All I see is my newfound friend And all the things she grants me Freedom is not among those things And freedom is by no means free
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Natalie had just finished her shift at the Zombie Restaurant and was heading home. She had not spoken to Billy since after he drank the potion.
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She goes for a shower and changes to her sleepwear, as usual... "It is so comfortable to wear", she says. Then she goes out in the yard to talk to Billy.
https://i.imgur.com/CMqD9ui.jpg Natalie: Hey Billy, how do you feel now that you have drunk the potion? Did it taste like flowers?
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Billy: Oh, ma'am, it didn't taste like flowers.. It was more like soda, it was very sweet. Do you like flowers?
Ma'am? How impersonal.. he is your kid, Natalie! What have you trained him into?
Natalie: Not really.. I never cared much about flowers, and you can call me Natalie from now on.
https://i.imgur.com/5iNlkEU.jpg Billy: Will I get a big bed like Aaron?
https://i.imgur.com/TqTqDXm.jpg Natalie: Oh, sure, it is a little late now, but I will go out shopping for one tomorrow. I will ask Aaron if you can borrow his bed for the night. Don't worry about Aaron, he can sleep alongside me in my bed.
Billy: Oh, you are so kind, miss Natalie.
https://i.imgur.com/bDXNL0i.jpg So Billy went to sleep in Aarons bed and Natalie read a bedtime story for Aaron. No demons were present and everything was good.
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https://i.imgur.com/OyOqZLI.jpg Natalie had her faults and troubles and was far from the perfect mother, but she did love her sons after all.. or so the story goes..
https://i.imgur.com/lV68s8H.jpg It was the middle of rainy season and a new year had begun. And of course, now that Natalie was convinced Billy would not return to his plush state, she sent him off to go to school just like everyone else. Life has become very different for Billy, now after drinking the potion. Lets just hope he will cope with all these changes and that the other kids at school will welcome him. So many new things, he was already excited to have used both a bed and a real toilet for the first time! Poor kid..
https://i.imgur.com/GgUoDQV.jpg Lenore (in the blue jacket, thinking to herself): Hmm, there's a new kid here. I haven't seen him before.. He doesn't have angel wings like most of the rest of us.. and he's got funny looking clothes. And blue hair. Who has blue hair?? What a weirdo!
https://i.imgur.com/9JjpN5f.jpg At home Natalie was practicing to improve her food making skills for the job. Since things seemed to be going so well in the household for the time being, it would appear that she had forgotten all about what Teresa told her about the chalice and the holy oils. They had no other purpose here now, but to stand on the table collecting dust..
Well, things were mostly alright. Natalie had a strange experience again when she sat down to eat her lunch...
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Natalies voice: Don't tell anyone, Natalie, or the police will come and get you, and they will lock you up. Do you want that, Natalie? No, you don't want that.. you don't want that...
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Billy is just finished with his first day at school, and is very fast to get home. Lenore is eyeing him as he leaves. Aaron is staying behind, because he has joined the boy scouts.
https://i.imgur.com/sRyVlmT.jpg "Maybe I should join the boy scouts, too." Billy thinks. With Natalie at work, and Isaac at the art club, Billy had the house to himself. Billy wants to do what Aaron does, and is a little uncomfortable being all alone.
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All the boys were tired and went to bed early, as they stayed up pretty late last night, Billy in his new bed. When Natalie was out shopping, she did try to find a lamp and bed stand for Billy that matched Aarons, but especially finding a matching lamp proved to be very difficult. The one shown here was the only one they had left of its kind at the store, but at least its the same model!
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Well, in spite of Natalie being a little forgetful with the religious rituals (yeah, I'll call it that), the situation in the home seemed pleaseant and peaceful! Well, if you ignore the occasional mess of smelly clothes and spoiled left over food, I mean. So maybe the holy items and Teresas blessings worked. Leftover sushi? Well, I wouldn't eat that...
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..and the boys are off to school again. Hurry up, Billy! Don't be late! Today is excursion day and you're going to the Theatre!
