Chapter 4.5: Pet and 5

Let’s start off with some random stuff from the family and around town.  I just want to get it out of the way.

Now that we got that crap out of the way…On with other things.

Back when we still didn’t have the pink diamond or the life fruit, Alani was slaving away at the inventing table while our Mad Scientist went around collecting crap for her.  He then ran across Asterix who was just standing staring at a wall rather creepily in the middle of nowhere.

They proceeded to get to know each other for several hours,  They were past acquaintances, but not yet friends when it was time to move on.

Asterix: So, like what kinda job you got?

I recently got promoted to Mad Scientist at the Science Facility.

Asterix: Wow, do you get to play with radioactive materials?

Not anymore.  I did that back when I was a Peon.  I deal in straight chemicals now.

Sometime in the future…..

Marie was (again) at Asterix’s house when someone died.  This time it was Minty

She even got a free ride home.  All the way next door

Grandpa Cris’ first visit.  Marie cried for Minty with him.

They didn’t say what Marie and Asterix could or couldn’t do while she was grounded.

Alani’s little queue informed me that she was headed towards him to flirt.  I quickly cancelled that and made her greet him.

Marie wished to give Asterix a gift.  She gave him a prized death flower.

To continue on with friendship building.  I had Nicholas teach Asterix to drive.

Alani and Marie never interact and after four attempts and Alani cancelling them all out, she finally agreed to teach Marie to drive.

Random pic of Marie and Asterix dancing.

Alani got invited to Pieta’s house for a party.  I think this person is a brother, cousin or nephew.

This is her nephew, Pieta’s oldest child.  Pieta later had a child with her stepfather, Fluffs    Well, it was after him and Court got divorced I think.

Finally getting potions made without killing herself.

The gnomes are drooling over the gem collections.

It took forever, but here is a pic of Dayna Vinson, Alani’s step-daughter.

First foal of Shooting Star

Someone snuck to the diner after work and is currently waiting for Asterix to catch up to her after hunting him down.

That was quick!  Eat quick before the cops get a hold of you.

Blossom:  I’ve always wanted to come in and see how the hoomins live.

Seraf is the only one brave enough to try this out.

Updated gem collection pic.  The gnomes were mighty ticked that I made them leave the area.

Random Marie moment.

One side

Other side of the one in line for heirdom.

Glitch central just hit.   Orion aging to elder 20 days early.

Seconds later.  Indigo aged to Elder something like 40 days early.

Seraf wants to give birth, but Nicholas had to run to the carpool, which left her alone.  Unicorns HATE not having a hoomin audience.

This is the You Name It portion of our update.

Meet the new heiress.

She has star exactly positioned like daddy’s.  Other than that we spent the day thinking she was boring.

Other than the horn, the nose and actually having uni traits, she isn’t anything special.

Not only iz I special, I iz cute too!   Mean hoomin!

Please ignore the fact that the back of the house refuses to render  LOL

Alani now has a robotic son.  I was informed that the household was to full….

and off he zoomed to join the world.

I want nachos!!

Male hoomin!  I said I want NACHOS!

Jill and Gussie came for a visit

Marie just acquired the moodlet manager from Mom and proceeded to “fix” Great-grandpa

The results were pleasing for once.

Mr. Mystery Gnome:  *tap tap tap*  Let this meeting come to order please! *quiet descends the land*  Okay, horse gnomes, get inside the house and block anything the hoomins like!  Dog gnomes, circle the dog dishes.  Make them SUFFER!  Inventor gnomes, the gems lads.  Steal the gems!    You all have your missions.  We will have our next meeting *looks around and whispers* after the one who watches us in creepy silence isn’t looking with the evil camera eye!

Hurry and go Lads…We cannot be found out!

Oblivious to all that is going on, Alani continues to work around the clock.

It was a good attempt.  Not sure where this stacks up in potion making, but we gave up when she still had two to go when Marie aged up.

Well according to this pic, this IS when Alani quits.

Seraf is trying her “hand” at being wall ass art.

Nicholas has been working all day on upgrading the SPRINKLERS!  Yay for running water!
Marie came running out to play.

Alani got some award or something for being a hero to the city.

