There goes the fear

Round 14: Days 66-70

Elias and Nathalie's last update/Ottilie's last update/next update

Narrated by Ottilie Draper

Unlike my brother Leo, I actually graduated college and have moved in with my boyfriend Lake. Somehow though, we're the ones who've ended up living with my parents, so I'm back in my old bedroom. Leo got a well-paid job in the military immediately but Lake and I have both found it hard to find a job in a suitable field.



Dad has offered us both a job at his shop but from the stories he tells, I don't know if I want to be working there. He's considering banning teenagers from the store after Emil Collins joy-buzzered him the other day.

It's pretty cute when the little kids come in to buy presents for their parents though. I could cope with that!

I guess neither of us will have to work there for the meantime though, as we've both got jobs now! Lake is a library assistant and my cousin Adam put in a good word for me at his work and I'm doing events planning. It's not what I want to do but it'll do until I find a position at a law firm. I'm so excited about all the money we'll be bringing in!

We both have a little while before we start though, so we've been going on lots of hikes. Lake came back with a case of poison ivy the other day though, so we'll have to be more careful.

Lake and I are both learning to be more domestic, in order to not feel like such moochers. Neither of us are great at cooking but Lake is so bad! He needs my supervision to even make sandwiches!

Mum has been getting visibly older of late. She's a little depressed about it, I think. She spends a lot of time in the tub and I'm pretty sure I heard her sobbing the other day.

Lake has been trying to get fit and I think Mum might feel better about herself if she made more of an effort to be active too. No luck convincing her so far!

Lake and I went to a new club the other night. It's called P.U.R.E. and we just had to try out the dance sphere.

I wasn't really game to try it after Lake became quite sick after his turn though. Everyone was pretty impressed that he stayed in it for as long as he did anyway.

So we stuck to more conventional dancing instead.

You wouldn't think a night out at a club would make a girl start thinking about marriage but it really did for me. Right as we were leaving, another woman walked by us and went all swoony over Lake.

And I started thinking. Lake is all mine now but what if he strays? Would that be less likely if we got married?

I have some thinking to do. I don't think Lake is the type to propose so this might be something I need to bring up myself, if I want it to happen.

A Townie Love Story:
I don't really know what was up with any of this. Virginia is not, as far as I know, in any way interested in girls but she was in the mood for a poke fight anyway. So I'm left to conclude that Virginia is just an utter psycho, which I already suspected, what with her stalking of Pascal and then woohooing with Leo but refusing to kiss him.

Notes:

• The Drapers' family portrait took forever to set up. I'm playing with all my pose hacks because I download them and never use them. This one was a challenge, even with those super-cool new OMSPs from MTS2.
• Just in case you care, one of my non-playable townies turned up at Elias' shop this round. Her name is Megan and she looks like this:

• Nathalie really didn't like her elder look. She was quite disgusted when I finished with her at the mirror. She's depressed about aging.
• Ottilie has the want to get married; Lake doesn't. Lake is Romance and we all know how thrilled they are about the prospect of marriage. He did have a fear of marrying Ottilie briefly but it spun away. So maybe a proposal next time, maybe not. I usually lean more towards fulfilling wants, as opposed to avoiding fears, so we'll see.