Sul, Sul! Feroshgirlsims here, simblr gremlin. I write paranormal romance and drama about deeply unhinged, morally gray characters who get happy endings. My stories deal with mature themes and are for 18+.
The Save File Chronicles is my “slice of life with a side of bloodshed” series of interconnected stories about gods, monsters, and all the supernatural in-between in my save file.
CURRENT CHRONICLE
MONSTER DATE NIGHT
A silly little college ghost hunt, horny coeds, and things that go bump in the night—what could go wrong?
2025 | 18+ | PARANORMAL ROMANCE
(Chapters are usually posted on Mondays & Fridays)
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COMPLETED CHRONICLES
MONSTROUS BEGINNINGS
Once they were monsters. Will the drama of regular life be enough? Or will the call of the otherworldly be too much to resist?
2024 | 18+ | PARANORMAL ROMANCE
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GAMEPLAY | me faffing around in my save file
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At long last, the day Kaori dreaded the most is finally upon her. She knew she had to do it for the sake of her promotion. And besides, she got to see her grandma, Miki and Taku. There were a lot of things to look forward to... yes, even Kiyoshi's his return from Britechester.
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Kaori comes back home after another stressful but successful mission. Sure, she saved a person from death, but you'd think after nearly risking it all for her client, her boss would be nice enough to promote her. Well what she might be hoping for may happen soon.. Though I don't think she's ready for what she's going to have to do...
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Hello ! Nice to meet you . Hope you're well. I've read some of your story Monster Date Night Chronicles and I've found it really interesting( I'm a major fan of anything supernatural/occult ) and have questions if you don't mind answering.
What was your inspiration for the story ? How did the MCs become a throuple ? More importantly how do they manage jealousy? Especially during sexual intimacy? What type of monster is Vlad ? How did Alice Martin come to be the God of Death ?
By the way I love your Vlad makeover. Major improvement on og Vlad and makes me curious about your other vampires/other Sims.
Do you struggle with Writer's Block or burnout ? It seems like a lot of work setting up scenes, writing an editing scenes. I could never do that lol .
OMG! I’m so flattered. Yes, happy to try and distill the absolute chaos going on in my brain. ALSO, I LIKE TO YAP, SO NONE OF THESE ANSWERS WILL BE SHORT. I’M SORRY. I consulted @sirianasims, who told me that I should feel free to let this post have the full autism treatment, so uh, strap in, I guess.
What was your inspiration for the story?
Honestly? My brain is full of bees, and this is the result, lol.
I LOVE romance books, especially monster romance. I watch a ton of anime and read manga. I love mythology and horror, and I spend an oddly large amount of time thinking about alchemy and early modern science for my IRL job.
Paranormal stuff has always been my jam. I mean, I’ve wanted a vampire boyfriend since Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I could talk about Interview with the Vampire for conservatively 25,000 years. I also used to work at a cemetery doing tours and events (yes, the dead love a party), so I’ve always had a love of the macabre...but also a love of Hallmark movies and musicals in a completely unironic way?
God, this would probably be a shorter answer if I just said: I was a theater kid.
I guess the biggest thing to note is that this story did not come to me fully formed overnight. I've been toying with some version of it for YEARS. Back in 2018/2019, I had a story on WordPress with completely different characters. I ended up with one random chapter where I needed a character to talk to Vlad, and that ended up being Alice.
The scene was so electric that I abandoned my old story and started writing a new one about just the two of them. Eventually, that story became Baking By Death. I was big into the Great British Baking Show, and so I was like, what if there was a baking contest TV show but all the contestants were gods and monsters in hiding because the prize is a supernatural mcguffin so powerful it could destroy the world? And also, what if Vlad was an ancient monster competing, but he fell in love with Alice, and she made him do completely unspeakable things like wear sweatpants?
Then I gave it a sequel called The Strauds. I think the tagline was “Home is where the heart is. The Bodies are in the Basement.” Vlad was a beleagured vampire/monster patriarch with adult children who hated him, and an ex-wife and an ex-husband with whom he argued with CONSTANTLY. Alice was a single mom on the run from her abusive ex-boyfriend, who became the God of Death through a series of shenanigans.
