The Goldsmith Legacy
(Hi, everyone! I came here to show my first Sims 3 legacy, which I started a few days ago. I'm really enjoying it so far, and I hope you guys like it too). “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Roaring...
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A few days later, Mark texted Violet with information on where and when they should meet. That friday, she arrived punctually at the bar, but Mark wasn’t there, and neither was any of his friends. Violet tried to act cool, even though she feared she had been stood up, and found herself a seat. “Can you hand me a vodka, please?”, she asked the bartender, who frowned.
“You want plain vodka?”
She nodded. If she was going to be alone the first time she went to a bar without Brooke in a new town where she didn’t have any friends, then she needed the strongest drink there was in the bar. All she wanted to do was to drink until she forgot what happened to her, then maybe call Brooke and ask to be picked up.
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It took her two huge glasses of vodka to start feeling better. She kept telling herself that she didn’t need a bunch of failed actors anyway, she could have fun by herself. And she had Brooke. Still, it was hurtful to think why someone would invite her somewhere and then forget about her. It was even more hurtful to think that she might have been victim of a prank. People were starting to stare at her, possibly wondering what a young girl was doing alone at a bar. She finished her drink and searched for her wallet, decided to pay the bill and go home, when she heard a voice calling her name:
“Hey, Violet! Over here!”
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She couldn’t believe it. A whole hour after the agreed time, there were Mark and two of his friends, entering the bar like they hadn’t just left her waiting for so long. Violet knew she should be mad at them, but she felt calm after all that vodka. And it was still early, it wouldn’t hurt if she hung around for a little longer and asked them what exactly had happened. She left her seat and went towards them, feeling a little dizzy because of the drinks.
“What’s wrong with you guys?”, she asked, noticing the puzzled looks on their faces. “Mark, you told me to be here at 9 pm. Now it’s past 10! I was almost going back home”.
She expected an apology, but they started laughing instead. “That’s something you need to learn about the big city, Violet: people are never on time”, Mark remarked.
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“But we are glad that you didn’t go home”, added one of his friends, a tall man in a blue jacket. “Mark told us all about the pretty girl from Kansas he met, and it’s nice to finally meet you. Anyway, you can call me MD. And this here is our friend, Sam”.
Violet shook MD’s hand and proceeded to shake Sam’s hand too. However, Sam ignored her hand, pulling her into a tight hug instead. And, after letting go, she leaned forward to whisper something in Violet’s ear: “I’m sure we are going to be best friends, dear. I came from a small town as well, a few years ago. And it’s great to finally have another girl in our small group of neglected actors”.
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The girls still talked for a few minutes, sharing their life experiences: how Violet felt after arriving in Roaring Heights, how it was for Sam to grow up in Iowa. Then Sam went to grab a drink and Violet started to talk with MD.
“I’ve actually been in a movie once”, he bragged to her. “It was a western movie, and there’s a scene when the cowboys are in a pub. Then the sheriff comes inside, and it’s me. I only had one line, but it’s the most famous line in the movie, I swear”.
Violet never heard of that movie or the line he quoted, but she smiled and said nothing about it. She was really liking spending time with Mark and his friends, but their stories made her worried. MD was almost 40 years old, way older than her, and he was trying to be an actor since graduating high school, but all he got was that stupid movie with that silly line. What if the same happened to her?
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“Violet, come here. Let’s play some shuffleboard”, called Mark, probably noticing the weird look on her face while she talked to MD. She was grateful to end that conversation, so she allowed Mark to teach her how to play that game. “I know what you are thinking”, he said, “You just arrived and there’s a lot of people telling you about how their acting dreams didn’t come true. Must be overwhelming”.
“I’m just happy to have new friends”, she said, trying to be as friendly as possible. He smirked.
“You’re too nice. And pretty, if I may. I bet you’re the prettiest girl the talent agency has seen in years, but don’t let Sam know that I said it”.
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She was flattered by the way Mark couldn’t say a phrase without complimenting her. If he was trying to make her fall for him, it worked. Soon she was batting her eyelashes and giggling at everything he said. After midnight, MD and Sam decided to go home, but Violet stayed at the bar with Mark, chatting, drinking and playing until closing time. She ended up so drunk that she could barely walk, so he gave her a ride home on his cheap, old car. “Thank you for a nice evening out”, she told him, when he stopped in front of her house. Then he leaned forward and kissed her.
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Violet began going out with them every week. And, when she wasn’t with her new friends or begging the talent agency for jobs, she was spending time with Brooke. The two girls were on complete different schedules, with Brooke working mostly nights and Violet going to auditions during the day, but they still made their meals together and used that time to catch up. Brooke told her all about the jobs she was getting, playing in bars and parties, and Violet told her about Mark, Sam and MD.
