@DivaDoodle Yeah, could be Isaac was a bit sad about going to school, but it will soon be Aarons turn.. and I don't really feel to bad about having kids go to school.. that is something everyone has to do. ;)
Billy wasn't really supposed to be a mysterious or a confusing character, but umm.. Well, this is the first (and probably only..) time I am including an imaginary friend into a story. Ok, so kids can have imaginary friends, fine, but the part where they can become real.. doesn't make sense to me. So Billy would have to have been a real kid the whole time, hence this odd, sad and far out part of the story... Yes, Billy story is really sad, strange and tragic, but it is what made the most sense to me..
Haha, well, Natalie is a bit of a special character, but I find that sims in general prefer to walk around in their underwear a bit more often than uh, normal people. ;)
But yeah, Billy has been a kid the whole time.. so a lot of these strange things really comes from Natalies mind...
I am happy that you find this story to be entertaining, because I was worried about this part with Billy. That it would be to confusing and that it would put people off, but like I said, it was the only way I could sort of make sense of it..
Natalie still has the idea though that Billy looks like a toll doy, but maybe finding the gemstones to have the potion made will make even her see Billy as the kid he actually is...
*edit: And yes, you are correct in your memory. Billy was born from the affair that Natalie had with Bård at her former workplace in the political career. So if it wasn't for that, there wouldn't have been any Billy, so the sims actions do impact the story, its not all my writing. So if something weird happens, its them. Its not me, its their fault. ;) ;)
Invisible kid Never see what he did Got stuck where he hid Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid Got a place of his own Where he'll never be known Inward he's grown
Invisible kid Locked away in his brain From the shame and the pain World down the drain
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Aaron woke up this morning, both excited and a little nervous about his first day at school.
At the breakfast table, Aaron has plenty of questions for his brother.
https://i.imgur.com/sP5dDpW.jpg
Aaron: Is it true that everyone on the first day will have to make something out of papier-mâché?
Isaac doesn't answer him, he is to busy eating.
https://i.imgur.com/00g7zKx.jpg
Aaron: Will we learn how to read and write on the first day? How do you know how to read?
https://i.imgur.com/LkDEWLd.jpg
Isaac: Noo, you do not learn anything on the first day! You mostly just sing songs and play! That's what we did anyway!
https://i.imgur.com/m7P1QlM.jpg
Isaac: And then you will meet your teacher for the first time, and he will have a big brown suitcase! Teachers always have big brown suitcases!
https://i.imgur.com/OLgwSQq.jpg
Aaron: I'm scared of teachers. Will they yell at me and tell me to sit still at my desk?
https://i.imgur.com/MH3FHRe.jpg
Isaac: Teachers aren't dangerous! They won't yell at you, and you can always make them happy by giving them flowers!
https://i.imgur.com/AarSNpI.jpg
Aaron is assigned to the old school building closest to his home, whereas as his brother is assigned to the new school on the opposite end of town. Lenore, another kid also having her first school day, is already on her way to enter the building.
While Aaron and Isaac is at school, Natalie wakes up to a late breakfast... She could hear her own voice talking as if she was sitting right beside herself, even smell the foul stench of old ice cream on the table.... though neither her nor the kids had a preference for ice cream...
https://i.imgur.com/Q2XxNUh.jpg
Natalies voice: It will be okay, Natalie. It will be okay. There are band aids in the bathroom. There should be. Don't worry, Natalie. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is fine...
https://i.imgur.com/srpnc5m.jpg
Natalie wasn't fine. She felt anxious as the amount of dirty laundry she didn't want to to think about pushed its way to the forefront....
https://i.imgur.com/DrQ3qlC.jpg
At school Aaron was having a good time playing in the sand box. School was easy on the newcomers, of course, so they got a lot of playtime.
https://i.imgur.com/PwZbIv2.jpg
Aaron found another one of those space rocks in the school yard. Not very useful..
https://i.imgur.com/swVFaYn.jpg
Aaron and Lenore had great fun playing with the spring riders.
https://i.imgur.com/jpWY3gi.jpg
Aaron is home after his first day of school. "I want to talk to dad", he thinks. "Tell him everything about my first school day. It wasn't as scary as I thought".
https://i.imgur.com/t9NGzEk.jpg
Aaron also wants to impress the teacher, so he immediately goes for his homework. School wasn't that easy on them, but the homework was very simple. Just practicing the letters of the alphabet for now. Isaac is a little more carefree, choosing to play with his toys instead.
https://i.imgur.com/Qh0nUhm.jpg
For Aaron it is work before play, for Isaac, play before work.
https://i.imgur.com/TmjSI4n.jpg
Billy was happy when Aaron finally came home from school, and initiated a friendly pillow fight.
Billy: Take that, Aaron! Hahaha!
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Aaron: Last week momma got a letter in the mail that said if we go to the forest and find some stones, we can make you alive.
https://i.imgur.com/yBzZQkW.jpg
Billy: What are you talking about, Aaron? I am already alive! Can't you see..?
There was a lot of things Billy didn't understand, and this was one of them, because he was pretty sure he was alive...atleast sometimes... Billy didn't have a name for his "toy state", for him this had become the norm. It was the world that he knew, and how he thought things should be...
As Billy had gotten older, being near Aaron would always invigorate him and bring out his playful side..
https://i.imgur.com/g8fXt6k.jpg
Billy: Tag! You're it, you old garbage can!
Then they played tag the rest of the afternoon until bedtime..
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The next morning:
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Billy: Good morning Aaron, my bestest best friend of all the bester friends!
https://i.imgur.com/YH6yTJh.jpg
Aaron: Once upon a time, there were two best friends, and they wanted to be best friends until they died!
https://i.imgur.com/g6YwY8l.jpg
Aaron: But then an evil genie came and cast a spell on them to stop them from being friends!
https://i.imgur.com/YykpDzT.jpg
Aaron (almost sings when he talks about this part): But from a country faaar far away came the most beatiful fairy queen, she was very lovely and pretty!
