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ΜØŦĦ€Ř Đ€ΔŘ is a sims story in which the motherplant isn’t a captive in crater lab, but a crime boss residing in her own fortified lair. To achieve this end, I transplanted the Strangerville mystery ...
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Book 1: The journey to Batuu
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
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Tanglewood is a planet with a cough-inducing, spores filled atmosphere generated by a powerful being known only as The Godmother.
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Godmother rules her vast crime empire by means of an army of possessed sims who have eaten her fruit. The craftiest of those agents operate even in the polar regions, where Godmother’s spores cannot survive. There is an official government in San Myshuno, but for all practical purposes Godmother owns the planet.
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The space pirate Gavin Dree of the Black Fang is one of Godmother’s many minions, a favored retainer, but not possessed.
Captain Dree has just returned from a successful raid and gotten granted the honor of getting received by Godmother herself in her underground lair, the Planter Pot.
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Gavin coughs as he enters The Planterbox’s innermost chamber. The spores get sucked out through the now open door, to disperse through the many tunnels before eventually settling down. Only the strongest will reach the surface and contribute to saturating Tanglewood’s atmosphere, in effect turning the whole planet into an extension of Godmother’s body. It is said that she can sense everything that happens everywhere and send her vines to any place in a moment’s notice. (The actual extent of Godmother’s powers is unknown, of course, but it might not be that much smaller than what the legends make of it.)
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It takes time until the spores concentration in the room is thin enough to breath, let alone speak, normally. Despite not being negatively affected herself, the plant creature waits for her human retainer to recover, before she opens the conversation:
“ΔĦ, Μ¥ Đ€ΔŘ ĆΔƤŦΔƗŇ ĐŘ€€ Ř€ŦỮŘŇŞ! Ɨ ŦŘỮŞŦ ¥ØỮŘ ĴØỮŘŇ€¥ Ŵ€ŇŦ Ŵ€ŁŁ?”
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“You already know this, don’t you? The goods have been delivered to your warehouse in full.”
“Đ€ŁƗV€Ř€Đ, ƗŇŞƤ€ĆŦ€Đ, ΔŇĐ ƤΔƗĐ ₣ØŘ. ŦĦ€ βỮŁҜ ΔŞ ΔǤŘ€€Đ ỮƤØŇ ƗŇ ǤΔŁΔĆŦƗĆ ĆŘ€ĐƗŦŞ ŦØ ŦĦ€ Đ€ŞƗǤŇΔŦ€Đ ΔĆĆØỮŇŦ, ΔŇĐ Δ ₣ŘΔĆŦƗØŇ ƗŇ ŁØĆΔŁ ĆỮŘŘ€ŇĆ¥. ĦΔV€ ₣ỮŇ ŞƤ€ŇĐƗŇǤ ƗŦ!”
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“Hehe, we will, mom, we will!”
Gavin chuckles. His step-mother being a voluntary vessel of Godmother's, sometimes it is hard to tell the two apart. But the Captain counts himself lucky that both women, the human and the plant, harbor motherly affection for him. He and his crew may be reviled in parts of the galaxy, but here on Tanglewood everything is well. Life is good and keeps getting better.
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“ΔŇĐ ŞƗŇĆ€ ¥ØỮ Ŵ€Ř€ ΔβŁ€ ŦØ ƤŘØĆỮŘ€ ŦĦ€ ǤØØĐŞ ŞØ ΩỮƗĆҜŁ¥…”
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“ĦΔV€ Δ βØŇỮŞ!”
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“Ah… ha… nah! With all due respect, but I must refuse. My brain is of more use to you when it’s controlled by myself. Besides, I have to pilot the Black Fang!”
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“ŞØ ĆØŇ₣ƗĐ€ŇŦ? ΜĦΜ-ΜĦΜ…”
“Huh? Whoa!”
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“I strongly urge you to reconsider, Godmother! At least let me spend that money you just paid me in one of your entertainment palace’s before you take my body over!”
