Simstorytellers Challenge 008: Day off
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simstorytellers challenge. Again, this takes place in Veronaville, and involves original characters. It's actually a glimpse at a little pseudo legacy taking place there, and these kids are from generation three. There are connections to other hoods hinted at here, but some of it is pretty subtle (hint: the names are clues).
In my vision of the sim world, the Calientes and the Lotharios come from South Veronaville (the Mediterranean side of town, where the Montys reside). That makes sense to me, since Don, Nina, and Dina are new arrivals to Pleasantview, and they fit in with the feel of that region.
CHALLENGE 008: Day off
Prompt: Day off
Word/pic limit: 200 word/2 pic (it's actually about 300 words, and I doubled the pic count)
Expires: July 15, 2008
Characters: Neko, Fandango, Gato, and Fortunata Caliente
Warnings: None
My husband had the day off, so we spent it with the children. Since it was a gorgeous spring day, we took them outside.
It's on days like this, when I have plenty of time to think, that I start to wonder about where I came from, and where I'm going.
My mother moved here, to South Veronaville, late in her life. I was one of those "change of life" babies. A miracle, if one believes in such things. I never did ask my mother about it, but by the time I became a teen, I started to wonder if I really was the only child she'd ever had. There were some clues, here and there, that suggested otherwise.
I wonder if I'll ever know the truth.
She lived to see the children born, but not much beyond that, and she had never been fond of my choice of a partner, even though Dan was always a perfect gentleman in her presence.
It was the alien thing; it bothered her. She hated the idea of abductions, and I have to agree with her, to a point. The way they abduct innocent people is wrong, but Dan is just the product of that. It has very little to do with him. She shouldn't have let her fear of aliens effect the way she relates to those who are also half sim.
Dan ended up with the green skin, unlike his brother, Flamenco. He's more alien in other ways too, I'm told.
It's funny, but I also feel something like an alien in Veronaville, even though I was raised here. Like Dan, one of my parents was an outsider, and one was old blood. I suppose I'm rooted here now, with the marriage and the kids, but sometimes it doesn't feel that way.
I wonder what exists out there, and what ties I might have to another place.
Bonus pic:
This pic didn't make it into the entry, but I just had to share it. Just try to resist the cuteness of Fortunata Caliente. You can't.
simstorytellers challenge. Again, this takes place in Veronaville, and involves original characters. It's actually a glimpse at a little pseudo legacy taking place there, and these kids are from generation three. There are connections to other hoods hinted at here, but some of it is pretty subtle (hint: the names are clues). In my vision of the sim world, the Calientes and the Lotharios come from South Veronaville (the Mediterranean side of town, where the Montys reside). That makes sense to me, since Don, Nina, and Dina are new arrivals to Pleasantview, and they fit in with the feel of that region.
CHALLENGE 008: Day off
Prompt: Day off
Word/pic limit: 200 word/2 pic (it's actually about 300 words, and I doubled the pic count)
Expires: July 15, 2008
Characters: Neko, Fandango, Gato, and Fortunata Caliente
Warnings: None
My husband had the day off, so we spent it with the children. Since it was a gorgeous spring day, we took them outside.
It's on days like this, when I have plenty of time to think, that I start to wonder about where I came from, and where I'm going.
My mother moved here, to South Veronaville, late in her life. I was one of those "change of life" babies. A miracle, if one believes in such things. I never did ask my mother about it, but by the time I became a teen, I started to wonder if I really was the only child she'd ever had. There were some clues, here and there, that suggested otherwise.
I wonder if I'll ever know the truth.
She lived to see the children born, but not much beyond that, and she had never been fond of my choice of a partner, even though Dan was always a perfect gentleman in her presence.
It was the alien thing; it bothered her. She hated the idea of abductions, and I have to agree with her, to a point. The way they abduct innocent people is wrong, but Dan is just the product of that. It has very little to do with him. She shouldn't have let her fear of aliens effect the way she relates to those who are also half sim.
Dan ended up with the green skin, unlike his brother, Flamenco. He's more alien in other ways too, I'm told.
It's funny, but I also feel something like an alien in Veronaville, even though I was raised here. Like Dan, one of my parents was an outsider, and one was old blood. I suppose I'm rooted here now, with the marriage and the kids, but sometimes it doesn't feel that way.
I wonder what exists out there, and what ties I might have to another place.
Bonus pic:
This pic didn't make it into the entry, but I just had to share it. Just try to resist the cuteness of Fortunata Caliente. You can't.
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Date: 2008-07-18 04:29 pm (UTC)Hmmm... So If Veronaville is the English and Mediterranean of the Sims Neighborhoods, so Riverblossom would probably be the Southern USA part(right?) and that means Desiderata would be the Asian neighborhood?
I thinl Dina and Nina's alien relative is a hint at Bella Goth's abduction, do you think so too?
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Date: 2008-07-18 04:44 pm (UTC)All of those names follow themes that are based on their parents and grandparents. You might be able to figure out who Neko's mother was, based on that too (and also facial resemblance, to my eyes), but I won't say anything more about it. It can be a mystery for now.
About the geography and references to real world places... I view Veronaville as being like Europe, based on it's many references, so I have this idea of the sim world map (which I started sketching out a while ago) with Veronaville across an ocean like that, and the rest of the hoods are all in a sort of America-like continent (referring to North and South America, not just the US). I don't feel like the other hoods reference anything specific for me, but Strangetown is further south west on the continent (where the desert would logically be, just east of the mountains), Riverblossom hills is north (maybe in Canada? :P), and I'm not even all that sure about Desiderata Valley. Maybe it was more central, like Pleasantview.
I'm not trying to match them up perfectly to real places, since it doesn't make a lick of sense, but it's fun to map it out for my own idea of the sim world map.
I'm not going to say much about Bella's abduction, but there are some connections among some of those people, as I'm sure you know. ;)