Aaron: And she cast the evil genie away to the dark and scary place he came from!
https://i.imgur.com/jZOKFWE.jpg
Isaac (thinking): I don't know what it is, but there is something about Billy... He is not quite like us, I think maybe he is a ghost..
https://i.imgur.com/tHvrKdC.jpg
And then it was off to school again for the boys.. Isaac has the longest way, so he must really hurry up..
https://i.imgur.com/NsPmC96.jpg
Mom Natalie was inside playing with the kids toys. 35 years old, but only 5 at heart..
https://i.imgur.com/UE50P2z.jpg
Lenore was also on her way to school.. and the festival food stand clerks were hurrying to their stands..
https://i.imgur.com/DiZAw4N.jpg
Ah, there are more kids using the school, most of them are teenagers. I sort of know who they are when I check their names....these teenagers are actually of the third fourth generation since I started watching this town... The teenagers have their own classroom and a separate schedual during school hours. They have breaks in between classes at different times to avoid conflict between the younger and the older students.
https://i.imgur.com/rFLtSee.jpg
"These giant teenagers make me nervous" Aaron thinks. "I hope they are nice..."
https://i.imgur.com/mgsq6ec.jpg
Then shortly after entering the school and their classroom younger ones leave..
Oh, yes of course, I forgot that today is excursion day, and the kids are going to one of the mausoleums in town.. again...
https://i.imgur.com/snVhI0K.jpg
Someone should probably give the school bus driver som better directions.. I don't know why she would park all the way up there by the old Colosseum...
https://i.imgur.com/iGw6l3i.jpg
Aaron thinks it is safest to sit on the front seat next to his teacher, Kornephoros. "Teacher's pet! Teacher's pet!" he can hear some of the other kids shout from the back of the bus..
https://i.imgur.com/gF2T35U.jpg
Isaac and the kids from the new school building are also with them for the excursion... and I see they are visiting the Aeterna Tormenta catacombs in the poorer parts of town.. I am sure that could be a bone chilling experience..
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It's kind of dark down there... dark, cold and moist.. who knows what could be hiding just around the corner!
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Aaron really enjoyed the trip to the catacombs.. so many old skulls, bones and delightful screams of tormented souls from the otherworld... what a perfect way to spend a sunny summers day!
https://i.imgur.com/2jf6zj3.jpg
It's funny the bus driver actually drives past Aaron and Isaac's home on the way between the catacombs and school.. Isaac notices and tries to contact the bus driver..
Isaac: Hey, bus lady.. we can go off here! That's our home!
https://i.imgur.com/YoLN2A4.jpg
Bus lady listens and lets them out, just on opposite sides of the road, of course..
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"Hi, mom." Aaron says after walking in the door, eager to talk about his experience in the catacombs. Mom doesn't answer Aaron, she just continues to play with the toys, so Aaron goes to do his homework... but there is another one there to greet him..
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Billy: Hi Aaron!
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Billy: I think we should get out of the house some.. lets go to the theatre!
Aaron: A.. vowel... B.. conso uhhh.. consonant... C...consonant.... ugghh... I hate this homework already..
https://i.imgur.com/B5etxwh.jpg
Billy: Or just get out of the house and do something... what do you say, Aaron?
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Aaron: I have an idea.. we can go to the forest and look for those gemstones we need to make you alive..
https://i.imgur.com/fYGEsgy.jpg
Aaron:..then we can get out of the house, just like you want!
https://i.imgur.com/R437hT5.jpg
Aaron: But of course, there can be dangerous things in the forest.. so we have to be careful.. and don't tell mom we're going there!
Billy: Ok, I support you in everything you do, my most bestest friend, but I think you must go there alone! I can't follow you to the forest...
https://i.imgur.com/DtYNcy2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jQQERar.jpg
So Aaron went alone, far up into the forest.. It was evening, and already starting to get dark..
Aaron: Hmm, I see no gemstones here.. might as well just finish my homework..
https://i.imgur.com/KzNhvI3.jpg
Aaron: a - small a - vowel, A - big A - vowel, b - small b - vow..uhh.. consonant...
So he sat down by the Deathfish Pond to complete his alphabet lesson.. not noticing that there is a cottage behind him..
https://i.imgur.com/D7bJJCu.jpg
Aaron: I'm getting tired.. time to go home.. there were no gemstones here.. I'm gonna ask mom tomorrow, maybe she can help..
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The next morning Aaron woke up to the sound of rain hammering against his window, a sure sign that autumn was already here..
https://i.imgur.com/SKlLSff.jpg
Billy: Good morning Aaron.. did you find any gemstones last night?
Aaron: No.. I don't think there were any.. I'm going to ask mom later after school if she can help me to find some..
https://i.imgur.com/yiaeqrX.jpg
Natalie (thinking): Hmm, maybe I should go look for those gemstones.. I am wondering why they would be so interested in Billy over at The Philosophical Centre, though. I guess it must be some important research thing...
https://i.imgur.com/wUXAQ85.jpg
Natalie: The gemstone finder tells me there are some near the Forest of Illusion, so I think I will make that my starting point..
https://i.imgur.com/46P8z47.jpg
Natalie: I can't explain it, but I have a strange feeling there is someone else with me in the taxi and not just the taxi driver...
https://i.imgur.com/umbfD1O.jpg
Natalie: Hmm, these stones look like they could be important for something, but these are not the stones I am looking for..
https://i.imgur.com/dwt7U6s.jpg
Natalie: No wonder this place is called the Forest of Illusion.. This is a typical place to get lost and confused and eventually start seeing things that aren't real... I see no gemstones, though..
https://i.imgur.com/JJ2slN4.jpg
Natalie: Well, the gemstone finder did say that there should be some gemstones at the northern edge of this forest, just in the direction of the old abandoned cottage..
