The document tells the story of Chris, who begins his legacy in Pleasantview by purchasing a small home near a lake. He meets and marries a woman named Naenae, and they have 6 children together - twins Avoine and Kale, a pod baby named Magnolia, and twin boys Cypress and Willow. Chris documents the growth of his family through photos and memories, hoping to pass down his legacy for generations to come through this memoir of how he built his life in Pleasantview.

2. “Every family tree starts with a single sapling.”
So you’ve clicked the link so you must be interested in yet another
one of my projects, a DITFT challenge. In case you don’t know,
DITFT stands for Differences in the Family Tree, a 16-generation
legacy where each generation is a new and unique challenge. This is
more of a time filler for my legacy which is currently on generation
eight and no where near ready for the final confrontation between
the legacy heirs and Xylen. Anyway, this new project is a chance to
explore some different frontiers in terms of a legacy where every
generation is unique from the one before it, meaning there is no
over all universal theme to follow. The thing about this is that I will
not be doing the usual intro of the founder, stats, aspiration, T-ons
and T-off, this is going to be told from the POV of the current
heir/founder. I will still give you names of course, but anything else
is a mystery.

3. Chapter 1:
My Humble
Beginnings
I made my home in the small town of Pleasantview, it had plenty of land and lots
of opportunities for growth. My parents left me a modest amount of money with
which to begin my own life. I purchased a small home near the lake that had
enough room for me to start my own garden on. I am a man who enjoys working
the land with his own hands and carving a living from it. I will only eat food I’ve
grown myself, none of that over-processed crap they try to sell you in a grocery
store. I did some digging around for my garden when to my surprise, I unearthed
a treasure chest. The money from selling it to the museum would keep me afloat
for a while, I will eventually have to get a job for the other expenses that will
come with home ownership.

4. But for now, I’m fine for money. I have gotten a better hang of this
gardening thing, I suddenly learned I could talk to the plants after
about a week of tending them. They must be saying thank you for all
the care I gave them. I know I will have to find myself a wife to settle
down with, I surely don’t want my family’s name to die with me.
Tomorrow I think I’ll head into town and see if I can find someone, I
sure hope she likes working the land…

5. Remember that trip into town I mentioned? Well it wasn’t exactly in
town, more like a secret lot that I happened to stumble across when I
got lost. The woman there was very friendly about it, she said something
about knowing that I’d come by eventually. Who really knows that kind
of stuff before it happens anyway? Well she did, and as it turned out
we had a lot in common. Our love of Nature and working the land
brought us together and from there we got to know each other quite
well. Naenae is her name, it’s rather unique and I like it. I asked her to
move in with me, and to my surprise she said yes. My humble little home
is finally beginning to feel complete.

6. I knew she was the one for me, so like a gentleman I did the right thing
and asked my lovely Naenae to marry me. Now I am an old-fashioned guy
and I believe that if you truly love someone , then it’s best to wait for
after marriage to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh. And I wanted to
spend my life with her, and she wanted to spend hers with me. We were
both anxious for a family, which just so happens to come along with
marriage so why wait?

7. I didn’t really know anyone in town and I had very little money to throw
Naenae the wedding she deserved, but she said as long as she was with
me, then it didn’t matter if she got a big wedding or not. Did I mention
how much I love that woman?

8. She looked into my eyes and said:
“Chris, I love you more than anything in this world and it would my
honour and privilege to be your wife.”
I’m sure I had some witty remark for that at the time, but it escapes
me at the moment.

9. Because I am a gentleman, I won’t repeat what happened next here in
these pages. Needless to say, it was worth the wait for marriage. I
think I heard a lullaby somewhere in the distance that day.

10. With my lovely wife expecting our first child, I had to find work to
support my growing family. I took a job in the Military and part of that
was research on unusual occurrences and creatures, however, while
spraying my fruit trees one day; I never expected to gain first hand
knowledge of them myself. It was a strange sensation to say the least.
Now with only three needs to take care of, it made my job easier I
think anyway.

11. The day I saw her “pop” was one of the happiest days of my life. She
looked so radiant and happy to be expecting our first baby. I must
admit, it made her a lot prettier to me. I knew it was time for an
extension onto our little house if we were going to have a little one.
Good thing I was moving up the ranks quickly in the Military, mainly due
to my new “condition”. Naenae took a job in Education, I told her that
she didn’t have to do that, and that I was more than capable of
providing for all of us, but she won the argument, and it’s not wise to
argue with a pregnant lady if you know what’s good for you.