That still is the plan, yes? Gavin wonders with increasing panic. Godmother hasn’t decided to just eat him? Is that the consequence of refusing to serve as a vessel? “One way or another you’ll be mine, and if it’s not the one, then the other”?
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“¥ØỮ ΔŘ€ ƗŇĐ€€Đ ΜØŘ€ VΔŁỮΔβŁ€ ŴĦ€Ň ƗŇĐ€Ƥ€ŇĐ€ŇŦ. ŞĦΔŘƤ, ĆŘ€ΔŦƗV€, βỮŦ ₣ΔŘ ₣ŘØΜ ŦĦ€ Ǥ€ŇƗỮŞ ¥ØỮ β€ŁƗ€V€ ¥ØỮŘŞ€Ł₣ ŦØ β€.”
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“ØŇ€ ĐΔ¥ ¥ØỮ ŴƗŁŁ ₣ΔƗŁ, ΔŇĐ ŦĦ€Ň Ɨ’ŁŁ ŞŦƗŁŁ β€ Ħ€Ř€, Ø₣₣€ŘƗŇǤ €ŇĐŁ€ŞŞ ₣ØŘǤƗV€Ň€ŞŞ ΔŇĐ ŦĦ€ Ř€ŁƗ€VƗŇǤ ØβŁƗVƗØŇ Ø₣ β€ĆØΜƗŇǤ ƤΔŘŦ Ø₣ ŦĦ€ Μ¥Ć€ŁƗỮΜ.”
Come to think of it, Captain Dree's life might not be that good, after all. But it will go on, and that's the important part.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…
https://64.media.tumblr.com/60217c73ea246ec3f760eb226e6ab8a7/392d962a29043c13-8e/s1280x1920/c560d5adab66afb6595774709f8247e84e85a835.png
Tanglewood is a planet with a cough-inducing, spores filled atmosphere generated by a powerful being known only as The Godmother.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/68e01c34bc9a61a16899970d9d8992e5/392d962a29043c13-c1/s1280x1920/60ae7a09c2f8c1960ea1820368880f3f1604fc81.png
Godmother rules her vast crime empire by means of an army of possessed sims who have eaten her fruit. The craftiest of those agents operate even in the polar regions, where Godmother’s spores cannot survive. There is an official government in San Myshuno, but for all practical purposes Godmother owns the planet.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/48dc9ce057d6a195ef04a71e4bbd79fc/392d962a29043c13-f6/s1280x1920/25d5ed7a250c4d67d6de5209b496ff423a50e7ad.png
The space pirate Gavin Dree of the Black Fang is one of Godmother’s many minions, a favored retainer, but not possessed.
Captain Dree has just returned from a successful raid and gotten granted the honor of getting received by Godmother herself in her underground lair, the Planter Pot.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a37b284f7e74adc203f77f7ac1ca35b0/8755ab20219f42c4-2a/s2048x3072/2c2e8722a095f029a120b0d1c517be85813c673e.pnj
Gavin coughs as he enters The Planterbox’s innermost chamber. The spores get sucked out through the now open door, to disperse through the many tunnels before eventually settling down. Only the strongest will reach the surface and contribute to saturating Tanglewood’s atmosphere, in effect turning the whole planet into an extension of Godmother’s body. It is said that she can sense everything that happens everywhere and send her vines to any place in a moment’s notice. (The actual extent of Godmother’s powers is unknown, of course, but it might not be that much smaller than what the legends make of it.)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/37070062e78df3d976fc8fd218b03a3b/8755ab20219f42c4-cd/s2048x3072/94baaa36a1b87356f2eda39d6d6ccbbd8359267b.pnj
It takes time until the spores concentration in the room is thin enough to breath, let alone speak, normally. Despite not being negatively affected herself, the plant creature waits for her human retainer to recover, before she opens the conversation:
“ΔĦ, Μ¥ Đ€ΔŘ ĆΔƤŦΔƗŇ ĐŘ€€ Ř€ŦỮŘŇŞ! Ɨ ŦŘỮŞŦ ¥ØỮŘ ĴØỮŘŇ€¥ Ŵ€ŇŦ Ŵ€ŁŁ?”