https://i.imgur.com/Au52s0O.jpg
Natalie: Hmm, interesting... there are still bees in the beehive.. I hope somebody lives here now to care for them..
https://i.imgur.com/AOB9vga.jpg
Natalie: Ok, that's eerie.. that looks like a coffin.. placed there almost as if it is guarding the back entrance to this cottage.. I don't think this was here before... but I should be close to some gemstones now, according to the finder...
https://i.imgur.com/vKnJ6Ml.jpg
Natalie: Oh, there it is! Just around the corner.. wow, how shiny it is!
https://i.imgur.com/ovSFLw9.jpg
Natalie: Hmm, I don't think this is a rainbow gemstone, though.. nah, it's just an emerald..
https://i.imgur.com/uALCqzx.jpg
Natalie: Oh, here is another one.. hmm, that doesn't quite look like a rainbow gemstone either.. only a tanzanite..
https://i.imgur.com/1qbhiSd.jpg
Natalie: Now I wonder if someone else lives here now.. only one way to find out.. I'm gonna have to brave it, and knock on the door..
https://i.imgur.com/KoptkvS.jpg
Natalie walks up to the door and knocks it three times, and almost immediately this elderly woman comes out..
Elisa:Hi, Natalie. I am Elisa, nice to see you here again. I have been expecting you. Come on in.
Natalie doesn't even have to introduce herself before Elisa knows her name, and then some..
Natalie: How do you know my name? Have we met bef..?
Elisa (interrupting):We have never been formally introduced, but yes, kind of... You didn't see me, but I let you stay in my house back then. Poor child, I know where and what you've come from...
https://i.imgur.com/Y1fv4nL.jpg
Elisa: Anyway, I understand now that you have been sent here again looking for Rainbow Gemstones.. but believe me when I say.. I have been looking for them around here for decades, and never found any.. Really, I believe someone has made a trap for you...
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Natalie: But... so I have been lied to.. but Dr. Tristam at the Philosophical Centre said that I should find them so that we can bring the plush toy my son is communicating with to life..
https://i.imgur.com/WvQRsGa.jpg
Elisa: Yes, you have been lied to. There is no Dr. Tristam that works at the Philosophical Centre..
https://i.imgur.com/sTN9onv.jpg
Natalie: ..but I was there, and I saw him, and I talked to him.. how do you know about all this, and how can you be sure it is right?
https://i.imgur.com/uvLSBXm.jpg
Elisa: Lets just say I read about it all in a book.. now, follow me inside, I have something to show you..
https://i.imgur.com/CUQOtUj.jpg
Elisa: This, Natalie, to my left, is an alchemy station. I use it to make potions, and with it, I can make a potion to make Billy come alive.
https://i.imgur.com/nhjm12W.jpg
Natalie: I am amazed! I can't believe what I am hearing and seeing! Last time I was here, it was all empty... but now, it is just like the home of a witch from the fairy tales! So it IS true! You are the forest witch!!!
Elisa: It wasn't empty. Like I said, I was here, even then, I just kept myself hidden.. and I prefer to use Magician, thank you.
Natalie: Oh, I'm sorry.. so you can make the potion we need to make Billy come alive?
https://i.imgur.com/6OcqhZd.jpg
Elisa: Oh, yes, I can.. but I must warn you, Natalie. You are in trouble, in great danger in fact. When you felt on the taxi ride up here that someone was with you, you were right. Someone, or should I say, something, was with you. And it is with us here too, right now. I can sense it.
https://i.imgur.com/IlpkFf2.jpg
Natalie: Well, that's umm.. creepy.. how am I in danger? Will it hurt my children?
https://i.imgur.com/rURvbwl.jpg
Elisa: You.. well, no.. it is not really interested in your children.. Now, I don't want to say to much, and I may already have.. just be careful who you talk to from here on, Natalie.. not everyone is going to be who or what they say they are...
Elisa knew that the part about not being interested in her children was a bit of a lie, the truth was that it certainly had some plans.... but she didn't want to upset Natalie to much.
Natalie: Ok, ok.. I'll keep my eyes and ears open..
Elisa: Excactly, now come back to me three days before this year ends, and I shall have the potion ready for you.. now, take care of yourself, Natalie...
https://i.imgur.com/Rhta5ih.jpg And so Natalie left the cabin, and headed home for the night.. the autumn forest was a beatiful sight with its fiery red, orange and yellow coloured trees.. Natalie almost thought she could smell it burning, even though it had just rained and everything was soaking wet...
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???: Occidit, et angelus pariter pythonissam!
????: Adolebitque angelus! Ure sata pythonissam! Adolebitque!
@Sprottebham oh I see what you mean about Billy, now. Yes the other way of thinking is very different indeed. When I was little I did think one of my dolls really was 'real', but she didn't want to let people see, and I thought she might come to life at night if she ever felt like she wanted to play with some of my other toys. One day at story time the children's librarian read us the story of The Velveteen Rabbit, where the little plush toy wants to become real through the love of the boy whose toy he was. I remember thinking "I knew it was true!'' hahaha
Oh yes I really do like the story so much. It is always so interesting to learn about Natalie's mind, she really is a special character. I have read some stories where the imaginary friends are seemingly just like real people, before, gosh there was one that was such a good story, and the 2 imaginary friend dolls somehow got switched! But this idea you have with Natalie, I haven't seen before so it is very compelling! I always want More! And for her to now help Aaron try to locate the rainbow gem, is really touching.
hahaha ''so the sims actions do impact the story, its not all my writing. So if something weird happens, its them. Its not me, its their fault. ;)'' OMG yes! All the time! It's their autonomous lives I always like the very best when playing, it is so much fun to just go with it, and write it in the story! :)
Great choice of music, Invisible Kid! so apropos for Billy!
Oh little Aaron is getting a bit anxious about his first day of school. Understandable for the little guy!
AhH! :open_mouth: so cool to see that Natalie is talking to herself sitting right beside her! (Did you do that or did the game do that? Is doppelgänger-ism spreading?
