@Sprottenham : hui, two updates in a row! First a question: Billy is the imaginary friend of Aaron, right? I was a bit confused because Natalie has just 2 kids but you´ve told three names....
He he he, even with rabbithole rugs the kids accumulate in front of the school! It´s a nice building and I like that the kids can spend their day in the building when they don´t want to go home.
Aww, Natalie behaved like a real mother and read a bedtime story for Isaac, so cute!
:D :D the school chose the right superviser for a trip to the mausoleum! A vampire! Maybe he knows which coffins shouldn´t be knocked on so the people in them can sleep?!?!
The Zombie Restaurant (great name!) has a lot of workers, it must be a big restaurant, right?
Gosh, she is a very bad mother that she doesn´t teach Aaron how to walk in one go! Three years? Gosh, either Aaron is very slow or, as already suggested, she is still a bad mum. Although she is much better than she was before!
Aww, Isaac doing the dishes! He is such a lovely young man! I really like him! I feel sorry for him that he has to deal with so many babysitters, especially when they aren´t friendly to him. He must be very lonely....
Oh, man, a "party" where the hosts are going to bed while the guest(s) are there! I always thought that this parties were badly programmed by the devs, there are so many parties where the hosts are going to bed or the hosts leave when your Sims arrive at their house or that the party is just cancelled during the day, or, even better, if you save after a party was announced and leave the game and load it again, then the party is just cancelled... Bad programming!
https://i.imgur.com/OEahoXE.jpg She was in a good mood for leisure day this morning, so she decided to bring the kids out to spend it at the local market place. She is carrying Aaron and Billy because she never had a wish to get a stroller, and hence haven't bought one.
Don´t tell me that this is her good mood face???? :p
What a nice festival ground! And the town has a royal family! and they are close to their people. Interesting how long Natalie was at the festival, is this good for Aaron that he stays up so long? And Natalie, being her normal self, mocking people´s dancing. Nice girl.... :D
:'( the repairman as the only father figure Isaac has. That is so sad! I think the 50 Simoleons were spent rightly!!!! And let Natalie do the job on her own AND let her clean the bath! >:) She has to take care for both of the boys!!!! And maybe give them some loving? Is she able to do that? How was her childhood? You gave the hint that she didn´t get enough toys, so was her childhood bad?
The picture with Natalie and Aaron playing together is sweet, but it would have been better if she really played WITH her son...
Oh, now we know who the ghost is, Natalie´s grandfather!! Why didn´t she recognize him? Doesn´t she know him because he died before she was born? So many questions here....
I like the traps Isaac played, unfortunately Natalie didn´t! I AM SO SORRY FOR HIM that he has to go to milityry school now! And he is the youngest there! I so hope that this wouldn´t cause a trauma in him!!!!!! He is such a sweet boy, he deserves a bette life!
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote: @Sprottenham : hui, two updates in a row! First a question: Billy is the imaginary friend of Aaron, right? I was a bit confused because Natalie has just 2 kids but you´ve told three names....
Well, no, not really.. Natalie is actually lying to herself, and the kids, about Billy... She calls him a plush toy, then she puts him in the crib to stay in the room, as if she is hiding him....
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
He he he, even with rabbithole rugs the kids accumulate in front of the school! It´s a nice building and I like that the kids can spend their day in the building when they don´t want to go home.
Thanks. Isaac seems to like it, maybe its better to hang around there, then it is to go home?
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
Gosh, she is a very bad mother that she doesn´t teach Aaron how to walk in one go! Three years? Gosh, either Aaron is very slow or, as already suggested, she is still a bad mum. Although she is much better than she was before!
I wouldn't call Aaron slow, it is, unfortunately, more Natalie that is slow. Most of the time, she goes to play with the dollhouse or some other toy...
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
Oh, man, a "party" where the hosts are going to bed while the guest(s) are there! I always thought that this parties were badly programmed by the devs, there are so many parties where the hosts are going to bed or the hosts leave when your Sims arrive at their house or that the party is just cancelled during the day, or, even better, if you save after a party was announced and leave the game and load it again, then the party is just cancelled... Bad programming!
