Monday, January 22, 2018

Don't Ask 2.3: How are you going to tell him?




Freena leaves Ciaran's apartment and finds a couple of his neighbors in the hallway.

Freena: Hi! I'm Freena.
One of them: Would you please get your elbow out of my chest, Freena?
The other one: It's not her fault the game routed us all here like this. (pause) This is my brother Cartedan. I'm Jaden. The Maker downloaded us from the Sims 4 community online thing that you download stuff other people upload that she can't remember what's called right now so she's having me say all this. (deep breath)
Freena: Oh. Well, yeah. Sorry for the routing placement issue.

Cartedan: Not a big deal, actually. And I can understand. See what happens when I wave back? My hand goes right into my brother's head.
Freena laughs.
Jaden: That is... very uncomfortable. I've heard of 'picking your brain,' but this is a bit overboard.
Cartedan: Normally, the Maker would go in and fix this in Photoshop, but she's having too much fun with us right now as we are.
Freena: You guys are fun. I hope she brings you back into the story.

Time will tell. If nothing else, I was searching for different, attractive sims to help fill out the neighborhoods. The game doesn't always produce random townies like Graham Taylor.

Freena: Who's Graham Taylor?

Long story.

Woo!

Whoa!

Freena: So that explains it.

Well, I hope the whole 'on Ley line' doesn't apply since the woohoo was done at Ciaran's apartment instead of Freena's.

Before the week runs out and before the mess of baby-time begins, the girls do their required trip to a restaurant. Freena has some big news.

Freena: I have big news!
Christa: You're buying a house?
Evelyn: I want my own room if we get a new house.
Freena: Listen! It's not a house!
Christa: A bigger apartment?
Freena: No!
Evelyn: Outer space?

Freena: Get your head out of outer space!
Christa: I'm hungry. (looks more closely at Freena) Maaaayyyyybbbbeeee you shouldn't eat so much tonight, Freena.
Freena: I'm not fat.
Evelyn: Of course not. (awkward smile like she agrees with Christa)

They order food, and I start dabbling more in Photoshop.

Freena: I thought you didn't bother with Photoshop for my story.
Me: I'm practicing.

Freena: I'm having a baby.
Evelyn: OMG! Right now?!
Freena: No.
Christa: When?
Freena: In a few game days.
Evelyn: So, wait... Does this mean you woohooed?
Freena: All I know is Ciaran has big feet, and I got preggers.
Evelyn: How big are his feet?
Freena: Just big enough. (grin)
Evelyn (to herself): So it takes a man with big feet...
Christa: (exasperated) Really, Evelyn? (pause) The dad's name is Ciaran? I didn't even know you had a boyfriend.
Freena: I do. Ciaran.
Evelyn: Does he know?
Freena: Erm... not yet. I wanted to tell you two first.
Christa: You're scared to tell him.
Freena: No. It's just you're my sisters. I already called Catlynne.
Christa: So how are you going to tell him?
Freena: What do you mean? I'm just going to tell him.
Christa: Won't that be a bit of a shock?
Freena shrugs like she doesn't know.

Ciaran: Hi, woohoo-y.
Freena: What's woohoo-y?
Ciaran: Well, the game doesn't call it sex. Otherwise, you'd be sexy.
Freena: So that was woohoo?
Ciaran: Uh... yes. You didn't know that?
Freena: My parents weren't exactly free with talking about that. But that brings me to why I wanted to meet you here tonight.
Ciaran looks at Freena and gets the totally wrong idea.

Ciaran: There's a very convenient large bush nearby. Or... we could sneak into the restroom. I like how adventurous you are.
Freena: Life is an adventure. And we're adding to it. (smile)
Ciaran (also smile)(gets up): The bush is this way.
Freena: I'm going to have your baby!
Ciaran sits back down.

Ciaran (flatly): You're what?
Freena: Baby! I've figured out that's what happens sometimes when you woohoo.
Ciaran: So I've come to understand.

The Maker just about dies laughing at the dual meaning.

Ciaran: How could you let this happen?
Freena: What are you talking about?
Ciaran: The baby! I'm not ready to be a dad. I don't know the first thing about being a dad. At least you've had siblings!
Freena: It's not hard. You feed them. You change their diapers. It's a little sim larva.

Ciaran: A little sim larva that is going to grow into a little sim toddler and then a child. I don't know if I'm ready for that.
Freena: Well, we've got time. You have time. You'll be fine. We'll be fine.

Ciaran: I can't do this.

Ciaran: I'm sorry, Freena. I just wasn't prepared to be a father yet. Maybe someday, but I just can't right now.
Freena: Uh, okay. Well, not okay really. I just don't know what else to say.
Ciaran gets up.

Ciaran: I'm sorry, Freena.

Coming up next!

Freena: Oh, don't you dare leave it there! Not after what Ciaran just did to me!
Me: But an emotionally-jarring event makes people want to read more because...

Will Ciaran man up or--

Freena: Will he just be a loser douchebag?

Yeah. That about sums it up.
Also... Will Freena have multiples even though the event took place on Ciaran's lot?
Find out next time!

Freena: For a legacy titled "Don't Ask" you sure do ask a lot of questions.

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