Chapter 4.9 – Take care, Natalie https://i.imgur.com/5WC5CXb.png
Song: Alstad – The Room Upstairs
Once home from the doctor's office, Natalie naturally wanted to do her favorite thing.. to play with the doll house upstairs in Aaron and Billy's room.. https://i.imgur.com/jHEhv0t.jpg Billy was by the kitchen table doing his homework, Aaron was attending the boy scouts and Isaac was still outside the school building doing his homework. https://i.imgur.com/vALplX8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jsqsgwk.jpg Natalie went straight for the dollhouse and did her best to ignore that there seemingly was another girl in the room..
https://i.imgur.com/y968Ly1.jpg The little girl followed Natalie downstairs, as she was going to prepare herself a meal. Whatever this little girl is doing there, she seems to be a little grumpy about something.
https://i.imgur.com/rZYJP0k.jpg Little girl: Have you ever thought about getting married?
https://i.imgur.com/5XiSeeB.jpg Natalie: Oh, haha, not really..
https://i.imgur.com/us9rtLH.jpg Little girl: The rising moon is a bad sign, so says my mom. You have to get married before the moon rises again.
https://i.imgur.com/UlwDIR8.jpg Natalie has no desire to get married anytime soon. She ignores the little girl and gets up to do the dishes.
https://i.imgur.com/vF178G1.jpg It was getting late and Isaac hadn't gone home yet. He was still at school playing with a doll house in the kids playroom. Isaac sometimes does this... stays at school after hours and doesn't want to go home..
https://i.imgur.com/mklgIHx.jpg Little girl: Mommy says a good girl always does the dishes. A good girl always does what she is told.
https://i.imgur.com/yZTbUyx.jpg Little girl (mumbling to herself): A good girl stays in her room, and always listens to her mommy.
https://i.imgur.com/Pf2R8fO.jpg Little girl: A good girl always does her chores, so that mommy won't get mad.
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https://i.imgur.com/ixlfYZ4.jpg Natalie eats yesterdays leftovers for breakfast the next morning when the phone rings.
Elisa: I haven't heard from you in a while, Natalie. How are you doing?
https://i.imgur.com/146DqMB.jpg Natalie: Oh...I'm doing fine, but I had to go to a doctor the other day, and she says you don't exist.
Elisa: Yeah, I knew the doctor would say that. What else did she say?
https://i.imgur.com/1h9uZI8.jpg Natalie: Umm.. well, she said something about the mind being very powerful and that she also thought I was not in danger.
Elisa: Hmm, well that is the doctor's job... and for what she believes, of course, that is true. But unfortunately she doesn't know everything. I don't mean to scare you Natalie, but you are in danger. Maybe it's time for you to pay me another visit. The effect of the protective spell I cast on you is wearing out.
https://i.imgur.com/gA7fSmx.jpg Natalie: Aha, ok, so the protective spell is wearing out.. uhmm, well, I have to go see the doctor again tomorrow.. but I'll come back up as soon as I can after that...
Elisa: That's good to hear, Natalie.. and please do visit the doctor, she is only trying to help, but unfortunately, she cannot defeat the danger.. Now don't forget to visit me, Natalie. It's important.
It is very generous of Elisa to not dismiss the doctor entirely, even though they have pretty opposing views on certain things...
https://i.imgur.com/RPf6bUS.jpg Natalie: I.. I understand.. I'll come back up as soon as I can, I promise.. I don't want to be in danger..
Elisa: That sounds good, Natalie. Take care..
https://i.imgur.com/m8kozko.jpg Natalie: You too, Elisa.. ok, bye.
Then Natalie had to sit down and fill out her forms, like the doctor said. A good girl always does her homework.
https://i.imgur.com/JAMkTa8.jpg Little girl:I want to go out looking for diamonds.
https://i.imgur.com/sOlvN9r.jpg Little girl: But mommy says I have to do the dishes. I don't like doing dishes.