Yeah, most of the in game parties suck.. ;)
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
Don´t tell me that this is her good mood face???? :p
Oops, that face probably wasn't the best representation. The unusual part here was that she actually took her kids out to go somewhere.. Most of the time, they just stayed at home..
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
What a nice festival ground! And the town has a royal family! and they are close to their people. Interesting how long Natalie was at the festival, is this good for Aaron that he stays up so long?
Well, no it probably wasn't. When she first goes out somewhere, she doesn't know when to leave...
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
And Natalie, being her normal self, mocking people´s dancing. Nice girl.... :D
Yeah.. I wonder who taught her that...
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
:'( the repairman as the only father figure Isaac has. That is so sad! I think the 50 Simoleons were spent rightly!!!!
Yeah, it is sad, and the strange thing is, Isaac (and Aarons) father actually lives just next door! I didn't actually know that at this point (my fault again for not looking around the neighbourhood), I thought he lived somewhere further away..
But I had Isaac visit his father at a later point, once I learnt about it!
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
And maybe give them some loving? Is she able to do that? How was her childhood? You gave the hint that she didn´t get enough toys, so was her childhood bad?
Lets just say... Natalie isn't all that good at giving, or receiving, love. She has some problems with that.. She never fully learnt how to...
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
The picture with Natalie and Aaron playing together is sweet, but it would have been better if she really played WITH her son...
You are right, it would have been, but Natalie always only played with herself alone.
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
Oh, now we know who the ghost is, Natalie´s grandfather!! Why didn´t she recognize him? Doesn´t she know him because he died before she was born? So many questions here....
Ah, no, the ghost and her grandfather may look similar, but the ghost was not her grandfather, or she would have recognized him. It is still a mystery who the ghost actually was...
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
I like the traps Isaac played, unfortunately Natalie didn´t! I AM SO SORRY FOR HIM that he has to go to milityry school now! And he is the youngest there! I so hope that this wouldn´t cause a trauma in him!!!!!! He is such a sweet boy, he deserves a bette life!
Yeah, that was very harsh of Natalie to send him there so early.. The school is aware of his young age though, and promised to watch him a little more closely than the other kids..
"AlexaKry;c-17948056" wrote:
Great updates!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it, even though the story is not the most uplifting one, and turned out way different than my first thought.. especially with Natalie and what has already been hinted at with her background..
@Sprottenham I've caught up on the story. Fascinating that the ghost comes in and visits with the kids and terrorizes their mother into being a better one. Sounds like her heart is not in it though. Had to laugh at her slapping her former boss/lover around at the party. What a way to set a mood! NOT Hopefully Isaac will not turn out as rotten as his Mom. He doesn't look like a happy kid. He is helpful though. That's good. Interesting excursion to the fair. Um, who is Billy? I thought he was the IF doll. Poor Isaac just pulling a few fun pranks and off to boarding school you go. Mom should remember all the times she didn't feed him or clean up after him. I hope the ghost comes back and scares the whosit out of her! :lol:
https://i.imgur.com/US4TEYi.jpg With Isaac away at the Military Boarding School, Natalie finds time for some more potty training for Aaron. Next to a stinking pile of dirty clothes, of course. Natalie always likes to have a little cash reserve just in case, so though she would technically afford both a washing machine and a tumble drier, she still finds it best not to make that investment. Besides, she would probably need to expand the bathroom to make space for them, and that she can't afford at the moment. So it looks like she will need to continue to go to the laundromat for some time, still.
https://i.imgur.com/zmof3df.jpg Aaron and Billy gets to go with her whenever she has to do laundry, it saves her the expense of hiring a baby sitter.
https://i.imgur.com/78uUbWc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/aMJbMlV.jpg She always uses the back entrance when entering the laundromat, that's where the cheapest washing machines are. https://i.imgur.com/3amvQPu.jpg Well, the laundromat isn't such a bad place.. it looks quite cosy in fact. And it has toys. Perfect for Natalie, which is in no rush to fully grow up anytime soon...