Then I lost my save file and my motivation, took some time off, and then decided to try Tumblr. By then, I was ready to relaunch the story, but I really wanted to give myself the freedom to reimagine how it would all come together. I decided I would just be as weird as I wanted and hoped that there might be a little community of peeps on here that were into it.
So my inspiration is that I’m unhinged and I let that guide me. I love so many things, and I just want to mix them all up in one big pot and see what comes out!
How did the MCs become a throuple?
I think there are three ways to answer this. There’s the “craft” perspective, which is mostly my brain as a writer, and then the “character” perspective, which is what I imagine they are feeling (and hopefully can convey in the story), and the plot answer, which is literally “why tf did this happen?”
I’ll start with craft:
I knew I wanted Vlad, Alice, and Akira together since that's what happened in my gameplay. The challenge was introducing all of these characters, building their romance equally, and then making their connection feel inevitable and reassuring. I wanted it to feel like you couldn’t imagine a world where these three lunatics weren’t together.
The easiest way to do this was to make one of them the anchor—the person who actively works to bring them together and through whom you can find a desire for both characters.
For me, that was Akira.
When Vlad and Alice have their first date in Chapter 6 of Monstrous Beginnings, he's already watching them. And they kind of feel it too, even though they don't know who he is.
And then it was finding a way to have them both spend time with him separately and feel the romantic tension between them, but never in a way that crossed a line into cheating.
I let Akira spend a lot of time yearning. He even takes Alice out to eat and plans on asking her and Vlad to hang out, but Alice immediately suggests they do it as friends because he isn’t straightforward enough (lol ironic for a fae).
By the time he shows up at Vlad’s house in Chapter 14 of Monstrous Beginnings for a little knife-fight/meet-cute, he has figured out that he needs to be as clear as possible about what he wants.
“Do you want a weapon?” Vlad purrs, but Akira has learned his lesson. The man could go from seduction to murder in under 60 seconds. He doesn’t relinquish his position, gripping Vlad’s thigh before he can kick out.
"Nope. And you’re not gonna kill me because you’re gonna date me."
“Date you?” Vlad goes still. “I’m flattered, but I couldn’t possibly. I’m already seeing someone.”
Leaning down until his lips are nearly by Vlad's ear, Akira whispers, “I know. She’s gonna date me too.”
From a character point of view, it’s also Akira doing the driving:
The fae believe that you choose your own fate. So in Akira’s mind, when he falls for Vlad and Alice, he is meant to be with both of them. He has no doubts; his heart can’t belong to anyone else—that’s the depth of this devotion. Words are literally magic for him, so he means what he says.
Vlad is also drawn to both of them. He is a brat, but also kind of a black hole for affection. He wants to be possessed and cared for, and he feels an affinity for Akira and Alice that he describes as "tethering him to this world." He doesn’t have the same language to describe choosing his fate, but he is a very all-or-nothing being.
Or, as he tells Alice in Chapter 17 of Monstrous Beginnings, he loves her because he doesn’t hate her.
Alice is the one who is the most nervous about this whole thing. She doesn’t mind having two boyfriends who are also boyfriends, but she worries that she’s doing something wrong. And because of her past abusive relationship, she has a hard time accepting any kind of intimate relationship, even though these two make her feel safe.
Vlad is sort of her partner-in-crime in this. He turns the whole thing into a game where they are both putting Akira through his paces to prove himself to them. Feeling in control of the situation is what helps Alice finally say yes.
The plot answer is the shortest:
Ben (B’Ollithiranon), the former God of Death, explains in Monster Date Night. Akira, Vlad, and Alice were in love and a throuple before, but something happened, and they got separated. Vlad and Alice were reborn in a new world, but Akira couldn’t follow. He was trapped:
And Akira wasn’t arrogant so much as he was singularly focused. A thousand years alone on a corpse of a timeline that the Divine couldn't fully cull had carved everything else out of him.
All he wanted was to get back to the two creatures he pledged his heart to—to fulfill his promise to take care of them. Fae as he was, the errant demigod would not go back on his word. Ben had only ever seen that level of resolve in one other creature.
More importantly, how do they manage jealousy? Especially during sexual intimacy?
