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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited December 2021
    Chapter 16.2 – Sprottenham September 2022 - Greenhouse Blues.

    Active family: Agathi Jiggens and Baturney Flansbarne.

    It is september, and autumn has arrived in the small coastal town of Sprottenham and everyone is safely asleep. ;)

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    While they are sleeping, Baturney quickly gets a wish for another baby with Agathi. Agathi doesn't get that wish, but she is dreaming of babies...

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    Their oldest child Ruben wakes up to go and play with the dollhouse.

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    Baturney wakes up next to take Iselin out of her crib and walk over to feed Ruben in the baby chair.

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    Before its time for him to go to work at the town hall.

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    Over at the Rasmussen/Jensen household Rune is heading off to school, and Solvej has built a new greenhouse before the upcoming winter.

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    This one should work better than the last one, as it has a special glass roof technology that is seethrough only from the bottom, while simultaneously letting the sunlight in and keeping the snow out. Marvelous, isn't it. ;)

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    At the Chitrakaar-Bråheim household, Leya is putting Orinder into his crib downstairs in the living room, before going outside to jump on the trampoline.

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    Agathi eventually wakes up to eat left overs from the salad Baturney made earlier, leaving Ruben still in his baby chair.

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    She does the dishes and walks over to change Iselins diaper, and while she turns her back on Ruben, he crawls out of the baby chair all on his own!
    "No sit in chair!" he thinks.

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    He walks over to play with the dollhouse, but Agathi calls for him, because he needs his diaper changed, too...

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    She plays and tickles with him for a while, before hanging up the laundry to dry.

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    They have a second floor in their house with an additional bedroom and a storage room, but so far it is unused and empty. Only the clothes drier is standing up there by the stairs.

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    Agathi is happy to hear Ruben playing on the xylophone from downstairs.

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    Then it is time to teach Ruben some language skills, Agathis current most rewarding wish. Agathi may not be a huge conversationalist, but she is an author, so teaching her kids about language is very important... And Ruben is three years old, so it is about time he learns to communicate properly...

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    While Agathi is teaching Ruben, I locate Solvej, she is out walking again. "I really like walking" she says "It is much better than using the car". She is walking in the direction of the Harbor Park to enjoy the fine weather and play a little guitar. Solvejs background story is something I haven't referenced to much, but she was born into a free-thinking, sort of rebellious family.... that never played by the rules, and never really cared... and this is related to her *ahem* love of plants and green stuff... I tell you, Park Avenue leads to... ;)
    Solvej Rasmussen was born in raised in the freetown of Ciani Tharis, Wad Nahadau (the capitol of Simbria). Inspired by the real world freetown of Christiania, Copenhagen. Hence she has a very typical Danish sounding name. ;)

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    Solvej is just being Solvej. :)

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    Agathi interrupts teaching Ruben to talk, because he has to use the potty, so she sits down to write a few lines on her horror novel before she has to go to work. Robert has continued his mission to buy the entire town it seems. This time he bought the old Shoemakers home, named so after a certain bitter old juice-addicted shoemaker that used to live there... STÄNG DÖRRA! ;)

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    Picture: The old Shoemakers house at Greenacre Road 3.

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    Leya is visiting the tattoo shop, where she is watching Selma Vaddelmyr playing guitar. Selma used to live in the old Shoemakers home with her husband Christoffer and their daughter Jorunn, before they moved to a better location. Selma is pregnant and in her second trimester. The kid on the floor is either Jess or Astrid, one of Ramgers twin daughters. Ramger is the one standing to the left.

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    Baturney arrives home after work just in time to watch his wife unhappily going to her job at the community theatre... Agathi always gets this sour face whenever she has to go to work...

    I want you to quit your job, too, Agathi, so that you can focus more on you're writing, but you're gonna have to roll a wish for it first... those are the game rules...

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    Once inside Baturney begins the journey to fulfill his most rewarding wish, to learn Iselin (14 months) how to walk.

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    Gaute is hanging out inside the Sprottenham Arms pub doing the smustle dance, while Christoffer Vaddelmyr has decided to do a performance on his drums. :P

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    Bodils father and Leyas ex, Glenn Hoddelås (the policeman) enters the pub to watch Gaute as he dances.. Looks like he wants to keep an eye on him for some reason..

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    Bodil has gone to the park after school to sit on a bench and mope for a while, before she walks by Solvej still playing guitar to do her homework. Bodil often looks a bit unhappy like something is bothering her. Of course, it probably wasn't easy for her, when her mother decided to end the relationship with her father and move in with Solvej and Patrik, as well as Patriks frequent inappropriate behaviour and shouting at Bodil (and his flirting with her mom), which led to them finally moving out to a place of their own..

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    Rune, the son of Solvej and Patrik, has been busy making cookies and has gone to the festival park to sell them. An arbitrary townie called Anton Nordstrøm comes over to buy one before he randomly freaks out..

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    Afterwards Rune decides to switch position because a good salesman never stays in the same spot for to long. Jorunn Vaddelmyr and Samira Klinemann is spotted in the background in a water balloon fight with each other.

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    The park is not far away in walking distance from Rune, Solvej and Patriks home, if you choose to walk across the grass, that is. :P

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    Back at the Jiggens/Flansbarne household, Iselin was getting tired after all the stumbling about, so Baturney put her to bed. She is well over half-way to learn how to walk, so she has done a good job.

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    But now its time to rest, sweet dreams little one.

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    Ruben also goes to bed, he is old enough to find it on his own, and Baturney gently tucks him in, before his wife gets home with a sweet thought on her mind..

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    She immediately walks inside to give him a good hug...

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    ....but Baturney is not interested in being hugged by his wife! He wants to play tag, so they run out into the backyard to play. I guess this is how adults have fun? :P

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    After a while of playing, Baturney gets tired and finally goes to bed, while Agathi eats another meal of salad leftovers, before finding the pillow herself. Baturney, of course, dreams about his politcal career and this months election results, where his party came out with a rather favorable result. Good night. ;)

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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited January 2022
    Chapter 16.3 – Sunset Valley September 2022 – Ingrid and her aunt walk into a bar fine establishment...

    Some images in this update has been slightly edited, and is not necessarily representative of how it looks like in game.

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    September is here again, and Ingrid wakes up from her sweet slumber of dreaming about money and books... and herself....and I see she has the same big nose as her aunt Helene... :P

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    The snobby Ingrid has to do her morning routine and check her appearance in the mirror, before she makes her favorite pancakes for breakfast.

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    Hurry up and eat, the carpool car is here. ;) The weather outdside wasn't so good, with a hailstorm passing over town.. yup, autumn is here now.. For the subtropical town of Sunset Valley, september is typically the peak of bad weather season....

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    Best to run quickly into the town hall when the weather is this bad! Is that a hailstone or a meteorite? :P Must be some serious convection going on...

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    With Ingrid at work, I take a peak into her mother Kathrines parents house to check up on her other set of grandparents. I find them smooching in the hallway.... Egil and Frida Kråkesen is still in love with each other after all these years..
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    And this could possibly be where the big nose comes from. ;)

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    Or maybe this is where.. looks like I have "unconciously" made a lot of sims with very big noses! Well, these elders are the first sims I made for this game, and I do remember struggling in particular with the noses and getting them right, so.... and somehow I never realized they were this monstrously huge!

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    Ingrids grandmother Frida is a bookworm and former professional athlete. Her life time wish was to have the perfect garden. The omni plants at the center of her garden are her most valued plants.
    Her grandfather Egil is the founder and retired CEO of the TelComNor foundation (English: Doo Peas Corporate Tower).
    Ingrids mother Kathrine is at work at the hospital, and her younger brother Morten is at school, but dad Jonathan is home! Playing computer games...

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    ...and whoops, then a message pops out saying the town got a new resident! A young little girl called Emmy Reppe! Kristina and Inge got a new baby sister!

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    After giving birth, Iselin walks upstairs to Jarle, who is standing next to the ping pong table as if she wants to show him the new baby, but he passes her on the way down, apparently not caring about his newborn girl....

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    Iselin puts Emmy nto the crib that was generously donated to the family by the town council and meets her husband in the hallways where they immediately begin flirting with each other, and for a while I suspect they might have plans for making another one... :P

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    Well, not really, because eventually they walk their separate ways to read each their book..

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    New sim: Emmy Reppe.
    Biological Parents: Jarle Reppe, Iselin Reppe.
    Personality traits: Good, heavy sleeper.
    Siblings: Inge Reppe, Kristina Reppe.

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    Ranveig returned home from her workplace at "The Sunset Valley Gazette" early to spend the rest of the day writing news articles from home, but first she decided to vent her frustration at their new computer system by kicking over the pink flamingo decoration in her garden...

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    Jarle and Iselin are naturally both super tuned on to their newborn little girl and her needs... Jarle puts down his book to make sure that little Emmy is properly fed.

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    Then he puts her in the crib and Iselin picks her right back up for another round of feeding.. something tells me she won't stay hungry for long in that house. :P

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    Kristina is home from school and engeages her mother in the university slogan dance thing again, before its off to her new job at the grocery store.

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    Kristina has become a big girl now, and can make her own money. ;) But what about the homework... guess you're gonna have to do that right before bedtime!

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    Ingrid has returned home from work, and still wants to hang out with her aunt Helene, and since it's Saturday night she invites her over to the Club V.I.P. Exclusif to hang out.

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    "Looks like we picked the hot spot for the night" Helene says "This place makes me feel like a winner."

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    Ingrid: Yes, it's good to go to a place that is a little pricey, to keep the average person out...

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    Helene then asks Ingrid about her political career, and that is a perfect opportunity for Ingrid to talk to her aunt about the most important thing in the world; herself... not so covertly boasting of course...

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    It fulfills Ingrids wish of doing so, but Helene is not to impressed..

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    Helene: Its raining cats and dogs out here, lets get inside...

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    This place is perfect for snobs, it's got plenty of red carpets, mirrors and the most excuisite of furniture! ;)

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    They go downstairs to the lowest floor where Helene has a drink and converses with the bartender, and Ingrid goes to practice tricks on one of the pool tables.

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    Helene goes to practice another pool trick with a garden gnome on the second pool table. Both of them really enjoy the fine surroundings.. when was the last time you went to a club that had its own fountain inside? ;)

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    After practicing pool with varying degrees of luck, they go up one floor to the dance area for another drink and discussing the philosophies of social class and Schmarl Barks.. Helene in particular opposes anything to do with Barksist theory and what she labels as "communism", something she learned from her father... and it is Helene, and Ingrids grandparents, that are most responsible for bringing these ideas onto Ingrid. Ingrids parents, Kathrine and Jonathan, are not really that snobbish at all...

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    And speaking of family, Ingrids grandparents, Egil and Frida have now entered to club and are slow dancing with each other. This fine establishment is also the perfect spot for Frida, a celebrity in town and a retired professional athlete, and Egil a retired CEO of a mega corporation.

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    Helene walks through the hallway on the lowest floor with a drink thinking about one of her favorite things in life. Ingrid has gone upstairs to the entrance area to find Mikael and Holly also slow dancing.

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    And it becomes clear who she is attracted too.. She wants to talk the Mikael and has the action queued up, but he is busy dancing with his Holly and probably hasn't even noticed she is there...

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    Ingrid stands there watching Holly and Mikael dancing for a good while. Socially awkward much?

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    Ingrid: Hey! I heard that!

    Whoa.... and just as I was thinking the above... uncanny... Ingrid is one of those rare sims (atleast for me..) that actually turns around and looks in my direction! :O And its always that look...

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    Ingrid doesn't give up however, she continues the self torture by watching them dance... in a way I admire you for your patience, Ingrid, but I think you're out of luck here... Mikael seems to want only his Holly...

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    Ingrid: But just standing near him brings me such intense joy, I can't do anything else...

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    Ingrid: I can see the wedding ring on my finger already!

    Oh boy...


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    Ingrid: And our honeymoon is going to be so great! We're going to spend it in Mubai to dine at the finest restaurants available, ride camels in the desert, and enjoy the view of the city from our top floor suite, private swimming pool included, while making love all night... oh, I can't wait...

    Snap out of it, please...

    Three weeks later...

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    Ingrid: Oh, he is just so handsome... I have never felt such a pull before.. he's going to be mine, there is no other way...

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    Well, after a while she finally gives up, at least temporarily, to go down one floor and order another drink...

    Ingrid:
    Give me the strongest, most expensive thing you've got....

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    Frida has joined Helene to practice pool in the pool lounge on the bottom floor.

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    V.I.P Club Exclusif as it looks from the outside. There are two bars outside, one on the top floor and one on the entrance floor, and two bars inside, one in the elongated dance area just below the entrance and another on the bottom floor by the toilets and the pool table room. Outside the dance area is a chill area outside with a little bit of a garden and some chess tables. This is an early build of mine, made with only base game content (originally). The only thing added are the bars with bartenders. It was all self-service in the beginning. ;)

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    Holly and Mikael have finally quit dancing too, and she has gone to order a drink alongside Ine Melhus. Ine Melhus was the girlfriend of Asgeir Karlsen (Ingrids grandfather from her fathers side) for a short while when he was still grieving the troublesome divorce from Lucie, but he ended it before it had lasted a year.. she was a fine lover for a while, but a grown woman playing with kids toys is not (second) wife material... was his conclusion...
    Holly is happy to see Frida there. Its always cool to spot a celebrity.

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    Ingrid is enjoying another drink on the small balcony by the stairs leading up to the top bar. "I want to be a celebrity too, one day.. like my grandma.. I am hoping my political career will bring me there.. or maybe I should be a movie star.."

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    "..but I think I will stick to politics for now" she thinks as she runs inside for another drink. "In any case, I need to improve my skills in charisma.. maybe I should read a book or find a course..."

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    Mikael is at the bar too, now, alongside her grandmother. Ingrid doesn't look at him this time, though, but she has certainly noticed his presence and feels attracted.

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    Frida has had a few drinks by now, and starts getting emotional and sentimental. "Oh, it is so nice to see you Ingrid, and how you have grown into such a fine young woman! I remember when you were just a tiny little tot and when I was your "Ganma"! And how you would always pull my skirt and ask for "Stawbellies with red" because you were "hungey" !"
    Ingrid feels a little embarrassed by her grandma and pretends not to hear.

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    Ingrid orders one last drink by the bar before she begins to think its bedtime. Frida is still pretty athletic and has began to think about her workout routine. "I want to get pumped again, that after workout feeling is my favorite feeling in the world."

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    Helene has already been at home and in bed for some time after finishing a meal by the top bar, and finally Ingrid also decides to head home.

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    Once home she takes a bath in her now expanded bathroom to fit both the washer and tumble drier.

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    (The camera angle is lying here, it is not that big, but it was the only way to get all of it in one picture without going into birds eye view. Take not of this way of taking pictures, Ingrid, if you ever want to sell your house... "A newly upgraded and highly spatious bathroom....")

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    Well, speaking of birds eye view, here it is anyway. This is what Ingrids house now looks like as she goes to bed. The bathroom wasn't expanded by to much, only 2 by four squares, excactly what was needed for the washer and the tumble drier. I wonder how long it will take for her to wish for another, more silent washer, as it is now located on the same wall as her tv...

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    Goodnight. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.4 – Lake Onebega October 2022. Tonight we are young, so lets set the kitchen on fire...

    Song: We Are Young - fun. feat Janelle Monáe (Simlish)
    Fact: When this song came out, I was still at university myself, living the life that these two are living right now... with burning kitchens and all! That's actually not a joke...
    I came home from a lecture once, and saw this:
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    My student housing was anything but pretty, but it was cheap...

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    October is now here, and it is back to our students at the de Anda hall, currently safely asleep dreaming sweet dreams of food and heartbreak...

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    Inge is the first of our sims to wake up, but it looks like someone else has been up earlier to make plenty of hot dogs, so Inge won't have to make her usual breakfast waffles this time..

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    Morning Ayana she kind of doesn't say, before going to eat all by herself...

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    Oliver Freddy joins her for eating shortly thereafter, and Ayanas, in spite of being passed by and not greeted by either of them, is kind enough to do the dishes...

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    Inge is already looking forward to todays lecture, she is learning so many new and interesting things, and her boyfriend is of course very supportive of her studying art.

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    He should be, he was the one that brought her there in the first place. :P

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    They do their dishes, before its time for Oliver Freddy to dart of to his lecture.

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    Oh, look who just showed up! That's Cora Sidwell, the celebrity that Oliver Freddy wants to meet. Lucky for him she's in his class! ;)

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    Inge just finished off a few needs of a private matter, and seems to ponder what to do next, so she is directed downstairs on the computer to study.

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    Inge finishes her studying and goes for a new painting upstairs. Oliver Freddys class also finishes, and Cora has an accident by the desk...

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    Oliver Freddy walks over to fulfill his wish of meeting her, even if she smells like pee...

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    They hit it off on a wrong note already, because Oliver Freddy is brave, and Cora is a coward.. Celebrities are overrated!
    Oliver Freddy then concludes that analyzing a rock is much more interesting...

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    Cora (thinking): What is that thing he just got out? Who is this guy, some kind of ghostbuster, or something? I'm out of here...

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    Just as Inge was getting ready to go to her lecture, the fire alarm went off. Looks like someone has started a fire..

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    The culprit appears to be this guy, Skip Taylor, casually walking away from the scene in his boxers...

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    Oliver Freddy has gone to do some research at a research station, totally unaware of what's going on at the dorm..

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    Since none of my students are there, there is noone to direct to call the fire department, so these guys are gonna have to deal with it themselves... or burn the place down, whichever happens first...

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    I forgot that Oliver Freddy has hired a maid, and he is there to save the day when everyone else is being a darn fool! Good going Mr. Maid! You are the Hero of the Day!

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    And here is the biggest fool of them all, Skip Taylor.. "I here the sirens coming, better run inside.."

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    Then I see Inge on the couch watching TV.. What? Didn't you just run off to your lecture..?

    Inge: I was mistaken! My lecture doesn't start for another hour!

    Oh...

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    Jonathan Dirk, of course, sits down next to Inge and makes sure to talk about topics he thinks could be of interest to her, such as writing, painting and science, and this time she actually appears to enjoy his talk while simultaneously feeling attracted to him... so much so, she forgets about her lecture this time... before suddenly realizing she has to get up and go..

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    Inge: Oh, shoot, I forgot, I gotta run to my lecture!

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    She rushes there as fast as she can, pushing it with the speed limit, and ends being only about 15 minutes late.

    Inge: Sorry for being late, professor! I got distracted! There was a fire in our kitchen and...


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    Oliver Freddy has finished researching and has walked upstairs for a game of table tennis where he delivers his usual hard and fast serves and ends up winning easily. When it comes to table tennis, Oliver Freddy appears unbeatable. ;)

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    Then its time to go back home, but this time he seems to have acquired a very gentlemanly jog instead of his usual run. What has university life done to you, Oliver? :P

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    Inge darts home from her lecture, and is very happy to do her favorite thing to pass time; to watch the cooking channel..

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    Jonathan Dirk is still there, and this time she even starts to talk to him about babies and kids toys, something which makes him very pleased, of course...
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    I break it up though, by sending her upstairs to continue the painting she started earlier... I don't want to risk having this develop into something! :P

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    Oliver Freddy has gone upstairs too, to take a peak through the telescope. And yikes! He saw a body of water! And enjoyed it! How unnerving!

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    Well, he also has a wish to do research on a scientific sample for quite some time, so he heads back to the Student Union to research yet another sample..
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    He has tried this a few times, but his wish never gets fulfilled. There is an option to "Research sample", but no option to "Research scientific sample".. How would one get that option? He has plenty of samples, but none of them appear to be scientific, so what excactly does he have to do to get one that is scientific?

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    "This sample looks scientific to me.... I don't get it.. Maybe I need more experience, or university credits...?"
    Neither him nor I can seem to figure it out, and its starting to annoy the both of us! ;) .. Maybe this is just one of those things in the game that just... doesn't work... well, that was new... :disappointed:

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    "Hmmm... there must be something wrong here..."

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    While he was doing his science thing, Inge had finished her painting and reached level six in the painting skill, or so it said, but I don't know.. is this a level 6 painting? This painting is not a keeper..
    It had a worth 146 simoleons and she decided to sell it.

    Anyway, all this sciencing had made Oliver Freddy hungry, so the poor chap went up a floor to grab a good juicy burger, before he got a party invitation to a bonfire party over at Debbie Richards house.

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    That cheered us both up greatly, and all sorrows about scientific research being really hard was forgotten for a while. ;) He pondered a bit why Debbie would invite him, and not Inge, because it was Inge of the two that was Debbies friend, so he sent a text to Inge about the party, saying he wanted her to go with him.

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    And off they go the party in each their identical car. ;) Debbie Richards house is located on the far northwestern part of the University Town, where she has a pretty good view of everything. Hmm, now lets see what kind of party this will turn out to be, and how many will run around in the nude...

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    Inge quickly learns that Debbie must be financially pretty well off, judging from the size of her house. "She must be lonely up here" she thinks "living here all alone in this big house.."

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    Debbie is on the back porch, and has already started the juice drinking.

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    Inge and Oliver Freddy walked upstairs to a tv-room, when this guy called Jacob Salaman began insulting Oliver Freddy. Inge ignores him and engages her boyfriend in a conversation about their favorite movies and tv-shows before he is at it again with the insults..

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    Oliver Freddy talks back, and asks him what the hell is his problem and tells him to quit it before things escalate and something unfortunate happens...

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    Inge enjoys Oliver Freddys bravery and her response is to flirt with him and Jacob leaves the room. This gives Oliver Freddy a wish to hug Inge romantically, he just has to get a sip from the juice keg on the porch first..

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    Inge has not been drinking from any of the juice kegs at this party, however. She only goes for the juice bar inside. "I want to go a little easy on the partying until after our exam" she says "so I'm staying away from the hard stuff. I want to keep my mind sharp..." Clever girl...

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    Oliver Freddy finishes his juice and walks inside to give his girl a sweet hug.

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    Then he goes outside to have a talk and flirt a little with Cora Sidwell, but its nothing serious, because at the end of their conversation he shoots in that he would be very happy to have her as his friend.

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    Inge has walked out onto the porch, where Jacob Salaman begins repeatedly insulting her as well, and the learn that they have several conflicting traits with each other.

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    She quickly begins to dislike him, and they almost become enemies. What an unpleasant dude...

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    After a long round of insulting with Inge actually trying to keep a decent conversation, she has finally had enough of that and goes for the juice keg out by the bonfire in rhe bankyard.

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    Then she throws a stinker of some sample onto the bonfire, immediately giving the surroundings a foul smell.. nice party trick, there! :P And I see from the red minuses up on the porch that Jacob has probably found someone else to insult...

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    Then eventually Debbie says the party is over, and throws everyone off the lot. In spite of one guest trying to ruin the mood, this party was nowhere near as crazy as the one Oliver Freddy hosted last semester. I guess everyone is saving up their insanity until after their exams. ;)

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    Inge has gone upstairs to Debbies bahtroom to brush her teeth, but Oliver Freddy is being a gentleman and waiting for her outside, so that they can go home together. ;)

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    My girlfriends in the bathroom getting h...... her teeth brushed and...
    The moon is on my side
    I have no reason to run
    I will carry you home, tonight...


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    And so the young couple goes to bed.. and we say... goodnight. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.5 – Sunset Valley October 2022 – Swimwear and macaroni..

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    It was another morning for Ingrid, and the first thing on her mind this morning, after dreaming sweet dreams about herself, was work.

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    And as she ran out the door and headed off to work, the weather hadn't improved much since last month, as it was still raining quite heavily. In fact it was raining so heavily that water was flowing underneath the stairs leading up to the town hall, and down on the pavement. For Sims 3 standards, this is a lot of flooding, so I take it the weather was actually quite nasty, and Ingrid can attest to that.
    "It was really bad" she says "The road was completely flooded in some places, and I was worried that the car wouldn't make it through!"
    Interestingly as I am writing this, and extreme warning has just been issued for my area because of heavy rains due to an "atmospheric river" situation. It has even been given a name, "Gyda", so I assume it is expected to be really wet here by tomorrow and thursday... Joy to the world... :p

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    Anyway, the town also got a new resident. This guy, Hans Ivar Nylenna, just moved into one of the empty homes up in the New Town Area. I got an idea to make new male characters, because I want Ingrid to find a partner and eventually have children.. Well, I ended up making this guy.. however, something tells me he probably won't be quite Ingrids type...

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    He appears to be very interested in music, so the first thing he did was to get himself a job at the community theatre.

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    Ingrid was feeling the stress at work, and wanted to entertain herself, so whenever she had her break she went online for some shopping and had the goods delivered directly to her home lot. A water slide, a dart board, a gnubb set and a horseshoe game.

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    Her grandmother Frida is reading a book in her husbands old home office, from where he used to adminster his business.

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    The old businessman Egil, is busy playing video games in her aunt Helenes old bedroom.

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    Grandmother Lucie is being grumpy about the young generations use of social media.. (I believe the leaf symbol actually means social media for sims, because it sometimes shows when they use their cellphones to send messages.)

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    Grandfather Asgeir has returned from the laundromat, and is headed towards the back entrance and Lucies apartment section. She goes to meet him there, and they sit on the couch together.

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    He turns on the tv to watch the romance channel with his ex-wife, but she turns it off immediately to play video games! Sorry, he's got no luck there! :P But at least they're sitting in the same room, without going at each others throats, so its good.

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    But then Ingrid, my active sim, is finished at work, so I have to shift my attention..

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    She goes home and calls over Prison Warden Fredrik Holm-Fredriksen over for a visit.

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    She wants to invite him over, because he is already a Leader of the Free World, which is what Ingrid aspires to be, so it is all about building connections with the right people. He rings the doorbell, before he goes into the backyard and starts a game of dart all by himself before she gets to go out and greet him and learn that they both share the good trait.

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    Fredrik Holm-Fredriksen is also the father of Oliver Freddy, currently at university. They play around of dart together which Ingrid wins, and about mid game she starts having negative thoughts about him for a reason I can't grasp...

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    Afterwards they quickly rush inside, because its still raining quite heavily. Ingrid goes to the bathroom to check her appearance in the mirror, but is interrupted because Fredrik followed her there to hold an enthusiastic speech about the importance of the restaurants in the local community as both workplaces and meeting places for the people.

