Thank you for your comment @bekkasan. I'm calling the story dark, because it ended up having some darker elements, but I don't know how dark it is in the eyes of others, of course.. It might be, especially if you are already reading gory stuff, that you won't find it to be particularly dark. I don't know. This story does not contain anything gory... I don't want to gross anyone out, especially not considering how this is supposed to be a teen friendly forum...
Actually, I am kind of hoping that most won't find it to be all that dark, and that my worry is without reason. :P But yeah, I think I had to mention that anyway to the readers anyway, as a little heads up...
Chapter two – Infancy (Death whispered a lullaby – part II)
https://i.imgur.com/ahtjo5m.png
Opeth – Death Whispered a Lullaby
Out on the road there are fireflies circling Deep in the woods, where the lost souls hide Over the hill there are men returning Trying to find some peace of mind
https://i.imgur.com/qSO9jLJ.jpg
Sleep my child
Under the fog there are shadows moving Don't be afraid, hold my hand Into the dark there are eyelids closing Buried alive in the shifting sands
Sleep my child
Speak to me now and the world will crumble Open a door and the moon will fall All of your life all your memories Go to your dreams, forget it all
Sleep my child
https://i.imgur.com/jgZwX8C.jpg After Aarons birth, Natalie had turned the clock around completely, staying awake at night sleeping in daytime and leaving her kids Isaac and Aaron upstairs lonely, hungry and smelly from unchanged diapers... sleeping heavily, not even the phone ringing did wake her up..
https://i.imgur.com/YgMnMuU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wcP57hI.jpg
..and when she finally woke up, she was not at all happy, cursing at the young Aaron's bed for crying his little lungs out, when the poor baby had seen near total neglect by not being fed, loved, played with or having his diaper changed...
https://i.imgur.com/6yV00h1.jpg
..before favoring Isaac, the older child.
https://i.imgur.com/1Kv3OYO.jpg
It wasn't before the young Aaron was on the brink of starvation and near dying from loneliness she decided it was his turn to get some attention, just barely avoiding a visit from the social worker..
https://i.imgur.com/sqYJ1Za.jpg
Children should not be allowed to have children of their own.
https://i.imgur.com/S8019sJ.jpg
Of course, I'm being harsh with Natalie here.. she does take care of her children, but only after letting them suffer a bit first. Maybe it's the evil in her that does it....
https://i.imgur.com/miAEHJH.jpg
And shortly after sunrise, its back to sleep again...
https://i.imgur.com/7CNnlrD.jpg
Later when she woke up, Natalie wanted to head out on the town, and decided to go to The Old Weavery, a former rabbit hole rug factory, now a dance club, but the place wasn't excactly crowded and the bartenders were clumsy.... so she ventured on to The 9th Cactus, the disco right across the road, and that seemed to be a much more popular place.
https://i.imgur.com/1exmv1J.jpg
Perfect for a good night out. Never mind the kids, they will be safe at home with the babysitter! I want to party! Woohoo!
https://i.imgur.com/glmZjBL.jpg
There are only two seasons in the old city of Lagash. The dry season and the wet season. And this rainy morning when Natalie was still in bed with a dry cotton mouth after last nights partying out on the town appropriately marked the beginning of the wet season.
https://i.imgur.com/8tRQd8M.jpg
Isaacs diaper is smelly and nothing has been cleaned around the house in a good while, but for some reason or other Natalie never grew out of playing with the doll house... is this a home fit to raise children?
https://i.imgur.com/CG8leuX.jpg
Natalie was a little late in realizing there was a package in the mail... from some distant relative it told her... She wouldn't unpack it just yet, instead she decided to keep it to herself and hide it as best as she could... she contemplated getting rid of it, but didn't dare to go there...
https://i.imgur.com/M7fjjzW.jpg And finally near the end of the rainy season, she decided it was time to clean up the kitchen, probably because she realized she had filled up nearly all the available bench space with dirty dishes...
https://i.imgur.com/CcpRPAo.jpg
"If I shove this bottle down your throat, maybe that will make you shut up!"
https://i.imgur.com/WliZyB5.jpg
The babysitter (a local human teenager called Trym Hætta) would sometimes neglect the children as well in favor of watching sports on tv, but he wasn't really that bad. He did something the mother never did, which was to carry the young Aaron around. Natalie never once did that. Aaron spent most of his time as a baby lying in his crib, often feeling lonely and only being fed and having his diaper changed when absolutely necessary.