I'm glad Aaron had a good first day at school. Oh so work before play for him, and Isaac likes his fun bar filled up first, before tackling his homework. It so nice when they do things differently!
Nice to see the other kids and teens in the town. Oh Aaron gets nervous about the big kids and too many of them.
That colosseum looks great btw! oh my! your mausoleum is fantastic! how totally creepy to see it go beneath the earth, like catacombs!
omg Who is that sitting with Natalie in the taxi, on the way to look for gems?! :#
What?! Natalie has been lied to! There is no Dr. Tristam!? and Elisa read about Natalie in a book?!!! Holy Moley!?
eeeek! ''just be careful who you talk to from here on, Natalie.. not everyone is going to be who or what they say they are...'' ooo that entity! scary! ?
That is cool Elisa will make the potion for Natalie!
eeeek! what the heck!!! :# The burning, what is that? a burning person? and the magical words! Wow!
ACH! a cliff hanger!!! Now I have to wait!?
This is so good! please get back Soon to continue!!!
I really enjoyed the update Sprottenham! Are you secretly one of the brothers Grimm? ;)
@DivaDoodle Oh, there is some different thinking here, indeed. I had a couple of teddy bears that were my favorites as a kid, but I can't remember thinking that they were real real sort of.. So yeah, the idea of having an imaginary friend or any toy come real is sort of alien to me (as far as I remember). I had though, made up a couple of "monsters", but they weren't super scary, more just.. odd. :P Kind of like a comical duo, in a way.. one tall and one short even! ;) The short one was sort of like a walking lump of brain... and the tall one was just red and blue partly see through rectangles with a half circle for a head! :P
"And for her to now help Aaron try to locate the rainbow gem, is really touching." <-- Oh, thats cute. I didn't think that part would be touching. I mean, Natalie is not a perfect person by any means, but I have never seen her as being truely evil. She is good at the core, I think.
Yeah, its fun to watch sometimes what sims do on their own, but not everything for this story is fully autonomous, but I use their actions to build an image of the characters, and let them act from there.
" so cool to see that Natalie is talking to herself sitting right beside her! (Did you do that or did the game do that?" <-- Hmm, well I don't want to reveal to much (I want the reader to be able to figure things out on their own), but Natalie doesn't have a doppelgänger..
I drop some hints and clues along the way, but is hard for me to know what people actually pick up on, so I hope that things aren't to confusing. You're supposed to wonder a bit, but not be completely unable to figure it out. ;)
Thanks about the colosseum, though I would rather have it be a little more circular, instead of square, but I the constructors ended up with a square version to be able to fill the inside space with seats and all that. The colossoeum functions as the towns sports stadium.
"omg Who is that sitting with Natalie in the taxi, on the way to look for gems?! " <-- Sorry, can't tell. ;)
Haha, I love your reactons at the end, so amusing. :P You should get the answers eventually, but I can't give it all away at once.
"I really enjoyed the update Sprottenham! Are you secretly one of the brothers Grimm? " Haha, not that I know of.. but I have always enjoyed creating a bit of mystery for people. :P Watching people solve a riddle that I made is the most fun thing ever!
@Sprottenham Wow your monsters as a child! :o :D Very creative!
Oh, I don't see Natalie as evil at all, just childish with a penchant to do things which are pleasing to her, mostly. but now also doing some more nice things for her kids. So it was touching to me to see her say yes to the new dollhouse and now want to help with the rainbow gem. I feel she is doing this part for herself as well.
Yes fun to make hints and clues! I hope I can figure it all out, this town is already bizarre with talking teddy bears and the frequent fairy stories that sometimes might end up being a clue. It is hard to tell with Natalie what is real and what isn't because her mind is pretty whacko! ;) So far I have to rely on Aaron and Isaac to know what is real and what isn't! :)
Burning here, in the room Feeling that the walls are moving closer Silent scene the dark takes me Leads me to the ending of another day I'm haunted
Tell me who you are. I am spellbound You cannot have this control on me Everywhere I go I am spellbound I will break the spell you put on me
Velvet drapes, glowing candles Silent whispers of
......words..........
inside
(words inside) of my head The night that comes, it waits for me Lift me to the ending of another day I'm haunted....
~~~~
https://i.imgur.com/b1eBew0.jpg
The next morning Natalies mind was full of thoughts about the strangeness of the past days. The now fake letter from the Philosophical Centre, the search for gemstones to make Billy "alive", and there actually being a witch.. sorry, magician, in the forest, and the warning she gave about Natalie being in some great danger.
What was all this about, and what would happen once they used the potion she had made? Maybe using that potion wouldn't be such a good idea... what if this potion didn't make Billy "come alive", but instead would turn him into this evil that she warned about? But then why would she then make the potion and warn about it at the same time? Natalie was confused and felt she needed to consult someone else that might be able to make some sense out of all this...
https://i.imgur.com/X0Qdp9U.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/iPeDdZf.jpg
Maybe the nuns could give her some insight. After all, they were scholars in many mysterious things and if they didn't immediately know it, she was sure they had some old books or documents in their library that could, perhaps, cast a little bit of light on what all this was about..
https://i.imgur.com/7iL2qxp.jpg
Teresa Mater: Good day, sister. Welcome to our little nunnery. Come on inside and tell me, what can I do for you?
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Natalie: Well, there have been some strange things going on.. to keep it short, we got a letter from the Philosphical Centre about some gemstones we needed to find, to make this... to make Billy, one of..uh, a plush toy that lives with me and that has become the best friend of my son, Aaron, to come alive..
https://i.imgur.com/w8VJchp.jpg
Natalie: I went looking for these gemstones, but found none. Instead, I found an old magician living in the forest.. and she told me, she would make a potion to make Billy alive.. but she also said something that worries me... that I am in great danger because something is after me.. I am really confused about all this.. what is this that could be after me, and what should I do?
https://i.imgur.com/1WXsM99.jpg
Teresa: Hmm.. well, first things first, you do not need to worry much about making Billy alive. He is already alive... The potion works in a way as both an "age-up" potion that will end his plush toy state permanently. There is some controversy regarding this, because the plush toy state can only be observed by those closest to the kid, but it is a real thing. Plush toy children are usually the result of an extra-marital affair...
