My Crumplebottom-Helgason legacy

AURORA SKIES - Children are growing up!

Kristin Helgason and Jessica Ingberg doing some karaoke.
The girls becomes YA in a few days and it´ll be University time. I can´t even imagine the trouble they will get in. :p
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Lief Helgason silently feinted in the background after the burglar had safely been locked inside the police car.
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With three new babies in the house Agnes and Lief are considering renovating and adding to the house, it is getting a bit small for such a big family.
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Agnes had her adult birthday, cheered on by the Beaker children Erin, Loki and Nelson.
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Lief spends most of his time in the garage building inventions to sell so that they can afford house renovations.
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Agnes has closed down her daycare business to take care of the triplets.
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Kristin is about to become a young adult, dreaming about University
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Albin is playing with the dog in the rain, wearing his bathing suit. Not having a mother has made him a little bit difficult. The family loves him, Lief especially, but Albin can´t help feeling like he doesn´t really belong.
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Today is Kristin´s young adult birthday, and Lief has gotten her a present.
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Thank you dad!
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Lief is telling Kristin about his Univesity days.
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He doesn´t remember getting t-shirts and flags, though.
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Barney! Get out of my bathroom, I have to get ready for my birthday party!
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Kristin has a great birthday with all of her friends.
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Jessica Ingberg grew up too, and they are about to head for University.
Kristin is so excited!
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Don´t you worry Joy, I haven´t forgotten about you. Barney tells Kristin´s dog.
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Barney, Bernard and Albin likes to play dominoes. Albin always loses, he just hasn´t got the patience for it.
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The triplets are growing!
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Agnes, being an experienced child care specialist have no trouble teaching basic skills.
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Over at University, Kristin is meeting guys.
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And so is Jessica.
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Jessica! We have been invited to a party!
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And what a party it is!
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I´m terribly sorry, my back just gave in...
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Are you ok?
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The party got better...
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The next day Kristin and Jessica have a lot to talk about at the gym.
"You should definitely get together with Derek", Jessica tells Kristin, "Such a great kisser".
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At another party:
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Kristin did however take her studies seriously maintaining an A.
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Jessica forgot where she was supposed to go half of the time.
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Jessica did have a lot of admirers around campus.
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Kristin excelled at finals
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Making sure she managed to get to all classes in time
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Jessica didn´t do so good at final exams.
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The report cards came...
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Kristin had made friends with one of the guys following Jessica around.
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Semester was over and it was time to return to Aurora Skies. Jessica wouln´t return to University, she would marry and have children.
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Kristin would be back soon for her degree. She couldn´t wait!
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Back in Aurora Skies Lief had found his way out of the garage to interact with his children.
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Jessica Ingberg became Jessica Hannes. It was a lovely wedding.
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Kristin spent some time at home, helping with her half-siblings.
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Bernard, Lief´s and Agnes´s oldest son, became a teen
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So did Albin. A rebellious one staying out as long as he wanted.
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Lief was spending most of his time inventing and collecting scrap.
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Kristin went back to University and got her communications degree.
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She got an A!
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Kristin was engaged to Loki Beaker. It was an arranged marriage, just like Jessica´s and Gunnar´s wedding.
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Kristin is getting settled in her career as a writer, helping around the house as much as she can, before getting married and moving out.
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Albin and Bernard was sent to Smuggsworth Prep school. Lief wanted great things for his heir and his grandson. Plus, he was desperate for some peace and quiet. Albin was a handful. Even with Lief´s large nord hands.
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Agnes´s and Lief´s children. 5 boys.
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Lief´s oldest son Karl came to see Lief before moving to Legacy Island. Lief gave him his share of the inherritance.
Karl promised to visit.
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Kristin´s weddingday, waiting for the guests to arrive.
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Talking with Jessica about married life and reminiscing about university.
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Lief is missing. Probably inventing and forgot about everything else.
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Thou shall not be wed!
I don´t know. Rochelle Ingberg objected. The wedding continued. A sim gotta sim.
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The legacy house now. It´s the Moar house in Aurora skies.
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It has been extended a bit so that the living room is a bit bigger and they got a laundry room.
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Upstairs they now have two more bedrooms.
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The Legacy wall. Memories for future generations.
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Crumplebottom - Helgason legacy family picture:

Left to right: Albin, Barney, Lief, Karl, Agnes, Kristin, Loki, Braden, Bradley, Brogan and Bernard.
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NO! ALBIN STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT!!!
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LEGACY ISLAND - Karl Helgason:

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Karl is the eldest son of Lief Helgason. His father had 9 other children, and he felt Aurora skies was getting crowded. So Karl moved to another town. Using Traveler mod, the family will be able to visit and Karl should be able to visit Aurora skies. I guess I´ll find out how that works :)


Karl used his share of the legacy money to buy the biggest plot in the middle of town and built a house.
He got himself a woman. It looks like a solid start of a legacy, doesn´t it?
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In reality, Karl couldn´t make up his mind who he wanted to move in with him, so he now has 3 girlfriends.
Sophie, Brittny and Cassandra.
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Cassandra invited her father Mortimer over for a visit.
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She had something to tell him.
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Sophie spends a lot of time wandering around the house when she isn´t tending to their little garden or watching the cooking channel.
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They all find the cooking channel very educational.
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Brittny taking care of baby Charlotta. It´s Karl´s child, Brittny had her before she moved in with Karl and the other women.
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Karl is very excited about the pregnancies. He wants to be surrounded by family.
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Time to work on getting the third one pregnant. Brittny already had his first child before she moved in, but no one is getting any younger.
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I got a storyprogression message saying Princess Pink and someone named Klein had a baby boy and named him Brain. With my Storyprogression settings that´s Brain Klein... this game :D

AURORA SKIES - Lief enters elderhood

One of the founders becomes an elder! I´m playing on long lifespan, 250 days currently. It means Lief has lived for 200 days. I might extend it slightly as I feel they are aging up a bit too rampantly.

So here we are, Lief Helgason is having his very last birthday. He is entering elderhood.
All children has been sent to Smuggsworth prep school, so only friends at Lief´s birthday party.
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Da*n it!
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Linn Vahlstrom came to Lief´s birthday. I am not sure she aged up right. Sometimes the game gets the genders confused, and she looks like that might have happened. Then again she might be non-binary. I´ll just let her be whatever she want´s to be.
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Here is Lief all set as an elder. Happy birthday Lief!!
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Then there was another burglary!
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It´s alright now Lief, the burglar is gone.
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I got that SOB good, I don´t think he´ll be back. Sure Agnes. You heckled him into submission. Hiding behind the policeman. ;)
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Lief went across the street to the Beaker house to visit Kristin and his new grandson, Thor.
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Remember to feed him, change his diaper, play with him and snuggle him...
I know dad, I did that with your children.
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With no children in the house Agnes and Lief finally have time for each other.
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Joy likes to sleep in Kristin´s old room.
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Gnome collection!
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The triplets became preteens and came home from prep school
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Braden:
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Bradley:
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Brogan:
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Lief continues his inventing, blowing things up at the junkyard
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Honey, I´m home!
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Lief´s long hair was gone. Agnes helped him by cutting the remains of his precious hair into something agreeable.
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Braden was the victim of one of Brogans pranks.
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Braden and Bradley built an igloo. They had quite enough of Brogan and his pranks and didn´t invite him. Brogan built reaper snowmen alone.
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Lief put the triplets in Aurora Skies high school. They had no interest of going back to prep school, and frankly he felt academics was not in their future. They struggled with basic math.
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Bradley was probably the smartest of the three, that was probably why the aliens were interested in him.
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Braden was very persuasive.
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Brogan loved Joy.
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Lief and Agnes had managed to find each other again when the children was out of the home, and they were just as in love as ever.
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Lief liked to brag about his grandsons, to anyone who would listen. Jennika Wong didn´t really want to listen, but had a difficult time saying so.
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One day it happened. Lief invented a master invention. A simbot! He named the simbot Robert. Robert the simbot.
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Robert was neat, he took it upon himself to keep the house tidy.
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With Robert in the house Agnes finally had time to paint again.
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Bernard and Albin finished prep school and came home all grown up!
Bernard:
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Albin, not exactly overjoyed with life.
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Bernard wants to be a politician. He will go to University and then start his career. He is very ambitious and charismatic.
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Kristin´s old room (and before that Karen´s room) have been redecorated for Bernard.
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Bernard met Jessica Hannes at the library.
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She´s only unconscious, he didn´t kill her. Bernard is a good sim. He´s just very boring.
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Robert is happily going about his day.
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When the house is tidy and nothing is broken, he goes down the stairs into the basement.
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Here Robert has his own room with a charging station. Lief had the basement built for Robert since the simbot would be around long after his own passing. He wanted the simbot cared for. He did create it after all.
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Thor Beaker has become a toddler. He has Loki´s eyes and his grandmother Gundrun´s hair color.
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LEGACY ISLAND - The family is growing and having a gift giving party