I mean they handle it…
JK JK. In the next arc, they are going to start dealing with more of the relationship dynamics, including sex (while also dealing with an apocalypse and several unnamed threats, because I’m nuts and I like to have lots of things going on at once, lol). But I’ll say a couple of things:
As far as jealousy goes, that’s not really an issue for them because they see themselves as being in a relationship with each other. It helps that they are all creatures who love very deeply but also need space for various reasons. Knowing that they aren’t abandoning their partner when they need to take time is more of a relief than anything else.
It does take a lot of coaxing to help Alice feel okay and like she isn’t doing something wrong. This starts with their first date in Monstrous Beginnings and will continue into the next arc of Monster Date Night.
As far as sex goes, well, I’ve tried to make it clear that they all get a thrill out of watching each other. Akira jokes that he has a brat kink, but he really does like Vlad and Alice being chaos and him being in charge of taming that chaos.
Eventually, they will have to navigate how they sleep together and figure out if everyone's needs are being met. It will take time for them to trust each other. This scene won't happen until next fall, but Vlad and Alice get each other off while Akira watches (and instructs). Akira really enjoys it, but Alice worries that he feels left out:
Alice is boneless after she and Vlad finish. She approaches Akira with unsteady legs, feeling guilty, but he just laughs.
“I had fun,” he says.
“But—”
“I got exactly what I wanted,” he kisses her forehead, “And don’t think you have to do anything else. I got there just fine, and my refractory period is not zero.”
I think (hope) what will eventually come out is that despite being gods, demigods, and monsters, they’ve got to do the same thing as everyone else: communicate.
Here’s another excerpt from that same scene:
When they settle in bed this time, Akira is in the middle. Vlad likes to be curled around her, but Akira lets her sprawl out on top of him. He smooths her hair.
“This works because we all care about each other and we don’t keep score,” he whispers. “If somebody needs more attention, they just gotta say it. And if they need less, then they gotta say that too.”
Communication. Her nemesis. “So basically this will work if we all do the thing we clearly suck at and don’t like to do,” Alice grumbles.
What type of monster is Vlad?
Full disclosure: I haven’t actually announced what Vlad is in this story yet. But I’ve been trying to drop hints that the way to think of him is less vampire and more eldritch horror.
In older versions of my story, he was turned into a vampire so his body could be a container for a dark power. He became Phobos, the living embodiment of Fear Itself. That’s actually how he appears in the prologue of Monstrous Beginnings.
The Divine Creators, however, make it clear that while he will be reborn, they aren’t promising that he will be the same thing. And he isn't. This Vlad might look similar, but he's got some new tricks up his sleeve (like making copies of himself out of repurposed body parts and storing a whole crew of vampires in parallel space inside himself he refers to as a stomach...😬)
Vlad is always referencing how other he feels. When he talks about his ex-boyfriend calling him heartless in Chapter 1 of Monstrous Beginnings, he mentions wanting to flay open his own chest to check and see if it's true. He’s not being metaphorical.
By Chapter 11 in Monstrous Beginnings, he’s seen Akira using magic, and it causes him to have a complete breakdown. It’s not because magic scares him, but because he realizes he’s always felt like this world and this body made no sense, and now he has proof. It makes his urges harder to ignore.
In Monster Date Night, there’s another hint. Ben (B’Ollithiranon), the former God of Death, reflects on Vlad, saying:
And most creatures wouldn’t set foot near Vladislaus, not willingly, at least. He'd devoured whole worlds on a whim, and there was no telling what belief had twisted him into now. Even the fae spoke of him like a boogeyman, calling him by his works and not his title, like he and his ilk did not belong to them.
Last thing I’ll say about Vlad is that Akira is always remarking on how fae-like he is. Numerous supernatural creatures refer to him as The Hunt. The King of Sluagh was one of my favorite characters in one of the first monster romances I ever read (JUSTICE FOR SHOLTO), so uh, do with that what you will… 😈
How did Alice Martin come to be the God of Death?
Ah! Okay, I can actually answer this pretty quickly. Ben (B’Ollithiranon) explains this in Interlude for an Old God. He was in conflict with the other gods and needed to hide out in a place no one would think to find him, which ends up being Alice's body (this is essentially what happens in my first story, Baking by Death).
But they got along, and he didn’t want her to die when he left, so he asked for help. The Devil worked out a way around the divine laws. A few whispered vows and quick bursts of dark magic later, and Ben had a new job, and Alice was the god who took his place.
