https://i.imgur.com/US4TEYi.jpg With Isaac away at the Military Boarding School, Natalie finds time for some more potty training for Aaron. Next to a stinking pile of dirty clothes, of course. Natalie always likes to have a little cash reserve just in case, so though she would technically afford both a washing machine and a tumble drier, she still finds it best not to make that investment. Besides, she would probably need to expand the bathroom to make space for them, and that she can't afford at the moment. So it looks like she will need to continue to go to the laundromat for some time, still.
https://i.imgur.com/zmof3df.jpg Aaron and Billy gets to go with her whenever she has to do laundry, it saves her the expense of hiring a baby sitter.
https://i.imgur.com/78uUbWc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/aMJbMlV.jpg She always uses the back entrance when entering the laundromat, that's where the cheapest washing machines are. https://i.imgur.com/3amvQPu.jpg Well, the laundromat isn't such a bad place.. it looks quite cosy in fact. And it has toys. Perfect for Natalie, which is in no rush to fully grow up anytime soon...
After coming home from the laundromat with fresh clean clothes, she thought it was time for a little more personal hygiene as well. https://i.imgur.com/nJFSqWE.jpg Ah, you should have used the shower instead this time, Natalie, instead of trying a sponge bath. Isaac's last prank fooled you, even when he is away! Speaking of Isaac, he did phone her this morning, saying he was doing well, and that he had learn to greet in 30 different languages. Which pleased Natalie of course, but the...
https://i.imgur.com/TqKGmj8.jpg ..ok, she did not react with anger to the sink prank, like I expected. She just went on with her sponge cleaning business as if it was nothing... (Natalie has the inappropriate trait.) Well, she had already sent him to boarding school, so I guess it was no use getting mad when he is away.
https://i.imgur.com/mFqPbSq.jpg She managed to finish the job of potty training Aaron just shortly after he turned four years old. Now you've just got a little less then two years to teach him how to talk, and most things should be ok. Kind of..
The next day, after she had put Aaron to sleep and was playing with toys on the floor as usual, she got a phone call from Isaac. This time, it wasn't a positive one. Natalie: Hi, Isaac. How is it going? Did you learn anything more interesting? Isaac: Mom... *sob* ... I want to go home.. Natalie: Oh, sweetie.. is everything ok? https://i.imgur.com/rrgoecr.jpg Isaac: No, mom.. my arm hurts from always having to salute all the officers all the time... Natalie: Oh.. well, that's not so bad, is it? But if you really don't like it.. https://i.imgur.com/PCEwVhg.jpg Isaac: I hate it here, mom! I want to go home! Natalie: Ok, ok.. I.. I'll make a phone call to Lieutenant Harsch and have him send you home, ok? https://i.imgur.com/LL9ESpc.jpg Isaac: Thanks, mom... love you... https://i.imgur.com/DK0hQyC.jpg Natalie: Love you too, sweetie.. https://i.imgur.com/DmK2UBR.jpg Natalie had never used those words before. They just fell out of her. She felt strange after this phone call. Was this love that she felt? She thought so, and it felt kind of good. Something blissfull in a way, but scary at the same time... This uncomfortably pleasant thing that welled up in her, made her feel a little uneasy. Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her. Isaac's report card from Fort Sterck Military school: Traits acquired: None. Traits lost: None. Skills learned: Logic.
https://i.imgur.com/SVI6FKt.jpg And so Isaac was heading back home. I don't know where Fort Sterck military school is located, but it must be somewhere deep in the woods... https://i.imgur.com/Ab9vWML.jpg It took a pretty long time for him to get down to the road leading into town. And when he was almost there, he saw someone standing by the roadside.. who is that? Pale greenish-grey skin, black hair and torn clothes.. https://i.imgur.com/X2xYf8Y.jpg Whoever that was, he, she, or it got away just before he could make it there. He was hoping the taxi would catch up to whoever it was, but the taxi driver just wouldn't drive any faster. https://i.imgur.com/PcxvEYD.jpg By the time they reached town, he had lost sight of whoever it was. Presumably, the person.. or creature, had been driving straight ahead on the main road, whereas the taxi driver, of course, took a left turn to drive him home. https://i.imgur.com/3DsBoYJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/msISfmS.jpg Isaac: Mom, mom! I saw someone weird by the road when I came down from the forest. A person with grey skin, and torn green clothes. I have never seen someone like that before!
https://i.imgur.com/vk2sbUh.jpg Natalie:Hmm, that could have been a witch. I haven't seen her myself, but there are rumours that one lives in the forest!
https://i.imgur.com/SaRiyJH.jpg Natalie: They say she can set people on fire just by looking at them!