Gave the chemistry table one last chance to kill her.

..and then past the torch off to Marie…(birthday party attempt #1)

Marriage attempt #1

Consummation attempt #1

Queue game crash here please, because that’s just how we like our games to go.   Repeat that 3 more times and that’s where we ended up before trying to build their new house.

My bad.  I totally forgot.  The You Name It portion is for our heiress, currently known in another update as Baby Star.  It was a Girl and it was a Friday.  I named her Girl Friday.  This is the one that has the stars on her inner legs hidden.  I’m thinking Hidden Star for a name, but if you have a better one (and you probably do) let me know.

Chapter 4

As I was not happy with the way the last chapter went, Marie takes over for most of this update.  I think my dismay over her looks was pathetic.  So, I played through most of her teenage years yesterday and last night and got to know her better. 

Well after that bomb of a birthday, I found it pretty hard to keep a happy face.

I grabbed my cake since it is a rare commodity around here.  I then realized that I could do new things now that I couldn’t yesterday.

I finally get to play the piano I got for being a celebrity.

I even went to the brand new movie studio and got a part-time job after school.  Dad says as long as I keep my grades up and work hard, I can keep it.  Poor Mom is back at the inventing table.  She keeps muttering that earning 25k simoleans with her inventions is an impossible task.  Dad is a newly crowned mad scientist and with his elder birthday fast approaching, I know he was relieved.  That’s basically how we spend our days.  I go to school and work, Mom invents and hits the consignment shop daily and dad works three days a week then works in the garden or upgrades the bathroom.

I was walking home after school one day.  Well okay, my chauffer was an idiot and took a wrong turn and I said I’d find my own way home and jumped out.  I was just passing the abandoned house next door when I noticed it had lights on and a guy standing out front.

Grandpa told me how he know Grandma Court was for him when he first saw her.  Mom was different though.  She mistook her feelings of friendship and made them into love.  I think I follow Grandpa.  This is the one for me.

I had to laugh at all the piercings.  Grandpa was going to love him just based on that.  His name is Asterix O’Shea.

We talked for quite a bit, chatting and getting to know each other.  Mousehand is the one who chucked the bonus points regarding townie spouses.

After a while I found out that Asterix is baby #1 in Mousehand’s secret ABC legacy. He has lost count of how many there are since they seem to multiply daily, but he thinks his mom is up to the letter I or J.  With his house so overcrowded, he chose to save up his money and move here to attend high school.  He works at the stadium and sends his money home to his mom.

These are his parents. They didn’t get married until Asterix was in high school and she had kids with different men all over town while he was growing up.  From what I understand they loved each so much that they talked to each other everyday for many years before his dad talked his mom into abandoning the different father rule and get married.

I was in shock!  I even told Mousehand that I’d better not show up over there to become a baby factory.  I didn’t like that gleam in her eyes that she got.

I wasn’t meaning to sound pushy or weird or anything, but just happened to mention that I was only allowed to have one child.  He could not contain his relief and actually smiled at me.  After mentioning that, we had just become real friends.  He showed me pictures of his parents, his littlest sisters and some of him growing up.

He says it’s hard to tell them apart.  It’s a set of twins and a set of triplets.

And some pictures of him in various stages of life.  I showed him pictures of my family dating all the way back to great-grandma Jill and Blossom.  He couldn’t get over the fact that instead of babies, we had tons of horses.  He says he is not an equestrian, but he likes horses just fine.

Just then I got a text regarding prom.  Prom? I thought.  I have only been in high school two days.  Oh well.  So, I asked.

I couldn’t believe he said yes!  I had to tell mom so we could get me a new dress to wear.

I even pulled off my very first attempt at flirting.

We talked about inventions that my mom was working on.  He seemed really interested in these things called airplanes.

My first kiss and then I heard it.  My mom’s car pulling up.

Alani:

So the chauffer pulled up and explained that Miss Marie got out and decided to find her own way home.  I was not worried at all.  It’s a small town and she has a ton of aunts and uncles that she has befriended over the years.

It started getting dark and then I started to worry.  I jumped in the car and got 20 feet.  There she was kissing some stranger! My little girl!  Kissing!   It was like I could read her thoughts.