—A living god, who could still technically die (Ben had sort of failed on that part), but at least when she did, she belonged to herself, and so she came back.
Basically, Alice is my plot device for how new timelines get created because even though literally no one asked, I wanted a logical explanation that would tie all my different stories together, lol. Thanks, Alice!
By the way, I love your Vlad makeover. Major improvement on og Vlad and makes me curious about your other vampires/other Sims.
This is the highest praise!!! The truth is that I am a hoe and I literally have to make everyone in my stories into a thirst trap. I need help, lol. But also, the EA versions are just too silly and cartoony, and I like my characters to be a little more grounded. Plus, I age a lot of them up to suit my purposes and sometimes give them supernatural features (like Akira’s pointy ears).
I deal with a lot of premades, and if I posted everyone, this list would be 10,000 pages long. I might do this as a separate post later this summer! For now, I'll just say you can spot a lot of makeovers in my two Monster Date Night machinimas here and here. Everyone from Wolfgang Munch to Don Lothario gets an update.
And I'll show off one of my biggest changes, which is Jacques Villareal.
EA:
Me:
Do you struggle with Writer's Block or burnout? It seems like a lot of work setting up scenes, writing, and editing scenes. I could never do that lol.
REGULARLY. I’m actually burnt out now, which is why even though I’ve got one last chapter rolling out for this arc, I’m actually on break until the fall. I’ve found that I can usually do somewhere between 10 and 15 chapters before I start to crash, and then I need a long break of just faffing around and having no pressure.
Obviously, you know yourself better than me so if you say you can’t, then that’s fine! But if you want to try, I'm here to tell you that it is doable. 😭😭😭😭😭
Seriously, I'm a mess of a creator. The neurodivergent gremlin inside me likes to work in all directions at once. Blender has forced me to be a little more organized because it requires you to produce stuff in phases. So now I try to write, then I deal with setting up screenshots, and then I deal with editing.
If I am working in Blender, I front-load all of my editing so I don’t have to do it post. It can be kind of a bitch because I end up doing all the lighting and VFX, but it means once I take the shot, it’s ready to go.
Uh…mostly.
Sometimes you have to light most of your set on fire so you can get a cool shot:
That said, I am planning for a transition to something a little more "slice of life" after Monster Date Night is over. There will still be monsters and mayhem (I am who I am), but I'm doing a time skip and focusing more on their day-to-day life coming out of my gameplay while I slowly work on their next big adventure in the background.
Okay, I swear I will stfu now. Thank you for this ask. Sorry if it is WAY more than you wanted, LOL.
Page 7- New Sixam Library and Information Center, New Sixam Plaza
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Ollie checks out the library. What he finds is an old tale - but he knows that many old tales have some basis in fact. The trouble with being a reporter is he can really only watch and record, and not do anything until later...but how much needs to be reported for action to take place?
Ollie's comment on cultures and historical groups telling stories of science via the language they have / knowledge they have is directly inspired by some old stories of the Pleiades star cluster.
Transcript:
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NEW SIXAM LIBARY AND INFORMATION CENTER, NEW SIXAM
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Ollie's thoughts: The library is the next best place to find something I can work with. Libraries are always the last places to be hit with the censorship hammer, even when the place is swarming with military.
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Woman on bench: Hey, you there.
Ollie: Hm? Are you alright?
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Woman on bench: If you're new here or visiting, you might be concerned about those plants. Don't go near them. The military and scientists are trying to deal with it, okay?
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Ollie: * to himself* Let's see… History of Henford, A Brief History of the Occult - Volumes 1, 2 and 3…Well, three volumes is hardly brief, is it? Oh, here we are - Indigenous Stories of what is Now Known as New Sixam.
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Excerpt - The Story of the Goddess who Fell from the Stars
Legends tell of a goddess who fell from a star - a streak of ligh hurtling through the sky and a bright flash that lit up the red rock, leaving an enormous smoking crater.
Within the crater was a goddess, and the goddess gave better crop yield to the land, as well as the gift of Her wisdom - the 'fruit of all knowledge'. Scholars believe Her vulvar design to point to Her being a fertility goddess. They called Her 'Gaia'.
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It's a start - after all, the tales of older cultures more often than not have some basis in science and proven fact. Like the peoples from thousands of years ago and the stories of the stars. They knew what they were talking about - they just didn't have the words or the exact knowledge that we have today.
