 till 1pm ost will see that full concert in the Avalon Theater in London City, finishing with 30 mins of classic country music from DJ Jon.
hop://login.gentlefiregrid.net:8002/London%20City/109/134/...
Come along for the weekly Social Greedy event!

You do not have to play to join in on the social chat, you are welcome to come along, watch and just chat, playing Greedy is optional!

Monday 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 Every Week
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...

a friendly game, beginners are welcome, chat in voice, join in the banter, an opportunity to make new friends, and to cheer everyone on!

Picture taken by Sofee. Thank you so much!

Taxi--------->tomis-world.de:8002:Club Real

Regal Emerald Canopy Bed set with window bench and Armoire. All animated (G) . Great little filler for any Elven home!

DJ Dragon heute 17 bis 19 Uhr im Bikers Heaven Rock, hard rock, metal.
Kommt in Badekleidung
Nehmt Eure Freunde und kommt rรผber zu Bikers Heaven.
Freu mich auf Euch
bis gleich
Dragon
DJane Dragon at Bikers Heaven TODAY 8 to 10 am gridtime playing Rock, hard rock, metal.
Wear bathing clothes,Take your friends, come over to Bikers Heaven lets have some fun.
See you there
Dragon
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Carpe%20Noctem/220/242/1...
IM for a teleport
Listen: http://dragon.radioamv.com

Tromso, Norway, viewed in WolfStorm web viewer. https://wolf-grid.com

We're back!

Sub-Version grid is now back up and accessible.

Testing the keyboard in the bass bar.
dorenas-world.de:8002:Westend

Sub-Version Grid is going down for maintenance. We expect it to be available again in an estimated hour (maybe two)

start the week with a bit of mystery.... monday vibes haha

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Join Alife Virtual Dance Party And Make New Friends!

We are live at:

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/4d3arEA1NMk

Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/alifevirtual

Facebook https://fb.watch/JkfVAJYvYZ/

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we have a cooking timer if you put something in the oven and come back to your computer. party in the jet.

Join us at the Shit Show today at 2pm Grid Time! Hope to see ya there. Here's the Uber: hop://login.twiztidtimez.com:8002/Wicked%20Waves/545/538/2...

Miss Munk will be spinning her wheels of steel at 1 pm grid time, at The Piazza!
Bring your headphones and get on down here and listen to nonstop beat matching and full spectrum sound!



Plug the link into your map and we'll see you there.

http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon
Ab 19 Uhr heiรŸt es: Deutsch, deutsch, deutsch!
-Neue Deutsche Welle
-Deutsch Rock
-Deutsche Hits โ€“ alt & neu
Die besten deutschen Songs zum Mitsingen, Tanzen und Abfeiern!
Von den Klassikern bis zu den aktuellen deutschen Lieblingssongs โ€“ hier ist fรผr jeden etwas dabei.
Also: Freunde einpacken, gute Laune mitbringen und dabei sein!
TYPISCH DEUTSCH โ€“ WIR FEIERN UNSERE MUSIK!
Sonntag | ab 19 Uhr
Kommt vorbei und feiert mit uns! โค๏ธ

Europa, Moon of Jupiter, In WolfStorm web viewer. https://wolf-grid.com

ANNOUNCEMENT
hey all animeshies fans!
Im happy to tell, the dolfin pod is ready, jumpin, foolin about.....
this is the basic setup; later I will add a version with special effects embedded.
U can watch em @ the W-coast of my shop island.
Have fun!:)

AVW grid we have built a dedicated region called HoneyBee, this region has a club and nature walk with bee's of course and best of all it's all copy. Leave a comment for the builder Shea Butter when you visit. avirtualworld.org:8002/AVW Welcome

Holoneon Mile High Club - find the teleport at the Welcome Center
also take a ride in our new helicopter

bear furry hoodie with casual pants - Sunday special it's going to get colder soon

๐Ÿ’šDream cottage on Nihilon.๐Ÿ’š
dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon

Come dance at The Pier

The Dichotarians and the Fall of Atlantis

It is said that at the beginning of all things, there were no opposites.

There was no up and no down, no light and no darkness, no inside and no outside. Things simply were as they were, and it would never have occurred to anyone to separate them. The Dichotarians later called this era the Time of the One.

But memories are strange things. They change when told too often.

On their planet, the Time of the One had long been forgotten.