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“You already know this, don’t you? The goods have been delivered to your warehouse in full.”
“Đ€ŁƗV€Ř€Đ, ƗŇŞƤ€ĆŦ€Đ, ΔŇĐ ƤΔƗĐ ₣ØŘ. ŦĦ€ βỮŁҜ ΔŞ ΔǤŘ€€Đ ỮƤØŇ ƗŇ ǤΔŁΔĆŦƗĆ ĆŘ€ĐƗŦŞ ŦØ ŦĦ€ Đ€ŞƗǤŇΔŦ€Đ ΔĆĆØỮŇŦ, ΔŇĐ Δ ₣ŘΔĆŦƗØŇ ƗŇ ŁØĆΔŁ ĆỮŘŘ€ŇĆ¥. ĦΔV€ ₣ỮŇ ŞƤ€ŇĐƗŇǤ ƗŦ!”
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“Hehe, we will, mom, we will!”
Gavin chuckles. His step-mother being a voluntary vessel of Godmother's, sometimes it is hard to tell the two apart. But the Captain counts himself lucky that both women, the human and the plant, harbor motherly affection for him. He and his crew may be reviled in parts of the galaxy, but here on Tanglewood everything is well. Life is good and keeps getting better.
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“ΔŇĐ ŞƗŇĆ€ ¥ØỮ Ŵ€Ř€ ΔβŁ€ ŦØ ƤŘØĆỮŘ€ ŦĦ€ ǤØØĐŞ ŞØ ΩỮƗĆҜŁ¥…”
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“ĦΔV€ Δ βØŇỮŞ!”
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“Ah… ha… nah! With all due respect, but I must refuse. My brain is of more use to you when it’s controlled by myself. Besides, I have to pilot the Black Fang!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/0eacf7ff00d57894790cac2f29418c29/abb0af5c3b0704eb-e0/s2048x3072/39278d776c20117daf0f39a68e144e6bec042e01.pnj
“ŞØ ĆØŇ₣ƗĐ€ŇŦ? ΜĦΜ-ΜĦΜ…”
“Huh? Whoa!”
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“I strongly urge you to reconsider, Godmother! At least let me spend that money you just paid me in one of your entertainment palace’s before you take my body over!”
That still is the plan, yes? Gavin wonders with increasing panic. Godmother hasn’t decided to just eat him? Is that the consequence of refusing to serve as a vessel? “One way or another you’ll be mine, and if it’s not the one, then the other”?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/f5136c738ff8150240c7b698c8dc4e6d/abb0af5c3b0704eb-3c/s2048x3072/54cf60b5b875d33dfa659a33c04a5778e5e4a13b.pnj
“¥ØỮ ΔŘ€ ƗŇĐ€€Đ ΜØŘ€ VΔŁỮΔβŁ€ ŴĦ€Ň ƗŇĐ€Ƥ€ŇĐ€ŇŦ. ŞĦΔŘƤ, ĆŘ€ΔŦƗV€, βỮŦ ₣ΔŘ ₣ŘØΜ ŦĦ€ Ǥ€ŇƗỮŞ ¥ØỮ β€ŁƗ€V€ ¥ØỮŘŞ€Ł₣ ŦØ β€.”
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“ØŇ€ ĐΔ¥ ¥ØỮ ŴƗŁŁ ₣ΔƗŁ, ΔŇĐ ŦĦ€Ň Ɨ’ŁŁ ŞŦƗŁŁ β€ Ħ€Ř€, Ø₣₣€ŘƗŇǤ €ŇĐŁ€ŞŞ ₣ØŘǤƗV€Ň€ŞŞ ΔŇĐ ŦĦ€ Ř€ŁƗ€VƗŇǤ ØβŁƗVƗØŇ Ø₣ β€ĆØΜƗŇǤ ƤΔŘŦ Ø₣ ŦĦ€ Μ¥Ć€ŁƗỮΜ.”
Come to think of it, Captain Dree's life might not be that good, after all. But it will go on, and that's the important part.