https://i.imgur.com/zbYrs1B.jpg
In favor of Natalie, it should be mentioned that after all she did make sure that Isaac both learned to talk, walk and did her best to get his potty training done in time, even though a lot of the time she had the appearance of contemplating something evil down the road.
https://i.imgur.com/prs8ugh.jpg
The weekend when Aaron had his first birthday, she was invited over to a party at Bård Gulkishar-Amdals house. Party was alright and she stayed until it was over where she ended up making out with Bård in front of his partner, Josefine Hammurabi-Josdal, in their bedroom no less. Totally not appropriate. Coincidentally Bård is also her boss at work...
https://i.imgur.com/MU66O6g.jpg
And look who is getting a scolding.
https://i.imgur.com/OpXoA4B.jpg
And then Natalie has the nerve to take a nap on their bed! She really is a good one, isn't she?
https://i.imgur.com/9elGqiv.jpg
And helping herself to a late lunch the next afternoon, even. Don't choke on that...
https://i.imgur.com/FcCmv8W.jpg
"Urgh.. this dry cotton mouth..."
https://i.imgur.com/v70TtFA.jpg
Making out with Bård again in the kitchen later that afternoon. Still no plans to go home and look after her children! And Aaron's birthday is tomorrow, at this point it wouldn't surprise me if she would miss that as well...
https://i.imgur.com/UTxBTj3.jpg
Well, so far the kids are in good hands. Borghild Rydland, another human babysitter is taking care of them, but as good as she is, she is not their mother...
https://i.imgur.com/gqFGavD.jpg
"Oh, that was a good massage, Bård!"
...their mother is busy, perhaps, stealing someone elses partner and finding the kids a new step-father?
https://i.imgur.com/OIo4Z48.jpg
Saturday just turned into sunday, the day of Aaron's birthday, and she is still not home. And Josefine is nowhere to be found, I wonder where she went.
https://i.imgur.com/Xikagaw.jpg
Well, speaking of the... there she is. Natalie was upstairs in the kitchen helping herself to a meal, when a dispute was heard in the hallway downstairs.
Josefine:Why is that @#$! still here? What are you doing!?
Bård: I'm sorry sweetie, I just wanted to know her star sign..
https://i.imgur.com/BTAsD9f.jpg
Josefine: Her star sign!? You have no idea how angry I am right now... you can burn in #$%&, you £#@%& $¤#£@!
Bård: You have always been my sweet flower, you know that...
https://i.imgur.com/Nc7VLuq.jpg
Josefine: Get out of here, Natalie! Bård is mine, go home to your kids!
https://i.imgur.com/Y6nwYJ9.jpg
Sunday morning, Aarons birthday, and Natalie is still over at Bårds house being intimate. She hasn't learned a thing!
https://i.imgur.com/DAIVMq4.jpg But things took a turn when she after a while shows her inappropriate side, dishing out offenses.
https://i.imgur.com/oLiIGjx.jpg
After which the flirtatious advances from Bård are not well received. Then she tries to kiss him, but he rejects. Did you just destroy it for yourself now, Natalie?
Maybe so, because after this their interactions are no longer romantic. She proceeds to discuss politics with Bård, before taking a nap on his bed once more. She hasn't slept all that much over the weekend and her energy is getting low.
https://i.imgur.com/CQ6cEwB.jpg
It's pretty bad she hasn't been home since Friday afternoon, leaving Borghild all alone to take care of her kids throughout the weekend.. and with Aaron soon about to age up.
https://i.imgur.com/zh5Tx9K.jpg
Well, it appears Natalies rude behavior and the political discussion wasn't quite enough to kill off the romantic feelings, because here they are again, kissing each other in the bedroom.
https://i.imgur.com/VOdYvKO.jpg
Yeah, as would be expected by now, Natalie is completely missing out on Aaron's first birthday as she is still over at Bårds house napping in his bed by Sunday evening...
https://i.imgur.com/LrqUAEE.jpg
...only the babysitter is there with him. Well, until she leaves the room to take care of Isaac downstairs... This is the moment were Aaron was left on the floor to age up to a toddler, all alone in his room.
https://i.imgur.com/sOsKxcO.jpg
..and Natalie, having just finished her nap is still over at Bårds house, helping herself to a drink, no intention of going home to her kids! What a great mom..