The planet itself had fallen ill. Its seas had receded, leaving behind black crusts upon their shores. The forests still stood, yet their leaves no longer stirred in the wind. Even the wind seemed to have grown weary.

Deep underground, the ancient fires rumbled.

The cities of the Dichotarians had once been magnificent. They had built towers that reached into the clouds and gardens where the flowers glowed at night. But eventually, they had begun to divide their world.

At first, they divided only things.

They said: "This belongs to me, and that belongs to you."

Then they divided thoughts.

"This is right; that is wrong."

Then they divided people.

Some were one way; others were different.

And finally, they even divided time.

There was a past that was revered and a future that was feared.

Amidst all these divisions, the space in between grew ever smaller.

No one remembered when it had begun. Perhaps no one had started it at all. Perhaps the separation had come slowly, like a shadow creeping across a meadow at dusk.

But one day, an old Dichotarian child noticed that the sun on their planet shone upon only one half of the city.

He asked his father:

"Why is the other half dark?" The father looked out and said:

โ€œBecause it doesnโ€™t belong there.โ€

The child asked:

โ€œWho decided that?โ€

The father did not answer.

Many years later, no one remembered that conversation anymore.

But the planet remembered.

And one day, it began to die.

The Dichotarians knew they could not stay. They built a great ship, though no one knew exactly where it was to fly. It was not a ship made of metal. It was built from the memories of their people.

They placed within it images of their cities, the voices of their dead, the seeds of their plants, and the stories of their grandmothers.

They even took a handful of earth with them.

โ€œSo that we know where we come from,โ€ said an old woman.

On the day of departure, the sky was red.

A thousand Dichotarians boarded the ship.

No one waved back.

For behind them, there was nothing left to wave to.

The ship rose into the sky and vanished among the stars.

It flew through regions where the stars were positioned differently than in their old books. It flew through clouds of blue dust and past vast, silent worlds.

Sometimes the travelers believed they would never arrive anywhere.

Then Atlantis appeared.

At first, they saw only a golden shimmer.

Then islands.

Then towers.

Then the sea.

And finally, the city itself.

Atlantis lay upon seven large islands, connected by bridges of white stone. Waterways wound through the streets. Trees with silver leaves stood in the gardens, and at night, small lights floated above the canals.

The Dichotarians had never seen anything so beautiful.

โ€œPerhaps,โ€ said one of them, โ€œthis is the place we have been seeking.โ€

When the Atlanteans spotted the strange ship in the sky, they did not take to the streets with weapons.

They went to the gates. The Queen of Atlantis stood there and looked up.

Beside her stood a little girl.

"Who are they?" the girl asked.

The Queen replied:

"People who have lost their home."

"May they come in?"

The Queen smiled.

"If we do not help them, who will?"

And so, the gates were opened.

The Dichotarians stepped off their ship.

They were exhausted, hungry, and filled with fear.

The Atlanteans gave them water.

They gave them bread.

They gave them clothing.

They showed them houses where no one lived anymore.

And for the first time in a long while, the Dichotarians slept without waiting for the earth beneath them to shatter.

The first few years were wonderful.

The two peoples shared their stories with one another.

The Atlanteans learned the Dichotarians' songs.

The Dichotarians learned the Atlanteans' dances.

Together, they built new houses.

They planted the seeds the Dichotarians had brought from their destroyed planet.

Soon, flowers bloomed in Atlantis that no one had ever seen before.

The people called them star-flowers.

They opened their blossoms only at night, shimmering like tiny moons.

It seemed as though the world itself had decided that everything would turn out well.

But the world had decided nothing.

Worlds do not make decisions.

It is always people who make decisions.

And eventually, someone began to say:

"We ought to make a distinction."

At first, it was merely a sensible question.

The Dichotarians had different habits than the Atlanteans. They spoke differently. They ate different foods. They thought differently about property, family, and time.

At first, this was interesting.

Then, it became uncomfortable.

"Where we come from, we do things differently," said a Dichotarian.

"Where we come from, we do them better," replied an Atlantean.

At first, both sides laughed about it.

But the laughter grew rarer.

It did not take long for the old words to resurface.

Right.

Wrong.

Ours.

Yours.

Good.

Bad.

The Dichotarians had believed they had left their old world behind.

But they had only left their bodies behind.

Their old ideas had traveled with them.

Those ideas had remained invisible as long as everyone was struggling together to survive.

