Chapter 5: Death and Romance

Lionel calls this piece 'Hands Under Faucet: Wash Three Times'. And he wonders if he left the sink running the last time he washed his hands. He'd better go check on it...

Death comes for Zoe while she's making Goopy Carbonara. No one else in the house is skilled enough in cooking to finish preparing the meal she left half done, so the food has to be thrown away and the family dines on leftover peanut butter and jelly while they mourn.

Zoe's death coincided with Lionel's birthday. Cameron mourns her mother while celebrating with her husband.

"You really don't have to do that, you know."

Death came for Risk the day after his wife while he was playing computer games.

"But I was just about to level up!"

The twins, Pink and Shadow, are not at all bothered by the loss of their grandparents.

"So, I hear they're opening a new Starbucks...."

The paparazzi, however, are devastated by the loss of the town's most famous celebrity.

Shadow, the heir, has his birthday. He's inherited grandmother Zoe's good sense of humor.

Pink's birthday follows. He's a genius like his mother.

As the heir, it is Shadow's duty to start scouting for a potential mate as soon as possible. There are very few children of either in town, so he will have to act fast to secure a future bride. Misty GilsCarbo is exactly the right age, only one day younger than him, and is a virtuoso like him as well. And, she dresses as a pirate, which has to be a good sign, right?

Spider grows into a teen. He picked up the eco-friendly trait as a child, and took on his grandfather Risk's Friendly trait as a teen. Spider wants to be a world class surgeon when he grows up.

There are even fewer teens than there are children, and Spider is lucky to find any unattached girls to flirt with. Corrie Cross is free, and she's an Aries, which is compatible with Spider's sign, Leo, so the two get along very well and quickly start a romantic relationship. Corrie is nine days older than Spider, but he's determined to make it work.

Challenge Notes:

Generation 2 was pretty easy. The Hoarder goal is next to pointless, as it just means stashing things in the basement instead of selling them. And since the Misc. Fun is random traits, There isn't much of anything for me to work towards. I am trying to get both Lionel and Cameron's LTWs. Hers is to reach top of her career, and she's currently at level 9, and just became an adult. Lionel's is to max Athletic and Logic skill. He's at level 9 Athletic and level 8 Logic. He spends a couple days a week at the gym, and a little time at the telescope every night, or playing chess with one of his genius sons.

At least I now have the challenge of finding mates for my three boys.