@Sprottenham ''Children should not be allowed to have children of their own.'' well at least neglectful ones shouldn't be allowed to keep them. ;)
Ohh so she is evil! Well that explains it, she probably gets a gleeful moodlet from letting them suffer.
lol she finally did the dishes because no more room for plates!
Wow that is surprising that she taught her toddler to walk and talk and started his potty training!
omg LOL she makes out with her boss in front of his partner then takes a nap on their bed in front of them! :D
hahaha I hope she does miss her child's birthday, they are so much better off with the baby sitters.
Yay my wish is granted! I don't see stinky diapers and the kids are probably well fed and not lonely, soo it's all good for me! I hope she stays over at her Boss's house! LOL
I have an outline, an idea, of where I want the story to go, but honestly, I am not sure myself excactly where it is going to end up...
It is nowhere near complete, though I have gotten a lot farther into it then this, and it has already taken a path I did not foresee when I started it..
@DivaDoodle
"well at least neglectful ones shouldn't be allowed to keep them. " <-- True, but she always managed to avoid having them taken away at the last minute!
Yep, she gets a moodlet saying she enjoys whenever someone is suffering.. that's kind of sick, but she does enjoy it...
But at the same time, she also had wishes to teach Isaac all the necessary things (walking, talking, potty training), and I always fulfill the wishes of sims as long as they are good ones, so that's why she had those things done. I have never seen a sim teach their toddler anything autonomously.
Honestly, I didn't mind her making out with someone elses partner, but it annoyed me so much how she wouldn't go home.... I was tempted to push her to go home, but it is as you say, the kids were fine with the babysitter, and well, this was her will, so.... that's how it happened...
I am happy you find entertainment in this and are not put off by my story, even though the neglecting of kids is uncomfortable.
Though my hope is different from yours. I wanted her to go home to her kids AND take care of them properly.. we will see how it develops....
@Sprottenham yes it is really uncomfortable for me to watch my sims kids neglected. It is almost as strong as my fear of sims dying in the swimming pool! lol I know I am a bit kookoo about it. :D I take Huge precautions, have mods to help the babies when I'm not there, like sleeping mats instead of cribs so they can go to sleep and get out to play when they want to. and a self bottle feed so they don't have to rely on a neglectful parent to be fed. LOL I covered all the bases! I think there is a mod for Everything! :D
I do think some of the family oriented sims do auto teach their kiddos. The non active sims are at a disadvantage since the game always pushes them to go somewhere else instead of teaching their toddlers, but I have also seen others pictures that a non active taught their baby to walk in the park. btw There is a mod that they can auto teach the 3 basic skills but then you have to be certain you want that for all your sims in the story.
LOL I bet it was frustrating that she wouldn't go on home! That gets frustrating to me too at times, but mostly I like when they do the odd stuff! :D BTW I like her Boss, I love that crazy hair! I wonder what will happen!
At home, the young Aaron Goth-Pammy has been brought downstairs by the babysitter and has located the peg toybox.
https://i.imgur.com/KVc1wJX.jpg
And then it's bedtime for the young one. Sleep tight, nooboo. Your mom obviously does not give two pennies worth..
https://i.imgur.com/pA5H26Z.jpg
At 3 in the night, things were getting dramatic once more over at Bårds house. Maybe it's time for you to head out of there, Natalie?
https://i.imgur.com/pScs9Of.jpg
Well, maybe Natalie is learning that it's time to back off just a little as she chose to take a nap on the couch this time.
https://i.imgur.com/jsGO3Cj.jpg
Or maybe not. It is now Monday morning, and she is still there....
And it turns out the following Monday was leisure day, which means of course, she could spend an entire new day at Bårds house without needing to go to work or go home...
https://i.imgur.com/1PN3mVO.jpg
Over the course of the day, the relationship between Natalie and Bård started to go downhill again, as more and more of Natalies evil and inappropriate behavior began to show.
https://i.imgur.com/7GZCrva.jpg
Mismatching personality traits, good and evil. Natalie and Josefine probably won't be the best of friends anytime soon.
https://i.imgur.com/w7fcdCo.jpg
It wasn't until 5 AM on Tuesday morning that Natalie decided to leave, for whatever reason. Maybe to go home and get a little sleep before heading off to work. A little late...
https://i.imgur.com/DY1EUpG.jpg
Needless to say, Natalie was dead tired when she went to work in the governments building that morning...