She is much too young to have a boyfriend….

Okay, that’s enough of that.

Alani:  Time to come home, Marie.  It’s almost curfew.
Marie:  I’ll be right there mom.

I didn’t know if I should stand and wait for her or trust her to come on her own.  Trust.  That’s a big thing for me.  Two of the people that I trusted most betrayed me.  How do I prevent that from happening again?

Marie

Well, one thing is for certain.  We have a whacky house.  The neighbors already think my parents are whackos, but nowadays?  I think they’re right.

How many other families have their dead great-grandmother feeding treats to the animals?

Or inspecting the garden?

Oh and don’t forget my personal favorite..Sleeping in MY bed!

I  was trying not to be rude to Grandma Jill, but it was late and I was tired.  Finally, I just said, “Teach me to drive and you can sleep here whenever you want.”

Unfortunately, I asked too late and she poofed right as I grabbed the car.

Two years later…

After work I was thinking of heading to Asterix’s house to see if he wanted to do homework together.  He said that he couldn’t because he had previous plans.  I think he said he was going over to Grandma Court’s house.  I was in shock.  For a small town, this is one person that I was forbidden to speak to or about.  I told him to have fun and went home.

For a couple of days all I could think about was the grandmother I had never met.  I finally decided to defy my mother.  I went next door and asked if Asterix would come with me.  I was so relieved when he said yes.

He even went up to her first to see if she wanted to meet me too.

We are both artistic.  I finally found out who I take after and not just in looks.  We talked about her sculptures and that she hoped I did something with my talent.  She said that between her brilliant sculptures and grandpa’s masterpiece’s that I should do well for myself.  I didn’t tell her that I had to either do sports (ew) or movies (yay!).  I can always paint or sculpt in my spare time if I choose.

I knew when I heard her little baby crying, that it was time to call it a day.  We waved goodbye and me and Asterix left.

We headed back to Asterix’s house.  It was still early and we had homework to do, even if it was the weekend.

I hate seeing him in his work clothes.  I sure hope the outfit isn’t broken when we age up.  The decapitated look is not good on a teen.

We had been dating for a couple of years now and hadn’t gotten further than stolen kisses when we were both done with work and I snuck off to his house.

We discussed it and we both agreed that we were ready for more.

Things were really starting to get serious between us.  Even though I still haven’t asked him to be my boyfriend yet.  Maybe at prom, I will.

I was just giving him a goodbye kiss when the cops showed up.  More and more often I find myself being “escorted home”.  Mom and dad were pretty fed up with me.   I was told to straighten up or no prom.  I wasn’t too worried though.  I’m getting to be an expert at sneaking out.

While I was on my date with Asterix, mom was in the backyard and it finally happened to her.  I wish I could feel bad or something, but I just wanted to say, “How does it feel to be forgotten about.”

She was so intent on her inventing that even she forgot her birthday.  Orion and Indigo were there, but Indigo is so old now that he fell asleep before the sparklies.  Mom said later that the change was hideous and refused all pictures until after the makeover.

It was finally time for prom!  I was super excited.  Mom was so busy trying to make money that we never did find time to get me a new dress.  So, I just put on the first thing I grabbed.  I yelled goodbye to my parents and left.

They caught up right as I was saying hello to Asterix. The look I got from Dad was a, “We’ll talk about this when you get home” look.

Asterix had left work early and didn’t have time to change. I didn’t care one bit.  I was just glad that he showed up!   Also, before the dance started I asked him to be my boyfriend and he agreed!  Best. Night. Ever!

As is customary with our family apparently.  Prom has to be ruined.

Goodbye Grandma.  I am so glad we got to meet!

Dad was waiting for me when I got home.  I got “The Talk”.  I was trying not to laugh the whole time and dad was not amused.  I explained that we were taught all this years ago at school.  He looked so relieved.  He explained that I was much too young to be kissing anyone.  I was so glad that he thinks that is all we are doing.  I don’t even want to imagine what would happen if dad found out that we don’t always just do homework at his house.