https://i.imgur.com/Xdt7PvI.jpg Natalie: And then, if she does that, only a genie can save you.. if one is nearby, of course! Isaac: Wooow, is that really true mom? Natalie: It sure is! So be careful about the forest. You never know what's in there...
https://i.imgur.com/iOSXmRN.jpg Meanwhile, young Aaron was getting lonely and craving for his mother's love. Don't go there again, Natalie! https://i.imgur.com/hrp5enS.jpg Yeah, who knows? The ghost might just come back. Please, take care of your sons... I'm sure you remember... there may be more things than just witches in that forest!
https://i.imgur.com/7bohsK5.jpg After Isaacs return the rainy season was here once more..
https://i.imgur.com/BMjjpi1.jpg Aah, isn't it good to be back to normal school with all the regular kids again? Or atleast the ones you are used to. Even if its raining cats and dogs..
https://i.imgur.com/Gv96xfg.jpg And while we are her among this colorful bunch of kids, let me just introduce one girl for you. This one standing here with the red hair and yellow wings, constantly biting her bottom lip, is Isabella Pammy-Vasquez, Isaac and Aarons cousin. She has the distinct look from the Pammy side of the family, with the thin and narrow face, just like young Aaron.
https://i.imgur.com/SPZ5w5p.jpg Natalie: What do we have a lot of during rainy season, Aaron? Aaron: ...? Natalie: Rain. Can you say that after me? Rain. Aaron: .. Rw.. Rw... Rain! Natalie: Very good, Aaron! Very good! Rain! We have a lot of rain!
"Maybe he is not so bad after all, that little boy..." Natalie thought.
https://i.imgur.com/OcjW3Mu.jpg Eat, my child..
https://i.imgur.com/0c230bi.jpg Isaac in a water balloon fight with the babysitter outside at the height of rainy season. Oh well... :p
https://i.imgur.com/n4g5AkD.jpg Going to boarding school must have had some impact on Isaac, as he is no longer doing pranks and is usually quite good at helping out around the house.
https://i.imgur.com/Qg0RjKD.jpg But mom can be a prankster too!
https://i.imgur.com/VzNidsY.jpg Isaac got sick from eating some bad left over food in the fridge. What did the ghost say about cleaning again, Natalie? You've been doing great for so long, don't slip up...
https://i.imgur.com/R2zInBT.jpg Somehow Aaron has learned a new trick. He woke up in the middle of the night and walked out of the crib all on his own.. Must be something special about that kid.
And also..it's hard being a single mom with three* kids, I'll give you that, but is it necessary to dump that stinking pile of clothes in the boys room? I think it is not! * The third kid is Billy, but Natalie keeps him hidden away in the room a lot of the time, and keeps telling him and the kids that he is only "a little plush toy" and an "imaginary friend" and on occasion she even appears to believe it is so herself..... Billy is the result of the affair she had at work with her former boss in the political career... I wonder how she is going to deal with Billy getting older.. he is going to have to start school at one point.. She can't keep him like that forever!
https://i.imgur.com/hVocXrE.jpg Just another rainy morning for the kids waiting for the school bell to ring. I have left the green plumbob on so you can see where Isaac is standing. The school is divided into two parts, the right section has the classroom for the kids (age 6 -12), the left section has the classroom for the teenagers (age 13 - 18). On the second floor, there is a library.
https://i.imgur.com/knKrOLR.jpg Aaron: Whaah!! I'm hungry!! Mommy!! What's on your mind here, Natalie? Do you even hear your son at all?
https://i.imgur.com/3s6ieKw.jpg Natalie..? Well, I suppose you're only doing your best.. https://i.imgur.com/mqh0AJx.jpg Natalie: What did the thief steal from us, Aaron?
I don't think Aaron will remember that Natalie.. he wasn't even born yet when it happened!
Aaron: ...? Natalie: The bathtub. Can you say bathtub, Aaron? Aaron: ... no! Natalie: ...oh, well, then... (sigh)...
https://i.imgur.com/Ti8e1J3.jpg Once the small family is asleep, I stop by The Old Weavery to see if there is anything happening on a Monday night. There are a few people there, but it is relatively quiet. And I see this bartender does not like to hang around other people all that much. Well, you chose the wrong line of work then, sweetheart.
https://i.imgur.com/CFK0iJ4.jpg Ida Iqbal-Sandli (a local human, to the left) conversing with Belinda Myren-Goth (one of the few local vampires, to the right). Now I check the family tree to see if Belinda is related to Natalie in someway (since they both share the Goth name), but after some clicking around she does not show up there.
