Gen One- Chapter Twenty One

My eyes were threatening to close on me even when walking through the front door with my arms full of luggage. To be honest, I was exhausted enough that the floor looked like a good enough bed. I only forced myself to make it to the couch because Eden was coming in behind me. The return trip had been the worst flight of my life so far. A storm delayed our original plane. Sap's parents were lucky enough to find us another flight not long afterwards, but in order to claim our position at the last second we had to take economy seats instead of first class ones the Spring family typically booked. None of them were together. I ended up in a middle seat with a grumpy old man on my left and a chatty couple on my right. A crying baby was a few rows behind, and the turbulence the whole ride was awful. I felt banged up, beaten, and sore by the time the plane landed.

I sunk into the couch cushions like they were cushions straight from heaven. Glad that I had at least thought to wear comfortable, lazy clothing for the trip, I had no qualms about making the couch my bed that night. I sat there, half-asleep, too exhausted to give Button the petting she wanted. She had to make do with simply sitting at my feet instead.

Color My World Behind the Scenes #1

As it is, today you'll be getting this little Behind the Scenes update instead of Chapter Twenty-One. I had actually been planning on posting this as an extra surprise this Thursday, but an annoying and abrupt schedule change at work took away my day off yesterday. Having lost the day I had been planning on doing most of the writing for the next chapter, I realized it would simply be too much to try and get it all done anyway. Thus, this is being released in its stead. Chapter Twenty-One will be out next Monday.

I have shared several of these pictures on various forums before, so forgive me if you see any repeats.

Enjoy!

The first pictures of Eden and Ethereal. I created them long before I had even finished The Goddess' Order. I believe I created them around the end of Part Five, which took place back in April and May of last year. The two did not change from their original appearances, save for Eden getting different eyebrows..

It's My Birthday! (#3!)

I can't believe it's already the third year I've done this 0.0 And there I was thinking years ago that I would make this blog and probably forget about it for eternity.

There's pictures this time around!

Bourbon chicken dinner, served over rice. Absolutely delicious. We used this recipe and tamari sauce instead of soy sauce. You'll want to go with at least three pounds of chicken if you have five or more people.

100 Majesties- A 100 BC Update #18

My game loves to do weird things. I don't know exactly how, but the school became glitched. Lynette and Gwendolyn tried to exit the building after classes were over, yet they got stuck inside. A simple reset of them would fix the problem- is what I thought. What it did was suddenly snatch them right out of the household! Both their panels and the actual Sims vanished. Instead of letting myself freak out, I decided to see if Overwatch would recover them during the nightly reset.

Gen One- Chapter Twenty

A light, tickling breeze brushed my hair and danced across my skin. The scent of the seawater was definitely not unfamiliar, but there was something wholly different about at the same time. A crispness and liveliness that did not exist in Berrybrook thrived in Tropic Luna. The tingling of the bright sunlight illuminating the world unceasingly further amplified the exotic atmosphere. The stretch of ocean before me was nearly infinite. It was only partially blocked by a fog covered island in the distance. With an unfocused gaze, I stared straight ahead at it. I should have been ecstatic in that moment. There I was on a gorgeous rented house boat anchored on the edge of one of several tropical islands with two days ahead of me to do whatever I wanted. However, I couldn't focus on my fortuitous situation and only concentrate on how my fortuitous situation had me feeling so down. I sighed, not noticing the person coming up from behind me until she was right there.

Gen One- Chapter Nineteen

I lazily flipped to the next page, sighing and wishing the situation I was in would be over already. It was only the very afternoon following the morning where I woken up to find that I had reverted back to my white coloring, and already I was being driver crazy by boredom. I was truly and utterly trapped in the house. Eden had made a point of going to every room and even double-checking all the windows to make sure they were covered with blinds or drapes on the off chance that someone would sneak up close enough to the house to accidentally see me how I actually was. Not being able to look outside was more bothersome than I wanted to admit given how used to being able to come and go at my will I had grown.

I suppose that was part of the reason why Eden made a shopping trip where the sole purpose of it was to get me items that would appease both my boredom and frustrations. Besides snacks, magazines, and a few new movies, he had also purchased me a white night shirt. For the several days I had of being Ethereal, I could at least have one item of clothing that matched me. I was giddy enough because of the gift, until I began pondering the other reason why Eden was choosing to be incredibly accommodating. Unfortunately, I remembered what he told me all those years back the first time we had done this- that me being stressed and panicked about the change could potentially cause the chemical to have an adverse reaction that could kill me. Back then I had assumed the issue would have been no worry, but now that I knew about the possibility it became almost all I could think about. I latched onto my entertainment because I did become stressed and worried. It took a lot of effort to forget the dangers of the mysterious injection we so eagerly jamming into my bloodstream.

Gen One- Chapter Eighteen

I turned over to my left side, groaning. I had been sleeping peacefully and deeply, having a wonderful dream I think, when I was jolted out of the nice rest I was in by someone suddenly turning on the lights. I heard footsteps, but I only tightened the covers closer to me and ignored them. It was Saturday, and I was going to sleep in if I wanted! A hand smaller than I expected placed itself on my shoulder and shook me. The hand didn't belong to Eden, that was for sure.

     "Meadow. Meadow, get up." she called to me.

Oh, so that was who she was. However, it didn't change a thing for me. It wasn't a surprise that she was in my room given how often she still came over, but she was crazy if she thought she was going to get me out of bed.