Little Charlotte entered toddlerhood!
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Winter had arrived, and the family spent their time mostly indoors.
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The time came for Sophie to give birth. It was Karl´s first son and he was named Karl Jr.
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Cassandra went over to Bella to let her know she was going to become a grandmother. I think she wrestled her wardrobe.
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Days flew by and the time came for Cassandra to give birth.
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Brittny spent a lot of time in the bathroom.
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Cassandra gave birth to a baby boy they named Carlton.
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After a time it became evident that Brittny was once again pregnant
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Charlotta was taught to talk.
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Karl was becoming quite handy from taking care of the household appliances that seemed to break all the time.
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He enjoyed spending time with the women in the kitchen, watching them cook.
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Hellooooo, anybody there?!
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I think he said something!
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Karl was currently working on his 9:th book of a fantasy series.
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Little Karl Junior became a toddler.
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Karl was discussing the plot of "The pastor Alien IX" with Cassandra, she always gave him good ideas.
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Lilith Pleasant walked by the house.
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The water broke!
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Brittny brought home baby Charles
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Carlton became a toddler
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Cassandra invited her parents and little brother over for a gift giving party. Mortimer and Bella are divorced.
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Sophie was gifted an umbrella. Twice. She was equally happy both times.
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Cassandras parents now know about the relationship between Karl and the women. Does Bella approve of the lifestyle?
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Not only does she approve, she wants in!
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Karl pretended he didn´t understand what she was proposing and wandered off.
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Oh, naturally.
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Cassandra told him how much she appreciated the party. Karl didn´t mention her mother wanted to move in with them.
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Spring has arrived, there are now 4 children in the household and Karl is making nearly 10 000 simoleons a week in book royalties.
The future is looking bright for Karl Helgason and his family!
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@ZhakiraP: Awesome update. So now Bella wants to move in with Karl and his other three girlfriends. Giggles

@ZhakiraP The kids are adorable! Oh my, Bella most definitely did not have the same reaction I would. :open_mouth: See my comment on the other thread. :lol: Glad to see Karl resisted!

AURORA SKIES - Everyday life and a trip to France

Bernard and Albin are young adults, and soon Barney will be one too. The triplets are still preteens.

Bernard wants to be a politician, which will work well for him as the heir. He will need to attend university and to get in he needs to have skills.
That´s why Bernard is working hard on his charisma, a skill he will have good use for in his future career.
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Robert is always working it seems, fixing, upgrading or tidying up. He is invaluable to the household.
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Brogan and Braden are playing gnubb in the rain. As a teenager you are allowed to do st*pid things and write them off as learning experiences.
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Albin is not a teen, yet he still does a lot of st*pid things.
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If there is a mirror somewhere, it will be there you find Bernard.
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Lief is happily oblivious to what goes on around him. He is making inventions, trying to reach the top of the inventor career. He still got 30 000 simoleons to go.
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Sometimes Robert gets a bit overzealous about cleaning.
Now is not a good time, Robert. Shoo.
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At least now he is out of everyone's hair.
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Here Johan Wrede can be seen walking his dog. He is Cassidy´s father.
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At times Agnes spends some time in the garage, just to be close to Lief.
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Now the family will always remember Joy, Kristin´s dog.
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Lief have obtained his very first tiberium and is about to cut it!
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Lief´s youngest daughter with Fjord Warbler showed up at the consignment store. Stephenie has her own sense of style.
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Albin likes other things besides getting into trouble.
Flirting with the maid.
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Flirting with Jennika Wong.
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Lief made one of his rare expeditions outside of the garage and taught Barney to drive.
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Lief brought Bernard and Albin on a trip to France. He wanted to spend some time with them before they head of to University.
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Bernard went straight to the nectary.
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He met a lovely woman there.
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She was very pleasant and taught him a french song.
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Albin set of adventuring.
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He found his way underground, being his normal cheery self.
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Lief found a nice secluded lake, he evidently hasn´t had enough alone time.
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Albin soon found out a pile of rubble was blocking his path. Clearing it was hard work!
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Ye, ye, we know, you hate life.
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Albin did really enjoy searching for hidden passages, much like hacking but IRL.
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REALLY?! You sent me there for a BASEBALL??!!!!
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Still, he went on a second mission. Trying to find a secret garden of some sort.
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Bernard made some wine, then he went back to base camp.
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Lief caught an enormous snail!
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Back home Brogan was trying to impress his brothers with some flirting techniques he picked up from watching Albin.
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And then Bradley stole her!!!
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Uh oh, mum caught them.
You boys leave Ginny alone! And no computers for you today!
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The travelers had returned from France and it was time to plan for university.
Both Bernard and Albin was going.
Bernard for a communications degree and Albin for a technology degree.
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Familytree so far:
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I left out the Warbler branch, Lief had two girls with Fjord Warbler.

