Scooter 1.5 - What We Lost In the Fire
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Oh, people die this update. So there is that.
Oh, people die this update. So there is that.
It's Ollie's first day of school, unfortunately.
Oliver: I'd like to return to just pooping in a diaper please.
Scooter's Blooms is back in business babey! I think at this point, Percy is maybe approaching 20k towards his goal. He's almost there.
Percy: Who else are you gonna come to for flowers to placate your angry wife whose sister you pissed off? No one but Scooter.
Percy: Who else are you gonna come to for flowers to placate your angry wife whose sister you pissed off? No one but Scooter.
Both of these adult-ass Sims approached Oliver while he was playing by himself at the park. No thanks.
Oliver: Yeaaaaahh I'm like seven so I'm gonna just go.
Because they STILL had so much money they were just sitting on, I fluffed up their backyard too.
Oliver: Think fast, dad!
Sebastian: Noooo the ridiculously relaxing water weakened my defenses!
Oliver: Think fast, dad!
Sebastian: Noooo the ridiculously relaxing water weakened my defenses!
Uhghhghghg Josie is so cute. I'm going to die.
Josie: Bike Krakowski! :-) Please don't sue me for copyright infringement lmao
Aw come on man! That was a perfectly good dollhouse!!
Josie: No more dolls >:(
Josie: No more dolls >:(
Holy shit y'all. So tl;dr....Oliver died.
I'm not sure what happened but I read afterwards that there is a risk of starting a fire with the dryer if you don't clean out the lint trap. Which...yeah happens irl. But holy shit. I got up to make some food and I left my game running and I came back 3 minutes later to find Grim taking someone's soul and it turns out it was Oliver? I didn't even realise Sim children could die in fire! Wasn't there something that prevents that?! idk but overall--rookie mistake on my part.
But what happens, happens. If I neglected my Sims like that, then that's what I have to deal with in the end. Fuck. It really had to be Oliver though....
I'm not sure what happened but I read afterwards that there is a risk of starting a fire with the dryer if you don't clean out the lint trap. Which...yeah happens irl. But holy shit. I got up to make some food and I left my game running and I came back 3 minutes later to find Grim taking someone's soul and it turns out it was Oliver? I didn't even realise Sim children could die in fire! Wasn't there something that prevents that?! idk but overall--rookie mistake on my part.
But what happens, happens. If I neglected my Sims like that, then that's what I have to deal with in the end. Fuck. It really had to be Oliver though....
Rest in peace Oliver Scooter. You were gone way, way too soon.
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Percy and Sebastian actually aged up, but just after Oliver died. So they didn't celebrate their birthdays.
Understandable. Not gonna lie I'm pretty shook about it. I've never seen a Sim child die. Ever.
It was hard to watch them deal with it all, given the context. Every so often they'd stop what they were doing to mourn their son. They'd think about him a lot. It was hard to make them happy for long.
Man, I'm just a simple trash-ass Sims player. I always get all up in my Sims' heads and I know all y'all do too. Watching them be haunted by Oliver's death kinda hurt.
Percy's garden suffered in the aftermath of it all. Which is definitely my bad.
Percy: (sigh) Bugs. Bugs again. It's always bugs.
Sebastian: (sigh) Goodnight, Josie-bug. I promise...I promise I won't let anything bad happen to you. Ever.
Not supremely long after all of that, it was Josie's birthday! At least someone got to have a happy birthday in spite of all of this.
Oh yeah, it should go without saying but Josie is our heir. I mean...for obvious reasons.
Oh yeah, it should go without saying but Josie is our heir. I mean...for obvious reasons.
...and the first thing the little bastard did was make a mess.
Oliver's ghostly chuckling: (appears from somewhere)
Josie: Don't you laugh at me, Oliver. I'll still kick your butt even IF you're a ghost.
Oliver's ghostly chuckling: (appears from somewhere)
Josie: Don't you laugh at me, Oliver. I'll still kick your butt even IF you're a ghost.
Percy, dude, are you GOOD?
Percy: I don't know man. I just don't know anymore. I'm having a midlife crisis.
{A/N: Remember midlife crises from TS3? Man I wish TS4 had something like that.}
Percy: I don't know man. I just don't know anymore. I'm having a midlife crisis.
{A/N: Remember midlife crises from TS3? Man I wish TS4 had something like that.}
On a nice warm summer's day, I finally got around to doing what I've been meaning to: get these two married. So they took off to the place with the prettiest flowers in Willow Creek. Had a slow dance. And tied the knot.
I really wanted both their kids to be in attendance. But...that's how it goes.
Sebastian: I love you, Scooter.
Percy: I love you back, Park.
Josie: (sigh) And I love you, Josie. Dads, can we go hoooome? It's hot!!!
Look who came back around in time for his dads' wedding.
Oliver: ...and over there is where they keep the really good chocolate cake. Like, the really-really good stuff.