Could there be an alien in the crater? Could some kind of seed have arrived on a meteorite? No, maybe not. Otherwise the teru'lis plants would've been here for a lot longer. It sounds like they sprouted out of nowhere.
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Ollie: Hey, you! Get away from that thing - it doesn't look edible!
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Homeless man: Come on, give me more, more, I need more! Gaia, give me your gifts!
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Homeless man: Huh? What do you want? It's the only food we got - it ain't like Ted's gonna do anything for us? You don't want me to eat the plants? Fine, you gonna cough up a Simoleon or two so I can get a sandwich?!
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Ollie: I'm sorry, Sir. I don't have anything to give you. Could you ask at the library? Is there a food bank around here?
Homeless man: Of course there's no damned food bank! The only one who'll feed us is blessed Gaia!
Ollie's thoughts:
Again, I can't influence any of this - otherwise people will doubt my credibility as a reporter.
How long do I have to watch these people suffer until I can actually help bring the right people to account?
An early start for Ollie. There'll be another new page tonight.
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NEW SIXAM - DAY 2
Sound description: *Sound of phone alarm going off*
Ollie: *to himself, muttering, half asleep* Ugh...that time already?
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Ollie: Wonder what I'll do today...
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Bea: Woof woof!
Ollie: Good morning to you too, Bea.
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Roland: Morning, Arthur. Bea didn't wake you, did she?
Ollie: No, not at all. I didn't get much sleep, but it wasn't her fault.
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Roland: Good. You know, I'm surprised you seem so chipper in this heat.
Ollie: I've lived in Oasis Springs most of my life. I'm used to this.
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Roland: That'll explain it. I'm surprised you came out here with all what's going on, too. Don't you read the papers?
Ollie: The papers are usually wrong about most things. I avoid them.
Roland: You're telling me. These plants, it ain't the fault of no Sixamian, I know that. They've respected this land too much to do any of this on purpose.
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Ollie: I get what you're saying. Anyway, where do you recommend to eat?
Roland: The 8 Bells bar. Sixamian-run, but watch yourself - those green bastards like to hang out there. And I'm not talking about the Sixamians. Military. Watch yourself out there, got it?
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Xila'veris'ta: What'll it be?
Ollie: The Alien Fruit Tart and the Sixam Pit Beast, please.
Xila'veris'ta: Ooh, you're an adventurous one.
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Ollie: This is amazing. Just like my mum used to make. Thank you.
Xila'veris'ta: Oh? Your mother was Sixamian? Interesting.
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Xila'veris'ta: Hey, if anyone tells you the teru'lis* plant infestation is our fault, it isn't, okay? We don't know how they got here. Don't trust a word out of any human's mouth about us.
*Translates to 'monster leaf'
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Xila'veris'ta: *in Sixamian* That mark…
Ollie: *in Sixamian* It's from my mum. She made a promise to me a long time ago.
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Xila'veris'ta: *in Sixamian* Well, I'm sure she'll make good on it. We always do.
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Nearby person: Speak Simlish. You're making me uncomfortable.
Xila'veris'ta: Why don't you shut the fuck up? There, is that Simlish enough for you?!
Ollie's thoughts: I wish I could've stepped in there, but I can't. I can't intentionally influence anything here - I can only observe it to report on it later.
Ollie (or, to New Sixam at least, Arthur) arrives in New Sixam and gathers the first bit of potential evidence. Going to start with the readily-available intro before he may have to resort to more drastic tactics later on, we'll see... Also I just noticed the 'take photo' gets a bit TOO close to the plants, lol. Ollie, didn't you listen to Roland?
The rectangular parts that aren't on the bottom are characters' thoughts as opposed to dialogue. If it's hard to read on mobile, please read the Transcript below. < 3
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Transcript:
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NEW SIXAM
PRESENT DAY
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Young Girl: Mister, you look stressed. Are you okay?
Ollie: I'm alright. Just resting.
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Young Girl: Hey, it's okay. I get stressed too sometimes! Me and Grandma are going to Chestnut Ridge. What about you?
Ollie: New Sixam, so not long now-
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Young Girl: Holy cowplants! Look at the big crater! It's huuuuuuuge!