12. I had just come home from work when I saw Naenae outside, I was
about to ask her what she was doing out here, then she clutched her
belly. My heart leapt into my throat, it was time already to meet my
baby.

13. She handed me my first born daughter, she looked just like her mother.
I was about to kiss her when she suddenly clutched her belly again. I
could not believe it, I had twins!!

14. I had a son as well, we called our daughter Avoine and her twin brother
Kale. We both agreed that nature-themed names were appropriate for our
children. Avoine is French for oats and Kale is a leafy green vegetable. I
knew Naenae had a life-long dream of seeing six of her Kids get married
and I couldn’t argue with her. The more hands I have around the house to
tend the garden the better I say.

15. One night Naenae was tending to the vegetables when she started to
feel strange, dizzy, and short of breath. I knew what she was in for,
having already been there myself…

16. It was nice to have someone to
share my experience with as a living
plant. It reminded me of the outfit
she was wearing the first time we
met at Peerless Park. She was
eager to try out the spawning thing
that those who have our condition
can do, and truth be told I was just
as eager to see her do it too. It
sounded like it was truly something
unique to see.

17. It was time for the twins’ birthday later that week, Naenae did spawn a
Pod Baby soon after she became a plant. And since the Pod Babies that
are spawned are already older, her Pod Baby, Magnolia, became our oldest
daughter. But she would soon be joined by our twins so she won’t be lonely.
I learned that a Pod Baby doesn’t grow into a child as one would expect
them to, so Naenae suggested an option for Magnolia, a cure. At first I
was leery of this “cure” I was worried that it would hurt her, but Naenae
assured me that the cure is 100% real and the gypsy who sells it is
reputable. I called her gypsy friend and purchased five bottles of it, just
in case we ever want to be human again and for the future three kids who
might want to take the cure as well.

18. As usual, my dear wife was right, and the bonding experience that
Magnolia got to have with her younger siblings was priceless. I wouldn’t
change this experience for the world, my three beautiful children deserve
the chance to become close. And I got take a once-in-a-lifetime shot of
the three oldest children together.

19. I enjoy moments like this, just the three of them together, being kids.
It was soon apparent that our little family was going to be getting bigger
soon, Naenae was so thrilled with the way Magnolia turned out that she
set about to spawn some more as soon as she was able to.

20. To my surprise, she spawned twin boys. I had no idea it was possible to
spawn twins. This is my favourite picture, our twin boys Cypress and
Willow. Though I would prefer to call him Will, for all I know when he
grows up he might prefer it too. One more and our family will be
complete, so while I learned first hand what it’s like to be one of the
unique creatures I research at work, this was a great chance to try out
another unique occurrence, a male pregnancy.

21. It worked, as this picture shows. However, this was not the result of a
telescope date, more along the lines of an assisted pregnancy. This baby
would be the sixth one and once it was here, our family would be
complete. But this was also Magnolia’s birthday, I can’t forget to mention
that important detail.

22. They grow up so fast don’t they? It would be soon time for our twins to
have theirs too, and then the boys after that. I sometimes wonder if
Naenae misses this precious younger stage, I see her looking at the boys
sometimes and she’s probably wishing that they could stay that small
forever.

23. I remember this day, Kale and Avoine growing up together and in perfect
twin-synch too. All of my children are worthy of carrying on my legacy,
it’s too hard to choose just one of them. I know how easy it is to lose
contact once they get older, and I remember going through that when I
was their age. I just hope that they all remain close as they grow up and
that they don’t forget their dear old dad either. Time will tell, as the
saying goes.

24. At least Cypress and Will have a little while longer as toddlers. I can
take a few more shots like this one of them. I’m glad their older
siblings sat down to play with them, it’s nice to see them all together
like that.

25. For a chapter, I think this is pretty good. I could go on forever writing
down my thoughts like this. I know this will be a memoire that my
family will treasure for generations to come, a record of how I began
building a life here in Pleasantview. Because our history is the root of
all our experiences in life.
Regards,
Chris.