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    "It is very important that we as politicians lay the foundations for these places to not only exist, but thrive and prosper! I will fight for the local community! I will fight for the jobs of the people!" he tells her with great vigor and enthusiasm.

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    Before he begins to flirt with her, and we got a potential metoo case going on here..Don't get into politics! This is what happens...apparently..

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    Ingrid is not appreciative of this, and they lose their friendship status. Ingrid leaves him to go relax on her bed and read a romantic novel written by her grandfather. He follows her in there to talk about cartoons, and then she begins flirting with him!

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    He shrugs it off, and informs her that he is married to Pia Holm-Fredriksen before they continue to discuss politics..

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    Ingrid wanted to buy a mirror worth at least 600 simoleons, and had it delivered to her door. So far she placed in the tiny hallway, thinking she might want to expand her home once more to fit all her new stuff...

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    She walks into the living room where Fredrik flirts with her again, and she responds positively. They move on, and she insults his intelligence, saying he acts like he has only half a brain.

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    He responds by saying that its obviously not true! He couldn't have gotten to the level he is at, if he had only "half a brain" They might not be connected the way they should, but he certainly has both hemispheres in there! Then he tries to flirt with her again, and she responds negatively.

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    Her phone rang, and it was Lisa Bunch, a colleague at work, that called her because she was holding a party. Ingrid is still young and wants to have fun, so a party is a splendid idea, so she tells Lisa that she will come right over.

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    "Hi, Ingrid" Lisa says as Ingrid rings the doorbell "I decided to make this into a swimwear party" and they both immediately change into their swimwear. Ingrid walks inside and begins discussing politics with Amelia Kjøsnes, a good friend and cohabitant of the Bunch family.

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    She walks over to Lisa to brag about her gaming skills, learns that Lisa is a snob like her, as well as a kleptomaniac, sports fisher and athletic.

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    They continue to discuss politics and share a bit of gossip, before Ingrid goes into the kitchen to grab a bowl of macaroni and cheese.

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    Ingrid actually eats two bowls, even if the first one made her completely full...

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    "This macaroni was just soooo good" she says "Who made it?"

    "Oh, I made it" says Amelia. "It is a special secret recipe from Judy. She always had such a good hand with the family, cooking and keeping the house neat and tidy, bless her soul... Not a day goes by without missing her... I wish you could have tried her version of it! It was the best! Mine doesn't even come close..."

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    Ylajali is dancing with Marty Keaton, and in the living room Xander Clavell is playing video games in the sofa with Tamara Donner and Eirin Motorsen.

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    Eirin: Can you believe this! Oliver Freddy called me just earlier today, some guy set their kitchen on fire! Luckily it was put out before anything got really damaged, though!

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    Tamara: That must have been very embarrassing for the guy that started the fire!
    Eirin: Oh, I am sure it was.. I am just happy the fire didn't spread, you know...

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    Marty Keaton takes a stroll through the living room, and everyone likes Marty Keaton. The old ladies get up to cheer at him. They thinks he is just so delightful. ;)

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    Tamara is jealous at Ingrid for being so young and pretty, and zooms into the kitchen to start a fight with her! She couldn't get there fast enough, and even did this moonwalk-esque slide across the floor to get there. And Ingrid hasn't even been close to Marty yet!

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    "Chill, old lady! I haven't touched him, I swear!"
    Ingrid learns that Tamara is a daredevil, hot headed and charismatic. Well, charismatic, hmm.. that behaviour wasn't excactly charismatic. :P

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    "That old lady is so funny, I think I'm going to ask Marty for a dance, just to spite her...."

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    Then her phone rings. Her mother Kathrine wants to talk to her. Marty is not happy to have their dance interrupted.

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    He goes for a dance all on his own while he waits for Ingrid to finish talking, but she is talking with her mom, and that could take a while....

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    He is happy when she finally finishes talking and goes back to dance with him for a while..

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    ..before she goes back into the kitchen for a third bowl of macaroni and cheese. Wow, it must have been really good.

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    She sits down to eat it on the couch in the living room, where Ylajali thinks playing GTA is very fun, especially when she gets to ride the school bus. ;)
    Ylajali: Look at those kids! I think school's out for them now! Permanently!

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    Darlene: Oh, I think its more fun to play as the police car. I would chase you down in that school bus, easily...

    Ylajali: Arrgh! Get out of my way, lamp post!!

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    Ingrid doesn't engage in any talk with the girls, she is to busy eating those delicious macaronis, before putting the empty bowl in the dishwasher and making the decision to go back home, as she is getting really tired.. eating a lot tends to do that. :P

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    Once home she finds a surprise in the hallway... "Whoa, haven't you gone home yet?" She insults his intelligence again, before taking the wise decision of going to bed..

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    He's not so wise though, still hanging around outside, to play darts.. but yeah.. that's up to him..

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    Goodnight.. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited January 2022
    This update is going to be a bit unusual for this thread, as it breaks with my concept of playing with more or less fully autonomous sims.

    Chapter 16.6 – Sunset Valley/Sprottenham October 2022 – Part I: You have the right to remain silent...

    Location: Sunset Valley Police Station, Briefing Room:

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    In Sunset Valley retired police officer Eirin Motorsen had been called in to lead their part in the ongoing investigation of the human trafficking case as she is the most experienced of all the police officers in town, and the only one of them that has reached the top level of the career.

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    The investigation has been a joint effort between the police offices in Sunset Valley and Sprottenham as well as CRIPOS (The National unit for fighting organized and other serious crimes), and has lead them to find that the central hub of the criminal organization responsible appears to be located in an abandoned peat factory in Sprottenham.

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    Police officer Arlo Bunch was busy taking notes. This was the final briefing on the case for the Sunset Valley office before the Sprottenham police, along with a unit from the SWAT police, will raid the peat factory and hopefully arrest the criminals and free their victims..

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    Police officer Amena Alnuman clapped and cheered with joy as Eirin confidently finished her briefing. This was the moment they would bust this league and put a stop their criminal activities once and for all. Amena had long been looking forward to this moment, and finally it would unveil. Though she had hoped very much she could be there herself, to take the criminals down in person...
    Other police officers are Justine Keaton and rookie officer Marius Osnes standing in the back.
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    The same night over at the old peat factory in Sprottenham, it was business as usual...

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    Head criminal and gang leader Robert Gudmestad-Kiinsmo, was busy overlooking his slave workers, unaware of what was about to happen...

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    George Alnuman: I have a feeling that something is going to happen tonight... I dreamt that my aunt would come her to rescue us all...
    Wendy Strandheim: I hope you are right, boy... I hope you are right...

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    Upstairs fellow criminals Ann-Kristin Skeie and Dina Gjerstad was upstairs watching tv, while gang member Oda Sævik was working out when they heard a voice from the outside...

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    "This is the police! You are surrounded! Come out, hands above your head!"

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    Oda: We're busted! Time to gun up...
    Ann-Kristin: We got this.

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    Robert: You know what to do.
    Oda: On it.

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    Ann-Kristin: Everybody stand still, and nobody gets hurt!

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    "This is armed police! Come out of the building! Hands above your head!"

    Ann-Kristin: Nobody move!

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    Robert: This is it. You ready?

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    SWAT officer 1: We're going in!

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    "Armed police! Drop your weapons! Hands above your head!"

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    Oda points the knife at Danica.
    Oda: You! Come here!

    Ann-Kristin (from the balcony): Do as she says!

    Oda grabs on to Danica, holding the knife against her throat at the same instant as the SWAT team breaks through the door.

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    SWAT Officer 1: Drop the knife! NOW! Drop the knife!

    Oda: You drop your guns or this one goes!

    At the same time Robert has Ada at gunpoint.

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    SWAT Officer 2.
    Drop your weapons! Hands above your head!

    Robert: Stand still, or I shoot!

    SWAT Officer 2:
    DROP YOUR WEAPONS!

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    Upstairs Dina and Ann-Kristin are getting nervous, and have decided to run.

    Dina: We gotta get out of here!

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    SWAT Officer 3: Back me! We're taking the stairs!

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    SWAT Officer 1: DROP YOUR WEAPONS! GET DOWN!

    At the same time on the ground level there was no negotiation. The officer gave Robert a quick punch to make him lose his balance and fall.

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    Oda was still holding on.

    SWAT Officer 2: DROP THE KNIFE!
    Oda: NO!

    Ann-Kristin and Dina didn't get very far, before they realized they were cornered...

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    SWAT Officer 3: Hands above your head! Drop your weapons!
    Dina: We're done for..
    Ann-Kristin:I surrender! I surrender!
    SWAT Officer 3: Drop your weapons! You are under arrest!

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    Police officer Lamshey Trazlacat: Robert! Drop the gun! You are under arrest!

    With the big man also down, there was only one left...

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    Police officer Jingguo Xie-Luo: Oda! Drop the knife, this isn't working..

    SWAT Officer 3: DROP THE KNIFE! HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD!

    Oda: No! Don't come closer, or I'll have her throat!
    Jingguo: Oda! Its over! Drop the knife!

    Same time by the staircase, Ann-Kristin and Dina got their handcuffs on, and was about to be transported out to the waiting police vehicles...

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    Police officer Glenn Hoddelås: Just a normal day at the office, eh?

    Police officer Maiken Strøm: Haha, indeed.. now stand still, so I can get the cuffs on you!

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    Lamshey: .... you have the right to an attorney, one will be provided for you if you can't afford one, though I bet you'll have no problem there... . Anything you want to say to me, Robert?

    Robert: Kiss my ****!

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    SWAT Officer 2: Last warning! DROP THE KNIFE!

    Oda: No!

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    SWAT Officer 1: Then here goes!

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    Jingguo: Oda, you are under arrest! You have the..

    Oda: I know my rights, just shut up!

    Jingguo: Anything else you wish to say?

    Oda: Just get it done!

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    And so the headquarters were busted, and all the criminals were under arrest. Along with the criminals, the police also took a hold of a computer from upstairs and various illegal goods.. ..and the kids got plenty of hugs from the adults...

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    Danica Tomren: It's all over now, and everything will be fine, I promise!
    Even Foss: I was so scared, I thought we were gonna die!

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    George: We won! I am sure my aunt did this, do you think she is here?
    Wendy: I don't know, George, but we're free now and everything will be ok.. everything will be ok..

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    Ingolf Dybdahl: I want my mom and dad! I'm so scared! I'm so scared!
    Ada Dalhaug: It's ok, it's ok now. Everything is over and it will soon be better...

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    Danica: Come here, sweet girl! We are free now! We are free!
    Elisa Meek: Can you be my mommy? I want you to be my mommy!

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    And maybe she would be.. but for now, Danica and the rest were temporarily checked in at the Seafront Hotel, while the criminals got transported to the police station to spend the night in each their jail cell, awaiting interrogations and prosecutions the following day...

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    Jingguo: This is where you'll be spending the night, Robert. In you go!

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    ******

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    At the Seafront Hotel Elisa, Danica and the others were all very tired after all this, so they quickly went to their rooms to go to sleep..

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    George kept thinking about Danica, she was such a nice woman and motherly figure for all the kids. George and Ada had been assigned to the same room.

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    Elisa had begged to get the same room as Danica, so Danica and Elisa was assigned to the same room. None of the kids got to sleep alone this night, and everyone felt good about sleeping in a proper bed and no longer being held captive, finally....

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    For the next update, things will return to normalcy for a bit, when I will go back to follow the Flansbarne/Jiggens family, but hopefully also give updates on the adults and children from this update, as well as the criminals.. but for now, goodnight!
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.6 – Sprottenham October 2022 – part II: Aftershock.

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    In the Jiggens/Flansbarne household the parents woke up on this rainy october morning to Iselin screaming in her crib.. Agathi was a little flabbergasted as she muttered still halfway asleep "You'll take this one, Baturney..."

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    He gave Iselin food in the baby chair, before making breakfast to himself in the kitchen. Agathi simply went back to sleep...

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    She woke up a little later, and was in need of a bath, but so was Baturney, so she spent some time teaching Ruben to talk while waiting. Baturney was dead tired still, so he returned to bed to get some sleep.

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    Agathi put on her workwear and sat down to eat a late breakfast while watching the news channel.

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    News reporter: ".... outside this abandonded peat factory on the outskirts of the small coastal town of Sprottenham, where an international human trafficking and smugglers league was just raided and shut down tonight and.."

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    This was very exciting news to Agathi the crime novelist! An international league of criminals, here, in her otherwise dull and peaceful hometown! Almost right at her doorstep! Unbelievable! She had to see this for herself!

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    She quickly scurried out the door and went for a taxi up to the old peat factory, this was so thrilling! She had to go there, observe and take notes, of course, hoping to find something that would give her inspiration for future novels!

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    "Wow, this really happened! There are police cars here, and the area is closed off! Well, if I just sneak under this band here, I am sure nobody will notice..."

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    "Oh, this is so exhilarating! I am walking right here, on the scene where some real crime and a police raid just happened!" Agathi was having a field day with this! She walked around the corner of the building, and stumbled across CSI Øystein Juell.

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    Øystein: Ma'am, this area is closed to the public, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

    Agathi: Oh, what for? I'm just here on a morning stroll, you know, I find old buildings like this immensely fascinating.. I am also a writer and....
    Øystein: I understand, ma'am, but this is a crime scene.. I'm afraid you're going to have to leave.
    Agathi: Oh, ok, I will uh.. leave shortly... just let me take a peak..

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    Øystein: No, you can't do that! You have to leave!
    Agathi: Ok, ok, I'll leave...

    Øysten walked on in his direction, and of course, Agathi.. she didn't leave, she continued on her way, snooping around at the old factory..

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    She stopped by this window to take a peak inside, hoping to observe the investigators in action, when a police officer had spotted her and came running...

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    Police officer Anders Saleh: Ma'am! Ma'am! You can't stand there! This is area is closed off to the public!

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    Agathi: Oh, I am sorry officer, I am just so fascinated by these old buildings...

    Anders: Ma'am! With all due respect, this is a serious crime scene not an amusement park! You should be happy I'm not arresting you for trespassing! You have to leave the area or I will take you to the station!

    Agathi: Alright, alright I'll get out of here...

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    Anders: I'll escort you out to make sure you do!

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    Even though she just almost got herself arrested, Agathi still found this to be a very stimulating experience! To bad she had to go to work at the community theatre again, because right now she could have almost killed someone to have the opportunity to go home and write! Well, almost!

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    While Agathi went to work, Baturney was still sleeping and Ruben and Iselin were playing with their toys.

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    ******

    Well, I did say that things would return to normal after all the recent events, but for some people a major earthquake just happened, shockwaves and all.. and there will probably still be aftershocks and ripples that spread out for years to come...

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    In the Gudmestad-Kiinsmo household Sandra woke up to young Mark crying, and was getting a little worried when her husband Robert hadn't returned this night like he used to.

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    She tried to call him on the phone this morning, and when nobody answered her anxiety levels increased even further. It all got even worse when she turned on the tv to watch the news that morning..

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    In the Sævik household, oldest daughter Edny, was eating an early breakfast, as she had been woken up by her younger brother Kolbjørn calling for mommy to change his diaper, but mommy was at the police station...

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    Father Vetle woke up alone this morning. He was used to his wife, Oda, getting home late, but usually she would be there next to him in bed by the time he woke up...

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    He felt something was off, but didn't have to much time to think about it yet, because in addition to his oldest daughter, he had two young boys to take care off. First little baby Gøran needed feeding and socializing, before it was Kolbjørns turn..

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    Edny was watching the action channel alone this morning. Someone was missing in the couch...

    Vetle had sat down on the couch to watch tv with his daughter, when he got a phone call...

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    Vetle:Sævik, hello.

    Phone voice: Vetle Sævik? Hello, this is officer Lamshey Trazlacat, Sprottenham police.. I am calling you in regards to your wife, Oda Sævik..

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    Vetle: Hello? Yes, my wife? Where is she? Has something happened? Is she ok?

    Lamshey: Your wife is doing fine, given the circumstances... she's at the police station, in our custody..

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    Vetle: Why!? What happened!?

    Lamshey: Your wife, there is no way to say this with ease... she is under arrest being charged for kidnapping, human trafficking, smuggling, trade and possession of illegal goods...

    Vetle: Oh god... oh god.. we have.. oh no.. oh no... oh no...

    Lamshey: You didn't know about your wifes partaking in these operations, sir?

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    Vetle: No, I... I.. I didn't... I didn't know it was this.. Can I come see her?

    Lamshey: I am sorry, I cannot grant your request at this moment...

    (silence)

    Lamshey: Listen, I have a number you can call if you should need someone to talk to...

    Vetle: Ok... ok.. I.. I really need to see my wife, I really need to..

    Lamshey: We will keep in touch and let you know when you can come see her, is that alright?

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    Vetle: Alright, I guess.. I guess so..

    Lamshey: Like I said, I have a few numbers you can call.. I suggest you get an attorney for you and your wife.. I'm afraid this is.. this is very serious..

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    Vetle: Am I going to be charged with something?

    Lamshey: No, not as it looks right now.. I suggest you talk to someone, and we will be in touch.

    Vetle: Ok, ok.. I will do that..

    Lamshey: We will keep you informed about your wife. Take care, Vetle, and we'll be in touch. Ok, bye.

    Vetle: Bye....

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    Edny: What's happening? Who was that on the phone? Where's mommy?

    Vetle: Mommy, she is... she's at the police station..

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    Edny: The police station? Why is she there? Did she get arrested!?

    Vetle: Well, yes.. mommy she has been... she has been doing some really ...some really bad things..

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    Edny: I don't care, she's my mommy, I want to see her! When will she come back home?

    Vetle: I don't know sweetie, I don't know.. I think mommy will... mommy will be gone for a long time now...

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    ****
    Meanwhile, all of the victims had now left the hotel and found their new homes...

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    Danica Tomren had moved into this house at Crewe Street 1 just opposite of Harbor Park together with Elisa Meek.

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    Reading a book in peace and quite in your own kitchen, without having to slave all day for someone else, isn't it nice?

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    The other kids, George Alnuman, Ingolf Dybdal and Even Foss had moved into the North Sunderland private orphanage run by the couple Fred and Wanda Westgård on the outskirts of town (just above the North Sunderland beach) where they so far appeared to live happy days.

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    The couple outside after kissing in the rain.

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    Ingolf and Even were running outside to play in the treehouse.

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    George was in one of the kids rooms playing on the computer.

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    Ada Dalhaug had moved into Mitchell 12 and was currently on the lookout for someone that would hire her.

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    Adas new home.

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    Eilif Sagstad had moved into Mitchell 11 just opposite of Ada, and was also currently unemployed.

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    Eilifs new home.

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    Wendy Strandheim had moved into Dunstan View 9, just opposite of the school, and was currently looking for a job.

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    Wendys new home. The government/town council had granted them all a bit of cash and cheap loans to buy homes for themselves.

    *****

    In the Jiggens/Flansbarne household Baturney eventually woke up to give Iselin some food before his wife got home. Ruben had gotten tired and was already in bed.

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    Agathi made sure to also put Iselin in her crib, before it was time for the adults to do some house chores.

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    After they had cleaned the bathroom Agathi was having some brilliantly evil ideas after the visit to the peat factory earlier, and finally she had some time to sit down to write and get them all out of the system..

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    My sims know what's going on! ;)

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    Later that night Wendy Strandheim was seen shaking it off and enjoying her new found freedom on the dance floor at The Elegant Flame, before she quickly changed into a fire fighting uniform, so she is no longer unemployed.

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    After writing for a while, Agathi eventually got tired and went to bed, though Baturney was still up playing with the doll house, after having slept pretty much all day...

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    Anyway, I think with this, it is time to say good night to our friends here, for now. ;)

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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.7 – Bewickton – October 2022. Part I: All on board!

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    The news about the police raid had of course also reached the coastal community of Bewickton just off the east coast ,where especially old grandpa Deepak was glued to the tv set absorbing everything he could about the ongoing case...

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    Laranya was concerned about her daughter and her grandchildren, so she gave Leya a call, but Leya could assure them that everything was just fine with them.

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    Of course, Leya and most of the townsfolk was shocked that something like this had been going on in their little town, but all in all they were doing just fine.

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    The news had also reached Palash and Sofia, currently located on the cruise ship, MS Princess Ragnhild, that just left Cyme Ixotic and is about to stake out its course to the tropical island of Belo Horizonte where they will spend their honeymoon... after getting married in July... Going on a cruise is in high demand, so they didn't get tickets until October...

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    Before they went, little Yumi had been dropped off at Laranya and Deepaks house because the cruise ship did not allow animals, with a clear message from Palash not to spoil her to much when they were away.. "Oh no worries, we won't spoil her" Laranya told him with a small wink in her eye. I mean, since when has a grandmother ever spoiled anything..... :P

    Departure and Day 1.

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    The cruise ship was set to departure from Cyme Ixotic late that night, so by the time they went on board, it was already bedtime, so not much to do but to locate their room and go to bed.

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    Sofia had originally wanted to order a room for them on the aft deck*, but those rooms were already full, so they had to make do with getting one on the Mid Deck, right below the disco area... the least quiet area of the entire ship.. and loud music was already blaring from above as they exit the elevator on their floor...
    * Well, that was what I thought I had set up, but.. somehow that didn't work..

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    I hope they can get a good nights sleep! :P

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    Day one of their journey, time to get up and locate the buffét! They sit down to eat their morning salad, and Sofia hopes to meet some celebrities on their journey. It is very important for her to have something to brag about once she gets home.. why else would one go on such an expensive cruise to a tropical island, if not for keeping up appearances? ;) If we would have had access to her social media account, I'm sure it would have been full of pictures of her happy life..

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    ..but this is actually a happy life, because they are really enjoying the surroundings of the cruise ship already. And after breakfast, Sofia grabs Palash for a heavy kiss, and I think this is so cute!

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    Sofia gets lots of pleasure from kissing (and woohoo! And why wouldn't she, its good stuff. ;) ) Palash enjoys it too, but he also has some different thoughts.. Where Sofia wants to go on a cruise simply for the experience (and something to talk about once they are back home), Palash, being a family oriented man, has hopes that when they come back Sofia will be pregnant...

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    Sofia meets one of the young party kids living on this deck, and she immediately starts talking to Sofia about children.

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    Interestingly, Sofia is not reacting to the conversation topic negatively, so maybe there is hope for Palash's wish. ;) Palash is seen out in the lower left here, where he is walking around to explore the ship.

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    He locates the restaurant on the main deck and thinks this would be a really nice place to dine with Sofia later.

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    He is so excited, he cheers at his own idea. ;)

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    Palash then locates the cinema, that is just opposite from the restaurant across the open mid section. The doors are a little anonymous, the only thing indicating there is a cinema inside is the obscure movies poster to the left of the doors, but its there. ;)

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    Palash sits down to watch an action movie, "Puritania", about dangerous robots from the future, travelling through time to conquer the planet and exterminate all of mankind...
    Let chaos entwine
    On defenseless soil
    Remove errors of man
    And sweep all the weakening kind


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    Bygone are tolerance
    And presence of grace
    Scavengers are set out
    To cleanse the human filth parade

    - Dimmu Borgir, Puritania

    Phew! Thank goodness its only a movie...

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    Afterwards Palash and Sofia sit down to read each their book in each their lobby when this woman comes over to brighten his day. Palash listens politely, but isn't to interested in this stranger. He only thinks about the restaurant.
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    Its a very big ship.. and the opportunities for nice screenshots are plentiful, so I find it really hard to limit myself here, but I'm trying not to overload this with images... so a lot of good looking shots unfortunately have to be skipped! These shots are not among the best, but they give an overview of the ship.

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    Sofia and Palash's room is on the Mid Deck, second to top floor on the port side of the ship (left side when facing front).

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    Its Sofias lucky day, so after she finishes the book, she wants to try her luck with "The Claw", however, the elevator doesn't really care how lucky she thinks she is, and decides to go for an attack when she tries to exit...

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    Maybe they are already here.. maybe this is where the take over begins...

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    Machines: 1. Humans: 0.

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    Sofia gets up to brush it off, and locates "The Claw" machine. It is in on the main deck, in the entrance area to the cinema.

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    ..but again the machines prove to not care about Sofias perceived idea of luck, and gives her absolutely nothing. A small victory for the machines again. Sofia is a little disappointed, but happy nonetheless..

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    "There will be plenty of opportunities to get kids toys later" she thinks. Kids toys, Sofia? What are you gonna need that for...? I thought you disliked children...

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    After being unlucky with "The Claw" Sofia also goes into the cinema to watch a movie. This time its a horror movie about an unsuspecting girl checking her appearance in the mirror, before a ghostly demon appears and... bad things happen!

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    In the meantime Palash has been checking out the dance floor upstairs, just without doing any dancing. Guess he is not feeling ready for that yet. :P

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    Sofia finishes watching the movie, and then its time for supper and they meet downstairs in the restaurant. Aww, this is so cute. Sofia is missing Yumi, their dog, already.

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    They grab their meals and sit down to eat, at each their table.. so much for the romantic dining experience...
    (..and yeah, there is a piece of wall coating missing there, I actually didn't notice until now. I'll notify whoever manages the cruise ship, so that they can hopefully fix it! :P )

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    Oh well, atleast the moment of dining alone together can be savoured by taking a romantic picture afterwards! This gives Sofia a wish to party, so she heads towards the dance floor, but the elevator is not having it again....

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    So she changes her mind, and decides to follow her husband that is already on his way to bed. I have to give her a hand with this though, and guide her up the stairs, becuase the elevators really aren't cooperating today... why does the ship even have them? :P

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    After lots of walking about she finally makes it there, and they both fall safely asleep after this first full day of their honeymoon...

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    Lets just hope these evil machines, elevators and computers won't come around and take over completely... :P

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    Good night. ;)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited January 2022
    Chapter 16.7 – MS Princess Ragnhild/Westphalian Sea - October 2022. Part II: Elevator Boogie.


    Mabel Scott - Elevator Boogie.

    It's the second day of their cruise, the ship is now out in more open waters, and Palash is the first to wake up this morning, at around 06:20! Early bird and all that...

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    Breakfast serving does not start until 07:00, so he has a bit of time to walk around.. He stops by the elevator and happily reveals his main wish to us. ;) He spends his morning walking around, exploring a bit more of the ship.

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    Sofia wakes up and walks downstairs to eat her breakfast alone. Palash tried to get there to eat with her, but was stopped by a quarrelsome elevator...