Ollie: It's a lot bigger than I expected it to be…
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Young Girl: What do you think is down there? I bet it's a big monster - like a dragon!
Ollie: chuckles Who knows?
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Young Girl: I bet if there's a really big dragon in the crater, you could make friends with it or something!
Ollie: I doubt dragons like humans very much, but we'll see!
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AFTER LANDING AND TAKING A CAB...
Ollie: *to himself * Right, so I should be staying at a hotel named 'Slip 42'. SimMaps says it should be somewhere down this road.
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Ollie: *to himself* Well, it says it's here. Maybe the maps aren't up to date, I don't know. I can ask one of the locals.
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Ollie: Good evening, sorry to trouble you. Do you know where the Slip 42 hotel is?
Roland: laughing Hotel? What, a trailer not good enough for you fancy Henfordian types? You must be Arthur, then. Glad to have you staying with us.
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Roland: Oh, this here is Bea. She's the guard dog of our little community. She looks tough, but she's a big softie around us.
By the way, you see any strange purple plants, you make sure you don't go anywhere near them, okay?
Caption near Bea the dog: *curious sniffing*
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I was hopnig for something a bit more substantial than a bloody caravan, but at least it looks comfortable in here. I'm sure the others in the park will keep an eye on everything, and at least we've got Bea.
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Not much news seems to come out of here at all unless it's completely-unfounded claims. It could be to do with Ted, could be to do with the military.
Either way, I should probably make a bit of progress on my first night here - time to go and find one of the invasive plants.
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NEW SIXAM PLAZA
THE SAME NIGHT
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Ollie's thoughts: These must be the invasive plants…oof, that smell really gets up my nose… I don't recognise them from any of Mum's books. The finger-like vines seem to be lashing at the moths - maybe it's a defense mechanism of some kind? It's making me feel ill just looking at it…
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Ollie's thoughts: A photo will have to do for now. Tomorrow, I'll see what other information I can find freely before I have to resort to anything more invasive.
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CONTENT WARNING: Bereavement (parent)
CONTENT WARNINGS UPDATE: Later on in the story, there will be attacks by animals, and animal death / harm. This will be tagged.
Page 4 - Bedrock Strait, Oasis Springs
3 Days after the Meeting
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After a lot of discussion on can's and cant's, safety plans, expectations and what exactly the Plumbob have to get evidence of - Ollie is on his way to a flight to New Sixam- which isn't terribly far geographically from Oasis Springs, but still. And is also sporting a lovely basic-tourist look. Weirdly the shorter hair kind of suits him, but I prefer the longer one.
Interestingly, this plays out very similar to the 2020 Close Encounter Academy challenge I did, which Dylan founded, the first chapter. Ollie was off to Strangerville and Dylan got worried because their adoptive mother, Ruby, never returned. Only Ollie was honest with him in the 2020 version. He isn't honest here because what he's doing has to be done in as much secrecy as possible.
Transcript:
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BEDROCK STRAIT, OASIS SPRINGS
3 DAYS AFTER THE MEETING
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Ollie: Well, Dyl, how do I look?
Dylan: Like an obnoxious prick.
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Ollie: Wonderful. Works for me.
Dylan: So are you going to tell me where you're going now or no?
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Ollie: I'd tell you if I could, Dyl, but I can't. If someone's after me, just tell them I've gone away for the week or something.
Dylan: You're coming back, yeah? You're definitely coming back?
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Ollie: Of course I'm coming back, Dyl-
Dylan: That's exactly what Mum said, wasn't it?
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Ollie: (after a deep sigh) I'm not going as far as Sixam, Dyl. Look at your palm a second.
Dylan: I don't want to-
Ollie: Just do it, Dyl, please.
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Ollie: Mum didn't make promises lightly, and neither do I. She didn't expect her rocket to crash, but what matters is that she cared enough to leave her cava'coria* with us. As I said - I'm coming back. I promise.
(lore note) *'heart pact' - Sixamians leave unique marks on others' palms to signal a promise. They remove the mark when the promised act has been committed.
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Ollie: Dyl, please, don't be like this. If I could be more honest with you, then I would be, okay?
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Ollie: You look after yourself, okay?
Dylan: I will. You too. Did you remember the cowplant milk sachets*?
Ollie: I did, don't worry.