Opeth – Windowpane Inside plays a lullaby Slurred voice over children cries On the inside
https://i.imgur.com/99QG7M8.jpg ..which of course means that first thing on mommy's mind when she gets home after work, is to go to sleep.
https://i.imgur.com/GfY6uxC.jpg Isaac was out of his crib and wanted to go downstairs to play with the toys there, but they staircase was to steep and scary.
https://i.imgur.com/Yae8uGK.jpg Fast forward to a few months later... and Aaron was safely asleep in his crib with the plush toy doll he had received from his distant relative... or so the story goes... Natalie wanted to give the toy doll a name and decided to call it Billy.
And so the story repeared itself like it always does, and Natalie neglected her kids once more.
https://i.imgur.com/g3DwHkE.jpg Natalie: Shut up!! Why do these kids cry all the darn time!?
https://i.imgur.com/B6bUx0w.jpg Natalie: Ok, ok... I will feed you. Just please, shut up...
Then Natalie had to go to work, and the babysitter was called.
When Aaron eventually got tired, the baby sitter put him in a crib, but Isaac sleeping on the floor was ignored. https://i.imgur.com/WersQVd.jpg Aaron was asleep with Billy in his crib.
https://i.imgur.com/vkFRUdi.jpg Natalie: Disgusting, dirty cheap old oven.. I wish I had a new one that cost atleast 450 simoleons..
And once upon a midnight dreary.... after Natalie had gone to bed Aaron woke up, feeling hungry. https://i.imgur.com/XbRgv7R.jpg
Was Natalie going to feed him?
It didn't look like it. Natalie was asleep and dreaming sweet dreams of.. sleeping..
https://i.imgur.com/1d4KSq0.jpg
And suddenly there came a tapping....and she woke up to a light and soft spoken voice calling her name...
"Oh..... Natalie.... Natalie.... wake up......Natalie...."
Natalie: I must be going mad... I could've sworn this bear was talking to me...
"Oh..... I was talking...... to you......Natalie......pick me up... Natalie......pick me up...."
https://i.imgur.com/YMnqM47.jpg "Take me to..... your son.... Natalie... take me to.... your son..."
Natalie: This is nonsense....but ok.. I'll take you to him...
https://i.imgur.com/ktfIOV1.jpg "Now feed..... him....Natalie......or there will...... be..... consequences...."
Natalie: This is some stupid crap.. being threatend by a teddy bear, but alright.... I'll feed him..
https://i.imgur.com/qcXoTvj.jpg Natalie: There you go, Aaron.. here is your food...
https://i.imgur.com/G2AEbXJ.jpg Then she went upstairs again to feed Isaac.
"I'll be watching....... you.....Natalie..."
https://i.imgur.com/Ccotozm.jpg And downstairs to change Aarons diaper.
https://i.imgur.com/VTGqx2l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LmJi2vg.jpg Natalie: Ugh..wow, that bear..I could swear he was facing the other way when I went downstairs..
"I'll be watching........ you..."
https://i.imgur.com/XhVmOnf.jpg
"I'll be...... watching... sleep tight..."
https://i.imgur.com/sNPsULm.jpg Aaron and Billy was doing alright upstairs for now, but eventually became lonely.
https://i.imgur.com/gBsPrRo.jpg
"Wake up ..... again.... Natalie... wake up..."
https://i.imgur.com/JvZoWlb.jpg
"Your son needs..... you...... again..... Natalie..."
Later the next day. https://i.imgur.com/TycmNyj.jpg "I'm watching....... you..... Natalie..."
https://i.imgur.com/r93gwL4.jpg "What's the matter..... Natalie.........? You look like...... you've just seen..... a ghost..."
https://i.imgur.com/pmDyLvD.jpg
Natalie: I don't know who you are, but I want you out of here!
"Let that serve.... as an....... example....... of what I.... can do...... Natalie... next time....... he might not....leave so....... easily... I'm watching........ you..."
@Sprottenham I enjoyed the updates. Natalie is a terrible mother and at least the sitter is somewhat attentive. Poor kids. lol at the Teddy watching her and making her be a better mother.
@Sprottenham : Wow! Natalie is a BAD mother! And a mean person. Are her "hosts" still married???? How on earth could she stay so many days away from her sons? Without even thinking of them once??? Why doesn´t she just give them away and let them be adopted? It couldn´t get much worse for them, right? :)
Good for her behavior that the bear spoke to her and told her what to do! I just don´t understand who spoke to her in the end: the bear or the ghost? Did the bear told the ghost to leave or did the ghost just vanished into the bear again...
Very interesting story!
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