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The Vetinari Dualegacy Chapter 19
1.
2. Hello again! There was a bit of a hiatus there, but Iâm back now. If you want a Whoâs Who, go back
one post on my LiveJournal for a brief recap and a guide to the teenagers.
For a much quicker recap, Xander had four alien babies, Rizzo and Zoe had three babies, Cypress
killed Archie, Spider Jerusalem reconciled with Dora, and Cypress killed Xander with Spiderâs help.
And now Cocoâs a vampire.
Moving on, hereâs Chapter 19 of the Vetinari Dualegacy: Family.
3. "Carver, dance with me!"
"Okay, squirt! Any penguins around today?"
"No. And there so was one that other time!"
4. "How was school?"
"Fine, I guess. Recess was fun. We built a snow fort and then we made a
snowman so tall we couldn't put the head on."
"That certainly sounds interesting. Do you have homework?"
"Daddy already helped me with it."
5. "Thanks for helping Bell with his homework."
"I may be Romance Boy, but I'm not an idiot."
"How are you doing with everything that's happened?"
"It's all kind of crazy. I can't imagine losing my mom and dad when I was just a kid."
"Do you think they're holding up all right?"
"They're tough kids, and Coco's there. They're as well as could be expected, considering the
circumstances."
"I love it when you talk smart."
"I know. But I really think Xander's crowd is going to be okay."
7. All is not horrible flamey chaos, however. Tess brings home Brooke, one of Simon and Pen's
daughters, and Didi's son Matthew comes home with Fair.
âPenâ is Penguingirl0384, who writes the Penguino Legacy, and came out on top in Simonâs
Bachelor Challenge.
8. And Niobe follows Bucky and Marco home for a rousing water balloon fight. Niobe is, of course,
their great-uncle Rocky's stepdaughter, the half-alien child of Rocky's husband Cam. And their
half-sister. My family trees got reeeeaaaallllly weird this generation.
9. "Does Robin want a treat? Does she? Does Robin want a nummy?"
Yeeeeeesssssssss.
"What's that? I don't speak Doggie. I think Iâll eat the nummy."
Do you want me to poop in your shoes?
11. "Did you really set the stove on fire?"
"Sort of. It was an accident."
"No more setting the stove on fire! You could have died!"
"We have a fire alarm. The fireman put out the fire, and would have put me out too."
"I don't care! Nobody else is allowed to die!"
12. "Marco? Why did you try to cook lobster?"
"I was tired of grilled cheese. Why are you eating it, Gramma?"
"...I have no idea."
13. "Aw, come on--it's not that bad, is it?"
"It tastes like charred horribleness."
"You're still eating it."
"I'm hungry. But tomorrow, back to the grilled cheese, yeah?"
"I guess."
17. "I want a boyfriend. Possibly made of Monterey Jack.â
Tesla Vetinari, Pisces 10/3/10/1/10, is now a teen!
Tess rolled Romance, but I need a Grilled Cheese platstone here, so she'll be Cheesed as soon as
the high Aspiration wears off. I might have Cheesed her anyway, just because I don't see shy,
serious Tess as the type to play the field. As a Cheese Sim, her LTW is Eat 200 Grilled Cheese
Sandwiches, which she's already got a start on.
18. "Go. Away.â
Faraday Vetinari, Taurus 9/7/5/10/0. Fair rolled Knowledge with the LTW to be a Media Magnate.
If that sounds familiar, it is. It's the exact same LTW that Cypress had. And that no one else has
had since.
The assorted cousin-types are grown up off-camera, but thereâs still a pair of twins with a birthday
on the horizonâŚ
19. "Kids are growing up."
"That they are, Romance Boy."
"One step closer to Empty Nest."
"When has that ever mattered to you?"
âYou never know; I might enjoy the quiet.â
20. "Are you still going to hug me when I'm big?"
" 'Course I am, honey."
23. "Must... pillow... fight...â
Bell Vetinari, Sagittarius 2/3/9/10/5, rolled Pleasure, because we all know I haven't had enough of
those in the last seven generations. His LTW is 50 Dream Dates, which sounds much less
annoying than 50 First Dates, because at least he can do them all with one person.