After filling out the forms as best as she can, Natalie goes upstairs to play with the doll house again, but Aaron is already there. The little girl follows Natalie upstairs, so instead Natalie turns to the little girl...
https://i.imgur.com/0ZJWRhx.jpg Natalie: I don't like doing dishes either.
Looks like Natalie and the little girl understand each other perfectly...
https://i.imgur.com/e2223TF.jpg Little girl: I have a teddy bear in my room. It is the only toy I have.
https://i.imgur.com/jffbSKh.jpg Little girl: My mom said it was a present from an old witch that lives far, far away.
https://i.imgur.com/Q0REwPC.jpg Little girl: My mom says that if we are not nice, she will take me and the teddy bear and leave us out in the forest at night.
https://i.imgur.com/LRi0JWX.jpg Little girl: But one day a man came to our school.. and he said that if I found a special type of diamond, I could make the teddy bear come alive! https://i.imgur.com/Np1erPy.jpg Natalie: You must always do as your momma says, and clean the house!
https://i.imgur.com/lWnRXF0.jpg Natalie: Mommy will get very angry if you don't clean the house!
https://i.imgur.com/vFys9bc.jpg Natalie: Go to your room, now! And stay there until you can behave, or else..!
https://i.imgur.com/W99Pkmg.jpg Natalie: Mommy is really angry with you now!
https://i.imgur.com/C7DqOgW.jpg Natalie: "Do what mommy says, Natalie"
https://i.imgur.com/whOQNJk.jpg Natalie: "Go to your room, Natalie"
https://i.imgur.com/AdwRBqs.jpg Natalie: "Ok mommy, I will do anything you say mommy."
https://i.imgur.com/kFQvihB.jpg Natalie: Didn't I tell you not to steal food from the fridge, Natalie! That food is MINE!!
https://i.imgur.com/bhk2Eg6.jpg Natalie: Come over here, you little piece of @#%$!!
Natalie...? What the hell...?
https://i.imgur.com/YtA3JPu.jpg Natalie: "Please don't hurt me, mommy. I'll be a good girl, mommy.."
Oh, yikes... just.. yikes...umm...
https://i.imgur.com/soaOJTT.jpg After this rather unsettling episode, Natalie got an invitation to a party over at Idun Skullerud-Morales house. Natalie was feeling a little uneasy, but thought she couldn't turn down the invitation, so she decided to go.
https://i.imgur.com/C8p0YyO.jpg The party looks crowded as everyone gathered in the hallway. Natalie has a reaction to all the people that looks a little strange, as if she is angered by something. Idun, the host of the party, is in the green jacket to the right.
https://i.imgur.com/VtRBdP8.jpg Natalie goes to stand in the corner with her back against the wall, and then her phone rings. Its Elisa calling her again.
https://i.imgur.com/2xG3Rwl.jpg Natalie: No, I am not at home.. I am at a party, why?
https://i.imgur.com/sdosPez.jpg Natalie: I should be home, because the demon might find me easier when I am out? Are you telling me I can't leave the house?
https://i.imgur.com/fBjmC9m.jpg Natalie: You just want me to be safe, I understand, but Elisa... I am not alone here..
https://i.imgur.com/1HN3g04.jpg Natalie: Yeah, uhh.. love you too, Elisa..
https://i.imgur.com/DFgGMlI.jpg Natalie: Yes, I have been eating today.. of course I have... yes, yes, I will take care of myself.. ok, bye Elisa..