https://i.imgur.com/mFbgoKd.jpg How she got that name, I don't know... She could have been briefly married to one of Natalies uncles, maybe. She is not a relative by blood in any case.
https://i.imgur.com/rpO1ixE.jpg The rain stopped on the last day of the rainy season, as Isaac's school went on a field trip to the Senkapigo Mausoleum to learn about the towns rich collection of old skulls and bones. "No, Isaac! Those maggots are not for eating! Spit them out!" the teacher told him...
https://i.imgur.com/GuZNPhV.jpg No need to say, Isaac got a little dirty from crawling around in the deepest, most narrow (and darkest, of course) parts of the mauseloum and went for a shower when he came back fromt he tour. And as should be expected, the shower broke. Mommy must call the repair man again when she gets home...
https://i.imgur.com/TsD6lgX.jpg Dry season had begun, and Aaron had just turned 4 years old. Another view of the kids entering the school building.
https://i.imgur.com/w4e7oUI.jpg Natalie: Aaron.. what is hanging on the wall in momma's kitchen? Aaron: ..wall! Natalie: Haha, no Aaron.. it's a smoke detector. Can you say smoke detector? Aaron: Sss.. smoke... smoke detector! Natalie: That's very good Aaron! Very good! Aaron: The smoke detector is.. hanging on the wall!
https://i.imgur.com/IReZG9B.jpg And voila, Aaron had now also learned to talk! About time...
https://i.imgur.com/bjzC0OG.jpg And finally Natalie had saved up enough cash to buy a washing machine. It's not just to buy one and plop it in there. First she had to expand the bathroom to make room for it, and of course move the shower and the toilet back which also meant to rebuild the plumbing, so the costs did add up a bit. But now it was finally done. Be gone with you, stinking piles of dirty clothes! May you come out clean.
https://i.imgur.com/hpwJDiO.jpg Well, she couldn't afford more then the cheapest kind of washing machine, so it was a bit noisy, but at least it got the job done.
https://i.imgur.com/rwGSY0N.jpg She thought it was a good idea to place the clothes line under the boys bedroom on the 2nd floor, so that she could also be using it during the rainy season. Unless, of course, it decided to rain sideways for whatever reason.
https://i.imgur.com/QyhVmk6.jpg And, well, somehow she had also found the means to invest in a seesaw, much to the amusement of the kids...
https://i.imgur.com/QnlUqnN.jpg Isaac: Are we rich now, mom?
https://i.imgur.com/6lwuzUI.jpg Natalie: Not quite, but my restaurant job pays well enough.
https://i.imgur.com/Bwv6B9U.jpg It still happened, though, that Aaron and Billy was left alone and hungry in his crib in the dark at night. And with their older brother finding it more comfortable to sleep in his mothers bed downstairs, there was no one there to hear them screaming.
https://i.imgur.com/ckh9pPp.jpg This wasn't deliberate on Natalie's part. Probably just forgetfulness, but it could be all the same for Aaron. He was alone and hungry, nonetheless. Feelings he had gotten quite used to over time, but he never gave up crying. His life depended on getting fed, after all. And it is crucial for any child's development to feel loved by their caregiver or caregivers. Well, that should be obvious.
https://i.imgur.com/e8mCEMk.jpg Natalie had taught him everything he needed, to use the potty, to walk and to talk, but that aside, she would often just give him the bare minimum needed to survive, and that was it, often prioritizing her own comfort above Aarons. https://i.imgur.com/PprNOXB.jpg Not necessarily because she is evil, even though she is, but more because she has an underdeveloped ability to fully empathize and understand the world from anothers point of view. Or something like that, maybe.
https://i.imgur.com/bixL0xF.jpg The school situation in town had long been less than optimal, with only one school to serve every kid in town. And in recent years it had gotten so bad, there literally wasn't room for everyone which resulted in some kids voluntarily or involuntarily skipping school altogether. The town council had long been aware of this problem, but due to the towns area being limited by the old wall (which was forbidden to tear down because it is an important heritage for the nation) there really wasn't any good available lots of the right location and size to build a new school. But the situation had become so dire for the kids now being forced to wait outside, something had to be done.
https://i.imgur.com/29Uowjj.jpg Now the only available spot considered large enough was the empty space by the towns western entry point on the other side of the main road from the military base and the gym. It was considered a much less than ideal spot due to its location, but it was the only option the town had without tearing down and relocating people's homes or businesses. So a hasty desicion was now made to finally build the new school.
https://i.imgur.com/uXyI4Nx.jpg And the town council decided to go all out this time, constructing a new school that was massive compared to the old one. With several classrooms for children and teenagers, and even an indoor swimming pool for the kids to get their swimming lessons inside (so that they wouldn't have to use the towns main public swimming pool).
https://i.imgur.com/a9cjGoa.jpg And it was pleasing to see that Isaac after school (still going to the old school) finally discovered one of the small parks/playgrounds that was made around town.
https://i.imgur.com/ST3HYC1.jpg Mommys workplace, The Zombie Restaurant, can be seen in the background and to the right in this picture. And finally some other kids, too!
