#factory one

Just like her mother before her, Jade kind of knew her final days had come. She was grateful for the life she had lived, the love she had found and the family she had been blessed with. It was good.

When she suddenly felt overwhelmed with fatigue, she was at peace. It took Marcus a second to realise Jade had collapsed just behind him, but he immediately went to look for Rayne, who was still practicing yoga in his room. Rayne stormed down the stairs just in time to see Grim Reaper. Without hesitating he threw himself before the Reaper, begging him to give them just a little more time together. But to no avail, Jade was gone.

FACTORY ONE

Factory One is one of the newest buildings at Windenburg's old center, but this still doesn't make it as updated as its owners would like. Despite having been renovated a few times, that building still carries out some grungy industrial vibes that fit very well with the people that chose to live there.

Partihaus House, Windenburg

$131,080 | 30x20 | Residential

It’s CC Free, but I own all the packs!

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bagley & buckley llp - windenberg office

hey everyone! this is my first attempt at a community lot, but i am super proud of it so i thought i would share it! 😊 inspired by the amazing office builds by @cerubean and @oshinsims (which can be found here: x x x) as well as a law firm that i used to work at irl, i decided to renovate the factory one lot to be a law firm. it is supposed to simulate that “law office” experience when my sims work from home!

the lot includes an open plan office with 6 computers, two private offices, one with a computer and one with a research machine, two meeting rooms, a café area and a small break room for staff.

lot location: factory one (the partihaus house), old town district, windenberg

lot size: 30x20

lot type: café

packs used: get to work, get together, city living, seasons, island living, discover university, eco lifestyle, snowy escape, cottage living, spa day, dine out, strangerville, fitness stuff, industrial loft kit

cc free

0 bed, 2 bath

playtested but please let me know if you run into any issues!

bb.moveobjects on required

Olde Platz

The next morning, as soon as Rayne had left for work, Sarah rushed to the pharmacy to get a pregnancy test. With trembling hands she unpacked the test and sat down on the toilet. Minutes seemed ages as she waited for the result and when the lines appeared, Sarah gasped.

Rayne got home earlier than usual and Sarah was actually relieved she could talk to him sooner. He found her in their bedroom.

Rayne (smiling): "Hey Beautiful, you feeling ok?"

Sarah (taking a deep deep breath): "Rayne, I'm... I'm pregnant..."

Rayne (staring at her): "..."

Sarah (trembling with insecurity and panic now she had told him the news, fighting tears and a very poorly timed wave of nausea): "I've been prescribed those "Baby-Maybe-Later" pills for a long time now and they didn't give me nasty side effects and I was content and I, I trusted that they worked. I would like other kids with you, 'cause you're an amazing father, but the twins are so much already and I know it's not easy for you to stay and now there's another one coming and I'm sorry and I'm afraid and I don't want you to go, but I don't want to force you to stay and..."

Rayne (still staring at her): "..."

Sarah (her panic going in overdrive now): "... I'm pregnant, Rayne, it's happening again and I don't know what to do. Please say something, anything."

Still silent, Rayne slowly brought his hand towards her face and gently stroke the back of his fingers against her cheeks. A dreamy look in his eyes. Rayne's touch stopped Sarah word vomit and she stared back at him, not knowing what her lover was thinking. He was so calm, so silent. She felt her stomach shrink. Was he... Was he saying goodbye? She couldn't move, just stare and wait.

"You're so beautiful," Rayne broke the silence. Sarah blinked, this wasn't a sentence she had expected. What was he going to do?

Then Rayne smiled. "I kinda thought you were pregnant again. You have that glow again. And I recognised the brand of you birth control." Sara, still unable to move, a whirlpool of nausea and anxiety in her tummy, whispered: "You're not surprised? Are you... staying?"

Rayne chuckled softly as he spoke softly: "Of course I'm staying. I love you, I love our children. I need you Sarah, more than you probably realise. Don't worry about that dumb Non-committal trait of mine, as long as I have some kind of change in my life, it'll be no problem... We can do this, together."

