Welcome back dear readers! I’ve had this update ready for awhile, but I wanted to post it today. As of today, I am now a High School Graduate! Yeeeey! I’m so happy right now, heh heh. Also, this is the first post that all of the pictures were taken on HERA, the computer I got back in February, so yay, almost caught up. All of the pictures in the update, and from now on are going to be .pngs, as well.
Last we left off, Othello decided that his youngest daughter, Dorothy, was the heir for The Crane Family, Generation Four. This caused him to fight with his wife, Charity, the Generation Three heiress, who had decided upon her eldest son, Dorian to become heir. The decision was made however, Dorothy was the heiress. At SSU, Arnaud was seeing many different women at once, and loving it. Meanwhile, Athena And Cornelius shared an awkward kiss, and Arnaud opened up a Business- The Love Shack, a place where he met women, and took some of his current lovers as well. But will all the members of the family be able to keep up with their respective facades?
Charity got up quickly, preparing to bolt. She had known this was coming, they had been warned, but Othello never wanted to listen.
“Get up Othello! Get the hell up!”
Othello got up slowly, blinking at the harsh light. Sure they had received warnings, but that didn’t mean that they were real. Now he was getting up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason.
Seeing that Charity was already gone, he quickly began to run. As he left the room where 7 of his ten children had been conceived, he sighed wistfully. He didn’t want to leave. But they had to.
As the Cranes ran out, She stood in the main hallway menacingly, cracking her fingers. Why the hell were they taking so long?
Upon seeing the grand state the house was in, she smiled to herself. This was going to be fun.
She then walked into the Living room, seeing the abandoned pictures that were left on the walls. She just stared, not really knowing what to think about them.
The next day, Dorothy Crane walked away in a huff, angry as usual. She had come to visit her parents, and they had the nerve to not be there. Maybe they were avoiding her since she became heiress? “Whatever the reason”, Dorothy thought, “They’re going to be mad as hell when I ask them why they weren’t home.” Dorothy liked to think there would be hell to pay when she didn’t get what she wanted, but she usually just went and bugged Dorrigan about it.
Across the street that very same morning, Charity looked up at her new house solemnly. “This is it…?”
It was a very nice house. Othello and Cressida stared at her in wait, ready for her thoughts on the matter. Charity was a very vocal person, she would let anyone know if something was the matter.
“It’s a bit small, but I like it. It’s cozy.”
Charity then went up to Cressida.
“I know we’ve never really been close, Cress, but we’ve gone through some crazy things together.”
“Of that you are completely correct Mistress Charity. My Processing Sensor is telling me that you are indeed seeking some measure of affection because we have lived together for so long. It is my pleasure, Mistress Charity.”
The two women hugged, one of them may have been robotic, but they had forged a strong bond over the years, even after moving, their friendship had remained strong.
“Here’s hoping that this house may hold as many memories as the other one did.”
“I agree Mistress Charity. Hopefully the heiress will populate this house with the sound of children’s laughter as you did.”
“I certainly hope so. Speaking of population, there’s a present behind the house for you Cressida.”
Cressida’s interest certainly was piqued. She quickly left the Cranes to explore their new home while she went behind the house. Upon arriving, she saw a pristine new Greenhouse awaiting her.
“This is the most wonderful present I have ever received. If I had emotional sensors, I am most certain I would be performing the art of crying this very moment.”
Inside, the Cranes had finished exploring their new home and sat down on the couch.
“I don’t know Charity. I was so used to the old house- I always imagined that Dorothy would raise her kids there as well, and we’d see our grandchildren there , you know?”
“Yea, Othello. But we have to deal with what life throws us. We should just be happy we got this beautiful house to live in.”
“You’re right. How’d I get so lucky to marry such a smart woman?”
The two snuggled on the couch.
“I wasn’t so smart back then. But I think the smartest thing I’ve done is to become a Family Sim and marry you.”
“Aw, Charity.”
The two continued to snuggle for a while, enjoying one anothers company. Even if they had fought recently, they were strong. They got over it, like most couples. Their lives had once again changed, and they needed one another to adjust, the way it always had been.
