My Sim Stories

Tue, 16 May 2006 03:40:59 GMT

Because someone commented on the prank hiatus turning out true, so I figured I might as well give you the lowdown here.

For those that have me (and by me I mean thefreshchuff) friended, you most likely know this already. About four days ago, the hard drive of the computer that I had my Sims game on, in simple terms, died. Completely fried. So, while I do have the Sims on a backup disc, it'll be a while before I get the computer back, install the Sims, reinstall my Sims, etc., etc..

Anyways, I'm most definitely taking a hiatus, though I have actually been on one for quite some time.

Sorry guys, but computer crashes happen, and they suck. :( Anyways, I will have Sim stories again, but I honestly don't know when I'll have the time or the functioning computer to do it.

Attention to all you nudgers

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:48:25 GMT

Due to the number of so-annoying-I-want-to-rip-my-hair-out nudges that people have been sending me even though I specifically asked you NOT TO, I have no other choice. I ask you to be paitent and what do I get? I get nudged.

My_Sim_Stories will be on hiatus until further notice. I'm sorry that I have to do this, but I don't have the time, energy, or the funny in me anymore and this constant nagging just isn't worth it.

You people are just ridiculous.

Edit.

I do want to say that I may return. Some day. So you may check now and again for updates.

Edit 2.
I'm an ass. I'll update soon.

User Info Change

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:43:28 GMT

I've added a bunch of links to the user info. Places I download from (all free except for maybe 2), places to find information, and just a great deal of links that should be of some help to people. Be sure to check them out! :)

Marauders Story Update! 22a

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:26:06 GMT

What's this? An update that isn't at 4 in the morning??

I got an email saying that I could pre-order the new Sims Open For Business (which looks pretty cool, I'm excited for the new kids toys) and that made me realize just how far behind I am on these stories. I mean, most of the screen caps in this post are from August. So I've got some free time today, so this is uh, what I'm going to do.

These are all Remus and Sirius and their growing family.

We'll open with this picture, just because it's cute. (Although you should note that afterward, rather than happy about the quality time he spent with his daughter, Sirius was just angry that she didn't tip him for playing.)

That night at dinner, Sirius brings up the baby they talked about last time. You know, the one he wants Remus to carry.

I think Remus must've gotten over the initial shock, because he's pretty taken with the idea now.

In fact, Remus would like to get this baby-making deal started right now.

As happy as Sirius is, he pauses for a moment to make absolutely sure Remus is ready to tackle such an...uncomfortable ordeal.

But Remus is steadfast and strangely serious on the subject. Mostly, he wants to get it over with before he completely loses his nerve.

So, they make their way to the bedroom. (The stairs are politely disappearing so the camera can fit through.)

"Now, are you positive you want to do this?"

"For the love of God, Sirius. Let's just get on with it."

It's only afterward that Remus Lupin's steadfast absolutely surety begins to wane, and he begins to wonder just how that baby feels coming out there.

Cut to the next morning. Soon after purchasing a giant fountain to pretty-up their yard, Sirius comes out with a big box of soap.

And a rather mischievous expression.

And creates this mess that someone who is most assuredly not himself will have to clean up. (Observe his leg just disappearing out of frame as he makes his quick getaway.)

Remus is a tad too busy to scold him or clean up the suds, however. He's busy creating his own mess. (I love the flecks of vomit spewing every which way.)

This mess is also construed as Sirius's fault.

Exhausted from a night of puking, Remus sits down to watch the Food Network.

You'd think looking at more food would make a Sim in his condition sick.

But he's enjoying himself.

Remus is, however, still just a tad sore at Sirius.

To er, relax himself, Remus spends the rest of the day compulsively cleaning the house.

Stressed by her father's apparent stress, Lyra stays up late into the night gardening.

In the middle of said night, Remus is awoken by some curious stomach pains. He wakes up a tad thicker than he was when he went to bed.

Sirius leaps out of bed almost immediately to investigate and caress.

In just about the cutest picture ever, Sirius cheers in excitement about his new baby, and Remus just looks up to see who Sirius is cheering at.

Oh yeah, I'm sure violent tickling is good for the baby.

Tickling soon turns more serious...

And before you know it, they're going in for Round 2.

The family all eat breakfast together, although Sirius is looking like he's having some difficulty with the fork.

He's positively glowing...*wipes up drool*

Coming out of the bath, Remus dons his first maternity clothes. They're Hawaiian themed. Heh.

Later that day, Sirius explains to Lyra why Remus is so fat all of a sudden. The news of a new sibling goes over well.

So well that it prompts her to pointedly do her homework in front of Remus and not make a peep!

And then she even cleans out the toilet after her father vomits into it. What a good little trooper.

For some reason, Sirius begins to take on the pregnancy mood swings instead of Remus.

*Groan* They had better not make him the godfather or anything.

When Remus wakes up the next morning...

He's suddenly just a little bit bigger than the day before.

*blink* ... yeah that's confusing me too.

It's only after he gives Remus the dishes to clean up that Sirius thinks maybe he should've offered to do them.

Remus is feeling pretty damn good about himself.

Pretty damn good. He's muscular...

He's got a winning smile...

And don't even get him started about his testicles. Whew, he could go on all night.

That day, Sirius heads off to the marketplace to get some new clothes for the coming baby and some groceries.
At the market, he runs into someone he wasn't expecting.

Draco Malfoy.

It was stated once (a very long time ago) that Pure Bloods are suckers for swing sets. The same holds true for this next generation of Evil Doers. (As if anyone could look Evil-Doing on a Fisher Price swing set.)

Before leaving the lot, Sirius makes one more go at conversation, this time telling a great joke about muggle government.

And how they're using up all the world's oil supply.

Draco finds this hilarious.

It's not too long after Sirius comes home...

Lyra comes as well, and with her brings...

The Bald Freak, AKA the Peter Reincarnate. He's back and he's got a problem with his legs.

Lyra comes into the house and shows Sirius her glowing report card.

Sirius has a hard time staying on topic and starts to tell Lyra that her good report card makes him feel warm in the tummy, which is the same effect that soup has on him.

Lyra backs away as Sirius begins to wax poetically about said soup.

"Why the fuck is he talking about soup?" Lyra wonders.

It's easier to walk away from crazy people confused than stick around and go crazy trying to understand why they're ranting about the difference between tomato and chicken noodle.

Upstairs, the Peter Reincarnate is having some grand fun practicing murdering the entire family.

The family sits down to dinner, stupidly offering the Peter Reincarnate an invitation to join them.

They all look a bit concerned when he sits down, except for Sirius, who is bug-eyed with surprise. Remus looks very concerned that the Peter Reincarnate doesn't want to talk about make-up.

Lyra asks Sirius a few questions...

But when the Peter Reincarnate brings up pretty pearl necklaces (perfect to strangle his victims with), no one cares to listen.

Later that night, the Peter Reincarnate is picked up by a man with no eyes.

While Sirius sleeps in bed, plagued with a nightmare, Remus gets up quickly. The moment he's been dreading is fast approaching.

As he exits the bedroom, Remus gives me a wink. He's got everything all under control.

Continue to 22b.

Marauders Story 22b

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:17:07 GMT

Don't read 22b with reading 22a first.

Remus plays some relaxing music to calm his nerves.

Meanwhile, Sirius hears Remus moving around in the bathroom and gets up, knowing something's going on.

"So, how are you feeling?"
"Uh good. New pants?"
"Yeah, just got them. Don't ask where because someone lost the link."
I did, sorry.

Remus gestures towards himself. Sirius cheers, thinking this a game.

"This isn't a game. Well okay, guess what's about to happen. I'm about to start screaming and stretching in awkward, inhuman places."

"OOH, I get it!"

"You want to have sex."

"You haven't quite gotten it."

Sirius asks for a minute to think. (It really is late though, can't expect that sharp mind and wit to be active all the time.) (Although at crucial moments like these, it is sort of nice.)

"It's got something to do with this, doesn't it?"

And then, listening to the noises coming from Remus's womb-type-place, it dawns on Sirius.
"Oh bugger."

Remus pulls Sirius into a bear hug. "About time, you lovely idiot!"

"So like, just how soon is this going to happen?"

"Uh, I'd say soon."

As Remus begins to groan in pain, Sirius pleads with the Sim!gods above for a quick, easy birth.

When this doesn't quite pan out...

Sirius tries to blow some Pleasant Feelings to Remus.

This obviously doesn't work.

The intensity of the process seems to have knocked some teeth right out of Remus.

The final moments of the birth draw nearer, and Sirius belatedly gasps.

