Now comes the sad part of my story. After Grandma got promoted to Captain Hero, she had a few days off from work, as did Grandpa. Grandpa wanted more than anything to just spend some time with his wife, so they went on a date together and then shut themselves up in their bedroom.
Grandpa was sick — I guess he brought the flu home from work one day, and wasn’t sure if he’d live through it. He wanted to die happy, and he was happiest when he was with Grandma.
Unfortunately Grandma got sick, too.
The good news is that they recovered from the flu. The bad news was that they were quite old anyway — I’m not even sure how old they really were, since they had both drunk so much Elixir of Life — and the Grim Reaper paid them both a visit on the same night.
Grandpa was first — he had gone to work that day feeling pretty good, but Mr. Reaper was waiting for him when he came home.
He brought these scary-looking hula dancers with him. Really, they were more frightening than Old Grimmy!
(NOTE: I’ve been having weird graphics glitches ever since I got Nightlife, but this is one of the weirdest!)
We all gathered around to cry and say goodbye to Grandpa as the sun set behind the skyscrapers of Rosebrook. Marlee and her husband Fletcher even showed up to mourn with us.
It was almost dark when the Reaper showed up again to take Grandma to that neverending luau in the sky.
This time the hula dancers didn’t look quite as scary, but they did have one green eye and one red eye (maybe for Christmas?). I was sad to see Grandma go.
I couldn’t believe I had lost both my grandparents in one night (the inheritance money was no consolation, as you can see). But I knew they left happy, and that they’d be together, sipping tiki drinks and listening to Don Ho, and that didn’t sound so bad.
The rest of the family took it the same way I did. Kaela, who had grown into a teenager just as Grimmy showed up for Grandpa, sat on the log outside and cried her eyes out.
She seemed to feel better the next day, after she got some new clothes and had her hair and makeup done. It took her mind off of Grandma and Grandpa for a bit.
Misty didn’t recover from it as quickly.
That’s it for this update; I’m sorry it was such a tearful one! We really are a happy bunch most of the time. As soon as Misty becomes a teenager, the three of us plan on going to college together, which will be a blast. We’ll never forget what Grandpa told us, which is to live life to the fullest, take a bubble bath every night, and drink tons of espresso!
It’s so sad to see a founder pass on. I really like how you blended in Sim aspects into the story as every day occurences. I’m dealing with the getting six children married thing in my ISBI challenge right now and it has been a real drag. I hope it’s easier when you actually control all the people involved. That’s weird about the graphics going wonky, it’ll be quite a while until I get Nightlife (why do I have to insist on playing these games so slowly?) so hopefully they will have that fixed when I get it. I’m more looking forward to the next expansion pack. The idea of running a family business appeals to me. Sorry I got so off topic. Great update, and I can’t wait to read more about the Ravelos!
Did Misty actually grow up with brown hair or did you just change it so she wouldn’t be a clone? When you said you replaced Maxis green eyes with Lyran eyes did you do that with all the Maxis colors? I love the hula dancers pic! Though I hope that doesn’t happen in the future. I love the Villa Ravelo but shouldn’t those girls be bundling up if it’s winter! But I guess things are different in the sim world. Oh, and you know what? In Kansas we just had two straight snow days! School’s cancled and everything! ;)
That’s it — I’m going to go out and make myself a Sims 2 blog. This is so much fun to read that I want to see if it’ll be as fun to write. Thanks for doing it!
Wooohoo, just after finishing a Morrigan update I come to your site and see – you’ve put up a new Ravelo one too! Yay, what a blast to read it , even though it was really sad to see both Grampa and Granny go. They were such a sweet couple! But life goes on. And I think tis great that you have three pretty girls in gen 3, girls rule! Anastacia is so pretty! Though weird hairdo *lol*. Actually, that permanent platinum mood until the end of lifetime… that’s an addition by UNI ep, right? Because I don’t have it, but I only have TS2 and no eps, as you know, my pc wouldn’t cope with them I fear ;). Weird thing with those red faced hula dancers *lol*. In a different sim family I had the shrink show up and he had no face, just the hair dancing somewhere above his neck ;). I love the picture of the girls falling asleep on the siewalk, it made me chuckle heavily. So eager to see who your next heir’s going to be, but I’m guessing its Anastacia as she’s a family sim and will make a great heir! Where did Kaela get such gorgeous green eyes from??? Incredible! Ok, enough of me, I’m dead tired now and I think I’ll go to bed sooner or later… until then, and don’t leave us hanging too long!! Eva
…oh, forgot: Anastacia’s face during that pillow-fight is brilliant :)
Mmmmm. Update. *basks in the glory of the update*
Woohoo for Gen 3! Anastacia looks like she’ll make an excellent heir. What are all the girls’ stats? :D
Loooove Anastacia’s face in that pillow fight. XD And really freaky about those hula girl’s faces! I’ve never seen anything like that before. All tree girls are gorgeous.. and I love Misty’s beauty mark! So sad to see the elder’s pass on.. especially from the 1st generation. I really need to go in and play my own families some more to get updates up. I’m so lazy! XD
Yay!
Anastacia has a really sweet personality. It’s funny how she’s so dismissive of herself as a child. And I love you’re house! And the furniture, and the snow, and the log… I wish my sim houses could be as elegant.
Man, those hula dancers with the red faces did look creepy, a bit like something out of a horror movie! I hate it when the founder dies, it’s like your favourite character in a movie dying on you. By the way, who is Don Ho?
I will miss Simon.
He was the coolest. :/
awww… it’s so sad to see the first gen Revalo go >
Wonderful update! Sad to see the founder die and his wife the same day, they were a kewl pair :)
So how do you like that party pack? I still on the fence about it.
Wow, the founder and his wife are…gone. It seems just like yesterday Simon was a carefree adult working at the One-Twenty-Five Cafe. I’m miss Simon and Lauren so much! :( Haha, the red-faced hula-dancers look freaky.
I just today had a similar graphic glitch, by the way. I’d killed off a bunch of the Pleasantview adult Sims and consequently moved Alexander Goth, Lucy Burn and her mom into another house. Both Lucy and Alexander had bright blue blank faces floating in front of their hair, it was very freaky! Thankfully makeover fixed it.
Great update Jen! It is definitely sad to see your founders get taken away by old grimmy…but that’s the way the cookie crumbles! I can’t wait to read more about the new head of the household!
Awesome update. I’m sad to see the grandparents die though. I really liked Tristen. I really hope Ricky Comier and the current heir get together. He is forever pestering my teenage sims and I would love to see what he is like as an adult.
I’m gonna try the Royal Kingdom Challenge, but instead of having it actually be placed in the past I’m going to say it’s a tv show a la Survivor or that actual one where there’s royalty and peasants. *G* That’ll explain the discrepancies like townies dressed in modern clothes and alla that. It should be fun!
Simon was the awesome. I’ll never forget how he and Lauren got together.
Okay, actually, um, I’m having a little trouble remembering.
It was something like “so, hey, do you like guys who live in flats on cement who wear glasses and have… somethingIforget?” “Love them!”
And then they were married.
The times. The times. The ten kids.
The times.
The New York times?
Kaela’s hair is sheer cool. A little odd, but still. Cool!
I like that last picture. The photograph, and the angle… lovely.
But, man. Those hula girls are creepy. Is that a skintone you even have, anyway?
Anyway, this is off-topic, but I’ve been making clothes for my Sims, lately. Thanks to you, I am inspired to make some PJs. Thank you!
I don’t know how you did it. Really. o_O;
Great update! I’m really starting to love this family.