Welcome to Knox Patch

Discussion in 'The Sims 2' started by Chee-Z, Jan 29, 2006.

  1. surprised_by_witches

    surprised_by_witches Sleep deprived

    I somehow ended up with two plastic surgery machines in one family so I gave one to the daughter to take to college. Her friend used it with no ill effects, so far ... so I'm with Lynet. Seems like a glitch.

    Phew. That's one ugly sim. She looks like the troll under the bridge had a baby with the wicked witch. But I don't see why she needs surgery. In the previous pic she's quite cute, as far as I can tell ...

    I've got an alien kid I'm debating about. He has access to a plastic surgery machine, in fact I gave him his own, but I'm not sure if I'm going to change him or not.

    I just hate their dinky little noses!
     
  2. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    The little noses are annoying to me too, but on some aliens they're quite charming. As for Kairi, it's the eyes that are the main problem---they're in the wrong proportion to the rest of the face. :(
     
  3. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    Hans Hoffman was reading through the paper. The front page was smeared with information portaining to La Fiesta Tech. He grumbled as he read through it.

    "Due to the large infestation of cockroaches and the recent demolishing of old buildings used for student housing, the students of La Fiesta Tech have been requested to move into dormatory housing."

    Hans grumbled and looked up from his paper. The most incredibly stupid thing was this:

    "However, there has been a report that at least thirteen students have taken residence in the dormatory ironically nick-named 'La Cucaracha. According to housing regulations, only eight students are allowed to board in a dormatory or rental property at a time. The department on student housing will not comment on this inconvenient error."

    He looked around him. Two girls were sitting beside him on the run-down couch he was reading on. On the loveseat, two more students were reading. On his left were two more people reading on the leather chairs. over in the far corner were a few more people studying or playing chess. Hans saw people coming and going, freaking out over exams, and wishing that they could get the heck out of there. La Cucharacha was not the best place to be.

    Also on the front page:

    "We are pleased to announce that the following have graduated Summa *** Laude from La Fiesta Tech with bachelors degrees:

    Enoch Curious
    Alphonse Elric
    Edward Elric
    Lulu Hoffman
    Dizzy Smith
    Garrett Smith

    Congratulations to these hard working students!"

    Hans sighed. He was only barely able to see Lulu in the past few weeks. She had been studying hard for her degree, and it seemed as though she was driven to join Alphonse back in Knox Patch. Hans grimaced at the thought of them getting married. Scientists...go figure.

    Just a few weeks before, he was struggling to get used to sharing a dorm with thirteen other people. When he'd try to study, he'd have ten other people reading with him. When he'd try to play chess...

    "Hey, may I join you?"

    "Huh? Oh...uh...sure." Hans lost concentration and looked up at who his opponent would be. It was a guy whose face structure from the side reminded him of a sliver moon. The guy's chin reminded him of the late night talkshow host's that he used to watch on the rental house's dinky TV. (Speaking of which, all the TV ever played in this dorm were the **** Llamas. It drove Hans insane.) The guy had these really light blue eyes that had swirls of green. The fellow smiled and sat down opposite of him.

    "Do you play often?"

    "Yes, yes I do." Hans hated chess, but sometimes it reminded him of home when he played. "Do you?" He did not know who this guy was, but he looked like he could kick his hiney at this game.

    "Yes, I used to play all the time back home. Are you from Knox Patch?"

    "Yes. I'm assuming you are too."

    "Indeed. Wow, you are pretty good."

    "Yeah my dad used to teach me how to play."

    "Who is your father?"

    "Franz Hoffman."

    "Ah. My father knows yours then. Vidcund Curious is mine."

    "Oh, the rich scientist dude?"

    "Yeah." Enoch concentrated on the game while Hans looked the guy up and down. Yep, he looked like a preppy that Hans disliked back in private high school. When the game was over, the guy shook Hans's hand politely and introduced himself as Enoch. "Hans. I'm Hans."