Natalie was a little confused by this strange call from Elisa.. she was starting to sound like the mommy she never had...
https://i.imgur.com/LwgVJMU.jpg "Of course I have been eating!" Natalie said to herself. Even though she found it odd, she felt a little bit of warmth inside knowing that Elisa bothered to call her and ask if she had eaten.. "..and she even said that she loved me", Natalie thought. It was a strange feeling to Natalie, one she hadn't felt to often in her life. She had to stand there in the corner for a while and just feel.
https://i.imgur.com/5zLhHR9.jpg It was a good feeling, but it made her a little nervous, too. Why would someone say they loved her? Mommy never said that.. Natalie wasn't sure what was going on.
https://i.imgur.com/RqbhBAF.jpg Well, Natalie was getting hungry, and just made a plate of sushi in Iduns kitchen.. after randomly changing her outfit..but maybe you should go home and get some sleep now.. its getting late, and tomorrow is your second appointment with Dr. Lovensteen...
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Or you choose to could chill by the pool I suppose. Idun is one of the wealthier people in town, so she does have a pretty nice house.
https://i.imgur.com/lo8XZH4.jpg Well, no.. not this time...Narrator intervenes and says... you go home and get some sleep... take care, Natalie...
Sorry, I don't think I can answer the question about who the little girl is, I want that to be up to the reader/viewer to figure out. Part of the point here, is to show a bit what I think the experience of mental illness will be like to a sufferer: Scary and confusing. Hence, no answers...
Something like this might put people off from being interested in this story, but this story is what it is, and I can't make any compromise here! ;)
Thank you for sticking out with this craziness...!
Chapter4.10 - Big Little Girl https://i.imgur.com/J3Wr9Ja.png
Sia - Big Girls Cry Natalie woke up the next morning by a phone call. It wasn't Elisa this time..
https://i.imgur.com/qQ8uAr9.jpg Natalie (still not fully awake): Hello, it's Natalie...
Sara: Hello, Natalie! How are you? Is everything ok? Natalie: Oh, $%# doctor... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry... I'll uh.. I'll be there shortly...
Sara: That's good to hear, Natalie. I was getting worried when you didn't show up.. I'll see you soon then, Natalie! Natalie quickly took a shower and ate her breakfast as fast as she could, before hurrying out the door and to the hospital..
At the doctors office:
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Natalie: Oh, I'm so sorry, doctor, I'm so sorry..
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Sara: Don't worry about it, Natalie, you are here now! And please, call me Sara...
https://i.imgur.com/JOR1Pil.jpg Sara: So, Natalie, I hope you have brought and filled out the form I gave you last time..
Natalie: Oh, oh.. yes, doctor, I have it right here..
Natalie hands the papers to Sara.
Sara: Please, Natalie.. call me Sara..
Sara takes a look at the screening papers and what Natalie answered while typing something on her computer.
Sara: Hmm..
Natalie: Is... is something wrong doctor? Sara: No, no, I mean, nothing that we can't.. cure.. I'm just.. reading through.. Natalie watches the doctor anxiously.
Sara: Ok, ok.. I'm going to be honest with you Natalie, so please, bear with me..
https://i.imgur.com/4HoJVv8.jpg Sara: According to your answers you have some mild symptoms of depression..and your score is pretty high for PTSD.. that's post traumatic stress disorder. You have a moderate score for anxiety and a moderate to high score for psychosis or schizophrenia..
https://i.imgur.com/4wsERGx.jpg Natalie: What... what does that mean? Are you going to put me on drugs? Or lock me up? I don't want to be...
https://i.imgur.com/OgQvkXp.jpg Sara: Oh, Natalie, dear... I'm not going to 'lock you up' as you put it, but I am going to have to look at the possibility that you will get better with taking medicine in combination with therapy..
https://i.imgur.com/lPMMLke.jpg Natalie: I am ...I am scared of medicine. I don't want to stop being myself and turn into a zombie...
https://i.imgur.com/ygUWZPn.jpg Sara: Well, I can guarantee you won't turn into a zombie, neither in the literal sense or otherwise.. but unfortunately, the medicine does have a few side effects.. but I honestly think it will be better for you, and your children as well, if you choose to go on mediciation...
https://i.imgur.com/M11QDgc.jpg Natalie: So.. I have a choice?