After coming home from the laundromat with fresh clean clothes, she thought it was time for a little more personal hygiene as well. https://i.imgur.com/nJFSqWE.jpg Ah, you should have used the shower instead this time, Natalie, instead of trying a sponge bath. Isaac's last prank fooled you, even when he is away! Speaking of Isaac, he did phone her this morning, saying he was doing well, and that he had learn to greet in 30 different languages. Which pleased Natalie of course, but the...
https://i.imgur.com/TqKGmj8.jpg ..ok, she did not react with anger to the sink prank, like I expected. She just went on with her sponge cleaning business as if it was nothing... (Natalie has the inappropriate trait.) Well, she had already sent him to boarding school, so I guess it was no use getting mad when he is away.
https://i.imgur.com/mFqPbSq.jpg She managed to finish the job of potty training Aaron just shortly after he turned four years old. Now you've just got a little less then two years to teach him how to talk, and most things should be ok. Kind of..
The next day, after she had put Aaron to sleep and was playing with toys on the floor as usual, she got a phone call from Isaac. This time, it wasn't a positive one. Natalie: Hi, Isaac. How is it going? Did you learn anything more interesting? Isaac: Mom... *sob* ... I want to go home.. Natalie: Oh, sweetie.. is everything ok? https://i.imgur.com/rrgoecr.jpg Isaac: No, mom.. my arm hurts from always having to salute all the officers all the time... Natalie: Oh.. well, that's not so bad, is it? But if you really don't like it.. https://i.imgur.com/PCEwVhg.jpg Isaac: I hate it here, mom! I want to go home! Natalie: Ok, ok.. I.. I'll make a phone call to Lieutenant Harsch and have him send you home, ok? https://i.imgur.com/LL9ESpc.jpg Isaac: Thanks, mom... love you... https://i.imgur.com/DK0hQyC.jpg Natalie: Love you too, sweetie.. https://i.imgur.com/DmK2UBR.jpg Natalie had never used those words before. They just fell out of her. She felt strange after this phone call. Was this love that she felt? She thought so, and it felt kind of good. Something blissfull in a way, but scary at the same time... This uncomfortably pleasant thing that welled up in her, made her feel a little uneasy. Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her. Isaac's report card from Fort Sterck Military school: Traits acquired: None. Traits lost: None. Skills learned: Logic.
https://i.imgur.com/SVI6FKt.jpg And so Isaac was heading back home. I don't know where Fort Sterck military school is located, but it must be somewhere deep in the woods... https://i.imgur.com/Ab9vWML.jpg It took a pretty long time for him to get down to the road leading into town. And when he was almost there, he saw someone standing by the roadside.. who is that? Pale greenish-grey skin, black hair and torn clothes.. https://i.imgur.com/X2xYf8Y.jpg Whoever that was, he, she, or it got away just before he could make it there. He was hoping the taxi would catch up to whoever it was, but the taxi driver just wouldn't drive any faster. https://i.imgur.com/PcxvEYD.jpg By the time they reached town, he had lost sight of whoever it was. Presumably, the person.. or creature, had been driving straight ahead on the main road, whereas the taxi driver, of course, took a left turn to drive him home. https://i.imgur.com/3DsBoYJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/msISfmS.jpg Isaac: Mom, mom! I saw someone weird by the road when I came down from the forest. A person with grey skin, and torn green clothes. I have never seen someone like that before!
https://i.imgur.com/vk2sbUh.jpg Natalie:Hmm, that could have been a witch. I haven't seen her myself, but there are rumours that one lives in the forest!
https://i.imgur.com/SaRiyJH.jpg Natalie: They say she can set people on fire just by looking at them!
https://i.imgur.com/Xdt7PvI.jpg Natalie: And then, if she does that, only a genie can save you.. if one is nearby, of course! Isaac: Wooow, is that really true mom? Natalie: It sure is! So be careful about the forest. You never know what's in there...