    Now that Enoch was gone, Hans did not have a chess partner anymore. Barry Curious was lousy at chess, and so were the Pleasant sisters. Lilith chewed him out every time she lost. Now Hans avoided the chess table whenever anyone else was playing. He sighed and placed the newspaper on the spare endtable. He went to one of the numerous bookshelves and grabbed a book on philosphy to study for his lecture course. One day, he thought. One day he'll break the monotony of this study-driven dorm.
     
  4. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    "Where've you been?"

    "Eh, birthday party at my uncles' place. My mom wanted me there."

    Barry Curious wasn't pleased with the fact that he had to go back to Knox Patch for a double birthday. The house was full of family; mainly family that he did not know very well anymore.

    Cid, son of Pascal and Aerith, was a teenager now. He looked very much like his dad, and acted like him too. He seemed less annoying to Barry since Barry moved away. However, it would probably wear away when Cid went to college, which he was determined to do before he turned 18.

    "Great..." said Barry when he heard the news.

    Lazlo was an old man now. A very sad old man with a job as a fast food manager. Science wasn't very kind to him since everyone on the block seemed to have a piece of that so-called pie. Pascal became fed up with the politics of the laboratory and became...a nurse. His wife was a Specialist. He seemed quite young and happy, which Lazlo was not fond of.

    Barry sat down on the worn couch. The only other person, miraculously enough, sitting in the reading area with him was Aeryn.

    "Sounds like fun. I wish I had a lot of family. Alas, all I have are my parents and their toys and robots. Yeesh." She looked up from her reading and looked quizically at Barry. "Either it's the homesickness getting to me, or something, but you look a lot like Dad."

    "Weird," was all Barry could say. He went to pick out a book to study from and read.

    "Hmm..." Aeryn studied Barry's face for a while, then shook her head. "Nah, it's probably just a coincidence," she said to herself.
     
  5. jupitershana

    jupitershana Kitty Fanatic!

    uh oh! Didn't know you had a half brother out there huh! Mom might want to tell Barry who his dad is so he doesn't fall for his sister! ;)
     
  6. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    Franz Hoffman came home at two in the morning one day. His son, Gregory, was home from college, and had asked his girlfriend Sophie to move in. Franz saw the said girlfriend stomping something on the sidewalk, then saw the girl cry afterwards. Upon further inspection, Franz immediately called the exterminator.

    "How on Earth did we get cockroaches? I know the house doesn't look very well-kempt, but roaches?"

    "Hey Dad? I called the gardener earlier today. He's supposed to start work tomorrow morning."

    "Great...just great...pay money for a gardener when all the darn flowers are dead..."

    "Franz? Is that you down there? You need to go to bed, it's two in the morning!"

    "Yes yes I'm coming...Miss Sophie, I suggest you go to bed as well. No need to cry over a few bugs."

    Sophie nodded her head and went up to Greg's bedroom. Franz sold the single beds for a double one, and sometimes he heard noises in there late at night. He sighed and turned over in the bed whenever that occurred.

    Franz awoke at six in the morning. He figured he'd get a nap in later in the day. He found his brother Virgil already awake and studying.

    "How's that specialist job coming?" he asked.

    "Meh, I'd like to get a promotion. Here I am."

    "Indeed. I'll make breakfast then. After a bathroom break...lord if I knew being old would mean so many bathroom breaks, I wouldn't have gone through with it."

    "I'm worried about you, by the way," his brother said.

    "Why do you say that?"

    "You're almost 65, but you seem older than the rest of the people your age."

    "Now how on Earth are you to figure that out? I'm perfectly fine!" Franz called from the bathroom. "You're supposed to be two years younger than me, and you still look young!"

    "Yes being a vampire can slow down my aging, I do believe."

    "But you aren't one anymore!"

    "I still have the coffin."

    "And it's very comfy too! *flush*"

    "That's why I locked the darn door!"

    "Indeed you did. Omelettes?" Franz was opening the refridgerator door. Gregory was coming downstairs, as was Paine and Sophie.

    "Yes please, dear. I need a little bite to eat before I head to work."

    "How's that inventor's job, sweetheart?"

    "Going well. I'm expecting a promotion today. Gregory, are you sure you're supposed to get one too? I don't like the fact that you come home so late at night."

    "I am. I'll have more flexible hours once I start hypnotising people."

