3.4 Bachelorette Party of Fail-Sauce

Hai all! Welcome back to the Pollinations! The title is a bit foreshadowing, eh? But before we get to that, I don't feel that I properly showed off the sitting alcove in the master bedroom during the house tour. So . . . have another shot of it. *wants it*



Also, Orion and Angelina's youngest son Deneb has reached his teen years. Little Bart clone that he is, and all.



As we come back to the Pollinations, Centarus has now taken Aquila's place in front of the easel. Since his LTW is Illustrious Author we're working on his painting skill first.



Plus Cassi hogs up the laptop most of the time anyway, so it works out.



Comet amuses herself outside with her toys.



Centarus takes a break in the painting to shower some attention onto our heiress too, of course.



So in love . . . d'awww.



Now that the house is emptier, Bellatrix's alien hormones and internal clock are kicking into overdrive. There's no time like the present.



BELLATRIX - I have something for you, Cen.

CENTARUS - A box?! Just what I always wanted!



BELLATRIX - Um, close. A box with a RING inside it!

CENTARUS - *SQUEEEEEEE!*



BELLATRIX - That . . . means that I want to marry you.

CENTARUS - Oh . . . well then, DOUBLE YAY!



BELLATRIX - Shiney, eh? Eh?

Channeling some of her uncle Antares.



Somehow alien engagements are always the cutest. ^_^



Oblivious to the excitement inside, Comet finds a stray friend and has some funtime of her own.



And then she dug THIS up. O_o How is that even . . . I just . . . wow.



Centarus went back to his easel . . .



Bellatrix got invited to this guy's party, so she went. But this is pretty much the extent of the excitement there. -_- Lamest party EVAR, and that's even counting the pool parties with no pool.



BART - What happened to all the food I cooked before I died?

SIX - Yeah . . . lost it all in the move.

BART - No respect! I feel so betrayed!

SIX - Yah, well d'you mind feeling betrayed somewhere else? You're blocking the dishwasher.



CENTARUS - I wish you fun and enjoyment with your bachelorette celebration tonight.

BELLATRIX - Aww, thank you sweetie.

CENTARUS - Just so long as you do not have too much fun and enjoyment with the barely dressed males that I hear frequent such occasions.



BELLATRIX - Don't worry, Cen. Strippers are just eyecandy. You're the real treat.



Yes, I decided to throw Bellatrix a bachelorette party. And I decided to throw it at one of the venues. It's time for you all to understand the foreshadowing title of this chapter now. Trust me, it doesn't disappoint. One of the first guests to arrive is Bellatrix's cousin Spica. She got pregnant with her fiance Wylie Luck since the last time we saw her. Who then promptly broke up with her and married somone else, the douche. She has had the baby though, a boy named Taurus. We'll see him soon.



Next to arrive was Gemini, who stood there for about a minute before turning around and leaving again. D:



Andromeda arrived. Aquila did too . . . and then left just like Gemini. Wth?!



At least cousin Virgo stuck around.



As well as one of Bellatrix's co-workers, Becky Lack. Coincidentally also the woman that Spica's fiance left her for . . . *narrow eyes*



BELLATRIX - *twirls into her bachelorette outfit* Alright girls, let's get this party started!



*Three Hours Later*

BELLATRIX - Um . . . where IS everybody?

Just standing around outside, doing absolutely nothing. There's nothing stopping them from coming inside, they just refuse to. >_<



I didn't have the option to 'Call Over,' so I did the only other thing I could think of. Invited them all to play a game of pool.

And that worked, perhaps a little too well. As then they refused to STOP playing pool, even after Bellatrix cancelled the action and tried to interract with some of them. They just straight up ignored her and kept right on playing pool. For HOURS.



LIFEGUARD STRIPPER - Wooo, where's the party?!

Not here, that's for damn sure. -_-

LIFEGUARD STRIPPER - Oh, okay. Peace out, then. *leaves without ever doing anything*

Wait what? WHAT? Get back here! *fume*



LIFEGUARD STRIPPER #2 - So . . . I'm supposed to dance, or something. I dunno, I'm kinda new at this . . .

POOL ZOMBIES - Muuuuussssst plaaaaaay . . . ignooring aaaaallll oootheeerrr neeeeeedddsssss'

LIFEGUARD STRIPPER #2 - Welp, I guess I'm done here. Bye all! *leaves*

FML . . .



Bellatrix tries to put on a brave face and attempts to enjoy some of her party.

BELLATRIX - Wooo! Boogie down! . . . if I don't smile I'll cry.

;_; omg.



I finally, FINALLY got Andromeda away from the pool table. No joke, this party started at 4 in the afternoon, I believe it was somewhere around 2 or 3 in the morning at this point. -_-

BELLATRIX - So . . . how about paying some attention to me at my own flippin bachelorette party and maybe, oh I dunno, make a toast or something?!

ANDROMEDA - Yah sure, whatevs.



ANDROMEDA - Okay everybody! Pipe the eff down and listen up, I've got some things to say about my baby sister's upcoming nuptials!

BELLATRIX - I don't think I can watch this train wreck. *turns her back*



ANDROMEDA - So . . . Bell's getting married tomorrow. Fun times. Thanks for coming, good night.

BELLATRIX - I hate you all.

LIFEGUARD STRIPPER #2 - Oh, I forgot about the matter of my payment. How does a handful of diamonds sound to you, fair price right?