BRIDGEPORT - Settling in
Karen Helgason
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Remember Karen? She´s the oldest daughter of Lief and Veronica. She left her son with Lief and Agnes and disappeared in the middle of the night. This is her story, the beginning of it anyway.

Karen left Aurora Skies in the middle of the night, leaving everything behind – even her newborn son, Albin. Karen knew her son would be well taken care of with her father and his family, better than she could have. It had gotten so bad she couldn´t even look at the infant without anger. She just couldn´t get passed that his father had left her because of him. Had she not become pregnant Arvid would still have loved her.

Karen had a bank account, money her father had saved up for her. It was not much, Lief was not a rich man and he had children with several women and had to pay his share for all of them. Still, it was enough to get Karen to Bridgeport and for her to rent a cheap apartment in the bad part of town.

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The apartment was not much. It was a bare minimum of necessities, with flaking paint on the walls and old plumbing, but it was somewhere to live.
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The apartment building had 4 units, On the ground floor lived Buster Round and his girlfriend Sherry and on the top floor, just above Karen, lived Ms Braun, a librarian at Bridgeport library. The second floor apartment was dark and Karen didn´t see anyone go in or out.
Buster and Sherry had two dogs, one was a huge great Dane, the size of a small pony. Karen wasn´t particularly fond of dogs, and this one she would be sure to avoid at all cost.
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Karen learned quickly that you get what you pay for. The rent was low, and so was the quality of the appliances. Everything seemed to be broken or at least close to breaking. And the dog was always around. Karen wasn´t entirely sure it wanted to be petted or if it wanted to eat her.
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That first day Karen made a friend. Sherry was an easy-going person who spoke her mind, and it seemed she felt a bit responsible for the stray that had just moved in. She told Karen about the mysterious neighbour on the second floor. He was in jail and had been for some time. Sherry told Karen to stay away from him, and the bikers he ran with at the Motorcycle club across the street.
Karen said she would stay clear, but in truth a biker gang did sound rather interesting.
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Sherry had lived in Bridgeport her whole life, and when she learned about Karen´s financial situation she promised to try and get her an interview at the diner where she used to work.
“It doesn´t pay well, but you can make tips”.
Karen asked her where she worked now, and Sherry told her she worked for herself.
“I work when I want, where I want and how long I want”.
She wouldn´t say anything more but promised Karen they could talk more once Karen had gotten used to Bridgeport and become a bit more street smart. Karen wasn´t a complete idiot, she understood Sherry was probably into something not entirely legal. But the main thing was Sherry might be able to help her get a job! Waitressing was not her dream job, but she really needed the money. Her bank account was drying out fast, she only had 100 simoleons left to her name.
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Later that afternoon, in the pouring rain, Karen took a taxi to the diner. Sherry had told her she would meet the manager, Mr Cook.
The diner was very small, and the location was a bit far off.
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Mr Cook turned out to be a middle-aged man in a cheap suit with an office in the cellar.
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Karen told him she had just moved to Bridgeport from Aurora Skies and that she needed a job. She told him she was not afraid of hard work, and that she really needed this job.
Mr Cook had his back to her the entire time, not even bothering to face her. He sighed constantly throughout her little monologue, clearly not very positive towards the prospect of hiring her.
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“Straight from a small town, looking to make it in the big city, eh?” He didn´t bother waiting for her response. “You and a thousand other girls. I´ll tell you sweetheart, you might think of this as a crap job anyone can do, but that just shows how little you know”. He didn´t even pause. “I need qualified personnel, girls who wants to work and are good at it, I don´t need a little gold digger who will be out of here first chance she gets”.