Soon enough, Cressida had achieved another want of hers and obtained a Gold Gardening Badge. She was extremely proud of herself, and was now able to plant eggplants, and had obtained the skill of speaking to her plants, and making sure they were okay.
Upstairs, in their new bedroom, Charity and Othello had moved their snuggling from the couch to their bed.
“Well, it isn’t the bed where are kids were conceived or where we had so much… fun, but it will do…”
“Like I said, Othello, we can make our own memories…”
And indeed they did, the reigning Cranes also took their first joint nap in their new house.
That night, Supernatural members made their first appearance at The Chatham.
Some of them were even confused, as some might remember, Prof. Dylan was a Knowledge Sim, who apparently changed his mind during the move.
Other members appeared as well. Winnipeg drifted slowly throughout the house, surveying where her descendants were going to be staying. She thought about all the friends she had made and kept in her other house, and sighed wistfully. She just hoped her fresh granddaughter would know what she was doing.
And Xerxes made an appearance as well. Standing by the Greenhouse furiously, he wailed that his bed was missing. The ONE object he loved in his entire life, and it was GONE.
Over at SSU, things weren’t really any better. After their kiss, Cornelius had steadily and consistently avoided Athena. Which irked her to no end.
“Are you not going to talk to me, Cornelius?”
After finally getting him alone, Athena just stood there, waiting for him to talk. He remained turned around, praying she would just go away. The kiss was a mistake, he DID like her, but her friendship was too important, he couldn’t lose her… Plus, he had another reason he didn’t want to get involved- he just didn’t want to tell her.
“Fine, Cornelius, I’ll go. Whatever.”
Cornelius felt his insides almost burn at the cruel way he rejected her, but he had no choice.
In Bluewater Village, Arnaud closed The Love Shack, a smug expression on his face. He had had the best three days of his entire life, and he couldn’t stop smiling.
When he arrived on Tuesday, he met Sable Spell. She wasn’t very forthcoming when he asked about her education status, apparently she had heard about his exploits.
Once he put on the Cool Shades, she was unable to resist. Arnaud always made sure to dispatch his lovers after he had used them, today was no different.
Afterwards, he met the most fascinating woman, named Sugar.
“I’ve never seen you before, are you from around here?”
“No, I’m not.”
She was very blunt, almost rude. Arnaud was intrigued by this strange woman, and continued to talk to her.
She left before long, so he had gone back upstairs to see Sable.
“Well, I know you’ll probably never call me again, but I don’t care.”
Arnaud just smiled.
He loved it when they knew what he was all about.
He did call *some* of them back. He was truly fascinated by vampiric women, he couldn’t get enough. They had a special something about them that he couldn’t help but be attracted to.
He and Brunhilde had even talked about his player ways, and as a Pleasure Sim, she didn’t mind. Not to mention she had been around for decades, she simply *couldn't* do long term relationships. He just smiled at the fact that she didn't care.
The next day, He and Gina, another new customer, quickly got down to business.
Afterwards, another strange woman came in, this one said her name was Pookie.
“Pookie?”
“Yeah, what’s it to you?”
He decided to leave her for later as well, he wanted to finish up with Gina.
And finish up he did.
As soon as he came out of the hot tub, Arnaud sat down to speak with Pookie.
“I’m actually working in Politics right now.Human-Alien relations are of the utmost importance, and we need to be mindful of the way we treat the Aliens."
Arnaud just couldn’t believe she was sitting like THAT.
The attention he was paying her was obvious on his face.
Before long, they were locked in an embrace- Arnaud had that effect on women, they resisted and resisted until he finally wore them down. Or they just threw themselves at him, either way, they all ended up in Arnaud's bed.
Like Barbara, a Romance Sim with little shame.
“So I heard you liked robots, and stuff. I do too. I mean, they are simply *fascinating.*”
Soon, she dropped all pretenses.
“So, is your rocket THIS big? I bet it is…”
Needless to say, Barbara soon found out exactly how big his rocket was.