24. Bell and Carver are pretty much the poster children for Pleasure Sims. Carver's a finger-gunner,
though, unlike shy Bell. I'll probably re-roll Carver's LTW when he gets to college, because I don't
think I have the mental energy to do 50 Dream Dates for Bell, 50 First Dates for Marco, 200
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches for Tess, AND 50 First Dates for Carver. I haven't done Bell's LTW
yet, and I can't change Marco's since he's at the main Uglacy lot, and I need Tess's, but I can and
will re-roll Carver's!
25. "All right! I'm still hot!â
Whitney Vetinari, Sagittarius 2/9/9/10/5. Whitney rolled Popularity, which is kind of the perfect
Aspiration for her, given her outgoing points and relative niceness. Her LTW is to be The Law. I
sort of wish she'd rolled Fortune, but I might chance a sophomore-year re-roll, especially if there do
not seem to be any good Fortune spouse candidates.
26. In other news, I did finally get nice shots of Isaac and Orson so that I could arrange for their
portraits to be repainted. You can see Isaacâs down there at the end, and trust me, Orsonâs is in the
same place at the Uglacy.
28. âNo, like this, see? I say âShakeâ and then you pick your paw up and put in my hand!â
29. Are you aware that you look delicious, and that your insistence on attempting to teach me foolish
tricks only makes you all the more appetizing?
30. âLalala, the catâs going to kill my brother, but Iâm too busy juggling to put a stop to the bloody
carnage, lalalaâŚâ
31. Something tells me Carverâs not going to get much help from this quarter, either.
32. Anyanka might be grumpy, but sheâs much friendlier with Warren than she was with his father Colin,
and they make kitty-friends in fairly short order.
Er, thatâs Warren on the left with the Scottish Fold stumpy-ears.
33. Kittens! YAY KITTENS!
And, you know, I made sure that Creepy Gardener had come the day before, so thereâs no
audience.
34. Of course, now that Anyaâs pregnant, I donât need Warren hanging around and trying to make
friends with the local wildlife, so Arrangements are made.
And, uh, I guess that Zoe snuck on the telescope when I wasnât paying attention to her, and now
sheâs got a mad hate on for Lisa Ramirez, which I donât mind, because frankly, Lisa Ramirez is a bit
of a bitch, and I throw her out of my businesses as soon as I see her, because all she does is not
buy things, complain, and irritate all of the other customers.
35. âHooray for kitties! I shall call him Stickybuns!â
Or, you know, âWarren.â Since thatâs his name.
Professorbutters here writes the Squeaky Clean Legacy, where all the cats are named after
sweets.
36. âAnd I shall call you Jellybelly!â
Please to not be taking the kitty until AFTER she has had her kittens. SimSelves who try to
steal my pets may be locked in with the cowplant, and may be extracted only after they put down
the pet.
37. Overall, things at the Prettacy are looking pretty bright and sunny. Happy kitty, happy kids, happy
parents, lots of opportunities to pillow fight and tickle and dance and spy on Lisa RamirezâŚ
Sadly, the good vibes arenât universalâŚ
38. "It's late. I've called you a cab to take you home."
"Don't have a home."
"Fine, I've called a cab to take you to the place where you live, and where you sleep, and where
all of your stuff is."
39. "Honestly, Cassidy, why do you come here every day? There are other places you could go."
"You're nice to me."
"And you don't think that maybe I might have a bit of a grudge against your branch of the family
tree, considering that your father murdered two of my sons? And maybe even did something to my
wife? Your father destroyed my family."
41. âHeh. Marco totally burns everything he cooks.â
âNot everything. Heâs pretty good at grilled cheese!â
âYeah, but who cares about that?â
ââŚMe?â
42. Tara grows up. I still see traces of that Airedale head!
43. Fee and Reedâs daughter Kate followed the crowd home from school one day, and immediately
worked on making friends with Tara.
44. âWhaddaya say? You, me, date, now, kitchen?â
âIâm a Family Sim, you know.â
âAnd Iâm a Pleasure Sim, so itâll work out great when we both grow up and forget this ever
happened.â
45. âWAAAAAGH! I thought you didnât come to the house anymore!â
âBooga booga, Buford!â
âIf I see my dad, Iâm totally going to tell him to yell at you!â
46. âHey, uh, thanks for not giving me the brush-off this time. I know this is the only date weâre ever
going to have, and itâs nice to get platinum off of it instead of getting annoyed.â
âWhatever. I imagine youâll get through most of the Townies before youâre through.â
âYes. Yes I will.â
47. âWhyâd you have to go and do something stupid? I should have died before you, and Archie never
should have died at all! Everyone misses you, and Iâm regretting saying that we couldnât bring you
back.â
48. "I don't have to leave, you know. I could stay.â
"Dad wanted you to be safe. The safest thing for you is to be somewhere else."