Live Skullerud-Mekori: I heard that they store something dangerous in the basement at The Philosophical Centre that they are going to poison our drinking water with.
https://i.imgur.com/8MCYT0M.jpg Isaac: And you really believe that nonsense? That's so stupid, Live!
https://i.imgur.com/3qUTjq3.jpg Isabella Pammy-Vasquez (his cousin): Your mother is an ugly donkey, and we don't want to play with you, Isaac! This is a girls only park!
https://i.imgur.com/YPr2B29.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9jUV0Bj.jpg Live: Do you believe in dragons? I believe in dragons, I think they live in the forest. Ludvik said he saw one fly over town yesterday!
https://i.imgur.com/bBtr9fF.jpg Isaac: Girls.. I don't understand them.. dragon flying over town.. probably just a flock of birds...I'm heading home..
https://i.imgur.com/MDBF0qW.jpg Friday night and Natalie stayed at work after hours to play with the mirror in the bathroom.
https://i.imgur.com/US4cbWK.jpg Isaac had gone to sleep in Natalie's bed, and the babysitter was there, struggling with Aaron.
Saturday afternoon: https://i.imgur.com/2en4f4C.jpg Natalie: Watch me now, Isaac. This is how you clean the shower properly.
https://i.imgur.com/4wGwZ0Q.jpg Saturday after work, Natalie wanted to head out to the Twilight Tavern, a brown pub in the poorer area on the western side of town. It has a splendid location there, right next to the criminal hide out.
https://i.imgur.com/Sqca0Ge.jpg The place wasn't very lively, as she was the only customer... She still spent the night there until closing time, playing shuffle board , having a few drinks and conversing with the bartender.
https://i.imgur.com/Fs1qAVV.jpg As she got home, she made sure to feed Aaron, but ignoring his need for affection from his mom, and forgetting him in the baby chair before putting herself to bed.
https://i.imgur.com/glf610j.jpg
Oh no, not that again... "I see.... that your.... mother... have been..... neglecting..... you again.....Aaron.. lets see..... if we can .......wake her up..."
Aaron: Wake mommy up!
https://i.imgur.com/FtsBgyI.jpg "Hello again.....Natalie... Placing me far..... in the forest..... was a clever.... trick..
"To bad.... it didn't...... work..
"Now.. your son....... he needs your..... attention....... Natalie..."
https://i.imgur.com/Kd6zr84.jpg "Don't look..... scared,......Natalie.. just go...... to your son....."
https://i.imgur.com/SN6H1AJ.jpg "That is much...... better......Natalie.. Keep that up....... and I will...... leave shortly.. That is the...... only............ thing that will......... make me go....... away......"
https://i.imgur.com/R1GMx5o.jpg Ghostly figure: Clearly she has made some new investments since last time I was here.. nice.
https://i.imgur.com/GWOq8n6.jpg Ghostly figure: Hello, Natalie.. I see you are cooking..
https://i.imgur.com/kuKPlDn.jpg Ghostly figure: Let me just play with your food for a while...
Yes, this is inside the oven.. the ghost is shaking the food around! And of course, making Natalie unable to do anything with it.. until it catches fire.
https://i.imgur.com/8DSTbNJ.jpg Ghostly figure: Ooops... ooh, this is so loud...
https://i.imgur.com/89tuCdr.jpg Really? Come on.. darn ghost! Then I tell Natalie to put out the flames, but she ignores everything I tell her. She won't put Aaron down, and she won't put out the flames. But she can call the fire department, I suppose...
https://i.imgur.com/Rh1WJl9.jpg More and more of the kitchen catches fire.. before the fire woman finally arrives and manages to put it out..
https://i.imgur.com/QlupFuV.jpg And immdiately the ghostly figure disappears, I guess he though his work there was done.. what an..... this is going to take some more out of Natalie's budget, as if she needed that..
https://i.imgur.com/KNYARkZ.jpg Natalie: Aahh! Did I hear something? Did he come back? He tried to kill us!
https://i.imgur.com/NCSsDsm.jpg "Well I must ....admit.. that got..... a little..... out of hand....."
https://i.imgur.com/v9esGdB.jpg "I think this.... family .......will not.... need us ....anymore... goodbye... ....for now..."
https://i.imgur.com/eXgkNEA.jpg Isaac: Wow.. did you see that, Aaron? A magical teddy bear just appeared on the floor!