“I’m glad that you have new friends, Vi, but I think you should be careful”, Brooke said one day, putting a mouthful of salad in her mouth. “You said they are all failed actors. That means they want you to fail too”.
“That’s not true. They want us all to succeed”, Violet answered. “Anyway, what are you doing next weekend?"
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Brooke had been hired to play at a wedding that weekend, but the cerimony was luckily over before sunset. So she had a plenty of time to go home, take a shower and go with Violet to the boardwalk, like they planned while having lunch, a few days before. Both of them had already gone to the beach and to parties since arriving in Roaring Heights, but it was their first time facing the famous Sky High Roller Coaster. It was something they planned on doing since the first time they talked about moving to California, years before. And the time came: they were finally there, making another childhood dream come true.
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There wasn’t any amusement parks in Riverview, which meant that the girls never felt the thrill of sitting in a roller coaster cart before. At first, they were both excited, but Violet began feeling ill as soon as the ride begun. “I don’t think that ride was a good idea, Boo”, she told her, feeling her stomach drop and her hands get sweaty. “I mean, it’s too fast… And too high…”
“Don’t be such a coward, we are still going slow. The real ride hasn’t even begun yet, and…”, Brooke’s sentence was cut off when the cart began to speed up in the rails, causing both girls to start screaming while water jets splashed on their faces.
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And their screams grew even louder when the cart reached the peak of the roller coaster. Violet was frightened, but she also had to admit it was a unique experience, and that she was having a kind of fun she never had before. When they were about to fall, Brooke squeezed her hand, and Violet did the same. “I love you, Vi”, Brooke told her, in a hushed tone. Violet was a little taken aback by those words, but she assumed that she was just saying she loved her as a friend, so she smiled.
“I love you too, Boo. You are my best friend”.
“No, what I really mean is…”, she tried to say, but then they started to fall and she was cut off one more time.
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Violet never really learnt what she meant, because they were busy laughing and screaming until the end of the ride, and then Brooke seemed to regret what she had started to say and told her to just forget it. And Violet really forgot it, dismissing it as something that didn’t matter. What was really important to her was that they were together, they were best friends and they had a blast together, like the old times, when they were not so busy with music and acting. And she was looking forward to more days like that one.
At the peak of the roller coaster, life seemed great.
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(That's the other half of the first chapter! There's more chapters up on the blog. Thank you for reading, and I'd appreciate if you could leave a comment!)
“You want plain vodka?”
She nodded. If she was going to be alone the first time she went to a bar without Brooke in a new town where she didn’t have any friends, then she needed the strongest drink there was in the bar. All she wanted to do was to drink until she forgot what happened to her, then maybe call Brooke and ask to be picked up.
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It took her two huge glasses of vodka to start feeling better. She kept telling herself that she didn’t need a bunch of failed actors anyway, she could have fun by herself. And she had Brooke. Still, it was hurtful to think why someone would invite her somewhere and then forget about her. It was even more hurtful to think that she might have been victim of a prank. People were starting to stare at her, possibly wondering what a young girl was doing alone at a bar. She finished her drink and searched for her wallet, decided to pay the bill and go home, when she heard a voice calling her name:
“Hey, Violet! Over here!”
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She couldn’t believe it. A whole hour after the agreed time, there were Mark and two of his friends, entering the bar like they hadn’t just left her waiting for so long. Violet knew she should be mad at them, but she felt calm after all that vodka. And it was still early, it wouldn’t hurt if she hung around for a little longer and asked them what exactly had happened. She left her seat and went towards them, feeling a little dizzy because of the drinks.
“What’s wrong with you guys?”, she asked, noticing the puzzled looks on their faces. “Mark, you told me to be here at 9 pm. Now it’s past 10! I was almost going back home”.
She expected an apology, but they started laughing instead. “That’s something you need to learn about the big city, Violet: people are never on time”, Mark remarked.
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“But we are glad that you didn’t go home”, added one of his friends, a tall man in a blue jacket. “Mark told us all about the pretty girl from Kansas he met, and it’s nice to finally meet you. Anyway, you can call me MD. And this here is our friend, Sam”.
Violet shook MD’s hand and proceeded to shake Sam’s hand too. However, Sam ignored her hand, pulling her into a tight hug instead. And, after letting go, she leaned forward to whisper something in Violet’s ear: “I’m sure we are going to be best friends, dear. I came from a small town as well, a few years ago. And it’s great to finally have another girl in our small group of neglected actors”.