https://i.imgur.com/iOSXmRN.jpg Meanwhile, young Aaron was getting lonely and craving for his mother's love. Don't go there again, Natalie! https://i.imgur.com/hrp5enS.jpg Yeah, who knows? The ghost might just come back. Please, take care of your sons... I'm sure you remember... there may be more things than just witches in that forest!
https://i.imgur.com/7bohsK5.jpg After Isaacs return the rainy season was here once more..
https://i.imgur.com/BMjjpi1.jpg Aah, isn't it good to be back to normal school with all the regular kids again? Or atleast the ones you are used to. Even if its raining cats and dogs..
https://i.imgur.com/Gv96xfg.jpg And while we are her among this colorful bunch of kids, let me just introduce one girl for you. This one standing here with the red hair and yellow wings, constantly biting her bottom lip, is Isabella Pammy-Vasquez, Isaac and Aarons cousin. She has the distinct look from the Pammy side of the family, with the thin and narrow face, just like young Aaron.
https://i.imgur.com/SPZ5w5p.jpg Natalie: What do we have a lot of during rainy season, Aaron? Aaron: ...? Natalie: Rain. Can you say that after me? Rain. Aaron: .. Rw.. Rw... Rain! Natalie: Very good, Aaron! Very good! Rain! We have a lot of rain!
"Maybe he is not so bad after all, that little boy..." Natalie thought.
https://i.imgur.com/OcjW3Mu.jpg Eat, my child..
https://i.imgur.com/0c230bi.jpg Isaac in a water balloon fight with the babysitter outside at the height of rainy season. Oh well... :p
https://i.imgur.com/n4g5AkD.jpg Going to boarding school must have had some impact on Isaac, as he is no longer doing pranks and is usually quite good at helping out around the house.
https://i.imgur.com/Qg0RjKD.jpg But mom can be a prankster too!
https://i.imgur.com/VzNidsY.jpg Isaac got sick from eating some bad left over food in the fridge. What did the ghost say about cleaning again, Natalie? You've been doing great for so long, don't slip up...
https://i.imgur.com/R2zInBT.jpg Somehow Aaron has learned a new trick. He woke up in the middle of the night and walked out of the crib all on his own.. Must be something special about that kid.
And also..it's hard being a single mom with three* kids, I'll give you that, but is it necessary to dump that stinking pile of clothes in the boys room? I think it is not! * The third kid is Billy, but Natalie keeps him hidden away in the room a lot of the time, and keeps telling him and the kids that he is only "a little plush toy" and an "imaginary friend" and on occasion she even appears to believe it is so herself..... Billy is the result of the affair she had at work with her former boss in the political career... I wonder how she is going to deal with Billy getting older.. he is going to have to start school at one point.. She can't keep him like that forever!
https://i.imgur.com/hVocXrE.jpg Just another rainy morning for the kids waiting for the school bell to ring. I have left the green plumbob on so you can see where Isaac is standing. The school is divided into two parts, the right section has the classroom for the kids (age 6 -12), the left section has the classroom for the teenagers (age 13 - 18). On the second floor, there is a library.
https://i.imgur.com/knKrOLR.jpg Aaron: Whaah!! I'm hungry!! Mommy!! What's on your mind here, Natalie? Do you even hear your son at all?
https://i.imgur.com/3s6ieKw.jpg Natalie..? Well, I suppose you're only doing your best.. https://i.imgur.com/mqh0AJx.jpg Natalie: What did the thief steal from us, Aaron?
I don't think Aaron will remember that Natalie.. he wasn't even born yet when it happened!
