1. Lorena and Castor Nova 2. Nighttime wedding, and the bride's ready to get the thing over with. 3. The Cormier siblings and Jamie in the background. 4. I know 50's sitcoms had couples sleeping in separate beds, but this is ridiculous. 5. Photographic evidence for people to NOT experiment with Triplets and Quadruplets Random mods! Carlos, Gabriel and Hector Nova, placed in the cribs in alphabetical order. And yes, when they grew up to be toddlers, they looked like Jamie/Fernando clones with a little of the cute Nova genes mixed in.
Of the entire neighborhood kids that moved back home after graduating from college, Eva Cormier was probably the most miserable. She was a social butterfly that was unable to spread her wings during the entire time she was in college. She was reluctant, if not defiant, about moving back in with her parents. She was afraid of how they would react to her fianc, and she was worried about how her fianc would react to the fact that her father was a vampire and her dead grandparents wandered around the yard. Needless to say, she had a nervous breakdown when she stepped out of the cab the day after graduation. She burst into tears, either from nostalgia or anxiety. Alvin Curtin was not the nicest guy youd meet. He made enemies with several of Evas cousins and friends. He essentially became the neighborhood slapper, dethroning Danielle Cormier. He had a gothic look to him, but toned it down when he was expected to move into his future in-laws house. Wellat least, he did not wear black lipstick and face paint, nor did he wear his hair in a mohawk or wear tattoos on his arms. He was, however, taken aback when he saw his fianc crying in front of her childhood home. Hey babe, whats up? I dont want to be here. Why not? Id kill to have parents to go home to. My dads dead I almost lost my mother forever. Thats what Im afraid of. What? Howd you almost lose your mother? At that moment, the poltergeist of Javier Cormier came up behind Alvin and screamed, then cackled as Alvin clutched his heart and lost his bladder on the sidewalk. Are you nuts!? Why the **** did you not tell me you had ghosts!? Whats wrong with you people!? Eva cried again. Alvin sighed, apologized for his explosion, and escorted her inside the house. To his surprise, instead of finding some glum looking vampire with purple skin and menacing red eyes, he found a pleasant looking gentleman reading in the living room. Why, hello there. Your bedrooms right through that door. Thanks. Your daughters had a long night of it Thats Eva for you. Shes always been a drama queen. Yeah, you could say that, sir. Oh please, call me Alonso. Were going to be living together anyway. We might as well start on the right foot. Uhalright then, Alonso. Yeah, you must be wondering why I got rid of the vampire look. There comes a time when you dont really need to look like a tough guy in order to gain respect. Besides, I was starting to miss the sun, and my wife was starting to get older than me! Alvin stared for a moment, then smiled and nodded. He led a forlorn Eva, who apparently did not notice her fathers transformation, into the bedroom. He then walked out and asked, Is there a way you could move those urns out of the bedroom? Oh no, they stay right there. They like it in there. Though, if you are uneasy about the ghosts, you guys can take the bedroom upstairs. Alright, sure. Your dad, Im assuming, scared the pee out of me as I got out of the cab. Yeah, hes always been like that, joking with folks. He thinks its an absolute riot to scare people. Uhright. Well, Ill see you in the morning. Im trying to get myself back on schedule, if you know what I mean. Alonso smiled and went upstairs. Alvin stood there and wondered what the heck he was getting himself into: a depressed wife, crazy ghosts, and the insanely famous in-laws; he had just spoken to a Cult Leader, and his mother-in-law was a Hollywood Icon. Wedding Announcements: We are pleased to announce the unions of the following: Adora and Chandler Platz Brittany and Luis Lawson Lorena and Castor Nova Adriana and Aiden Jalowitz Ivy and Diego Cormier Eva and Alvin Curtin Brittany and Toms Cormier Chloe and Fernando Cormier Birth Announcements: We are pleased to announce the following new arrivals: Pancho Platz, son of Adora and Chandler Platz Carlos, Gabriel and Hector Nova, sons of Lorena and Castor Nova Sancho Curtin, son of Eva and Alvin Curtin Veronica Jalowitz, daughter of Adriana and Aiden Jalowitz Brittany and Luis Lawson are expecting, as is Ivy and Diego Cormier and Brittany and Toms Cormier. Congratulations! You are probably the most indecisive guy Ive ever had to put up with. Where the heck are we going now? Well, since they sold my store and used the proceeds to buy a bigger house, I feel an obligation to move myself back in. Considering the twins are now old enough to go to school, I think Lorena and Castor can handle it. Besides, I thought you did not like Big