Now that they were prospering, they once again had time to distinguish themselves from one another.

The initial disputes were minor.

A market stall was moved.

A law was altered.

A school was to be run according to Atlantean customs.

The Dichotarians protested.

Then, they founded their own school.

At first, the Atlanteans did not mind.

But soon, there were two schools.

Two councils.

Two festivals.

Two ways of telling history.

And finally, two stories about who Atlantis actually belonged to.

The children were the first to notice that something was amiss.

They had played together.

Now, they were told whom they were allowed to play with.

One day, an Atlantean girl asked her father:

"Why am I not allowed to play with Lira anymore?"

"Because she is a Dichotarian."

"But sheโ€™s Lira."

Her father remained silent. The child could no longer make sense of the world.

Perhaps that was the moment when Atlantis began to shatter.

Not when the towers collapsed.

Not when the sea arrived.

But within a small childโ€™s heartโ€”one that could not grasp why a person should suddenly be considered less human simply because they had been born different.

The years passed.

The city grew richer.

And, at the same time, poorer.

Richer in walls.

Poorer in trust.

The Dichotarians built a great temple to their ancient gods.

Beside it, the Atlanteans erected a temple to their own.

Soon, the two temples stood facing one another like two opinions carved in stone.

No one remembered anymore that they had once formed a single garden together.

Then came the dispute over the star-flowers.

The Dichotarians claimed the flowers had sprung from their seeds and therefore belonged to them.

The Atlanteans argued that they had grown on Atlantean soil and thus belonged to Atlantis.

It was a ridiculous quarrel.

But humanity has an astonishing knack for turning ridiculous things into catastrophes.

There was arguing.

There was shouting.

There were threats.

And eventually, the first weapons were drawn.

That night, the earth shook.

No one knew if the tremor was linked to the dispute.

But the ancient priests of Atlantis knew that something had happened.

They went to the sea.

There, they saw fissures in the water.

The sea receded.

Far.

Very far.

Fish lay thrashing on the seabed.

People ran to the coast.

"What is happening?"

No one answered.

Then came the wave.

It was so high that even the tallest towers of Atlantis seemed small beside it.

It crashed over the outer islands.

Bridges snapped.

Palaces shattered. Temples vanished.

The water surged into the streets.

People ran, but there was nowhere left to flee.

And amidst this chaos, something strange happened.

The Atlanteans and the Dichotarians stopped fighting.

They began to save one another.

A Dichotarian pulled an elderly Atlantean from the water.

An Atlantean woman carried a strangerโ€™s child on her shoulders.

Two men who had fought each other the day before held fast a door behind which people sought shelter.

For a brief moment, the old division vanished.

Not because someone had issued a rule.

Not because a king had commanded it.

But because the water washed away all differences.

Atlantis sank.

When the sun rose in the morning, only a few towers still jutted out of the sea.

The survivors stood on a hill.

They were silent.

Beside them lay a small box.

Inside was soil from the Dichotarians' destroyed planet.

A child picked up the box.

It opened it.

The soil was still moist.

And something was stirring amidst the grains.

A tiny green shoot.

"What is that?" someone asked.

The child smiled.

"A possibility."

No one knew what it meant by that.

Perhaps it meant a new plant.

Perhaps a new world.

Perhaps just the thought

...that the end of a story is not necessarily the end of everything.

The survivors set out on their journey.

They walked for a long time.

They crossed mountains and passed through forests.

They carried their few belongings on their backs.

But something had changed.

They no longer called themselves Dichotarians and Atlanteans.

They had become human.

Not perfect.

Not redeemed.

Not suddenly wise.

They still argued.

They made mistakes.

They were jealous, fearful, and sometimes unfair.

But when someone said:

"We must choose. Either this or that."

Then someone would remember Atlantis.

And sometimes, another would reply:

"Perhaps there is something in between."

Many years later, they found a place where the land was fertile.

There, they planted the soil from the small box.

From it, a tree grew.

No one knew what kind of tree it was.

Its roots reached deep.

Its branches spread wide.

And when the wind brushed through its leaves, it sounded as if two voices were speaking to one another.

One high.

One low.

But if one listened long enough, one realized that they were not two voices at all.

It was a single voice.

It had simply learned to hold more than one truth at the same time.

The people later named the tree the Tree of Beginnings.

And when the children asked where it had come from, the elders told them of a lost planet.

Of a people seeking a home.