    "Ha! Psychology...barely a science...more like mental mumbo jumbo. Or magic."

    "Excuse me, Dad, but it IS a science. See, I knew I shouldn't have said..."

    "It's quite alright, dear. I'm so proud of you for getting a degree."

    Sophie smiled, but she looked pale and very ill. As soon as the omelettes were on the table, Sophie excused herself to use the bathroom. The Hoffmans could hear Sophie throwing up in there.

    "Gregory? Did you two do anything...risky?"

    "No, Mother. I wonder what's wrong with her."

    Franz shook his head. He thought to himself: Great, like father, like son. Good thing they saved the maternity wedding dress that Paine wore...

    Sophie was indeed pregnant. She was also engaged to be married, yet strugging to gain a job at the corporation downtown. She looked in the newspaper and on the internet every day, but could not find an opening. Franz could hear her cussing the computer out from upstairs, even over his piano playing. He felt quite sorry for the girl, but he could not pull any strings. He was only just a mad scientist.

    Franz looked out the window after playing the piano for a few hours. He saw his brother flirting with a blonde girl in the back yard. He even moved the stereo into the yard, which ticked Franz off. However, he could see little hearts flying into the air, so he did not mind that Virgil was with this girl who seemed to be several years younger than he; she looked like she was still in college.

    The next morning, after gaining only four hours of sleep again, Franz saw Virgil go to his carpool with heavy bags under his eyes. "I only got fifteen minutes of sleep," he replied.

    "How do you explain that? At least I manage to get seven hours of sleep a day."

    "I was on a blind date with a girl named Arianna...ah...Arianna..."

    "Lovely. And what's with that nose ring?"

    "Arianna loves a man with piercings."

    "Couldn't you find something more modest? You're a doctor for crying out loud!"

    Virgil shrugged, then pointed out the window. "I'll be late."

    Franz shrugged and watched Virgil run to his carpool and collapse into his car seat. He then saw his son and his fiance climb into his pickup truck and start doing things inside it. Franz shuddered and walked inside for a midmorning nap.
     
  7. Lynet

    Lynet New Member

    Good ol' Franz. Always my favorite.:D
     
  8. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    Franz Hoffman awoke one night in a cold sweat. He literally jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to splash water on his face. He looked into the mirror and saw that his pale, wrinkly skin was a lighter shade than usual. His long hair was tangled from the tossing and turning in his dreams.

    Honey? Are you alright? Paine came into the bathroom with a worried look on her face. Her red eyes illuminated in the dim light of the moon coming from the bathroom window.

    YeahyesI guessactually

    Youre not. This is the third time this week. What on Earth is going on, dear?


    Itd be hard to say

    Sweetheart, weve been married for years. Dont tell me you forgot to tell me something.


    Oh yesthere is

    You know, Franz. I have never heard about your childhood, or your parents, or the life you lived before moving here. Why havent you told me, dear? You can trust me. I hope to goodness these dreams arent something about your past

    They are, unfortunately. Franz sat down on the bed. His piano was moved to their bedroom. There were roses on the nightstands. Paine sat down next to him and wrapped her arm around him. Why dont you tell me, dear.

    Its too embarrassing, too painful, to say, though

    Now what on Earth could be so awful to talk about?

    Lord if you could know
     
  9. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    I was born on a Tuesday, I do believe, in Pleasantview. My father looked exactly like me, with the horned features and the gray-blue eyes. He, however, had white hair, like Virgil. My mother looked like Virgil and had the light blue eyes, but had brown hair. None of us had this pale skin, though. Im not quite surewellyeah I do know where that came from, but Ill explain later I suppose.

    Yes, I was born on a Tuesday. Virgil was born two years later, on a Friday morning before Mother had to go to work. I think she was a doctorFather was a scientist, and expected us all to be scientists. At first that wasnt meant to be, but somehow things worked out.

    Needless to say, my childhood was a blur because I spent it studying. I was picked on by kids in the private school. Virgil was my bodyguard and beat them all up for me, to my chagrin. He was pretty much a thug, but he had a sweet side that showed sometimes. He was also a straight A student, so it didnt matter if he knocked someones teeth out on the playground. I tried to stay in the library as much as possible in order to learn more. Thats all I wanted to do.