And finally, out of the dark, damp recesses of No Man's Land in Remus's Special Area, out comes a healthy, lovely little boy!

His name is Will...

And Remus has already completely forgotten the pain he was just in.

Will's immediately taken with Sirius.

I can do nothing but squee at the adorableness. :)

Remus and Sirius head upstairs and lay Baby Will down in his crib. (A crib that Sirius doesn't quite approve of. Or maybe he just doesn't want to put Will down yet.)

Turns out it was the latter of the two.

Downstairs, Remus, who is quite proud of the little person he and Sirius just made, pulls Sirius closer.

Note: As of the picture above, the rest of these are after I got Sims NightLife, so this means 1) I've finally made some headway in my caps and 2) They have cars and can slow dance now!

Now, it just wouldn't be an MSS update without a little gratuitous R/S!

A few hours later (after some mid-morning sex), Remus and Sirius venture outside to find that not only do they have a garage, but inside is a brand new Minivan! (Shut up, I like minivans.)

They decide to leave Lyra and their new baby home alone and go out to lunch.

Remus happily sparks a conversation about his job, but Sirius just kinda seems really pissed.

Which in turn seems to anger Remus (although he is still getting positive social points).

They hold hands...

And blow kisses to each other, neither noticing the waitress standing a foot away.

Snapping back to attention, they order their dinners.

The two go about toasting each other...

And just generally flirting...

Until they finally just jump up and begin making out in the middle of the café.

This eventually...

of course...

leads to car!sex.

And when they get home...

They have some more.

Although very hungry, (he never did get around to eating at the restaurant) Remus uses breakfast time to throw green food at his daughter.

I will use this time to emphasize that Remus Lupin throws like a girl.

They have a good laugh about it.

Camera pans around to find that Sirius is sitting all alone at the other side of the table, too far to have any fun.

Since he's too far away to have a food fight, Sirius fills the Inappropriate Breakfast Conversation Quota instead.

Continue to 22C

Marauders Story Part 22c

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:13:12 GMT

I warn you not to read 22C before having read 22A and 22B. Seriously.

Sirius and Remus begin to gossip about James.

And how he burns stuff. (LIKE HIMSELF!)

For those worried that Will's parents have forgotten about him, never fear.

Although they do leave Will and Lyra alone again that night so they can go hit the town.

Other than the cars (which are love), the photo booths are just about my favorite part of Nightlife.

Sirius is quite fond of the bowling.

Remus, however, isn't entirely sure why people keep trying to hit on him.

Especially when he's spending half the night talking to an empty bar stool.

That guy is still trying to hit on Remus!

Sirius puts a stop to it quickly enough.

They leave the club (Sirius was starting to get too jealous) and head to dinner.

Their evening out had to come to an end, however, because Sirius was starting to smell like piss.

As Sirius showers, Remus heads outside and sets a single red rose on the doorstep.

Later, he and Sirius have photo booth!sex.

And they evidently took pictures.

Lyra changing for bed. It's just cute. :D

That morning at breakfast, Lyra brings up a certain subject...

That Sirius is more than happy to discuss.

Soda cans, however... he won't even go there.

Remus asks him to be reasonable. Soda cans are actually quite an interesting muggle invention, after all!

Not listening, Sirius makes a stab at stealing cereal from Remus.

And even though he is blatantly missing the bowl...

He's quite proud of himself.

Although a tad suspicious, because it tastes only of air.

After his own strangely light breakfast, Sirius goes upstairs to fetch Will and feed him.

Lyra does her part by doing housework and going wholly unnoticed.

While his daughter tidies his recently sexed-up bed, Remus is outside taking a swim.

Done with the cleaning, Lyra plays some chess.

After his swim, Remus goes upstairs to play with Will. Will's favorite game so far is Bite Daddy's Nose.

Lyra and Sirius have some fun in the photo booth, although how Lyra managed to hang from the ceiling in that one picture is baffling me.

And now, it is (all too soon) time for Will's first birthday. Sirius is thinking of the time he's spent as an ickle baby, and Remus is thinking about how soon he'll be going to school. This one will like studying, Remus will make sure of it.

There was a tense second there where Remus almost dropped the infant.

With a burst of light and confetti, Will sprouts into a toddler! Lyra and Sirius seem unenthused.

He's not on the ground for more than two seconds before he's moving. Behind Will, Lyra is calling the adoption agency because she wants out.

In which Will dons a hat and Sirius jumps in the shower.

In which Remus comes in to get Will, and we end, because there will never be a better picture to end on.

Marauders Story 21a

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:34:53 GMT

All right, all right, I'll update. (My numbering for these pictures is so fucked up. All of my images are marked 22_number now, even though it's the 21st post. So I guess the 22nd post will all be numbered with 23's and the madness will just continue forever.)

Also, while I was kind of sad to see quite a few people that had me friended since virtually the very beginning of the journal had unfriended me, I've deleted everyone who's deleted me. But just so you know, you guys, I do intend to keep this journal up. :)

Eta: Speaking of the great gap of time between updates, I'd just like to add this: Do NOT nudge me under ANY circumstance. This is a stupid new addition to livejournal and being annoying isn't going to make me want to update any sooner. (And honestly, why do we even need nudges when you can just comment and whine about needing an update? Not that you guys whine, I'm just having a rant.)

Also, new layout. It's all blue. :)

Last time on the R/S part of the Marauders Story, Sirius lost his job. Well, he's found a new one.

I can't even begin to try and explain it.

Sirius is on his way to work just as the newspaper boy passes by.

There's an awkward moment of greeting as the newsboy takes in the whole ridiculousness of Sirius's French Fry Man costume.

As Sirius boards the car, the newsboy has a good laugh. I really don't blame him for laughing as I've just noticed the big pocket flap on the back of the costume. I wonder if that's for easy bathroom breaks. It'd take some maneuvering and would only work for Number Two's, but if anyone could make it happen, Sirius could.

Lyra's gone to school and Remus is just leaving for work when he realizes he should've taken a photograph of Sirius's costume to hang on the wall. He punches himself in the chin for not thinking of it sooner.

Through some bad scheduling on behalf of Maxis, Lyra the ten-year-old gets home hours before Remus or Sirius are due back. So she basically has the house to herself. Well, basically. She's brought a schoolfriend home with her, and I'm as surprised as you are to see who it is.

Yep.

While Lyra finds that the balcony is the best place to set her homework packet...

Draco makes himself comfortable by sitting rigidly upwards on the sofa.

Lyra joins him and immediately starts a conversation. The subject?

Potty training.

Lyra is telling her new friend Draco all about her success in the field of pooping in the big girl's potty.

Draco is less than enthused.

Mid-conversation, Lyra jumps off her couch and races outside. I go to see what's happening,

and she's greeting Remus! In the middle of the street! With, off-camera, the limo he drove in honking and honking for them to get the hell out of the road.

Draco has moved to the kitchen and is eating day old pancakes.

Now here's something a little strange. Remus goes in to get the trash, and Draco stops eating in order to follow Remus outside.

Once outside, Remus doesn't quite know what to do. He's stuck between a slightly strange middle-schooler with a crush and a giant man made of fries.

Draco comes closer, calling hello to Sirius. Thinking he's free, Remus proceeds to head inside.

Unfortunately for Remus, Draco only wheels around and follows him in.

Possibly getting the hint, Stalker!Draco turns into Flirtatious!Draco, and he comes back outside to give Lyra a hug.

You have to admit it's a little cute. :D

Remus comes back outside with the intention (or at least my intention) to talk to Sirius. Draco steps in front of him and begins to chat.

Remus is, shall we say, a bit impatient. And okay, those fingers in those ears? Just about the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life.

Finally rid of his obsession, Draco storms away.

Instead of kissing each other in greeting, Remus and Sirius decide to spend the afternoon bathing together.

Unfortunately Sim!baths are only 1 person, so all they do is bathe in the same room.

Night falls. Lyra and Draco are playing a fantastic shooting-and-killing game out by the pool.

Lyra has shot Draco dead and is having quite a laugh about it.

While Draco is dying, Remus and Sirius are engaged in a game of pool.

Remus is winning and in a state of bliss.

I'm not entirely sure where Draco is at this point, but Remus has deemed it time to teach Lyra a thing or two about the Fun of Studying. Lyra, however, is not finding the homework as enjoyable as Remus had promised.

This is simply appalling news.

While Remus rants about how much fun school is and Lyra makes fun of him, Sirius chuckles to himself and stays the hell out of the conversation.

In the backyard... Lucius and Draco Malfoy are having a swim.

I wish I had a clever caption for this one, but all I really have is: Best. Picture. Ever.