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The girls still talked for a few minutes, sharing their life experiences: how Violet felt after arriving in Roaring Heights, how it was for Sam to grow up in Iowa. Then Sam went to grab a drink and Violet started to talk with MD.
“I’ve actually been in a movie once”, he bragged to her. “It was a western movie, and there’s a scene when the cowboys are in a pub. Then the sheriff comes inside, and it’s me. I only had one line, but it’s the most famous line in the movie, I swear”.
Violet never heard of that movie or the line he quoted, but she smiled and said nothing about it. She was really liking spending time with Mark and his friends, but their stories made her worried. MD was almost 40 years old, way older than her, and he was trying to be an actor since graduating high school, but all he got was that stupid movie with that silly line. What if the same happened to her?
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“Violet, come here. Let’s play some shuffleboard”, called Mark, probably noticing the weird look on her face while she talked to MD. She was grateful to end that conversation, so she allowed Mark to teach her how to play that game. “I know what you are thinking”, he said, “You just arrived and there’s a lot of people telling you about how their acting dreams didn’t come true. Must be overwhelming”.
“I’m just happy to have new friends”, she said, trying to be as friendly as possible. He smirked.
“You’re too nice. And pretty, if I may. I bet you’re the prettiest girl the talent agency has seen in years, but don’t let Sam know that I said it”.
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She was flattered by the way Mark couldn’t say a phrase without complimenting her. If he was trying to make her fall for him, it worked. Soon she was batting her eyelashes and giggling at everything he said. After midnight, MD and Sam decided to go home, but Violet stayed at the bar with Mark, chatting, drinking and playing until closing time. She ended up so drunk that she could barely walk, so he gave her a ride home on his cheap, old car. “Thank you for a nice evening out”, she told him, when he stopped in front of her house. Then he leaned forward and kissed her.
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Violet began going out with them every week. And, when she wasn’t with her new friends or begging the talent agency for jobs, she was spending time with Brooke. The two girls were on complete different schedules, with Brooke working mostly nights and Violet going to auditions during the day, but they still made their meals together and used that time to catch up. Brooke told her all about the jobs she was getting, playing in bars and parties, and Violet told her about Mark, Sam and MD.
“I’m glad that you have new friends, Vi, but I think you should be careful”, Brooke said one day, putting a mouthful of salad in her mouth. “You said they are all failed actors. That means they want you to fail too”.
“That’s not true. They want us all to succeed”, Violet answered. “Anyway, what are you doing next weekend?"
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Brooke had been hired to play at a wedding that weekend, but the cerimony was luckily over before sunset. So she had a plenty of time to go home, take a shower and go with Violet to the boardwalk, like they planned while having lunch, a few days before. Both of them had already gone to the beach and to parties since arriving in Roaring Heights, but it was their first time facing the famous Sky High Roller Coaster. It was something they planned on doing since the first time they talked about moving to California, years before. And the time came: they were finally there, making another childhood dream come true.
https://thegoldsmithlegacy.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/25.jpg?w=1024
There wasn’t any amusement parks in Riverview, which meant that the girls never felt the thrill of sitting in a roller coaster cart before. At first, they were both excited, but Violet began feeling ill as soon as the ride begun. “I don’t think that ride was a good idea, Boo”, she told her, feeling her stomach drop and her hands get sweaty. “I mean, it’s too fast… And too high…”
“Don’t be such a coward, we are still going slow. The real ride hasn’t even begun yet, and…”, Brooke’s sentence was cut off when the cart began to speed up in the rails, causing both girls to start screaming while water jets splashed on their faces.
https://thegoldsmithlegacy.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/26.jpg?w=1024
And their screams grew even louder when the cart reached the peak of the roller coaster. Violet was frightened, but she also had to admit it was a unique experience, and that she was having a kind of fun she never had before. When they were about to fall, Brooke squeezed her hand, and Violet did the same. “I love you, Vi”, Brooke told her, in a hushed tone. Violet was a little taken aback by those words, but she assumed that she was just saying she loved her as a friend, so she smiled.
“I love you too, Boo. You are my best friend”.
“No, what I really mean is…”, she tried to say, but then they started to fall and she was cut off one more time.
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Violet never really learnt what she meant, because they were busy laughing and screaming until the end of the ride, and then Brooke seemed to regret what she had started to say and told her to just forget it. And Violet really forgot it, dismissing it as something that didn’t matter. What was really important to her was that they were together, they were best friends and they had a blast together, like the old times, when they were not so busy with music and acting. And she was looking forward to more days like that one.
At the peak of the roller coaster, life seemed great.
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(That's the other half of the first chapter! There's more chapters up on the blog. Thank you for reading, and I'd appreciate if you could leave a comment!)