Aaron: ...? Natalie: The bathtub. Can you say bathtub, Aaron? Aaron: ... no! Natalie: ...oh, well, then... (sigh)...
https://i.imgur.com/Ti8e1J3.jpg Once the small family is asleep, I stop by The Old Weavery to see if there is anything happening on a Monday night. There are a few people there, but it is relatively quiet. And I see this bartender does not like to hang around other people all that much. Well, you chose the wrong line of work then, sweetheart.
https://i.imgur.com/CFK0iJ4.jpg Ida Iqbal-Sandli (a local human, to the left) conversing with Belinda Myren-Goth (one of the few local vampires, to the right). Now I check the family tree to see if Belinda is related to Natalie in someway (since they both share the Goth name), but after some clicking around she does not show up there.
https://i.imgur.com/mFbgoKd.jpg How she got that name, I don't know... She could have been briefly married to one of Natalies uncles, maybe. She is not a relative by blood in any case.
https://i.imgur.com/rpO1ixE.jpg The rain stopped on the last day of the rainy season, as Isaac's school went on a field trip to the Senkapigo Mausoleum to learn about the towns rich collection of old skulls and bones. "No, Isaac! Those maggots are not for eating! Spit them out!" the teacher told him...
https://i.imgur.com/GuZNPhV.jpg No need to say, Isaac got a little dirty from crawling around in the deepest, most narrow (and darkest, of course) parts of the mauseloum and went for a shower when he came back fromt he tour. And as should be expected, the shower broke. Mommy must call the repair man again when she gets home...
https://i.imgur.com/TsD6lgX.jpg Dry season had begun, and Aaron had just turned 4 years old. Another view of the kids entering the school building.
https://i.imgur.com/w4e7oUI.jpg Natalie: Aaron.. what is hanging on the wall in momma's kitchen? Aaron: ..wall! Natalie: Haha, no Aaron.. it's a smoke detector. Can you say smoke detector? Aaron: Sss.. smoke... smoke detector! Natalie: That's very good Aaron! Very good! Aaron: The smoke detector is.. hanging on the wall!
https://i.imgur.com/IReZG9B.jpg And voila, Aaron had now also learned to talk! About time...
https://i.imgur.com/bjzC0OG.jpg And finally Natalie had saved up enough cash to buy a washing machine. It's not just to buy one and plop it in there. First she had to expand the bathroom to make room for it, and of course move the shower and the toilet back which also meant to rebuild the plumbing, so the costs did add up a bit. But now it was finally done. Be gone with you, stinking piles of dirty clothes! May you come out clean.
https://i.imgur.com/hpwJDiO.jpg Well, she couldn't afford more then the cheapest kind of washing machine, so it was a bit noisy, but at least it got the job done.
https://i.imgur.com/rwGSY0N.jpg She thought it was a good idea to place the clothes line under the boys bedroom on the 2nd floor, so that she could also be using it during the rainy season. Unless, of course, it decided to rain sideways for whatever reason.
https://i.imgur.com/QyhVmk6.jpg And, well, somehow she had also found the means to invest in a seesaw, much to the amusement of the kids...
https://i.imgur.com/QnlUqnN.jpg Isaac: Are we rich now, mom?
https://i.imgur.com/6lwuzUI.jpg Natalie: Not quite, but my restaurant job pays well enough.
https://i.imgur.com/Bwv6B9U.jpg It still happened, though, that Aaron and Billy was left alone and hungry in his crib in the dark at night. And with their older brother finding it more comfortable to sleep in his mothers bed downstairs, there was no one there to hear them screaming.
https://i.imgur.com/ckh9pPp.jpg This wasn't deliberate on Natalie's part. Probably just forgetfulness, but it could be all the same for Aaron. He was alone and hungry, nonetheless. Feelings he had gotten quite used to over time, but he never gave up crying. His life depended on getting fed, after all. And it is crucial for any child's development to feel loved by their caregiver or caregivers. Well, that should be obvious.
https://i.imgur.com/e8mCEMk.jpg Natalie had taught him everything he needed, to use the potty, to walk and to talk, but that aside, she would often just give him the bare minimum needed to survive, and that was it, often prioritizing her own comfort above Aarons. https://i.imgur.com/PprNOXB.jpg Not necessarily because she is evil, even though she is, but more because she has an underdeveloped ability to fully empathize and understand the world from anothers point of view. Or something like that, maybe.
