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Adrian: "So, you did all this renovating yourself? You must be mad strong, or something."

Nat: "More like strategic, you know, those little sliding pads you can put on furniture? Yeah. No secret here. Oh, food's done. Help yourself."

Adrian: He shrugged, walked to the counter, withdrew a plate from her cupboard and helped himself to her delicious grand-feast.

Adrian: "Hey! Thanks for inviting me. I'm always looking for an excuse to get away from my parents, they're so maniacal and daunting."

Natalia: "Well I invited you because I feel close to you, not as a scapegoat, crazy."

Adrian: He shrugged and looked at her unapologetically, "That too. You're really nice, I like being around you."

Nat: She hugged him and gestured toward her home. "Let's, shall we?" She giggled and lead him into her house.

"You know what? I woke up today and now it's everyone's problem." Natalia regarded, walking to her display room to put away the last of her frog and fossil collections, putting aside duplicates and extras. "I'm rich. I literally grow simoleons on a tree. I have it made." Nat put a stack up to her ear as if it were her phone, "Hello? Oh, you'd like a small loan of $100,000? Sure. No problem." She laughed, stashing her money away. "Ah. If only 'Mama Maya was here." She strutted out of the house, her mind focused on taking care of that pesky N.A.P. once-and-for-all. She ran into a particularly interesting man with a nice haircut and gave him her number, remarking that she'd like to hang out sometime. He thanked her and agreed, saying he'd be down.

“I guess that’s what happens when I pour my heart and soul into my work...” Natalia sat on the edge of her bed after receiving a mystifying call. Her latest book, “What Highschool Doesn’t Teach You About Adulthood,” that was released nearly three weeks ago (Nothing really happens in between book writings and collecting, she just collects alllllllll the time lol) has been nominated for an award! Nat walked out to her greenhouse to harvest and prepare to sell for the day but noticed Ashley was there. She stopped Ashley and tipped her.

Nat: “First of all, I need you to break for a minute or two, I need to vent.” She looked at Ashley with her eyebrows furrowed together in frustration. Ashley: “Y’know, I’m a gardener not a therapist.” She laughed and pulled off her gloves, placing her right hand on her hip, staring at Natalia with a sly smirk. Nat: “Yes, yes, I know, look you’re the closest thing I have to a friend and so much is going on I ju-” Ashley: “Look girlie I know, we talk a lot outside of work and we even went to the Blue Velvet Nightclub together. You’re my friend, vent, I got you. I just like giving you heck.” Nat: She sighed and threw her hands up, pulling her hair back against her skull before releasing it and letting it fall back into place. “Ash, my latest book was nominated for an award. I don’t do social situations well, I don’t know how to handle this-” Nat paced a little bit, careful to avoid her lovely Lily’s. Ashley: “WHAT?! THIS IS AMAZING NEWS! I can’t believe this! Wait, you don’t like social things? Is that why you’re a recluse?”  Nat: “Yeah. You’re calm and down to earth, you get me, that’s why I talk to you. You’re nice.” Ashley: She smiled and guffawed, “Don’t give me a big head. I’ll tell you what. Me and my boyfriend will meet you there, okay? I’ll give you some earbuds and call you. I’ll coax you through the social speaking and stuff, I got you.”  Nat: She stared at Ashley, dumbfounded. The woman she had a crush on, had a boyfriend already and Natalia had no idea. Nat sighed heavily, letting it go, making it seem like she was relieved to Ashley but truthfully she was a bit more tense. “That’s great, that’s amazing, yeah, thank you Ash. I’m going to go try to relax a little, and here’s another tip, not because of the venting but because I see you replaced Mooreen. Thanks for that, I didn’t even have to ask you to do that.” Ashley: “Yeah, no sweat. It’ll be nice to have a little dude or dudette to chat with while I’m working,” She smiled nonchalantly and waved Natalia away.

Natalia put away a couple of frogs she picked up when she took a walk to clear her mind. She feels remorse about not being able to spend enough time with old lady Bjergsen before she passed, and decided to write her latest book, “What Highschool Doesn’t Teach You About Adulthood”. She left a memoriam in the prologue to Mrs. Bjergsen, here is the excerpt;

‘Dear Clara, thank you for giving me advice through the time we knew each other, sincerely, I could not have made the difference in my life I strived to without you. I know somewhere, you’re living out your dreams of luxury. I hope to see you again, some day. Rest well, friend.’

She drew a crude memento mori below it, resting on a Lily. You see, Clara was one of the first few to buy a Lily from Natalia, and she constantly called to check up on Natalia’s business, asking Nat to save her a Lily every now-and-then. As Nat drew the Lily, she teared up.  “With this book, I’ll teach people how to cope with loss and that it’s okay to feel these feelings so long as they don’t let it consume them...” She mumbled to herself many ideas, jotting them down on her notepad as she reminded herself that she must also write about ways people can be creative with their sorrow, promote more happiness, to become a gateway to clarity and mindfulness when they have none. Natalia was almost certain this book would be one to really hit home with the people. 

What a flash of emotions.

After a nice day out with her friend, Zeke, Natalia was delivered devastating news.

Natalia is so tired of power conservation day.

Honestly, ugh. 

On the plus side, most everyone she talked to signed her petition. No one really said anything other than Zeke.

Flashpaper Fiction: A Tale of Ghostly Success.

It’s not exactly the title Nat was hoping she’d land on but it seemed to fit the best. Natalia’s chosen to start writing about her life. Below is an excerpt from her first book, detailing her life:

‘My name is Natalia Rowe, I’m of what would be known as European decent. I came to Newcrest after the death of my last family member, Maya Rowe, my grandmother. I seek to build my own Legacy in this land, however success is not something swift. Success can be baneful, lonely, and harrowing, even more so for my family. We’ve been followed by bad luck and the supernatural since I can remember. I want to be known as the woman people knew could help them, someone revered as a kind soul. I want to break the cycle of sorrow and pain in my family, I want to bring good to this world regardless of what plagues me. Sometimes things don’t always work out how we want them to, but that will never stop me from accomplishing my dreams. Mama Maya was humble and poor, we had nearly nothing, but she taught me how to live off of the land and make things from nature that the common people would love to purchase. It’s with these things Mama Maya taught me that I will make my own shop, my own homey diner, my own animal sanctuary. I will thrive, just like she wanted me to. Just like I want to. This is my story.’

Natalia spent the next day relaxing, reading books to give her more knowledge about handiness, ways to craft different things at her Woodworking table, different plumbing techniques and etcetera. She noticed Cisco acting odd and hiding a lot, which isn’t too unusual but he doesn’t seem to be feeling well. She made sure she checked his eyes and nose for discharge but saw none, so she let him be. 

Near the end of the day she took to social media, making a risque post on Simtwits. She played with her stuffed animal after, feeling a bit dazed as if she had butterflies in her stomach and head. (Her twit, below ↓)

Natalia was, admittedly, shocked when a woman entered her little greenhouse abruptly.

Today was dark and dreary.

Mooreen died today, rest her weary soul. She’ll be missed, Slade loved playing with her. Natalia believes it’s about time she hires a gardener to take care of her plants, she’s too busy to keep them healthy. She’ll be looking periodically for coupons (Free Services trait - thank god). 

Starting off the day weird - This woman in a funky suit with flowers on it came by and started inspecting Natalia’s home without saying anything. Just the outside, though. That’s not weird, right? Anyway - Natalia seems to have installed those upgrades just in time, because of them, she got a huge discount on her monthly bills. Nice!

So - The Tech Guru N.A.P. Let’s discuss that…