Boy and Tigerlily. I dont. What made you think I did? Ha! Those are probably the most indecisive cats Ive ever had to put up with. One minute they like each other, the next they hate each others guts. Are cats always like that? Hey, I wouldnt know that very well. What? Dont mind it. Okay After being with those felines I think I like that kitten better. Hes grown up now, so he may be mellower. Perfect. Mom? Whats up with Grandpa? What?! Come here Stella, Benders gone insane! Aiden could not believe his eyes. He saw Bender running down the stairs with his head spinning around and his body shorting out. Oh no Thats when they all realized that Bender was really just a robot after all. Fortunately Jamie was not at home, but it was devastating for Adriana to see her grandfather running around the house, shorting out and sending sparks. Estrella bent down after Bender collapsed on the floor and tried to find his control panel. She opened it up and started to work on him as quickly as she could. Once she repaired him, she tried to find an on button or switch. He had none. Wha? What happened? Bender sprang back to life instantly. YouBenderdo you realized that you just broke yourself somehow? Broke? I was broken? You mean she was right? Iyourewell, yeah. I cant believe after so many years since my grandmother built you, you finally broke on us. Estrella had heard the story from her father Ignacio, about how Kiara Gonzales Cormier had spent hours and hours building on the Servo before she passed away. She wondered if Kiara had placed a little bit of her soul into that robot. But no one had told the robot that he actually was a robot. No one had told Ignacio or Javier or any of their children or grandchildren to take care of the robot. That was solely left in Franciscos hands, and he was long gone and Jasmine, Blake, Adora and Luis would not have the skills, the willpower, or even care to take care of the robot. Yet it was amazing that everyone believed that Bender was for real. Maybe he was real. Maybe he did have a soul. Maybe he was alive. Estrella believed it, and so did everyone else in the neighborhood. She smiled and hugged Bender. Ah wellI guess it had to happen sometime. Thank you dear. Youre quite welcome. Oh, I have a little surprise for you. Come upstairs. Estrella led Bender up three flights of stairs. In his bedroom she had placed a painting of Bender and Marisas wedding photo above his coffin. She had placed the last few remaining plants in his room as well. Oh Stella, thats wonderful! I love it! I thought you might. Ive still got it, dont I? Even if I did quit that stupid art job after I got demoted! She cackled.
1. Estrella fixing Bender 2. Bender is broken! After five generations! 3. "Thank you!" 4. Gotta love the custom paintings! 5. Only girl in the fifth generation so far: Veronica Jalowitz
Oh I know it. Though the difference between Knox Patch and this neighborhood is that KP became crowded after generation two, whereas this one (that I've dubbed "Tropico") is crowded after four. I should probably do birth control in that the only families that have babies are the ones that actually roll a want for one. However, I couldn't do it for this generation because they all keep rolling pet wants! I can't even get the cats you own to mate, let alone give you a kitten! To show how crowded it is, here are some neighborhood overhead shots. And I fiddled with the terrain decor...
Seems like I write these when I'm either not swamped with homework or I'm waiting for honey love to get online... Life was slow-going. Everyone had jobs...the parents were now grandparents and the children were having children of their own. "TWINS!?" Diego Cormier about fainted, but realized that he would be late for the carpool and lose his job if he did. Ivy Copur Cormier could only blush and smile humbly as she held little Mateo and little Lupe in her arms. "PUPPIES!?" Blake and Jasmine Lawson now realized that they not only had Luis and his wife Brittany in the household, and their new granddaughter Selena, but they now had five dogs to take care of. Well, two grown dogs in the top of their careers and three adorable puppies. "A girl? How wonderful!" Alonso Cormier just received news from his brother Santiago that Santiago's son Toms and his wife just had a baby girl. "Yeah...wonderful..." Eva wasn't even thrilled that she had a baby boy named Sancho. Down the street Adora Lawson Platz had the nerve to name HER son Pancho! "He's named after my grandfather Francisco! Geez, what's up with you, Eva? I thought you were cool." "Apparently I'm not." "Eva? Are you ok? You haven't really been yourself lately." "No Alvin, I'm not ok. Leave me alone, alright? I need some time alone..." "It's fine. I know you're having a hard time. Let me take care of Sancho for a while." "Thanks..." "No problem. Just take care of yourself, ok? I'm worried sick about you." "Don't worry about me...that's the last thing I need..."