"Extra-marital affair?" Natalie thought. "But I have never been married...". That bit left Natalie confused. She didn't understand that it wasn't her that was having the extra-marital affair. It was Bård, her former boss in the political career, because back then he was married to Josefine... but atleast this explained for Natalie why Billy sometimes didn't have the appearance of a real kid..
Teresa: Anyway, these plush toy children may on occasion have some limited magical ability, and they are usually quite protective about who they see as their best friend.... but as long as everything is alright at home, they are usually pretty harmless...
https://i.imgur.com/EkUblfD.jpg
Teresa:This does remind me, though, about a case I read about in one of our books, from many years ago. A man lost his house in a fire after an incident where he claimed a teddy bear had followed him around and summoned a ghost that set his house on fire... It later came out that this man had been negligent, if not downright abusive, towards his own children. Tell me, Natalie, you haven't seen any ghosts lately?
https://i.imgur.com/AkrsUBM.jpg
Natalie: N-n-no, m'am.. I have not seen any ghosts..
https://i.imgur.com/YVbHWnv.jpg
Teresa: Hmm, ok.. I'll believe you.
https://i.imgur.com/1e6aVWv.jpg
Teresa: Secondly, I suppose the magician you are talking about is Elisa. We are very familiar with Elisa, she has lived in that forest for hundreds of years. She knows what she is talking about. When she warns you, I'm afraid to say, something serious is going on.
https://i.imgur.com/G3D9WHV.jpg
Natalie: That is excactly what worries me..
https://i.imgur.com/VZwbNA6.jpg
Teresa: I see.. I must ask you some questions. Not counting ghosts, have you seen, heard, felt, smelled or otherwise sensed something out of the ordinary lately?
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Natalie: Hmm, not so much, really. Not until the same afternoon I went looking for the gemstones, anyway. Then I felt like someone was following me, and I was being watched. And it was just as if someone was sitting next to me in the taxi ride on the way to the forest.. yet, there was nobody there. Atleast not that I could see.
https://i.imgur.com/XDVkWLr.jpg Natalie: And as I left the magician's house to go back home, it was a smell outside, just as if something had been burning recently. Even though it was raining and I hadn't seen any fire nor smoke.
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Teresa: Oh, I see. Well, a burning smell can be very serious. If it wasn't caused by an actual fire by natural means, that is usually a strong indication that a demon is nearby. If that is the case, then you truely are in danger, my friend!
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Teresa: A demon and it's fire can only be contained by the Gods Themselves or by the most powerful and purest of Angels, but never put out as long as the demon is present. Me and my sisters will surely pray for you and your family in tonights mass, and wish you the best of luck. I am really sorry to say this, Natalie, but I think you are going to need all the help, prayers and luck you can get your hands on.
Though Natalie is an angel, she is not a pure angel, as her red wing colour depicts. Her mother, Bianka, is a pure angel, atleast by genetics, but her father, Torkil, is a regular human. Thus, Natalies angelic powers will not be strong enough to battle a demon and keep it at bay. And given the poor relationship with her mother, likely, there would be no help to gather there..
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Teresa: Now, follow me to the library.. you're going to need something special...
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Teresa: On the tables behind me are some Holy Items that should help keep your home safe and the demons away.
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Teresa: The bible you must keep on your night stand, and read a verse every night. The cross, I would recommend to keep near the entrance of your home. And once a day, preferrably around noon, I highly recommend to fill the chalice with holy oils from the box next to it, and keep it at a central point in your home. If you run out of holy oils, please come back here, and I will supply you with more.
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Teresa: Unfortunately, there is no guarantuee that this will work. It depends on the strength and the purity of the demon. One can only hope that it is a lesser, hybrid demon you are dealing with as then you may just be able to keep it at bay.
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Teresa:Now, take these items that I give to you, and do as I said. We will pray for you tonight, and I will also send a letter to our brothers at the monastery and have them do the same. Best of luck, Natalie, and take care.
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So, Natalie left the nunnery and went home with the new information and the items in her inventory... just in time for her to go to work at the Zombie Restaurant, so doing what Teresa told her to do, would have to wait..
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Let's just hope she remembers, and that it works..
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And at the same time as mom Natalie starts her shift at work, Aaron exits school with the best grades possible! What a brilliant kid! Of course, Aaron does not yet know about his mothers visit to Elisa or the nunnery, as they yet haven't had a chance to talk.
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And boy how time flies, Natalie just had her 6th anniversary working at the Zombie Restaurant! Now she better get home and do what Teresa said..
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Natalie (thinking): Now what was it that Teresa told me.. keep the cross on the bedstand..? No, by the door, of course!
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Then the bible on the bedside..
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and that chalice somewhere in the centre of the house, and fill it with oils daily.. I am not convinced this is going to work, but I am willing to try.. I don't want anything bad to happen to me..
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Natalie: Next I should probably buy a bedstand to put the bible on.. and a small table for the cross by the door...
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Isaac notices the cross and thinks it's a strange item to put by the door.
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Then the year went on, and three days before it was about to end, it was time for Natalie to take another trip up into the forest...
https://i.imgur.com/ixCcIKe.jpg She ordered a taxi to go there, and a limo showed up! "Surely, this can't be right", she thought, asking the driver over the intercom what was going on.. but the driver only replied that she came from the taxi company, and this was the car that was ordered to this address...
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Natalie thought this was very strange.. and just like last time, she got a feeling she wasn't alone, but there was someone else there.. in addition to herself and the taxi driver.
Natalie:And I am your only passenger, right?
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Taxi driver: What do you mean?