@Sprottenham I like the youtube a grave mistake! the music is really lovely! almost hauntingly lovely!
It is so different to see Natalie taking good care, well, better care of things and the kiddos! It makes a big smile on my face to see her holding the sweet toddler in the cab! that is a darling pic!
Such a good job blurring Natalie's body, however you did that it was great!
Oh does that really happen the kids calling to come home? wow!
Lieutenant Harsch LOL what a great name!
''Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her.'' So beautifully written!
I'm so glad Isaac could finds his way home through the deep woods! Great pic!
Wow the story about witches near the woods sounds scary!
Cool you like the music. I have made a mission for myself sort of to try to find a song for each update that somehow fits with each chapter, atleast for as long as I can. It forces me as well to search for and discover new music I otherwise wouldn't have listened to...
"It is so different to see Natalie taking good care, well, better care of things and the kiddos! It makes a big smile on my face to see her holding the sweet toddler in the cab! that is a darling pic!" <-- I'm glad that you can get some smiles out of it, too, because there is definately enough unpleasant things in this story..
I actually considered leaving the naked pictures out because they're naked pictures and since she didn't get mad from Isaacs last prank like I expected her too, but I kept them in anyway. Thanks for the compliment about the censhorship, though. I tried to make it not look ugly and not smudge the water from the sink. ;)
Yes, Isaac actually called her and said he didn't like it. I don't know what is common or not, because Isaac is the first kid that has been sent to boarding school in my games. Then Natalie was presented with the option whether she wanted him to go home or stay there, and thats when she felt something strange inside her and wanted him to come home...
"DivaDoodle;c-17963823" wrote:
''Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her.'' So beautifully written!
Thanks! Though I think it is probably a little more sad than beautiful, but it is there to explain who Natalie is and that there is more to her than being evil.
"Wow the story about witches near the woods sounds scary!" <-- Yeah, the question there, though is whether we should believe Natalie or not... ;)
@Sprottenham ''Yes, Isaac actually called her and said he didn't like it. I don't know what is common or not, because Isaac is the first kid that has been sent to boarding school in my games. Then Natalie was presented with the option whether she wanted him to go home or stay there, and that's when she felt something strange inside her and wanted him to come home...'' I'm so glad you told me, I have never used the boarding school, so I don't know what is normal or not!
I like the music you chose Smoke! it goes very well with the story and also with first pic of the foggy, misty town.
I guess not all the kids like umbrella's! Me either, I like it to rain on my head and face, well we don't get very much rain here.
That is a very distinctive looking face in that family's genes, the child Isabella, and little Aaron! In Aaron it is almost like we already know how he will look as a grown up! I love looking at him!
Wow! I hardly ever get to see toddlers walk out of their crib by themselves! Yes I would say he is a very special kid!
I do remember the affair with the boss! this is marvelously weird! --> ''* The third kid is Billy, but Natalie keeps him hidden away in the room a lot of the time, and keeps telling him and the kids that he is only "a little plush toy" and an "imaginary friend" and on occasion she even appears to believe it is so herself.....''
''the Senkapigo Mausoleum to learn about the towns rich collection of old skulls and bones. "No, Isaac! Those maggots are not for eating! Spit them out!" the teacher told him...'' Hahaha! I always have wondered what they were supposed to learn at the Mausoleum!
Gee flies on the laundry, I didn't expect that, I've never seen it! I so like the look of using a clothing line instead of a dryer!
Wow what a nice new school you have built! do the kids use both entry doors?
Oh Good that magical talking bear is back! Just in time too, I was really wanting that prison high chair to be deleted! :D The bear is just such a great idea you have thought up!
LOL ghost hand through the wall waving hello! what a great catch! and Oh No, causing the stove to go on fire! :o I didn't know ghosts could be such a menus!
''Not necessarily because she is evil, even though she is, but more because she has an underdeveloped ability to fully empathize and understand the world from anothers point of view. '' I think so too. Plus we can see her smiling face to Aaron when she feeds him and the other times I feel like it might the childishness or immaturity in her that leads to be more self centric.
But WOW! look how responsible Natalie is to pick up Aaron out of harms way to make the emergency call! I am impressed! That is very good parenting! Especially since she ignores the direction to put him down, to extinguish the fire! I'm very impressed!