Of a city that had welcomed strangers.

Of a paradise that had shattered under the weight of its own contradictions.

And of Atlantis, which sank so that a new story could begin.

But the wisest elders told of something else, too.

They said:

"Never forget that Atlantis did not die because of the flood." โ€œThen what caused it?โ€ the children asked.

The elders looked toward the tree.

โ€œIt died the moment its inhabitants believed they had to choose between one another.โ€

The children did not always understand this.

But that did not matter.

Some truths take a long time to take root.

And deep beneath the sea, amidst the ruins of the ancient city, a small seed stirred in the mud one day.

No one saw it.

No one heard it.

Yet perhaps, right where Atlantis had ended, something new was already beginning to grow.

Die Dichotarier und der Untergang von Atlantis

Es heiรŸt, dass es am Anfang aller Dinge keine Gegensรคtze gab.

Es gab kein Oben und kein Unten, kein Hell und kein Dunkel, kein Innen und kein AuรŸen. Die Dinge waren einfach, wie sie waren, und niemand wรคre auf den Gedanken gekommen, sie voneinander zu trennen. Die Dichotarier nannten diese Zeit spรคter die Zeit des Einen.

Doch Erinnerungen sind merkwรผrdige Wesen. Sie verรคndern sich, wenn man sie zu oft erzรคhlt.

Auf ihrem Planeten war die Zeit des Einen lรคngst vergessen.

Der Planet selbst war krank geworden. Seine Meere hatten sich zurรผckgezogen und an ihren Ufern schwarze Krusten hinterlassen. Die Wรคlder standen noch, aber ihre Blรคtter bewegten sich nicht mehr im Wind. Selbst der Wind schien mรผde geworden zu sein.

Unter der Erde bebten die alten Feuer.

Die Stรคdte der Dichotarier waren einst prรคchtig gewesen. Sie hatten Tรผrme gebaut, die bis in die Wolken reichten, und Gรคrten, in denen die Blumen nachts leuchteten. Doch irgendwann hatten sie begonnen, ihre Welt zu teilen.

Zuerst teilten sie nur die Dinge.

Sie sagten: Das gehรถrt mir und das gehรถrt dir.

Dann teilten sie die Gedanken.

Das ist richtig, jenes ist falsch.

Dann teilten sie die Menschen.

Die einen waren so, die anderen anders.

Und schlieรŸlich teilten sie sogar die Zeit.

Es gab eine Vergangenheit, die man verehrte, und eine Zukunft, die man fรผrchtete.

Zwischen all diesen Teilungen wurde das Dazwischen immer kleiner.

Niemand wusste mehr, wann es begonnen hatte. Vielleicht hatte รผberhaupt niemand damit begonnen. Vielleicht war die Trennung langsam gekommen, wie ein Schatten, der sich am Abend รผber eine Wiese schiebt.

Doch eines Tages bemerkte ein altes Dichotarier-Kind, dass die Sonne auf seinem Planeten nur noch auf eine Hรคlfte der Stadt schien.

Es fragte seinen Vater:

โ€žWarum ist die andere Hรคlfte dunkel?โ€œ

Der Vater sah hinaus und sagte:

โ€žWeil sie dort nicht hingehรถrt.โ€œ

Das Kind fragte:

โ€žWer hat das bestimmt?โ€œ

Der Vater antwortete nicht.

Viele Jahre spรคter erinnerte sich niemand mehr an dieses Gesprรคch.

Aber der Planet erinnerte sich.

Und eines Tages begann er zu sterben.

Die Dichotarier wussten, dass sie nicht bleiben konnten. Sie bauten ein groรŸes Schiff, obwohl niemand genau wusste, wohin es fliegen sollte. Es war kein Schiff aus Metall. Es war aus den Erinnerungen ihres Volkes gebaut.

Sie legten darin Bilder ihrer Stรคdte ab, Stimmen ihrer Toten, Samen ihrer Pflanzen und Geschichten ihrer GroรŸmรผtter.

Sie nahmen sogar eine Handvoll Erde mit.

โ€žDamit wir wissen, woher wir kommenโ€œ, sagte eine alte Frau.

Am Tag der Abreise war der Himmel rot.

Tausend Dichotarier bestiegen das Schiff.

Niemand winkte zurรผck.

Denn hinter ihnen gab es nichts mehr, dem man hรคtte winken kรถnnen.

