My First Drabble: Challenge #005
My offer for Challenge #005 over at the community simstorytellers. It is exactly 500 words long, and has 5 pictures. The topic was What Do You Think Of (Your) Kids. Since I have barely any plans for my selfsim's kids (the Mace sisters) yet, I decided that I would make this an excerpt from Tank Grunt/Terrano's autobiography. It mostly has stuff you already know from what's happened in Gen. 2, Chapter 1 (part 1) but DOES contain a slight spoiler. :)
I don't blame my daughter for thinking I am a terrible father. It amazes me how, after all I've done to try and be a part of my kids lives, that I still end up alienating them like my dad did to my brothers. Being a workaholic must be in the Grunt genes; I probably spend more time on the ship than I do with my own family.
Stella and I have an odd relationship. It's more like a partnership. Love was not a requirement for Stella when she decided that I would make a good mate for her and produce strong offspring, but it did turn out to be one of the wonderful side effects of our union.
Although I do not play as much of a large part in their lives as I would like to, I make sure my kids do whatever they can to achieve their dreams.
Marina, being a year older than Bunker, did not appreciate him around her when they were little. Bunker was always jumping on couches and annoying her with his pillowfights. All she wanted to do was read, or have a discussion about space with Stella. Now that they are older, they are best friends despite their occasional sibling rivalry.
I guess it was the Grunt side of me, but I was slightly disappointed when I found out that Marina was a girl. Originally her name was going to be Trench, but Stella insisted that we change it to a middle name instead.
She is heavily into science, and is interested in alien culture and taking up Stella's old research on Sim mating and sexuality. If she just wants to continue the research because it involves one of her favorite pastimes remains to be seen. I wasn't too keen on having my daughter in a relationship with a girl at first, but she keeps telling me that I can't change her. Now I just shrug it off and deal with it. Stella is promoting the matter, saying that it is good to explore the "various types of mating that one can ensue."
Bunker is a green version of me. Like me, he can be easily manipulated. He used to have some friends that he would hang out with after school as a child, but has since withdrew from all kinds of social activities. Now all he does besides go on the exercise equipment is go to my fathers house to probably do the same thing. I really don't want my son to end up being as lonely as I was in my teens, but I don't know what to do to help the poor guy.
When I see him stare at his reflection, not liking what is looking back at him, it makes me regret that I had married an alien in the first place.
With this little one on the way, I hope things turn out differently.