Rayne had taken some time off to process the loss of his mother, doing yoga and taking care of the twins. But slowly, everyone, including Rayne, fell back into their normal rhythm of life. When he went back to work, Rayne actually liked the change of his surroundings, the challenges that were given to him and the short talks with his co-workers.

Some evenings, when the kids were asleep and Marcus and Jade were doing their own thing, Sarah and Rayne would enjoy each other's company and talk about their day.

Sarah (with a sigh): "... Yeah and now he wants to add even more options for the players, making it the most crazy customisable game in the whole Freezer Bunny franchise."

Rayne: "Wow, talking about crazy, Bjorn told me today about a big pharmaceutical fraud case he had been working on. Apparently, some shady company managed to quietly buy many important manufacturing facilities and used them for al kinds of illegal businesses. To keep up appearances, the facilities kept producing their normal products, but with way less active ingredients or even cheap fake ingredients, making them practically useless. It's a public healthcare risk and a big case for Bjorn, who's certainly getting promoted after this. He hadn't seen this coming."

Sara (thoughtful): "Do you know what products were compromised? I'd better check our medicine cabinet."

Rayne (trying to remember if Bjorn told him): "I think he said something about "Aches-Be-Gone", "Baby-Maybe-Later" and "No-Gas-No-Giggles". Not sure..."

For a moment, Sarah spaced out... One of those things sounded all too familiar. Every day, she diligently took her birth control. She couldn't deny she'd like mor kids, maybe later someday. But she also knew very well that Rayne was trying very hard to ignore his Non-Committal trait and another child could be too much. She was late, but she had thought that the emotions and stress after Jade's passing just had influenced her cycle. It couldn't be... No... It couldn't be...

"Sarah?" Rayne gave her a questioning look. Then, like an avalanche triggered by his voice, she felt panic crashing down on her. It couldn't be...

One morning, Jade intercepted Rayne on his way from the bathroom before his morning yoga session.

Jade (quickly getting something from her room): "Hey Kiddo, do you have a moment?"

Rayne (a little surprised): "Sure, what's up?"

Jade (reemerging from her room, holding a gift box): "Great, I just wanted to give you these before I forget." (handing him the box) "They're some old pictures and little things Briella sent me after Damian's passing... I want you to have them."

Rayne (carefully accepting the box): "Thanks, but Mom, don't you want to hold on to these?"

Jade (her eyes suddenly getting a little hazy): "No Kiddo, it's fine... I... I'm so proud of you, you know?"

Rayne (frowning): "Are you ok, Mom?"

Jade (with a sigh): "I'm good, Kiddo, really. Give your old Mom a hug!"

A few days after Damian's funeral, Marcus woke up not feeling great at all. He was sweaty and hot and not in the good sense... A pounding headache and a red rash all over his face and body didn't promise anything good. "Come on, big baby, I'll bring you to the doctor's," Jade (Rosa) sighed, grabbing her friend by the arm.

All the doctor could do was diagnose him with some mild viral infection ("Do you have kids running around, Mr. Flex?") and advise him to rest and hydrate.

Seeing her sons friend drag himself back into the house feeling ever so sorry for himself, Jade (Dreamer) felt her motherly instincts kick in. This man child needed some natural medicine and Jade had experience curing her own son's illness way back when he was a teen. So she immediately set out to brew a good pot of herbal tea.

"There you go, Marcus, this will help you feel better," she smiled as she handed him a hot cup of tea. "Be careful not to burn you tongue though."

Marcus didn't really love the taste of Jade's tea and it made him feel even more queasy at first. But after a few minutes, he felt the headache ebb away, just before getting absolutely overwhelmed by tiredness. He fell over on the sofa to sleep for hours. It wasn't a miracle cure for sure, but he felt so much better after the long nap, that he promptly asked Jade for another hot cup of herbal tea and repeated the process (this time retreating to the comfort of is bed to sleep away the illness).