Das Schiff stieg in den Himmel und verschwand zwischen den Sternen.

Es flog durch Gegenden, in denen die Sterne anders standen als in ihren alten Bรผchern. Es flog durch Wolken aus blauem Staub und an riesigen, lautlosen Welten vorbei.

Manchmal glaubten die Reisenden, sie wรผrden niemals irgendwo ankommen.

Dann erschien Atlantis.

Zuerst sahen sie nur einen goldenen Schimmer.

Dann Inseln.

Dann Tรผrme.

Dann das Meer.

Und schlieรŸlich die Stadt selbst.

Atlantis lag auf sieben groรŸen Inseln, verbunden durch Brรผcken aus weiรŸem Stein. Wasserlรคufe zogen sich durch die StraรŸen. In den Gรคrten standen Bรคume mit silbernen Blรคttern, und nachts schwebten kleine Lichter รผber den Kanรคlen.

Die Dichotarier hatten noch nie etwas so Schรถnes gesehen.

โ€žVielleichtโ€œ, sagte einer von ihnen, โ€žist das der Ort, den wir gesucht haben.โ€œ

Als die Atlanten das fremde Schiff am Himmel entdeckten, gingen sie nicht mit Waffen auf die StraรŸen.

Sie gingen zu den Toren.

Die Kรถnigin von Atlantis stand dort und sah hinauf.

Neben ihr stand ein kleines Mรคdchen.

โ€žWer sind sie?โ€œ, fragte das Mรคdchen.

Die Kรถnigin antwortete:

โ€žMenschen, die eine Heimat verloren haben.โ€œ

โ€žDรผrfen sie hereinkommen?โ€œ

Die Kรถnigin lรคchelte.

โ€žWenn wir ihnen nicht helfen, wer soll es dann tun?โ€œ

Und so wurden die Tore geรถffnet.

Die Dichotarier stiegen aus ihrem Schiff.

Sie waren erschรถpft, hungrig und voller Angst.

Die Atlanten gaben ihnen Wasser.

Sie gaben ihnen Brot.

Sie gaben ihnen Kleidung.

Sie zeigten ihnen Hรคuser, in denen niemand mehr wohnte.

Und zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit schliefen die Dichotarier, ohne darauf zu warten, dass die Erde unter ihnen zerbrach.

Die ersten Jahre waren wunderbar.

Die beiden Vรถlker erzรคhlten einander ihre Geschichten.

Die Atlanten lernten die Lieder der Dichotarier.

Die Dichotarier lernten die Tรคnze der Atlanten.

Sie bauten gemeinsam neue Hรคuser.

Sie pflanzten die Samen, die die Dichotarier von ihrem zerstรถrten Planeten mitgebracht hatten.

Bald blรผhten in Atlantis Blumen, die niemand zuvor gesehen hatte.

Die Menschen nannten sie Sternenblumen.

Sie รถffneten ihre Blรผten nur nachts und schimmerten dann wie kleine Monde.

Es schien, als hรคtte die Welt selbst beschlossen, dass alles gut werden sollte.

Doch die Welt hatte nichts beschlossen.

Welten beschlieรŸen nichts.

Es sind immer die Menschen, die Entscheidungen treffen.

Und irgendwann begann jemand zu sagen:

โ€žWir sollten unterscheiden.โ€œ

Zunรคchst war es nur eine vernรผnftige Frage.

Die Dichotarier hatten andere Gewohnheiten als die Atlanten. Sie sprachen anders. Sie aรŸen andere Speisen. Sie dachten anders รผber Besitz, Familie und Zeit.

Das war zunรคchst interessant.

Dann wurde es unbequem.

โ€žBei uns macht man das andersโ€œ, sagte ein Dichotarier.

โ€žBei uns macht man es besserโ€œ, antwortete ein Atlante.

Noch lachten beide darรผber.

Doch das Lachen wurde seltener.

Es dauerte nicht lange, bis die alten Worte wieder auftauchten.

Richtig.

Falsch.

Unser.

Euer.

Gut.

Schlecht.

Die Dichotarier hatten geglaubt, sie hรคtten ihre alte Welt hinter sich gelassen.

Aber sie hatten nur ihren Kรถrper verlassen.

Ihre alten Vorstellungen waren mit ihnen gereist.

Sie waren unsichtbar gewesen, solange alle gemeinsam ums รœberleben kรคmpften.