"Blake, what are we going to do with five dogs?" Jasmine looked around her house. Big poofy dogs were always underfoot. She loved them all but there was no way to keep them all, especially since they had a rambunctious child underfoot as well. "We could sell them, or give them up for adoption." "But then you wouldn't know who would be getting them. I want to know if they're going to have a good home." Luis looked up from his studying, thought for a moment, then the flashbulb popped in his head. "Mom? Dad? Could I handle the dog problem for you?" "Why, yes...but what are you going to do?" "Trust me, I know where they can go." "We just need to do something with two of them. We can keep at least one." "Got it!" --- "Luis, you know, we didn't really know each other in college...why did you invite me over?" "Look, I know you love dogs. I know that you bought my sister's dog the other day. Is there anyway you could take one of ours?" "Three dogs, Luis? I don't know..." "Come on, Toms. They're wonderful dogs. They'd go really nicely with your other dogs." "Well...I could start breeding like you guys have...why don't I take Bruno off your hands." "Great! You don't even have to pay anything." "Really? Yikes, and this is after hearing your sister was hard up on money." "Really? She was? Why didn't she tell us?" "Beats me, I didn't pry further." "Well...I'll have a talk with her. Thanks for taking the dog, Toms." "No problem. C'mon boy." --- "Luis, I would LIKE to have it so that I can fend for myself without having my twin bail me out." "But Adora, you sold your dog! You sold your kid's dog!" "I love her dearly, and I know she's in a better place, but there's no room and we're always low on dough...Luis, we got $3000 for her! Isn't that amazing?" "NO! Adora...if you wanted some extra cash, we're loaded over here! Come on!" "Look, I don't need to be the money-grubbing one in the family, alright? Leave me be." "Alright then..." --- Eva Curtin was taking a stroll down the street one day. She walked past the Lawson house and saw that they had the most awesome-looking dogs she had ever seen. Sure, she had a puppy, but that was her parents' dog mostly. She walked over to the fence and started petting the dogs by reaching over to touch them. "Hey Eva, what's up?" "Oh hello there, I didn't know you still knew me from college." "Oh gosh yes, I don't forget anyone," Luis grinned. "Hehe..." "Why don't you come on in? We like having visitors." "Oh...why, thanks." She needed something new to happen, why not? So she ate their food, used their bowling alley, and played with their dogs. She fell in love with one of them. "So her name's Pili? Um...is there any way that I could...?" "Oh yeah, you can have her! We'd be delighted if you could!" "Really? Oh that's wonderful! Thanks so much!" Within minutes she was walking back home with a dog on a leash. She felt a little better about herself.
I apologize that the story's been on hiatus. With a busy schedule and more writer's block :knockedout:, I'm not quite sure where my story will go. Though plenty has happened...werewolves anyone? During Thanksgiving Break I was working on a webpage project for my computer class. I hope y'all don't mind that I put a link to here on there. I also posted family portraits of Bender and the gang. http://web.utk.edu/~rbriggs1/page4.html
Just to catch everyone up before I continue with the story (whenever that'll be, maybe after finals! ---Jasmine Lawson has passed away at the ripe age of 75. Her family and her dogs mourned her passing. Her dog Abbey is old and scary looking. ---Diego Cormier got a little too friendly with Bailey the Leader of the Pack and was nibbled upon. He makes a scary-looking werewolf. Not quite sure I'd want anyone else in my neighborhood to be bitten. ---Eva's husband Alvin Curtin said "Those ghosts will be the death of me!" and then was ganged up on while using the bathroom by his wife's grandparents' ghosts. Needless to say the Grim Reaper paid Eva's family another visit for a ghost-related death. Eva's son had to use the Reaper Phone. Now Eva and Alvin will be guzzling Elixir as well as her parents. Tuck Everlasting anyone? ---Lorena and Castor are doing fine and are able to manage their triplets. It seems as though one of their sons is slower to learn things than his brothers. ---Adriana and Aiden now have twin sons (one has red hair and the other has black hair and bushy eyebrows, aww!) in addition to their daughter Veronica, who is now a teen. Estrella is in perma-plat because she now has 7 grandchildren. ---Fernando and Chloe are doing fine. Their son is still a toddler. They bought Shadow the dog from Tomas in order to keep Lulu company while they worked during the day. ---Chandler and Adora are a bit dull. Their son Sancho is a teen and has an attraction to Veronica. Whoops. After Adora's promotions started rolling in they were able to adopt another dog. ---Speaking of Tomas, his family's a bit dull as well, and always has been. That's why I haven't mentioned them very much. But Brittany Parker, the child townie, may have red hair, but she and Tomas have a blonde daughter.