    By the time high school rolled around, I was ready for college. I actually went there on full scholarship. I even went early to college, at age 16. I graduated early as well. Our dorm mates (since Virgil graduated high school a few years later) were a slacker named Don Lothario, a slacker named Chloe Curious, and a girl who would spend all your money in one place, Lola Curious. Chloe dropped out of college first, followed by Don. Lola received her degree in economics. Nina and Dina Caliente joined our dorm shortly after I graduated, so I did not know them very well.

    I received a degree in Biology. Virgil was also majoring in Biology but switched to Physics. We moved into a cracker box of a house in between Pleasantview and Strangetown. Don had warmed it up for us.

    So we shared a house together. It was like how it was here in Knox Patch: Don partied a lot and brought strange girls into the house. Virgil and I kept to ourselves and studied more. He was going to be a scientist, and I was going to be a doctor. Ha!

    So yes, one day, after Virgil got a promotion and had some extra money to spend, we bought ourselves a car to fill the vacant driveway to our house. We had to move the telescope we had brought over from college. I had never really used the thing too much, so Virgil showed me. We moved to the side of the driveway, and he showed me how to adjust the knobs and look for stars and planets and whatnot. When Virgil left me alone with the darn thing, I noticed that there was an odd thing up in the sky. It whizzed passed in the sky and flew through a cloud. It wasnt going to be a one time thing, and itd happen several times more after that night.
     
  10. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    I became obsessed with that stupid telescope. They thought I was crazy in saying that there were UFOs in the sky. What, crazy? Look at the Curious people! Their sisters are aliens! It isnt a skin condition, for crying out loud! But no, Don wouldnt hear me talk about his girlfriend Chloe like that. Yes, those two were stuck at the hip, they were together so much. I actually thought they were going to get married someday, but its against their ways to do that sort of thing. But oh well. So every night I looked through that thing. Virgil would yell through the window to put that thing up and go to bed. Its only ten! Id yell back. Hed give up at around midnight and go on to bed without me.

    So yes, I saw whizzing things flying through the sky on a nightly basis. It was nuts. Id try to take pictures but there wasnt a way to tell that there was something there. Oddly enough, the thing would fly by the same exact place every single day. I guess one day the aliens got fed up with me watching them fly by.
     
  11. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    Oh no, you didnt! Paine gasped and hugged him.

    Yep. One day I was looking through the telescope, like always. And instead of flying by the house, they flew right up to it and sucked me away. What happened in between the time I was sucked up and the time they dropped me down on the sidewalk I dont know at all. They conked me out on the ship.

    My goodness!

    What the heck is going on in here? Greg walked in, in his pajamas. Aliens? Is Dad going senile?

    Greg! Heavens, dont say that about your father!

    I know Hoenheim Elric, Pascal and Vidcund Curious were abducted by aliens. I know Lola and Chloe are aliens. But Dad? Heck no. If he was abducted, wheres the---


    Im getting there! Sheesh! Might as well take a seat, I bet the grandkid would love to hear stories like this one day.

    Dad

    Anyway

    So at around six in the morning, on a Tuesday, I was thrown to the ground by a bunch of cackling green people flying away on a rocket ship. I bet they were the equivalent of college kids, messing around with people and dropping them off without them knowing what happened until they feel themselves smack down on pavement. Prankstersyeah thats probably what it wasnot some conspiracy mumbo jumbo about aliens trying to take over the world by impregnating human males. Ha!

    Anyway, enough of my theories; I had too many of those to make when I was a theorist for the lab. Virgil found me on the sidewalk, and you know what he did? He laughed at me! He stood there, stunned, then laughed at me! Don was of course sleeping through the entire thing. Though I think he was drunk, because Don saw me getting abducted, then said Im having a bad dream, Im going to sleep. No matter. I tried to live a normal life after that, and tried not to say anything about it. Virgil was quite supportive, even if he was giggling behind my back the entire time.