Nun, da es ihnen gut ging, hatten sie wieder Zeit, sich voneinander zu unterscheiden.

Die ersten Streitigkeiten waren klein.

Ein Marktstand wurde verschoben.

Ein Gesetz wurde verรคndert.

Eine Schule sollte nach atlantenischer Art gefรผhrt werden.

Die Dichotarier protestierten.

Dann grรผndeten sie ihre eigene Schule.

Die Atlanten fanden das zunรคchst nicht schlimm.

Doch bald gab es zwei Schulen.

Zwei Rรคte.

Zwei Feste.

Zwei Arten, die Geschichte zu erzรคhlen.

Und schlieรŸlich zwei Geschichten darรผber, wem Atlantis eigentlich gehรถrte.

Die Kinder bemerkten zuerst, dass etwas nicht stimmte.

Sie hatten gemeinsam gespielt.

Nun sagte man ihnen, mit wem sie spielen durften.

Ein atlantenisches Mรคdchen fragte eines Tages seinen Vater:

โ€žWarum darf ich nicht mehr mit Lira spielen?โ€œ

โ€žWeil sie eine Dichotarierin ist.โ€œ

โ€žAber sie ist doch Lira.โ€œ

Der Vater schwieg.

Das Kind verstand die Welt nicht mehr.

Vielleicht war das der Augenblick, in dem Atlantis zu zerbrechen begann.

Nicht als die Tรผrme einstรผrzten.

Nicht als das Meer kam.

Sondern in einem kleinen Kinderherzen, das nicht verstehen konnte, warum ein Mensch plรถtzlich weniger Mensch sein sollte, nur weil er anders geboren worden war.

Die Jahre vergingen.

Die Stadt wurde reicher.

Und zugleich รคrmer.

Reicher an Mauern.

ร„rmer an Vertrauen.

Die Dichotarier bauten einen groรŸen Tempel fรผr ihre alten Gรถtter.

Die Atlanten errichteten daneben einen Tempel fรผr ihre eigenen.

Bald standen die beiden Tempel einander gegenรผber wie zwei steinerne Meinungen.

Niemand wusste mehr, dass sie einst gemeinsam einen Garten gebildet hatten.

Dann kam der Streit um die Sternenblumen.

Die Dichotarier behaupteten, die Blumen seien aus ihren Samen entstanden und gehรถrten deshalb ihnen.

Die Atlanten sagten, sie seien auf atlantenischer Erde gewachsen und gehรถrten deshalb Atlantis.

Es war ein lรคcherlicher Streit.

Aber die Menschheit hat eine erstaunliche Begabung dafรผr, aus lรคcherlichen Dingen Katastrophen zu machen.

Man stritt.

Man schrie.

Man drohte.

Und irgendwann wurden die ersten Waffen hervorgeholt.

In dieser Nacht bebte die Erde.

Niemand wusste, ob das Beben mit dem Streit zusammenhing.

Aber die alten Priester von Atlantis wussten, dass etwas geschehen war.

Sie gingen zum Meer.

Dort sahen sie Risse im Wasser.

Das Meer zog sich zurรผck.

Weit.

Sehr weit.

Die Fische lagen zappelnd auf dem Meeresboden.

Die Menschen rannten an die Kรผste.

โ€žWas geschieht?โ€œ

Niemand antwortete.

Dann kam die Welle.

Sie war so hoch, dass selbst die hรถchsten Tรผrme von Atlantis klein dagegen wirkten.

Sie stรผrzte รผber die รคuรŸeren Inseln.

Brรผcken brachen.

Palรคste zerbarsten.

Tempel verschwanden.

Das Wasser drang in die StraรŸen.

Menschen liefen davon, aber es gab keinen Ort mehr, an den sie fliehen konnten.

Und mitten in diesem Chaos geschah etwas Merkwรผrdiges.

Die Atlanten und die Dichotarier hรถrten auf zu streiten.

Sie begannen einander zu retten.

Ein Dichotarier zog einen alten Atlanten aus dem Wasser.

Eine Atlantenfrau trug ein fremdes Kind auf ihren Schultern.

Zwei Mรคnner, die sich am Tag zuvor noch bekรคmpft hatten, hielten gemeinsam eine Tรผr fest, hinter der Menschen Schutz suchten.

Fรผr kurze Zeit war die alte Trennung verschwunden.

Nicht weil jemand eine Regel erlassen hatte.