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    But when he finally does make it there to eat, she has a very cute reaction. This is true love, it is so pretty. Both of them get a big heart moodlet whenever they are in the same room.

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    She walks over to sit down at his table. She's got a bit of a poker face hiding her eyes behind those sunglasses, but its no secret who she is looking at...

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    After breakfast this man walked over and tried to flirt with Sofia, but she wasn't to interested. Palash was on his way to walk around the ship again, but he went over there to join their conversation once he heard the flirting going on.

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    After breakfast, they want to explore more of the ship, so they head towards Mid Deck 3 inbetween the Mid Deck 2 (where they are staying) and the Aft Deck.
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    If anyone is interested, the ship I am using is MS Plumbob, and can be downloaded from here (it is a world file):
    https://potato-ballad-sims.tumblr.com/post/161964278040/the-ms-plumbob-dream-is-a-plumbob-class-cruise
    ....but just be warned if you want to use it, you're gonna have to do a lot of interior work, because all the decks (except the aft deck) are empty shells without content and rooms inside.
    To save you some work, a Captain's Deck can be downloaded from Mod the sims:
    https://modthesims.info/d/599385/ms-plumbob-dream-captain-s-deck.html
    I am not using the Captain's Deck, so I don't know what it looks like.

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    They walk inside on the starboard side to find a store that sells groceries, some essentials, clothes and various tourist items.. Palash is a little hesitant to walk inside, but Sofia immediately locates the fashion section to gawk at shoes. ;)

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    "These high heeled shoes are just marvelous. I wonder if they have them in alligator skin?"
    Sofia is obviously not one for eco-travel or consumerism... :P
    She tries a few of them on while checking her own appearance in the mirror in the changing room just behind her, and ends up buying a couple of pairs.

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    Palash wants to drag her out of there before things escalate, and suggests they explore the upper floors on this deck.. hopefully there are no more shops there! :P

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    This appears to be Palash's unlucky day as he once again gets trapped by an elevator and falls behind as Sofia walks through what looks like a fitness room to locate a sauna.
    "This looks like a nice place to relax and enjoy the ocean view" she thinks as she heads for the bathtub.

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    Palash finishes the argument with the elevator and eventually makes in there to enjoy some relaxing steam.

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    "You know, we should really get one of these at home!" Sofia says.

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    "Hmm.. that would be really nice, but where should we put it? I don't think we have room.."

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    "Haha, oh, but what about kids, then? If we have room for kids, I think we will also have room for a sauna..."
    Palash is defeated and has no answer..

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    After a while of relaxing they get hungry, so its time to head back to "their" part of the ship to eat at the restaurant. On the way back Sofia passes another couple slow dancing in the fitness room, perhaps also on their honeymoon.

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    Palash falls behind once more, because he is stopped in his tracks by this woman with an important secret to share.. "If I had a superpower, I would choose to fly" she says. He laughs at it, before he has to run. Sofia has already ordered and received her food at the restaurant and is now standing there waiting for him...

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    He finally makes it there to order, well, hot dogs, and there appears to be another crew there about to fill up their stomachs before, presumably, partying the night away...

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    Sofia doesn't want to eat near such a rowdy bunch, and she is uncomfortable by the flirtatious looks Palash gets from the women, so she suggests they find a more quiet table upstairs in the breakfast area...

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    "I have been thinking a lot about children lately" Sofia says "but I am a little scared of this thought..."

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    Palash is very happy about his wife bringing up this topic, and of course tries to cheer her up about it. "Children are such wonderful beings" he says "and I am sure nothing would put a greater smile on our faces than watching those little buggers grow up!"

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    "Oh, I don't know..." Sofia says "I am very happy with our home just the way it is, with just you, me and little Yumi. I already have everything I need..."

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    Palash listens and lets her speak her mind. He loves his wife just as much as he would love children, so he doesn't want to push her into it, but of course, he still hopes that her mind will change about it. He thinks that for now the best he can do as set her in the mood for love making, so he goes for a romantic kiss.

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    This works for Sofia, so she grabs him for a sudden, but wonderful, smooch. ;)

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    They kiss and make out in the breakfast area for a great while...

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    ...before it looks like they are heading back to their room as they walk towards the elevator..

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    Once both are inside, Sofia leans onto Palash and the elevator door closes...

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    The picture doesn't show it very well, but this elevator is moving... not upwards, but sideways!

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    You've been having some fun in there, haven't you? ;) That's risky! I thought you were going to bed! :P

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    Well, Sofia decides to find the bed, by using the stairs again, so I guess the elevators no longer work as a means of transportation.. but atleast they still have some use! :P

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    Palash sits around in the lobby for a while, looking at this image of a spider... appropriate I guess, as they're both entangled in each others web now, so... just don't eat each other. ;)

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    He eventually joins his wife in bed too, where Sofia is dreaming sweet dreams of their future home life.. with or without children, only time will tell... good night. ;)

    P.S: I will not make the promise that they will actually have children, I will leave it up to them, or Sofia to initiate or accept the "try for baby" interaction... I will be pleased if they do, but I'm not really expecting it.

    (Edited post because I mixed up which deck they were going to. Its easy to get lost on this boat!)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited February 2022
    Chapter 16.7 – MS Princess Ragnhild/Westphalian Sea - October 2022. Part III: Surrounded by the strange and unfamiliar..

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    Sofia woke up first on the third day of them heading south, thinking about children again as she walked to the mirror to check up on her appearance..

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    Breakfast time and their conversation this time revolved mostly around work, before this lady sat down at their table to eat. They woke up a little later this morning, so the breakfast area was already quite full and eating spaces were limited.

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    Palash had finished eating and quickly excused themselves from the table to explore Mid Deck 1 of the ship...

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    Once there, their outing immediately becomes a date and they find themselves in what looks like an indoor playground area for kids... Palash would probably like this place, but for Sofia this would probably be less than ideal. She gets the negative moodlet, because of course, this place has attracted children...

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    And then this woman runs over to Sofia to yell at her, asking what she is doing there in the play area without a child of her own!

    Sofia: What is your problem, lady? I was just exploring the ship with my husband! I didn't know this was a play area for kids!
    (Sofia didn't know about this, but I did... o:) )

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    Sofia: Palash, I don't think this is a place for us.. lets get out of here...

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    Sofia runs right across the ship and into another area with arcade machines and bowling lanes where she is approached by this guy with hydrophobia.. and yet he decided to go on a cruise to surround himself with water... :P

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    Sofia thinks he is a bit of a dork. This cruise ship sure has attracted some weird people. :P

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    Palash has found a foosball game, so she joins him to play, but wouldn't you know, this dork guy decides to follow her there to cheer at her game. :P

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    Palash is thinking about the woman that started fighting with Sofia earlier. He hopes that she won't decide to follow them as well..

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    They keep playing until Sofia needs to use the bathroom. During their game Palash tries different ways to bring up the topic about children, but Sofia is only interested in talking about their home or marriage in general.

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    Afterwards, Sofia goes to play at one of the arcade machines, but once again this lady runs over to hear to start another fight. This time there is no speech bubble, so it is unclear what she is fighting about, but she seems to have decided not to like Sofia for whatever reason...

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    The ladys name is Hulda Ogden, and what must be her son, because his name is Nils Ogden, approaches Sofia to ask where she is from. Sofia happily answers the boy, but his mother does not like this, and gets furious again...

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    She can't be all stable that one and Sofia is starting to think she has some issues and wants to get out of there...

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    Mother and son then share some gossip, and Sofia laughs heartily with them though, trying to keep a good mood in this strange situation..

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    The boy then goes away to play with the shuffle board, and the mother turns to Sofia with ghostly thoughts on her mind... right, ok..

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    Another lady in green clothing approaches Sofia and asks for a water balloon fight, but such a childish activity is not at all to Sofias liking..and especially not here, amid all the electronic equipment! "What are you thinking!?" Sofia shouts at her.

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    And speaking of electronics, Sofia just has to brag to the ladies about her brand new X-phone 13 Pro, as if they care.. that's just so lame... so they both abandon her and leave her to play with the foosball game alone...

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    The waves are smooth, but life is rough sometimes when you're a braggart..

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    Meanwhile, Palash has been out exploring the ship on his own again and has located a cafeteria two floors up and bought himself something to eat, so I send Sofia walks up there to eat with him as she is also getting hungry..

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    Their meal starts off nicely enough, but I don't know what's up with the people on this part of the boat, because after a while everyone gathers around their table as if.. I don't really know what..

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    I mean seriously... what gives? :P

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    Of course, to top it off a toddler starts crying and both Palash and Sofia agree to get out of there and head back to their part of the ship... at least the party goers over there had the sense to leave them alone for the most part during their meals, and better yet, atleast for Sofia, no children!

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    It had been a long day for both of them, so once they were back to their part of the ship, they went straight to their room and fell asleep...

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    Their room is the first door to the right in the hallway right in front of Sofia.

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    Good night. ;)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.7 – MS Princess Ragnhild/Westphalian Sea/Sunset Valley - October 2022. Part IV: Until Death do us part...

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    Sofia woke up early this morning, so she walked into the lobby to read a book while waiting for her husband to wake up, and breakfast serving to start..

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    Current location of the cruise ship.
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    The weather was a little grey as they were heading south across the 20th paralell, and when Palash woke up he was nervous about the thunder and lightning from outside.

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    They meet at the breakfast table and Sofia talks about her job again and being late or forgetting to use the time stamp machine to clock the hours.. or something like that..

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    They had hoped to spend this day relaxing on the sun deck, but the weather wasn't on their side, so they went back to their room to watch the shopping channel on tv..

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    Well, Palash gets restless after a while, and decide to brave it anyway..

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    The thunder seems to have stopped, but it still wasn't the most enjoyable experience sitting out there all alone and getting soaked...

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    So he walks inside and one floor down to the 24/7 open bar and disco area to ask this lady if she got any... fish, that is.. to which she replies that yes, sure she's had some luck getting fish on this boat, and it looks like she could be hungry for more, as her next move is to flirt with him...

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    ..but she's not getting this one, he has already swallowed anothers' bait. ;)

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    If Palash had remained on the top deck, he might have been able to make out the contours of Sunset Valley in the distance there as the ship is approaching to make its last port of call, before they head south on the last leg of their journey to go into international waters and cross the equator...

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    Palash walks into the dance area to engage in conversation with these two, a couple of young and flirty party animals called Magnar Aksnes and Juliane Haagensen, when the captain announces over the speaker system that they are approaching Sunset Valley.

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    Sunset Valley doesn't have a harbor large enough for a cruise ship of this size, so for those that want to get some solid ground under their feet there will be a regular shuttle of tender boats going to and fro every 30 minutes. Of course, after having spent three and a half days on board a ship, Palash thinks its time to head for land for a while, so he runs down to get Sofia still watching tv..

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    They get onboard the tender boat, and they weren't the only ones with this idea as it fills up rather quickly. :P

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    Of course on their way to land they Sofia once more brings up the topic of children..

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    It would probably be wiser of her to not do so, if she is serious about not wanting kids, but.. ;)

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    The tender boat finally comes to a stop, and it is announced that everyone can get off, and that the last tender boat will leave for the ship at 03:00 AM so there should be plenty of time to have a look around, and possibly enjoy some night life..

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    Welcome to Sunset Valley. ;) Unfortunately, it still rains, like it had been doing all month down here.. but the clouds on the horizon look promising, so maybe it is about to clear up...

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    The tourists are walking on a temporary boardwalk set up to the road and this bus that will take them into town..

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    The bus drops them off on this parking lot behind the theatre and the bookstore. Palash immediately asks Sofia to go watch a movie, but she would rather go bowling, so they run off to the "Throwing Ball" bowling alley.

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    They get their bowling shoes from the receptionist at the counter and begin bowling when a few locals enter, among them Lisa Bunch, and she immediately takes a liking to Palash...

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    She walks up to them and watches them as she waits for them to finish, because she wants to ask Palash for a dance.. (I know because he has the action queued up).

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    She thinks she can see the wedding ring on her finger already... :P But Sofia and Palash both ignore her and eventually she gives up and walks away..

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    Sofia won the bowling game, and both of them had a great time before they sit down at some of the chairs to rest.

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    Sofia is happy to have spotted Eirin Motorsen, a local celebrity, especially after she helped solve the kidnapping case, and has some gossip to share about Eirins social media usage...

    Palash is looking forward to reaching their destination, to relax on the beach in a tropical paradise...

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    None of them have ever been to Sunset Valley before, so they aren't very well known around here and don't really know where to go and what to see, so Palash suggests they head off to the park to see and hear what the locals are up to.. and it looks like it has finally stopped raining. ;)

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    Since its October, there is an autumn festival going on and Palash thinks going to the park was a splendid idea, before he heads off to the ghost house.

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    Sofia joins the locals Erland Sollid and Carlos Opsal for an apple eating contest.

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    Palash exits the ghost house and has been.. ghostified! So he might as well just go for another round.. being a ghost has the benefit of not needing to care about things like walls and doors, so he just drifts straight through to the entrance..

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    While Palash exits the ghost house again and goes for a third round, Erland Sollid declares his own victory at the apple eating contest.

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    Sofia gets hungry and orders a meal from the food stand clerk and sits down to eat it next to another local resident, Jose Gonsales, enjoying an ice cream.

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    While she is eating and Palash is going into the ghost house for the fourth time... I hear some kid playing king in the park, so I look around and find Morten Kråke-Karlsen, Ingrids younger brother, ruling his kingdom with an iron fist from his iron chair.... Long may he reign! :P

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    After having visited the ghost house a grand total of 6 times Palash finally decides to head for his wife, but is a little nervous about it of course, since he now has the appearance of a ghost and all.. Sofia wants to head for an ice cream, and appears not to notice his presence.. Palash begins to wonder if he has turned invisible! How awful, maybe she can't see him!

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    He tries to make contact with her, but it doesn't work.. disappointed and heartbroken he goes back to the ghost house.. "Maybe this is my home now..."

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    End of marriage and honeymoon....

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    Then Sofia gets an idea, she wants to head out for a drink.. Being a snob and all, she has noted that there is an exclusive club in town, so she puts on her finest wear and runs over to the Club V.I.P. Exclusif..

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    Palash notices that his wife is leaving and decides to follow her.. He may be dead now, as far as he knows, but the marriage hasn't officially been broken.. so maybe, maybe.. if he can make her notice him.. maybe she won't be to scared.. maybe..

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    Sofia enters the club just as Jonathan, Ingrids father, is leaving, and Monica stands there trying to enter with her son Thomas.. before she realizes that of course, toddlers can't enter here, so she calls a babysitter to take him home. ;)

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    After entering Sofia is happy to spot Monicas husband, Ivar Motor-Notesen, a local musician and apparently also celebrity now, and Monica, being a member of the Motorsen family (She is the sister of Ranveig, the daugher of Erin and Oliver Freddys aunt – see Motorsen family tree: https://www.theplumtreeapp.com/public/600d7a17f6542d0008498d08) has never been good with understanding dress codes, so she changes into her swim wear..

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    Palash also makes it to the club, and is happy to find that his ghostly state was only temporary. Phew, not dead after all! That ghost house sure gave him a scare... wow! Best ghost house ever, he thinks! ;)

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    Monica seems to be aware of his previously ghostly state and walks away from them.. "I don't want to hang around ghosts or people that just returned from the dead" she thinks.

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    Palash realises he is hungry and goes down to the bottom floor to order a meal. Palash is also sometimes a little confused about dress codes, so he follows Monicas example and changes into his swim wear as well.. the more of them there are, the more confused they get.. :P
    "I'm going to the top floor to eat" he says to his wife, while she orders a drink.

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    And as he walks up the stairs to enjoy his meal on the rooftop, I hear someone being slapped... Jared Frio is out on the town, and has some kind of feud with Monika Morris..

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    Palash finishes his meal and Sofia follows him upstairs with a confession to make. She enjoys watching him as he sleeps..

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    Palash has the usual reaction of being a little uncomfortable about it, but quickly forgives his wife when he notices how it makes her feel and goes for a romantic hug.

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    Sofia wants to kiss and woohoo, so she pouts her lips as best as she can and flirts heavily with him.

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    Palash understands his wife wants a little playtime, but is a little slow at times, so he initiates a water balloon fight with her instead..

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    If this had been anyone else, she would have yelled at them, but since he is her husband.. and she really wants that woohoo, she only laughs at him, but at the same time rejecting the water balloon fight..

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    She wants him to take the hint, so she gives him another romantic hug and their outing again becomes a date.

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    Palash can be a little tricky to get into the mood for lovemaking sometimes. Right now he feels like he wants to entertain, and perhaps inspired by his own recent ghostly experience, he tells a ghost story to Sofia and the bartenders right before they close the bar and send everyone home.

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    As they leave Sofia quickly orders a taxi. They are getting a little anxious now to not reach the last tender boat back to the ship, but their pulse is lowered a little when they see that it is still docked to the small pier.

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    They still run for it as fast as they can, hoping that the doors won't close just in the last minute..

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    Phew! Made it! It's been a good, long and fun day for them now, and they are getting tired, but someone in the background still has energy left for some pillow fun. ;) And maybe this couple does too...

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    Once back on the cruise ship, things escalate as Palash finally is in the mood, as he drops flirtatious comments to Sofia about all the things he is going to do to her as they reach their destination! ;) And this might just be the right buttons to press, because it makes Sofia think positively about children.

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    Happy that Palash finally understands, she grabs him for a sudden smooch and they kiss and make out more for a while in front of the elevator before...

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    ..before umm.. before..

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    ..well, ok, so they weren't done yet.. :P

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    Having learned from previous elevator mishaps, maybe, Sofia calls for Palash to use the stairs and go back to their room where she will wait for him on the bed..

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    "Woohoo?" she aks him... :P

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    ..and he's up for it. ;)

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    The luxury of being on a high class cruise ship, of course, is silent and comfortable beds without those squeaky springs! ;)

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    But it doesn't matter, the laughter and other pleasant sounds of pillow pleasantry all give it away as to what's going on here..

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    And Sofia gets her wish fulfilled and can now fall happily asleep after yet another fun day of their honeymoon.

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    Sweet dreams. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.7 – MS Princess Ragnhild/Westphalian Sea - October 2022. Part V: Murder on the dancefloor...


    Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the dancefloor

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    Palash and Sofia had to sleep in after staying out late on their visit to Sunset Valley, so they were not among the early birds to the breakfast buffét this morning... Palash is dreaming about their marriage and Sofia is dreaming about some woman she just saw or that they just met (I don't really know who that is...)

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    While they are sleeping, I take a look outside the ship because snoring people are boring, to find this beatiful sunrise outside. The weather appears to be on their side now, as the ship approaches the equator..

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    Some of the "party animals" are up eating though, as these three guys are seen sitting on the table that Palash and Sofia would usually prefer. I guess these guys didn't party to hard last night. ;)

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    A couple of ladies have made it up, too. So healthy, they all eat salad for breakfast. ;)

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    Some flirting happens and a few more ladies show up, and now I see it.. the lady in the red dress there is the one Sofia was dreaming about. And I remember why, too, she was the first one of them to talk with Palash not to long after they entered the ship.. She hasn't been seen flirting with him, though, so Sofia is probably ok with that one.
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    The lady in the red dress brightening Palash's day on their first day on the ship.

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    Then our honeymooners finally wake up and Sofia walks over to the mirror for her morning check up routine when Palash follows her to give a flirtatious comment about how she is like the perfect meal and he could have her for breakfast anytime... ;) And probably supper and dinner, too... Now what did I say earlier about not eating each other, hmm? :P

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    Sofia woke up with a wish to kiss her man this morning, and this is of course the perfect opportunity.

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    I'll admit, I'm probably not good at writing romance stories, but as it is part of life, like so many other things, I can't shy away from it, so.. and as far as kissing scenes go, I find it best to let the pictures do the talking. You wouldn't want to see me try to describe what happens. ;)

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    It looks like nothing else exists for Sofia except what is right in front of her, and she could probably eat him too, if she could! But I think they should also have some actual food and go get some breakfast, if there is anything left of it. :P

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    But before they go down to eat, Sofia receives a message from the cruise ships automatic messaging system that she has subscribed to, about a Spooky Day costume party in the disco upstairs. Sofia is really excited about this, and thinks they should go and check it out later.

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    They haven't crossed the equator yet, so it is still autumn on the ship, but even so, this is a northern hemisphere ship with northern hemisphere passengers, and this time of year, it's Spooky Day for all of them! So the cruise line is of course throwing a themed party that will probably last all the way until spring time... ;)

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    At the breakfast, or lunch rather, they had their usual talk about the lifestyles of the rich and famous.. Staying on this cruise ship is a dream come true, especially for Sofia. ;)

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    Sofia wants to play a game with Palash, so after breakfast they go up one floor for a nice game of pool among the fishes. :P

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    To have children, or not to have children, will probably be an ongoing discussion for this couple.. I still find it interesting how they chose each other, when they have such conflicting personality traits.. They seem really attracted to each other, though I can't say I know what's the attractor here..

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    Sofia knows she is winning this game, as she has had plenty of practice at the game of pool already. The benefits of growing up in a furnished home.. though, Palash is not to far behind. His parents did start out with "two empty hands" (or rather, four, because, well, you know..), but eventually became successful in the music and art industry. Palash has chosen a somewhat different route then his parents, and gone for a career in business, which might be something that appeals to Sofia.

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    Anyway, Sofia is right in her prediction, and she ends up winning the game before its time for them to change into their costumes and attend the party.

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    "I'll be a cannibalistic clown rabbit DNA profiler" Sofia says before changing into her costume.

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    "And I'll be a murderous ambulance driver" Palash says "First on the scene, no one will guess it was me that actually murdered them.."

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    Sofia: And you will bring them to me, so that I can eat them...
    "Oh my dear, you won't be eating alone.. now lets go to the party to find some more victims!" Palash says as he imitates the sound of flesh being torn from it's limbs... they're such a sweet couple.. ;)

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    They take the elevator up two floors to the disco area on the starboard side and everyone seems to yawn at the same person..

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    They all go inside and Sofia asks Palash for a dance among the gravestones and skeletons..

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    I don't think anyone would want to dance on these counters in here tonight... :P

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    Palash and Sofia is having a good time dancing until Palash has to excuse himself to use the bathroom. Maybe he can find his next victim in there...

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    After he has left, Sofia notices that the crazy lady, Hulda Ogden, from the family section of the boat has also attended the party. "I hope she doesn't come over to start some fight with me again..." she thinks.

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    Sofia walks up to the counter to order a love drink from the bartender that seems to be having a great time here in her tiger costume.

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    Palash joins Sofia at the disk to order a party drink and Sofia is once more thinking about that crazy argumentative lady, however I don't see her anywhere, so I don't know where she is at. :P

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    As they cross the equator, it is announced that King Neptune himself has emerged from the depths to buy everone a round of his own special tonic to commemorate the event. Palash makes sure to grab one for himself while Sofia walks over to ask Haldis Natvik how her day has been.

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    As she is doing so Palash walks over to the other disco area on the port side of the ship to talk about movies with some guy. Palash's mother Laranya is a hit movie composer, so Palash basically grew up around movies and movie soundtracks, and it is one of his favorite topics to discuss.

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    Haldis Natvik is the flirting woman with the orange hair from the breakfast earlier, and oh, she is actually one cute (but probably murderous) bunny lady. :P

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    After Palash has left a random hot dog guy tries to flirt with Sofia, but she dodges that one immediately. Random hot dog guy would probably be better of trying his luck with Haldis standing there, instead of the newly wed woman on her honeymoon...

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    Palash wanted to discuss movies with the guy there dressed a private detective, and a random hot dog woman wanted to talk with Palash, but a lady in a green dress was standing in the way enjoying her free round of drink..

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    As Palash can't get to his target, he gives up and heads back.. "I can always have his head a little later" he thinks... Spooky. ;)

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    Over at the starboard bar, random hot dog man has moved on to make jokes about marriage to Haldis, and Sofia thinks this is the right track and laughs encouragingly with them.

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    Palash has walked behind the bar to make funny faces with another random hot dog lady.. I guess when you got these man eating forensics walking around, being a hot dog probably isn't a bad idea... well, as long as it isn't a hot dog made of human flesh....?

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    Sofia is pleased to see that random hot dog man and Haldis have began flirting with each other instead, before she decides to go back to their room to get a shower and eventually go to bed. It is starting to be a while since she last showered, and it is not good of course, for a person of her stature to hang out in public with low hygiene. ;)

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    And of course, as soon as Sofia is out the door, and not a moment after, random hot dog lady decides to flirt with Palash.. but again he responds negatively. Their marriage is really being put to the test on this part of the boat, sharing a deck with all these flirtatious party animals, but so far it seems to be solid, because they have not responded postively to all the flirting, not even once.

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    Palash tries to distract the hot dog lady from feeling any interest by talking about something boring, like his job and the current state of the financial market...

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    Hot dog lady probably wants to be someone's bun tonight (sorry not sorry... :P) because she sticks with it, and continues to discuss finance and work with him, until he relaxes a little more and starts talking about movies with her..

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    Hot dog lady hasn't given up, because the movie talk makes her flirt with him again, but this time his response is even more negative, and she decides to leave him, finally. :P

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    ..but not without looking at him from the corner of her eye and thinking about the double bed, which DivaDoodle has pointed out, probably means she wants to woohoo... Lay off hot dog lady, this man is married! :P

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    Palash then thinks its time for him to hit the bed as well – with his wife – as he walks through the sudden ghostly mist on the dancefloor.. perfect to cover up the murders...

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    He doesn't quite get there, though, because he had been spied on all night by this detective that stopped him to make a seemingly innocent joke about being on a boat to catch fish, implicitly asking him how many and where he hides them...

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    Palash deflects this hidden question by sharing a crazy theory about everything in their world being made up and dictated by some slimy, smelly alien slug sitting deep down in a bunker only dimly lit by the pale blue flashing light of a computer screen...

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    ..and that their world is only one of many. "There is an entire army of them" he says, waving his hands madly. "An entire army of these fat, mucilaginous creatures in their dark and putrid cubicles simulating and churning out stories about us. That's all we are, simulated stories! We don't really exist!"

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    "This is fools talk" the detective man says "How many of those Neptune drinks did you have?"

