Caelum Week 1 - The Ackerman (Myrthrae) Family

Jun 03, 2011 22:21

Nope, no mistake up there in the title! You’re going to find out why the “Ackerman” family when you’ve read through the week!
The titlepic  actually is a little spoiler too, and quite symbolic for what is going on in this update!

But I’ll stop babbling now... Enjoy! :D




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Eilreir and Nuru are not long married yet, just a couple of weeks and they are still very much in love. They never had a house for themselves before, living in a small motel room till the journey to Caelum started.







Nuru goes the way of all new inhabitants and starts planting tomato plants, while proves his quality as a knowledge Sim and starts studying mechanic. He really seems to enjoy it and was almost inseparable from the book half of the time!





Caleb was the first inhabitant to visit the Myrthraes and was promptly invited for lunch. Nuru was only able to serve some sandwiches but Caleb didn’t seem to mind, Sandwiches is half the food he gets at home too, so he is quite used to them.







As every evening Eilreir turned into a werewolf as soon as the sun had set. Nuru doesn’t normally mind, but his eating habits seem to be even worse after his change.

“Uhm honey, you’ve got cheese in your...”
*munch* “Wha cha sayin?” *munch*
“Ah, never mind...”

Luckily there are some activities that improve after his nightly change... ;-)







Being awake the whole night has some benefits after all. Eilreir spends most of his nights with gardening and improving his mechanical skills. As he favours his mechanical skills though, Nuru spends most of her mornings weeding, of course in her pyjamas! Nobody can escape this trend, after all!













Eilreir stopped most of Caelum’s inhabitants the next day, he wanted to show them his special condition, afraid that they would turn him out as did his tribe. Nobody seems to mind though, Ayazo is an alien after all and Mara an elfin witch. They all were very understanding of his condition and nobody freaked out when he turned in the middle of his living room. Ayazo even wanted to learn more about it!

“So, you only turn at night, right?”
“That’s right! Making me terribly hungry at the evening and after the change.”
“Wow, that must be hard on your provisions!”
“It is... that’s why I hope we’ll be able to harvest some apples and tomatoes soon!”

Convinced that Eilreir is not dangerous at all, Ayazo starts one of Caelum’s most loved free time activities! A pillowfight! Except Eilreir, nobody wanted to join though.



A quick picture to show you all that Mara doesn’t always cheat on her husband! She loves him dearly she just has a more open view when it comes to marriages and faithfulness...









Nuru’s and Eilreir’s nightly activities seem to have had some consequences. While Nuru is trying to produce a round plate she suddenly feels sick and has to rush into the bathroom. She either has eaten something bad or a baby is on its way! Judging on the fact that she immediately fell asleep on the couch afterwards, makes being pregnant more possible though!





Eilreir on the other hand is busy greeting their new neighbours. Making new friends can never hurt, can it?







After her nap Nuru felt slightly better, but Eilreir’s Macaroni with cheese made her feel sick again. The noodles proved to be delicious though and Nuru was quite puzzled for a while. The solution presented itself shortly before Nuru finished her dinner. She indeed is pregnant!





Both Nuru and Eilreir spent most of their time with wining new skills. While Eilreir still buries his nose in a book about electricity and water management, Nuru tries desperately to produces round plates. She hasn’t succeeded very often yet, but she slowly starts to get better at it!





Ayazo shows up again at the afternoon. He and Eilreir really get along quite well, and it doesn’t take much time to make them best friends. (All we need now is for Eilreir to finish up his studies and electricity and water are running!)





Nuru and Ayazo also get along very well. After chatting about the weather, Nuru persuades Ayazo to a little game of rock-paper-scissors. Really Nuru? You remember what this lead to with Seth, don’t you?





More interesting things are happening outside though Eilreir is flirting shamelessly with Clare. They are three-bolters but flirting with your neighbour while your pregnant wife is inside talking with your best friend, still might not be the best idea in a town as small as this one!



Eilreir seems to love danger though. Kissing Clare’s sister Jolene in front of your sleeping, pregnant wife is another low, not reached yet in Caelum...







Later on Nuru wakes to the smell of fresh made Macaroni with cheese. Eilreir is really silent during their meal, not even noticing his wife’s second pop. Nuru worried and exhausted by her pregnancy falls asleep in her Macaroni, though and spends most of her night with her nose in her meal.



The next morning proves to be even worse though. While Nuru tends their tomato plants, greets Eilreir a walking by Clare in a very special way...



And while a pregnant Nuru sprays the tomato plants against the bugs...



...cheats Eilreir on her in their martial bed...









Things don’t go well for him though. Nuru comes into the bedroom to change her filthy clothes and finds her husband in bed with their neighbour. She’s furious. She has cheated on him as well, but a) not in their own bed, b) she definitely didn’t cheat on her pregnant spouse and c) has Eilreir no idea about it!

“Nuru, I’m so sorry... I didn’t thing... I...”
“No! You didn’t think, you are right! You never think! In our own bed! How could you!”
“If you just would let me explain...”
“Explain? What? That you cheated on me? I don’t want to hear it!”
“But...”
“Out!”
“What?”
“I said O U T! I don’t want to see your face anymore!
“But Nuru!”
“No! I want a divorce Eilreir!”

A divorce! That’s something Eilreir hadn’t expected! But Nuru refuses to listen to him and throws him out. Her parents were right, a werewolf is nothing but trouble! As a sign to her determination to not forgive Eilreir she even decides to take her maiden name back on. So from now on this household will be known as “Ackerman”.



Bye, bye Eilreir! :-(









Nuru was never one to stay sad forever and when Ayazo walks by in the afternoon she takes to opportunity for some distraction. It proves that Ayazo is really good at making her forget. Very good it seems, as Nuru seems to really enjoy herself!



She spends the night alone though, for the very first time since she left SimCity.







Baby time! Nuru is all by herself when the baby comes. It’s a girl! Mirembe Ackerman has her mother’s eyes and her father’s hair colour and skin.







Nuru loves Mirembe dearly, but still she can’t pass up the opportunity to spend some time with Ayazo and invites him to some sandwiches when he walks by in the afternoon. He leaves way too early though, at least in Nuru’s opinion!











When she sees him outside her house the next morning she rushes outside in her pyjamas and greets him passionately. The greeting seems to have sparked something, because Ayazo follows her willingly into the bedroom once again. He seems really fond of Nuru, even putting up the waste bin after Eilreir has thrown it over in the night...

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To reduce confusion I decided to name this update “Ackerman” already, although strictly speaking it was “Myrthrae” for most of the time.
I really couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Eilreir walking into the bedroom with Clare at his heels. I really thought the first divorce would happen between Mara and Caleb... but as I really couldn’t see this as a one-timer I decided to let Nuru throw him out. Therefore Eilreir has his very own update at the end of the “official”, speak planed week 1. Caelum now has 6 households and one married couple less...

I hope you enjoyed the update nonetheless :-)

week 1, bacc, caelum

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