I love getting to know more and more about Natalie, as the story progresses. This is such an intriguing and very strange story, I really enjoy reading it! :)
But I will spend a lifetime Trying to understand Why someone sharing my bloodline Would not lend me their hand
- 1988 -
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Interestingly, a while after the new school opened, Isaac has shifted to actually bike all the way over there to go to school, even though it is at the opposite end of town from where he lives, and much farther away then his original school. But the town council is of course very happy that the kids are actually using the new school!
This evening, Natalie got the idea that she should take Aaron for a visit to her grandmother, Eva Goth-Asli. Unfortunately, Friederich, her grandfather, had moved out because their marriage had been pretty awful for several years. It is amazing it lasted as long as it did, truthfully speaking.
https://i.imgur.com/CmoINl1.jpg
Isaac still hadn't left school, sitting outside doing his homework.
https://i.imgur.com/q3UEri4.jpg
This is grandma Eva Goth-Aslis house. She is Aarons great grandmother. For some reason, she has left her front door open...
https://i.imgur.com/2MpYvFH.jpg
Eva: Hi, Natalie. Nice to see you and little Aaron for a change. Come on in.
https://i.imgur.com/ROzAeFD.jpg
Natalie: So umm.. I was wondering if you could uhh.. lend me some cash.. I have had a few expenses lately...
https://i.imgur.com/AmfZowY.jpg
Eva: Was that why you came to visit? If so, the answer is no, you can't!
https://i.imgur.com/v9w35UK.jpg Natalie: Well, I never really liked your house.. Your wallpaper is hideous, and look at those cheap dining chairs! Are you colorblind, or what is that?
https://i.imgur.com/JzWz6mX.jpg Eva: You have some nerve coming here talking like that!
https://i.imgur.com/8dC99Df.jpg And Natalie is still a bit reckless when it comes to her youngest son. She apparently thought it was a good idea to leave him outside on the lawn, before she entered her grandmas house.
https://i.imgur.com/c6IXKeM.jpg She is finding herself right at home in her grandma's kitchen, though.
https://i.imgur.com/mdb6bF2.jpg Aaron has learned how to walk, and somehow he had managed to sneak inside without anyone noticing while Natalie was preparing and eating her meal.
https://i.imgur.com/g5IENNI.jpg Natalie had gone upstairs to her mothers old bedroom to play with the toys there. This wasn't very popular with grandma... Eva: You have always been such a big child, Natalie! Huh? You're a disgrace to the family!
https://i.imgur.com/1K5RXB2.jpg Eva: I don't want to hear it, Natalie! There's no excuse! Grow up! You're almost as pathetic as your sister!
https://i.imgur.com/59sZItu.jpg Natalie: Don't insult me! You have no idea how hard I am working to feed my children, and to teach them what they should know! All by myself! I can be an adult if I want to! Playing with toys is nearly the only time I get some time off!
https://i.imgur.com/OPcw2pD.jpg Eva: So what!? I had three children!* Your mother and her two brothers! And do you think Friederich did much at home!? No, he was JUST as childish and lazy as you probably are! I only stuck out with him for the kids!
* Eva doesn't know about Billy, she thinks Natalie only has two children.
https://i.imgur.com/wrNBFlP.jpg Eva: I mean, I remember when your mother was born. She was our first baby, and we were so excited back then to have kids! But of course, that didn't last forever.. All I'm saying is, it was hard for me, too. I guess I shouldn't be so hard on you. You can play with the toys if you like.. they were your mom's after all...
https://i.imgur.com/km72ybb.jpg And so she did. Young little Natalie that never quite grew up.
https://i.imgur.com/OLZ69vE.jpg After a while it was getting late, and Natalie must have suffered some kind of amnesia because she kept wandering around looking completely lost for a couple of hours complaining that she couldn't find her way out ..... before she finally came to herself and figured out how to pick up Aaron and go home...
https://i.imgur.com/zjUnKLt.jpg And the following morning marked the start of the rainy season once more. Isaac, now roughly 8 and half years old, still rode the lang way to the new school building. Well, I guess a fresh, new school building is better then an old one. First building to the right across the bridge there is the town's fire station.
https://i.imgur.com/eNcRwdd.jpg On this overview photo Isaac is almost at the corner by the yellow house and the taxi, whereas is home is way over there on the other edge of the town, slightly to the left and up from the building with the grey dome on top, across the bridge there.
https://i.imgur.com/qe7vFlS.jpg A little closer view. The building with the dome on top houses the cinema, and also a few rooms with instruments that can be rented for practice for up and coming musicians.
https://i.imgur.com/bwEk5Vr.jpg "What was I going to do here again? Oh... yeah, food.. I was going to feed him..."