(Lore Note) *Cowplants grown in a lab are stimulated to produce milk that causes certain emotions without it having to eat anyone. This milk is used in both legal and illegal drugs - in this case, legal.
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Dylan: Don't forget to bring me something back, okay?
Ollie: If I can find a fridge magnet with 'World's worst little brother' on it I'll be sure to pick it up.
Dylan: What?! I've changed my mind - I'm not going to miss you now!
Construction on the New Sixam laboratory just started 5 years ago, and people weren't happy for multiple reasons. People are angry about the ecological aspects, the historical aspects as well as the fact no-one asked for it. Like all rich men, Ted is looking purely to the future - in the most backwards way possible.
The Strangerville in-game lore snippet 'a history of Strangerville' mentions there being Indigenous peoples there long ago. The more detailed history regarding them and the crater will be explained later.
Xila'veris'ta is 'she who is joyful' in Sixamian language. She is one Sixamian who never uses her disguise, ever, not even for safety.
Deco protestors are by reigningsims
Transcript:
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Voice in crowd #1: chanting Say no to the lab! Say no to the lab!
Voice in crowd #2: What's it going to mean for the climate? What if chemicals get into the water? What if it makes the air unclean?
Voice in crowd #3: The lndigenous peoples from two centuries ago considered it a sacred place, and you're just going to build an eyesore on a beautiful natural landmark?!
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Ted: Look, this town needs to catch up with the modern century if we're going to put ourselves on the map for anything other than violence! The lndigenous stories were just that - stories. They are New Sixam's history; the lab is New Sixam's future!
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Alice: Violence you did nothing about!
George: What's so good about the modern century anyway? Screw the lab - Nobody asked for it! I know I didn't!
Leslie: Neither did I!
Others in the crowd: Neither did we!
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George: Who cares for new-fangled crap? You really think a lab no-one asked for is gonna save this backwater town?!
Leslie: Is this what you think we want, or is this what you want?
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Xila'veris'ta: We asked for improvements! More affordable living, public transport links - we didn't ask for the lab!
Roland: What are you even gonna research in that lab? You've been mighty quiet about that, haven't you?
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Ted: Look - y'all asked for improvements, and I delivered! We're building the lab in the crater specifically to keep any pollutants away from the town! Now quit your whining and quit your performative speeches - the lab ain't going anywhere!
VIOLET: He’s probably pissed I didn’t scrub the toilet to his exacting standards again.
DANTE: Hey, out of the way, man!
ARGUS: This place is a pigsty.
VIOLET: And you’re a walking shag rug. I can state the obvious too.
ARGUS: May I remind you I could eat you alive and very kindly choose not to? Clean this mess up!
VIOLET: Yes, Dad.
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DANTE: Vi, quick, do me a solid and take my pic! I need to update the blog before I lose any followers.
VIOLET: [snorts] What, all zero of them?
DANTE: Fuck you! There are 95 now.
VIOLET: You’re such a dork, Morganthe. Vampire on the Prowl? More like Corniest Vampire on Earth. I should charge you a rental fee for using my laptop to post your dumb ass deep vampire thoughts. Speaking of rent, Argus is going to be on our asses for it any day now. Given any more thought to becoming partners in crime?
DANTE: I don’t know, Vi. That sounds an awful lot like work. Anyway, I’ve got a date tonight. Maybe next time.
ARGUS: I’ll just be here, reading my medical journals, going to bed early, being a gainfully employed, tax-paying adult.
VIOLET: Yeah, yeah. You’ll take my money any way it comes, Wolfboy.
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BIANCA: Dante! Darling! You finally wore me down.
DANTE: I told you I’m irresistible.
BIANCA: Don’t test your luck. I’m warded out the ass. You’ll never get your sticky little fingers in my head.
DANTE: I wouldn’t dream of it!
BIANCA: I know what you want from me. I think you know what I want from you.
DANTE: Oh, do I?
BIANCA: Let’s make it happen before we both get bored.
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BIANCA: Cute place. What’s with all the street signs?
DANTE: My roommate is kind of a klepto.
BIANCA: That’s hot.
DANTE: You really don’t want to hang out?
BIANCA: It was fun, but this place looks like a frat house and smells like an armpit. Learn how to treat a lady for real and then we’ll talk.