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"Come along, Billy" says Aaron "we are going to the Theatre!". Of course, Billy had never been to the theatre, nor had he gone on an excursion before, so he wasn't really sure what to expect. But he had no choice, so a little nervously, he tagged along.
https://i.imgur.com/2oQv59M.jpg And it seems the bus to the theatre departs from the new school building at the edge of town.. a little far to go for the kids attending the old school building. Bus driver.. couldn't you just drive by and make a stop at the old school as well on your route?
https://i.imgur.com/iGvz9Ap.jpg Bus driver: No, I can't. The town council can't afford it, they have to save money! That's a logic I can't quite understand.. you almost drive by there anyway.. and its just one extra stop! Really...
https://i.imgur.com/v0FcIEq.jpg The kids finally making it to the Dreamland Theatre building..
https://i.imgur.com/lQUEd0o.jpg Inside the lobby of the theatre building.
https://i.imgur.com/TvhPTWg.jpg Billy, Aaron and Isaac really enjoyed the visit to the theatre. They learned quite a lot about the history of music and theatre in Dreamland, and got a quite rockin' perfomance by the local hair metal band "Nuclear Rabbit".
Yes I think understand what you're saying. ''what if there actually is something more out there?'' made me think of the word Universe, uni=one, verse= poem/song/mantra. So the whole of 'everything' is One.
And that makes me think 'what if there is something more out therein there?'' The whole 'go within' thing. ?
I do feel spiritual, though not religious. I think there have been more evolved beings, ones with greater consciousness, the great masters. and I love to sometimes read about the different religions, dead sea scrolls and other fascinating and moving writings. So I tend to think we might be all one, and all the parts, all of us, our consciousness (cosmic consciousness from 'out there' too if they are there) make a magnificent supreme whole.
maybe. ;) who knows?
The video wasn't available but I did like the writings/lyrics, in italics.
Oh LOL that stride of pride is so funny!?
Poor Josephine, awful to be losing a love that way.
And Bård's smile with no shame!
Josephine thinking revenge/betrayal and the freaking Teddy Bears are there!!! :o :# ? Dun dun Dun!?
OMG! How did Josephine do that!!! Wow! that light! That is Brilliant!
Cursed Teddy Bears! (and all the while I can't help but think, Josephine has white or almost white wings ... but I might be confusing white=good=godly)
Oh, so Bård did want to try to fix things... But now is haunted by a ghost. and that teddy bear is just (?) sitting there. It must be the catalyst...
Then Josephine, takes marital advice from someone who has never been married, and does not speak about the grace of forgiveness. ;) But truly it is hard to see the poor girl so sad and upset. What a horrible thing to go through.
She breaks up and he SHRUGS! :o :# and I think he might have a little smile, too, hard to see, no I stretched my screen, no smile but no unhappy mouth either! Ah, but he is acting like he doesn't understand and ''pretending not to care.''
OhNO! That ghost looking out the window! How totally horrible and creepy! ? Bård is really having a horrifying haunting! and gee, affecting his sleep and career too. wow. What a gruesome punishment/revenge!
Josephine is probably smart to find a guy not flirtatious! OH so Bård has that awful Heartbreaker LTW, I think that probably helped motivate him. does he also have commitment issues? that makes break ups not so hard to tolerate.
Well, I think already a good ending after that tumultuous year, for Josephine and Bård, and now they can live a bit more happy lives.
I note that Natalie's consequence is lasting her 18 years, but that's how it goes, and her 'consequence' is a very unique individual, well her whole little household is very unique!
Such an interesting, great side story! I really enjoyed it! :)
@Sprottenham I like this next update--the real update! :)
Interesting conversation with Natalie and Billy. He is very polite, like Texan children of my childhood~ everyone older than you is addressed sir or mam.
Wow! love the picture of the double Natalie! very good! :#
Yes I hope the rituals and holy items and prayers worked! But I wonder why they are collecting dust and maybe not having the oils replenished?
