Part Seven: Life Goes On
Although Cassia was happy to share things with her little siblings, she enjoyed having her own space, too. She had her own imaginary friend, who she could talk to whenever she wanted.
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Jasper continued to grow his garden, of course. He really fancied a degree of self-sufficiency, and even wanted to develop his fishing skill at some point. Of course, giving Melissa the AI Angler trait would be quicker and easier, but Jasper enjoyed the challenge of learning new things.
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Here's a screenshot of *all* the toddlers!
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Cassia really enjoyed cooking with her toy oven. After all, who doesn't like making cookies and brownies and cupcakes??
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Since the weather was always so lovely, she also enjoyed spending time in the pool.
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Jasper always had a huge glut of produce, and even Melissa's cooking didn't use them all up fast enough. With this in mind, therefore, he decided to have a go at nectar making.
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I really wanted to be able to give Melissa the Sentience chip. This would require a number of processors, which were difficult to find. So, I was grateful to remember that I could reverse-engineer nanites to be able to acquire processors more easily.
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All too soon, it was time for Cassia's next birthday! Everyone (who was able to) came to celebrate!
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Eventually, we decided to give each of the quads their own room, as we had the money and space to renovate. As we'd done for Cassia, we made sure that their assigned colours (which are useful for multiples) were really, really obvious.
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It was soon time for the quads to age up, which I was incredibly relieved about as you can imagine.
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Here's Fleur.
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Here's Poppy.
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Here's River.
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And finally, here's a shot of Hazel as she's off to school.
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That's me fully caught up with the Summerbreeze family... so far, at least. All five children have good relationships with their imaginary friends (I think they all have them, I haven't played them in a while so I'll have to double check) so there is the possibility of the IFs becoming real in the future. Obviously the household is at capacity now (Melissa counts as a member of the household) so I'll probably hold off on making them real until they move out. The first time I made an imaginary friend real was with a teen boy, and he eventually married his former IF (who was also male) so maybe something similar could happen!