https://i.imgur.com/bixL0xF.jpg The school situation in town had long been less than optimal, with only one school to serve every kid in town. And in recent years it had gotten so bad, there literally wasn't room for everyone which resulted in some kids voluntarily or involuntarily skipping school altogether. The town council had long been aware of this problem, but due to the towns area being limited by the old wall (which was forbidden to tear down because it is an important heritage for the nation) there really wasn't any good available lots of the right location and size to build a new school. But the situation had become so dire for the kids now being forced to wait outside, something had to be done.
https://i.imgur.com/29Uowjj.jpg Now the only available spot considered large enough was the empty space by the towns western entry point on the other side of the main road from the military base and the gym. It was considered a much less than ideal spot due to its location, but it was the only option the town had without tearing down and relocating people's homes or businesses. So a hasty desicion was now made to finally build the new school.
https://i.imgur.com/uXyI4Nx.jpg And the town council decided to go all out this time, constructing a new school that was massive compared to the old one. With several classrooms for children and teenagers, and even an indoor swimming pool for the kids to get their swimming lessons inside (so that they wouldn't have to use the towns main public swimming pool).
https://i.imgur.com/a9cjGoa.jpg And it was pleasing to see that Isaac after school (still going to the old school) finally discovered one of the small parks/playgrounds that was made around town.
https://i.imgur.com/ST3HYC1.jpg Mommys workplace, The Zombie Restaurant, can be seen in the background and to the right in this picture. And finally some other kids, too!
Live Skullerud-Mekori: I heard that they store something dangerous in the basement at The Philosophical Centre that they are going to poison our drinking water with.
https://i.imgur.com/8MCYT0M.jpg Isaac: And you really believe that nonsense? That's so stupid, Live!
https://i.imgur.com/3qUTjq3.jpg Isabella Pammy-Vasquez (his cousin): Your mother is an ugly donkey, and we don't want to play with you, Isaac! This is a girls only park!
https://i.imgur.com/YPr2B29.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9jUV0Bj.jpg Live: Do you believe in dragons? I believe in dragons, I think they live in the forest. Ludvik said he saw one fly over town yesterday!
https://i.imgur.com/bBtr9fF.jpg Isaac: Girls.. I don't understand them.. dragon flying over town.. probably just a flock of birds...I'm heading home..
https://i.imgur.com/MDBF0qW.jpg Friday night and Natalie stayed at work after hours to play with the mirror in the bathroom.
https://i.imgur.com/US4cbWK.jpg Isaac had gone to sleep in Natalie's bed, and the babysitter was there, struggling with Aaron.
Saturday afternoon: https://i.imgur.com/2en4f4C.jpg Natalie: Watch me now, Isaac. This is how you clean the shower properly.
https://i.imgur.com/4wGwZ0Q.jpg Saturday after work, Natalie wanted to head out to the Twilight Tavern, a brown pub in the poorer area on the western side of town. It has a splendid location there, right next to the criminal hide out.
https://i.imgur.com/Sqca0Ge.jpg The place wasn't very lively, as she was the only customer... She still spent the night there until closing time, playing shuffle board , having a few drinks and conversing with the bartender.
https://i.imgur.com/Fs1qAVV.jpg As she got home, she made sure to feed Aaron, but ignoring his need for affection from his mom, and forgetting him in the baby chair before putting herself to bed.
https://i.imgur.com/glf610j.jpg
Oh no, not that again... "I see.... that your.... mother... have been..... neglecting..... you again.....Aaron.. lets see..... if we can .......wake her up..."
Aaron: Wake mommy up!
https://i.imgur.com/FtsBgyI.jpg "Hello again.....Natalie... Placing me far..... in the forest..... was a clever.... trick..
"To bad.... it didn't...... work..
"Now.. your son....... he needs your..... attention....... Natalie..."
https://i.imgur.com/Kd6zr84.jpg "Don't look..... scared,......Natalie.. just go...... to your son....."
https://i.imgur.com/SN6H1AJ.jpg "That is much...... better......Natalie.. Keep that up....... and I will...... leave shortly.. That is the...... only............ thing that will......... make me go....... away......"
https://i.imgur.com/R1GMx5o.jpg Ghostly figure: Clearly she has made some new investments since last time I was here.. nice.
https://i.imgur.com/GWOq8n6.jpg Ghostly figure: Hello, Natalie.. I see you are cooking..
https://i.imgur.com/kuKPlDn.jpg Ghostly figure: Let me just play with your food for a while...