Sara: Yes, Natalie. You have a choice. I can only offer you treatment, I can't command you to treatment.
Natalie: So.... what happens now? What does the medicine do?
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Sara: Well, it's....
Sara pauses, before she continues.
Sara:...ok, I will set you up for a new appointment and you will start psychotherapy with me. And you will not have to talk to anyone else but me, unless you would want to, of course. And I think, based on some of what you answered that I will offer you a medication called Flupnaprazoline*. Don't worry, you won't have to remember that. I will give you a receipt and you can just show it to the pharmacy downstairs, and they will find it for you, easy as pie.
*I made that up, there is no real medication with that name...
https://i.imgur.com/GuMjxhr.jpg Natalie But what does the medication do? I'm not taking anything before I know what it does!
https://i.imgur.com/RgGb7du.jpg Sara: Well, the bad news first.. there are some side effects.. The first days of taking the medicine you may feel drowsy, dizzy and even experience blurry vision. Do you have a drivers licence Natalie? Natalie: Yes, but I don't own a car...
Sara: Either way, I would advise you to be careful with driving, atleast the first days until these effects start to wear off.. You may also notice a drier mouth than usual, increased heartbeat and sensitivity to sunlight..
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Natalie: So it won't make me a zombie, but it will make me a vampire?
https://i.imgur.com/WRYbIIF.jpg Sara: Hahaha, I'm sorry for laughing Natalie, but no, you won't become a vampire..
Sara: However, you may experience skin rashes, increased breast size, and you know, irregularities in your period, as well as a decreased desire for intimacy...
https://i.imgur.com/qngKEoL.jpg Natalie: Oh, that won't be a problem for me, I haven't had a good #$&%@ in years!
Sara: Oh, I .. uh, see..
Sara became a little embarassed by Natalies sudden outspokenness.
https://i.imgur.com/1eIsFcy.jpg Natalie: But what good things does it do, doctor?
https://i.imgur.com/alPUM64.jpg Sara: Ah, yes.. you will notice already within a few days that your.. well, that your hallucinations will begin to fade.. you will less and less often see or hear things that others aren't noticing... and within six weeks or so, most people that take this medication report that their hallucinations and delusions are completely gone..
https://i.imgur.com/GeVfJwp.jpg Natalie: So.. does this mean that I will no longer get visits from the nun-demon lady, and that I will no longer have the feeling of being watched and followed.. and no longer have to fear that someone or something wants me dead? Sara: That sounds correct, yes.
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Natalie: But what about Elisa? She has been such a good friend to me.. she even called me yesterday to say that... to say that..
Natalie: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I can't....
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Natalie: Its just that no one has ever... I have never heard.. I have never felt that... she said that she... she..
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Sara: What did she say to you, Natalie? Can you tell me?
Natalie: She said that she.... (Natalie whispers, her lips barely moving)... she loves me...
Sara: I am so sorry, Natalie, but.. Elisa will probably fade away too...
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Natalie: I never heard that... my mommy didn't.... *sniffle* ... I'm sorry, I'm sorry.... I said to much...
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Sara: No, no, not at all Natalie.. that is excactly why I am here.. to listen to what you have to say...please, go on... what was it your mommy didn't do?
Natalie: Oh, my mommy did a lot of things, but she never told... she never said.. I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I just can't...
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Sara: So, so... it's ok Natalie, I won't push you any further...
Sara gets up to collect a paper from the printer.
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Sara:I think I will have to give you the receipt for the medicine for now, Natalie. Please, pick it up downstairs, and... I will see you again same time, next week. Please, sweet Natalie, take care of yourself and... if there is anything, don't hesitate to call. Alright?