"But what's the safest thing for you? I'm not going to go anywhere if I think that it'll do damage to
you and your brothers and sister. I know you're the ringleader, Bucky. They'll do what you tell them
to, and if you tell them it's okay for me to stay, they'll go along with it."
"I know. Tess will really miss you, but she'd totally freak out if anything bad happened to you. If you
move out, you won't be on Cypress's radar anymore, and nobody will have to worry about you."
49. "I still don't know. I feel bad about leaving you all here by yourselves."
"Gramma's here. And Marco and I are getting the hang of being in charge. And Tess and Fair
are self-sufficient now. Honestly, I wish you could stay. But Dad loved you, and he wanted you to
be safe if anything happened to him. None of us would mind if you wanted to visit, though."
"Are you sure? Really, really sure? Just say the word and I'll stay."
"We'll be all right, Brittany. If you move out, you'll be all right too."
50. "All right. If youâre sure. I'll stop by later this week and see how you're all getting on."
"Okay. Take the older dogs for some company."
"I'll make sure to give them lots of treats.â
âRobin doesnât like to be teased.â
âIâll keep that in mind.â
51. "You're really going?"
"I'll be back for a visit soon. Your grandmother and brother seem to think that I should leave, like
your father wanted."
"Well, you were a pretty cool mom for a human. And Iâm sorry I threw the baseball at you so hard
all those times."
"Thanks, Marco."
52. âI know Dad said youâd be safer if you left, but Iâll really miss you.â
âI promised Bucky and Marco that Iâd come and visit.â
âWill you bring the dogs? I bet theyâd like to play with their daughter.â
âI bet they would too. Do you know where Fair is? Iâd like to say goodbye to him, too.â
âHeâs probably off somewhere sulking. Heâs been doing that a lot. I can try to find him if you want.â
âThatâs all right. The next time he turns up, will you tell him that I said goodbye?â
âOf course I will! Can I call you if I need to talk girl stuff while the sunâs up?â
âAbsolutely. Take care of your brothers, Tess. Iâll come by later this week.â
53. âStill with the trauma, eh?â
You know your brother. There was no way Archie was going to turn him down and walk out of there
alive.
âAnd whatâs the deal with the girl? Sheâs got, you know⌠Nice points.â
You say that like itâs a bad thing.
âWeâre Vetinaris! We donât do nice!â
She might surprise you yet.
54. âPeople often do surprise you.â
Ainât that the truth?
âIâm surprised that Spider Jerusalem hasnât yet made sense of what I told him. I thought he was
smarter than that.â
The boyâs got a lot on his mind. Itâs not all goofy fun like it is around here.
âThere is a substantial amount of levity in the house.â
55. âOoooh, Carver? You know what we need? We need to throw a party!â
âThat does sound like fun.â
âWe should invite, like, everyone.â
âAnd just, like, water balloon fight and dance all day.â
âHow are we gonna convince Mom and Dad to let us?â
âI have a cunning planâŚâ
56. âListen up! Carver and I wanna throw a party, but we need you to ask Mom and Dad!â
âAaaaagh, no! Get your knuckles out of my skull!â
âIf you get Mom and Dad to let us have the party, no more noogies ever!â
âEver?â
âEver!â
âIâll ask Mom after school.â
57. âSo I was talking to Marco at school today and he says heâs sort of bummed out since his
grandmother doesnât let him go out a lot. I thought maybe we could invite them over on Saturday,
because theyâd be allowed to come over here, right?â
âThat sounds like a good idea. Iâm sure theyâd like the chance to hang out and goof off for a while.â
âCool! Iâll tell them tomorrow!â
58. âI sort of feel bad conning Mom like that.â
âDonât worry! Itâs not like you lied or anything. Carverâs not technically lying either, so we should all
have clear consciences!â
âWell, technically, the stereo just broke and Iâm not gonna fix it.â
59. âIf Grandma were still alive, sheâd just be mad at this stupid thing until it fixed itself!â
60. âBell said he invited Bucky anâ Marco anâ Tess anâ Fair over on Saturday! I wanna have some
friends over too!â
âAll right.â
âAnd Whitney should get to have friends over too, because otherwise sheâll just complain about all
the guys around.â
âYou could have just asked to throw a party.â
âThis way was more fun.â
61. âYeah, yeah, Saturday, party, pass it around. Iâm pretty sure my parents wonât notice a few more
teenagers causing trouble in the backyard.â
62. âHowâs it going there, Buckmeister?â
âGah! Itâs Fuller! Buckminster Fuller! Let go of my head!â
âNot so much fun to be on the receiving end, is it?â
âIf you do not let go of me, I will spend all of college making your life miserable.â
âYou donât have to be so cranky about it.â
63. âWelcome to the Prettacy, Brooke!â
âIf you mess up my hair, I am going to be so mad at you!â
64. âThey all look like theyâre having a good time.â
That they do.