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VIOLET: Talk about a narrow escape! I’m beat! How’d the date go?
DANTE: Pretty well. We fucked. Then she insinuated I was dirty and broke.
VIOLET: Oh, man. I’m ordering pizza.
DANTE: Damn it! They put garlic on the pizza again.
(As a heads-up: any story text in brackets is characters' thoughts.)
The text-wall is transcribed below, sorry about that.
Ollie thought he was about to lose his job. Worse - he's just realised he's important in the workplace. Well, not really important in this case - just a few things about him that make him better-suited to this in particular.
The Plumbob might have to resort to desperate measures to find out what's truly happening in New Sixam; Estelle believe it's in the interest of the public, especially for the safety of Sixamians, not to mention the terrible implications for nature and the people alike due to the invasive plant species...but that's only the beginning.
Office building = Corporate Office Block by ZiggyMakes (Gallery)
Transcript:
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SAN MYSHUNO CITY - 27 YEARS LATER
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Text from Dylan: 'didnt get the job :('
Ollie: *to himself* Let's hope I'm not about to be made redundant, then...
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THE DAILY PLUMBOB - MAIN OFFICE
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Estelle: Ah, wonderful! Just the man I wanted to see. I'm sorry to call you in at such an hour, and on your day off too...
Ollie: Never mind. What do you need?
Ollie's thoughts: (Well, she seems to be in a good mood... a suspiciously-good mood...)
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Estelle: Have you seen the frontpage headlines of the San Myshuno Times this morning? Or the Chestnut Ridge Press?
Ollie: No, I've been awake for less than twenty minutes...
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Estelle: It seems people are desperate to pin the blame on Sixamians for everything once again. Take a look at the first article - it's disgusting. I don't believe a word of it.
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Excerpt from a San Myshuno Times article, dated the same day:
'THE ALIEN PLANTS HAVE LANDED - INVASIVE SPECIES TAKES OVER NEW SIXAM'
The town of New Sixam is facing an invasion of a Sixamian plant that appears to be growing almost everywhere and reproducing at alarming rates, causing a massive threat to Earth's ecosystem. Locals in New Sixam are also exhibiting strange behaviors as of late, though it is unknown as of yet if the two phenomena are linked.
Questions have been raised over the nature of this invasive species - and whether this outbreak may in fact be intentional. Mayor Ted Roswell spoke to the San Myshuno Times: 'I have no doubt in my mind that it was intentional', says Roswell. 'The Sixamians have been on-edge ever since the New Sixam Massacre. I believe they are trying to destroy Earth's beautiful, delicate ecosystem likely in retaliation for both the 'massacre' and the conflict that occurred during First Contact. They cannot leave the past in the past, as we have done.'
Ollie: If we published something this flimsy and one-sided, people would have complained by now.
Estelle: Precisely.
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Estelle: The trouble is, reporters aren't being let into New Sixam at all, and haven't been since last week. Military are swarming the place even more than usual, and everyone is refusing to comment, even the townspeople.
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Ollie: Between this and Ted saying the explosion at the lab last week was the fault of 'eco-warriors'…
Estelle: He's trying to cover something up, and I believe we may need to resort to going into New Sixam without anyone there knowing it's us. We have to set the story straight for the sake of public interest and their safety.
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Estelle: I believe you'd be a good choice for this. We can't risk posing as a scientist or military, but perhaps as a tourist, it might work. Plenty of tourists go to New Sixam. But, as much as I don't want to rush this, we'd have to act quickly.
Ollie's thoughts: (She wants to go into New Sixam undercover? I guess the people there don't have any faith in the press considering the shit they keep publishing about the place.I guess it makes sense she'd pick me, but it just feels wrong, somehow. The Plumbob's value is in truth, adherence to ethics and transparency. How is anyone who trusts us going to feel if we end up having to cave to deception? We'd have to be honest about that.)
Kaori Nishidake moved to Oasis Springs a year after her grandfather's passing. She's been engrossed in her job as a field agent and hasn't gone back to Komorebi since. Her grandmother thinks it's because she doesn't want to spend time with her, but the problem is much more complicated. Other than her erratic, over the top boss who sends her on missions all the time, being obsessed with a promotion might also play a role in this ordeal. Regardless, she won't have to worry about it for much longer...
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