While Lucius violently spins his son in the backyard, Remus is still trying to pound the "sk00l r0xx0rs" message into Lyra. Unfortunately, the girl's got too much Sirius in her to take him even a little bit seriously.

Finished with her grueling task, Lyra leaps out of her chair with a whoop of joy. Remus is just a tiny bit pissed.

Remus walks away mumbling angrily to himself. I just want to hug him.

He and Lyra sit down for a tense dinner. Lyra brings up the subject of "rocket ships" and it is so not the time. She looks to me as if seeking backup or some sort of explanation as to why her dad isn't saying anything.

Overwhelmed by the third degree and little "The great thing about studying is..." comments, Lyra fakes a brain aneurysm and goes up to bed early.

She falls to sleep almost immediately. By morning, she has hatched a plan to win back her father's approval.

That morning, Remus finds his daughter in their living room, reading a book. He's impressed. I must say, this plan of Lyra's was a good one.

Remus sits down to read his own book, but mostly just look over at his daughter, thinking about what a great scholar she'll become.

Then he heads off to work, picking at something in his ear.

It must be Saturday because, while Sirius heads off to work as well, Lyra stays at home.

Like I said, Sirius is heading off to work, wearing gray sweats and light lavender sneakers that I just want to hug him for.

And now, a Special Visitor passes by the house.

It's none other than Hermione Granger!

Lyra rushes out to greet her. Remus has not left for work yet and is just standing outside in his suit and tie. And if you look closely there is someone sitting on their living room couch, and I have no effing idea who it is.

Lyra and Hermione go inside and Hermione immediately begins talking Lyra's ear off. Behind them are two random people who have decided to come inside.

Hermione talks about how she only approves of a small amount of video game time per day. Lyra sits up rigidly straight.

The entire conversation is rather awkward and hopeless, and Lyra begins to reach into the couch, most likely hoping she can burrow down into the cushions and make her escape when Hermione isn't looking. Meanwhile, a Sim who we'll now call Charlie Brown is coming up behind them.

Charlie Brown comes to sit down. As Hermione begins to prattle on about books, Lyra and Charlie Brown look away.

Hermione begins to viciously lecture them about treatment of lady bugs. I'm very surprised they've yet to slap her.

Remus comes home and immediately makes some tomato soup. Hermione is the first to sit down and continues to talk. Remus gives her a Look, though and she drifts off.

In which I fell completely and madly in love with Charlie Brown.

They continue to eat in silence, Lyra coming in to do her homework. Charlie Brown continues to take jaw-wrenchingly huge bites.

Once Hermione walks away from the table, everyone seems to eat more peaceably. Charlie Brown does away with the large spoonfuls and goes straight to pouring the soup straight down his throat.

Remus doesn't approve of his table manners.

Day suddenly turns into night and Lyra looks across the table with worry.

No wonder she's worried; Hermione comes in at that moment, clad in a bathing suit and looking quite mischievous. (She must leave right after this, because I don't seem to have any more pictures of Hermione. So she basically came to talk, eat their food, swim, make worrisome demonic faces, and leave.)

Continue to Part 21b

Marauders Story 21b

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:34:22 GMT

21b of the Marauders Story. Be sure to read 21a first.

Sirius comes home to sit on his floating toilet and read the paper at the exact same time as Lyra. (And I am still obsessing over those sneakers.)

Remus knocks out some tunes before bed, but he's suspicious of his drum set's motives.

The next day finds Lyra playing video games, laughing hysterically at the two people making out on her screen. Some kind of virtual porn, I suppose. (It has suddenly dawned on me that this is almost what the Sims 2 is. I mean, they can go to the bathroom and take out the trash as well, but the fun part is having them make out and Woo Hoo.) (Actually, the fun part is denying them their right to happiness and watch them go into various states of complete mental breakdown, to be quite honest.)

It's that afternoon that Remus stumbles to a part of his house he's never been before. Confused, he walks to the door of this mysterious room.

"OMG." His eyes widen and he doesn't quite know what to do with himself when he finds his very own library.

Well, there's really only one thing to do.

While Remus reads well into the night,

Lyra goes about feeding herself a hamburger,

and then feeding herself to the bathtub.

By the time Remus is done reading, he's got a serious crick in his neck.

He heads down to bed, and falls into an immediate sleep, dreaming of the Giant Cow, for whatever reason.

Lyra, meanwhile, is sticking it to Hermione by playing video games for hours on end.

The next morning, Lyra immediately goes downstairs to watch television. Somewhere in town, Hermione just stubbed her toe. (The original line was "cut herself", which I found too emo, and then "stubbed her face" but that just wouldn't make sense no matter how hard I tried. So just fuck it.)

Later that morning, Lyra and Remus sit down for a pancake dinner, and Remus brings up school and books once again.

Lyra doesn't really care to talk about books.

She'd rather discuss sumo wrestling.

That goes over well.

(If anyone else is at this point wondering where the FUCK Sirius is...SO AM I.)

I'm glad she's developed the weird rat-sniffling tick. It's one of the better ticks.

Just as Remus flips into his work clothes, Sirius emerges from the depths of whereverthefuckhe'sbeenhiding.

Just in time for a Goodbye Kiss.

And because I just wouldn't feel right if I didn't fill my glorious Many Faces of Sirius Black quota:

Sirius gains some charisma points.

I really shouldn't be physically attracted to a Sim.

Remus comes home and they wave formally at each other from across the yard.

"Okay, fuck the formality."
"Yes please."
"No I said-but yeah let's do that too."

Before they can do anything of the kind, however, their daughter comes home, celebrating her good report card.

With her comes Ron Weasley.

And, to further meet that Quota:

Sirius cheers his daughter on, and I die.

While Sirius claps and whispers, Lyra presents her paper to the couch.

Sirius then thanks the heavens above.

Outside, Remus is using their Chocolate Making Machine and gorging himself on the sweets.

Busted.

Instead of say, doing anything, Sirius walks around the house to go stand in the middle of the flowerbed. And I really think the Chocolate Making Machine is just squirting out poop and churning little chocolate poop balls. ~~Suck on my chocolate salty balls. Just stick 'em in the your mouth and suck 'em!~~

Inside, Lyra is trying to watch television and Ron is talking about puzzles.

"Could you not... talk so loud, please? Volume down, just a tad. Trying to watch."

Lyra having just blown him off, Ron looks up at me. Well I can't make her talk to you, guy!

I mean, when a girl would rather scrub out a green, scum-infested toilet than talk to you, you're really beyond help.

See okay, this is why people don't want to talk to him. How fucking creepy is that? They're all eating dinner/doing homework and Ron is watching them wistfully from afar.

His dad eventually comes to bring the poor boy home. Nice comb-over, Arthur.

Lyra heads up to bed, and downstairs things begin to heat up.

I am mourning over the lack of a 2-person shower hack. Sirius is in there, touching his naked body, thinking about Remus, and Remus is right there and they could be having Sim!sex right now all...all wet, but Maxis has to have this Teen rating. *grumblegripegrumble*

I'm not entirely sure they even went to sleep, although Sirius is suddenly in his pajamas. Also, my Sims talk about fire! a lot, you guys.

As Sirius gets up from the table, his recently eaten pancakes meet last night's german sausage in his stomach and make a wild break for it. (Either that or HBP!Harry's "creature in the chest" is possessing Sirius and is having a full-on brawl with the pancakes. Regardless of which scenario, the 'cakes are doing something.)

After breakfast, Lyra goes outside to the swimming pool.

This wears her out and in no time at all she's passed out on the couch.

Sirius finds it the perfect time to tickle-fight Lyra away...

Give her a hug...

And then steal her spot on the couch.
Lyra: "Hey...WAIT A DAMN SECOND."

During this, Remus is upstairs calmly reading. He will play no part in his family's shenanigans.

Good thing, too. Because if Remus knew what Lyra was doing to his microphone right now, he'd have a fit.

When he uses the microphone later, Remus smells something just a tad bit off, but doesn't suspect anything. So naive.

Continue to 21c.

Marauders Story Part 21c

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:33:38 GMT

21c of the Marauders Story. Do not read until you've got 21a and 21b under your belt.

The next day, Sirius and Lyra discuss moving boxes over lunch.

Sirius finds the idea absolutely appalling and seven levels of horrendous.

This, in turn, pisses Lyra off. Good job at Family Meal Time, guys.

After dinner, Sirius makes his way to the living room.

It's in here that Remus is taking a nap.

Ever the gentle, caring husband, Sirius sits quietly down on the couch.

And begins to watch porn at a very high volume.

This, of course, wakes Remus up.