âXanderâs kids are holding up all right?â
About as well as youâd expect, all things considered.
âI should probably go put on a shirt.â
Donât hurry on my account.
65. âI have to pee!â
âMe too!â
âWhy is there a line for the bathroom?â
67. âSure! Iâd love to play Red Hands! As long as you donât smack as hard as my brothers do, because
sometimes it really hurts when I play with them!â
âMâdear, I am a lover, not a fighter.â
âOkay!â
The hunka hunka burninâ future-naked-hot-tubber up there is Connor, the son of Bee and Naked
Victor. Connor, despite appearances, is a Popularity Sim, although he has the Vetinari trait of not
making a whole lot of distinction between friends and âfriends.â
68. âHa! We both threw Paper! That happens all the time when I play with my twin brother Bucky!â
âIt happens all the time when I play with my twin sister River! Maybe itâs a âtwinâ thing!â
âThat would be so cool! âŚCan I ask you out some time?â
âI guess so.â
âSweet!â
69. âAwesome party, Whit! Letâs hug!â
âParties are so fun! Iâm gonna go hang out with Kate and Scotty and River on the bubble blower
next!â
âIâm gonna hug some more people.â
70. âOh! Please donât hug me! I donât know you very well and I donât like hugs from people I donât know
well! Iâm really sorry I donât know you well enough to hug you but if we become friends I will totally
let you hug me then!â
âStep. Away. From my sister. NOW.â
71. âTess, there you are! I was hoping to get a chance to talk to you.â
âWhat do you need, Uncle Rizzo?â
âHow are you doing? Really, I mean. You can tell me.â
âWell, Marcoâs taken over the cooking, which is fine as long as he sticks with grilled cheese. Bucky
makes sure all the homeworkâs done, and fixes stuff when it breaks. I make sure everythingâs all
clean.â
âThatâs not what I meant. How are the four of you holding up?â
72. âWe all miss Dad sometimes. When I really miss him, I go out back and talk to him for a while. I
know he canât give me advice anymore, but it makes me feel better to tell him things. Marco misses
Dad more than Bucky, I think, or maybe heâs just nervous about being the Black Sheep.â
âHowâs life with a vampire?â
âI wish Gramma wasnât a vampire, but sheâd die if she wasnât, which would just make things harder
on all of us, so weâve all just sort of accepted it. If I need girly advice during the day, I call Brittany
and we talk for a while.â
73. âWhat about Fair? I saw him trailing after you when you walked over, but I havenât seen him since.â
âHeâs pretty mad about everything thatâs happened. Heâs been going off by himself and moping a
lot, and then snaps at us when we try to cheer him up. Fairâs being kind of a jerk right now, but Iâm
sure he just needs some time.â
74. âIf you ever need anything, weâre right next door. You know that, right?â
âI know, Uncle Rizzo. Thanks for letting us invade your house all day.â
âAny time.â
75. âThose are really cute shoes.â
âTheyâre just shoes.â
âBut cute shoes! I would die for cute shoes like that, but my parents are all, like, practical and
stuff.â
âHurry up and eat your grilled cheese so we can go back to the bubbles!â
âShoe Girlâ is River, Brookeâs twin sister.