Nice Lobby of the theater! This should be a great experience for Billy, his first field trip! :)
@DivaDoodle Hmm, well I guess the video maybe had some country restriction to it or something. Anyway, its not mandatory to listen to these songs, of course. Its just something I have decided to do for every update as far as I can, and sometimes they might not fit so well with the update, because it can be a bit tricky to find something good. :P
OMG! How did Josephine do that!!! Wow! that light! That is Brilliant!
Rage. ;) She was mad, really mad! But in all seriousness, I used the NRAAS mod (don't know which one does it now, because I have to many of them) to max out her formula/magic skill, and experimented with it to see what she could do.
Yeah, it would probably have been better for Bård if had shown a little more care when she broke up.. not really any sign of guilt, just.. that shrugging... but then again, it might not have done much of a difference...
Haha, I didn't think about that part about nuns not getting married! Yeah, maybe she should have spoken words about forgiveness, but sometimes you have to cut things out of your life, and maybe even a nun could understand that...
And Natalies consequece, well a new life was created, so I mean.. calling it a consequence doesn't seem right, though I can see what you mean.. however, Bård should also have some responsibility with that... just to bad Natalie never told him....
And thanks for enjoying this side story! I enjoyed it too! :P
*edit: Oh, and about the wing colours.. ah, angels with white wings are considered pure angels, but in this world, that does not mean they are incapable of bad things, they are not necessarily 100 % good. That depends on personality traits, emotional state, etc....
Josefines wings also has a little bit of yellow in them, but not as much as Bårds wings. An angel gets yellow wings if one of their parents is a magician (or witch, wizard etc.) So Bårds wings are yellow, because he is 50% angel and 50% magician. Josefines wings are a little more white, because she is 75% angel, 25% magician. Josefines mom has more yellow wings (50/50), but both Josefine and her sister Ina has more white in their wings, so their father (an unknown) must be a white winged angel.
This place that they live in, isn't excactly heaven and so not everyone is good, even though my first idea for this town went more along those lines... So maybe all these angels are living some kind of afterlife...?
@Sprottenham Oh shame about the video restrictions! I like to see what you choose.
Ohhhh! Rage! yes indeed! I never develop my witches properly, I need to. They annoy me with their constant playing with magic, even if I take away their wands, they will have found another the next time I open the game! Sneaky sims!
haha yes Bård shrugging seems like maybe a disrespectful thing to do, but it's in the game, maybe to incite rage? 'What do you mean you don't care one way or the other?!' Rawrrr! But I think no matter what the person does, shrug or cry, it won't have any effect on the outcome.
You're right, calling it a consequence doesn't seem right at all. But I don't think Natalie was looking to have another child? I might be wrong... For certain he can't be a dead beat Dad if he doesn't even know about Billy!
Thank you for more clarification abut the wing colors.
Ah yes the place seems more of an after or alternate life, at first look. At least I hope Heaven doesn't have monsters under the beds, talking teddy bears and scary ghosts peering out at you from windows! :D
@DivaDoodle And thanks for liking the real update, too. ;) Your last reply there snuck in before I could see it. It is nice to have one person continuously reading my stuff. Sometimes I think about where AlexaKry and Tamijo also went, but I don't want to bug them. They will come back to the forums if they want to?
Hehe, I didn't know Texan kids spoke like that, I have never been to Texas. ;) I don't know excactly why, but again it just felt natural to have Billy talk that way to Natalie at first. And that's kind of how I write stuff, at least the more detailed things, in the spur of the moment, and I usually aren't doing to many edits either, so it is like you're reading a first draft... but I have always been like that.. (of course I try to not make spelling errors, and well, hope that my grammar is correct).
Natalie was being a bit sloppy with the oils thing, eventually not doing it daily and once she ran out of oil, she didn't bother to go back and get more...
Vaults - Premonitions Let's take it right back to where we used to go But we never look back No, we only look forward to other new pain And violence turned to blame No, we never look back
No, we only look forward with all our faith Hearts broken from the start With the feel that we were born to a fault Only to be held tall by the writing on the wall We don't need no premonitions, no
https://i.imgur.com/m7Bqah2.jpg Aaron: Rooaar!! Raawaarr! Raawrr! Aaron, is that really necessary? Your brother is trying to sleep... Hmm, and by the looks of that stinking pile of clothes, it seems Natalie is slipping up when it comes to keeping the house clean again..
https://i.imgur.com/qwiPQ6i.jpg You don't need those gemstones anymore Natalie, so no need to think about that. Instead of sitting down to play with that toy.. maybe you should do some laundry? It's piling up...