Yes, this is inside the oven.. the ghost is shaking the food around! And of course, making Natalie unable to do anything with it.. until it catches fire.
https://i.imgur.com/8DSTbNJ.jpg Ghostly figure: Ooops... ooh, this is so loud...
https://i.imgur.com/89tuCdr.jpg Really? Come on.. darn ghost! Then I tell Natalie to put out the flames, but she ignores everything I tell her. She won't put Aaron down, and she won't put out the flames. But she can call the fire department, I suppose...
https://i.imgur.com/Rh1WJl9.jpg More and more of the kitchen catches fire.. before the fire woman finally arrives and manages to put it out..
https://i.imgur.com/QlupFuV.jpg And immdiately the ghostly figure disappears, I guess he though his work there was done.. what an..... this is going to take some more out of Natalie's budget, as if she needed that..
https://i.imgur.com/KNYARkZ.jpg Natalie: Aahh! Did I hear something? Did he come back? He tried to kill us!
https://i.imgur.com/NCSsDsm.jpg "Well I must ....admit.. that got..... a little..... out of hand....."
https://i.imgur.com/v9esGdB.jpg "I think this.... family .......will not.... need us ....anymore... goodbye... ....for now..."
https://i.imgur.com/eXgkNEA.jpg Isaac: Wow.. did you see that, Aaron? A magical teddy bear just appeared on the floor!
@Sprottenham I like the youtube a grave mistake! the music is really lovely! almost hauntingly lovely!
It is so different to see Natalie taking good care, well, better care of things and the kiddos! It makes a big smile on my face to see her holding the sweet toddler in the cab! that is a darling pic!
Such a good job blurring Natalie's body, however you did that it was great!
Oh does that really happen the kids calling to come home? wow!
Lieutenant Harsch LOL what a great name!
''Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her.'' So beautifully written!
I'm so glad Isaac could finds his way home through the deep woods! Great pic!
Wow the story about witches near the woods sounds scary!
Cool you like the music. I have made a mission for myself sort of to try to find a song for each update that somehow fits with each chapter, atleast for as long as I can. It forces me as well to search for and discover new music I otherwise wouldn't have listened to...
"It is so different to see Natalie taking good care, well, better care of things and the kiddos! It makes a big smile on my face to see her holding the sweet toddler in the cab! that is a darling pic!" <-- I'm glad that you can get some smiles out of it, too, because there is definately enough unpleasant things in this story..
I actually considered leaving the naked pictures out because they're naked pictures and since she didn't get mad from Isaacs last prank like I expected her too, but I kept them in anyway. Thanks for the compliment about the censhorship, though. I tried to make it not look ugly and not smudge the water from the sink. ;)
Yes, Isaac actually called her and said he didn't like it. I don't know what is common or not, because Isaac is the first kid that has been sent to boarding school in my games. Then Natalie was presented with the option whether she wanted him to go home or stay there, and thats when she felt something strange inside her and wanted him to come home...
"DivaDoodle;c-17963823" wrote:
''Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her.'' So beautifully written!
Thanks! Though I think it is probably a little more sad than beautiful, but it is there to explain who Natalie is and that there is more to her than being evil.
"Wow the story about witches near the woods sounds scary!" <-- Yeah, the question there, though is whether we should believe Natalie or not... ;)
@Sprottenham ''Yes, Isaac actually called her and said he didn't like it. I don't know what is common or not, because Isaac is the first kid that has been sent to boarding school in my games. Then Natalie was presented with the option whether she wanted him to go home or stay there, and that's when she felt something strange inside her and wanted him to come home...'' I'm so glad you told me, I have never used the boarding school, so I don't know what is normal or not!
