Scooter 8.10 - What I Promised

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Hello hello friends! Welcome to the final episode of Generation 8, or as we at home like to call it, The Fayrouz Show. I'm just kidding. I love Fayrouz, I'm not mad about it at all. Let's wrap this one up and put yet another Scooter generation in the done pile.

 

Fayrouz has seriously leaned into the whole mixology thing.

Fayrouz: It is time for Favours to become a bar and grill. No of course I won't burn money on a new bartender, it'll just be me, sobbing behind the counter. For ~flavour~

Fayrouz: Whyyyy did I think I needed to make a whole turkey? It's just the two of us for crying out loud.

Kaleb: Leave it for dad and grandma's ghosts.

Fayrouz: Again with the weird ghost talk, Kaleb. It's getting creepy.

Kaleb: (shrugs) Be a naysayer all you want, ma. I know what I see.

Fayrouz: Well I see some uneaten turkey, so hop to it. (sigh) I should've invited the Deleons over.

But you got the next best thing, didn't ya? A rip off Father Winter!

Father Winter?: Ho ho ho! Who's a good boy eating all his turkey? Is it you, Kaleb? Are you a good boy?

Kaleb: You need to LEAVE RIGHT NOW.

Fayrouz is really ~loving~ the Yelp reviews people leave on Favours.

Fayrouz, reading: "...the best Syrian and Lebanese food anywhere in the San My/Newcrest area. I especially love the rotisserie chicken." awww, yay!

"...usually really good but days that the owner's son take over managing are really bad."

...take...over...? Kaleb.

For his end, Kaleb is working on his charisma skills.

Kaleb: For what reason, you might ask, well...

Kaleb: ...because I've decided to be a star, baby.

(beep!)

Ahem. Hey, Simtube, what's up! It's your guy, K.Y. Scooter!

Okay, so, full disclosure. The following generation was meant to be the Get Famous generation. The only problem is, you guys...I fucking. I fucking hate Get Famous so much. I kept trying to play it, trying different various plots, and all of them fell flat because I hate that cursed EP so much. I eventually abandoned it to play a different EP for Generation 9. But I already had established that Kaleb was trying to become a celebrity so.... Yeah. Just wanted to put that out there.

What's the matter, Kaleb? Are you upset that your SimtubingTM and Celebrity Star Level(C) are all going to be for naught by the time the next post comes around?

Kaleb; Well--no, but I am now! What the hell man!

Fayrouz is pissed too. I think it has something to do with the fact that PEOPLE KEEP DYING ON HER LOT??

Fayrouz: Can you guys literally find ANYWHERE ELSE to die? Holy shit this isn't the free-for-all death pit!

Kaleb: Maaaaa....

Fayrouz: Nope.

Kaleb: But ma! I'm gonna be legal in like... two days!

Fayrouz: Incorrect, Kaleb Scooter. You're gonna have juice and there's nothing you can do it about it.

Kaleb: (sigh) I guess everyone around here just hates me.

Kaleb: Hi, Mila! What'll you have today?

Mila: I heard you were serving alcohol now. How's about hooking up a family friend?

Kaleb: Uh... uh... I don't... know if I can do that, Mila.

Mila: I'm just kidding Kaleb! I know you can't serve me alcohol. ... unless... nah... hahah I'm just kidding. unless...

Everyone is loving Favours, for the most part! We consistently sat on a 3 or 4 star review from every patron, and we ended up closing out its run at 4 stars. For some reason 5 stars is really hard to get??? Bye anyway...

Kaleb: Hey Simtube, welcome back to my channel. It's your guy, K.Y. Scooter. Today we're going to talk about something that be so personal and so important to some people. Some people, being me. As you can tell this is about to be a really...I guess, intimate sort of video. I think we know each other a little better by this time. So, let's broach the subject. Today we're going to talk about how much I hate math.

Do you see all those 4 stars! That's pretty good! Anyway running a restaurant is literally causing the family to haemhorrage money so this really is more of a passion project, I'm afraid. I already knew that, but I was sort of hoping this time would be different. It looks like it shan't be.

Fayrouz managed to resell Favours at...just a little over what she bought it for. So...she didn't meet her goal. But she had fun doing it, at least.

Open a restaurant and sell it at x3 its initial value ✘

I really liked this generation but I failed both goals lol. I mean one was because my heir accidentally kicked it, but ya know.