Sometimes its very tricky to find a good relevant song that either doesn't contain expletives (forum inappropriate) etc., so here is a somber classical piece instead for this update...
https://i.imgur.com/9TaV1qO.jpg
Natalie had done what the doctor said, and picked up the medicine from the pharmacy as well as investing in a new medicine cabinet. The medicine was a little expensive for Natalie, at 350 simoleons per bottle, but she was hoping it was worth it. That it would make the nun-demon and the feeling of dread and of being watched and followed go away. But she was hoping that Elisa wouldn't go away, so she was also a little afraid to try the medicine...
https://i.imgur.com/k0zaEQn.jpg The next morning Natalies phone rang just as she had finished her pumpkin pie breakfast.
https://i.imgur.com/2WX30Cj.jpg The caller wasn't Elisa this time either, it was Idun Skullerud-Morales, one of Natalies old long time friends. For some reason which probably makes sense to Natalie, she decided to answer the phone by turning on its speaker and putting it on the plate.
Idun had of course heard about the incident with the fire extinguisher and how Natalie was temporarily laid off from her job, and was concerned about her friends well being.
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Natalie stood still in front of the medicine cabinet for a long while. She remembered the instructions from the pharmacist, one pill in the morning after breakfast, and another one in the evening before going to bed. But Natalie was afraid to take the step, she didn't want to lose Elisa that had become her best friend and almost like a mother figure to her.
But she also didn't want to die, so if the medicine could help with that.... she eventually summoned enough courage and decided to go for it.
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"Ok, this is it.. this is the moment", she thought before taking the pill...
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"Ok, now I have done it... now there is no turning back.. but I feel no different at all.. I should give it some time, maybe..."
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Natalie: Yellow tank brigade.. attack!! Wrrr, wrrrr, wrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
I see you're no different at all.. yet, of course... I wonder if the medicine will cure the childishness too?
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Natalie: .....
Uh, what's going on now? .... Some hours later, Isaac comes home to find his mom passed out on the floor.
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She woke up to the sound of a phone call..
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Elisa: Hi, Natalie... how are you? Did you read my message earlier? Please come to my party, it starts within an hour!
Natalie: Oh... oh, Elisa... I'll... I'll be right up!
Natalie wasn't really expecting to hear from Elisa, because of the medication and what the doctor said...
Surely, someone that isn't real couldn't be hosting a party.. this should be interesting...
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Isaac does his best to focus on his homework, while Natalie immediately heads out the door.
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And so, back up into the woods we go again..
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Natalie: Hi, Elisa.. I came as fast as I could!
Elisa: Hi, Natalie. Thank you for coming!
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Natalie then goes up to talk to Elisa, but Elisa all of a sudden seems busy talking to someone else..
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Natalie: Don't turn your back on me, Elisa! I'm talking to you!
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Natalie: What is happening? Why doesn't she notice me all of a sudden?
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Natalie: Aahh!! It must be the medication, it is already working!
But then Elisa finally turns to talk to Natalie..
https://i.imgur.com/aIPoNGW.jpg Elisa: I think there's to many people here..
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Natalie (thinking to herself):To many people? I understand nothing of this.. first she invites me to a party.. then she talks to someone invisible, and now there's to many people here..?
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Natalie: This is a ridiculous party, Elisa! Where are the guests? There is nobody here but you and me, and all you did was go inside and make food for yourself!
https://i.imgur.com/xodc18E.jpg Elisa: How dare you, Natalie!? After everything I have done for you, and how I have sworn to protect you!
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Natalie: Oh, I am sorry Elisa, I got a little carried away.. did you really mean what you said the other day? When you called me and said you loved me?
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Elisa: Oh, yes, of course I meant that Natalie. That's why I invited you over...
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Natalie: And you will still protect me from dying?
Elisa: Of course I will, as far as my powers go.. come on in..
Once inside..
https://i.imgur.com/o9o5Dhu.jpg Natalie: Oh, I remember all the times I used to spend in this rocking chair..
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Amazing, Elisa even has her own TV-set.. didn't know this cabin had electricity.. but shouldn't you be home by now to take your evening medicine, Natalie?
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Natalie: Nah, I don't want to go home... I want to sit in this rocking chair. It feels safe to me.