Natalie: I mean.. you didn't pick up anyone else before driving to my address?
Taxi driver: No, ma'am, you are the only passenger.
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Natalie: Hi, Elisa. Here I am, just like we agreed upon.
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Elisa: Good to see you again, Natalie. Come on in. The potion is ready and waiting for you.
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Elisa: It wasn't easy to make, but I have it right here. It sits there on the table to my left. Let me get it for you.
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Natalie: Oh thank you, you are most kind. Now I just hope this plush toy won't turn out to be anything scary like a demon or something...
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Elisa: Ah, no.. Billy is not a demon, far from it.. but just like last time, Natalie, something has followed you here.. and it may very well be a demon..
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Elisa: And for that reason, it is crucial you do what the nun told you to keep them at bay if you want to visit me again... I don't want demons to be lurking around my house.. ..oh, and please say hi to my great grandsons for me...
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Natalie: How do you know what the nun s..? Elisa: Anyway, here is the potion. I wrapped it in this box for you. It should work, but just to make sure.. use it carefully!
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Natalie: Thank you, Elisa.. but, how did you know about my visit to the nuns and what did you say about your great grandsons??
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Elisa: I think you should go now, Natalie. Goodbye, Natalie.
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And on the way back.. what came and picked her up again was just a normal taxi.. where's the logic? Natalie really couldn't figure this part out... so she asked the taxi driver again..
Natalie: How come you sent me a taxi this time, when I got a limo on the way up?
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Taxi driver: What are you talking about, lady? This is a taxi company.. we don't have any limos!
Natalie: But... I rode a limo on the way up here! Taxi driver: No.. I'm pretty sure you didn't.. I drove you up here, you and your sunburnt friend.. in a taxi.. Natalie: My.. sunburnt friend? But I came here alone..! Didn't I?
Taxi driver: I'll drop you off at your home address, ma'am...
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After this, Natalie had to go for another shift at work.. meanwhile, she pondered once more about the strangeness of it all.. Sunburnt friend!? What in the heavenly clouds was that supposed to mean? Was it really a demon the taxi driver saw riding with her!? And how come she had the experience of riding there in a limo!? Granted, she did have the feeling that someone was there with her in the limo.. even though she couldn't see anyone there.. Maybe she was starting to lose her mind completely this time.. these things just didn't add up..
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And the kids? Oh, no worries, Isaac, Aaron and Billy were safely at home with their teenage babysitter..
The next morning Natalie wanted to talk to Aaron about what had happened the last few days.
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Natalie: You know all those old stories about there being a witch in the forest? Aaron: Uh huh..
Natalie: Well, they are true! I went there some days ago, looking for those gemstones.. and it brought me up to the old cottage, and that's where she lived.
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Natalie: She told me all about how we have been tricked, and that the gemstones do not exist. But she also said she could help out with making a potion to make Billy come alive.
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Natalie: And I have the potion right here. Do you want to make Billy alive, Aaron?
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Aaron: I don't know mom, he says he is alive already..
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Natalie: Hmm, yeah.. but I think it will be better for him to take it anyway, to get out of his plush toy form, so that he can go to school and make other friends, too.
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Aaron: Will you promise that nothing bad will happen to him if we try this?
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Natalie: I promise, nothing bad will happen!
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Aaron: Ok.. so how do we do it?
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Natalie: I am not quite sure.. but I think you must give him the potion.... The witch gave me the potion wrapped in this box.. I will give it to you, so you can give it to him and see what happens.
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Aaron accepts the box and opens it to reveal a bottle of a light amber colored liquid. Aaron and Billy walks downstairs, before Aaron hesitantly hands the bottle over to Billy, who drinks from the bottle..
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Aaron: Here is the bottle with the potion that will make you alive. Mommy got it from the forest witch.. just be careful now, Billy...
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Billy: Oooh, I think it works, Aaron! I can see bubbles!
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Aaron: Are you alive now Billy? How does it feel?
Billy: I don't know, it feels just the same..
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Billy so far didn't feel any different, and sat down to play with the toys..
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Natalie had to rush of to her shift at the restaurant and didn't have much time to interact with Billy, now that he had "become real". Aaron was hoping she would bring some good left over food home for supper. Natalie couldn't promise anything, it all depended on how busy the restaurant was.
For Billy the difference eventually becomes clear. It is as if he has just been let out of a cage that used to trap him, and he feels a lot more free now. Almost like a curse has been lifted from him...
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Billy decides to ask Isaac for a water balloon fight, and Isaac is happy that Billy has began to act more like a normal kid and finally wants to play with him.
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Isaac: Sure, Billy! Lets go out and play!
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Eventually Aaron joined them outside to do his homework...
@Sprottenham omg Poor Natalie! those are awful concerns to have.
Especially ''what if this potion didn't make Billy "come alive", but instead would turn him into this evil that she warned about?'' :o
Oh I do like that nun outfit!
''Plush toy children are usually the result of an extra-marital affair...'' So That's where they come from!
Holey Moley! Natalie has to suffer the consequence of her former Boss having the extra-marital affair! I wonder if he got any consequences for that, like a ghost or scary doll visit...lol
''but as long as everything is alright at home, they are usually pretty harmless...'' oh my.
uh-oh the smoke smell indicates a demon. :#
Oh I like all those holy objects the Nun is offering, and she offers to replenish the oils. reminds me of the Ukrainian church we would visit, it always smelled so good because of all the incense (they used little chunks of frankincense and myrrh).
Oh the kids are Elisa's great grandsons. Interesting! I am more surprised by that than Natalie is about her knowing what the Nun said! lol ...Oh good Natalie asked! but was not answered.
''I drove you up here, you and your sunburnt friend.. in a taxi..'' :# ?
Oh YAY Billy becomes real! I can't wait to see Natalie's reaction to him. When she leaves for work there isn't time, she doesn't look at him but to Aaron who is speaking to her.