Really, Natalie? Where is your mind at?
https://i.imgur.com/B8Hzn90.jpg The following Friday night after work, Natalie wanted to visit the Twilight Tavern again. Crowded or empty, there was something about the atmosphere of that place that appealed to her. And this Friday well, to call it crowded would be an overstatement, but the number of guests had atleast increased by a few hundred percent since last time. This could be a good night.
https://i.imgur.com/ixeh9ZV.jpg She didn't go out all that often though, so she didn't know anyone that well, but sitting by the bar and sipping at a drink was nice enough. And there was always the bartender to chat to, if she wanted to socialize.
https://i.imgur.com/1qLKnzt.jpg Yeah, isn't that typical. Just when she had built up the courage to ask someone for a dance, the bar closes. But the drowsy eyes tell me she had a good night anyway.
https://i.imgur.com/p3s60Ft.jpg While she was out, the babysitter had taken good care of Aaron, so he was fed and well-rested. His only problem was that no one had let him out of the crib to use the potty in the morning.
https://i.imgur.com/jRuRoEF.jpg Isaac was up doing what kids typically do, and Natalie was still in bed sound asleep. https://i.imgur.com/gESzWPN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OqJ2dCn.jpg Well, it wasn't long before she woke up to take care of Aaron with a... uh, smile on her face. A screaming toddler is not what you want to deal with when you're hungover, probably not, but I have no sympathy there!
https://i.imgur.com/OAEoEys.jpg When Natalie comes home from work later that saturday evening, she is dead tired from lack of sleep the night before (because she was out at the bar, of course), so she goes straight past Aaron and Billy and to bed, leaving them by themselves for the night..
https://i.imgur.com/8L83pfm.jpg And this was the result of that, of course. He woke Natalie up from crying, before falling asleep on the floor. Natalie wasn't happy about that, as she stood there watching him and muttering some curses under her breath.
https://i.imgur.com/okCRkeV.jpg Before turning to play with the toys again..
Now the following sunday evening after work Natalie was perhaps even more tired and exhausted, and was feeling downright unhappy, which probably led to her doing this, taking out all her frustrations on the doll house..
https://i.imgur.com/eMafNmx.jpg Natalie: You need to grow up, Natalie!
https://i.imgur.com/v4BbgWP.jpg Natalie: Time to go to work, Natalie!
https://i.imgur.com/kEGjrFl.jpg Natalie: You're a disgrace to the family, Natalie!
https://i.imgur.com/BTyC4gn.jpg Natalie: I just wanted to eat, mommy!
https://i.imgur.com/iBseO4B.jpg Natalie: Shut your mouth, Natalie!
https://i.imgur.com/COqbvyC.jpg Natalie: Go back to your room, Natalie!
https://i.imgur.com/HekLxrn.jpg Natalie: Mommy doesn't give a &$"#, Natalie!
Wait, wait... what was that all about, Natalie? Is everything ok there? It kind of doesn't look like it.... Hmm, maybe you should be paying your mommy a visit next time. Sounds like the two of you might have something to talk about.. or maybe ..not?
https://i.imgur.com/422QWB3.jpg Natalie: Oh, no.. what did I just do? I destroyed the dollhouse!
Yes, yes you did Natalie.. I think you need to talk to someone about that... Something there is just not right...
https://i.imgur.com/P1XWh0V.jpg This is a bit concerning...
https://i.imgur.com/PVOev2P.jpg And after she fainted and lied there for a while, she went to the bathroom to take a shower. Not at all getting enough rest. And, oh yeah, the toilet is broken. Please go to bed and get some rest now, Natalie.. https://i.imgur.com/ubktY15.jpg Get some rest now...
I like the words of the song Maria Mena – ''Am I supposed to apologize?''
Interesting that Isaac chooses to do his homework at school. I had only 3 sims choose to do this in all my playing. I think it's because in one case, they don't like it at home as much as where they are.
Hm, Is Natalie a mooch?
''You have some nerve coming here talking like that!'' lol but it's Natalie!
''* Eva doesn't know about Billy, she thinks Natalie only has two children.'' so interesting, I hope you continue with this!
Oh nice to see Eva finally letting Natalie play with the toys.
wow that is quite a bike ride to the new school, but it's such a nice school!
Too bad Aaron can't sneak out of the crib when he really needs to potty! but He might only be able to escape his prison bed for playing with toys. ;)
I love the faces Natalie makes! But yes she might want to go talk to someone about this pent up anger!