Josie: (gasp) They told me that was fish guts and stuff! Ollie, you're an evil genius.
Do NOT do this to me I am going to fuckin!! LOSE IT!!!!
Percy: O--Ollie? Ollie? That's really you?
Oliver: Hey dad...it's me. I heard you finally got married today. That's really awesome.
Percy: Oh, Ollie...let me hold you, baby...
Percy: O--Ollie? Ollie? That's really you?
Oliver: Hey dad...it's me. I heard you finally got married today. That's really awesome.
Percy: Oh, Ollie...let me hold you, baby...
Things turned normal again after a long, slow time. Josie was making plenty of friends wherever she went.
Josie: Yaaaarrr ye seabirds! Take a gander to the port bow! Therre be a KRAKEN!!!
Josie: Yaaaarrr ye seabirds! Take a gander to the port bow! Therre be a KRAKEN!!!
Josie: Pssst! Dad! That's you! You're the kraken.
Percy: Huh? Oh, yeah! Uhh--s...scraaaaaawwwrreeeghehrrr. I...don't know what a kraken sounds like, Josie-bug.
Josie: Yaaarrrrr, it must do for now!
Sebastian mastered cooking like 2838273 years ago. I guess he knows what he's doing? I hope??
Sebastian: For my next act, I will now peel a whole potato using...another potato.
This hot tub is proving to be great fun for the dads.
Percy: So...wanna smash?
Sebastian: Scooter, we're in our forties. Can we please just say "woo and hoo" like normal adults?
Percy: Yikes! Language, Sebastian!
Percy: So...wanna smash?
Sebastian: Scooter, we're in our forties. Can we please just say "woo and hoo" like normal adults?
Percy: Yikes! Language, Sebastian!
I think Josie is almost a clone of Percy. But I think she has Sebastian's eye shape? Not totally sure.
Josie: Wanna know what I did get from my dads? No HELP with my HOMEWORK >:|!!!
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The streets of Newcrest are empty at night. Except for one soul, lost on his way.
Oliver: (sniffling quietly)
The Watcher: Hello there, young one. Why are you crying?
Oliver: Wh--what? Who are you? Why are you at my parents' house?
The Watcher: I'm nobody, little one. But you, you seem to have been someone. A great someone to a few people. They miss you terribly.
Oliver: (sniffling) I--miss-them too.... I--want--to come--back--home.
The Watcher: Oh dear, but it isn't that simple, I'm afraid.
Oliver: What--what are you, exactly?
Oliver: Wh--what? Who are you? Why are you at my parents' house?
The Watcher: I'm nobody, little one. But you, you seem to have been someone. A great someone to a few people. They miss you terribly.
Oliver: (sniffling) I--miss-them too.... I--want--to come--back--home.
The Watcher: Oh dear, but it isn't that simple, I'm afraid.
Oliver: What--what are you, exactly?
The Watcher: I'm...someone who goes back and forth between here and there. Between...the living world and the world that comes after it. Just like where you are right now. Where you can't move from, it seems.
Oliver: Are you...are you the Grim Reaper?
The Watcher: No, not me. But I help the dead find their way when it's hard. And it's usually very hard for people that pass unexpectedly, and much too soon.
Oliver: That's me, isn't it....
The Watcher: Yes, it is. But if you want, I can help you find your way. To where everyone goes when they move on. To the dreaming place where nothing hurts anymore. Not like this...in-between existence.
Oliver: Won't my parents miss me?
The Watcher: Sweet, sweet one. They miss you so much more than you can imagine. But nothing will come of you hanging around.
Oliver: Are you...are you the Grim Reaper?
The Watcher: No, not me. But I help the dead find their way when it's hard. And it's usually very hard for people that pass unexpectedly, and much too soon.
Oliver: That's me, isn't it....
The Watcher: Yes, it is. But if you want, I can help you find your way. To where everyone goes when they move on. To the dreaming place where nothing hurts anymore. Not like this...in-between existence.
Oliver: Won't my parents miss me?
The Watcher: Sweet, sweet one. They miss you so much more than you can imagine. But nothing will come of you hanging around.
Oliver: Okay. Let's go, then.
The Watcher: Alright, young one. You'll be pleased to meet someone you might already know of....
Oliver: (gasp) Like Grandma?! Dad told me all about her!
The Watcher: Like her, and so many others in your family before her. Follow me.
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Not gonna lie, pretty sad about Oliver. So I had to make it even a little bit happy somehow. Also--I wanted to do the scenes with the Watcher with Francie initially, but I already released her spirit (she was glitched, rip). Also remember when I said there wasn't gonna be a whole lot of story LMAOOOwhatafuckingliarOOO
Thanks for joining me, friends.
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Date: 2020-04-20 05:44 am (UTC)omg right? the soft boy look was cute but he really was about that dad life in his core