Nicht weil ein Kรถnig es befohlen hatte.

Sondern weil das Wasser alle Unterschiede fortspรผlte.

Atlantis versank.

Als am Morgen die Sonne aufging, ragten nur noch wenige Tรผrme aus dem Meer.

Die รœberlebenden standen auf einem Hรผgel.

Sie waren schweigend.

Neben ihnen lag eine kleine Kiste.

Darin befand sich die Erde vom zerstรถrten Planeten der Dichotarier.

Ein Kind nahm die Kiste.

Es รถffnete sie.

Die Erde war noch feucht.

Und zwischen den Kรถrnern bewegte sich etwas.

Ein winziger grรผner Trieb.

โ€žWas ist das?โ€œ, fragte jemand.

Das Kind lรคchelte.

โ€žEine Mรถglichkeit.โ€œ

Niemand wusste, was es damit meinte.

Vielleicht meinte es eine neue Pflanze.

Vielleicht eine neue Welt.

Vielleicht nur den Gedanken, dass das Ende einer Geschichte nicht unbedingt das Ende von allem ist.

Die รœberlebenden machten sich auf den Weg.

Sie gingen lange.

Sie gingen รผber Berge und durch Wรคlder.

Sie trugen ihre wenigen Habseligkeiten auf dem Rรผcken.

Doch etwas hatte sich verรคndert.

Sie nannten sich nicht mehr Dichotarier und Atlanten.

Sie waren Menschen geworden.

Nicht vollkommen.

Nicht erlรถst.

Nicht plรถtzlich klug.

Sie stritten weiterhin.

Sie machten Fehler.

Sie waren eifersรผchtig, รคngstlich und manchmal ungerecht.

Aber wenn einer sagte:

โ€žWir mรผssen uns entscheiden. Entweder dies oder das.โ€œ

Dann erinnerte sich jemand an Atlantis.

Und manchmal antwortete ein anderer:

โ€žVielleicht gibt es noch etwas dazwischen.โ€œ

Viele Jahre spรคter fanden sie einen Ort, an dem das Land fruchtbar war.

Dort pflanzten sie die Erde aus der kleinen Kiste ein.

Aus ihr wuchs ein Baum.

Niemand wusste, welche Art Baum es war.

Seine Wurzeln reichten tief.

Seine Zweige breiteten sich weit aus.

Und wenn der Wind durch seine Blรคtter strich, klang es, als wรผrden zwei Stimmen miteinander sprechen.

Eine helle.

Eine dunkle.

Doch wenn man lange genug zuhรถrte, merkte man, dass es gar nicht zwei Stimmen waren.

Es war eine einzige Stimme.

Nur hatte sie gelernt, mehr als eine Wahrheit gleichzeitig zu tragen.

Die Menschen nannten den Baum spรคter den Baum des Anfangs.

Und wenn die Kinder fragten, woher er gekommen sei, erzรคhlten die Alten ihnen von einem verlorenen Planeten.

Von einem Volk, das eine Heimat suchte.

Von einer Stadt, die Fremde aufgenommen hatte.

Von einem Paradies, das an seinen eigenen Gegensรคtzen zerbrochen war.

Und von Atlantis, das unterging, damit eine neue Geschichte beginnen konnte.

Doch die klรผgsten Alten erzรคhlten noch etwas anderes.

Sie sagten:

โ€žVergesst niemals, dass Atlantis nicht an der Flut gestorben ist.โ€œ

โ€žWoran dann?โ€œ, fragten die Kinder.

Die Alten sahen zum Baum.

โ€žEs starb in dem Augenblick, in dem seine Bewohner glaubten, sie mรผssten zwischeneinander wรคhlen.โ€œ

Die Kinder verstanden das nicht immer.

Aber das war nicht schlimm.

Manche Wahrheiten brauchen lange, bevor sie Wurzeln schlagen.

Und tief unter dem Meer, zwischen den Ruinen der alten Stadt, bewegte sich eines Tages ein kleines Samenkorn im Schlamm.

Niemand sah es.

Niemand hรถrte es.

Doch vielleicht begann dort, wo Atlantis aufgehรถrt hatte, bereits wieder etwas Neues zu wachsen.