"What the, I heard zoo noises! *eyescrub*"

"*yaaaawn* Damn it, I thought I blocked that channel!"

Sirius is angry as hell. "Well you fucking should've! There are girls on here and it's disgusting."

Sirius then makes a little kissy face, and Remus understands immediately. I dearly hope their daughter is heading up to bed right now.

The following will hopefully speak for themselves:

That night, Remus does a little celebratory dance before getting into bed.

The next morning, Remus and Lyra begin to play a little chess. Lyra regrets the decision to play almost immediately, as five minutes with her father over the chessboard have given her a migraine.

"So," says Lyra, "I've been thinking and...school? It kinda sucks."

"Well if you ever want to get a fucking job, you're going to need school."

The game ends pretty quickly after that. Remus is already stewing about how much he loves education.

Remus storms up to Sirius, who is stupid enough to get in his line of fire. (The toilet was also dumb enough, and is now clogged and leaking.)
"It's your fault our daughter hates school!" Remus snaps.

Covering his mouth, now that's effective!

Remus is suddenly very happy about...uh...punching somebody? Uh oh...
"Don't you change the subject Sirius, this is important!"

Sirius repositions Remus and the sheer cuteness of the move throws Remus off again.

Okay, let it be said that Sirius Black definitely knows how to deal with an angry Remus. Just take him by the hand...

Sing to him a little...

I think it's safe to say Crisis Averted.

Uh, yeah. Lyra who?

Must've been a while since they last had sex because boy was Sirius giddy after that go.

'Course Remus was pretty happy himself.

Later that day, the strangest thing happened.

Remus had invited the Headmaster of ... let's say the Milford Academy, since it definitely isn't Hogwarts. (The Hogwarts people have to be nicer, they just have to be.). The rep stepped out of the car...

Took one look around and left, saying that they weren't the kind of family they wanted associated with the Academy. Maybe he heard Lyra talking or something.
Remus simply stands by the curb wondering, "WTF."

Milford Academy: A private school where children are better off "neither seen NOR heard". Although they do have a talk room now where children are encouraged to go in and talk to their heart's content. ... Arrested Development thing, pay no mind lowly HP fans. :P

Lyra sure as hell didn't understand that either. (The reference or the Rep blowing her off. She's just a little behind the loop. Out of the loop. Behind the... times? WhotheFUCK. Moving on.)

The rest of the day passes uneventfully. The next day will be full of event enough. (Or something more grammatically correct.)

When the two wake the next morning, Remus can tell right off the bat that something is wrong. Sirius is very quiet; he's thinking about something.

It takes until noon for Sirius to pluck up the courage and talk to Remus about what's been hanging over his head all day. (Mainly a thought bubble with a baby's pacifier in it.)

"Listen... I was thinking," Sirius begins, "I think it's time for another kid. Give Lyra a little brother or sister!"

Remus thinks this is a fantastic idea.

That is, until this happens.

"Only, this time, you should carry it!"
"BWUHZAHWHAT?"
"YEAH IT'LL BE GREAT."

Sirius spends much of the rest of the day congratulating himself for dodging that painful bullet, so to speak.

~~And that's how you narrate a story.~~

I feel guilty for the number of pictures I have in my files ratio'ed to the number I have posted on here, so I seriously will update sooner than a month from now. Although this part is pretty hefty in size, I'm not sure my bandwidth could take too many installments per month.

Marauders Story Part 20b

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 05:01:08 GMT

I honestly thought it'd be another 2 months, regardless of my "promises" but hey! Here it is. 80 pictures.

Part 20b of the Marauders Story!

So we ended the last part with Remus Lupin standing in the flowers.

Well, he's still standing out there. He thinks about his schooldays and swoons at the fond memories of studying.

After standing out there for some time, Remus is greeted by Lily...

Who doesn't actually see any need to put on clothes to leave the house. So Lily greets Remus in her underwear.

Remus doesn't find anything wrong with that at all.

They chat for a while. Remus catches Lily up on what's happening with Sirius...

And Lily shows Remus how much her breasts have grown since their last meeting.

The subject goes back to Sirius and Lily goes into a minor seizure.

Lily suddenly whips out her cell phone, which is kind of rude, considering Remus was still talking to her. He shoots me a quick look, as if it's somehow my fault... Behind them, a woman seems to have wandered onto their property.

Lily apparently keeps her cell phone tucked into her panties.

Now, who in the world could Lily have invited over?

Oh, goody! Snape comes over, bringing along Mr. Lupin, who seems to have something in his eye.

Darkness falls as soon as Snape steps onto the lot. He and Lily greet each other with far too friendly air kisses.

Evidently, the kisses were too friendly for both parties. Lily starts immediately thinking of her husband (~~and why he doesn't kiss like that~~) and Snape just walks away frowning. Everyone ignores Mr. Lupin. He eventually gets the hint and goes home.

In the entertainment room, Remus and James are playing a game of pool. I would've referred to it as a friendly game of pool, but then I realized that Remus is looking deadly serious about this.

He might even be a little ... insanely aggressive ... about this game. Just a little.

Snape lets himself into the room and invites himself into their pool game. Now, I'm pretty sure this is the first time Snape and James have ever met, isn't that right? Snape's doing wonders on first impressions, then. First he feels up the wife on the front lawn, then he butts into the pool game. *shakes head sadly*

James isn't sure what to make of his guest.

I'm not entirely sure what to make of Remus right now.

Remus abruptly leaves the room, having just thought up something of sheer brilliance that he must share with Lily.

Done with the pool, James and Snape sit down on the couch together for a nice little chat.

Snape brings up really tall buildings, which seems to interest James quite a bit.

Having shared his brilliance with Lily, and been slightly scared off by her mumbles of "fire" and "death to all", Remus joins the men on the couch.

I guess you could say that things took an awkward turn.

Only to get even weirder when Remus starts yelling at Snape for no reason. (James is suddenly interested again.)

"I MEAN, COME ON!!" Remus shouts, turning to me for support. Hell if I know what he's yelling at. James is still grinning like the James that he is. (Because he really isn't an idiot...he's just a James.)

Still grinning, James gives Remus a thumbs-down, stealthily hiding it behind one hand. Having finished yelling at Snape, Remus just smiles at him.

As James begins whispering to himself and Remus continues to placidly smile at nothing, Snape turns a tight, false grin in my direction, silently wondering why the hell he ever accepted Lily's invitation to come over. He could be at home reading right now.

It seems that Remus is thinking the exact same thing. (That he could be at home reading, that is. Lily never invited him, he just showed up to stand in the flowers.) Snape is cupping his hands around one eye to see the television better.

Remus decides that he's had enough for now. Maybe he can go help Lily with dinner or see if she'll show him how to work that interesting bubble machine they have behind the house that James seems so fond of.

Without Remus, James and Snape are pretty much out of conversation topics. Luckily, someone else has decided to join them...

"What the HELL is that?"
"I'm Harry, jack-off."
"It's my son."

"But why is it here?" It seems that Snape doesn't like Harry's scary story about birds. James is appropriately frightened, though.

Snape is thoroughly disapproving of this new development. The evening was going fine enough without having to add children to it.

Once Harry starts screaming and violently cursing at the television, the realization really sinks in for Snape: He is in for a long night in the worst kind of Hell.

James brings up the topic of Lady Bugs. Snape shrugs, because he doesn't have anything to say about fucking lady bugs. Harry punches himself in the jaw. No one is entirely sure why.

Harry gives a big yawn and decides to leave the room. James is busy telling Snape just what Lady Bugs mean to him. Snape is busy trying to plan his escape route.

Snape sees the chance for escape and jumps on it.
"Bathroom, brb."
"Lolz, ok."

While Snape takes a dump, Remus comes close to vomiting. The green smoke coming from the food should've been his first clue it was rotting...

Snape comes into the kitchen after using the restroom and asks Remus to play the "Guess if I washed my hands" game.

Remus has never been fond of this game.

James comes out of the kitchen, having suddenly made a platter of spaghetti. Lily is still in the kitchen, talking to Sirius on the phone. They're planning their Great Bank Heist. (Also called The Game In Which Sirius Pretends So As To Help James Keep An Eye On Lily.)

Snape thinks the spaghetti smells simply divine. In the kitchen, Harry is about to attempt hurling himself on to the counter using only the dish washer handle.

Remus needs to move around Snape to get a seat, Snape wants to move towards Remus to get his own seat. There's a tense moment where they debate who gets to move first.

Everyone gathers around the table, tucking into a great meal. Remus starts a conversation about books. Everyone's looking quite pleased, except for Snape, who is poking his spaghetti suspiciously.