As Isaac went to bed really early in the afternoon, he wakes up in the middle of the night fully rested. Natalie still hadn't gone to bed.
https://i.imgur.com/ZnhlwvQ.jpg Natalie: What are you doing up at this hour, Isaac? Have you been drinking coffee? You know I have forbid you to drink coffee!
https://i.imgur.com/puuGxoh.jpg Natalie: I'm going to slap you, if I catch you up at night drinking coffee again!!
https://i.imgur.com/co3E0fF.jpg Isaac got angry naturally, and had no idea what she was yelling about.. he had not been drinking any coffee.. they didn't even own a coffee machine.. where would she get that idea!? And saying you're going to slap your own child.. that's a line you shouldn't be crossing, Natalie.. but you live what you've learned I guess...
https://i.imgur.com/IS7xgfY.jpg When the kids went to school the next morning, Natalie was still asleep. She didn't go to sleep until around 3 in the night.
https://i.imgur.com/006DweM.jpg Natalie woke up to the phone ringing, a few minutes past twelve.
https://i.imgur.com/fEgZ73m.jpg It was Teresa Mater, the nun, calling. She was holding a feast to celebrate the arrival of spring and wanted Natalie to join.
https://i.imgur.com/4ai14EM.jpg Before entering the party, Natalie had to stop and taste the rain for a while. Still a child at heart..
https://i.imgur.com/G4XlvGY.jpg Natalie: Can you believe how ridiculous Teresa is.. thinking that these crosses and whatnot is good to ward against demons.. ha! I don't really believe in any of this.. I think it's stupid!
Normally the nunnery wouldn't allow males to enter, but I guess they made an exception for this event.. or maybe this guy standing next to them is registered as female, I don't know..
https://i.imgur.com/4g9lnHh.jpg Idun (trying to be diplomatic): Yeah.. I kind of ... understand where you're coming from..., but I wouldn't say it like that. Teresa is very kind to invite us to this feast! Let's enjoy ourselves! https://i.imgur.com/UWzlSaQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4fmqUFz.jpg Natalie (mumbles to herself): "Let's enjoy ourselves..." bah! These people are so stupid.. I'm gonna find the kitchen to make myself a pumpkin pie.
https://i.imgur.com/GUybddz.jpg The phone rang as she was cooking in the oven. It was Elisa calling. https://i.imgur.com/xvH3w0E.jpg
Elisas voice is heard mumbling through the phone.
https://i.imgur.com/RbMbIH3.jpg Natalie: Someone uninvited? What.. who can that be?
https://i.imgur.com/52ug7fD.jpg Natalie: What are you trying to say, Elisa? Someone that is something they are not...?
https://i.imgur.com/MwU1Xvl.jpg Natalie: Now you listen to me, Elisa. I believe what you say just as much as I believe in giant monsters living in mountain lakes... that is, not at all!
https://i.imgur.com/pAJ6XWO.jpg
Natalie: Don't call me again with this nonsense Elisa! Goodbye!
https://i.imgur.com/kOGFr5Q.jpg Natalie: Stupid old witch and her doomsday sayings... This must be one of Natalies grumpy days...
https://i.imgur.com/omWQpjH.jpg Natalie: Oh, and I now I burnt the pumpkin pie... I'm not eating that...
https://i.imgur.com/LSZ63a9.jpg Then she goes upstairs to talk to another one of the nuns, Birgit, about rain. And give her a scare. You're some angel, aren't you, Natalie? Scaring a nun..
https://i.imgur.com/XnZNIt9.jpg Some angel indeed..
https://i.imgur.com/HspanGt.jpg I mean, lets face it, you are evil, Natalie. Maybe not fully, but atleast in part.