I’m always amazed to realize that my mom does hear me when I speak.  She is always out back with the horses inventing until she falls over dead asleep.  Half the time it seems like I am talking to a corpse.  I came home form work one night.  (Darn!  I forgot to change clothes!  Okay, I was really on a secret date with Asterix.  We went to dinner.  Anyway, if she asks, I was at work).  Well when I got home, I found a scribble pad on the table.  The note said, “You better dedicate your first novel to us.  Love, Mom and Dad”  Grandpa said that as long as I stayed on the honor roll, went to work every night AND got my homework done, then I can work on writing in my spare time.

What spare time!?!  I am having so much trouble keeping up.  I eat when I need to go to the bathroom.  I go to the bathroom when I need to eat.

I find myself running to the bathroom with my dinner now.

By the time I realized I couldn’t do both at once, it was too late.  I had accidentally attempted to kill my dad.  I just looked at him and said, “Oops.” Grandpa had to look away.  He was trying so hard not to laugh.

My main problem is my thought process.  It’s broken.  Instead of extracting my plate from dad’s stomach and setting it on the ground to go pee.  I chose to…

Run my plate around the house, ignoring the backdoor in the process…

Set the plate on the table and then..

Peed myself right there where everyone could see.  It was the most humiliating thing to ever happen to me.  I took a bath and escaped.

I went over to Asterix’s house.  He made me dinner to replace the one I left at home while I did homework.

When I was done, I worked on my book while he did his homework.  We both heard yelling and went to look.  It was mom.  She was yelling to get home now.

Mom doesn’t yell for anything.  I went running and came in the door to this.  This can’t be happening!  Not so close to Grandma Court!  He was only 93.  Grandpa Gussie lived to 103!  I..we were not prepared for this.

Bye Grandpa!  You better haunt us soon.

The shock of it all put mom into overdrive.  No one could get through to her.  She quit inventing.  Quit blowing herself up at the chemistry table and started a seed and gem collection.  She even recruited dad to take up for her when she was near death from starvation.

She started befriending animals left and right.  Well, not this rare snake.  It bit her and went on its way.  Mom headed home to cry on dad.  She’s a mess.

What did I do you might ask? 
A facelift!  I went and had a little bit of work done.  I was tired of hiding behind Grandma’s ancient hairdo.  It was time to try something different.  I told the doctor that I wanted my eyes further apart, a new nose, reshape my head thinner and change my eye color.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I didn’t notice that much of a difference, but mom had a fit. I was grounded and all my credit cards were cancelled.

Luckily, she went back to her gems.  Dad didn’t seem to mind the changes I made.  He wasn’t happy, but he wasn’t mad either.  He said I could get a new wardrobe and he’d pay for it!

Alani:

Did I cause her to do this?  Was it stemming back to her birthday when we all stared at her in shock and horror?  I thought I made amends for that?  I’m pretty sure that grounding her was a bad idea.  I get updates from the family that she has been sneaking off with Asterix,

Getting together after work instead of coming home.

Then it was after work dates of listening to music and then having a late dinner at the diner.

More and more often, she is back to being escorted home.  Her grades were slipping and she lost her honor roll status.

I finally said enough.  She was forbidden to see Asterix anymore.

Asterix did not get that memo.  Mr. Asterix took it upon himself to follow her home.  I sent Marie to say goodbye to him and I went to get ready for my late night gem hunt.

Marie:

Fobidden to see him anymore?  Is she serious?  How could she do this to me?  To us?  I went to him and invited him inside.  We went into my parents room and I told him what she said.  He tried to comfort me as I cried, but I had my own ideas.

I dried me tears. Threw myself at him and after a very nice romp…we exchanged rings. Promise/engagement rings. We still had years and years before we had our young adult birthdays, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t make sure that no one could break us up.

Within the week, mom let me off the hook, sorta.  I’m still grounded until I’m 80, but Asterix is allowed to come over.  We can’t leave the house, but it’s a big step for us.

There had been no missing school or work and all my homework was done before bedtime.  I even have two novels finished.

On a super icky note.  I heard dad whispering sappy love crap to her.  They now chase each other around giggling like little kids.

Apparently, the new thing for them to play is, “The Mad Scientist and the Test Subject.”

I am so glad that I have to leave for school.  Bye for now.

