Simstoryteller drabbles: Perfect and Carelessly

[strangetomato]

And now for something completely different... these drabbles introduce some new original characters (well, one is recycled - thank you for sharing her, simgaroop. I hope you don't mind that I retained her name. It was appropriate and I've always really liked it). This will be relevant to Strangtown, Here We Come, and you may be able to guess the connection, based on the names. I've been playing with Veronaville, to get it up to the same point in time as Strangetown. Most of this stuff will be very much in the background, but it will have an impact on Strangetown in several ways.

The prompts were taken from the list at simstorytellers.

Characters: Lysander Winterpoem, Hippolyta and Helena Summerdream
Prompts: Perfect and Carelessly
Word count: 200 (100 each)
Pic count: 4 (2 each)
Warning: It's a little violent.







Perfect


Lysander Winterpoem was finally content with his life.




He had just arrived in Veronaville, with his life savings and a dream. He was going to build an open-air amphitheatre, and people would come from miles away to watch plays there, under the vast and endless sky.




He lay there and watched the clouds move overheard. Clouds by day and stars by night; the sky was wondrous. It was a beautiful day, with the sun shining, and butterflies fluttering about. His daughters played nearby. Everything was perfect.

It was a perfect day, but, unfortunately, also a perfect day to die.



Carelessly


I learned a very important lesson that day.




It's best to be mindful of your life, since you never know when it might be carelessly taken from you.

Our father died in an instant.




Helena said that I didn't even cry, but I did. The difference between us was that I quickly accepted it, and stopped crying.

My sadness quickly turned to purpose. When Death arrived, I was transfixed. Since then, I have dedicated myself to solving the riddle of death.

I still have the satellite that killed him. I keep it as a reminder to make every day count.




 

Comments

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Though I too am saddened by the death of such a pretty sim.

I wonder if one of the girls will fulfill her father's dream of building the amphitheater.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm a little saddened by the loss of him too, since I like how he turned out in appearance and styling. I started with the "faery" template and made numerous adjustments (mostly eye shape and enlarging of most of his features - ears, chin, nose). I'm loving those wild BV eyebrows. I think they belong on the wise old man, but they look great on a faery like Lysander. Those new dread conversions are nice too. Have you tried them on Bean yet?

I really want to build a replica of the Globe theatre for Veronaville, so someone will likely get around to that in the story. I saw a couple of plays at the Globe when I was in England studying art history. It was AWESOME. We were booked in to see one as part of the course, and I went back to see another on my own time. The first was Twelfth Night, with an all male cast, as it would have originally been performed, and the second was A Midsummer Night's Dream. I can't even express how great it was.

It was an amazing experience, even when we got caught in a downpour of rain. We were watching from the pit, and we really got to experience the open-air thing in a big way. *snicker* I was SOAKED to the skin, but I still loved it.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

You could always do the soap opera thing and bring Lysander as his long-lost twin. ;)

I did try the dreads on Bean, and they look good. I did a photoshoot, but I can't remember if I posted any pics.

Wow, a replica of the Globe? Would you consider uploading it to MTS2? That sounds amazing and I don't think anyone's ever done one for Sims 2, at least not that I've seen.

Also quite envious of you for experiencing the real thing! If I ever get to travel to the UK, that's on my must-do list.