https://i.imgur.com/OvR3NAN.jpg And then, you also have this tender side that sometimes shows itself...
https://i.imgur.com/VzsW8lS.jpg Teresa: Thank you for coming to my feast! How have you been since last time, Natalie? Have you been sleeping well?
https://i.imgur.com/7yHTBgt.jpg Natalie: Oh, thanks for asking! I am sleeping just like an innocent child!
https://i.imgur.com/2gzpiyJ.jpg Natalie: But that is not because of you and your silly book and figurines! All that is pure nonsense! https://i.imgur.com/yCiul8F.jpg Teresa: How dare you!? Listen to me, little girl!
https://i.imgur.com/hfYbFJN.jpg Teresa: There are dangerous things out to harm you! Quite possibly put an end to you!
https://i.imgur.com/xQHqDAO.jpg Teresa: However, I am not mad at you, Natalie.. but rather disappointed and sad. Little one, we are praying for you! And by the looks of things, you're going to need all the prayers you can get..we are only trying to help you, Natalie..
https://i.imgur.com/WS2fJjZ.jpg Natalie: Whatever, I need a shower.. Teresa: *sigh* She doesn't get it... -- After showering and changing to her sleepwear, Natalie finds another nun hanging around.. https://i.imgur.com/uFEY3e0.jpg
Natalie: Haha, you nuns are so silly with all your stupid talk about dangerous things all the time.. https://i.imgur.com/u7axoQX.jpg Thelma:Who invited you here!? I will tell our Mother Teresa to have you kicked out and to never return!
https://i.imgur.com/nMXE3sv.jpg Natalie (in a whiny temperamental voice): But I want to use your rocking chair!
Wow, Natalie.. you're behaving just like a four year old with a temper tantrum. I can't believe you're actually 36 years old! This is embarassing to watch!
https://i.imgur.com/RgOxqIv.jpg Natalie: @#&% nun!! I want to use that rocking chair!!
https://i.imgur.com/RekFtHb.jpg Thelma: You can't behave like that around here. This is a nunnery! Such words are completely unacceptable. Go home. Now.
https://i.imgur.com/O4FBEdc.jpg Thelma: Shoosh! Go on! Natalie had no choice here, but to listen and go home...
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https://i.imgur.com/nV4HL0P.jpg The morning after looked relatively normal in the Goth-Asli household, with Aaron, still in his dinosaur costume, doing homework, and Natalie preparing breakfast. Isaac was resting in the rocking chair, as he often did, and Billy was upstairs, just about to wake up from sleep.
https://i.imgur.com/XWsGbyf.jpg And then one of the nuns came over. This one just walked in without knocking. "Mind if I sit down" the nun said, before she sat down giving Natalie no time to answer her question.
https://i.imgur.com/Tc5jXGN.jpg This nun clearly did not approve of Billy for whatever reason. https://i.imgur.com/TbwOnb2.jpg The nun made eye contact with Natalie, before she started talking.
https://i.imgur.com/pN1nPOu.jpg "You are in great danger, Natalie" she said.
https://i.imgur.com/iFDLPzt.jpg "You need blue healing diamonds and crystals in your home. That will keep the danger away."
https://i.imgur.com/rxYvMBf.jpg Natalie does not respond, but continues on with her business.. "Gemstones, holy rituals and crystals.. when is this nonsense going to end?" Natalie thought to herself. "Not even in my house will they let me be..."
https://i.imgur.com/k04lQns.jpg "I am serious, Natalie" the nun continued. "If you do not listen to the warnings you get, The Great Dragon himself will get you!"