    "Oh no! This is not fools talk! It's all true, I have been reading all about it on Greenit and watched plenty of videos on Simtube about it, it's all t.."
    "Nonsense!" Palash is interrupted. "You're a fool, plain and simple! Can't you hear how insane that sounds? I'm not having any more of this...." the detective man says before he walks on to go look for something to eat...

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    Palash walks on happily to his own room to go to bed, but.his Sofia isn't there.

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    It took a pretty long time for her to get back to their room for a shower, as she tried to go there by using the elevators, and there was already a huge line of people wanting to use them.. and after showering, she felt like she needed something to eat so she had gone back to the breakfast area to eat some dried up left over cookies before going to bed..

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    ..where she is joined by the same detective man Palash talked to earlier. Once he sits down, Sofia makes sure to share her dislike of children once again, before finishing her nightly meal and making it back to her room..

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    Another late night for the honeymooners. I hope they can get a good nights sleep, because tomorrow they are scheduled to arrive at their honeymoons real destination...

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    Goodnight. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.8 – Belo Horizonte Part I: Arrival

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    Last morning on the cruise ship for the honeymooners and Sofia is dreaming about catching fish.. makes perfect sense, because their destination being a group of islands in the middle of the ocean has traditionally been largely dependant on seafood, of course. :P

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    Yeah, I suppose its time for them to get off this ship now, they have explored pretty much everything, apart from the sun deck, and the elevators are just becoming less and less willing to cooperate, something which Palash and this one dude still there from yesterdays party felt as they went to eat breakfast...

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    It was so bad this morning no one really got anywhere, and the Captain had to be notified to press the elevator reset button, before Palash could make it down to eat breakfast.

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    Sofia woke up a little later to check her appearance in the mirror and the weather forecast for Belo Horizonte.. it wasn't looking very promising.. it was set to rain pretty much every day of the week, but hmm, I wouldn't trust that weather forecast if I was her... ;)

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    The boat was set to arrive at noon, and Palash headed down to the restaurant to simply kill time, passing some people on the way that were still going strong since last night.. "Did you get any?" is a popular question to ask... :P

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    Sofia has gone inside one of the small toilets by the breakfast area to discuss tv-shows with the bartender, also still there from last night.

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    Of course they had to stand there and talk inside the smallest room of the entire ship. ;)

    Eventually the clock strikes noon and the ship throws anchor outside Belo Horizonte. Again the beachy waters are to shallow, so it can't make it onshore, and everyone has to go on a tender boat. The harbor is a little better than the one in Sunset Valley, though, as there are many boat routes going to and from the islands in the area.

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    The island of Belo Horizonte doesn't have its own airport, so for the inhabitants to get to the mainland (or anywhere else in the world) they have to use the airport on the nearby and bigger Pico Pico Island.. Palash already feels inspired from this picturesque place...

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    They have to hurry on and run to the taxi that is waiting for them and take them to the little beach house they have rented.. and the weather forecast has been proven very wrong already.. ;) It is spring time here now, and it is one of the more stable periods here weather wise, but the occasional thunderstorm could still happen.

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    The small beach house is only a few minutes drive away from the harbor, and Sofia thinks it is a very scenic location, perfect for some good photography. ;) Palash thinks it would be a perfect place to go on holiday with the large family he doesn't yet have...

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    Sofia walks straight through to the balcony on the oceanside to enjoy a drink, while Palash is cheering at the flower decorations inside. ;)

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    Sofia finishes her drink, thinking about the jacuzzi there before joining Palash inside for some flirting and a kiss.

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    Palash is the first one to use the jacuzzi though, as he goes for a naked dip, and this makes Sofia very excited, of course. ;)

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    So when he gets out of the pool, she begins to flirt with him again and Palash gets a wish to make Sofias favorite dish.

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    So while he goes into the kitchen to prepare sushi, she goes for another drink and gets naked in the jacuzzi as well. ;)

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    He calls her up from the jacuzzi to eat, and they have a nice romantic dinner on the table outside. Some wish that they both had also got fulfilled here, but I'm not sure which one. I have a mod that gives points to all wishes they have, not just the ones that are promised, so this must have been something in the back of the queue that I haven't noticed.

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    Sofia thinks its so nice to have a husband cooking her favorite meal, she gets a wish to woohoo with him in the jacuzzi... but as always, Palash is a little slower (or just not as 🐸🐸🐸🐸.. yeah, I said it! :P), so he doesn't get that wish.. (I will only direct them to do it if both have the wish).

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    Palash walks into the kitchen to do the dishes, and Sofia follows him with a confession to make, that she enjoys watching him while he sleeps...

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    Palash's response then is to make fun of her, mocking her for already confessing this to him during their visit in Sunset Valley..

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    Sofia doesn't like being mocked of course, and shouts back at him, and I am worried that they are going to fight instead on their honeymoon..

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    Interestingly, the mocking action simultaneously gives them two negatives and one positve added to their relationship bars.. :P

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    She than shares some gossip with him, before grabbing him for another sudden kiss, but again he doesn't get it, and starts talking about food and conspiracy theories with her, so she gives up and goes to bed.. alone and unsatisfied.. :/

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    Palash puts the leftover sushi in the fridge and joins her in bed soon thereafter..and they both dream about promotions in each their own way..

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    Oh well, good night...

    Day II: Off the edge of the map...

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    The next morning Palash is as usual the early bird, and wakes up first while Sofia is dreaming about babies.. of all things.. hmm.. maybe she can be persuaded? ;)

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    Palash goes outside to play a game of gnubb while he waits for his wife to wake up, of course dropping the stick on his head a few times. ;)

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    Sofia wakes up to do her usuall morning routine of checking her appearance in the mirror, and this morning she really likes what she sees. "Palash has got to want a piece of this! Mmm mmm, hello there hot mama!" she thinks. :P

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    She finds a ball inside, and asks him to throw ball in front of the house, doing her best to hide her laugh because he just hit his head with the stick again. ;)

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    Sofia than goes for another skinny dip in the jacuzzi while Palash sneaks away into the bathroom..

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    ..where he sends a secret admirer text to some guy called Stig Øvretveit. I have no idea who that is, and I don't think he should be sneaking away to send texts like that on his honeymoon! :O

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    I take note of the name, in case he does it again... He is attracted to Sofia, or he does like her atleast, because he does get the big red heart moodlet when he is near her... so I don't know what that was, but for now I will just think of it as some random impulse, or something.. and hope that it was only a one time occurence!

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    He then joins Sofia to chill in the nude in the jacuzzi again, and this makes her very excited of course. ;) So much so, she has to get up from the jacuzzi to cheer at him..

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    And now she seems to cheer at him no matter what he does.. going to the kitchen to grab a meal? Sofia is excited and cheers.

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    Sitting down to eat? Sofia is excited and cheers.

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    Simply excisting? Sofia is excited and cheers. :P

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    Sofia then goes for another skinny dip in the jacuzzi.. she probably really wants that woohoo now...

    ..but ever since Palash himself got a feeling with being a ghost after his visit to the ghost house in Sunset Valley, he has gotten increasingly fascinated with, well, ghosts and everything that revolves around death...

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    ...so he walks outside the porch of course, to talk to Sofia about going to the graveyard.. because that's what he wants..

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    I want them to explore more of the island since they are there, not excactly the graveyard though as I think it is a bit of an odd choice to go on a honeymoon.... but.. anyway... Sofia agrees to go there and Palash calls a taxi to take them to the graveyard..

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    The graveyard is pretty much on the opposite side of the island, so its a long way to get there, and they pass by several places that Sofia wants to visit, such as the local festival grounds and some other nice hangout places and beaches...

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    They arrive at the graveyard, though, and Palash gets his wish fulfilled, before he runs off to the far edge of the graveyard to sit down and think by the graves of some local fallen heroes from "The Great World War" (1930 – 1935) (See also: Chapter 2.1: Of politics and war). Chilling that the topic of war is always a relevant one...

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    Palash is the kind that enjoys learning about the places he goes to, and has read up a little bit about the history of the islands... "They were so young when they died" he thinks. "Some of them had just been drafted and were only 18 or 19 years old..."

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    But Sofia is a in a little more cheerful mood than her husband, though, as she walks over to the War Veterans burial ground to grab him for a kiss again..

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    As the sun begins to set Palash then walks over to sit by the graves of victims of the Serra Gordokala volcanic eruption in 1983, before Sofia follows him there to make a comment about how she would like to paint him in the nude (even though she doesn't have much painting skills to speak of, but at this point she would probably say anything...)

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    The graveyard is definately a place to memorize some historical events and time periods.. and once the sun has gone below the beatiful horizon (:P) Palash decides to tell a ghost story about the pirates that used to reign in the area in the 16 and 1700s, cursed by their own greed and sentenced to forever roam the seas surrounding the islands... "They are not among the living" he says, "but neither are they among the dead!"

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    Sofia listens with keen interest, but isn't really to scared, not even when he delivers what he thinks is the most terrifying ending..

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    She just looks at him and says "Was that it? Ha! I'm sure I could do better.." before she gets up to embrace him and give him another hot kiss...

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    ...but Palash isn't happy with that. He wants to give her a real scare, so he tells another one! This one is also about zombie pirates, but these ones are much more terrifying and bloodthirsty than the ones in his first story!

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    He tells the tale of how the pirates one night invaded the nearby island of São Miguel, taking no prisoners and laying bare all the gory details of the story! "Not a single soul was left alive on the island", he says, "and to this day no one has ever set foot there and come back alive..."

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    This story has the desired effect, and Sofia is left terrified! "We are NOT visiting that island" she says, before she gets up and wants to share some more gossip with him..

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    ..but it is already getting very late, and Palash, having been up since before sunrise, is so tired now he could fall asleep right then and there any minute, and is no longer in the mood for any gossip or chit chat, so he rejects her and doesn't want to listen to her gossip..

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    Sofia then grabs him for a sudden kiss, and that cheers him up for a while, but sadly not enough to give him a wish to woohoo with her... Then an eerie sound is heard from one of the graves of the volcanic eruption victims, and the ghost of a woman shows up and floats by...

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    The ghosts name is Amika Kahale, and from the looks of it she was probably pretty hot when she was still alive.... (Ooof..!)

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    Palash is thrilled and cheers at the ghostly woman as she passes them, but Sofia is not all that excited this time.. "Palash! Did a ghost just pass by!? I don't like this.... I think it's time to go back to the beach house!"

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    "..and you've been up since early morning! You must be dead tired by now! I'll call for a taxi!"

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    Sofia called for a taxi, and they went the long way back under the beatiful night sky.. Palash was so tired, he fell asleep in the taxi and slept all the way back and immediately went to bed as they arrived..

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    Sofia still had just enough energy to eat some left over sushi, before joining him and dreaming sweet dreams of love..

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    Good night. ;)
    P.S: Sorry about the lack of woohoo.. I think.. I will try to make it right come next update.. I don't want to be responsible for creating a desperate housewife ! :P
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.8 – Belo Horizonte: Day III – Spring Festival, Love eggs and a little more action..

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    Palash was a little confused this morning... he woke up early, not at all fully rested, and put on his business suit and was on his way to work... before he came to himself realizing he was on his honeymoon and went back to bed again..

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    When he woke up for real.. he was still thinking about that graveyard.. and got another wish to go there ..again... but come on man, you just went there yesterday.. today it's Sofias turn to get her wishes fulfilled...

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    Well, so far Sofia doesn't really have a wish to go anywhere in particular, so she walks up to her husband, who just changed to his swimwear, for a little more conversation... She decided the topic, and it's all about children, and not a negative speech bubble is seen from either of them throughout the conversation, like they are in perfect and harmonious agreement! :P

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    Palash really likes what he hears, so he gives her a romantic hug, and she initiates a flirt with him..

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    ..before he wants to tell her another ghost story, but she ignores him this time, to check up on her own appearance in the mirror..

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    She has made up her mind now, and doesn't want any more graveyards and talk about ghostly stuff, so she suggests that they go to the spring festival instead, once she has realized that today is Spring Festival Day. ;)

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    It's not that long of a drive this time, so they quickly make it there. Palash goes to a speaker to close his eyes and listen to the music while he digs to the summer breeze. ;) Sofia immediately begins to look for love eggs. It's still october, even though it is spring, so they aren't called easter eggs down here. ;)

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    There are plenty of eggs around, but Sofia quickly got some competition as both this woman, Palash and several others joined in on the hunt. ;)

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    Palash didn't find a single egg, though, because he had to run quickly to the restroom.."Get out of my way, Sofia! I'm in a hurry! Owwowowow!"

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    Sofia keeps on looking for eggs, and finds a descent amount, until one of the locals walks over to brighten her day.. Sofia yawns at him and finds him soo boring, she was having a pretty good day already, and wasn't in need of a conversation with this man.. :P

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    Palash has found a game of horseshoe, and Sofia is getting hungry, so she excuses herself from the boring man to go get a hamburger from one of the food stands.

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    Sofia finishes her burger on one of the benches, while enjoying the fine view. Palash gets hungry too, and follows suit.

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    Sofia than wants a little more action and gets a wish to go bowling, and goes for a dance while she waits for Palash to finish his meal. ;)

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    "...but does this place have a bowling alley?" Palash asks his wife. "I don't know" Sofia replies, "but I will call for a taxi later and ask if they can take us to one! They should know if one exists and where it is!"

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    Oh, looks like this is one of Sofias lucky days. The taxi driver can inform them that one just miraculously happened to open just very recently, and he knows excactly where it is. ;) The little beach house they have rented is seen to the right in this picture. Must be some late evening mirage occuring, because it looks like it's missing its roof, but it still perfectly intact..

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    The taxi driver drops them off at "The Bowlers Refuge" and they go inside to check it out.

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    It's not very crowded on it's opening night, so they get it all to themselves. Sofia immediately thinks about kids toys again..

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    It's just them there and a barista behind the counter that seems to have a great time there, laughing by herself.. "Look at those tourists.. what do they think they're doing!? This is bowling, not a game of baseball..!"

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    Laughing baristas aside, Sofia and Palash have a great time bowling, and Palash ends up winning the game 26 to 25.

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    During the bowling match, Sofia gets another wish to woohoo that says "Woohoo with Palash", so now she as two wishes related to this action. Since yesterday, she has had a wish to "woohoo in the jacuzzi", so I think it's time she gets it fulfilled now..

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    After the game, she immediately begins to flirt with him and it becomes a date. It's getting late, and she suggests that they should go home, there's no time to sit and wait around.. A little less conversation, a little more action, please. ;)

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    So she calls for a taxi, but there is a problem.. this almost Moby look-a-like appears to be blocking her way, but only her way, to get home.. Palash can get into a taxi just fine..

    I have no idea who that is, but I go to town hall and ask if they have seen any man that looks like this picture, and sure they have. They sift through their registry of everyone in town, and tell me his name is "Nils Frogner", so I ask them to give him the reset boot so that he ends up standing in his own home..

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    "Ah, it must be the old age getting to me" he thinks "I could have sworn I was out on a late night stroll just mere seconds ago..."

    That didn't work, though.. Palash is already on his way home in a taxi (!), yet Sofia stands there and desperately calls for a taxi three more times, but she always gets the same response.. "Sorry, we can't deliver a taxi to you, Nils Frogner is ahead of you in the queue!"

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    I almost contemplate using "force kill" on that muggle, but I have mercy, so instead Sofia gets to travel through the aether for a short while, to instantly appear home, and actually makes it there before Palash and the taxi arrives...

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    "Huh?" she thinks as she observes the taxi entering the driveway... "What..? What happened? How could he get...? Why did I not get a..? Why am I suddenly standing here...before the taxi...? I... I understand nothing of this...??"

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    Well, anyway... she shrugs it off, and they walk inside. Palash now has a wish to kiss his wife, his first romantic wish since their arrival, so he folds his arms around her, and goes for the lips. :P

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    Sofia now has two wishes related to woohoo, and I say that overrides everything, even if he doesn't have a wish for it, so she goes for the action, and I deliberately leave it up to her to select where she wants to do it. ;)

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    As I had hoped, and probably should have been expecting, she calls for Palash to go outside, and jumps into the jacuzzi.

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    He's a bit of an oddball, because he actually puts on more clothing before he jumps in, but uh...

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    They sit down and cuddle for a bit while exchanging sweet words to each other, before the action finally begins. ;)

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    Woohoo! ;)

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    Sofia is now very satisfied, having fulfilled two wishes in one go! :P

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    Now there is nothing more left for her to do, so she immediately gets up to go to bed. Palash sits there for a while longer to relax a little, still fully clothed..

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    ..before he joins her in bed as well, and they fall happily asleep..

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    Good night. ;)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.8: Belo Horizonte – Day IV: Up and down and in circles we go..

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    Well, I don't know how this is going to end.. their thoughts and dreams suggest that they really aren't sure which stance to take..

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    Good morning there, ready for a new day?
    Sofia: Hold on, just let me wake up properly first...

    Sofia has a morning face. Palash, still sleeping, now has dreams of more pleasant vacation stuff..

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    Palash wakes up and has now discovered the meaning of having a wife that is an excellent kisser. ;)

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    They both sit down to eat more of the left over sushi for breakfast, and have a nice conversation about yesterdays bowling match before the conversation takes a more serious tone once Palash brings up the topic of children.. he is looking a bit aggressive about it now. Uh oh...
    Sofia doesn't answer him there. They finish eating and she picks up the dishes to go the kitch.. uhh...

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    ..no, Sofia! That is the bathroom sink.. what is wrong with you? :P Hmm, I guess you're only trying your best, but just so you know, there is a perfect brand new dishwasher in the kitchen! (I almost, almost, made a joke about being a good wife here..... hey, don't shoot! :P )

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    Regardless, Palash joins his wife in the bathroom to discuss songwriting, before going for a kiss. Then they do some mundane activities such as cleaning the toilet and going for a bath, before Sofia decides she wants to head for the jacuzzi.

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    Palash joins her shortly thereafter, for some reason, they talk a little more about songwriting and Sofia complains about having to clean the toilet..

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    Both wants to kiss the other in the jacuzzi, so they go there to cuddle for a while, before they start having the same old discussion...

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    The opposing sides appear to be bargaining for an agreement, so far I actually think that they haven't reached a conclusion..

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    Unsure of where to go next, Sofia gets up from the jacuzzi and calls for a taxi that will take them to the local Tourist Trap Information office (and souvenir shop...), hoping to get some information about places to go and sights to see.

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    Inside the tourist office Sofia walks over to the store clerk and information officer to ask.

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    Sofia: Hiya, me and my husband is here on our honeymoon, and I was wondering if you could guide us to some nice places to visit...
    "Oh, sure, this island has plenty to offer" the store clerk responded "Anything in particular you might be interested in?"

    Sofia: Oh, umm..

    Store clerk: We've got plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, with numerous public swimming pools, beaches of course, and some really good fishing spots. I've got a map here if you want to see...

    Sofia: Do you have anything that is a little less.. outdoorsy, perhaps?

    Store clerk: Oh, well, if you're interested in art, there is always the Oceanview art gallery. I could also recommend a visit to The Dreams of Paradise Spa if you want to relax..

    Sofia: Hmm.. do you have anything more fun?

    Store clerk: Oh yeah, then I would highly recommend you visit "The Beach Boardwalk" and try the roller coaster there! It is the best on the islands! Well, it is also the only one on the islands, but it has a very high rating among Coaster Critics! You could buy tickets to enter here, and you'll get a special discount!

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    Sofia: Oh, oh, glibs, that sounds like a good idea! I'll take two tickets then!

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    Sofia: Come on, Palash! We're going for a ride!

    Sofia is running the show today it seems, he can't do much but follow... :P

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    So they get into another taxi, and head for "The Beach Boardwalk". By the time they get there, it has already started to get dark, but the park is still open.

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    "You'll love this one!" Sofia says as they enter "This is much better than your stupid ghost houses and graveyards!"

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    Sofia is excited to go on the roller coaster, but Palash is not to happy about the last comemnt there.. "That was unecessary, Sofia" he mutters.

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    His face lights up a little more though, once they actually get into the cart. "See Palash, this is going to fun!" Sofia says with a hint of doubt in her voice.. was this really a good idea? Well, it's to late now... off you go! ;)

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    Sofia: Oh boy... here goes...

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    Sofia: Wooooooooo!!!!

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    Sofia: Whoooohooo yeah!!! That was great!!

    Sofia is really enjoying herself, Palash isn't catching on quite yet..

    Sofia: We were upside down, Palash! We were upside down!!

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    However, as they climb the next hill, Palash also begins to get a smile on his face..

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    But he quickly looses his grin as they begin the descent...

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    Palash: Aaaah!! Let me off! Let me off! Let me off!!!
    Sofia: Aaaah!! I can't! I can't! I can't!

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    Palash: Ohhhhh my god Sofia, I'm not doing that again!

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    Palash: Oh no, not another one...

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    Palash: Aaah, I want to go home!!
    Sofia: I love you! I love you! I love you!

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    Palash: Sofia.. that's water.. SOFIA, THAT'S WATER!

    Sofia:
    I hear you! That's water!

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    Palash: Holy fudge Sofia, there's something in the water!!!
    Sofia: Aaaahhhh!!

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    Palash: Shark...!!!

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    Palash: Sofia, this can't be safe....

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    Sofia: Wow, that was wild! Best ride ever!!
    Palash: I'm.. I'm.. wow, wow, that was insane!! I didn't know coasters could do that...

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    Palash: Wow.. I'm shaking, Sofia.. look... I'm shaking...
    Sofia: That was awesome! I'm going for another round, want to come with me again?
    Palash: No.... no... you can have this one....

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    Sofia: As you wish! See you later!

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    So Sofia went for another ride on her own. It was getting darker, but the view was still nice. ;)

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    As Sofia was enjoying her second ride, Palash was approached by this woman, Lucretia Parrott, that wanted to talk to him about the weather. "When it rains here, it really does rain" she says.. and while she is talking and Palash gets bored, he also gets a wish specifically to have babies with Sofia. From before he only had a generic wish to have babies, so in theory it could have been with anyone.. And to not be hypocritical, of course, two wishes of the same kind has to trumph whatever the other party may or may not wish for! ;)

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    Sofia wants to have a chat with this new woman a to get to know her a little better too, so she engages not so subtly asking her what she and her husband was just discussing..

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    "Oh, were just talking about the weather, you know... nothing special.. I wasn't excactly trying to have babies with him, though I am sure he would be a perfect candidate..."
    Sofia now thinks Lucretia is being rude..

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    Sofia: I don't want to hear any talk about babies! I don't like babies! Crying, noisy, foul and smelly!

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    Lucretia: Uhhh yikes....

    Sofia than walks away with a stiff upper lip to play pinball in an arcade room. Palash has already gone there to practice pool.

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    Palash: Hi sweetie.. I'm going over to this café just opposite from here to get me a brownie. Want something?

    Sofia: No, no, I'm fine, thanks! I have to finish this game!

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    Well, Sofia changes her mind about getting something to eat, and wants to order a donut, but the barista here isn't letting them order anything..
    Barista: You're to late, we've closed... please come back again tomorrow!

    Sofia: I'll call a taxi again... and ask him to drive us to a place with food that is still open...

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    The taxi driver says he knows just the spot and drops them off at this place called, well, "The Hot Spot".

    Palash: I wonder why they call it "The Hot Spot".. maybe it's because the food here is really spicey..?
    Sofia: Or maybe it's just a popular meeting place...
    Palash: Then why is nobody here...?

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    Well, empty hot spot or not, they are both really hungry so Sofia orders a meal of spaghetti for them and they sit down to eat.. I think it would be funny here if they could do what Lady and the Tramp does, but Sofia tells me they're not animals, they have manners, hmmphh! And how dare I insinuate that she is a tramp!! Double hmmmphh!! Well, I wasn't trying to do that...

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    Then Palash suggests that Sofia might want to visit a spa tomorrow... now why would she want to do that? ;)

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    Sofia doesn't respond to his mentioning of the spa, and once their bellies are full, they get a doggy bag for the leftovers, because of course, they're not animals and hence know to not overeat. Palash has something on his mind now, and wants to be intimate with his wife, so he gives her a romantic hug, before he, for once, calls for a taxi to take them back to the beach house..

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    He wants to set her in the mood first, so he asks her to watch the stars with him for a while, before they go inside..

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    And a little bit of kissing too, of course, under the stars and the moon, like he has been thinking about all day. ;)

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    Then he suggests they go into the jacuzzi, you know, just to chill.. well, the beach hut doesn't have a tv, so there's no Netflix there, but the point still stands....

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    He initiates the cuddle and some grey cat does its best to ruin the moment by jumping up on the back porch to meow at the door..

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    Well, Sofia isn't stupid.. she knew what he was really trying to do it seems, so she gets up from the jacuzzi, but...

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    ..well, she does go back in again, and they continue the cuddle until he leaves to go to bed, and well, nothing really happened.. what an anti-climax.. literally!

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    I'm guessing I pushed them to far here, it's already morning and they are both really tired now..

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    As the sun now rises, Sofia goes for a nap by his side, and I conclude that they were simply to tired for woohoo (and trying for a baby...), so I'll let them spend one day to rest and recuperate, before checking if they want to try again a little earlier in the day some other time... ;)

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    Oh well, good er... morning!
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.8: Belo Horizonte – Day V and VI: Enjoying the view for some good, clean fun..

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    Staying up until early morning last night, they had to take it a bit easy today and sleep in.. only sign of life this morning was the paperboy, Ali Dragon, delivering the free tourist version of the local newspaper...

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    When they wake up Sofia is in the mood for a little bit of romance, and gives Palash a hug.

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    Palash changes to his swimwear and talks enthustiastically about the sea monsters he has heard living around these islands... "They call it The Kraken" he says "and it can show up out of nowhere and take down entire ships! I want to go snorkling to see if we can find one!" Sofia laughs at him, she has of course heard tales of the Kraken, but doesn't really believe in them.. "Haha, oh, Palash.. everyone knows those are just old fairy tales.."

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    Sofia would much rather do this, and grabs him for a sudden kiss. ;)

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    Palash is playful in his own way, and goes out to pick up the frisbee that has been lying on the table outside, and walks inside to ask his wife for a round of play.

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    She thinks it's a much better idea than snorkling after the Kraken, and goes out with him to throw frisbee on the sand.

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    Another beatiful day in paradise. ;)

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    They spend the rest of the day relaxing, enjoying a few drinks and eating. This is their chill day, so I'm not sending them to go anywhere.