    One day, Don had invited Chloe over. They did their usual routine of kiss, hug, giggle, repeat, then out of the blue, when I was coming home from work, I saw Virgil flirting with Lola Curious and Chloe and Don were sleeping in the love bed, as Don liked to put it. What on Earth is going on here? I asked Virgil as Lola went to the bathroom.

    They moved in, Virgil said simply and shrugged. I rolled my eyes and went to make some food. Being pregnant with an alien made you really hungry and really sleepy.
     
  12. Lynet

    Lynet New Member

    This is me Chee-Z > :eek: :wideeyed: < and waiting to here the rest of this mystery.
     
  13. jupitershana

    jupitershana Kitty Fanatic!

    No kidding!!! Where is this mystery baby!?!?
     
  14. surprised_by_witches

    surprised_by_witches Sleep deprived

    Yes, you big tease. More!!! :p
     
  15. Lynet

    Lynet New Member

    :eek: :eek: Can you tell I typed this in a hurry?
     
  16. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    When Orion came, the house became even more crowded. Lola insisted on buying baby furniture and toys several days before I was due. Then again, she was also the one that insisted on buying the flat panel TV and the stereo system. But having the baby there added another layer to life that I did not really ask for.

    Yuna Curious, yeah THAT Yuna, came over to my house as a blind date, right after she had graduated from college. Lola and Chloe insisted that she would be wonderful for the baby, since shewellloves children. Unfortunately all she did was annoy me. All she cared about was finding out whether I was a family man. She was pretty, but so syrupy sweet it rubbed me the other way. I apologized to her on our date and showed her to the door. Virgil intercepted her on her way out and talked with her. Not quite sure what he was thinking.

    Orion was a great baby. He only cried when he needed a diaper change, which I did, or needed a bottle, which I fed to him. He liked cuddles and cootchie coos. In a way he reminded me of Hans when he was a baby. He was so full of life.

    His second birthday party was on a Saturday. I realized that the poor thing was going to have my hawkish features, and mainly my large nose. It did not suit his large gray eyes very well. The women thought he was cute. Don didnt know what to think, but it made him sigh when he saw the toddler playing on the floor with the pink bunny toy. Virgil shrugged and said, Whatever makes you happy, brother.

    One day, Don called a baby sitter and insisted on us going out for dinner, just for kicks. Youve been tending that kid for weeks, without a break. You deserve it. I was unsure of leaving Orion with a nanny, but he pushed me out the door and into the minivan without hearing what I had to say. Everyone piled into that thing. It was Lolas company car. She had it upgraded every time she had a promotion at the job she worked at. Anywayit probably was not the best idea anyone ever had that day. Though then again, why was I to believe Chloe and Don in the first place?
     
  17. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    More pics:

    1. The Hoffman brothers using the only seating in the house. :rolleyes:

    2. A younger Lola charming a younger Virgil

    3. The Lovebirds---shouldn't they have gotten together in the first place? :eek:

    4. Don looking for another chica---

    5. ---and a younger Paine is not interested!
     
  18. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    So yes, Don and the Curious sisters dropped us off on the sidewalk and drove away to who knows where. Not quite sure why they wanted to leave us in Downtown in the first place. Maybe they figured that an adventure would do us a world of good. At that point I wanted to find a bite to eat and maybe a good drink. That was mistake number one of the evening. Or two...yeah, two. Leaving Orion with that nanny made me anxious the entire night.

    The establishment in which Virgil and I proceeded to enter was named The Crypto Night Club. It was dark and musty inside, like an abandoned warehouse or a haunted mansion. I assumed that's what the owners were going for. I lost Virgil in the crowd heading to the dance floor. The people were doing some sort of strange dance craze thing. The Smustle or something. I watched them as I ate a lobster thermador and drank a blended juice cocktail. I wondered where on Earth Virgil was.

    Virgil was having better, or worse, luck than I was. Upon entering the club, he heard a girl whisper at him. He looked around and noticed the girl in the photo booth. Mistake number three of the evening. He climbed into the photo booth, thinking the girl was in distress or whatever nonsense, and they had their picture taken together. Yes, that hit it off right then. The girl, whose name I would discover to be was Kiara, asked Virgil to dance. More sparks flew. Then the girl asked Virgil if he would escort her home. She was new to the neighborhood and did not know her way very well. Mistake number four.