Added some cute little townhouses if your looking for free rent :)

Peyton and Xi wait for the ride to the new
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Brazilian DJ Tom Southmoor - a very talented RL & Virtual World - Multi Genre DJ, a lover of Disco Funk Soul from the 70's and 80's and other musical styles such as: Smooth Jazz, R&B, New Jack Swing, House Music (Soulful, Funky, Disco, Latin, Deep). His favorites are the earlier decades when musicians really made magic with their instruments
Catch DJ Tom Tonight @ Alternate Metaverse party stage! 4-6pm!
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Come along this Sunday 29th for our grand opening of this new telescope. Its a fully working planetarium set in the Ruritania Estates sim.

Youโ€™re Invited to Party !
โœจLetโ€™s join together this Saturday at ESC for an unforgettable afternoon of amazing music and dancing under the sky.
๐Ÿ“… When: Today (Saturday) from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Where: ESC
We look forward to seeing you there! Bring your best moves and your favorite

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Really a GRID unlike any other, spent many years between different grids, and the experience I have had in AMV has overall been amazing, which made me want to stay and be a part of it all, do come explore and check it out, it is really worth a visit, if you are looking for a new home give AMV a chance, come in with a fresh perspective!

Welcome to Bates Motel...
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New items are available in the PBR Menshop starting tomorrow, the second building will be stocked, itโ€™s a lot of work and requires patience. Donโ€™t fight against PBR, it will prevail anyway. Have a nice weekend! ----Picture KI----

๐Ÿ’œThe key to paradise.๐Ÿ’œ

When it comes to details Fred and Deb's Virunga leaves nothing to the imagination. I come by to leave a note or gift for Deb in her mailbox at Rosamond Halsey Carr house. Rosamond Halsey Carr (1912-2006) had a flower ranch in Rwanda,. After the genocide of Hutus by Tutsi, when 8 people were killed in her gardens, she turned her flower sheds in the Imbabazi Orphanage. She was 84.

Since that time Roz and her staff have cared for more than 400 children. Since Roz's passing in 2006, the orphanage is under the direction of Partners in Conservation and currently cares for more than 100 orphans.

Roz also wrote the book "Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda," with her niece, Ann Howard Halsey, chronicling her love affair with one of the world's most beautiful and tormented regions. She is also the 2004 recipient of the Volvo for Life Award.

For more information, please view http://www.rwandaproject.org/

Image is not Roz house the house is located here:
Mailbox is located here> outworldz.com:9000/Outworldz%20Virunga/658/153/21
Deb would love to hear from you, please drop by and leave a note!


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C/C/C 19 minutes ago
nice tunes ,nice People and all are happy ;-)
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Dbeery 26 minutes ago
Another Awesome DJ playing a plethera of songs for your ears entertainment
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Cool went to your test region and did not have to reattach anything!
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Hi Amanda, maybe you should give more informations & technical details of your fork. What was the base version you started, and what are the differences of your version. And where is the advantage of ...
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amazing region !!!!!!
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Awesome Lineup great party Happening Now come join us for a great Grand Opening here at LINKUP GRID
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Cancelled, I like creating clubs and designing them, but not organising events in competition with former friends....
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Reviews

TROMSO
One of the 7 wonders of OpenSim. You must visit, even the weather is authentic and the fishing boats and liner really add to it. Great job.
Wolf Territories Grid 7 hours ago
The Falls of Lira
What a beautiful, calming place to visit. Thanks for sharing.
SheaButter 8 hours ago
Fleetwood Beach
Amazing work by Mike Fleetwood. I highly recommend visiting; his creations are superb!
Koshari Mahana 19 hours ago
Summer Haze
I really wonder why you would place 4 OSW beacons on one region if it's ultimately one large region?
Alex Nova 2 days ago
Kinks Beach
Love The Region And Owners Are Lovely And Great Beach And Spots To Explore Recomended...
DevonSoul 2 days ago
ChubelzWelcome
I really like this place! It has a rather deserted feeling to it.. intentionally. It feels to me as if it might be an isolated location in Bavaria for instance. I've never been to Bavaria so this is...
JFlame 3 days ago
Fleetwood Beach
nice done , sadly most just with pwr textures for the new viewers .
Dakotha_Sunflower 3 days ago
Lorouse
Amo sua regiรฃo, parabรฉns pelo capricho e carinho com todos nรณs de OpenSim .
DJ Nay Kellyel 4 days ago
CandM Farming
The concept is good except for the owner and the bots I never met such a rude foul mouthed owner ever on opengrid. As such would not recommend anyone going there who does not like this sort of languag...
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