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    I just wish they could eat at the same table...

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    Palash uses the dishwasher in the kitchen, and Sofia goes to the bathroom to do the dishes there again..well, they certainly have their quirks..

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    Then Sofia joins Palash in the kitchen, because she has some weird ideas of her own to share.. I don't know if this is typical of Sofia, or if it is her husbands inclination for conspiracy theories that has spilled onto her, but this is certainly interesting.. :P

    Sofia: I was browsing some videos on Simtube the other day about the Zchmorg Brzum planet.. did you know that they are secretly monitoring us? They have been doing it for years, I saw all the evidence!

    Palash: Wow, Sofia.. I didn't know that!

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    Sofia: Not only that, several measurements worldwide has shown that they have been releasing poisonous gases into our atmosphere! Gases that emits radioactive waves that will slowly take over our brains, so that we will become docile when they launch their attack to take over our planet!

    Palash: That is very interesting Sofia...

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    Sofia: Yeah, don't you think?

    Palash (thinking): Hmm, that sounds like an interesting plot for a movie.. mom would probably really enjoy composing the soundtrack for something like that!

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    Palash: I think it's time you do some cleaning around here...

    Hehe. So Sofia listens to him and goes to take out the trash, clean up the newspapers that has been piling up and make the bed. :P

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    Good sweet little Sofia. :P

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    Then they talk a little bit about the rain in the kitchen, Sofia does some flirting with him again, before they figure out that they are tired and go to bed to get ready for the next day..

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    Sleep tight, my little darlings. ;)

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    Next morning they woke up very early, before dawn, to have breakfast on the table outside.

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    After breakfast and as the sun begins to rise, Palash all of a sudden takes out a guitar and begins practicing. I didn't know he had brought one with him, much less that he actually owned one. ;) But it does make sense, coming from a very artistic and musical family..

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    Sofia likes what she hears, and is happy to have him as a boyfriend, well, spouse even! ;)

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    Sofia then suggests to Palash that they visit the Belo Horizonte Relaxation Station, for a little romantic relaxation, of course. She has to sell it into him though, that if they go up there they will see a fantastic view of the entire island.

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    Palash is a little hesitant at first, he would much rather go to the graveyard again (seriously he does not give up with getting that wish! :P), but eventually agrees to Sofias idea. ;)

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    So he calls for a taxi, and away they go..

    "This is the end of the road" says the taxi driver. "You're gonna have to go the rest of the way by foot"

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    "Well, there's only one thing to do then, come along, Palash" Sofia says, and up the mountain they run.

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    On the way up there, they run past this pile of huge rocks hidden among the trees. Palash takes note of it, he knows what it is, but Sofia is running to fast for him to call after her to stop so they can check it out..

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    As they approach the top, a nice view begins to show before them, if only Sofia could slow down a little. ;) "The view is much better up on the top" she says under her breath. "Just wait and see!"

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    They make it up there, and Sofia sits down to enjoy a steamy bath, while Palash sits down to catch his breath on a sofa.

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    "Sofia is right" he thinks "the view from up here is really nice. What a cool looking place."

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    And indeed, the view is actually really nice from up here... though some trees are blocking the view a little in some places, but hey, all in all, there's not much of a reason to complain. :P

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    After finishing her steam bath, Sofia has noticed something else she wants to have a look at. There appears to be something a little higher up there... she calls for Palash to join her in checking it out..

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    Immediately upon setting foot on the staircase Palash can hear the voice of another woman.. he thinks about it with excitement..

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    Sofia is happy to find another jacuzzi once she makes it up the stairs, but is a little less excited about the woman there that has decided to relax there in her birthday suit...

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    When Palash makes it up the stairs, the woman decides to get up from the jacuzzi and put her bikini on, however I figured that bikini wasn't hiding much, so I left her out of some of the following shots.. And Palash makes sure to go the opposite route, by putting on even more clothing, before joining Sofia...

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    They relax and cuddle in the jacuzzi and a yawning sound is heard, as the woman is still standing there, very unamused at them now occupying the jacuzzi with their romance...

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    Palash ignores the presence of the other woman completely, and thinks this is a good moment to ask his wife for some good, clean fun. ;)

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    *splosh* *splish* *splash* Lots of laughter and giggling is heard from the jacuzzi. "Oh, this is so exciting, imagine we are doing this in a public jacuzzi with another woman watching!" She is still standing there watching them from the corner just to the left...

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    When they are done, the woman is no longer yawning, but claps and cheers at them! What a show! :P

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    Palash then gets up from the pool, and this woman approaches him and begins flirting with him, which he rejects.

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    But then he goes for a surprising and bold move.. seriously, why are you doing it with this woman, and not your wife? And even with your wife present..

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    The woman wasn't very fond of this, and neither was Sofia.. she gets out from the jacuzzi and suggest they head to the festival park instead for a bite..

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    Palash agrees and leaves the woman by the jacuzzi on sour terms.. they didn't look like they were about to make friends any time soon..

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    Down the hill again they go. It does look a little steep from this angle.. :P

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    Sofia makes it down the hill first, and has made sure to call a taxi for both of them, but they taxi drivers on this island aren't among the best, because as soon as she gets in, the taxi begins to drive off.. "Hey! Wait up!" Palash shouts..

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    Sofia gets mad and yells at the incompetent taxi driver. "That was my husband! You were supposed to wait for him! Turn the car around!"
    "I'm so sorry ma'am, I was told this was a single passenger order..."
    "Hmmph! What nimwits is it that runs the taxi company on this island...?"

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    So the taxi driver has no choice but to turn around to pick up Palash and drive them to the festival grounds.

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    Sofia runs by a young dad teaching his toddler to walk and looks sharply the other way. What, Sofia, isn't that cute? Who knows, you might be doing that yourself one day... ;)

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    Once there they both simultaneously head to each their food stall for a meal, and I have hopes that they will sit down at the same table, but nope.. Sofia hasn't forgotten about Palash's inappropriate behavior with the other woman up by the jacuzzi and with a firm voice, she orders him to stand while eating his meal! "You should be happy I just didn't let the taxi driver drive off without you!" she says. Uh oh....

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    Palash should realize he has messed up now, and afterwards they go their seperate ways for a while. Palash remains to dance, and Sofia heads for a game of horse shoe.

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    Once Palash thinks the situation has cooled off, he goes over to his wife to cheer at her game, and the mood seems to be good between them again.

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    After playing for several hours, Sofia eventually quits her game, and they have a talk about what baby toys they are going to buy.. "..and uhh.. how do you really feed a baby anyway...and how often do they eat...?" Sofia wonders...

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    "Oh, there are plenty of books about that, you know.. I suggest we go shopping for some once we get back home.." Palash replies... "And I am sure both of my parents will be more than happy to help you out too. Oh, I can't wait to see my mothers face when I give her the news.."
    "Hold on there, sweetie, we don't know if I'm actually pregnant yet..." Sofia says, before calling a taxi to take them back to the beach house...

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    Yet on the way back she kept thinking about more kids toys, so who knows. ;)

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    Once back at the beach house, Palash immediately went to sleep and slept now like an innocent child. ;) Sofia felt a little more anxious all of a sudden, and had to go check her appearance in the mirror before going to bed..

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    Maybe both of them are a little nervous of what might come... good night. ;)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.8: Belo Horizonte – Final days and going home..

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    It was a rainy morning on the second to last day of Sofia and Palash's honeymoon, and Palash went outside to eat some left over macaroni and cheese with a nice rainbow in the background.

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    For some reason when Sofia woke up, she had a strong craving for pancakes and immediately went to the kitchen to make some.

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    "I have never really liked pancakes all that much" she thought, "but this morning, I don't know.. it's strange, but I just couldn't think about anything else. I just had to eat pancakes! Lots of them!"

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    And as usual, she goes into the bathroom to do the dishes, and the sink breaks. :P "Ah, fleeb! Better call the repair person..."

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    The repair woman shows up and makes a first attempt at fixing the sink, but it isn't excactly going to well...

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    "I'm sorry" she says to Palash "I'm new at the job, and this is my first time visiting a customer on my own... I'll uh... I'll try again.."

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    Second time around it looks much better, and she actually manages to fix the sink and everything is good. ;)

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    Meanwhile the weather had cleared up and Sofia had gone to relax in the jacuzzi. Palash went another game of gnubb.

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    Sofia noticed her husband had come out again, and did what she usually does. Walk over to him for a bit of romance. ;)

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    Watching her husband play gnubb gave her a wish to play horse shoe, so she suggests that they return to the festival park.

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    The sun has already begun to set as they leave.

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    Sofia gets her wish fulfilled, and eventually another local woman joins them in their game, cheering enthusiastically.

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    Once it's the womans turn to play Sofia is all of a sudden feeling competitive and aggressive, before she makes a remark about taking the other woman on in a fight...

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    She quickly changes her mind, though, and says to Palash that she wants to go to a disco to dance, and Palash thinks that is a much better idea than any fighting could ever be...

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    So Palash calls for a taxi for them, and they go to the "At World's End Beach Disco", It's an open area disco with a bar on the first floor and outdoor dance areas and a swimming pool on the second floor.

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    They walk into the bar area, and Sofia is already rubbing her hands and thinking about their journey home. They both received messages on their cellphone that their plane leaves in 24 hours, and check in is now open... Sofia has already made sure that they will be travelling on business class, of course. ;)

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    Sofia then makes it up the stairs to dance, and so far she has the dance floor all to herself. Palash is checking out the flower decorations.. he has a thing for looking at flowers.. wasn't much else to look at here so far. ;)

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    But it is not long before a taxi arrives with a few more party goers.. Palash gets hungry and goes to order a hot dog, but doesn't get to eat it before a woman asks him to dance.. :P

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    While Palash was upstairs dancing, Sofia had also gotten hungry and had gone to the bar downstairs for a nice lobster meal.

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    After eating, Sofia goes upstairs for a smustle dance, and Palash, still hungry, wants to try dancing on the beach outside.

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    They keep dancing and having fun until the disco closes and it is time for another taxi ride to spend one last night at the beach house..

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    Palash finally sits down to eat a meal of mac and cheese, before both of them go to bed with their cute snoring sounds. ;)

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    On their last day, Sofia was the first to wake up, and on this day they both seemed pretty preoccupied with looking their best for each other, as they repeatedly went to whatever mirror they could find to check or freshen up their appearance..

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    While Sofia is caught up with her own reflection and Palash is still sleeping, I want to stop by another household before leaving the island behind. It is a couple that I had hoped would show themselves when Sofia and Palash went around..

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    It is a young couple, Veronika and Borysko Kozak, living in a traditionally styled home.
    It may not be a perfect replica, but houses of this style was my inspiration:
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    I wanted to go for something traditional, but at the same time small, so that it would be an easy starter house to make.

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    Veronika is a common name in many places around the world, and means "victory". Borysko is a Ukranian name and means "fighter". Kozak is a name of eastern Europan origin and means "brave man".

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    The couple has a very close bond with each other, and never shall they be torn apart...

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    If I should ever return to this island as a world to play in and not just a vacation destination, I might have this couple as the active family.

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    Back at the beach house, there is another couple that, after all, also looks very inseperable. Palash just woke up, and Sofia went for him to grab him for another make out session.

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    And finally Palash admits that he feels a strong attraction to his wife. ;)

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    Sofia gets a craving for food again, and this time it's tofu hot dogs on the menu.. (You may have seen this picture before.. this is not the original. ;) )

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    Palash is checking out his appearance in the mirrors... "I have to make sure I am as attractive to my wife, as she is to me!"

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    They spend the rest of their stay while waiting for the plane enjoying some skinny dipping in the jacuzzi and freshing themselves up in the mirrors. ;)

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    They had originally planned to stay on the island for a week, but there were no planes flying from the islands on the seventh day, so they got an additional day to just relax. ;)

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    Shortly before leaving, Palash wants to immerse himself in the final moments there as much as he can by watching the flowers on the lawn, but is blocked by a lady bug...

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    Sofia sat still in the jacuzzi all the time until the plane was scheduled to leave, and it was time to go.. bye bye Belo Horizonte, bye bye beach house...

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    Hello home..

    The plane flew over night, and by next morning it had landed on Cyme Ixotic airport, where they picked up their car on the final drive towards their hometown of Bewickton..

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    It's always nice to be home after being away on a journey, but it feels a bit melancholic already...

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    Once Palash walks onto the front porch, Yumi runs out to greet him with an agressive snarl..

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    That dog could need some training, better start now when she is still just a puppy...

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    Palash and Sofia has brought with them the frisbee from the beach house, and go out into their garden to play.

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    They keep playing, slowly improving their skills and getting more acknowledgement from the sports crowd, until Palash desperately needs to use the bathroom, but is to late...

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    "How embarrassing, I'm going to bed.." Sofia thinks. Palash is standing there, feeling very shameful, before he eventually joins her in bed too, without showering first.. that's gross, dude. :P

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    Anyway, I hope they can get a good nights sleep, still.. so... good night. ;)

    Next update October will become November, and I will return to Sunset Valley to follow Ingrid, the young aspiring politician...
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.9 – Sunset Valley November 2022 – Charisma, politics and law...

    Since it's been a while since I have dealt with any other sims than Sofia and Palash...

    Putting Ingrid into a context: Who is Ingrid?

    Ingrid is the third generation sim of the Kråkesen/Karlsen family, and the daughter of Kathrine and Jonathan Kråke-Karlsen (sitting on the bench behind her. I didn't find space to put their names on there.) She has one brother, Morten, sitting to the right. She is best friends with her brother.

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    The Kråkesen side of the family is on the left, and the Karlsen side on the right, except for a couple of mistakes. Kleopatra and Walter all to the left, should have switched places with Bjørn-Yngve on the right... this is why you don't try to take family photos when you yourself are feeling a bit tired... :P Sorry about that mistake.. :P

    Kleopatra, Walter, Anton and Bjørn-Yngve are her cousins.

    Date of birth: February 18th 2002 (20 years old).
    Personality traits: Bookworm, Good, Genius, Snob, Schmoozer, Nurturing.
    (Yes, something happened in my game that gave every other sim 6 personality traits instead of 5. I'm not sure what caused it, because I bought and installed many expansion packs at the same time. All traits but the nurturing trait are inherited from her parents or grandparents.)

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    When we left Sunset Valley and Ingrid last time, she had just gone to bed after coming home from a swimwear party hosted by Lisa Bunch, to find Prison Warden Fredrik Holm-Fredriksen still at her house...

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    And when she went to bed, he went outside in the rain to play a game of darts, and he is still standing there, doing just that..

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    ..until he walks inside to use the toilet, making it both filthy and broken in the process...

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    ..before deciding to run off the lot and head home to his own wife and daughter...

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    Ingrid wakes up from her sleep, thinking about diplomacy and international relations.. Ingrid is a good person, she has inherited that trait from her grandmother Lucie, and so she wants to be a Leader of the Free World, where every nation and every person can live in peace and tranquility...

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    Ingrid has to use the toilet as soon as she gets up, and is not very happy about it being both broken and filthy..

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    She goes for a bath, and isn't to lucky about that either, so she sees it fit to call for someone to do some repairs... a fine young woman like her is not going to the dirty work herself. ;)

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    While waiting for the repair person, it is time for her favorite meal, pancakes.. and well, speaking of dirty work... it is clear that Ingrid is still fresh with living away from home.. I guess she still hasn't learnt that mom won't be there to clean up after her. ;) The foul looking kitchen makes Ingrid wish to hire a butler...

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    The repair man fixes the bath tub, and is even kind enough to do the dishes for her, however, Ingrid seems to be a bit lost in thought, contemplating the surroundings...

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    Ingrid already wants to learn charisma, and now gets another wish to take a course in charisma, so she heads out the door and drives to the town hall to attend one.

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    Things are going according to plan at the towns construction site. The top floor is now finished, and now it is only the outer walls and the outside area that needs the final touch, before the new building can officially open. ;)

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    While Ingrid attends her charisma course, I shift the camera to the nearby park to see if there is anything going on. There is Hank Wan, Karoline Longva and Chistopher Steele in an apple eating contest. Morgana Wolf is standing to the left with her back facing the camera. The woman in the orange shirt is Gina Longva, Karolines mother. I forgot to take note who the person in the military uniform is.. he's in camouflage so I didn't see him at first! :P

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    In the back is Silje Wennewold, a resident of the Vaddelmyra Trailer Park in the New Town Area, that has just discovered a lizard.

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    Ingrid finishes her course and goes outside to read a book, when her grandparents Egil and Frida decided to pay the town hall a visit.

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    Egil enters the town hall to do some lobbying to lower taxes for the rich, while Frida stays outside to talk about the weather with Madison van Watson.

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    Then Frida decides to read a book as well, being a bookworm is a trait that runs in Ingrids family, on both sides... Lisa Bunch also decides to visit the town hall, and immediately starts booing at Frida. I don't know what Frida has done to be disliked by Lisa, but Lisa and Ingrid are very good friends. Lisa is also her colleague at the town hall.

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    Frida must have done something, because even Ingrid is thinking bad thoughts about her grandmother... Egil just exited the town hall, probably done with his lobbying.. Frida is discussing the latest books with Aisha Hillestad.

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    Lisa walks over to Ingrid to talk, and Ingrid asks her to throw ball. Frida walks over to her husband to give him a bouquet of flowers.

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    Lisa and Ingrid walks behind the town hall to throw ball for a while.

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    At the front of the town hall, Egil has began to flirt with Aisha and wants to hold her hands, but Aisha thinks that's inappropriate and thinks he should hald hands with his wife instead....

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    Ingrid and Lisa has stopped throwing ball, but Ingrid keeps repeatedly asking Lisa for more ball throwing and Lisa repeatedly responds that it would be very fun.. another time...

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    Ingrid keeps on asking until it gets dark, but eventually gives up and they take a selfie instead. :P

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    Well, Ingrid just had to ask Lisa one more time to throw ball, before she started to feel cold and put on her outerwear. Lisa said she was hungry and went home, and Ingrid decided to give her aunt Helene a call. She has had a wish to become best friends with her aunt now for some time.

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    She talks for a while about donating money to science and making fun of her dad's obsession with jellyfish, before her wish is granted.

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    Putting on her outerwear didn't help to much, and Ingrid still feels cold, so she runs towards the Amundsen & co. Cartoon store and nerd hangout across the street to heat up.

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    Inside she engages in a conversation with a paparazzi, Tone Mo, and learn that they both share the genius trait.

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    Iselin Reppe, the mother of Inge Reppe, is also there, doing the university slogan dance thing with Thornton Wolf. Iselin is very proud of her daughter attending university. ;)

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    Ingrid wants to brighten Tones day, when a couple that also lives in the Vaddelmyra trailer park enters the store. The couple is Elfrid and Marius Osnes. Marius Osnes is the rookie police officer that took part in solving the human trafficking case under the lead of retired police officer Eirin Motorsen.

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    Ingrid eventually heats up, but... atchoo! Sneeze! Oops, looks like the cool temperatures have made Ingrid catch a cold..

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    Then Ingrid does something I disapprove of.. she walks through a side door and up the stairs to a lawyers office that also have their business in the building.. Guess someone there was working overtime and forgot to close the door before they left... that door should have been locked... which is why I disapprove, she wasn't supposed to be able to do this. ;) I actually cancelled her action of going up there, but she started it all over again and did it anyway... she is a determined young woman! :P

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    So I let her do it.. she went to a bookshelf and sat down on a couch in the offices reception area to read an introductory book in Law for Politicians; How To Bend the Rules to your Advantage and Maintain Public Opinion....

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    Right.. well, I hope you learned something useful.... I suppose she will use her knowledge for the greater good, since she is, well, a good person like both her dad and her grandma. Know the tricks of your opposition so that you know when they're up to no good and you won't be deceived...

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    Atleast she knows the book isn't hers, and puts it back where it belongs before going down the stairs and heading back home for the night...

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    Once home she admires her own reflection in the hallway mirror as she walks by to her bedroom...

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    Maybe just having the mirror out in the hallway isn't so bad after all..

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    Admiring her own reflection makes her feel like a winner before going to bed.

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    Sleep tight young one. ;) For the next update, I will return to the university world, where Inge and Oliver Freddy should be deep into their exam preparations by now...
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.10 – Lake Onebega November 2022 – My coffee is but a drop of fuel for science and painting..

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    Oliver Freddy and Inge are sleeping safe and sound this night, after having returned from the party last month over at Debbie Richards' house..

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    Inge is the first of them to wake up to immediately think about painting, bless her artistic soul. ;) After she has gone downstairs for a shower, she gets a wish to paint a painting worth atleast 150 simoleons, so I direct her back to the easel to paint a big one. Well, that, and because it improves her academic score, which is already very good. ;)

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    "With such a big canvas, I feel inspired to paint the lake and the mountains" she says.

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    Oliver Freddys score isn't as good as hers this time, so I order him to take a nose dive into his books and read...

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    Oliver Freddy finishes reading the book, so I send him to the computer to study, but Daniel Vaughn comes in to interrupt him to to complain about arcade machines. Oliver Freddy is understanding to his complaint, before he switches the topic to painting and art..

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    As they keep talking, Inge begins feeling low on energy, as she didn't get much sleep the night before, due to staying up late at the party, so she interrupts her painting to go downstairs to get a nice cup of hot coffee.

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    Inge finishes her coffee and Oliver Freddy goes to prepare a lunch for himself. Once she is done with the coffee, she heads upstairs for one of the murphy beds, perhaps to get a little rest.

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    She is a little grumpy as she walks on, but her mood brightens when she finds Daniel Vaughn upstairs.

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    Daniel Vaughn hasn't forgotten about the drama from last month, and talks to her vividly about the fire in the kitchen..

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    "I was upstairs showering when the fire alarm went off" he says "and when I got out, I could smell smoke, so I ran downstairs to find Cody and Jonathan panicking and the maid putting out the fire.. they said it was Skip that started the fire.. in only his underwear!"

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    "I think maybe we should have him kicked out.. what do you think?"

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    "Oh, I think we should give him one more chance.. everyone can mess up every once in a while.." she responds and is reminded of the incidents when she was a freshman and couldn't even make waffles without burning them... something which she does not say out loud..
    Daniel agrees with her for now, but he makes it clear that one more mistake from Skip, and he will vote to have him out of there!

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    Inge goes back to opening the murphy bed, and as expected, it doesn't go to well..

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    Be careful with those, I have heard they can swallow people..

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    I have always thought of Inge as a bit timid and nice girl, but even the nicest ones has a beast inside of them.. One only needs the right thing to bring it out.. for Inge it appears to be almost being flattened by a murphy bed..

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    I'm not gonna spell out the thoughts she is having. ;)

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    After the unlucky incident with the bed, it's on with the backpack and off to the lecture..

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    "I should have used the toilet before I went out the door.. better run.."

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    Oliver Freddy finished his lunch, and went for a cup of coffee as well. For the same reason as Inge, he hadn't gotten much rest either.

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    Geared up on caffeine he runs out the door in the cool November rain in only his shorts to head down to the student union to do more research on one of the samples he has found.. He has tried a few times to get his results approved by the scientific board, but so far has had no success there...

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    With the unbridled optimism of youth he puts the mineral sample in the machine, and pushes a few buttons to start it and get the results..

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    "Hmm.. hmm.... this is not what I expected.. hmm... the molecular structure of this mineral is unlike anything I have ever seen before..."

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    When he investigates the results further, he starts to think he might have discovered a new mineral, one with a very complex and solid structure, and decides to name it Ranveigonite, after his mother Ranveig, of course! Mom will be so proud! This also finally fulfilled his wish of doing research on a scientific sample. The rules must be very strict on what is considered scientifc and what isn't...

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    But in spite of his scientific discoveries, Oliver Freddy is not doing as great as Inge, so it is back to the computer lab to study more..

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    Inge is finished with her lecture, and the caffeine is no longer effective when Paris Vanderbuilt wants to talk to her about the old days. However, Inge and Paris haven't been hanging out much before, so their conversation is pretty mundane as they have nothing else to talk about but the weather.. Inge is true to herself, being a nice girl that wants to make friends with everyone, and gets a wish to become best friends with Paris.

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    After studying Oliver Freddy gets hungry and walks up the stairs to get a hamburger, but is blocked by Inges professor from her sophomore year that just decided to do a workout right there....

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    So he has to run off to his lecture, hungry.. that's probably not going to do good for his performance..

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    Inge is feeling the after effects of the caffeine and is on her way home..

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    She has no energy left to do anything now, so she immediately goes to sleep, even though it is very early..

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    Good night. ;)

    With Inge asleep and Oliver Freddy at a lecture, there isn't much to do but wait outside listening to the raindrops falling until he finishes. Well, at least until the tranquility there is interrupted by someone laughing in the distance..

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    Yeah, I get it. University and streakers. When you're young it's fun to run around naked... What's your excuse, streaker?
    "Hahaha! I'm showering, hahaha!" the streaker laughs as she runs by..
    Uhh right... yeah... and that's probably why you should not taste your own scientifc samples.. just saying.. if it comes out of the lab, be wary of eating it. ;)

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    The streaker then runs off into the distance, still laughing hysterically, and Oliver Freddy finishes his lecture.. grumpy and tired from a lack of sleep..

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    So he runs home and finds the bed alongside his girlfriend..

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    On his way he runs by Lizzie Mund using this machine in an interesting way.. That should be something for Oliver Freddy to check out..

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    Good night. ;) Both of them got to bed a little earlier than usual, but at least now they should be perfectly well and rested for next month.. ;)

    Next update it is back to the town of Sprottenham to the household of Agathi and Baturney.. and the court house!
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2022
    Chapter 16.11 – Sprottenham November 2022: Part I – Orinders Birthday

    I lied to you by accident at the end of my last update, and I will not have the Flansbarne family as the active household for this one, because when I checked the calendar (which I keep in a seperate spreadsheet...) I saw that it was someone's birthday.. and since I don't want to miss any of my sims birthdays, I have to go to the Chitrakaar-Bråheim household.. ;)

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    When leaving the Flansbarne household, Agathi, Ruben and Iselin is sleeping quietly in the bedroom, while Baturney the former Circus Director is stuck in his childhood, what little he had of it, and playing with the dollhouse..

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    Growing up with a travelling circus among wild animals and aerial artists, he quickly had to take on his duties as a performing artist and clown... And as much as he grew to love the circus life, he was always also envious of the other kids he saw as they travelled from town to town.. the normal kids, with a fixed home that grew up going to school with their childhood friends...