While Snape and James discuss the muggle sport of skiing,

Remus starts to tell about how much he hates Lady Bugs. Harry, for some reason, just glares across the table at Snape.

The conversation turns a little awkward and tense as the dinner progresses.

Noticing this, Harry shovels down his food as fast as he can, hoping to leave before someone snaps and starts throwing spaghetti. Or, if his mother is the one to snap, knives.

James lets out a belch...

And it fails to amuse Remus and Lily. It does strike Harry as nothing short of hilarious, though.

Another belch from James! Quite the spaghetti he's made tonight! (Snape still can't believe he accepted that invitation.)

Remus is understandably disgusted. Lily pauses with her fork midway to her mouth. "James Potter, we have company."

Harry gobbles up his last bite, happy to be finished because Lily really is on the edge of utensil-throwing.

Conversation dies down as Harry picks up his plate and excuses himself from the table. Lily, Remus, and Snape collectively mutter "Lucky bastard" too low for any of the rest to hear. All together like that though, it does come out pretty loud.

Snape tries to make up by simpering and sniffling over how good the food was. This just kind of creeps James out.

In an act of kindness that Snape perceives as violating his personal space, Harry cleans up Snape's plate for him.

Everyone (except Lily) marvels at Harry's impeccable manners as he leaves the kitchen. "Golden boy, I know," he calls over his shoulder.

After the meal is all put away and cleaned up, Remus corners James in the kitchen to preform a little dance. At first James is suspicious of his motives.

Then he realizes what is really going on and Oh! how he would love to join in.

So he does. And they uh, do that for a while.

Meanwhile, Snape is in the entertainment room, entertaining himself.

James wonders what all the racket is and heads into the room himself.

Remus is in the kitchen, scratching his arm and his balls.

They decide to join Snape in the pool game. Snape is less than thrilled and slams his head into the table.

Snape's whole strategy seems to be making weird faces to distract the other two.

This kind of pisses Remus off.

Mostly because, when he tried it, nobody was distracted one bit.

He really doesn't understand how Snape does it, so he studies him. Looking a bit like a monkey as he does so. An angry, inquisitive monkey.

As Snape rounds the table for a shot, he gives James an angry glare.

James looks back all innocent. "Whatever is it?"

Right after this purely innocent look from James, Snape misses what would've been the winning shot. Snape uses a number of colorful curses to express his anger.

He's making Remus just a wee bit nervous.

James prepares for his final shot. If he makes this, he wins.

The tension isn't exactly great, because Remus isn't really aware of what's happening.

Oho! James Potter is the victor! He jumps in surprise, cheering himself on.

Remus is shocked.

Devastated.

Broken inside.

Pretty okay and ready to head home now.

Next update, whenever that may be, will contain the happenings at the Lupin-Black estate (and oh how the happenings have been happening, people.)

DUDE. OVER 500 FRIENDS. WOW. *confetti*

Marauders Story Part 20

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:10:38 GMT

HAHAHA I FORGOT THIS EVEN EXISTED.

Totally Courtney's fault for a myriad of reasons I can't even begin to make up. So it's not, actually. Sorry, Courtney. Update ahead, anyways. (Which you can thank myst56 for, since she reminded me this thing is like, here.)

But a few words: I've lost a lot of interest in Harry Potter since the 6th book came out, so that's about all the excuse I have for my delay in doing anything on this journal. But, thanks to a long list of Percy/Oliver sites, my interest in the characters have resurfaced and I actually have interest in diving into my overwhelmingly large EA Games snapshots folder for another installment! There will more after this, hopefully in rapid succession, because I do believe I have some good pictures left to use and some more witty lines to waste. So I guess I'm back from the unannounced hiatus! I hope you all haven't unfriended me and do actually see this update...

Okay this is Part... hell if I know. 20? *checks* Yes, Part 20 of the Marauders Story. This is Part a, I suppose. I'll get to the second part tomorrow. I SWEAR.

(I'm riding on very little sleep people, which I'm trying to embrace in order to be funny. I hope it works.)

All right, last we left off, one James Potter was rightly astonished at having a Giant Cow saunter onto his yard, wave a friendly hello, and walk right into his home. We'll take it from there.

The wild string of curses from James in the front yard wakes Lily up. She figures if she doesn't turn around and acknowledge the Cow's presence, he'll do the same. Unfortunately, this only brings the Cow's attention away from the dart board he was bee-lining towards. He decides to go over and talk to Lily instead.

They engage in some conversation, which apparently involves Lily checking the Cow's snout for rain. That seems just a little rude to me, but then I guess I'm not one for holding my fingers under other people's nostrils to see what falls out. Lily, however, is.

The Cow's story of the time that it really did rain out of his nose reminds Lily of her husband. I have no idea why.

Cow begins to tell Lily a fantastic story of the time he brutally lost in a fight.

James comes in and begins to play video games, which causes Lily to wibble with worry. I would too, considering the angle at which James is holding that controller... Behind them, Cow engages in a private dance.

They all decide to sit down together, Cow going so far as to join James in the play. This I find to be a remarkable feat, considering he has no thumbs. Or fingers.

Meanwhile, James and Lily's son, Harry, has been home from school for God knows how long, and is quietly reading in a far corner of the house where no one pays him any mind.

Cow is miraculously beating James, even without thumbs, fingers, nor human flesh. This means that James must really suck.

Having his ass handed to him by a guy in a cow costume doesn't sit well with James. He hoists himself off the couch and stands hovering over the Cow. He fights down the urge to pluck one of the Cow's udders. I'm sure he's about to kick this Cow to the curb.

What really surprises me is, he actually did. James brutally insults Cow, who storms off. James has a wicked grin on his face. Or something close to wicked. He might just be smiling.

So, has the Cow taken the hint and vacated the property, you ask?

Well, no. He instead invites himself to stay for dinner. James still has that grin on his face, which I believe is his way of smiling through the pain and resigning to the fact that he's about to eat dinner with a Cow.

Lily, being a little more forward than James, decides to make a statement and prepare hamburgers for dinner.

Cow doesn't notice how sick and wrong that is. He doesn't even notice that he has to shove his hoof though his face to eat his food.

Meanwhile, Harry is across the house (he wasn't invited to dinner) about to play The Sims on his computer. He is quite effectively blowing my mind.

James, unaware that it's rude to take calls during dinner (of course it's probably more rude to make dinner out of a close relation to one of your guests), talks on the phone to Sirius for quite some time.

James is still on the phone when Lily comes to stand an inch in front of his face. "Sex me up now," she commands. James tells Sirius he'll have to call him back. The Cow may or may not still be in the room.

James and Lily go from heavy petting to serious kissing pretty quickly. For his sake, I do hope the Cow has enough sense to get out of there before things turn graphic.

Harry's completely given up on seeing his parents today and prepares himself for bed. The poor child hasn't even had dinner. Although the trauma from meeting a Giant Cow in your living room does greatly outweigh skipping a meal for an eight year old, so maybe going to bed early is okay for tonight. ickleharrybuttheehee

James goes upstairs to find Cow jamming about in James's private entertainment room. James is not happy with this at all. Cow continues to play, oblivious of the colorful curses being thrown his way.

He's also unaware that his musical stylings are about to make his one audience member barf. Selective hearing, I suppose. If only James could acquire it.

James finally makes his point loud and clear: "It's past dark and you need to go home because you are not sleeping on my couch. You wouldn't fit and I don't want to have to be the one to milk you tomorrow morning."

...*isnotthinkinganythingdirty*

James and Cow shake warmly by the hand while casually insulting each other. "Come back for lunch, asshole." "Yeah I will. Say bye to your wife for me, douche bag." "Have a safe trip, motherfucker." "You can stick your hospitality up your ass, and have a good night. I'll call."

The Next Day

The next morning Harry wakes up before the sun, stretching in a way that made me stretch as well. Thanks Harry, I needed that.

The first thing Harry does upon waking is whip out his game boy and start playing.

He remembers to go to the bathroom after a while.

Upstairs, James and Lily are just about to wake up. If by "just about" I mean "won't for another hour"...which I do.

With nothing else to do while his parents sleep upstairs, Harry begins to scratch violently at his ear. I pray to the Maxis Gods that the pyromaniac voices in Lily's head aren't hereditary.

(I feel compelled to tell you all that in my head, a creeper than all hell voice just hissed "Make them stop speaking to me" and I actually had to turn a full circle in my chair to reassure myself I was alone in my room. And now I am so freaked out I need very loud music.)

Harry wanders into his parents' room to find his father fully dressed standing around rather uselessly. Neither of us (Harry or I) quite know what to make of this.

Harry, though, takes this as a perfect opportunity to play Clappy Hands with James.