ANDROMEDA - And now . . . for the best part! *pulls out a bottle of fuzzy nectar*

BELLATRIX - Don't you dare! I will murder you!



ANDROMEDA - *spraaaaaaaaaaaay!!*

BELLATRIX - AAAH! DIAF!!



*moment of tense silence before both burst into giggles*

ANDROMEDA - Good luck tomorrow, sis. Love ya.

BELLATRIX - Yeah, yeah. Love you too.



_____________________

STATS TIME!

Generations - 3
LTWs Complete - 4
Portraits - 12
100,000 Simoleons Earned - 2
100,000 Aspiration Points Earned - 4
Skill Challenges Complete - 0

Total = 25 Points

3.3 To Make You Feel My Love

It's time for the Pollinations again! And we open today with Six, enjoying himself a Wicked Bubble Bath. I dunno what it is with me and letting the elders indulge in the bubbles. I guess I just feel like they deserve the rest and relaxation after everything they've been through.



Six is always up while everyone else is sleeping, because of his nocturnal job. Thus he gets to visit with the ghosts the most often.



But apparently he takes some sort of issue with Seven hogging up the chair? Random yelling fit is random . . . .



Six finally sits on the couch instead. And that's when Seven gets up and has a squeal-fest about how excited he is to see Six . . . even in the afterlife, Seven is completely oblivious. <3



That day Bellatrix took Centarus out for a date at the movie theater. Every couple needs their alone time after all.



And they, of course, made the best out of that 'alone time.'



Everyone else didn't agree, however. Why they didn't just go AROUND them, I'll never know. We will never understand the inner workings of the sim and their pathing logic . . . or lack there-of. Fun fact, the old lady with the cane is actually Angelina, Orion's ex-wife. She was dating that guy there for a short time, but broke up with him too.



So in love . . . *gusty sigh*. Awwwwwweeh. (And the fact that flirting with Centarus helps boost her charisma skill doesn't hurt, either. XD )



Back home, a certain little brother was feeling the pangs of love and longing most deeply as well. Unfortunately there wasn't much he could do about it. Still, his birthday would be soon . . . .



In preparation for the day, Scorpius began working on a certain song to help explain just how he felt about a certain someone.



The game calls this guy a paparazzi. I call him the villain in every effing slasher movie in existence. All he needs is the hockey mask. O_o



Inside, despite certain window creepers, it's time for a birthday! Time for our Gen 2 heiress to make her graceful transition to elderhood.



Cassi makes such a cute elder, even if she doesn't look so sure of it herself. I luffs her.



And Six does too. ^_^



Another day passes, and after school it's finally time for the last of Generation 3 to reach maturity. Scorpius is more than ready for that to happen.



Despite Aquila's laughter. XD



Everyone else is a little more socially acceptable in their cheering.



A certain someone was especially excited, too. ^_~



And booyah. I give you hawt young adult Scorpius, who rolls the Excitable trait and locks in his LTW of Rock Star.



And now, as a treat to all my fellow Scorpius fans, lets go on a little journey together . . .

GEMINI - Where did Scorpius go?
SCORPIUS - Um, I'm right in front of you, Gem?

.... that's not what I had in mind. -_-



SCORPIUS - Hey, Gemini. I was thinking we could maybe go outside and watch the stars together.

That's more like it.



GEMINI - Aww, I'd love to Scorp!



Of course, once they got out there Scorpius didn't do much stargazing. He had the prettiest one sitting right next to him, after all. Nothing in the sky could hold a candle to the way she shined.



He goes for the hand hold . . .



Success. :D



Scorpius and Gemini stayed that way for some time, just enjoying the night and each others' company.



Scorpius drew them both up after a while, however. He had things he needed to say after all. Things he'd been practicing in his head and heart almost from the day they'd met.



In the end, Scorpius didn't actually say any of the things he'd been practicing all this time. He couldn't even really remember exactly what he did say, the adrenaline and the excitement of the moment just took over. But whatever the words, they were still from the heart, and nothing but the truth. He loved her. A part of him felt as if he always had.



But whatever stuttering, jumbled up gibberish came out of his mouth that night, it must have worked.



The moment had come at last. Scorpius took out his guitar, the extention of himself, and poured his heart out.

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go blind for you
I'd go crawling down the aisle for you
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
But you ain't seen nothing like me yet

There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love

(--To Make You Feel My Love, written by Bob Dylan and sung by many)



I'd say Gemini liked it. ^_^



Scorpini spam!







After a quick replacement of the single beds in Scorpius' room . . . .



Just, you know . . . ensuring that Bellatrix isn't the only one providing grandbabies is all . . . *shifty eyes*



Yeah, there was some baby chimes. ^_^



Since there was definitely some buns in the oven the next morning . . .



Scorpius and Gemini didn't waste time making things official. Not that they were wasting time before, either . . . but you know what I mean. XD







In another room, Aquila finishes up the last portrait of Generation 3.



With that done, it was finally time for all three of them to move out of the house and into the stream of Story Progression.



And then there were two. Bellatrix and Centarus enjoy a nice breakfast together, enjoying the uncommon peace and quiet in the now-emptier house.



CASSI - Hahaha! Take THAT noob!

Well, for however long it lasted at least. :D


______________________

STATS TIME!

Generations - 3
LTWs Complete - 4
Portraits - 12
100,000 Simoleons Earned - 2
100,000 Aspiration Points Earned - 4
Skill Challenges Complete - 0

Total = 25 Points