Chapter 3.5: Pet

Well, the oldest hoomin has been training young Jack to hunt.  Jack.  What kind of lame name is that.  Cool kid though.

He likes to show off his “hunting pose”.  That’s what he calls it.  He’s level four already and brings home interesting things that seem to make the hoomins happy.

Elderberry sticks close to home and keeps us horses entertained.  He’s a great old guy.

I think I’m the first horse to be successfully trained in eons.  The old hoomin has had to sneak rides on me.  Apparently, female hoomin told him he was too old to be on a horse.

We got a celebratory surprise from Mousehand soon after.

She finally got us a place to play and interact with other hoomins.

We stayed there all day and half the night before the female hoomin made us all go home.  We haven’t had this much freedom in forever. It was just what we needed!

We see great-grandma blossom a couple of times a week.  She normally shows up alone, but sometimes she brings others with her.

Old man Gussie usually shows up with Minty.

She sleeps on the couch and Gussie usually plays foosball with the female hoomin.  He is always muttering about how there is no fun in her life and it’s his job to make sure his granddaughter has fun.

Apparently, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.

Orion:  Old man hoomin came to me and asked what I thought my grandson needed in a mate.  At this point, I thought breedable thoughts and sent them too him.

He came home with Baby.

After getting to know her, I got down to business.

No one knows why the house is determined to eat the horses.  We think the ghosts passing through each night is weakening the wood.

I am AWESOME!

When Jack grins like this, it means he has contracted fleas…again.  On purpose.  I gues he loves the attention and baths that he gets.

Here we all are planning our escape to the training grounds again.  We hope this is the female hoomins day to peddle her creepy inventions.

Star:  Hey, fleabag!  Keep the old hoomin busy while we make our escape!
Jack: Woof!

Baby foiled our plans.

She told all of us..twice..that she was pregnant.  She kept trying to convince Grandpa Orion that it was twins.  He just laughed at her and said that it was so rare, that he doubted it.

Earlier that day, in celebration of the first upcoming baby in years, we got another surprise from Orion and Indigo.  We like them better at night, that’s why we waited to show you.

They each had enough reward points to buy a total of four new stalls.

Old horses can learn new tricks too!

Me:  Definitely time for a new house.  I have no clue what’s going on anymore.  It’s all the walls.

We all gather around to make fun of the horse currently being eaten.  Indigo enjoys it because he can see what the hoomins are doing in the kitchen.  I think he said that younger hoomin female is working on a book.

If Indigo isn’t trying to get inside the house, then he is usually in back.

He likes being near the female hoomin.

Old hoomin bought us a fire hoop that we all wished for.  Too bad we are just too chicken to try it out.

He has made it his job to go around brushing us and cleaning our hooves everyday.

*splash splash*   Grandpa Orion even showed Baby how to play in the trough.

Jack earned enough reward points for this finally.  Elderberry was the first to try it out.

No one was sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing.  I do know for a fact that he went immediately on a journey and brought back fleas that he shared with Jack.

Time flew by and before we knew it, Baby was ready to have the foal.  My first baby!

Cute little guy.  Female hoomin is determined to have a female heir this time.  That’s okay with me.  This bizarre little guy, Star Light has a horn, but no uni trait.  We all are wondering if he unicorn is being bred out of us now.

Me:  My aging got skewered somewhere.  I had him as a foal for 4 days before I realized it was not set at 2 like it was supposed to.  I switched it back and triggered him.

Star Light: No training.  Stud – $406  Sold 2021

Star:  Don’t get your hopes up.  Don’t do it.

Jack now travels around with whichever hoomin is gem hunting.  Here he is showing off his skillz.  He’s a level 6 hunter now.

It was during one of Jack’s excursions when it happened.  No one was prepared.  His Elder bar was barely started.

We normally get a heads up so that the animal isn’t alone when it happens.  Not this time!  We were shocked that the female hoomin was the first one there.

The next day, my second foal was born.  His name is Troy or something stupid.  No one was in the mood for a naming party.  We will rename him later on if we need too.

It was right before his birthday that we finally got a good picture of him.

Baby – Sold $1879

He has the horn and uni traits, which we were all glad of.  He even had faint stars.