James finds the game fun, and decides to crush his son's head with his own bare hands. Just keep still, Harry, and wait for your ears to start ringing...

Harry and James embrace before heading down to breakfast.

Surprised that no one else wants any of last night's hamburgers, James whisks the platter (which is now emitting green smoke) to the kitchen to eat by himself. At a loss for anything else to talk about, Lily and Harry are discussing sunshine.

"So like, what's your favorite thing about the sun? The warm glow on your face? Sunlight shimmering off the surface of a lake?"

"I like the darkness. Black, murk, flames. These are my weapons in my personal war against the living."

"Y-yeah, okay. Hey DAD, you still...around...So um, there's this book I'm reading for school, it's kind of, I don't really like it...DAD."

"What is it?"
"Mom's doing it again."

James tells Lily to stop scaring their child on his way out the door. Lily gets up to go Q-Tip the voices out of her ears. Harry gulps down his breakfast as fast as he can.

Once Harry finishes, Lily challenges him to a duel.

And then loses when Harry's paper covers Lily's rock.

The game seems to jar Lily back into her own body and she vacates the scene quickly, whimpering to herself. Harry stands dumbfounded.

Fed up with his parents and their unamusing buffoonery,

Harry hits the crack pipe.

Happy that their son is off occupied with something, James and Lily meet in the bathroom.

After a quick check to make sure that Lily had no urges to set his hair on fire, James kisses her.

James gets right to the foreplay. Lily wonders what it is about this sweater that makes everyone want to tweak her nipples.

James dips Lily low for that kiss...

And seems to have knocked out Lily's front teeth.

The moment is perfect, and Lily is super-excited about having sex.

And then James does this.

The mood is just a wee bit ruined.

Lily laughs in James face! "HAHA, You call that a Sexy Dance?!"

All is forgotten and forgiven twenty seconds later when they've made it upstairs to the bedroom.

The only time during Sim!Sex when two Sims actually look like they're anywhere near each other under those sheets.

Walking out of the bedroom in her soiled underwear, Lily can't help but feel shamed over what she's just done.

Lily heads downstairs to compulsively cook. Harry comes home from school. Too excited he is about his report card to notice his mother lack-of-dress. (lthe east she could've done was shower before she cooked them dinner...)

The Potter family goes about their afternoon.

James is upstairs playing his bass...

Harry is in his room playing Rocket ship with his horsie...

Lily is eating...

And Remus Lupin is standing outside right in the middle of their flowerbed. Not on the sidewalk, not on the grass, right on top of the flowers.

And I know I have never keep an updating-related promise before, and none of you have any reason to believe me, but I will really really will be working on the next half or part or whatever to this tomorrow, because I really want to get to the Remus visit. And oh, there is so much going on at the Lupin-Black (Black-Lupin?) estate. But it's late and I'm sleepy and can't possibly go on any further. But this is one promise I do intend on keeping. Expect another update soon.

Part 19a of the Marauders Story

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:20:34 GMT

The 19th installment of the Marauders Story is here at last!

The long delay is easy to explain: To make up for the long delay between parts, I decided to make this part longer. 3 sections instead of 2. However, in making this part longer, I also lengthened the delay between posts. So I obviously thought nothing through. But anyway. Onwards to the story.

Poor Harry wakes up in the middle of the night with serious crotch pains.

Then, on the way to the bathroom, he gets a searing pain in his skull. That poor kid.

Anyway, something slightly more important is going on. Upon waking, James calls Lily into the kitchen. They have things to discuss.

He asks how Lily would feel, should Sirius...

and Remus leave to live on their own.

Lily gasps.

"They're wizards, you know," Lily points out. James wonders what this has to do with anything.

After all, they'd need suitcases to move no matter what. Remus has come to sit in on the conversation.

And then leaves once Lily starts doing random math calculations.

"We'll see them all the time," James assures Lily, "And we'll throw a bunch of parties for them to come to."

James thinks this whole moving thing is a really good idea. He's especially excited about the cardboard boxes and bubble-wrap.

Lily has a better idea. They should just set Sirius and Remus on fire.

"Just fuck it." James gets up and leaves.

Sirius wakes up that morning, ready to spend his very last day on this buggy, slow, lagging lot. I'm happy about it, too.

He spends a lot of his morning shooting pool instead of spending time with Lily, James or Harry.

Upstairs, Lyra's crying because she smells like a moldy sock soaked in piss. Instead of giving her say, a bath, Lily opts to puke on her instead.

Sirius and Harry share a leisurely breakfast.

Sirius gets ready to tell Harry the news.

He starts by saying that he's gotten a promotion and feels time that he and Remus and Lyra should ...

"Move out, yeah. My dad told me all about that."

Sirius is Pissed Off. He'd spent the last hour over the pool table preparing this speech and Harry's already heard it from James.

They discuss it some more,

and eventually Sirius comes around. And now he's excited again.

Harry is...

... less so.

He warms up to the idea when Sirius whispers that whenever James's incessant staring and Lily's raging outbursts get to be too much, Harry can seek solace at his place.

Now, several days have passed since Lyra's last birthday, and another one is just around the corner...

If Sirius is starting to feel ill about moving, it's nothing to what's going to happen in a few minutes. The idea almost makes him lose his breakfast.

He goes into the dining room, and all Remus wants to talk about is how their family is growing up. Sirius doesn't appreciate this.

To prove that the balloons are unnecessary and that his daughter isn't ready to grow up, Sirius chooses to change her diaper in the middle of breakfast, tossing the soiled napkin unceremoniously onto the floor. Remus and James have lost their appetites.

Sirius dotes over his daughter before the inevitable must take place.

He goes into the kitchen, hovering over the birthday cake, properly sulking. Behind him, Remus is giving an enthusiastic hello to the cabinet.

He then gives an equally enthusiastic greeting and wave to Lyra. That creepy grin is back, folks.

The birthday starts. Lily, Harry and Remus all pull out various noisemakers and start cheering. James stands in the back, quite unaffected, wondering why he's there at all. Because she's your goddaughter, for fuck's sake. Show some enthusiasm.

Sirius and Lyra blow out the candles together. James looks down at Harry, wondering when he got so big.

Amidst cheers and catcalls, Lyra begins to grow.

And there she goes! From only a quick look, I can tell that I love her hair.

And here she is, Lyra Lily Black. And, may I be the first to say, she is fucking cute. The rest of the family seem to be cheering at the spot where Lyra used to be standing, quite unaware that she's walked away.

Lyra goes into the dining room to eat her cake. The rest of the family watch her every move from the kitchen.

The very first thing Lyra wants to talk about is goldfish. That's...cute. I love Sirius's smile in this picture. In the background, since James has become increasingly clueless as to the events of the day, Remus is introducing himself again. Poor James. For a while everything was going good, then there was talk of fire, and everyone started growing; it must be very confusing for him.

And then Lyra looks up admiringly at Sirius. My heart is all a flutter.

Lyra goes to thoroughly wash her plate in the sink. Definitely taking after Remus with his 8 Clean points there. And she definitely has his nose.

She then goes into the next room and gives Remus a big hug.

And a kiss. This kid is really affectionate.

Sirius is congratulating Harry on something or another. Lily is screwing her eyes shut and preparing her plans for setting Sirius aflame.

If one doubted that Lyra was Sirius's daughter, you need to only see how she wildly runs from place to place. I hope that doesn't keep up, because I kept losing her.

Harry's decided that he doesn't really like Lyra. The maid is thinking the same thing.

Remus and James suddenly burst into a pillow fight. Uh...

Remus is looking pretty sneaky.

And now the good-byes are in order:

Harry and Lyra come in to join with the farewells and Lily tries very hard to silence the voices in her head whispering to her that it's her very last chance to set Remus on fire.

Lyra tries to get a hug from Harry, but he won't have any of that. Harry's not the touchy-feeling sort, apparently.

Sirius says good bye to Harry and Lyra flops down the couch, thinking she'll take a nap because it's taking entirely too long for them to leave. I dearly hope James isn't checking out Sirius's ass in this picture.

It's time to go and Remus prances out to the curb.

The Black-Lupin family gather at the curb, ready to take flight. Remus is in charge of the suitcases, of which he thinks there are far too many. Harry was going to come out to bid them a final farewell, but obviously has ADD.

Remus, Sirius and Lyra Lily leave the Potter home, ready to start their lives in a brand new house all the way across the neighborhood. How is this move affecting the Potters?

Harry wipes his tears away as he comes inside, somewhat devastated.

Lily and James are just happy they finally have their bathrooms to themselves.