@DivaDoodle Thanks again for reading and commenting on this big little story!
I like to see your reactions, because this story has only existed in my head for so long. ;)
Holey Moley! Natalie has to suffer the consequence of her former Boss having the extra-marital affair! I wonder if he got any consequences for that, like a ghost or scary doll visit...lol
Ah, most likely. I haven't focused on him and his household, but no doubt there have been trouble there. Josefine divorced him because of this so now he lives alone, and likely he was haunted by something, too...
The idea about the nuns, and a lot of this city comes from my visit to Rome some years ago (hence the Colosseum..). And a bit from watching Game of Thrones. ;) Anyway, Rome has a lot of cathedrals, and I walked around all of them that I could find, very fascinating. There wasn't to much smell of incense in them, though, except for maybe one.
And there was cathedral I visited, unfortunately I don't remember its name now, but there like "mini cathedrals" inside the cathedral, and I walked up all the way to the front of the main cathedral, and to the left was a door to one of these mini-cathedrals, and I think it was another door to walk through again after that. And then I was in this little place, just like a small cathedral, with seats and everything that goes with. It was very ornamented, but everything inside was painted black and I felt this sadness that I didn't know where came from. So I just had to sit down there for a while, as if I was grieving, but I didn't know why. It was if I was in a shrine mourning someone important. It still gives me goosebumps to think about. On the way out I got eye contact and a smile from a nun that was there, as if we had just shared a secret, but I still don't know what that place was about...
@Sprottenham ''...and likely he was haunted by something, too...'' :o OK young man, now you have me very curious about what the former Boss was haunted about or with! If I had been playing or watching those two in a game of mine, I would be very curious to find out all about the guy who was acting in such a manner with his wife right there!!! I mean who does that? lol inquiring minds! and I tend to love spying on the 'Abby Normals' ;)
I don't remember any incense in Rome, it is usually the Russian orthodox churches I have visited that have that. Sometimes the priest with long embroidered robes and a great big beard will walk among the parishioners holding a lantern looking thing with colored glass and a gold chain and it has incense in it, and the priest will be saying prayers in Russian, it is really a beautiful ceremony. Some of the churches were so old there weren't even pews/benches for the parishioners to sit at, it's standing room only, and the wooden floor creaks when you walk on it.
I have not seen a mini cathedral inside a big church...was it maybe a special room to have a funeral? I wish you knew to tell me!!! how interesting. Especially the way it made you feel! Those feelings that are felt in certain places are very interesting indeed, It reminds me of what one of our family friend told me about seeing the 'Room of pearls'. These 'pearls' are sometimes left after a yogi master or Buddhist monk, dies and after cremation, these pearls/relics are found and saved and Cherished. Anyway some of these pearls were actually in our country, and the Dalai Lama had been there to pay his respects. Just as our friend was entering the door of the room where these were being kept, he was overcome with a tremendous overwhelming bliss type feeling that made his knees buckle, and tears of joy fell from his eyes.
There is so many mysterious and wonderful things it would be fascinating to learn more about.
Here is an example pic of the 'Pearls' or 'Relics' as they are referred to by the Buddhists. These particular ones I just googled are Buddhist relics from His Holiness Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in Wat Khung Taphao (photograph by Tevaprapas Makklay)
@DivaDoodle Right, ok, well now I thought I had to answer your question properly, but to figure out if he was haunted or not, I felt it necessary to do a bit of time travel, because I hadn't really watched this part before, and doing so, resulted in a completely new chapter...
And about the room in the cathedral, yeah, I wish I knew what it was too. I have searched google many times, but never found an answer.. But I think most likely it could be that someone was buried there, probably an old pope (?) or someone else important.
Its interesting about those pearls too. And though I can't consider myself to be religous, the concept of religion is very interesting. There are many things we don't know, and what if there actually is something more out there? But I feel I cannot conclude, so.. its hard to not believe in anything, but part of me still thinks thats an option until I see evidence of something else...
Chapter 3.1b – Bård and Josefine
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"Once I had a dream... and this is it..." Its time to turn back time Follow the pale moonlight... ..and fly to a dream, far across the sea... Open the chest once more, dark chest of wonders... ...... This night will hurt you like never before... Old loves, they die hard Old lies, they die harder...
Nightwish – Romanticide God love and rest my soul With this sundown never ending The feel is gone yet you ain't gonna see me fail I am the decadence of your world I am an eider covered in oil Happy hunting, you double-faced carnivore
This chapter is perhaps not an "official" chapter, and it goes back in time to shortly after Aaron had aged up to a toddler... The beginning overlaps in time with Chapter 3.1 – Where's Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/cwOYImi.jpg Even though it was the night before Leisure Day, Josefine was hard at work doing upgrades on the fire truck.
https://i.imgur.com/eGYUZQ2.jpg Josefine was an ambitious woman, and spent a lot of time over at the fire station. Perhaps a little to much...
https://i.imgur.com/0L2ol8M.jpg And Natalie? Oh, she was still over at Bård and Josefines house, and something was in the making...
https://i.imgur.com/FuaO6ol.jpg Natalie was really proud of herself this time, as she left Bård and Josefines bedroom with her head up high...
https://i.imgur.com/2LvmjWr.jpg After having spent most of Leisure Day working overtime, Josefine eventually went home to find an unpleasant surprise. She had been suspecting that something was going on as Bård wasn't as eager in the relationship as he used to be...
https://i.imgur.com/a52PPqE.jpg And when she walked into the living room to find Natalie there hanging out, her suspicions were confirmed..
https://i.imgur.com/frmm2oI.jpg And even worse, Bård didn't appear to have any shame at all...
https://i.imgur.com/Hi9xrhm.jpg Josefine was naturally furious at Bård and Natalie and didn't hesitate to speak her mind.
https://i.imgur.com/u8IuegN.jpg She called Natalie all kinds of nasty words...
https://i.imgur.com/Xe0JDiw.jpg Josefine: You (.....) ! What is wrong with you!? Sleeping around just to get a promotion, is that what you're doing!? Get out of here before I break your face!! https://i.imgur.com/qe7CAgA.jpg
Natalie had no choice after this, but to leave.. even someone like Natalie would have to understand that she had just messed up big time! https://i.imgur.com/Ovrfatq.jpg
And poor Josefine was now left with a broken heart and what appeared to be a completely shattered future... how could they!?