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    In the Chitrakaar-Bråheim household everyone is, of course, also sleeping safe and sound, dreaming sweet dreams of paintings, marriage and rockets flying off into space.. ;)

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    Gaute is the first to wake up this November morning and immediately runs downstairs to make breakfast. He has calmed down considerably after marrying Leya, but there is still a lot of wild blood left in his veins. ;) Before he met Leya, he was a bit of a travelling bum, never staying to long in any one place and fulfilling his need for that adrenaline rush by doing all kinds of extreme sports. Off-piste skiing, bungee jumping from bridges, skydiving and base jumping from steep mountains, just to name a few...

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    Picture: Family photo of the extended Chitrakaar family.

    It's also duing his wilder years as a young adult he met Ranveig Motorsen from Sunset Valley, and they had a very brief romance, if you can call it that, which resulted in a child, Robert-Bråge. Robert-Bråge is Oliver Freddys younger half-brother.
    Gaute eventually ended up in the town of Sprottenham, where he squatted for a while in the old abandoned house called "Gufo Triste", before he fell in love with Leya of the Chitrakaar family.

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    Picture: Gufo Triste at Greenacre Road 28 as it looked like in November 2021. It wasn't this rundown when Gaute used it as his home. Repost of image from chapter 11.0.

    Leya at the time was in a relationship (but not married) with Glenn Hoddelås, and together they had a little girl called Bodil. Leya eventually split with Glenn and she and Bodil moved into the Rasmussen/Jensen household, together with Solvej, Patrik and their son Rune, just opposite of "Gufo Triste", and that's when she began noticing this odd fellow called Gaute..
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    Picture: Leya, Gaute, Patrik and Solvej outside their home, "The Millground House" at Greenacre Road 15, May 2021. Repost of image from chapter 11.2.

    Gaute and Leya started dating, eventually going steady and Gaute moved in with them all and they eventually married. However, tensions rose in the household of now 6 people, mostly due to the inappropriate flirting behaviour of Patrik, which led to the decision that Gaute and the now pregnant Leya along with Bodil finally bought their own home where they currently live..

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    Picture: Leya leaving the hospital, November 2021. Repost of image from chapter 11.6.

    And later the same year, Leya gave birth to her and Gautes first child, a baby boy they named Orinder, and it's his birthday we will be celebrating today.. ;)

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    While Gaute prepares breakfast, shouting is heard from upstairs. Bodil just got out of bed, and is very excited about watching stars in the night sky. Bodil is like most children, curious to learn new things, and has not yet decided what she wants out of life. She does to some extent mimic Leya and Gaute with being interested in painting and being an astronaut, but it is not at all set in stone what she will actually end up doing with her life...

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    Bodils happy thoughts about outer space quickly disappears as she walks downstairs to her mom's painting room. Bodils life is as happy as can be, given the circumstances, but there is still a constant look of sadness on her face. Gaute is a good stepfather for her, and she does like him, but it isn't the same nonetheless as having her real father there.

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    Anyway, Bodil forgets about it all for a while, as she gets up on the chair to play the Queen of her own country. She is not wearing her paper crown that she once had, because she lost it when they moved from Solvej and Patriks house at Greenacre Road. Even in the sim world, things are lost when you make a move..

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    Leya wakes up to Orinder crying because he is hungry, and Gaute is immediately on the spot as well, however just a few seconds to late. Gaute is a surprisingly good father figure, which is something the Narrator didn't really expect to see given his personality and past life as a relentless thrill seeker, but then again, Gaute himself was raised with lots of love from especially his nurturing mother, Leonora Bråheim, in the small mountain village of Dole Plains. Dole Plains is located about midway between Sprottenham on the east coast and Bewickton on the west coast.

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    Picture: The newborn Gaute Bråheim and his mother Leonora Bråheim, Dole Plains, November 1989.

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    Gaute has indeed taken after his mother, and is a very loving father.

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    His only problem is that sometimes he just gets to much adrenaline and will constantly run wherever he goes, even when carrying the baby down the stairs.. but his mom was also like this. Besides being a perfect nurturing mother, she got her thrills by putting out the fires of the town, sometimes even going there on the back of her trusted horse, Berit.

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    Picture: Leonora Bråheim riding on her her horse to put out a fire, October 1988.

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    And now that Agathi Jiggens is no longer an active sim, she took the step to pursue her dreams and switched career to become a full time writer. Congratulations! Sorry about the Norwegian text in the yellow pop-up, but that's basically what it says she did. ;) She took her son Ruben to the park on this fine, but chilly, autumn day to celebrate her new life. ;)

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    Leya and Gaute is already discussing the future of Orinder. Leya, of course, wants him to be a painter, like herself... and her father, Deepak... and her sister and Orinders aunt Udisha...

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    "Think about it Gaute, it would be so great. We could even send him to college to really learn how to master the arts!" Leya is very enthusiastic about painting and her young boys future.. so much so, that she has forgotten about her daughter for a while..

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    "Morning mom..." Bodil says unhappily after she finished her breakfast, still wearing her queen outfit, just minus the crown.. but mom is to busy discussing her last borns future to notice..

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    She walks over to them to try and get mom's attention, but is annoyed to have them flirting with each other instead..

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    Leya invites people over for the birthday party, while Bodil and Gaute discusses the theatre.

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    Then it's time for the party to begin, and the old trusted friends Patrik and Solvej are the first guests to arrive, as well as Baturney following just behind.

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    Other guests arrving include Gabriela Bedoya to the right and Fagidi Froosh to the left. Gabriela is Leya and Solvejs colleague at the Theatre, and also a singer in the choir The Sirens, also alongside Gabriela and Solvj. ;) Fagidi Froosh is a bit of a loser, with an unfulfilled dream of reaching the top of the military career.. sadly for him, he never had what it took, and is probably still cleaning the latrines of the other soldiers....

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    The fourth guest is Agnar Bergersen, a retired teacher that hates children...

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    The fifth guest is Selma Vaddelmyr, another colleague of Leya, Solvej and Gabriela at the Theatre, and yeah, also a singer in the choir "The Sirens". She is pregnant with her second child, and also the biggest slob in town.

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    Rune Rasmussen, Solvej and Patriks son, also showed up. He seems to be taking after his mother, so far, and is a virtuoso and a music lover. He could do without his mothers constant nagging to eat his vegetables, though... Solvej is a vegetarian with a strict adherence to a green lifestyle in most ways.. It's in her blood, sometimes literally, from how she was raised by her hippie parents in the Freetown Ciani Tharis in the capital Wad Nahadau..
    Ciania Tharis is inspired by the real life Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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    For some reason the guests have decided to gather upstairs in Leya and Gautes bedroom. Well, of course they did, that's where the birthday child also is. ;)
    Baturney is like most politicians, utilizing his charisma to the fullest, and not drawing boundaries between the appropriate and inappropriate, as he hands a boquet of flowers to Gabriela..

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    Gabriela is happy to receive the flowers, but Leya is greatly disappointed by her friends acceptance of this flirtatious gesture..

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    Anne-Gerd Jørgensen is the seventh guest to arrive. Anne-Gerd is the clumsy and socially awkward colleague of Leya and the rest, and yeah, you guessed it... she is also a singer in the all-female choir, "The Sirens". Leya snuffs at her as she walks by... so typical of Anne-Gerd, not knowing which way to face when greeting someone. ;)

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    Solvej shows her musical and virtuoso side by providing entertainment for Rune, Fagidi and the 8th guest to the right, Dongmei Xie-Luo. Dongmei works in the military alongside Gaute and Fagidi, and both of them is way ahead of him in rank, even though he is much older...

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    All the guests have finally arrived, and it's time for the young one to age up. Gabriela and Gaute gathers with Leya in the kitchen to celebrate, while Agnar does his best to leave the room.. "Children everywhere.. uggh.. " ;)

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    Happy first birthday, Orinder. ;)

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    The young boy quickly shows a musical interest, as the first thing he did when he was finally able to crawl around on his own was to listen intently to Solvejs guitar playing, clapping and cheering and even doing a cute little toddler dance. ;)

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    That's quite impressive given that he has yet to learn how to walk..

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    It's a great birthday party for the young one. ;)

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    Poor Bodil is not finding it so great, though, being left to do the dishes while everyone is enjoying themselves in the living room.. it's tough being a kid, with the chores one has to do to please the parents..

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    "I'm sure it wouldn't have been like this if mom only would have stayed together with dad" she thinks.

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    Gaute is being his usual self, flexing muscles in front of Baturney. It's important to show who is the man of the house.. Baturney isn't to impressed, having grown up next to circus animals such as elephants, tigers and lions.. "My father and grandfather, they were real men" he thinks as he reminisces how they used to train the animals. "This guy is just a poser..."

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    Gabriela picks up Orinder to cuddle and talk to him. "You're such a sweet little boy. You and mama are more than welcome to our house. I'll invite you over to play with my daughters, Jess and Astrid. I'm sure you'll make the best of friends." (Gabriela has two twin daughters also in the toddler age stage.)

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    Dongmei also picks up Orinder to tickle him. Dongmei likewise would like to invite Leya and Orinder over, so that he can play with her twin boys, Hung and Jiang. Orinder doesn't understand a word they're saying, of course, but he is very happy to be picked up and showered with attention like that.

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    Bodil however, is not so happy... sometimes being the older sibling watching the younger ones steal the show can be rough..

    Not very surprising, in the meantime Agnar has left the party. He said it was very fun, but there was perhaps a little to many kids present for his tastes...

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    Patrik also left the party saying it was very enjoyable. His wife Solvej stayed behind, still playing guitar, while Anne-Gerd finally got the courage to ask Gaute for a dance.

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    The pregnant Selma also left to go home and rest her back, while Fagidi tried to flatter his co-worker and superior Dongmei, asking her for a dance..

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    She accepted, but only out of politiness. Leya, nonetheless, was very happy to see him dance and enjoy himself. ;)

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    While they were dancing, Gabriela also left the party. "Thanks for inviting me, I had great fun, but I have to go home and look after my own toddlers now! Please come over one day with Orinder, I would love to have them meet him!"

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    Baturny, Solvej and Fagidi also had to leave the party, and after Fagidi has ran out the door, Dongmei made it clear what her true opinion of him is. ;) "Uggh... I can't believe I just danced with that loser..." -_-

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    Dongmei and Anne-Gerd are the only guests left now, and finally Anne-Gerd picks up Orinder to play with him. Anne-Gerd is not bad with children, but isn't very used to them, and lacks confidence in how to deal with them, so she was hesitant to pick him up until most of the guests had left. Anne-Gerd has no children of her own, and hasn't been very lucky with romance in her life. She has always come off as a bit awkward, and would more often than not typically get ghosted after just a few dates. It has started to wear on her confidence, making her seem even more inept at times, and so the downward spiral for her is allowed to continue...

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    Anne-Gerd is not at all as bad as she thinks she is. She has the same interest and musical talents as Leya, Solvej and her other colleagues and choir members, she is just to shy to truely show who she is. The limelight was never something she sought out, but with a little more confidence, and honestly, perhaps a make-over, she could shine just as brigth as anyone else. If only she knew...
    Regardless, she also had great fun at the party, and decided to leave after entertaining atleast Orinder for a while with her guitar playing, leaving Dongmei as the only remaining guest..

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    Dongmei wasn't much of an amusing guest at this point, as she repeatedly walked over to Leya to complain about her husbands lack of willingness and ability to do the dishes... Leya was entertained by Solvejs and Anne-Gerds guitar playing, but as Dongmei kept complaining, her thoughts turned a little darker...
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    Dongmei must have picked up on this, as she quickly put on her outerwear and high-tailed out of there, out into the cold November weather.

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    And with all the guests out of the house, Leya decided to entertain her boy with some guitar playing of her own, since he seemed to like it so much. ;)

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    No one had paid any attention at all to poor Bodil this day, but atleast she was in the dining room enjoying herself playing queen once more.. And she made sure to pass a law in her kingdom, stating that it was forbidden to leave children alone to do dishes all day while everyone else was dancing and having fun...

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    After Leya had played guitar to Orinder for a while, Gaute used his fatherly instinct to notice he was getting tired and came inside from jumping on the trampoline to put him in his crib.

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    Of course, full of adrenaline from doing tricks and backwards somersaults on the trampoline he couldn't walk while carrying him, but that was a given..

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    "Sleep tight and don't be aftaid my baby boy, your daddy will be here right next to you all night.."

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    While the boys of the house fell asleep, Bodil and Leya was still downstairs and Bodil finally got some attention from her mom, asking her to read a bedtime story.

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    Well, almost, because mom apparantly thought it was more important to eat another piece of cake instead..

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    So she didn't get her goodnight story, and went to bed alone that night... and it's getting clearer why Bodil looks so unhappy now..

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    Mother Leya however, was cheerful and thought this had been an amazing day and perfect birthday for her son, as she happily went to bed alongside her husband that was dreaming sweet dreams of being weightless in outer space... ;)

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    Good night. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2022
    Chapter 16.11 – Sprottenham November 2022: Part II – The Trial

    “I’d give the devil the benefit of law, for mine own safety’s sake.”
    - Sir Thomas More, beheaded ex-chancellor of King Henry VIII

    I knew ever since I wrote the chapter about Robert and co. being arrested at the Peat Factory, that I would have to also write a chapter covering their trial... and I always «dreaded» writing this chapter, because, well, initially I really didn't know to much about law and what actually happens in a court room.. and I eventually learned that it isn't necessarily all that exciting either.. Mostly it's just a lot of legal jargon, paper shuffling and boring stuff... :P

    Well, that, and I wasn't looking forward to writing this from the perspective of the defenders.. I asked myself «How on the Simtopian Planet would you defend someone so obviously guilty!?»
    Well, I don't really know...I knew the end result of this chapter way before I knew the chapter itself... and though I think being a defender of even the worst criminal is an important job as a part of the justice system of any civilized nation or country, it is certainly not a job I would envy anyone! Anyway, enough about that, here is my, hopefully, one and only chapter with scenes from inside a court house...

    Introduction:

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    The ground was frozen on this cold and cloudless november morning for the Sævik household when Vetle got out of bed on the day of the upcoming trial of the kidnapping and human trafficking case.

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    He already knew that his wife Oda was likely to face years in prison, as they had already discussed the possible outcomes inbetween themselves and their lawyer. That didn't stop him from feeling both dread and nervousness this morning.

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    His daughter and oldest child Edny woke up displeased at the cries of her younger brother Kolbjørn. If mom had been here, and not in a jail cell at the police station, she would likely already have been on the spot to pick him up and feed him, but as it was, Kolbjørn would have to wait while his father took care of Gøran, their latest addition to the family..

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    While Vetle was taking care of the young ones, Edny ate her breakfast and got ready for school alone. There was no pleasant chit-chat at the breakfast table with mom this morning...

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    And then it was off to school on the school bus.. Edny was ashamed that her mom was in jail, and hadn't told any of her friends at school about it, but as this was the major thing to be talked about around town, rumours were spreading.

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    As much as she tried to hide it, the kids at school had listened in on their parents talk at home, and had started to question and mock her about it. «Where is you mom, Edny? Is she in jail?», «Are you going to be a thief like your mom?» and other worse questions and comments had began to be thrown around in the school yard.. Edny was not at all happy about going to school this morning, but she knew what her dad would say if he found out she had been skipping classes, so she still went...

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    Vetle had put on his finest suit to look as presentable as he could, before calling a babysitter to watch after Kolbjørn and Gøran while he was in court.

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    Then it was time to head out the door and get into his old trusted car and face the day.. driving to the town hall, as that was were the trial was set to be held.

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    This same morning in the Gudmestad-Kiinsmo household, on the same street as Gaute, Bodil and Leyas home, Sandra was getting out of bed to feed her and Roberts toddler son Mark, before heading to the same trial at the town hall...

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    Mark was born on the excact same date as Gaute and Leyas boy Orinder, and had just celebrated his first birthday... without his dad.. and sadly, would probably grow up not really knowing his dad outside the occasional visit to whatever prison he would end up in...

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    Sandra was doing her best to take care of the little boy, as she fed him and played with him, before calling a babysitter as well, and heading out the door for the taxi that would take her to town hall...

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    She didn't even own a car, and with Robert now going to prison for a still undertemined time, not only would Sandra and her boy suffer the loss of their spouse and father, but also his income. An income that had been very nice to have, even though it all was aquired through illegally exploiting other people...


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    When Vetle walked through the doors of the town hall, Sandra was already inside, as well as the crime book writer Agathi Flansbarne.

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    Agathi had been very curious about this case ever since she heard about it in the news, even risking being taken to the police station herself for trespassing on the crime scene, so it was only natural that she would also attend the trial, which was open to the public. Not only was she very curious, but perhaps more importantly, she was hoping to get inspiration for future crime novels, and so she sat there like a sponge, watching and listening intently to what everyone talked about, as they walked towards the courtroom... while pretending not to, of course.

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    Vetle and Sandra didn't know each other before the arrest of their spouses, but now they found themselves having one very crucial thing in common.. They exchanged a few words of politeness in the hallway, before entering the courtroom itself, where the future was set to be determined..

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    As they walked towards the courtroom, Agathi also got up and weaseled her way inbetween them. This was the grand moment she had been waiting for, and was very excited to watch this trial.

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    They all sat down in the spectators area in the far back right of the courtroom, and Vetle nervously closed his eyes as the trial was about to begin and the judge entered the room..

    The trial:

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    The Bailiff, Anders Saleh, himself a family man with two children, introduced the court and the judge, and asked everyone to be seated. He was used to it as it was common procedure, though this case was something out of the ordinary, as most cases to be taken to the court was of a more trivial nature, such as mortgage foreclosures, disputes about property lines and so on.

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    Regardless, as the judge, Sina Riise, took her seat and adressed the court, the room was noticeably laden with tension, as it usually would be with two opposing sides finally meeting in the same room, some dreading having to spend the rest of their life behind bars, others wanting to see the scoundrels locked up, and some again just doing their job or being called in for their civic duty as a juror.


    Sina Riise (judge): Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Calling the case of the People of the County of Hipnip Piles versus Robert, Oda, Ann-Kristin and Dina. Are both sides ready?

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    «Ready for the people, your honour» the district attorney Øystein Juell declared to the judge. The defendants anxiously paid attention as their defenders likewise stated their readiness. The judge then turned to the clerk, Vigdis Bjørseth, sitting on her right hand side to swear in the jury.

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    «Will the jury please stand and raise your right hand?» Vigdis said with a stern voice waiting for them to rise from their seats before continuing.

    «Do each of you swear that you will fairly try the case before this court, and that you will return a true verdict according to the evidence and the instructions of the court, so help you, Narrator? Please say “I do”.»

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    The jurors, all stood up and repeated the words «I do», before sitting down. The grumpy old retired teacher, Agnar Bergersen (third from left) has always had a side interest in law and all things rigid, and along with Kari Slettemoen, the conductor of the choir «The Sirens» (last on right) and a commanding and strict woman in her own way, were probably the only ones of the jury that actually looked forward to the procedure.

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    The jurors took their seats as Øystein Juell, the district attorney, strolled across the floor to explain the charges to the jury. As all the defendants had the same or similar charges, and were undoubtetly part of the same crime (because they were all arrested on the same spot for one), they were facing a joint trial, yet their verdicts would be considered individually and in order, and Robert was the first one to be taken into the fire.

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    «Your Honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury: the defendant Robert has been charged with money laundering, kidnapping and human trafficking, including forced labour, child trafficking, child labour and procuring.» Øystein explained to the jury. A silent gasp was heard from the viewers bench and Robert looked away to the right. It was no surprise to Sandra at this point what her husband had been up to, but it still stung when it was spoken out loud like this for everyone to hear.
    In the back row, Karen Granli, the journalist covering the case for the local tv-station had also showed up, and was eagerly taking notes from her position on the bench just behind Sandra as Øystein continued:


    «The defendant was arrested on the scene of the crimes on the night of October 13th, and there are evidence and several witness observations to show that the defendant was not only involved in, but also the leader of an organization responsible for the aforementioned, and it will thus become clear that the defendant is guilty as charged.»

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    Roberts defender, Jørgen Fond, got up from his chair and adressed the court. «Your Honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury: under the law my client is presumed innocent of the charges until proven guilty.» A muted grunt was heard from the spectators bench.

    Of course, Jørgen knew very well that Robert was guilty in the practical sense, given that Robert was arrested on the scene with the victims present, as well as there being several items of evidence with fingerprints (weapons, illegal drugs found on the scene as well as evidence of complex financial transactions and audit trails). Jørgens job of defending Robert was not an easy one, and this could quickly end up being a turning point in his career. He had learnt from history that any criminal defense attorney arguing the case of a guilty client was likely to face a certain amount of backlash from the public opinion. That didn't make his job any less important. Jørgen played the role as a servant and upholder of the justice system at large, first and foremost.

    Judge Sina gave Jørgen a nod signalling that he could take his seat, before stating that the prosecution could call in the first witness.


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    Øystein the district attorney announced that they would call in Danica Tomren, one of the victims in the case, as the first witness. Danica wasn't to surprised that she would be one of the first witnesses, she had of course been there at the peat factory the whole time.. Robert had, of course not, confided much of anything to Danica and the others, but they had eyes and ears, so they knew quite a lot about what was going on. The bailiff went over to Danicas position and guided her across the floor to the witness booth.

    Vigdis (clerk):
    Please stand. Raise your right hand. Do you promise that the testimony you shall give in the case before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you Narrator?

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    Danica: I do.

    Vigdis (clerk):
    Please state your first and last name.

    Danica gives her first and last name.

    Vigdis: You may be seated.

    Øystein (DA):
    Danica, what is your relation to the accused?

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    Danica: He uh... he held us.. me... captive at the peat factory where we all had to work to sew clothes and umbrellas... and uh.. he.. he forced me to.. he made me a p*****.. and none of us really got paid for it..

    Danica looks down in shame thinking about the experience...

    Øystein (DA): Were you allowed to leave the peat factory at any point?

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    Danica: Yes, kind of.. he would drive me to town on the evenings to.. to hang out by The Harbour Café to meet clients...

    Øystein (DA):
    Why didn't you run away?

    Danica: I had no place to run to, and he would threaten me with his gun if I did so much as to even think about it...

    Øystein then held up a gun and showed it to the court, the judge and to Danica.

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    Øystein (DA): Was this the gun he threatened you with?

    Danica looked at the gun, before answering. «Yes... yes, that was the one.. he.. he always kept it on him whenever he... he took me to the harbour..»

    Øystein (DA):
    Thank you, I have no further questions.

    Judge Sina: Does the defense have any questions?

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    Roberts defense lawyer Jørgen rose from his chair and walked up to Danica. «Were there any witnesses to you being held at gunpoint?»

    Danica: I... I don't know.. he never directly pointed the gun at me, and always kept it concealed when we were out of the.. the car, but..

    Jørgen: So nobody actually saw him threaten you with the gun?

    Danica:
    That ...that could be true, but..

    Jørgen: Is it possible then, that you went there willingly?

    Danica: I... no, no I didn't.. I was afraid, I felt like I had no... no options..

    Jørgen:
    Did Robert ever leave you alone at the harbor?

    Danica:
    Y-yes, sometimes..

    Jørgen:
    So you could have easily ran away?

    Danica: I... I guess so..

    Jørgen: I have no further questions.

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    Judge Sina then excused Danica from the witness stand, and the deputy then called up the café owner Eddie Opsal as a witness, and he told his version of the story, how he ended up in a feud with Robert over Danica hanging out outside his café, and how Robert had threatened to destroy his café and livelihood if he didn't oblige. Eddie said that Robert after this would frequently drop Danica off to hang out there at night.. he further stated he didn't want anything to do with it, and was afraid of the consequences if he reported it. Danica was once more called up as a witness, and she could confirm that Robert had indeed delivered such threats to Eddie.

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    Robert delivering threats to Eddie.
    Repost of image from Chapter 14.9 - The girl by the Harbour Café..


    Sina again turned to the defense, asking if they had any more question, and Jørgen once more went up to Danica. He asked her if there were any other witnesses to Roberts threats.

    «Yes» she said «on that particular day.. it was such a fine spring day in early May. I had the night before made a promise to Ingolf.. one of the kids, that we would.. that we would take a trip to town to calm him down before we went to sleep.. and.. so he was there with us..» Danica paused for a while. «It was Ann-Kristin that dropped us off at the Harbour Park that day, I don't think she knew what plans Robert had.. none of us did, so it was fine by her.»

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    Danica and Robert sealing the deal at Eddies Café.
    Repost of image from Chapter 14.9– The girl by the Harbour Café..


    «I found it strange that he.. carried a baby with him on that day, but I suppose the baby was his. Anyway, Ingolf heard it all, and well, if you would ask him, I'm sure he would.. he would confirm it..»

    Jørgen then did his best to sow doubt about Danicas testimony of the threats making it appear as she had made it up and argued that Ingolf could not be used as a realiable witness given that he was a minor and could have been persuaded by Danica to say whatever she told him to. The district attorney objected to Jørgens last claim on grounds of it being speculative, and showed a recording of Ingolf given his statement on screen. Judge Sina accepted the DA's objection, Jørgen had no further questions and Danica was finally excused from the witness booth.

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    The remaining adult victims Wendy, Ada and Eilif are called up in turn to give their testimonies.

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    Picture: Wendy Dalheim in the witness stand.

    Their stories are similar; they were all illegally brought into the country and forced to work at the abandoned factory with no pay, alongside the four minors George, Elisa, Even and Ingolf. Robert had given orders that none of them, except Danica, were allowed to leave, and Danica was only allowed to leave whenever Robert ordered her out as her procurer.


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    George Alnuman witnessing, shown on screen.

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    The minors did not attend the court itself, but their testimonies when required, was shown on video to the court room.

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    Of the accused, all but Ann-Kristin had made use of their right to not testify at their own trial. Ann-Kristin was then called up to the stand. When questioned by the DA Ann-Kristin laid all the cards on the table.

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    She admitted to to having a role in keeping the victims captive, but also explained how she objected to keeping the children captive, something which Danica and the other adult victims confirmed. «Dina would sometimes smuggle food into our shed at night, after Robert had said we would not be getting any» Danica explained in a later testimony. «She would also sometimes read bedtime stories for the children and comfort them when they were sad or upset.»