That night, Brunhilde returned as well. She was apparently into very kinky things as well.
As always, Arnaud was up for anything.
After they woohoo’d, Arnaud even gave her a makeover. She was very happy to show him her gratitude.
Not all Romance Sims were as… experienced as he was, though, When he was recounting his freshness to Bridget of the night before, she was utterly confused. He ended up having to break it down for her, word by word.
But even with all his romancing and fresh ways, Arnaud didn’t forget his best friend. After trying, and failing, to seduce her before, he and Freya were now extremely close.
“So, once you live downtown, and you get immortality and all that jazz, what do you plan to do? You’re going to keep playing around with all 15 of these women?”
“I..uh..”
“Exactly, you didn’t even think about it. You might wanna reconsider your fresh ways Arnaud, you can’t keep them up forever. Well, you can, but you know what I mean.”
Arnaud nodded. He had a lot to think about when he got home.
At SSU, the two level headed siblings were talking things over. Dorian had noticed his sister was in a funk lately, and decided to talk to her about what was bothering her.
“So, I noticed you and Cornelius haven’t been going to class together lately. Oh wait, You and Cornelius are never in the same room together anymore. What’s going on Athena? I’m not blind, and I know something’s up, so spill.”
Athena sighed heavily.
“I may have done a tiny, very tiny bad thing.”
“What did you do?”
“I kissed Cornelius.”
“Why is that a problem? He’s had a crush on you since you arrived here.” Dorian may have been busy with his heir drama, and secret girlfriend, but he did notice everything nonetheless.
“I don’t know. We kissed, and he froze up. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
“Do you want me to talk to him?” Even though he wasn’t chosen to be heir in the end, he still felt a need to protect his siblings from everything and anything.
“That would be great. Just find out why he doesn’t want me anymore…”
Dorian nodded as he pulled her into a hug. He knew that under her tough girl facade, she was still that lost little orphan from SimCity. He believed that about all three of his adopted siblings, Arthur trying to hide who he truly was, Athena by being tough and commanding, and Arnaud, by seeking the love of all the women he could find.
So Dorian went out to find Cornelius.
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The two men sat down on the floor of the study, facing each other, neither of them saying anything.
“I know why we’re here. Listen, Dorian, you don’t understand…”
Dorian remained impassive.
“Okay, let’s hear this amazing explanation as to why you’re hurting my sister.”
“Well, I… it’s silly. I just.. I realized I’m going to have to grow up. And grow old. I was just scared of the thought, I mean, we townies want to grow , but at the same time, we’re still a bit scared of it, you know?”
Dorian laughed lightly, “So you hurt my sister for that silly reason? Dude, you were chosen by my mother as the Sim that would best fit in with the next generation, and you accepted, you knew you were going to have to grow up. All Placeholders do.”
Cornelius laughed, a loud bellow.
“I guess you’re right. I’m going to go find Athena. I can't believe I was stupid enough to let her get away."
Dorian hugged him, the two men had bonded over Cornelius’ silly fear.
“My sister loves you. So, make sure you don’t hurt her again, got it?”
Cornelius pulled away, smiled, and walked off.
Dorian sighed, and smiled. He loved happy endings.
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I know, this silly excuse for moving is ridiculous, but the main house kept crashing, and I NEEDED to get them out of there. So, I moved in a placeholder so that they wouldn't lose their possessions, and moved them down the street to The Chatham, by Bitsy. I love it, it's a great house. I'll post the house tour at my LJ soon enough.
And, the Arnaud part may have been a little disjointed, but eh. He really did seduce all those women in three days, even Pookie Darling (from It's a legacy, Darling, by Robin) couldn't resist his sexiness. And this is all before I got Freetime (I got Freetime in April), so he didn't even have "Sweet Talk" or the chemistry boost. He attracted them all with the help of Summer and Cool Shades. :P
That's all for now folks, thanks so much for reading, comments are welcome and appreciated! Have a nice day everyone! I'm going to go do some ~graduate~ stuff. :D