"Hello? Oh hi Danielle...what? Oh no...oh no, that's too bad, Danielle. Of course we'll come. I'm so sorry...ok. Oh I know it, I know it...yeah it'll be ok Danielle...of course. Goodbye." Jamie sighed and hung up his cellphone. He looked over at his wife, who was lounging on the canopy bed in their bedroom. "That was Danielle. Enrique...Enrique passed away." "Oh no!" "I know it...we've lost touch since...I didn't realize...good Lord..." "Honey, it'll be ok. Poor dear, this is the second funeral in two years." "First Jasmine, who was like a sister to me, and now Enrique, my best friend. Who else is going to die, Estrella? Who else?" "I don't know, dear. Only time will tell us that. In the meantime we need to get ready for the funeral..." Jamie sighed and nodded. A tear hung in his eye and it stung.
So here I am. I'm standing in some graveyard at some distant relative's house. I do believe it's my grandmother's brother...so great-uncle? Yeah, my great uncle's dead. I didn't know him very well, but it's weird to see my grandparents bawling their eyes out. My parents are pretty solemn at the moment. Usually they're quite...I dunno...hyperactive? My mom's an assistant coach at a college, and my dad's in the military. My great-uncle was the general, believe it or not. But anyway...this seems so awkward. Is it because my...what...second cousin? is a werewolf? Of all the times in the world to have a funeral, why did it have to be on a full moon? Apparently it's weirding my third? cousins out. Everyone shudders when the guy howls. Speaking of these third cousins, I don't know what's up with them. They're twins, yet they don't like each other very much. They seem pretty mean-spirited and I'm not sure why. Their grandmother's a diva-type and seems pretty witchy. Yet she's over there with my grandparents sobbing. Yet these kids are so...indifferent. Whatever. They're my age and I see them around at school, but then again, I seem to see many people my age and we're all somehow related. It's strange, yet comforting at the same time. I guess I probably need to introduce myself a little more properly. I'm Veronica Jalowitz. My great-grandfather is a vampiric robot. My aunt is a vampire. My mother is a half-alien, my grandmother being an alien. I have three triplet cousins that are my age and one single cousin that's my brothers' age. Oh yeah, I have twin brothers and they're pretty cute yet so annoying. I'm pretty popular, I have a few friends so far. I even am interested in some guy named Alvin, but I don't see that relationship going anywhere. Well...uh...the funeral's over and we're going to have dinner with these people. Great, just great...
Wow, deja vu. Here I am again, standing in the same graveyard. Only this time my great-uncle's wife passed away, and there are not one, but two werewolves howling. Don't ask me how or why it happened, but Mrs. Ivy Copur Cormier is a werewolf and quite angry about it. Well, rather, quite angry at her husband. Those kids that seemed so mean? Well, I'm not getting along too well with that girl Lupe. Even though I was interested in Alvin Futa, she had to come along and take him away from me. Right under my nose, too. What a...*sigh* Oh well. If I'm not 100% sure that I'm going to spend the rest of my days with some guy, then it's not worth fighting her for said guy. Her brother is one giant Casanova. There's this girl who moved in here, and she has five siblings. She's green too. An alien, I'm sure. Anyway...she's having a fling with two guys. One being Mateo "Casanova" Cormier and the other being the Thug Man's son. Thug Man. Yeah. He's the neighborhood grump that comes over to your house to smack you upside the head for staring at his house. He's a criminal, and pretty well-known too. I heard a rumor that he died and saw the gates of...well...not the pearly white ones...before his son resurrected him. He's one tough guy, but he's passionate about his wife and son and dogs. The Thug Man's son is named Sancho. He has really wide eyebrows. He's pretty laid back and the sweetest guy ever. However, he is dating this giant flirt of an alien chick and behind his back she's dating this Mateo. I find this quite humorous. Nothing and no one crosses the Thug Man, or his son. So yeah, my love life, whatever it was, is on hold while I try to find a job and keep up with my studies. My brothers are total nerds, with straight A+ grades all the time. My great-grandpa, for some reason, has ditched the vampire look for now. Not quite sure what crossed his mind one day. Maybe because he woke up and realized he didn't look like a vampire anymore? It's just as weird as my little cousin saying that his family had to put their old dog up for adoption because her body disappeared. No kidding. All that was left of her was her head and tail. I live in such a strange neighborhood. (Pictures soon!)
1. Jasmine meets death 2. Hmm does she look familiar? 3. Probably the most disturbing Sim death scene I've seen. :ermm: 4. "Hey, what was that for?" said Mateo. "You did it to me first," said Lupe. 5. The Cormier plot