"This is just getting more and more ridiculous" Natalie thought.
https://i.imgur.com/1UNGPTL.jpg Natalie: Get out of my house, nun lady! And stop spreading these nonsensical lies!
https://i.imgur.com/diI3mZs.jpg Nun: Well, you are going to regret those words once the Dragon gets to you, and you will scream in eternal pain as you are burned by his fire!
https://i.imgur.com/2cZde9W.jpg Natalie: That sounds like a threat, nun lady! Get the #$%&! out of my house before I slap you silly!! Natalie raised her hand as if to slap the nun across the face.. https://i.imgur.com/8TqTQIW.jpg
Nun: Alright, I'll leave, but you will regret these words one day... https://i.imgur.com/vXn2iRk.jpg Natalie: Just get out..
https://i.imgur.com/zDJqHpm.jpg And so the nun lady leaves...
https://i.imgur.com/ihVLhtI.jpg ...!!!!
https://i.imgur.com/Tp8nONq.jpg Something tells me that wasn't a nun lady!! And the neighbours have noticed the fire, but they are all useless, just standing there panicking.. someone call the fire department!!
https://i.imgur.com/xJkUXSb.jpg
Well done, Natalie! You put the fire out, or maybe it died out by itself, but holy bagpipes what was that!? Now I would start to be very afraid if I was you, Natalie...
@Sprottenham I really miss Tamijo & AlexaKry, too, last I read Tamijo said he had family stuff to do. I just always hope I see them again. yes I feel the same not wanting to bug them.
I have some Texan cousins so I heard them say mam and sir a lot when visiting, when I was young. I remember asking my Dad if my cousins were in a 'kids army'! :D My only reference was the next door neighbor little boy playing with his G. I. Joe action figures. 'YES! Yes, Sir!'
It sounded very natural for Billy to speak to Natalie like that at first! I always think you are completely fluent in English, you have a great command of the language, correct grammar and everything! Good job! How do you practice? In your line of work or?
I will come back later to read the next update! Sorry, ---I'm late on everything!
@DivaDoodle Haha, well over here kids being overly polite like that would be completely weird an unnatural. Nobody views their parents as a superior in that way, at least not that I am used to. So maybe it was something I did subconsciously to underline the unnatural relationship between Billy and Natalie. I don't know, but I guess ones writing can say a lot of things not immediately thought about. :P
Thanks about my language, I am pretty used to hearing, seeing, writing in english. Its everywhere, in music, movies, tv-shows, and was a huge part of my education too, because for higher up classes, there are no textbooks in my language. And scientific articles are typically written in english. However, I still find myself resorting to online dictionaries every now and then. ;)
Don't worry about being late, it happens to me too. ;)
Aaron is so cute dressed up as a dinosaur playing make believe! :)
Poor Isaak, the sims never know when it's best to nap or sleep for 8 hours, then his Mom accuses him of drining coffee. No wonder he looks so mad!
haha so cute of Natalie to taste the rain :) great pic capture, I know they can do these cute thing so fast, it's easy to miss getting the pic.
ah, interesting spoiler. I never thought about males not being able to enter a nunnery or not.
hmm more interesting is the witch calling her on the phone!
:D scaring the nun! hahaha
This is maybe not so smart for Natalie to seem to not believe the nuns anymore about the danger. I wonder what has caused her to change her mind?
I do love how Natalie gets into her sleepwear when ever possible! hahaha
yes everyone loves the rocking chairs, especially childish Natalie! hehehe she really wants it! But no, she is shooshed to go home. Probably for the best.
omg the nun goes up in flames! (but how did you do that?) and Natalie tries to put out the fire, that is nice of her!
wow! very interesting update!!! ?
Oh higher learning text books aren't in your language, I never knew that! There is so much I just assume. I only am familiar with Spanish and French (about a child's or pre-teen's level of conversation, probably, lol) I have a Japanese friend who was born in Portugal while her parents were traveling and it was her first language, then Japanese and through her parents traveling about while she was growing up, she now knows 8 languages. she is lucky because living in these different places she really fully understands the nuances and emotions of these languages instead of just textbook learning. She says you can always tell if people really 'get it' or fully understand the language by the jokes. If it isn't that funny to you then something is lost in the translation, because the peoples are so different. I thought that was so interesting of her to notice and tell me that! :)
I have a question, in which language do you dream and when you travel to other places, do you ever dream in that language?
oh haha I use the dictionaries too, but because every now and then I have found words, over time start having different meanings.
Ach, and I always use spell check, my fingers try to put the letters out of order, all the time! :D
