2.17: The sky is falling!

So, when we left off, Liam had accused Natalie of cheating.

I think they're better now.
I've gotta fix Liam's workout attire.
I've gotta fix this house. They have no kitchen.

Fixed that. I turned that bedroom into part of the main room. Looking at this, I wonder where the front door went. I see the back one, but where is the front one?

Natalie's next quest has her ... is forcing her to get to lvl 10 in martial arts and then break a space rock. So, she spends most of the next 15 or so days doing this.

Then something weird happens...

Liam: Someone drew a sloppy mess on this pic.

No, that's not what I'm talking about here.

That's what I'm talking about. A meteor! In all my S3 playing days, this is only the 2nd time this has happened to me.

Oh. The front door is there. Good.
And bad. The meteor landing caused fires to break out. Knowing how long it took the cop to get here when the house was being robbed, I knew waiting on the fire department was going to be a bad idea.

So I have them get to work putting them out.

I miss Jesse. He could put them out with his stick.

Things we lost in the fire. (That movie made me cry.)
Anyway, easily replaced for the tons of money they have.

After much boring gameplay, Natalie gets lvl 10 martial arts. Now all there is left to do is break the space rock.

Not that one, though!
I think I'll leave that there just to see if it'll stay there. As in, not de-spawn.

FINALLY!!! I can do the other dungeon in the Dragon Cave.

Then they successfully both catch themselves on fire. I was following what the statues said!

When they get back home, Marie and Kristoffer have their brat. Anton.

I'm sick of waiting. Natalie has 285k total wish points. I think I deserve another free day. I'm thinking that since Nat is so close to finishing her LTW, it's time for babies.

Liam likes that idea.

2.16: I'm distracted

Soooo.... Turns out dear Liam has a kid with Kara Seal, a son named... something or other that I forgot to write down. Pooh. I'll just call him Pooh for now.

Liam is almost MA, but I stretch that out with long vacations in the meantime. Well, I don't want you to jump ahead too much.

And back to his brother Kristoffer for a moment: Marie, his lady, his suga-mama, is pregnant. I don't know if she's older than him, but she looks it.

I would post a pic of her, but I don't want that to be the first pic of the chapter.

So, there. That can be the first pic of the chapter. Liam helping out in... I think France.

Back to Marie.

Yeah. She looks old. Maybe the red skin is throwing me. I think if I ever move Nat or her offspring to another hood, I'll rainbow the residents. And Dragon Valley's weather is getting on my everlasting nerves.

This picture is of her holding the newborn baby--that I just told you about. So, this is a picture of her in the future. We'll get there eventually.

Back to Liam.

France. I went to France accidentally. Or, well, they went to France accidentally. They were supposed to go to China, but I think I was distracted. I forgot to check to make sure I had the correct dodah selected and had the Eiffel Tower one clicked on.

Townies making it in the public tent. I love woohooer mod.

Back to the dungeon.

WTF?!
Screw it. I'm activating ALL the switches. Only one does it, but I won't tell you which one. I wanted to make sure none of the others do anything. They don't. Just one.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
The house is going to crap. And they're letting it.

Yep. They don't care. They just wanna dance. I bought them a "radio" so they could dance.

This is not a picture of them dancing. Nope. Not at all.
This is a picture of the security system on the wall over there. I fooled you. That's the real focus here.
You just thought this was a picture of them dancing. Don't take things at face value.

I've taken way too many artsy film classes.

Yeah, yeah. I'll bet you're thinking this is a picture showcasing the painting behind Liam. Or the window. Or the stairs. Wrong again.

This is a picture of them dancing. With beautiful, flat, daytime lighting. Yes, daytime lighting which adds absolutely no depth. The chair in the background may as well be smacked right on top of them. It's almost cubist with the lighting concept. In that way, it's good. Otherwise, I hate flat lighting.

 This is after I screwed around with it in Photoshop. Badly screwed around with it. I'm distracted watching Scott Pilgrim versus The World.

Whoa! Yet ANOTHER place at the old Stonehenge-type ruins that she hasn't explored.

Basically, France was a bunch of junk. Liam worked on his alchemy. Oh, forgot to mention he has the LTW of lvl 10 alchemy. He has yet to roll for the wish of the career in it. He rolls for every other career under the sun, but no professional alchemist at all.

When they get back to DV, Liam doesn't think the cab is good enough for him. So, he randomly runs in a straight line, hills and ocean mean nothing to him.

Liam can fly!

Natalie isn't impressed. She can fly too.

Liam accuses Natalie of cheating. I can't prevent it.
He says he's not interested in fixing the relationship.

Well, Pooh.

2.15: 100k day

I left off at Natalie calling people. Now, I will explain the expression. She tried calling Larry. He's working. She tried calling Kristoffer. He's working.

Liam comes over!

Forgot to mention: When I moved Bryce back in with Erin, I had Michelle and Robert move out. They sorta "took over" a house where a single townie lived (real estate is a real issue in this 'hood). I have as of yet to get any updates about their respective love lives, but they have a long life span like Natalie's. I'm not worried.

I have a note that says "doing the 100k bonus day tomorrow." I don't know when the "tomorrow" is/was. Looking at the next few pics, I use it to help decide her future hubby.

She and Liam talk for a while.

Then, Liam dashes off to work. Bummer.

Next, Natalie calls Larry again. He should be off work now.

True to form, he's a jerk and does nothing but argue with her.

I have a written, "That's a 'no' to Larry, then!"

She invites over Kristoffer. He tells her devastating news: He's married. I find the speech versus the thought bubble very interesting.

It becomes a date. This isn't the first time Nat's broken up a relationship for selfish means.

He's just so sweet! I wish I'd gotten pics of his face. I'm making like he's saying he'd wished he'd met Natalie sooner, as in, before his wife. His wife Marie...who's pregnant!

She can't do it. She can't break up their marriage.

Look who's off work now! The day is drawing to a close.

Liam: What's wrong?
Nat invites him inside.

She tells him about the breakup with Larry, and they hug.

Liam: You don't need Larry. You're too good for him.

He comes inside...finally, and Natalie asks him to move in.

Liam's thrilled.

Very thrilled.

I think these speak for themselves.

So Liam moves in: a good end to the 100k day.

And now is when I realize that a faster clock is ticking if this guy is going to have any offspring. Natalie is close to completing her LTW, after all...

Wait a minute! He has a KID?!