And home isn't safe..?
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Natalie: No, home isn't safe. I don't want to go home. I want to stay here.
But your kids are home, Natalie..?
Natalie..?
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You're not going home.. and now you're skipping both your evening and your morning medicine.. Natalie, this is probably not going to make anything any better... why are you so drawn to this cabin?
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Natalie: Morning, Elisa.
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Natalie: *sob* *sob* ... I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry...
Elisa: Its alright, Natalie.. you are safe here..
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Natalie: I really like staying with you, Elisa.. this cabin feels like home to me!
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Natalie: Oh.. shoot, I have to go to work!
Oh.. well, atleast she remembers her job... but yes, it is true, she has to go back to work. Ramona didn't give her time off forever.. luckily. And of course, now that she is on medication.. or so everyone thinks.. things should be getting better... Well, hopefully going back to work will be good for you Natalie.. maybe that will help you keep some structure to your life...
Elisa follows her on the way out.
https://i.imgur.com/0ukdFDS.jpg Elisa: Bye for now, Natalie.. come back soon!
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And the trees reveal that it is no longer summer, and autumn is already here. This also means that tomorrow is your next appointment with Dr. Lovensteen.. what are you going to tell her now, Natalie? That you didn't take your medicine and went to the cabin again? Or what?
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And surely, with a mom like Natalie, the kids would probably have to grow very independent.. she hadn't been home for some days now.. again...
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After finishing her shift, Natalie didn't immediately go home, but went to dance for a while in the restaurants backyard, before she had a nervous reaction to something.
https://i.imgur.com/gLplz6S.jpg And when she came home, she was being grumpy again, taking it out on Isaac.
After which she went to bed without taking her medicine..
I hope the expensive medicine works out for Natalie. There is always the chance (because it is you very unusual story) that seeing a daemon nun and feeling the sense of dread she was feeling might be real, or for a reason, like to warn her. :o so I just hope that it works out!
haha I have never seen putting a phone on a plate before!
I'm glad that Eliza seems real enough to have a party! Oh I guess the guests must be invisible?
Wow Natalie sleeps a lot! But she sure seems to like this little house with Eliiza.
Uh Oh skipping 2 doses of the medicine.
Wow so weird that Natalie skips days of being at home! I have only seen that before when there were no kids involved.
Oh yeah, the medicine should work given that the doctor is right, that the demon nun thing etc. is all a product of Natalies mind and not something that actually exists.... And of course, given that she actually does take it, I'm sure that would help. :P
Oh, yeah, Natalie is a highly unusual sim I guess. And I'll admit now, she wasn't supposed to be a main character of this story, really.. just look at how I have divided the chapters. ;) But she is so strange, and this story has certainly changed into something very different from my original idea, and its all because of her... I really disliked her for the first chapters, and I still don't know if I should love her or hate her! :P Well, I guess I do like at least parts of her, but yeah, she is definately something special...
And there is a reason why she is drawn to the cabin. I think.. I have hinted pretty much to her backstory, but I really don't know how much of it is picked up. I don't want to spoon feed anyone, because there's no fun in that... but no worries, it will all be revealed in due time....
Thanks for finding the last chapters interesting. I wasn't to happy about them, I think they didn't turn out as good as I want a chapter to be. ;)
@The_Great_Cabal
Oh, thanks! That's an interesting perspective on this story. ;) I didn't think it would be considered funny, I don't know, because I think there is a lot of serious things going on here, but hmm... maybe there is some humour into the story, too. There probably is, but it is not something I purposefully put in there. Honestly, I just write.. stuff that comes to mind. :P I explore these characters, and try to get to know them... in all their weirdness...
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I'm not even sure if this story will end up at my desired end goal....
@Sprottenham Oh the music I liked is Shostakovich – Borodin String Quartet.