76. âThese are the best bubbles, I swear.â
âYeah, I really need to talk my parents into buying one of these.â
77. âFair, hi. I was wondering if youâd turn up.â
âGot hungry.â
âListen, I know things are rough right now. Losing someone like you did is really hard, and itâs
totally normal to be upset by that. Just know that there are people who want to help you. Your
grandmother, your brothers and sister, your stepmotherâif you donât want to talk to any of them,
you can even come to me or Zoe. You donât have to do this alone.â
78. âYou? Are not my uncle. Heâs dead. Also? Youâre not my father. Heâs dead too. I donât need
your advice, and I donât need your pity, and I donât need your help. Iâm fine. I just want people to
stop treating me like an invalid.â
âThatâs hardly what people are doing.â
âThatâs exactly what people are doing. Right now, the only problem I have is that you are standing
between me and dinner. You wanna fix something? Fix that.â
79. âEr, Tess? That is really kinda freakinâ me out.â
âSorry! We have to go soon anyway, so at least it wonât be for long!â
80. âJust chased the last one home.â
âThanks for letting the kids have their party, Romance Boy.â
âIt was good for everyone. That Connor kid is seriously a clone of his mother. And it was nice to
see Xanderâs kids cut loose for a while.â
âExcept for Faraday.â
âIâm worried about him. Heâs not dealing well. Iâm afraid of whatâll happen when he finally blows.â
âThatâs a worry for another day. Now letâs get some sleep!â
81.
82. "Uncle Gil? Come on in. What are you doing here?"
"So these are the new digs, huh? Looks cozy."
"How'd you find me?"
"Your cousin Delight is a cop. She was happy to do me a favor when I explained that it
was you I was trying to find."
"Oh, Didi, right. Why'd you send a search party out for me?"
83. "Because I've been friends with your dad since we were both in diapers. Because I know when he's
trying to hide how much he's hurting. Because he's lost three of his kids, and if I have the ability to
bring at least one of them back and don't do it, then I'm not much of a friend, so I have to try to talk
you into getting in touch with him again. Because if what I've heard is true, there's a chance you
can bring Archie and Xander back too."
"Uncle Gil..."
84. "I don't care about whatever happened between you and your dad. I just care about trying to put as
much of his family back together as I can. I know you weren't close to Coco or your half-brothers,
but your father was. I'm asking you to help. If you went to college and got one of those Death
Phones, you can do something. I have money if you need it. Bring your brothers back, Eddie.
Please."
"I can't."
85. "No! Don't give me that! You can help, and you're choosing not to! I always thought you were a
decent kid, but I guess I was wrong."
"Listen to me! If I could bring them back, I would!"
"Then why can't you?"
86. "Because I don't have the Bone Phone anymore, dammit! I got it and brought it back here and made the call and
asked for my mother, and they said they couldn't bring her back! I tried and then I tried again and they wouldn't
give her back to me!"
"Where's the phone?"
"I was pissed and frustrated and I set it on fire."
"Why the hell would you do something like that?"
"I didn't know what else to do! When I heard about Archie and Xander I could have kicked myself for burning it to
ashes!"
"You went to college! Why didn't you get the job you needed and get another one?"
"Because I dropped out when I got the Bone Phone! That was all I wanted from the Academie! I had it in my
hands and I left and without a degree I can't get another one! I screwed up, Uncle Gil! Is that what you want to
hear?"
87. "Of course it's not, Eddie. You're blaming this all on yourself, aren't you?"
"I couldn't save my mom. I couldn't bring her back. I can't do anything for my half-brothers, and I've done
some pretty bad things to people who didn't deserve it, and now I can't even tell myself that the end justifies the
means."
"Why did they say she couldn't be brought back?"
"...I don't know.â
"How could you not know?"
"All that was supposed to happen was that I picked up the phone, asked for my mom back, paid them nine
grand, and she's alive again. When they told me they couldn't do it, I wasn't really concerned with why. I just
wanted to make them give her back. And then they didn't and I set the Bone Phone on fire."
"So you never asked why they refused?"
"No."
88. "Well, let's try to work it through."
"What's the point? The Bone Phone's gone, so even if we know the why, we still don't have a way to use that
knowledge.â
"Because it's knowledge we didn't have before. When you asked the first time, were you polite?"
"Yes!"
"Real-person polite, not just Vetinari-polite?"
"Yes!â
"Are you sure you had enough money?"