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“But… I´m not a gold digger, and I DO want this job”, Karen was trying not to cry. He was right about one thing, she did think it was a crap job and that she would move on as soon as possible, but she really needed the job! The money that she had didn´t even cover next weeks rent.
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“Are you saying you are not going to hire me?”
Mr Cook sighed again, a weary sound.
“I don´t have time for girls who are not going to put in the hours, chasing fame and fortune. There is no shortage of waitresses in this town, sweetheart”. He told her. Was she really that transparent? It was her plan. Work to pay rent and put food on the table, while trying to get somewhere with her music.
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“I really need the job, I need the money”, Karen wailed, reality hitting hard. What if she couldn´t find a job?! She´d have to go back to Aurora Skies, if she could even make it back. Where would she get the money?
Mr Cook finally faced her.
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“Now there, luv” He said awkwardly, patting her shoulder. “No need to cry”.
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“Things can´t really be that bad”, he suggested a bit stiffly.
“But they are!” sniffled Karen. “I have nearly no money and no nothing!”
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“You know what Karen, you seem like a nice girl, maybe I can help you out”.
“Really?” She asked. Careful not to get her hopes up, he might just shatter them again.
“If you promise you will work your hours, show up for your shifts without giving me trouble and give notice in advance when you are leaving, I might be able to offer you a job”.
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Karen listened to what Mr Cook had to offer, her hopes dwindling when he had finished speaking. He was offering her a test shift, without pay, and if she did well he would consider hiring her. No promises. It had cost her 20 simoleons getting there, and she would have to pay 20 more for a taxi home. And work for free.
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Karen couldn´t afford to let this opportunity pass her by. At least she´d have a chance of getting the job. And a job meant being able to pay rent. And eat. She´d have to buy herself a bicycle, the job only payed 60 simoleons a night, so she couldn´t afford taxifare. She agreed to Mr Cooks terms, thinking she´d make sure he´d hire her.
Mr Cook seemed relieved now that she´d stopped crying. He even smiled a little.
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Karen was shown were to change into a waitress uniform and put to work. She felt a bit silly wearing the polka dot dress with the frilly apron. The heels she had brought herself. Sherry had advised her to wear her highest heels, better tip. She knew two minutes in it would absolutely kill her feet.
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Waitressing was hard work. Waiting on tables, cleaning up, mopping floors, it never seemed to end. A security guard came in for dinner. He was nice to her, asked her if everything was alright, called her sweetheart and gave her a 10 simoleon tip.
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“Hello, miss, can I have my pie now?”
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The other girl working with Karen tonight was Matilda Smart. She was a cheery girl, seemed kind. She´d worked at the diner for a year, she told Karen, and she warned her about Mr Cook. He might seem proper, but he tries to sneak peaks in the changing room. And that old bum outside, creepy as fudge.
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In the end, Karen got along with her co-workers, manged to work the entire shift even though her feet felt like ground meat, and she was nice to customers. Mr Cook told her she was hired. She´d work five nights a week, 6pm to midnight, getting payed 10 an hour. All tips she got was hers to keep.
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“Bye Karen, see you tomorrow!” Matilda winked, having known all along Karen would be hired.
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That night Karen was sleeping nearly before her head hit the pillow. She didn´t even say goodnight to Kristin on her bedside table.
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@ZhakiraP : I don´t know how I missed your thread!
Your boys are very potent, aren´t they? :D
I don´t even know how Lief and Karl can remember who the mother of each child is?!! :D
Karl leads an interesting way of life, hopefully his harem doesn´t get jealous at each other! ;)
I like to know more about grumpy Albin, he is sweet!