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https://i.imgur.com/7Rdu5Jv.jpg There was only one thing to be done... Revenge.
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https://i.imgur.com/wIKhaeu.jpg Josefine: AARRRGGH!!!! Hell hath no fury...
Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd
The actual quote from the 1697 play "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve, according to Wikipedia. ;)
https://i.imgur.com/FvdKMyS.jpg Josefine: Invoco te, Surtur, Daemon Ignis! Josefine: Egredere cum nitido gladio tuo, et imple haec tersus ursos Divino Furore tuo! Bård Josdal, Natalie Goth, ne requiescant!
https://i.imgur.com/650aNx1.jpg So she picked up the now cursed teddy bear, and put it in front of Bårds bed... https://i.imgur.com/3h05qT5.jpg
Before she went outside to rest in the sun, waiting until night fell to place the last teddy bear...
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https://i.imgur.com/dnEwV29.jpg She picked it up, and brought it to a house that we may have seen before...
She walked over to glance at the mailbox for a while, still muttering the occasional curse under her breath... https://i.imgur.com/24OtmCZ.jpg
Before she put the bear down by the front door...
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At home, Bård had gone to sleep in the extra bed that Josefine now had claimed to be hers, because he still wanted to be near her. He actually had hopes of fixing the relationship, though it was all doomed by now... He slept well, dreaming sweet dreams of his political career...
https://i.imgur.com/qFu2EvD.jpg ..until he was awaken by a ghostly figure standing by his bedside...
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Ghostly figure: Wake up, Bård, and stop dreaming... You have just made a grave mistake...
https://i.imgur.com/Ui7Lfm9.jpg Ghostly figure: Consider yourself lucky you didn't wake up dead... That would be all. For now...
https://i.imgur.com/86URnAc.jpg The next day Josefine went to work at the fire station as usual, and was adviced by one of her colleagues that also happened to be a nun, about the only thing to do now.. she had to break up, and move out.
https://i.imgur.com/oJjM0MW.jpg It was going to be tough, but eventually she had settled for a decision. She had to do it, there was no way she could have any kind of future with this man after what had happened...
https://i.imgur.com/6NsEBLD.jpg She was determined and steadfast on her way home, but once she made it inside and saw Bård heading up the staircase, the emotions got the better of her.
https://i.imgur.com/77Cby2j.jpg She found herself unable to do it right of the bat, but after spending the afternoon doing her best to relax and gather strength in the hot tub, she was ready.
https://i.imgur.com/KI7qWon.jpg This was it. There was no turning back.
https://i.imgur.com/2sXWgaE.jpg "We're through! I'm breaking up!" The moment was laden with tension, but her voice was clear and to the point.
https://i.imgur.com/wWZYWOI.jpg Bård tried to pretend he had no idea why she would say such a thing, but that only made her more sure about her decision. "We're through, Bård! I'm leaving!"
https://i.imgur.com/7Ob2Has.jpg As Bård walked out of the hallway pretending not to care, she picked up the phone and called her mother, Jacqueline Hammurabi-Josdal. She told her all about the break-up, and that she was coming to stay for a while, until she could get herself sorted out and find a new place to stay. Her bag was already packed...
https://i.imgur.com/KxTz1tW.jpg Her mother Jacqueline lived in this house with her youngest daughter, Ina. Ina, a fresh high school graduate, had recently celebrated her 18th birthday and was now a young adult. She was still living with her mom, but was on the lookout for her own place to stay. Ina would later move in with, and become the girlfriend of Ragnar, the father of Isaac and Aaron.
https://i.imgur.com/JefgjLC.jpg The next morning, Jacqueline woke up to make breakfast for her daughters, and called them downstairs to eat.
https://i.imgur.com/jJSi9U6.jpg Ina was still very young and hadn't found herself a man yet, but had big thoughts of settling down and getting married one day.
https://i.imgur.com/vaIKnbj.jpg Josefine, that had just suffered a break-up just hours ago, didn't share her sisters thoughts and feelings at all. She thought that she could do with getting away from Lagash for a while to "find herself again" as she called it. It didn't matter where it was, anywhere would do. Their mother was more caught up with her stylist career. She had always valued beauty and looking good.
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https://i.imgur.com/0eNo5qZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yyNOuw2.jpg Bård was still plagued by the ghostly hauntings for a good year or so, never really getting any sleep or much of a peaceful moment.
https://i.imgur.com/EzeMGU6.jpg Consequentially, just like with what happened to Natalie, his work results kept dropping, so he eventually found himself right at the bottom of his political career. Back to square one.
https://i.imgur.com/xnMzlC3.jpg Josefine kept her job at the fire station where she to this day still spends most of her time. She eventually moved in with and married Matias Aske, and they are at present happily married. She made sure to find one with the unflirty personality trait this time, much unlike the flirtatious Bård... (Bård also has the terrible heartbreaker life time wish...) https://i.imgur.com/by8DW2L.jpg Matias Hammurabi-Aske sleeping in his bed at home, while Josefine is at the fire station. ..
https://i.imgur.com/gqMRGLD.jpg And Bård? Well, he is still polishing the podiums for the other politicians at the Dreamland Parliament Assembly and lives alone in the same house, though he is no longer haunted by the ghost. Eventually he found a new girlfriend in a human called Ann-Karin Michalsen that also works at the fire station. https://i.imgur.com/w6QRrmH.jpg So there is still hope for a happy ending, just not excactly like everyone had thought at first.. but then again, thats life, isn't it?