He turned out very nicely indeed.  We just need him to show up for pictures in daylight now.

A/N: Right after Alani got the horse friend thing, we went on a unicorn hunt.  Seraf Horse showed up once in a while, but he/she was trapped inside a mountain near a waterfall.  Whenever it showed up, I would go into build mode and try and maneuver the camera around to him and get him rescued.  It took a long time, I think we tried to rescue him three times and it was three-four days between sightings.  I finally got the camera to him and quickly turned moveobjects on and grabbed him and moved him out.

Star:  When Mousehand brought her I was shocked!  We all wondered if that is what she planned, but there was always that 50% chance it would be male and released back in to the wild.

We spent the day getting “acquainted” and later that night we got busy while my dad and grandfather watched (creepy) and my son watched too (even creepier).  The lullaby rang through the yard.

Grandpa Orion started a new fad.  Now everyone has to do it too.

Indigo:  Can you please quit bugging me?  I’m having fun.  (Orion is at another in the background).  Oh and we got a bird, but he only lasted a little while before the hoomins forgot to feed him.

It was my turn to wish for two.  Seraf promised that we could have two babies since even she knew the chances for twins was 0.

I wonder if he would swim in a pool of the hoomins built one?

We finally got a daylight picture of my best girl!

Our first two hoomins came out for a visit too.  Very rare for them to show up at the same time.  They still don’t recognize each other.  It makes us all very sad.

Stay tuned for the next “horse”date.  Hopefully, I have a new foal or 10.  *ducks*  Grandpa splashed water at me and Seraf threw carrots at my head.  It was only a joke guys!  At least stop back by and meet my foal!

Chapter 3

Everyone earned a makeover since they all got passed by in the cake department.  Cris and Marie had turned out especially icky.

The Science Facility finally left me a message in regards to making the master invention.  I have the Palladium, but I have heard rumors that Hidden Springs does not have pink diamonds or life fruits.  I will probably not finish my LTW.

I finally made a potion.  Orion was very disappointed.  He enjoyed when I get blown up because Indigo and Star get spooked.  I guess being old means you find your amusements however you can.

I am so glad that Nicholas had a previous daughter, Dayna.  I don’t have any pressure on me to produce more kids.  We are both quite happy with our little Marie and we can flirt and play without any interference.

Nicholas even begged me to help him in the garden.  I can’t believe I am almost to level six already.

Nicholas hit level 9 in the science career, which completed his lifetime wish.

Although Star hates it, I keep filling up his backpack with gnomes instead of selling them.  This one had escaped my notice and prevented dad from making dinner.  It seems that people three towns over heard dad’s yelling.

I haven’t had a chance to speak to mom lately, but it seems that she just can’t help being a hateful old woman.

The new hangout spot.  Between broken sinks and actual facility use, it has become the family meeting spot.

I have been religiously inventing cheap stuff to sell at the consignment shop.  I am still only a level 7, but I’m getting there slowly but surely.  Imagine my surprise when I saw the same affliction on this lady as I had seen years ago on my mom.

I had Mousehand make her more presentable.  Look how miserable Ms. Consignment clerk looks.

Much better.

I really need to delete that Christmas shirt one of these days.

Now he just needs to work on his handiness skill for a promotion.

With Marie at school all day then doing homework and Nicholas working all day and then gardening most of the night, I made them both hit the park one Saturday morning for some father-daughter bonding.  Too bad that failed.

Marie went on an epic 5 hour joy ride.

Oh no!  I hope that was a speed bump and not that raccoon I saw a little while ago!

Ack!  Don’t hit the deer!

Marie:  Can I please hit the creepy Paparazzi guy?

She then caught a butterfly.

I bet you’re wondering where her dad has been this whole time….

Yep..he is definitely not the life of this party.

It was dark when Marie finally found him and woke him up.  They spent some time talking about their favorite movies.

and gossiping and giggling with each other.

I heard that Fluffs walked by with one of his babies.

I read this in the paper.  I found it amusing, as I had never seen anything like it before.  I didn’t even know my step-daughter knew that side of the family.

As usual, Dad has to have a freak out every once in a while to hit his happy place.