    So Virgil called a cab and told her that the cab would take her home. No no, Kiara insisted on him coming home with her.

    Now, why would Virgil not realize that there was something strange about that girl? Sure, I just had an alien, and we were living with aliens and a slacker Don Juan, and he thought THAT was odd. Nooo...he did not realize that the girl had bluish white skin, bloody red eyes (not like yours, Paine) and fangs that could tear a man's neck right off. No, poor Virgil did not see through the fog that night. He was taken away by the cab to Kiara's house.
     
  19. Chee-Z

    Chee-Z The Go-Kart Mozart

    After searching the entire club for him, I gave up on Virgil and called a cab to take me home. Virgil would be fine, I kept reassuring myself. He'd find his way home again. I still wondered where the heck he was.

    Virgil and Kiara were dropped off at a house further down the road from where our subdivision was. It was like the houses in the subdivision, except for one noticable difference: the cracker box of a house had no windows.

    Instead of walking himself home, or anything rational, he stayed at the girl's house for a couple of hours before calling a cab home. Now, Virgil is a very smart man, but sometimes he can let his romantic side kick in and all he sees are hearts when he finds the right woman. I suppose Kiara was his soulmate. I suppose Kiara would be the only woman he would ever love. But unfortunately, Virgil would learn a lot about women that late night.

    So yes, there was something peculiar about that house besides it having no windows. It had a bubble blower in the front yard. It had a big screen television and a stereo system. It barely had a kitchen, and the bathroom was in disrepair. Her bedroom was locked, yet looked very used. The spare bedroom had "fun things" inside like pinball machines and a dart board. Virgil was told that evening that she was an intellectual. Mistake number five.

    "Hey, wanna use this? I just bought it today. It's quite fun...look, bubbles!"

    "Uh...yeah...sure..." he sat down, blew a few bubbles, then started giggling like a school girl. As Virgil was distracted by the contraption, Kiara stood up and said, "Hey...come here..."

    After that, the fireworks really went off. Virgil said it was like he was in a trance, the way they made out like that. He did not even remember the "woohoo" in the bedroom. The bubbles made him really woozy, he said. "Quite giddy."

    So yes, I was quite surprised to see a bat flying through our bedroom window at around 6:30 in the morning. It made Orion laugh and point out and say "Birdie!" from his crib. "What the...?"

    *poof* There appeared Virgil, in new clothing, with pale bluish skin and bloody red eyes. He smiled, showing his fangs and said:

    "Hello brother."

    It scared me senseless, and I jumped out of bed and into the next room. Orion laughed at me as I ran screaming around the "house." It woke the lovebirds up and they watched me in their underwear. Lola screamed at me to calm down and shut up. She knocked me flat into the leopard skin sofa, then asked me why the heck I was acting like a "moron." I pointed into the bedroom. The three peered in and saw Virgil sleeping, and when they tried to get closer, he opened his eye and hissed at them like a cat.

    Needless to say, we did not quite know how to deal with a vampire. Yet he refused to move in with his newly found soulmate down the street. "It's not my thing," he said.

    "Yes, it wasn't my thing, and it still isn't my thing. Why are you telling them this?" Virgil came into the bedroom. He looked worn out, yet content. When he came in in the middle of the story, as he heard the name "Kiara," his crystal blue eyes would mist up and he'd have to close them and shake his head.

    "They need to know, Virgil. You can't hide your past forever, and especially not from your nephew. Also, I need to figure out why the heck I'm getting these nightmares every darn night. So Mr. Psychotherapy, what do you think so far?"

    "First thing's first...where's the baby? And where's Kiara? Are they linked somehow?" Greg sat on the bed and thought about it a while, but drew a blank.

    "I'll get there, son...let me see if I can remember anymore...Lord, I don't know whether I'm making all this stuff up and it's a dream, or if it's for real..."
     
  20. surprised_by_witches

    surprised_by_witches Sleep deprived

    Oooh, very interesting stuff, Chee-Z. I love these last two passages. This story is really coming to life.

    And yes, what did happen to that baby???
     

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