Chapter 33: Escape
Marysia was beginning to get the impression that she wasn’t going to advance any further unless she made an effort to get to know the other people in the organization. So she suffered through countless hours of boring conversation… until she met April. She genuinely liked April; the woman was fun to talk to, and a lot less annoying than Abbie. Besides, April was new to the organization and to Riverview; it couldn’t hurt to get one of the underlings on her side.
But April, like Abbie, was much too excited to find out that Marysia was a mother. Once April found out about Baby, Marysia was forced to listen to endless stories about April’s daughter Delia, who was apparently a musical prodigy. So much for April being fun to talk to.
But when April mentioned Delia’s father, Marysia was suddenly very interested.
Delia’s father, April’s husband, was named Antwain Bullock.
Marysia couldn’t believe her good luck. After all her fruitless searching, Antwain had simply fallen into her lap. Finally, she could get her revenge. She wouldn’t need to be tortured by her memories of him any longer – and she wouldn’t have to endure sharing the house with Baby.
Meanwhile, Baby was still searching for the key. Finally, he got the opportunity he had been waiting for – while his mom was at work, he snuck upstairs to her bedroom and searched her dresser. He touched everything with caution, afraid his mom would know what he had been doing – but he forgot his fear once his fingers touched metal. The key! He had found it! Now he and Selah could both be free.
When Marysia started talking to Baby, at first he thought he was imagining it. Then he was afraid that maybe she had found out about the key. But she didn’t look mad… Had she found out about his book? Maybe she was even going to congratulate him on getting it published.
Instead, she told him that she had found his father, and that Baby was going to get to meet him very soon.
Now Baby didn’t know what to do. He knew he should free his great-aunt… but he couldn’t free her and then stay with his mother. She would know who had let Selah out of her prison. He would have to run away – and if he ran, he would never get the chance to meet his father. He had yearned all his life for a parent who actually cared about him; now that dream might finally be about to come true.
When he asked Ariane for her opinion, she didn’t even have to think about it. She told him he had to rescue Selah, that he wouldn’t be able to live with himself otherwise. But still he hesitated. He knew Ariane was right – but she was asking him to give up on a lifelong dream.
He would wait until his birthday, he decided. It wasn’t that far off. And that would be a perfect time for his mom to bring his dad over to meet him.
But when his birthday came, his mom wasn’t even home. Ariane came over, and even baked him a birthday cake; her thoughtfulness made him feel a little better, but couldn’t erase his disappointment.
Baby hoped that his birthday would bring some clarity. But being older didn’t necessarily mean having more answers. Baby was just as lost now as he had been before he had blown out the candles on his cake.
Now that Baby’s birthday had come and gone, Marysia knew it was time to put her plan into gear. All she had to do was bring Baby over to Antwain’s house when she knew April and Delia wouldn’t be home. The rest would take care of itself. Energized by how close she was to bringing her goals to fruition, she stayed up all night exercising and putting the final touches on her plan. Tomorrow would be the day.
But Marysia wasn’t the only one awake. It was one of many sleepless nights for Baby. As he lay in bed thinking over his options for the thousandth time, he heard soft sobbing coming from upstairs. He knew it wasn’t his mother. Selah was crying. Baby knew she must have given up hope; she must have assumed he wasn’t coming back with the key.
Baby knew what he had to do.
He was turning his back on his one chance at having the family he’d always wanted.
But Selah was his family too.
The furtive noises as Baby and Selah made their way downstairs woke Marysia up.
But by the time she reached the door, it was too late. They were gone.
Same Story, New Location
Since Sims3Legacy.com and all the blogs attached to it seem to be gone, I’ve migrated the Avalon legacy over to WordPress.com. Luckily I was able to import the entire blog, so everything should still be intact (besides my blogroll, which I’ll have to rebuild from scratch anyway since most of the blogs on it were Sims3Legacy.com blogs); the only difference is the theme, which I was able to change to something I liked better since there are a lot more themes available here.
I don’t know what happened to Sims3Legacy.com, but even if it comes back, this will be the Avalon Legacy’s permanent location. This blog is more flexible when it comes to design, I don’t like the thought of losing the blog again, and the Sims3Legacy site has been filled with spam for months. I liked the community there, but unfortunately, most of the site’s active participants seemed to have left before I got there.
I’ll be posting the next update soon; in the meantime, if the old Avalon Legacy blog is on your blogroll, could you update the link so it goes to the new location at https://avalonlegacy.wordpress.com ? I want to make sure all my readers can still find me.
Introduction
Hi!
When EA got rid of the family-album-style storytelling tool in The Sims 3, I didn’t think I would tell any stories with the game. I always write the text for my stories as I’m taking the pictures; if I have to wait until I upload the images, I’m never able to remember what I’m going to say. But after reading some other legacy stories, I’ve been getting the storytelling bug again.
Before I start, I should explain how I’m playing this legacy. I’ve abandoned a lot of legacy families in the past, and this time I’m trying to minimize the aspects that generally cause me to get bored. Which means I’m disregarding some of the major aspects of the challenge. I’m not really playing an official Legacy Challenge here; it’s more like a generic-brand Ten-Generation Challenge.
Firstly, I’m not playing for points, because when I do, I always get bogged down in skill-building or trying to get promotions, at the expense of making anything interesting happen. I’m also not following the rules about staying on a single lot for all ten generations and building a house from scratch. The building part of the game really doesn’t interest me, and it always frustrates me how my family is stuck in one of my crappy houses while there are plenty of more interesting ones in the neighborhood. I’m starting my founder off in a pre-made house, and future heirs – or the entire family – can move out of the house at any time. To mitigate the advantage that starting in a pre-made house gives me, I’m not getting my founder a job; she’ll have to get by on money she can make in other ways.
My stories also tend to be filled with drama and angst. It’s a lot more fun that way 🙂
I think that’s everything in the way of explanations. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Enjoy!
The Avalon Family: An Unofficial Legacy 