A couple of years later…..

I can’t imagine why my mother didn’t have him arrested for this.  Fluff’s and my teenage little sister had a baby!  The whole town was in shock.  I know mom and Fluff’s were divorced by then because Fluff’s had a baby with someone else a while previously.

All too soon it was Marie’s birthday.  I was determined that no one would forget this time.

I had just blown myself up….again.  In 15 years, I have managed to learn 3 potions..but I have mastered blowing myself up.  I’m just lucky to still be alive.

We all just dropped what we were doing and started cheering.  I think it was extra loud and extra long, to try and make up for all the missed one’s she had endured.

I hope you get your wish, little one.

*dead silence*  I was not prepared for this.  My daughter is a replica of my worst enemy.  Even dad was in shock.  Luckily, Nicholas had never met my mother, so he was acting normally.

I am determined to get past this, but it will be hard.  I don’t see her very often anyway.  She has taken up with a new boy that moved in next door.

I will leave it off here for now.  The hair was really unintentional.  Her features are all smooshed together and she has a big head.  That hair is the only thing that covers her face decently.  Just as I had to do the same thing at the child age and put sunglasses on her to hide the flaws.  And I was serious,  Alani and Cris won’t stay in the same room with her.  It’s creepy.  When she gets in trouble, it’s only Nicholas who punishes her.

Chapter 2.5: Pet

Well we are back.  Had some issues with the game not wanting to work after installing the scribble pad and been working on fixing that.  There isn’t much of a storyline here, just a bunch of random moments.

Just because they are just so cute.  It might be time to throw some kittens in there!

Shooting Star:

The hoomin put up an invisible barrier.  Hey!  Let me in!

Yo!  I don’t like this. Not one bit!  Looking over her shoulder and breathing down her neck is my most favoritist thing to do.  Break the barrier!

Fine.  I will just stand here looking all studly in my fancy pose.

Minty:  It’ll be okay, Star.  The hoomin is ignoring everyone lately.

A wild horse came to visit.  Hope she doesn’t smoosh that puppy.  No one in the house is friendly enough with any animals to adopt a wild horse or unicorn still.

In the previous chapter you saw Matthew talking to Ghost Jill.  This is why.

He was giving her permission to ride Orion.

All the neighbors thought our new wall art was obscene.

Orion:

Caught him playing in the water.

*splash splash*

I dare you to tell me not to!

That was fun!

We need more horses!  Babies! Something.  The line will die out if you don’t.

The thought bubble doesn’t show up well here, but I swear he saying more babies needed.  It has a small, medium and large horse on it.  Talk about a major hint.

Well, that didn’t help.

Mint Chip:

Minty earned the adventurous trait, which means she looks in all the windows all day long and hunts.

A/N – These pictures had to be lightened.  They were taken in the pitch black night and it really killed the quality.

One thing about Grimmy.  He loves animals.

Elderberry took it very hard.  It was so heartbreaking.

Alani:  There’s no avoiding it, Elder….prepare for smoochies.

I think it sucks that the pets don’t get to be hit by the moodlet manager.

Jack:

We kept the male and sent the three girls to families around town.

His name is Jack, because that’s what EA gave him and I couldn’t think of anything better.

He’s a cute little guy.  Reminds me a lot of his dad.

More Elderberry:

Had our first Minty visit.  Hi Minty!

After re-establishing that they knew each other, which is lame IMO.   They had a nice conversation.   Apparently dogs are good and leaves are not.

Elder:  Horses are stinky, but still good.

Minty quickly agreed.

Oh cool.  Thought I didn’t have any Indigo moments.

Indigo:

Help!  Help I say.  The wall is eating my head!

Instead of doing that, get over here and entertain me.  I doubt they’ll let me in to the theater, so you can do pictionary or something.

Orion:  Man, she’s gonna blow herself up.  I’m going to watch and enjoy.
Star: I need to work on my racing even though I’m level 10.
Indigo: Where did you fools hide the ball?

Orion:  Told you so!

The dogs pretty much stay outside unfortunately.  Elderberry has to have a flea bath three times a day. He’s a flea magnet.  Anyway, it should be easier to have a horse/dog update now.