Ah ok, so the doctor is right! I wasn't so sure, so I left room for doubt. so IF she ever does take her medicine, it should work. She's taken one dose out of the 4, so far. :o We might need the talking Teddy to come again!
I agree Natalie is a Very unusual sim! For me, she would be a keeper just for that reason! It isn't too often you get an extraordinary sim! I wouldn't be surprised now at Anything, even if she were to be asked by a friend to move in, to go ahead and do it without her children. Only because she at that moment wouldn't be thinking right and the friend had better toys at their house! :D
But then you would have to keep switching to the kids to make sure they were OK! I had this happen naturally in one of my Sunset Valley games. The Mom moved in to her boyfriends house and left her daughter at the main house with no one else! :o I always though the social workers would take away kids if no parent was there!!! This was when I used story progression and everyone always moved around at whim, toddlers living with perfect strangers, and crazy stuff like that.
Yes I did and do think it is all interesting! I know it's sometimes hard to write, watching and interpreting, and trying to stay in the same line of story thinking, and you do it very well! :)
Chapter 4.12 – The lie becomes the truth https://i.imgur.com/nzczim9.png
Wayne Jones – Toy Piano / Nox Arcana – Distant Memories (Legion of Shadows) - 1991 -
https://i.imgur.com/sU5iaMJ.jpg Next morning at the hospital.. the elevator wasn't working, so Natalie had to use the stairs...
https://i.imgur.com/Oe8Ihw5.jpg Sara: Good morning, Natalie! Nice to see you!
Sara: Now lets get to business, how is it going with you Natalie? Have you noticed any changes since you started on the medication? Natalie sits down, the doctor looks at Natalie, still with her kind and empathetic eyes.
https://i.imgur.com/HHt3A02.jpg Natalie: I, uh...uhh... I don't know yet...
https://i.imgur.com/yRHEttd.jpg Sara: What I mean is if you have seen a reduction in your, well, hallucinations?
Sara was always little reluctant to use the word 'hallucination', as she didn't want to put any stigma on her patients, but sometimes you have to call things by their proper name..
Natalie: Well, uhmm.. I... uhh...
https://i.imgur.com/gRNo55f.jpg Natalie was clearly getting distressed.
Sara: Did something happen, Natalie?
Natalie: I.. uhh.. I took the medicine.. just like I was told and... and I went to.. and..
https://i.imgur.com/Mf3RcHA.jpg Natalie: ...and suddenly there was a man there..
https://i.imgur.com/OyB2CdO.jpg Sara: Where was this man, Natalie?
Natalie: He sat in my... rocking chair.. and he said nothing.. just stared at me..
https://i.imgur.com/oKIkO7D.jpg Natalie:Then I must have.. blacked out.. all of a sudden Isaac was home from school and...
Sara: Did something happen then Natalie? Natalie: I got a... I got a phone call...
https://i.imgur.com/zJ7IVOo.jpg Sara: Who phoned you, Natalie?
Natalie: It was... uhh.. it was... Elisa phoned me... she said she was.. having a party..
Sara: Did you go, Natalie? Natalie starts talking faster and with enthusiasm.
https://i.imgur.com/MMI5KVP.jpg Natalie: Yes, of course! I love Elisa, she is my best friend! She loves me too!
Sara: Did anything happen at the party?
Natalie: Umm.. not really. Well, she was talking to someone.. but there was nobody there! And when I tried to talk to her, she ignored me!
Sara: How did that make you feel, Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/pbXv3Tf.jpg Natalie: Confused.. and scared.. I could not understand why she would invite me up and then ignore me!
https://i.imgur.com/luHs9dC.jpg Natalie: So I got angry and told her that her party s.ucked, but she still says she loves me!
Sara: So there wasn't anyone else at the party?
Natalie: No.. it was just me, Elisa and Alfred.
https://i.imgur.com/f5tGIJO.jpg Sara: Alfred? Who is Alfred? Natalie gets up from her chair and walks over to Sara, being very enthustiastic about anything that has to do with Elisa and the cabin.