Chapter 3.10 – The Doll House Stories Let me show you first of all a charming glimpse of a happy family. Indeed what would seem to be an ideal family... https://i.imgur.com/jr4f4Bj.png
Nox Arcana – The Doll House
https://i.imgur.com/vjbmlf2.jpg Isaac went to school without talking to his mom this morning, as Natalie slept well into the day and wasn't feeling to great when she woke up either. And Aaron, along with Billy, had been left alone upstairs, crying because he is hungry, lonely and has a full diaper of course...
https://i.imgur.com/K89uAA3.jpg Natalie: Yeah, yeah, mommy is going to change your diaper.. and feed you.. just shut up.. Then Natalie had to go to work, and the babysitter took over.
https://i.imgur.com/wi8tgcz.jpg Isaac is home from his after school activity in the art club. I wonder what he is thinking...
https://i.imgur.com/d1Zy6FW.jpg Natalie is home from work, but I don't see any communication between them. Ok, there is some.
https://i.imgur.com/H039hu2.jpg
Natalie: Remember when I told you about that witch living in the forest? Isaac: Uh-huh. https://i.imgur.com/fr48HJN.jpg Natalie: When she was a little baby girl, her mother was taken away from her by unicorns. https://i.imgur.com/wZb7Oly.jpg
Isaac: ..? Natalie: And after her mother got taken away, she was all alone in her home, with no one to take care of her. Isaac: But.. didn't she have a father?
https://i.imgur.com/0lr3mtC.jpg Natalie: No, she didn't.. but fairies finally came to her home.. https://i.imgur.com/nbHhybI.jpg Natalie: ..and they gave her much love!
This is a bit contradictory and far out....because as we all know, neither witches, unicorns or fairies actually does not exist, of course...right? What is this story really about, Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/CYTG0ay.jpg Isaac: Ok, mom.. but what happened to the doll house downstairs?
https://i.imgur.com/mc7TRK4.jpg Natalie: It's getting late now, Isaac.. I think you should go to bed. Way to dodge that question..
https://i.imgur.com/8XxR9iQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/RUNCHye.jpg Natalie: Ugh, I can't stand that babys crying.. https://i.imgur.com/WuHrvD2.jpg Natalies behaviour towards her own children is a bit erratic. Sometimes its almost as if she hates them, and a little while later, she is, well, atleast somewhat nice by being a little more like a mother should. Its as if she can't make up her mind, and it makes it appear a little confusing. And that is only me, I wonder what the world looks like from Aaron's perspective.. https://i.imgur.com/LAEBx2D.jpg Oh, never mind I asked...
https://i.imgur.com/fCvTvBW.jpg Last day of the rainy season and it wasn't actually... raining. And Natalie had now been working at The Zombie Restaurant for three years, and her colleagues had just arranged a party for her. She also got promoted, and is now working as an ingredients taster, the fourth rank of the restaurant career. Isaac was now 9 years old, Aaron close to 5 years old. This meant that in just a little over a year, Aaron would age up and have his first day at school. He's had a bit of a rough time so far, but I hope all turns out well for the kid..
https://i.imgur.com/kcdF1TL.jpg And Natalie was still a child at heart..
https://i.imgur.com/r6KTH4S.jpg Uhh, yeah.. that's one way to get rid of dirty laundry.. just drop it outside your lot. Tell me something Natalie.. why did you want that laundry machine again? Also, that is the repair lady on the right, finally coming in to fix the toilet that has been broken for a long while now...
https://i.imgur.com/U1jiTp7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tYH6EDx.jpg Oh yeah, and with the raise and added bonus from work, she could finally get that rocking chair and new refridgerator she had been wanting for such a long time now. It's always good to get some fresh, new stuff for the house. Just don't... get any more of those nervous breakdowns where you start breaking stuff, ok?
And then she wanted to make friends with Ramona. As mentioned earlier, Ramona is one of Natalies coworkers at the restaurant. Ramona and her partner used to live in one of the shacks in the poorer part of town, but they have since moved on to better housing. https://i.imgur.com/VaT2caG.jpg Ramona: I'm sorry, but I don't want to come visit right now.. Bummer... Natalie does not understand why.. maybe a phone call just to talk a bit without inviting her over will clear that up..
https://i.imgur.com/3PdsgMC.jpg Ramona must have been very hard working and determined to make her way out of poverty, as she had now climbed the ranks enough to become Natalies boss. So when Ramona answers the phone naturally they keep talking about uh.. cook books and recipes together. https://i.imgur.com/eZJIt57.jpg
And fish. I guess thats whats on the menu in the restaurant for tomorrow.
Oh thank you, but for some reason I can't DL from media fire, I think I mst have some sort of protection setting on the laptop pr something. But TY for the link!
Oh interesting to find that out!!! --> ''a childish sim usually does not have that as an option unless they are in a very bad mood, and the doll house was her favorite toy... ''
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