"Yes. I was told I needed nine grand; I had almost ninety-five hundred free and clear.â
"Are you sure there's nothing else you needed to do?"
"Positive. You give them the money, tell them the name of the dead person you want brought back, and poof,
they're alive again."
89. "That's it? A simple transaction? Money for a dead person back to life?"
"That's it. You pay the nice man in the cloak a bunch of money, and he resurrects someone who's
currently dead."
"There must be something we're missing."
"I've been over this a million times! There's nothing I missed! I did everything right!"
"Okay. Maybe it wasn't you."
"What else could it be? The Reaper?"
"I doubt he holds any grudges."
"Then what else is there? Huh? Tell me, Uncle Gil! What else?"
"I don't--"
90. "Oh. Oh, no. It... It's really that simple, isn't it? I've been so stupid."
"Eddie?"
92. Marco is still breaking hearts all over Riverblossom Hills. I may as well try to get him as many First
Dates as a Teen as I can, so that theyâll forget about him when he grows up.
93. âYou need to spend some more time with the other childrinions, grouchy descendant!â
âGaah!â
97. Marco scores a date with River, although he should be a bit more wary than he is.
98. River got the Vetinari Mean, and although she might be shy, sheâs not hesitant about busting out
the olâ joy buzzer.
99. In the end, they did get their Crush on. Hereâs hoping that River doesnât take it too badly when
Marco hits up her sister Brooke for a date.
100. âMy sandwich tastes funny.â
âThereâs a ghost in it.â
âThat would explain it.â
ââŚI think Iâm dumber for being in the same room as you two idiots.â
101. Rosemarie still likes to keep an eye on things. I havenât seen Finn haunt in the longest time, but
Rosemarie comes out pretty frequently. And sheâs still a Popularity Sim.
103. âDidnât want that to happen in the first place. Donât want it to happen again. Need some couch-
jumping time to recover.â
104. âThat party at the Prettacy was a good time, huh?â
âIâd rather have teeth pulled without anaesthesia.â
âBut, all the cool people there!â
âWhatever.â
ââŚHey, uh, can I cheat off you?â
âNo. Piss off.â
106. Marco was mostly just killing time until River dropped off the Dream Date bouquet so that she
wouldnât get mad when she caught him on a date with her sister.
107. They threw me a twirl, which sort of makes me sad that Brooke is just Aspiration Fodder for Marco.
Not too sad, though, since she was pretty emphatic about heart-barfing him.
Shortly after this, I heard the unmistakable sound of âBoioioioioing!â
108. âI had a ridiculously fun time on our outing, but less fun now that I catch you on a date with
someone else! Have this telescope! And then choke on it!â
Dude! You already dropped off your freaking flowers! Why did you come back?
109. This is never the smartest thing to do to a Vetinari, Nameless Townie Guy.
110. What did you think would happen, Nameless Townie Guy?
Dammit, Iâm gonna need to build a fence around the trash can, arenât I?
111. Still, the cheating and slapping didnât hurt Marcoâs date with Brooke any. It ended up a Dream
Date, Marco didnât need to sleep that night, and he continues to flamey-thought-balloon Nameless
Townie Guy.
113. âYou donât have to be so grumpy, you know.â
âOh, I know I donât have to. I just want to.â
âThatâs not very nice.â
âTry to imagine how much I donât care.â
114. âOh, you donât really mean that.â
âOh, I really do.â
âAnyway, Bucky asked Gramma if we could go roller skating this afternoon, and she said yes, as
long as we were back before she got out of her coffin. Bucky and Marco and I are all going to go.