Kaleb: Hey, Natasha? You wanna hang out?

Natasha, over the phone: Sure, but...why do you sound dizzy?

Kaleb: Yeah I accidentally fell face forward into a fridge door and now I think I'm dying and also I should never work at my mom's restaurant again.

Natasha: ...maybe you should go to the hospital instead of calling me...?

Ain't nothing like returning to the absolute doldrums of your real job after giving up on the job you loved more.

Fayrouz: Making money. Doing what I love. Ne'er shall the two intertwine. <////3

Kaleb: Hi, making a special video today to address a serious concern. Yes, my real name is Scooter. No, I do not know why. (sobbing) I really... I really don't know why

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One night, after yet another soul-draining shift at the restaurant she works for, Fayrouz returned home to a quiet, still home.

Fayrouz: (groans) Good god. I'm fucking beat. Today sucked. I need a goddamn drink.

Xavier?: Hey, when did you develop such a complaining habit, babe?

Fayrouz: Who the FUCK is there--?

Xavier?: Come on, you don't recognise me? It's only been... what, 19 years?

Fayrouz: ...Xavier...? Xavier? What the hell?

Xavier?: It's me, babe. It really is me. It's nice that you can see me now.

Fayrouz: Oh, my god. Kaleb was right.

Xavier: He sure was. Now why don't you believe the boy? He was raised by a great person.

Fayrouz: Oh my god, Xavier... you don't know. You don't even know. It's been so hard. I--I...I didn't think I still...still missed you like this--or that I still needed you like... oh god. I'm sorry. I'm rambling...

Xavier: I know. I understand. None of us expected me to die like that one day, after all.

Fayrouz, voice shaking: N--no...

Xavier: I didn't mean to make you cry, babe. I just wanted to see you.

Fayrouz: I--I missed you so, so so much...

Xavier: Kaleb is such a good man now. I'm shocked. He's so much better-adjusted than I was at his age. You did an amazing job, babe.

Fayrouz: (sigh) I just wish he had a father to grow up with. It was really hard on my own. First you, then grandma...

Xavier: (chuckles) Oh yeah! Nora says hello too, by the way.

Fayrouz: (gasp) Does she really? Is she here too?

Xavier: Well, she's a bit less...attached to this world than I am. But me, I still have you and Kaleb. So I stick around sometimes. I...gotta admit...it does hurt me, seeing my boy grow up without me. And seeing you...without a support system.

Fayrouz: Attached...? Xavier, are you...? Where are you?

Xavier: I don't know, babe. I don't know if I'm in Heaven or Hell or, like, anywhere. Sometimes I'm here, sometimes I'm not. But all the time, I feel like I'm trying to see through paper. It's hard to...appear like this.

Fayrouz: So how are you able to do it tonight?

Xavier: I do it every night. Tonight, it's you that can see me.

Fayrouz: So you're always here? You're really always there?

Xavier: Of course, babe. I always am. I always will be.

Fayrouz: Xavier...

Fayrouz: (groans) Mmm....ugh. (gasp) Xavier!

...Xavier... (sigh)

Kaleb: Good morning, ma. You look tired as hell.

Fayrouz: Yeah, I feel like I had a really weird dream. I saw your dad... ugh, it was just really odd.

Kaleb: Huh. Oh, by the way, did someone give you this?

Fayrouz: This what?

Kaleb: This big-ass rose! Ma, are you seeing someone?

Fayrouz: No...! I don't know where this came from.

Kaleb: Oooooh. (chuckles) Maybe it's a secret admirer. Heheh.

Fayrouz: ...you know, your dad gave me a rose like this one once. Long, and bright bright red.

Kaleb: Heh, maybe it was his ghost! Whoooooooo!

Fayrouz: (chuckles softly) Ah. Well, maybe.

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It's now Kaleb's big boy birthday! Happy birthday, Kaleb!

Kaleb: FINALLLYYYYYYYY YEEEHAWWW



There he is. My boy.

Kaleb: Hell yeah. Now you wouldn't just abandon me and my save right? Haha. Right? Ron? ...

Generation 8: complete!

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And it's at this point that I abandon this save for (checks notes)... one year and three months. Yeah. Haha. Yeah. I mean, that won't come across for you, the reader bc I'll post this generation within the next couple months but uhh. Yeah! We'll see you next time!