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    Ann-Kristins defense attorney standing to the left, arguing her case.

    The defense attourneys were then called to present their case, bargaining for a reduction in sentence wherever they could. The case against the accused however, was compelling and the jury eventually found them guilty on several of the charges.


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    Robert and his defense. Jørgen Fond, as the judge began reading up the verdict.. Jørgen had done his best to move forward with the defense, but the case against Robert was very solid.

    Verdict:

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    Sandra was unable to look up as she did her best to hold back the tears when the judge read up her husbands sentence...

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    Robert was found guilty on all of his charges and was sentenced to 12 years in prison with possibillity of prolongation, which essentially means he could be in for life. He was also sentenced to pay 55 000 simoleons to each of the victims, including the children, as a compensation for loss of freedom, income or school attendance, as well as to pay for their citizenship applications.

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    Oda and her defense. Likewise for Oda, there wasn't much leeway to be found.

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    Vetle knew this was coming, but still felt a sense of shock as the judge read up the verdict on his wifes sentence. Oda was found guilty on all of her charges and was sentenced to 8 years in prison with possibility of prolongation.


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    Ann-Kristin and her defence. It was by some of the jurors considered somewhat extenuating how Ann-Kristin had shown care for the children when they were held captive, but it had little to no impact on her final sentence.

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    Dina and her defence.

    Ann-Kristin and Dina was found guilty on all of their charges and each of them was sentenced to 6 years in prison, with possibility of prolongation. Both Ann-Kristin and Dina lived alone with no family, so they didn't leave any spouses or children behind.

    With all the verdicts read, the case was now set and closed and the court was adjourned by the judge. Into the slammer they go!


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    They were all then transported to serve their sentence at The Sunset Valley Prison, and finally the Prison Warden Fredrik Holm-Fredriksen got some (new) prisoners in his prison. ;)

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    Robert socializing with the other inmates the way he knows best... by scaring them and discussing his next master plot, but the other inmates aren't interested in the new guys scheming, and reject him..

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    «When I get out of here, I plan to launch a satellite out into a far orbit around Simtopia* to jam and disable all communication satellites... divide and conquer! That will be the next step in my plan to take over the entire planet and become The Emperor of Evil...»

    *Simtopia (or «The Simtopian planet») is the celestial body they live on.

    Steven Øverbø, inmate in green sweater: That is the dumbest thing I have heard from a fish in a long while.. who are you, the evil twin brother of Schmelon Snusk or something? Get outta here...

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    Ann-Kristin is finding herself at home as best as she can, reading «Murder in Pleasantville» by the chess table...hopefully not as an inspiration for future deeds..

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    Oda, the second in command for Roberts operation, is flexing her muscles in front of one of the other female inmates, Kathraina Rydningen... Prison can be a rough place, she has heard.. best to assert dominance right away... Katharina just stares at the newcomer, not particularly impressed...

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    «Better build some more muscle if I am to survive here» she thinks, and walks out into the courtyard to get a workout..

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    Dina decides to back up her friend by ridiculing Kathraina's green top..

    Katharina: Calm down, calm down.. geez, what's up with you newcomers?

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    Katharina: Do that again and I'll take flight on your a****, both of you!

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    Then Dina turns to Ann-Kristin to lash out at her.. «If you weren't so stupid pointing your gun at them, we would never have gotten arrested! We should've bailed it out of there as soon as we heard the cops out there!»

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    Ann-Kristin: This is just as much your fault as it is mine! You were in on it just as much as I was, if not more!

    Yeah, looks like the got off to a good start.... bickering already.. this could be some long six years behind locked doors for them...

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    The boys are a little more peaceful for now, having decided to settle whatever dispute they may have over a game of chess...
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 16.12 – Bewickton November 2022 – It's all about what you can chew.

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    Sofias notes:
    I slept like an innocent child on her first night home after coming home from our honeymoon. It was a lovely vacation and cruise, but it was good to be home again, as well. I walked downstairs to find Yumi sleeping like a rock next to her food bowl.I saw it was empty, so I filled it up for her.

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    Sweet little Yumi, she was still sleeping heavily while I made and ate my breakfast. I have never really liked pancakes, it's such a simple piece of food.. it's not even a proper meal, I know, but ever since the last days of our honeymoon, I have gotten these cravings.. I just got to have pancakes for every meal. I don't know, it's so strange.. I think I might actually be.. oh, I don't even dare to write it..

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    ..but maybe it would have been nice to hear the tripping of small feet on the grass. No, it would not! What are you thinking, Sofia!? Because soon enough those same feet will trip over and the little booboo will have hurt its knees.....and it will only result in a constant loud wailing and crying.. I can't stand it, I hate it... how can something so little make so much noise? Ughh.. no, I don't know, I really don't know..

    Palash's notes:

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    Vacation was over, and I had to go back to work at the office. Of course, when I walked out the door I found Yumi sleeping satisfied on the porch after she had just chewed up the morning paper. I had hoped to be able to browse through atleast the financial section to get a quick overview of the stock market before going, but everything was in shreds, so there was nothing to do here, but dispose of it.. Hopefully when she gets older, she can be a little more useful...

    Sofias notes:

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    All the time on our cruise, well.. not all the time of course, but.. it was always there in the back of my mind that I wanted to give Ingvild a call.. I had a sweet talk with her over a drink by the piano at the 1912 just before we went. She is a pretty good pianist with her jazzy lounge tunes, but more importantly, of course, she is probably on good terms with a lot of the celebrities in town! So I wanted to give her a call, but then I felt my stomach turning again, so I just had to put the phone down and run for the nearest toilet...

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    Uggh, there goes my breakfast....what's happening to me? It's so gross... It would be so embarrassing if people found out that I, Sofia Karlsen, frequently have to go to the bathroom to empty my stomach..

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    Well, once I was done with the toilet ritual, I gave it another try and invited Ingvild over, but apparently she is a busy woman, or maybe she just thinks she is to good for me.. but dare I remind her that she is just a simple pianist, after all... how can she reject me? That shouldn't be!

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    Well, we ended up talking on the phone for a while, though. She had seen this scientist show up at the jazz lounge the other day. A well known and outspoken scientist about the so-called ongoing climate crisis, whom I shall not name here... He came there with his wife, apparantly having a weekend out away from the bustle of the city life in Cyme Ixotic.. well, anyway, to make a long story short, he probably had one drink to many as he by the end of the night walked around groping most of the female clientelle there, including the pianist.. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall once he and his wife went back to their hotel room! Ah, and this is what I love about Ingvild.. she always has some juicy gossip about important people to share..

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    It looked like such a fine day with the sun shining, so I wanted to take sweet little Yumi to the park, but wouldn't you know.. it's november, so it didn't take long before it started to hail, of all things, of course..

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    Yumis notes:
    Woof, woof, woof, woofum? Woofumies?

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    "Ow, ow, ow.. Yumi, this isn't the place to stay, I think we should go back home.."

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    Yumi: Woof, woof, grrr, woof, grrrrrrr! Grrrrrr!

    Sofia:
    Don't you gnarl at me, little dog! I know you like the park, but this hail isn't good for us. It's damaging my hair, we're going back home!

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    Sofia: Sweet Yumi, this is much better for us. No hail or rain to hurt our good looks. Oh, sweet mommys little puppy!

    Yumi: Sniff, sniff, sniffle.

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    Palashs notes:
    Today was my fourth anniversary of working at the High Products Office Building and my colleagues arrange a small feast for me. I also got a nice bonus. Hmm, I think I'll use some of the extra cash to buy a horseshoe game, like the ones on the festival grounds in Belo Horizonte.

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    Sofias notes:
    Palash came home from work, excited because today was his four year anniversary in the business career. He had brought with him a horse shoe game that he wanted me to play. We fumbled around a bit for a few hours when trying to assemble it, but eventually figured it out. However, when it was finally time to play, of course, I got sick again, so all I could do was run inside for another trip to the toilet...

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    Palashs notes:

    I had very much looked forward to playing the game with Sofia, but she has been acting a little strange these past few days. She constantly talks about food and pancakes in ways she never did before, and whenever we are about to do something fun she gets this uncomfortable look on her face and just runs away. I almost feel like my wife isn't my wife anymore, and we haven't been married for that long! It's as if she is trying to hide something from me. I hope it's nothing serious and the she is sick or something. Maybe I should ask her to go see a doctor if this keeps up.

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    Sofias notes:
    After running off to the bathroom for the nth time I had to eat again. I almost constantly feel hungry, and it's no wonder, because whatever I eat just isn't staying to long down there... what's the point of all this? Why does this happen? It doesn't make sense! Why do I always have to eat and eat only to throw it up again? I'm getting sick and tired of this, I want it to stop!

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    Palashs notes:
    Something has to be done with that dog Yumi. She keeps chewing up everything we have, and it's starting to get on my nerves! I thought puppies were cute, but this one is a little beast in disguise! I wonder if there is some kind of training camp for puppies to make her quit this behaviour!

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    Palash: You're a bad dog, Yumi! Bad dog! Do you know how expensive that couch was? And now I have to go and get it upholstered again!? Do you know how much this costs!? Do you!?
    Yumi: Whimper, whimper.

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    Sofias notes:
    I heard Palash shouting something downstairs. He was probably yelling at Yumi again. I think he is a little to harsh on the dog sometimes. She is just a little puppy, so cute and adorable, mommys little darling. I wanted to go downstairs and tell him to lay it off, but I was to tired and exhausted from all the eating and vomiting, I really didn't have the energy to do anything but go to bed.

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    Palashs notes:

    I think I set Yumi straight for a while. I'm really not sure what to do about this dog. I guess I'll just have to sleep on it for tomorrow, but she has to quit chewing up everything she can find at one point, or I will be forced to get rid of her.

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    Palash: Snore, snore...
    Sofia:
    Snore... breathe... snore.... hush hush mommys sweet little... snore..

    Good night. ;)

    Other events this month:

    Simone Østreng of the Østreng family living at Outwash Point aged up from toddler to child.

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    Simone as a toddler on the porch of her home, being held by her father Benjamin Bjørnevik. In addition to her father, she lives there with her mother, Kjellaug, her brother, Tron, and her two older sisters, Cristina and Emilia.

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    A picture of the Østreng family taken at an earlier time.

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    Their home at Outwash Point, the most exposed location in all of Bewickton. Their home is located as far west as one can get on solid land in the Simbrian nation. Beyond lies the great Westphalian Sea... the lack of trees in the area surrounding the house tells a tale of harsh weather conditions, especially during the autumn and winter months.. just not on the particular day this photo was taken. :P

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    Simone as a child, feeling the christmas spirit already. Well, december isn't so far away, and like most young children, christmas eve is one of the major highlights of the year, because, presents. ;)
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2022
    17.1 – Sunset Valley/Sprottenham December 2022 – Reunion.

    Amena Alnuman profile:
    Date of birth: December 20th, 1998.
    Place of birth: Almoravid, Genaro Molokai.
    Personality traits: Computer whiz, savvy sculptor, brooding, ambitious, party animal.
    Education: Bachelors degree in art from Almoravid State University.
    Current career: Law enforcement.
    Lifetime wish: International superspy.

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    As november turned to december, police officer Amena Alnuman was dreaming about the arrest of Robert and his crew, and the trial were they got their prison sentence...

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    Amena was very happy about having made her contribution to solve the case, but there was another thing that made her happy, too..

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    Amena first came to Sunset Valley about two and half years ago after a terrible happening in her home country of Genaro Molokai (she was first introduced in chapter 4).. without going into to much detail, there were reasons that forced her to move from her home town of Almoravid.... Amenas backstory is perhaps the darkest and most upsetting of all my sims backstories, so all I will say is... she has seen some things... and I think it's best to leave it at that...

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    She had just finished a bachelors' degree in art from Almoravid State University, and was about to continue with her masters degree when everything took a very dramatic turn for the worse... Her mother was a well known painter, and her father a sculptor, and it was also her parents that had encouraged her to pursue the arts as well...

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    The move to Sunset Valley changed everything and gave her a new direction in life.. she abandoned all her thoughts about the arts, and once she had settled a little more, she joined the police force with her new wish to become an international super spy and see all of the worlds bad guys behind bars...

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    ..but the thing that made her the most happy that day was not locking evildoers up, but a discovery she made during the investigation of the case.. well, the discovery wasn't all good at first.. she had hoped to find her nephew under better circumstances than what she did, but still.. she was thrilled and excited for this journey as she walked out the door and called for a taxi to take her to the airport...

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    She was travelling north, to the town of Sprottenham to reunite with her nephew George, and take him back home as she was now his legal guardian..

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    On the way to the airport, the taxi took her past the newly finished fire station that was finally ready to open.. now hiring fire fighters! The taxi continued up the hill, past Ingrids little home and the big house of the Reppe family where it took a left turn before driving past the old Crumplebottom house and heading for the airport...

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    It was a nice and fair day in the southwestern town of Sunset Valley, but the weather became a lot worse as she approached the airport in Warenford. The pilot warned early on about difficult landing conditions and turbulence as the fasten seatbelt sign was switched on..

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    And sure enough the landing at the airport was anything but pleasant in heavy rains with poor visibility and strong gusty crosswinds that at times made it appear as if the plane was about to land sideways.. but the pilot did a very good job, and in spite of a severely bumpy ride, the plane landed safely. Amena wasn't to easily scared, but she still held on tightly to the seat handles and it was as if everyone on the plane let out a collective sigh of relief as the plane taxed its way to the parking area...

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    After landing Amena didn't want to waste any time, so she got a rental car and drove off.. as she approached the coast the skies cleared and temperatures dropped as the storm was pushing its way in the opposite direction further inland..

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    As she approached town, she had to make a short stop by the old peat factory. In spite of the chilly feeling it gave her (it wasn't just the weather), she wanted to have a look at it. Unlike a certain author, she didn't cross the tape, though she could have, as she was a police officer with the badge to prove it..

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    "So this is where they kept George.. poor boy.. ugh, I better get out of here before I get to angry..."

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    She got back into the car and followed the GPS direction towards the North Sunderland beach and the orphanage ran by the Westgård couple where she knew George was staying, parked the car outside and walked up to the door to ring the doorbell..

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    It was strange, for some reason she felt really nervous now. She had of course talked to Wanda just the day before, so she knew she was coming, but she still felt butterflies in her stomach, like she hadn't done in a long time.. "Get a grip on yourself, Amena" she thought to herself. Her feet all of a sudden wanted to make a run for it as she heard footsteps on the inside and the door handle turned to open..

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    ..but there was no reason at all to run here. Wanda grinned widely as she opened the door, and her voice was so hearty and warm.
    "Oh, you must be Amena! It's so nice to see you, welcome to Sprottenham! You must have had a rough journey! I was just watching the news about the storm, I'm so happy you got here, they just closed the airport! George is in the kids room playing computer games, please, do come in!"

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    "He's right in here, just behind this door! He has talked so much about you!"

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    Wanda: George, my dear! I got someone here that wants to talk to you!
    George: Not now, I'm busy! I just got to beat this level! Ow ow, jump! Jump!!

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    "George..." Amena said, pausing as she heard the crack in her voice..."George, it's me... Amena.. I have come to... I have come to take you home..."

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    George:
    Aunt.. you came.. you came for me!

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    George: I knew you would come and save me, aunt! I knew it all the time! I dreamt about it when we were.. when we were in that factory! I was so scared! We were all so scared!

    Amena: Oh, my boy! Everything is going to be good now! I will take you to my home! To Sunset Valley! It's a lovely place!

    George: I really liked it here too, aunt! Wanda is the best, she is so nice!

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    Amena: I know, George, Wanda has been very good, but I'll take you home now!

    Well, she couldn't take him home right away, with the stormy weather going on and the airport being closed, nor had she planned to. She had travelled pretty far after all, and was invited to stay for a couple of nights before leaving. Wanda was very hospitable and friendly, and Amena felt so welcome she almost forgot she was a guest and not part of the household.. but all good things come to and end (I suppose), but the best thing for George would probably be to grow up around what he had of family, and his aunt loved him very much and would no doubt take good care of him, and do her best to make him feel safe and protected..

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    On the day of departure Wanda had prepared a meal of hot dog for everyone. Hot dogs were the kids favorite meal, and she wanted to make sure that everyone that had stayed there as a guest or otherwise, would leave with their belly full..

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    Wanda: Now George, you must promise me to do well in school, and practice your reading! I have never seen a kid your age read as well as you!

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    George: Peace of cake! I love reading! I'm going to be an author when I grow up!

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    Wanda: Oh, George! It was so lovely having you here for as long as it lasted! I am going to miss you so much! You will be welcome to come back here and visit us anytime!

    George: I'll miss you too, Wanda!

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    Amena: Oh, we can probably come back to visit already next summer, if that is ok by Wanda!

    Wanda: Oh, please do, like I said, you are always welcome here, both of you!

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    Amena: Then that's a promise! See you next summer! Come now, George! I think it's time for us to go back now, we don't want to miss the plane!

    George: I'm coming auntie! Bye Wanda, I'll miss you!

    Wanda: Bye George, I'll miss you too! Take care, do well in school and I'll see you next summer!

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    There's always a certain melancholy in leaving things behind, and George had many memories from this town.. fond memories from staying with Wanda and the other kids at the orphanage, and some less fond from being held at the peat factory. None of them said a word in the car as they drove by it on the way back to the airport..

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    Bye for now...


    Part II: Sunset Valley friends.


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    George felt outside himself for a moment as the taxi took them towards Sunset Valley. It was as if his life was a movie and he was watching it at the cinema with the camera panning overhead as the scenes unfolded. In his short life he had already experienced things most people wouldn't even dare to think of...

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    ..but those times were now gone, and this was the place were his new life would begin. Sunset Valley, a relaxed slow moving town on the southwestern edge in the biggest, most powerful nation on the planet.. When he came to himself, his eyes moved back and forth staring out the window, trying to absorb as much as he could about this new place...

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    "What's this building? What does that building do? Where is the school? Where is your house, auntie? How far is it?" Questions were plentiful, and Amena patiently answered them one by one as the car turned to the right and drove up the hill past the old mental hospital on the left and towards The New Town area where she lived..

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    "This is where I live, this is my street" she said as the taxi turned left between the small "Only Fitness" gym and the New Town Library. "My house is the last one on the left side of the road.. It's not much, but I'll start looking for a bigger place come next year..."

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    Once inside, George immediately sat down to do his last bit of homework. School was important to him, and he wanted to give a good impression to the teachers at his new school in Sunset Valley, so he certainly couldn't show up on his first day of school here with unfinished homework!

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    Amena wanted to socialize and decided to call over some of her friends for a small get together. Had she known any kids, she would have invited them over for George to have someone to hang out with, but as it were, all her friends were well into the adult years...

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    "I have to serve the guests something" she thought as she went to her kitchen to prepare an autumn salad... "People eat enough junk food as is, and I believe its vital to stay fit and healthy. I'm sure they'll understand and appreciate this...."

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    Iliana Langerak and Bebe Hart-Bunch showed up first. Iliana came empty handed, and Bebe had brought her spicy hot soup.

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    VJ Alvi and Leighton Sekemoto showed up a little later. Iliana expressed her admiration of the police force in solving such a difficult case as they did, and getting the criminals behind bars. Leighton for some reason was of a different opinion, booing at her as he went towards the kitchen to taste her autumn salad...

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    VJ sat down in the sofa, and quickly wanted to teach George about the importance of being strong, fit and a fast runner.. VJ was one of the first to make friends with Amena as she came to Sunset Valley, and even though he is a criminal and she could put him in jail anytime, she has still maintained close contact with him. Part of her feels for him as she knows he struggled with his mom leaving at an early age, and hopes to one day persuade him to change course in his life..or else...

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    Bebe Hart-Bunch also knows a thing or two about having a troubled childhood, something which she eventually ended up covering extensively in her autobiography "My insane parents, Gus and Dorie", published after their passing of course, to avoid any lawsuits that would no doubt follow... Like George, she had an interest in writing from an early age, so they quickly found common ground as she encouraged him to practice and hone his writing skills.

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    A dual exchange of flowers as Bebe appears to fancy the much younger VJ*, and Leighton wants to leave a good impression with Amena, in spite of having some issues with something she has done in the past..
    *technically VJ should also have been an elder by now, but he is one of the few sims that I overlooked when I played with aging off and forgot to age up properly..

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    Whatever is happening between Amena and Leighton is either only in the beginning stage or not particularly serious, because as Amena tries to give him a romantic hug, he backs off, though their relationship doesn't suffer from it.

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    Amena goes to peer through the window for a while. She can see the prison from her home, and does a cheer when she thinks about the ones locked up in there... Prison is where they belong, and though she had no say in what happened at the trial, she was always a strong advocate for them having the strictest punishment possible.. Of course, it wasn't known from the start, or she might have been relieved from the case, but she was also personally involved in it, too...

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    She is not the least bit shy about her joy of locking bad guys up...

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    And having George safely with her in the household should bring even more joy, as she walks over to him to make funny faces. She has confided most everything in Iliana, her closest friend, and she is now as well very happy for both Amena and George.

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    "That soup Bebe brought was really spicy, I need water! Lots of it and quick!"

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    After everyone had eaten atleast two full meals each, it was time to sit down and watch tv, to Bebes great annoyance, seeing as how she is a proud member of the Sunset Valley Luddite society and generally holds the belief that watching tv numbs and dumbs the mind.. "A stupid kind of forcefed entertainment... what happened to reading books?"

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    Bebe had no interest in sticking around as everyone gathered around the idiot box, so she thanks Amena for inviting her over and says she had a good time, though, before she heads out the door as the first one to leave for the night.

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    Amena is now in the kitchen cleaning up the dishes, when George has caught on to VJ being a criminal and clearly shows his disapproval..

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    George then sits down to watch the kids channel, and Leighton tries to block his view by giving flowers to Iliana...


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    VJ for once has a point that it's rude of them to do so when people are trying to watch tv, but they don't seem to care much. ;)

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    Iliana shouts a few mild obsceneties (there are kids present so she holds back..) at VJ telling him to mind his own business, before she heads home.. It was getting late and VJ and Leighton also said it was time to go home, and Amena decided to practice her cooking skills by making a mac and cheese.

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    Both her and Georges belly were already full, so it wasn't because they needed to eat..

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    She left the mac and cheese out on the bench to turn bad during the night, before George went up to her and told her a funny story about the one time he caught a jellyfish with his bare hands....supposedly. ;)

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    Then its bedtime and Amena offers to read him a bedtime story from the level 1 handiness book. She is ambitious not only on her behalf, but also on behalf of George, and if she can teach him some skills through storytelling, then why not? George appears to be entertained by this fascinating story about the hammer that wanted to upgrade the toilet before falling asleep...

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    Nighty night. ;)

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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2022
    Chapter 17.2 – Lake Onebega – December 2022 – Supernatural Art: part I.

    As the seasons change and the year moves on, it's time to head to the mountains for our sims at university...

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    Inges notes:

    Since I went to bed so early yesterday, I woke up fully rested in the middle of the night. I don't think to many would be up at this hour, and I was feeling lucky, so I wanted to go to the Findeisen laundromat to have a go at making a wall painting.

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    But as I walked around the corner to the area in the back and saw the sign on the wall, well..

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    ..who knows, the camera might not have been on, or maybe it was just a sign, because I didn't see the camera anywhere, but I wasn't willing to make that gamble.. I wasn't feeling that lucky..

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    ..so I ran over to the wall behind the grocery store instead. It was already a popular, and somewhat legal, graffiti wall. A little boring, but it was my safest bet...

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    I was very pleased with my little painting as I went home and back to bed before Oliver Freddy woke up, so that he wouldn't even notice I had been out..

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    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    When I woke up Inge was still sleeping, even though she probably went to bed a lot earlier than me yesterday. She must have been really tired to sleep this much! Well, anyway, our exams are coming up soon, so I went downstairs to reread my book for the supernatural phenomena course.

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    An interesting, but heavily disputed course. I'm not sure what to believe, and the books really doesn't conclude that the supernatural exists, as there is a great lack of evidence that would pass the rigorous filters of science. My favourite chapter from this book is chapter 12, "The theory of the coloured doors", which in short says that the supernaturals live in their own dimensions and the only way to reach them is to go through doors of different colours, but as always, evidence is sparse, and nobody appears to know how to reach these doors yet.. It would appear that just getting to such a door, much less passing through it, would require tremendous amounts of energy, something which only the most powerful of the supernaturals can posess.... The book speculates that one would have to be a Supreme Angel or Demon to be able to pass through any of these doors at will... its fascinating, but also a little scary...

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    An old picture of Oliver Freddys grandmother as an adult, in an argument with something unseen.
    This picture is a screenshot from an early video I made. In the early days (before I knew about this forum..) I didn't think of sharing anything about them, so recording videos of my sims was my preferred way of capturing them, as opposed to taking screenshots. The soundtrack thing is because I added music to the video, because it took me a while to figure out that the default setting in the game was to record videos without sound, and I didn't want a silent video.. (and because the video is uploaded to youtube... somewhere.. :P )

    I'm sure grandma would have an idea or two here, she has sometimes said that demons come to her and that she can have conversations with them.. and sure enough, sometimes I feel like something is there and wants to talk to me as well. I try to talk to it, but so far it has been to vague and "far away" for me to understand any of what it supposedly says... I have heard mom talk to someone too sometimes when she's in the bathroom, usually shouting to be left alone, but whenever I ask her about it, she gets that serious look on her face and says she was just on the phone with someone..

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    Well, anyway, after reading, it was time to run off to my lecture for today, where we would deal with more earthly matters and rehearse the bones of the human skeleton..

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    I wonder if these angels or demons also have bones like us, or if there is any difference? Well, they can't be excactly the same, because supposedly they have wings and can fly, so there's gonna have to be some extra bones and joints there somehow..
    I have to find the path to where it all begins....

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    Inges notes:
    ...to teach the world my supernatural art.
    When I woke up again I thought it was time to do some tidying up.. People are so sloppy around here, leaving their clothes all over the place... then I sat down to watch the cooking channel in our room for a while.

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    Oh, I have always enjoyed the cooking channel, and I want to be the best cook I can be, no more beign a loser, no more burnt waffles! So afraid of what you might think....
    Its going to help me with the exam to, because cooking fine cuisine is an artform to, according to some..