You should come too. Itâll be fun!â
115. âNo.â
âBut, Fair, the rest of us are going! Iâll be more fun if you come too!â
âI said no!â
âPlease?â
âGah, are you deaf? I said I donât want to go to any stupid skating rink!â
116. âI know youâre still upset about Dad, but you shouldnât snap at me. I just want to help.â
âWell I donât need help. Why does everyone think I need to be coddled? Iâm fine. I just want to be
left alone, and I have zero desire to go skating.â
âWeâre leaving in about a half an hour, if you change your mind.â
âI wonât.â
117. âTake it easy, Tess. Donât try to go anywhere until youâre steady.â
âIâll be all right. I donât think Iâll hurt anything except my dignity! You can let go.â
âOkay, but if you fall, itâs not my fault.â
119. âOooh! That was a bit of a tumble! Are you all right, Bucky?â
ââŚMy spleenâŚâ
120. âThis is fun! Thanks for talking Gramma into letting us come out!â
âFun? All weâve done so far is fall.â
âSo what if weâre not very good? Weâre still out somewhere new, and learning something new, and
thatâs fun!â
âYeah, I guess it is.â
122. âSorry, Marco! I guess I forgot youâre bigger than me! I didnât mean to drop you!â
âItâs okay. Iâm all right! Iâm good. Just as soon as I pull this splinter out of my ass.â
123. âWoooo! Just like jumping on the couch, only way less squishy if I miss!â
âYour facility with this activity verges on the freakish, brother mine.â
âIâll never do anything if Iâm afraid of falling!â
124. âUm, Bucky? Youâre leaving for college soon, right?â
âEnd of the week.â
âDo you really have to go?â
âIâm gonna flip out if I donât. Anyway, I thought you werenât afraid of falling.â
125. âIâm not afraid of falling. Iâm afraid that all of the other people I care about are gonna die because I
screwed up. Thatâs a whole lot worse than a couple of bruises.â
âYou know I got your back, Marco. Always have, always will.â
âYeah, but⌠Iâm really gonna miss you.â
âIâm gonna miss you too.â
126. âLook! I figured out how to twirl without falling! This is the best!â
âThatâs great, Tess, but we should get going. Gramma will be up soon.â
âOkay!â
127. ââŚand then I fell and Bucky tried to catch me and we both ended up on the floor! It was so much
fun! I wish Fair had come; he would have had such a great time!â
âWell, itâs his own fault if he missed out. He should have been less of a grouchypuss.â
âI know! Do Bell and Carver ever do stuff like that?â
âNah. But theyâre always complaining about getting dates.â
âOh! Marco does that too!â
128. âBoys are so silly!â
âI know!â
âWe are just going to drive them nuts at college!â
âGosh, I hope not!â
129. And here is proof of Rizzoâs having written and sold a novel. He even managed it before he got
gray!
130. âSee? I told you if you convinced Mom and Dad to let us throw a party, I wouldnât noogie you
anymore!â
âIâm just shocked that you followed through!â
âRemember thisâI keep my promises!â
132. âŚand going âArrrrrrâ is certainly more pleasurable than the alternative.
Poor Whitney has a late-night run-in with Grandma Dora.
133. Dora wasnât the only haunt around that night. Her own grandmother, Jeannie, was out and about,
and Founding Spouse Calista spent several hours bobbing around the orchard.
134. The next day brought several events: Anyanka has her kittens (Renee, Satsu, and Kakistos), and
Rizzoâs going gray.
135. I sold Anya to Prof, since I donât really need four cats and five Sims around the place.
136. âAnd you shall be called Bear Claw!â
*sigh* Maybe later, Prof.
137. Topherâs ghost seems to be suffering from senility. Itâs NOON. See the maid? Yeah. NOON. And
it wasnât even raining, so itâs not like the tombstone got struck by lightning or anything. Topherâs
ghost was just in the mood to wander, I guess.
138. âTess followed us home from school again, and boy is she hot!â
Little Miss Sunshine keeps getting herself Aspiration Points, so I havenât managed to Cheese her
yet, although that hasnât stopped me from cramming grilled cheese sandwiches down her gullet at
every available opportunity. For now, I just sort of ignore the âTess is a Romance Sim!â things.
139. âEhehehe, Iâm not even old yet, and Iâm already becoming a lecher! Hey, baby, wanna kiss an older
man?â
140. âYouâll be older than me for a change, Romance Boy.â
âYouâll still love the Older Man?â
âYouâll always be Romance Boy to me.â
141. With absolutely no ceremony, and no one at all standing around to watch, my Gen 6 Prettacy heir
pops into Elderhood, and manages not to blind me with his sartorial choices.
142. âYou look so good, Uncle Rizzo!â
âThanks. I still feel like myself, and Iâm happy about that.â
âI wish I could have seen Dadâs birthday.â
âSo do I.â
Theyâre not the only ones with family on the mindâŚ
143. "Eddie, hey! It's so awesome to see you!"
"Where is she, Aunt Banyan?"