Continue to 19b

19b of the Marauders Story

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:20:30 GMT

19b. The Black-Lupin family's first day in their new house.
Do not continue unless you've already read 19a.

A stock shot taken 2 seconds ago because I felt I needed a stock shot of their house. I find this hilarious because only I know the epic battle of wills I just had with the gardener to not be there when I needed to get my shot. Alas, I lost.

I also find it hilarious that suddenly the house has a black gate, less trees and no fountain. Just ignore the inconsistencies, people.
Anyway, Remus looks up in awe at their new home. Actually, he's just looking up at a really tall tree that he finds fascinating.

Lyra does the same.

They bond over this.

Sirius makes them some brown crap for breakfast and they discuss the recent move.

Remus joins and soon changes the subject.

Evidently, Lyra prefers both blue hats and pink dresses over pretty shoes. This does not bode well.

She ends up pissing off both her parents and is assigned kitchen duty. Sirius then changes into his skin-tight-latex crime-fighting suit with a weird dial and slot in the back.

While Sirius leaves for work, Lyra and Remus go to their new living/tv room. Lyra then punches herself in the head. Remus doesn't know what's going on.

She and Remus begin to snuggle.

The cute is overwhelming.

The snuggle doesn't end well. The fury in Remus's eyes is frightening.

Then Remus has an idea. He's going to invite a friend over!

Snape isn't quite sure what he's doing there.

They greet each other warmly.

Snape goes inside to have an awkward conversation with Lyra. There is much confusion and rude gaping on her behalf.

Meanwhile...

Sirius has returned from work. It has not been a good day.

There was something about him going after an exploding nuclear reactor plant instead of a giant robot...

and so he was fired. Sirius and his woe are about to collapse on the sidewalk.

On one hand, Sirius reasons, he does get to keep his suit... Heh. Remus comes to console.

And console he does.

"Oh, by the way... Snape's over."

Sirius goes into the game room on Remus's orders. They stand beside one another uncomfortably.

"What the hell are you wearing?"
"Just shut up."

"Oh god, don't bend over, I can see your-"

"Don't act like you don't like it."
"I hate you."

Snape isn't enjoying himself. Snape, you blow hard!

Remus ends both Sirius and Snape's agony by calling them to dinner.

Snape doesn't seem pleased about the interruption, however. He was either winning or in fact enjoying Sirius bending over.

Sirius is waylaid by the telephone and I don't know where the hell Lyra is, so Remus and Snape eat in awkward silence.

Remus brings up the oddest of subjects - divorce. Behind them, Sirius is telling James all about Lyra's blue hat obsession and blaming it on him.

Snape pounces on the conversation and for a second I grow worried.

Remus looks a little weirded out, so my breathing returns to normal. Snape thinks his plate smells delightful.

Snape and Remus finish eating just as Sirius comes in to start. Bad timing.

Snape and Remus go to the game room for a game. Snape is effectively kicking Remus's ass.

I can't tell what the fuck's going on with Remus's face right now.

Now they're both standing with their eyes shut in quiet frustration. I take it the game has not ended well.

Time for Snape to go home.

Lyra has gone up to bed and Sirius is ready and waiting in his and Remus's bedroom.

Remus settles into bed. "God, am I exhausted."

"I read this really good book the other day that I think you'll like-"

"Yeah, okay but stop talking."

Things start to get pretty heated...

Until their daughter comes in to see their lamp.

And then turn and wonder what her parents are doing in that big bed so close together.

Lyra settles in for a good game of chess. Her parents try to wave her away.

"Away with you, my darling," Sirius coos. Remus has the decency to look upset, but Sirius... I'm laughing so hard I can't even figure out what he's doing.

Fine. Lyra can tell when she's not wanted. Eventually.

Remus and Sirius get down to business.

And that is the end of 19b.

Continue on to 19c for James, Lily, and Harry's first day in their new home!

Part 19c of the Marauders Story

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:20:24 GMT

19c of the Marauders Story. Don't continue unless you've read 19a and 19b.

James and Lily had to move as well. That house was just buggy as shit (as if that's an expression) (NO WAIT IT CAN BE BECAUSE SHIT IS ALWAYS COVERED IN FLIES) (HAHAHAHAA) (moving on.) so I had to move them as well.

The Potter family are immediately happy with their new home. James tickle-attacks Lily and Harry starts...clapping over the pretty flowers.

Harry goes on inside, but James and Lily keep themselves occupied on the lawn for a while longer.

James and Lily come at me. Harry, meanwhile, is off in the house furiously clapping at the telephone.

James, for whatever reason, suddenly whips out a pillow and smacks Lily with it. Nice.

Inside, Harry's getting acquainted with their video game system.

After an hour or so of pillow-fighting, Lily goes upstairs to better acquaint herself with the exercise machine. Looks like Sirius isn't the only one with a history of getting too friendly with the rubber tracks.

James and Harry don't have much to say to each other over breakfast.

"Do you like goldfish?"
"No."

"How about snowflakes?"
"Dad, please."

After breakfast, James is still dead-set on connecting with Harry. So they put away their dishes and James tells Harry to follow him.

... I don't like where this is going.

Oh come on.

There are such things as boundaries. And wait, Lily is joining too?

That's just great. You're all setting great examples for Harry, thankyouverymuch.

OKAY NOW WAIT JUST A DAMN SECOND. It's fine to do it alone. To bring your kid into it is one thing, James. But to then leave the child at the ~~bong~~ bubble machine unsupervised is crossing all kinds of crazy lines.

After their little trip outside, James and Harry are really good buds. Lily has hired a bartender and set up a buffet. They're going to have themselves a little House Warming Party.

Remus and Sirius come over for the party, but don't announce their presence to the hosts at all. They just wander over to the entertainment-type room and start playing pool.

James comes in and the three friends get to playing.

Harry comes running in to greet Remus. The game, which lasted all of two minutes, ends abruptly.

Remus quizzes Harry on what he's learned in school since they last spoke. Sirius and James can't leave the room fast enough.

James farts directly into Sirius's face. The bartender almost drops his drinks in shock and repulsion.

As soon as Sirius gets up, James decides to tickle him.

When the tickle fight is over, James has a peculiar expression on his face.

An expression that doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.

Lily's getting a little too forward with Remus, who is trying his best to back away without falling over.

In a surprise move, Remus sticks his leg...between Lily's. Excuse me while I vomit.

And now Lily is stuck with that exact same face. Huh.

I find Sirius in the kitchen, one eye about bugging out of his skull.

The face reminds me of another picture I took on a different lot.
Right, here it is:

Potato chips evidently drive them all bonkers.

Anyway, the party ends well and the guests leave in high spirits.

When it comes time for the bartender to leave...

James and Lily have a hard time saying goodbye.

Lily takes it the hardest. She follows him to the property line.

She then proceeds to skip through the house with telephone in hand and grimace across face. Lily's a weird one.

She does the same with the trash.

And then goes to sleep on the bench outside. I'm not even going to ask.

The next morning, Harry goes into the study to read a good book. Harry's using his free time before school to expand his mind.

Guess what James is doing. Getting stoned and working on his maniacal laugh.

Harry leaves for school just as Lily wakes from her comfy sleep on the wooden bench.

She comes into the kitchen to give James's ass a good hard squeeze.

She wonders why he left the room so suddenly, rubbing his poor tush.

I need to show her the damn bedroom.

As Lily sleeps, James goes outside to pay the bills at the mailbox.

He comes across a most interesting visitor in his front walk.

"Hey, guy! Long time no see!" calls the Giant Cow joyfully. James, who has been suffering some memory problems lately, marvels at the fact that there is a cow in his front yard.

And it is now walking into his house.

It's a cow and it's walking into his house.

More to come. Much sooner, too. This time I'm actually going to keep that promise. No I'm not. Yes huh. Okay, we'll just see.

Bandwidth went bye bye there for a second

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:28:56 GMT

So I went on Livejournal and noticed that my header for my journal wasn't working and, upon further inspection, found that my website had been disabled! Minor panic attack on my part. Turned out that my bandwidth had exceeded the limit or rather trampled the limit and drug it through the mud kicking and screaming. Never fear, I've purchased more bandwidth, so all of the pictures and everything should now be working.

Working on a new part now, I guess I want to challenge Yahoo! for shutting down my site by putting more pressure on it, I don't know. It should be up in either a number of hours or days, who knows.

new user info

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:42:40 GMT

So okay, I was just going to redo the User Info a little bit because I just learned how to do image maps and thought it'd be fun. Well, I didn't get around to that, but I did make a strangely comprehensive User Info with so many ~~goddamnfucking~~ links I ~~could vomit~~ am surprised. So you should take a look at it, there are some pretty useful and random links in there (such as various help forums, Sims sites, directions for updating your video drivers, I went completely overboard.) I wanted to have images but am not a skilled image maker, but I am apparently very good at finding URLs and making links. Yeah, that's a great skill.