I like the music you chose Smoke! it goes very well with the story and also with first pic of the foggy, misty town.
I guess not all the kids like umbrella's! Me either, I like it to rain on my head and face, well we don't get very much rain here.
That is a very distinctive looking face in that family's genes, the child Isabella, and little Aaron! In Aaron it is almost like we already know how he will look as a grown up! I love looking at him!
Wow! I hardly ever get to see toddlers walk out of their crib by themselves! Yes I would say he is a very special kid!
I do remember the affair with the boss! this is marvelously weird! --> ''* The third kid is Billy, but Natalie keeps him hidden away in the room a lot of the time, and keeps telling him and the kids that he is only "a little plush toy" and an "imaginary friend" and on occasion she even appears to believe it is so herself.....''
''the Senkapigo Mausoleum to learn about the towns rich collection of old skulls and bones. "No, Isaac! Those maggots are not for eating! Spit them out!" the teacher told him...'' Hahaha! I always have wondered what they were supposed to learn at the Mausoleum!
Gee flies on the laundry, I didn't expect that, I've never seen it! I so like the look of using a clothing line instead of a dryer!
Wow what a nice new school you have built! do the kids use both entry doors?
Oh Good that magical talking bear is back! Just in time too, I was really wanting that prison high chair to be deleted! :D The bear is just such a great idea you have thought up!
LOL ghost hand through the wall waving hello! what a great catch! and Oh No, causing the stove to go on fire! :o I didn't know ghosts could be such a menus!
''Not necessarily because she is evil, even though she is, but more because she has an underdeveloped ability to fully empathize and understand the world from anothers point of view. '' I think so too. Plus we can see her smiling face to Aaron when she feeds him and the other times I feel like it might the childishness or immaturity in her that leads to be more self centric.
But WOW! look how responsible Natalie is to pick up Aaron out of harms way to make the emergency call! I am impressed! That is very good parenting! Especially since she ignores the direction to put him down, to extinguish the fire! I'm very impressed!
I love getting to know more and more about Natalie, as the story progresses. This is such an intriguing and very strange story, I really enjoy reading it! :)
That is a very distinctive looking face in that family's genes, the child Isabella, and little Aaron! In Aaron it is almost like we already know how he will look as a grown up!
Hmm.... ;)
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
I do remember the affair with the boss! this is marvelously weird! --> ''* The third kid is Billy, but Natalie keeps him hidden away in the room a lot of the time, and keeps telling him and the kids that he is only "a little plush toy" and an "imaginary friend" and on occasion she even appears to believe it is so herself.....''
Well, if you think the story is weird now...
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
Wow what a nice new school you have built! do the kids use both entry doors?
I'm delivering the compliment about the school to the town council and they thank you very much for the compliment. ;) Well, yes, naturally the kids would use both doors.. or the rabbit hole rug. I place all rabbit hole rugs outside the building, because if I have them inside the sims just wave their arms and complain about not finding it..
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
Oh Good that magical talking bear is back! Just in time too, I was really wanting that prison high chair to be deleted! :D The bear is just such a great idea you have thought up!
Well, thanks, but.. I didn't think him up.. ;)
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
LOL ghost hand through the wall waving hello! what a great catch! and Oh No, causing the stove to go on fire! :o I didn't know ghosts could be such a menus!
Neither did I... so then I decided it was enough with the bear and the ghost.. they were supposed to be helpers, albeit a little creepy, not make things worse....
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
But WOW! look how responsible Natalie is to pick up Aaron out of harms way to make the emergency call! I am impressed! That is very good parenting! Especially since she ignores the direction to put him down, to extinguish the fire! I'm very impressed!
It would have been even better parenting if she had actually carried him outside, though. But I guess she was a bit paralyzed and not sure what to do... its not everyday you see a fire in your house, thank goodness!
"DivaDoodle;c-17965239" wrote:
I love getting to know more and more about Natalie, as the story progresses. This is such an intriguing and very strange story, I really enjoy reading it! :)
Thank you so much for the compliments and kind words! They mean a lot to me!
