It was Olivia's first birthday and her whole family came over to celebrate. Both of her sets of grandparents showed up as well as Aunt Lucy and Aunt Barbra who were Olivia's mom's sisters who were there with their husbands Uncle Daniel and Uncle John and Aunt Lucy had three daughters who were two and triplets named Natasha, Monica and Sasha and she was also pregnant.
Olivia's mom grabbed the cake and brought it over to where Olivia was sitting while everyone sang Happy Birthday.
Joy eagerly jumped up and then sat back down when the cake was set down. She pushed a lever then pulled a button. Then, Joy pulled open the glass case and clicked the Happy Dance button.
Olivia let out a squeal and reached her hand out to touch the cake but her arms were too short to reach.
"Baba!" Olivia had been making sounds like that for a few months, especially when she was excited.
A golden memory orb appeared but this time it didn't fall onto the shelf like normal, it fell into Joy's open arms. It was also glowing more than the others. There was a light clunking noise behind them and a little shelf-like thing was moving up from the ground. Joy ran over and tried putting the sphere in the one spot. It made a clicking noise and the circular shelf moved down.
"Was that a core memory?" Joy asked, stunned.
"I think so," Fear said. "Look out the window." Everyone rushed to the window. On the opposite side of the pit, there was a large sign that said: Island of Family-Building in Progress. There was a helicopter that was pulling the island over towards where the sign was.
"We'd better get back to the control panel now," Fear said. "We don't want to miss anything."
Olivia's mom was carrying Olivia over to the living room where everyone else was heading as well. They all sat down and the others grabbed presents.
"Presents!" Joy squealed. "Yay!" She span a wheel then twisted a circuit.
Olivia made a happy noise as her mom started to open the presents for her. The first presents were from her parents. She got three new outfits and a new stuffed animal that was an elephant. It was taller than even Olivia. She pulled it towards herself in a hugging motion.
Joy pressed a few more buttons.
Olivia giggled happily as she continued to get presents. She got lots of clothes, a few toys, a couple more stuffed animals, some different bottles and other more useful things for caring for Olivia. Olivia fell asleep after they were finished with the presents.
"Why don't we go check the progress on the island, hopefully it doesn't suck." Disgust said leading the way towards the window. They looked outside and could immediately see the progress. It wasn't done but it had gotten lots of work already. The island itself was in place and the statues and buildings had started going up.
"Maybe it will be finished by tomorrow!" Joy said.
"Probably not," Sadness said.
"Oh, don't be such a Negative Nelly," Joy said with a giggle.
"I wish it was my island. I would have liked to have the first core memory," Disgust said with a sigh. "Well, maybe I'll get the second."
"What if I don't get any core memories? That would be just my luck." Sadness said, drooping even more than normal.
"Oh, I'm sure everyone will." Joy said giving Sadness a hug. "Well, I'm going to bed now. Goodnight everyone!"
In the morning, Fear got out of bed and walked past the window on the way to the control panel. Out the window, she could see the island. It was almost completed and it looked beautiful. There were a few safety concerns such as the too tall family sculpture in the middle and the toxic looking paint but all Fear could do about that was send in lots and lots of complaints to the builders. They always seemed to mess things up.