    Narrators notes:
    Yeah, just now I noticed that having an art student watch tv actually increases their academic score.. in additon to bettering the cooking skill, learning new recipies and increasing the fun motive..win, win, win. This is perfect for Inge being a couch potato and an art student. ;)

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    Inges notes:
    They did something new on the cooking channel today, they put mushrooms in an omelette, and it looked so good! Why haven't I thought of that before? I wonder what more I could put in an omelette? I wanted to keep watching, but I had to get up from the couch to go to my lecture. I didn't mind, though. It looked like such a fine day. I still love it when the ground gets frosty, it looks so pretty! It shouldn't be to long before it starts snowing now, maybe!

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    Our lecture today was a drawing lecture. We always have one of those shortly before our exam, in a way as a final test before the.. uh, final test, where we are supposed to make a drawing from scratch , of course, that will be evaluated (and count towards the final score) at the end of the lecture. I really wanted to make the most perfect drawing so far, so I actually went 15 minutes over time. My professor got a little grumpy, but she really liked my drawing though!

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    After I came home from my lecture, I went to the garbage container outside to see if I found something interesting. Mom would always say this when I was younger, that a lot of treasure was found in other peoples trash, and that it's what put food on our table, so as a kid, I started looking through peoples garbage, too. It wasn't until later I understood that what she really meant, was digging for things to write articles about for her job at "The Sunset Valley Gazette".. but the habit has since stuck with me anyway. Who knows, maybe one day I'll find a golden lottery ticket?

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    When I was done with my little treasure hunt (I didn't find anything more interesting than a moth...) I heard the fire alarm, so I ran to the kitchen to see what was going on, and sure enough, as I expected, some 🐸🐸🐸🐸 had left his food on the stove again... That maid that I hired is sure worth his money, as he was right on the spot to put it out as I came in the door.

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    I was hungry, so I decided to make a salad for myself. I though it best now to make something that didn't require cooking. Not that I think I would forget my food, I'm not that absent minded, but still. Of course the fire fighter, as usual, didn't show up until after the fire had been put out, and then he was mad at me for being careless, even though I had nothing to do with it.

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    I wanted to get better at gardening, as that is also part of the curriculum, so I went to the library to read a book. Well there's another thing mom didn't talk much about..the downside of going through the trash, of course, is that it leaves you with nausea.. after all, the smell is quite sickening, so I had to make use of the toilet for a while, before I could get to reading...

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    Inges notes:
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    After the lecture was over and I had showed my drawing to the professor, I went home to find some salad on the kitchen bench. When someone leaves their food out like that, it's free for all, so I decided to grab a plate. It was very quiet in our dorm, as usual, everyone was out and about, so I went upstairs to our room to continue my painting of the lake.

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    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    I got a phone call from Cora Sidwell, she was holding a bonfire party. I thanked her for the invitation, but I had to turn her down, celebrity or not, as my exam is tomorrow, and I don't want to do any partying before then!

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    Well, that and I wanted to do a little more research on some of the samples I have to get more scientific data to see if I could find a correlation between them, so I ran over to the Student Union again.

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    That turned out really well, and I was happy to have made yet another scientific discovery. The professors at the institute should be thrilled at my findings!

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    I was super excited, so I ran over to the Science institute as fast as I could, but it turns out they didn't share my excitement. They gave me 21 simoleons, which is a fair sum, perhaps especially since they said my data didn't have any relevance.

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    It was getting late and a little chilly out, but I want to get an A very badly on this exam, so I sat down on a bench outside to re-read the book again.

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    Narrators notes:
    As opposed to going home where there is warmth and light to do the same? :P

    Inges notes:

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    After painting for a while, I went downstairs to watch the cooking channel just a little bit more, when Skip Taylor came and asked me how my day had been. I could tell from the way he looked at me that he was starting to have interest in me as a little more than just a friend.

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    I didn't want to lead him on, nor did I want to let him down, so I thought it was a good idea to do a university slogan cheer with him. He was very happy about that, and wanted to do it again, so we ended up doing the cheer twice, before I began ignoring him to continue watching tv.

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    I just hope he won't begin to stalk me now, I already have a boyfriend! And he should know...

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    Once it got dark, I wanted to do another wall painting, but I didn't want to go to far this time, so I walked outside and went just around the corner...

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    This spot should do. I wonder if anyone will begin to recognize my signature and know that it was me who made it? Part of me is beginning to hope so, because I think they are just getting better and better with each try!

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    I walked inside again to continue watching tv and found Jonathan Dirk sitting there. Unlike Skip, this guy is actually hot, even though he sometimes says the most stupid and annoying things..
    I must admit, I got a little silly there. I wanted to impress him, so I started talking about my plans of being a best-selling author illustrating my own books..

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    I am a little ashamed of this, because I was even hoping that he would lean in for a kiss, maybe just a small one.. on the cheek.. but he didn't... oh, what am I thinking...

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    I had to get away from him before I said or did something I would probably later regret, so I went upstairs and began scrubbing the showers in the bathroom... and then I retreated to mine and Oliver Freddys room to continue watching tv.. Noone usually disturbs me in there...

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    After I had read through the book for the second time today, I was seriously getting tired, so laying down on the bench right there for a nap seemed very tempting, but I knew that wasn't a very good idea, so of course, I went home instead.

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    When I came home Inge was in our room watching tv, so immediately turned it off and said it was bedtime. I was expecting her to get a little angry, but she didn't say a word, so I just went to bed.

    Inges notes:

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    Oliver Freddy finally came home, and I guess he must have been really tired, because he just turned off the tv and said we had to go to bed! I had watched the cooking channel for several hours already that day, so... he was probably right, and I was getting really tired, too.

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    He has his quirks, but he's such a sweet man, and I still know that we are going to get married and get a real place of our own once we have our degrees. I think.. oh, well, his mother is a little strange and I'm not sure if she likes me and my paintings, but... eh, I guess.. that can be sorted out... maybe..

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    Narrators notes:

    Yeah, lets hope so.... good night. ;)
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    edited April 2022
    PS: This is university life, so there's gonna be the odd naked sim or two.

    Chapter 17.2 – Lake Onebega – December 2022 – Supernatural Art: part II.
    The other side of the platinum door
    Another day in quicksand
    Still feel close to nowhere
    I hope this is the right way

    In Flames – Another Day in Quicksand

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    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Today was the day of our exams and as I woke up I was actually feeling pretty relaxed about it for once. I suppose it could be because I have been through the process a few times already, and because I am pretty well prepared. Both me and Inge received a letter earlier this month from the principals office – he's keeping a list, and we're on it! And it's not the naughty list, we have both been very good all year! Mom is going to be so proud – again! This is of course only between you and me, I don't want to be called a mama's boy, but my mom is, well, next to my girlfriend of course, the most important person in my life.. I really admire my mom and how she alone raised me and my brother and became the Chess Champion of Simbria. She's almost at the top of her journalist career, too. My mom is an amazing woman! Well, my dad is cool, too, but I see less of him, because he has his own family now, and is a very busy man being both a Leader of the Free World and running the prison in town...

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    Inges notes:
    It was very chill at first this morning, even if we both had our exams this day, as we down to eat some left over hot dogs for breakfast. Oliver Freddy was curious about how I could get such a good academic score, because he hardly saw me read anything from my books.

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    Oh, silly! He's all caught up in his science stuff, but art is learned through practice and experience! A true artist has to produce something tangible, something that can be shown to the world – just like a chef cooks a meal to be smelled, tasted and, well, eventually eaten. "You should get your nose out of your books and look at the real world sometimes!"

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    Oliver Freddy:
    I got a little agitated during breakfast this morning.. Inge shouldn't be the one to talk about not focusing on the real world and being nose down in a book, with all her babbling about those paintings and being an author... I mean, she is the one making up things, I do in fact study the real world! But I can't just go out and experience everything myself – all the knowledge already uncovered by others - so books are necessary to get a grasp of it all! And it's not like I'm not doing experiments, too! "Where were you during all those hours I spent collecting and doing research on samples at the Student Union, huh!?"

    How come you see me as an enemy?
    We just think in different words

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    Inges notes:
    Wow! I didn't mean for him to get so mad.. We ended up having a little discussion there, lets just say.. without getting to deep, I suppose at the end of the day we are both observers and learners about the real world.. He does his science things, measuring the building blocks of our world precisely down the nth degree, and I do my art – and through art I'm telling stories of the real world, too – but where he appeals only to the brain, I can appeal to both the heart and the brain. Us sims have always been interested in art – and science – it is our means of understanding and making sense of the world around us, sometimes through factual and detailed descriptions – other times through simply telling a story or painting a picture. We managed to settle our disputes and realize that we were both doing important things, in each our way, and I think that's the beauty of it. Sure, we might have been a cute couple of we were both a pair of science geeks in our lab coats, but... I prefer a different approach to life than that..

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    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Inge is a smart girl, and I suppose she does have a point. There's more to life than just the building blocks that everything is made of, and to understand our world as a whole, we need people like me, that examine the basis that forms our world, and we need people like her, to express the simian side of things. And sometimes you just need to enjoy a hot dog for breakfast.

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    After breakfast it was back to the skeleton again for me, counting them dry bones.. Well, its interesting though, that so far I have been very focused on the end result, getting a good grade.. but what if I stop thinking about that for a while, and just try to understand things simply for the sake of understanding? Couldn't that yield the same result? Possibly, so maybe it isn't always useful to continuously measure and keep excact tabs on everything? I still think I should recount these bones once more, just to make sure...

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    Inges notes:
    I see beauty in dead flowers
    I let the tide show me what`s next
    But all you do is fade away

    I almost got to finish my painting before I had to go to my exam. This is what the lake looks like in summer to me, when the weather is fair and people are out sailing, swimming or fishing. There is a beauty to every season and to every aspect of life, too. I don't know which part is my favourite, but there was still some days of summer left when I started painting this picture, so... I got this image in my head, and I just wanted to get it down on a canvas. It really isn't to much of a deeper meaning behind this one. It's going to be a very simple picture, capturing my mental state during the days of summer... and that's pretty much it..

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    I'm not sure why people had decided to make snowmen and snow angels right in front of the door to our exam location, but I still walked my way around them because I didn't want to destroy their works.. who knows, that might have been art to some!

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    Alright, this is it, wish me luck!

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    With Inge at her exam I decided to clean up some clothes around the dorm, I don't know what the others have been up to lately, but they seem to just pile up everywhere.. and just as I had dropped them into the clothes hamper, I could hear that faint mumbling again. This time it sounded like it came from the picture on the wall.. I tried to focus, to hear if I could make out some words, but it was just impossible. The mumbling gradually got louder to the point where it sounded like someone was talking, but it was still very muffled, as if whoever it was were talking with their face down in a pillow.

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    I asked it if it could perhaps talk a little more clearly, because I couldn't understand anything, and then the voice from the painting got a more angry tone, but I still couldn't really understand a word. I only got the impression that it was now yelling at me for not listening enough.

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    I shouted back at it, trying to tell it to not yell at me, I was only doing my best. There appears to be something in the way, blocking the path – or whatever I should call it – to whatever is behind there? I still have no idea what this is or why it tries to talk to me, or even if it is anything at all or if its just my own mind playing tricks on me... then the sound became lower again, and moved across the room to the Murphys Bed..

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    I walked over and opened the bed to see if anything was behind it, but there was nothing there, and then the mumbling stopped.. This really had me thinking. I wanted to reach out to it, so I went downstairs and tried to reach it through my megaphone. I have no idea if that would help, but I had to give it a shot..

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    "Who are you!? Are you an angel or a fairy!? Why do you speak to me, what do you want!?" I shouted, but I got no answer at all now, only silence.

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    "Are you a ghost? Do you come from the dead? Why can't you show yourself!?", but I got no response from anything, so I gave up. Maybe it's just nothing...

    Inges notes:

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    Textbox: Inge Reppe passed with flying colours in "A taste of graffiti 102".

    I had a really good feeling when my exam was done. My painting and graffiti practice had definately paid off – even watching the cooking channel was helpful – as on one of the questions I nearly wrote an entire essay about portraying food as a street art!

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    I'm not usually much of a dancer, but after that strange experience I just had to and dance for a while to releive some of that stress so that I could remain calm and focused on my exam! Even though my exam was about the supernatural, these experiences didn't teach me anything useful or something that I could make sense of, so I thought it best to try and forget about them for a while..

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    Inges notes:

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    I tried to sit down and watch the cooking channel again after I came back home from my exam, but it just didn't feel fulfilling anymore and I felt like I could need to sleep, so I had to take a nap in the bed for a while.

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    Textbox: Oliver Freddy Motorsen excelled in "Abstract Theory of Supernatural Phenomena 101".
    (Just for “fun” I used Google translate to translate the textboxes and it translated them a little differently. :P)

    I think my exam went really good, I think I even answered the open trick questions near the end about whether the supernatural can inhabit dead things or not near the end “correctly”. If I'm failing this exam, there must be something supernatural at play! That's just not possible! I hope...

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    Then just as I got home, I got a phone call from Jennifer Rockefeller. She said she was hosting the most amazing bonfire party! Oh, I remember her, she was that insane girl that did nothing but streak at my last party here.. I was a little hesitant about joining her party, so I called up a few other of my friends to hear if they had heard about it, or if they were going too.. turns out they had just been to her house, and it was all dead, there was no party going on..

    Narrators notes:
    How surprising! An unreliable party host.. heh, so what is this Jennifer doing then? I'll go to the univerisity administration center to ask if they have seen her wereabouts. The employee behind the desk says she was just recently seen nearby, when the janitor walks up to me and tells me he just found a pile of clothes outside with a student id in them. He hands the clothes to the person behind the desk, and he tells me that the student id reads “Jennifer Rockefeller”.. Right, she just dumped her clothes outside.. so she's probably running around naked somewhere, and sure enough, as I walk out of the building I am met by this coming at me, laughing and waving her arms around..

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    That's Jennifer Rockefeller, alright. Does she ever do anything but run around in the nude? Seriously, I'm sure 90% of the time she shows up, she's naked.. I don't even know what her outfits look like... This girl must have some issues.. If she were a main character, I'd probably look into it and figure it out, I'm sure she has her reasons, but as is, she is just a side character here for comedic value or whatever her purpose is... maybe some of you can look into it and pick up that ball if she behaves the same way in your game. :P

    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Well, since there wasn't going to be any party, I walked back to our room upstairs to see if Inge was there, and found her sleeping on the bed, and that's when it tried to contact me again..

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    I told it to keep quiet, because my girlfriend was sleeping, and surprisingly it listened, I think.. I mean, you can never know with these things..

    Inges notes:

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    I woke up from my slumber with Oliver Freddy in the room, and I heard him talking to someone. I got up and asked him who he was talking to, but he said he was just thinking out loud. He said he was feeling hungry, and thought we should go to “The Grotto” to hang out for a drink and a meal. I told him that I would be happy to go, of course, and that it was a date. ;)

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    It's embarrassing, I try to not get these emotional reactions, but sometimes I just need a little time out. There wasn't really anything wrong, I was just happy to have finished yet another semester, and to go on a date with Oliver. I have always been very sensitive, and sometimes the tears just get the better off me. I don't know if Oliver perfectly understands, but he always waits patiently for me whenever I need to.

    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    I'm not to impressed by the service at “The Grotto”, the barista seemed to be completely in his own world. I had to ask him twice just for a cup of coffee, and when I came back a second time to get a small meal, he simply walked away as if I wasn't even there!

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    Inge: You know, how about we find somewhere else to go? This place stinks... literally, and the service is awful. I ordered a cupcake, but he gave me a donut!

    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Inge agreed with me, and it was no wonder.. the place really smelled, almost as bad as the dumpster outside our dorm... disgusting! I think Inge wanted to play pool, or maybe she just wanted to get away from the rotten food, because as I was doing my best to finish my soggy bagel, she walked into the next room and towards the pool table.

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    I wonder why they call it pool table.. A pool to me is something different, and looking at Inge.. that's when I got the idea to go skinny dipping.. I know this sounds super corny, but she is like a song to me, I love the way she laughs, the way she talks, even when we have our little disputes or when she snores or talks rubbish in her sleep...

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    She said that if she was a song, I was a movie, before she grabbed onto my hands. I'm not really sure excactly what she meant by that, but I suppose it means I am important to her.

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    So I just told her straight up what I was thinking, that pool tables reminded me of the swimming pool, and that we should go there for a swim!

    Inges notes:
    When I said he was like a movie to me, I meant it in the best possible way! We have been together since high school, and I still remember the first time I noticed him on the school bus and our first date.. I would sometimes get ridiculed by the other kids for being a loser, but he never ridiculed me like they did. I was afraid to approach him for a long time, but I kept secretly eyeing him.. One day when they had stolen my lunch as usual, he came up to me and shared his with me. I must have been so awkward! I didn't say a word during the entire lunch, and as soon as I had finished eating, I went directly to the bathroom, even though I didn't need to go! Then I ignored him for a week, until I finally found the courage to send him a message asking him if we could meet on the hillside by the old mental hospital at night..

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    When I look back on it now, that was such an odd location, but I didn't want to hang out in a public place where others could see us and were we would probably get ridiculed... The woes of being young, well, it's a little funny now to think back on...

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    While we were holding hands, he brought me back to present day by saying that the pool tables made him think about the swimming pool, and that we should go there! Haha, I love his randomness, and I'm sure the swimming pool would be better than this dump, so let's go!

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    We sat down by one of the tables, and I told him I remembered our first date back then, and how exciting it was to be out past our curfew and risk getting arrested!
    “Oh yeah, I remember that” he said. “Honestly, I thought it was weird at first, and I considered standing you up, but as mom was out late that night looking for clues for her next article I sought the opportunity to sneak out anyway.. you picked a good spot though. No way would the police come looking for us up there!”

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    “Should we try to get arrested again?” he asked. Now what was he thinking!? “I mean, we are right next to the pool... lets go skinny dipping!” he continued.

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    Well, if were gonna do that, I was gonna paint a nude painting of him later!

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    “Oh, I'm sure that can be fixed! Let's go!”
    Well, that's what he said but, and I guess I should have noticed that hint of anxiety in his face then, because.. as soon as he got ready to jump in, he changed to his formal wear!

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    He still hasn't learned.. he is a movie alright, one that would probably take me a lifetime to understand fully.. I have had my conversations with him about this before, what outfits are right and approriate for each situation, but he still isn't getting it..

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    “Olli, seriously... you're supposed to get naked! That's the whole point of skinny dipping! You have to take your clothes off!”

    Oliver Freddys notes:
    I instantly regretted my suggestion to go skinny dipping once I had gotten into the water. I was so caught up with the idea of doing something raunchy, I had completely forgotten how nervous swimming makes me.. I was always behind everyone in class when we had swimming lessons at school, and eventually I began skipping them. I remember the day when I got a letter home from school because of it. I thought mom would get mad and ground me, but actually, she didn't say anything at all. Later, I was taken out of swim class and got my own private lessons alone, and eventually I learnt how to swim. Well, somewhat. I have never really liked it, though, and I would usually avoid as much as possible..

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    Inge: Olli, is this what you call skinny dipping? You have to take your clothes off!
    Oliver Freddy: I don't like this.. I want to get up...

    Inges notes:
    A little sigh from me.. I know I probably should have felt bad for him then and there, the water clearly made him very nervous, but at the same time I was annoyed, because it was his suggestion in the first place! I got naked in the pool for him, and once he was in, fully clothed, all he wanted to do was get up and go home!

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    Oliver Freddys notes:

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    I felt bad about it all once I got in the car and drove home, how I had tricked her and said we would go skinny dipping, yet I didn't.. and then I just got up and ran away like a coward.. but right then and there, I just wanted to get out of there and go home.. I think I'm gonna have to give her an apology tomorrow...

    Inges notes:

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    I stayed behind swimming for a few rounds after he left, before I got bored of it and went to shower off the chlorine.

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    I was ready for more that night, and didn't want to go home straight away, so I sat down on one of the chairs for a while.. as if I was hoping that some magic would happen. Well, of course it didn't. Nobody goes to the swimming pool in the middle of the night! Except for us fools maybe... I'm surprised actually, that it was still open...

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    So there wasn't much else to do, but go back home, get some sleep and wait for the exam results tomorrow..

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    My Olli was, as I expected, sleeping safe and sound in our bed.. I think he's going to have to do something about his fear of water, I'm sure there is help to find.. I think I should talk to him about it, though I'm not sure how much it would help, if its going to go the same way as it does with the outfits thing..

    Narrators notes:

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    I am, of course, happy that they have done so well on their studies, I don't really think there will be much of a surprise what their exam results will be, but still, it looks like not everything is all apples and sunshine for them.. Hmm, I hope it won't be to much of a burden on their relationship, and that they can sort it out somehow.. oh, well... next update they will go home to celebrate christmas with their family, I hope that will be good for them... good night...
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  • SprottenhamSprottenham Posts: 1,140 Member
    Chapter 17.3 – Lake Onebega/Sunset Valley - December 2022 – part I: A clean ending.

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    Oliver Freddys notes:
    As usual we were both anxious about our exam results, I mean, you never know. I know about instances where students thought they did really good, but only got a mediocre result at the end of the semester. So though I was hoping for the best, a part of me also feared for the worst.. That grade paper is always nerve wrecking to open!

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    Inges notes:
    As I opened my envelope with the exam results, I could already hear Olivers cheer from the other side of our bed, so atleast one of us did good. Well, I had a good feeling about it too, I was pretty sure.. I felt like I had surpassed myself this semester, and I was just so lucky to even get to use what I learnt from the cooking channel on our exam! I still kept my expectations low to take the worst sting of the disappointment in case things didn't go as well...

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    ..but my worst fears proved once again to be wrong, I really did surpass myself this semester! For the first time ever, I actually got an A on something! World, I'm telling you, I'm not a loser! This christmas was going to be good, for sure!

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    I was so happy about our results, I just had to give my Olli a big smooch! Right then and there I felt like we could conquer the world with our combined efforts of art and science! I haven't felt this confident since...well actually, I have never felt this confident, period!

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    Before going back home to our families to celebrate christmas, I had to finish my summer painting. I'm not sure what Oliver Freddy was up to, but I could hear him tinkering with the stereo out in the halllway..

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    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Even though we had both done really great and the holidays was soon upon us, there was no time to rest on our laurels! Inge immediately went to finish her painting, and I didn't want to be any worse, so I thought I would have a look at that stereo just outside our room. If I was going to figure out how to crossbreed robots and creatures, I would have to start somewhere.. so I decided to open it first, to see how it worked from the inside, and possibly look for ways to improve it..

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    Inges notes:
    I finished my painting with good margin before going home, and I estimated it to have a value of 259 simoleons, but I didn't want to sell it. I named it "Lakeside summer 2022" for now, and decided to hang it on the wall to keep it as a memory. After all, I'm not really in it for the money....

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    Then I thought it was time to kill a little bit of time to do some cleaning. As I walked around collecting clothes, I had to stop by another picture in Jonathan and Yukis room.. its use of colours, and it's composition was nothing special to me, and it was just a cheap replica anyway, but I still got a feeling there was something odd about that painting... I just couldn't pinpoint what it was... it gave me a strange and slightly uncomfortable feeling..

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    Anyway, I picked up the remaining clothes and headed over to the Findeisen laundromat to do the cleaning. For some reason, we have a tumble drier at our dorm, but no washing machine...

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    I don't know who bought the tumble drier, but for me both a tumble drier and a washing machine is competely uneccessary to have, when there is a laundromat just nearby! I think its better for the environment too, to not have machines like that in every home and household when it isn't absolutely neccessary!

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    As I was doing the laundry, the date I had with Olli just yesterday kept creeping into my mind. It certainly didn't go as I had hoped! Well, I was able to give it some thought, and though I was never mad, just disappointed, I was able to forgive him. I want to give it another shot, but maybe next time we should go somewhere other than the swimming pool..

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    While I was waiting for the laundry machine to finish, this guy called Ronnie Blackstone came over and introduced himself to me, and asked me to go outside to throw some frisbee. Didn't sound like the best idea to go out in the cold, I told him, as his clothes were dripping wet as he had been silly enough to put them on straight from the washing machine.. A clear sign that he is a freshman on his first time away from home! Well, anyway, we did have an interesting conversation about the use of art in arcade games.. until he tried to hug me, which I didn't want at all!

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    Things got a little sour then as I told him to lay it off and that I should probably get my laundry, because I could here the laundry machine beeping in the back...

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    I did what one is supposed to do, to put the laundy into the tumble drier, before sitting down on the couch to read a book called "Magnetic Attraction" and keeping my distance from Ronnie as I waited for the clothes to dry.. I wasn't feeling any magnetism there.. about him that is. The book was interesting enough.

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    As I left the laundromat, the sun had already begun to set, and coloured everything in a pinkish orange hue. There was definately a beauty to every season, and I immediately knew I had to start painting these colours! I did my best to capture the image in my mind and I couldn't wait to use the brush again to get it out on canvas!

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    Oliver Freddys notes:
    Shortly before leaving, I got a party invitation from Debbie Richards. She wanted to throw a party, not so covertly implying that it was to celebrate that she had just paired up with Brendan Kavanaugh and that she finally wasn't living alone since the passing of her husband.. I was happy for her, but unfortunately, I had to turn the invitation down, because we were just leaving to go back for christmas this evening!

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    After I finished packing my suitcase and Inge was upstairs painting, there wasn't much for me to do, but try to kill some time by riling up people on various internet forums. I love reading their replies and watching them get their panties in a bunch... Sometimes I can't believe they take what I say literally, because to me its just so far out!

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    Inges notes:

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    I actually got pretty far on my painting, before the car honked outside and it was time for us to leave, much farther than I expected, which is good. That's going to make it easier for me to continue when we get back after christmas.

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    When it was time, everyone had as usual gathered outside to watch us off., but the enthusiasm was varied. Skip made sure to stand with his back against me the whole time. I suspect he was only dragged out by the others, as he didn't want to face me at all.... I suppose he was still offended after I had turned down his advances for romance earlier... and Jonathan found it best to keep a safe distance now that Oliver was around...

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    The only ones waving us off was Ayana and Daniel, but anyway, I made sure to say goodbye to them all, as best as I could, before the driver became impatient and we had to get in...

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    Bye bye again university! It's been another great semester, see you again next year!
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    Sub blogs: #01 Sunset Valley. #02: Lake Onebega #03: Sprottenham #04: Bewickton
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