Natalie: Oh, Alfred... that's her butler! Yes, she has her own butler, how cool is that!?
https://i.imgur.com/dDzwGiO.jpg
Sara: I.. wow, that is really something.. what does she do for a living to afford a butler? Sara couldn't help but to think this sounded like something from a movie scene... but of course, she kept that thought to herself...
Natalie: Ummm.. I don't know.... she is just a magician... maybe she sells potions somewhere? She knows how to make them, she has made a lot of them! I am sure they are expensive!
Natalie: She even made me a potion that made Billy become real!
Sara: Billy, that's your son, right?
Natalie got a little worked up by this question...
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Natalie: No, no, Billy is not my son! He's just a kid that... lives with us! He was a plush toy, but she made him real!
https://i.imgur.com/fF77qSG.jpg
Sara: Natalie.. listen to me... Billy is not a plush toy.. he has never been a plush toy.. Billy... is your son, Natalie...!
Sara knows about Billy from reading the file from Dr. Spagliori.
https://i.imgur.com/FKDMFj0.jpg Natalie: Wha...? No, he is not my son!! The kid is not my son!!
Natalie was upset. How could she say that!? Wouldn't it be obvious that Billy wasn't her son!??
https://i.imgur.com/uSYW3rx.jpg
Sara: Natalie.. if he is not your son, then whose son is he? Did you adopt him?
https://i.imgur.com/YKftcR9.jpg
Natalie: No, or well.. kind of.. he came in the mailbox as a plush toy..
Natalie: I didn't know he was a boy at first, so I just kept him in Isaac and Aaron's room..
https://i.imgur.com/Sxk3K4L.jpg
Natalie: But as he got older, he started to move around, but he was still a plush toy... and then we got a letter in the mail from the Philosophical Centre about some gemstones needed to make a potion, but Elisa could also make that potion. She did, and that's when he came to life...
Sara became a little speechless and didn't know how to respond at first. Natalie was just as deluded as Dr. Spagliori had written.. After seeing this for herself, Sara became concerned for the kids well being and concluded that it was necessary to do an inspection of the home situation...
https://i.imgur.com/QYdMZIm.jpg Sara: Natalie.. ok, here's the deal. Our time for today is now up I'm afraid, but I suggest until next time you continue to take your medication as prescribed. It is very important to not skip any days, and I will see you again same time next week. I will also make an appointment to have one of our nurses stop by your home once every other day to check up on you and your family. Is that ok by you, Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/ZiB7ets.jpg
Natalie: Ummm.. ummm, sure... I guess..
https://i.imgur.com/VvkgQ8A.jpg
Sara: Splendid, Natalie! I'll see you again same time next week. Take care of yourself and your family, please, Natalie..
Out in the hallway Natalie already suffered some kind of panic attack as if she saw something..
https://i.imgur.com/D8TiYul.jpg
Sara witnessed it through the glass door of her office, and rushed out to calm her down..
https://i.imgur.com/eFHSFmL.jpg
Sara: Natalie.. I am sorry you have to go through something like this... You will get a visit from one of our nurses tomorrow already, I'll make sure of it! And please continue to take your medication, I insist, things will get better if you do!
https://i.imgur.com/xTba2La.jpg
Sara: I'm going to have to let you go now, Natalie, but I will see you again same time next week.. in the meantime, take care, Natalie...
https://i.imgur.com/MusFL5M.jpg
After the session was over, Natalie had to go to her shift at the restaurant. The kids were at home doing.. kind of alright. They have done their homework, except for Isaac which seems to be slacking a little. They also, of course, react to their filthy surroundings.
I hope Natalie will have some sense to clean up a little before the nurse comes tomorrow to check up on her, and of course, that she remembers to take her medicine..
https://i.imgur.com/8yzGAHj.jpg
Well, this evening Natalie remembered what the doctor had said, and took her pill...