Hope someone finds it helpful and uh, informative.

An Album of Sorts

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:48:20 GMT

What have I been up to? Well, nothing very production. A friend of mine and I started a community of pure silliness called ramblingsinsane for our own rambling purposes. And then I almost crashed my Sims game, that was fun.

But then I noticed that Lily had something for me. A little booklet with a small collection of nicely done photographs of certain characters in their toddler years. A Baby Album, if you will. And one that's not a baby picture.

I did the Lucius one first, so it's different with the parenthesis. Like it matters.
Also, I positioned these in Semagic to be 2 beside each other, like two pages in an album. Livejournal, on the other hand, does not wish for me to do this. So they are not set up as I would like them to be.

What the Bloody Fuck

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:42:20 GMT

This isn't any sort of update.

I just um, wanted to tell you guys that...uh...

James just caught on fire.

He wasn't even cooking, to my knowledge at least. He was merely standing in the kitchen. I couldn't find any sort of food, burnt or not, around him. And if it had been a kitchen fire, it would've been the oven that had burned, not James.

We start with the striken look of surprised. My Buy and Build mode suddenly went grey so I zoomed from Harry at the curb to James, who was looking most surprised.
(Unfortunately the lights in the kitchen aren't very bright, so bear with me. Also ... yeah, they're in a different house, this is waaay past the current installment, just ignore the changes and focus on the burning Potter.)

It starts off as a tiny burst of flame...

He seems to be just as surprised about this as I am.

The fire grows rapidly, and soon it's this monster fireball that he's apparently trying to stomp out. James looks less fearful for his life right here than annoyed that his pants might get singed.

Lily comes in to extinguish James just as the fire brigade show up. James, at this point, appears to be enjoying himself.

Together, Lily and the single fireman that showed up, work to put James out. James does his part by farting a giant white firefart out on the flames.

Within seconds, James is put out, nary a burn or charred bit on his body. When Sims work on fault dishwashers without the right skills, they get electrocuted and turn into charcoal. When a Sim bursts into flames, it's no big deal. Old hat, even.

James: "Whew. Well, I'm off to bed everyone. G'night!"
Lily: "No one is safe."

Well then, that was certainly weird. Caught me completely off guard, I can tell you that. You all have a good night/morning/day/life. And stay away from stoves and uh, chafing fabrics I guess. Lily's right though, no one is safe when it comes to Spontaneous Human...Flaming. At least he didn't die, that would've been crazy.

Marauders Story Part whateverthefu... 18

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:00:27 GMT

I just looked around my desk and realized I have four different bottles of water, all with ample amounts of water inside, sitting around me. I feel like that girl from Signs, who took 2 sips from a glass and set it somewhere. At least if we have an alien attack I'll be good to go.

Right well, Sims. Yes. Okay.

Marauders Story 18; in which Sirius just doesn't understand, the space problem becomes too much, there's another Very Special Guest, and another problem arises.

I do hope this part doesn't suck terrible monkey balls. If it does, I apologize profusely.

I also apologize to anyone reading that is bald and becomes offended by the uh, anti-baldness of this installment. Hahaha, you'll see what I mean.

3 parts, btw.

Sirius is awoken by Lyra bursting into his bedroom, looking distressed.

She cries for him to give her a bottle. He repeats her request and one might think that would be enough for him to rush downstairs and get her the bottle.

Alas, Sirius has no clue what "I want a FUCKING bottle!!" could possibly mean.

"Oh, oh, you want a bottle!" I think he's getting it...

And he's lost it. He pats her consolingly on the head.

Downstairs, Remus is stuffing a turkey. I just...it's like 3 in the morning and he's stuffing a turkey. Some people crave potato chips, some cookies, but no, Remus wants a fully prepared turkey dinner with all of the fixings.

Baking that turkey earns him 3,000 points, which is a crazy amount for cooking up poultry. Meanwhile, Sirius seems to have actually understood Lyra's plea and brought her downstairs to her highchair.

Watching them race to her highchair was utterly hilarious. In the end, Remus won and gave Lyra a plate of turkey mush before Sirius could get in there with the bottle.

Remus is proud of himself. And hell, the dinner he just made looks better than most of the crap I eat.

It may seem useless, but this shot is actually very important.
That morning/evening/whenever a decision was made, by both them and a higher power. The space problem addressed in the last installment has become too much to handle, as well as the sheerly awkward architecture of this house. So, they all decided to move.

Or else, they moved. Sirius wasn't asked his opinion on the matter and so when they suddenly appeared at a new house, he took to sulking. Lyra is wearing a Winnie the Pooh outfit that is totally cute.

This lot is a downloaded lot that I added onto, and since there are like 86 pages of residential lots on ModtheSims2, I have no fucking idea where I got it from. But it's not mine.

Lily looks entirely too worried about their new place.

Remus, for one, is entirely excited about the move. He's spewing off dozens of fascinating facts about their new home to Harry, who isn't listening.

Harry and Remus are both incredibly excited about having a dishwasher. They had one in their old house, but I guess they were worried or something.

Sirius spends a while out by the curb, refusing to come inside.

The Potters discover their new game room. I believe there was a collective Sim "Hell YEAH!"

Eventually the call of Remus's bacon and eggs becomes too much for Sirius and he comes inside.

Work calls and Sirius answers in the most ridiculous get-up I've ever seen. He's dead serious about it too. Never make fun of a man wearing a latex suit.

Sirius sneaks up on the postman, ready to pounce.

Next second, Sirius is shooting through the air!

He looks down with pity at the postman who has no powers of flight. Poor Muggle.

Sirius has lazy interest in his sudden ability to fly. It doesn't really matter. On the other hand, if he were to suddenly fall right now, boy that would hurt.

Inside, Harry and James are holding a spontaneous breakfast staring contest. Whoever wins gets Remus's bacon. Remus doesn't like this game at all. He wants his bacon.

Not that the fatty needs it. And I have no idea what that pink thing obstructing the top-right of the picture is.

Remus clambers onto the diving board to swim that sudden weight gain off. It's hilarious how his stomach is HUGE but his arms and legs remain pencil thin.

There's something about Harry diving on top of an oblivious Remus that stinks of payback.

Outside, a scary looking bald woman starts chatting James up...

I can't tell if he's buying into it, revolted by her shiny scalp or if he's just swallowed a bug.

James goes into the game room and starts playing what I would find a truly frightening video game. I'm guessing the object is to shoot things up that guy's nostrils? Or maybe you have to pick them out...

A newly trim Remus comes into the game room, stopping short when he sees James's new friend.

He doesn't trust her or her bald little head one bit.

This woman tries to make pleasant conversation, asking Remus how he likes his new house.

Remus glares at James, wondering why James would allow such a woman into their home.

Inside, Lily is taking Lyra upstairs for nap. Lyra is staring into the camera very seriously. I checked, she actually has only 2 points under her Serious/Playful personality category. This means she'll enjoy reading more than say, video games just like Remus.

Whatever's on TV seems to be way too scary for Harry. I swear he was watching a tennis match.

Remus and James join Harry in the TV room to watch some...Quidditch. Harry spreads his arms in joy, gushing, "Isn't this just great? The three of us hanging out like this? This is just great, I am really enjoying myself." James politely shushes him.

Harry soon passes out on the couch, the excitement of Quidditch being too much for him.

Sirius must've had a good day. The first thing he does upon coming home is march straight up to Remus and start serenading him. I wish he would've changed clothes first.

Sirius and Remus scope out the love seat, wondering if it would make a good place for a fuck.

Remus whispers some choice words, bringing Sirius to a swoon.

Then Remus abandons all pretense and suggests that they just go do it now. Sirius is appalled.

For about four seconds.

Pretty soon he's feeling Remus up.

They kiss once more before Remus realizes that he has no idea how to get Sirius out of that suit. The moment is put on pause until Sirius manages to change.

In the living room, Harry is dreaming of Ron. Huh.

That night, Remus cooks everyone a wonderful steak dinner. Lily comes to join them, sliding into the seat across from Remus.

A pleased Remus this does not make.

Sirius tries to show James the latest dance moves. This confuses and embarrasses Harry, who quickly leaves the rooms.

Lily then comes in and does...this. Her boobs look huge, btw. May just be me.

It's finally nighttime. Remus turns to Sirius. "Sex now?"

Sirius has to think about it.

For, again, about four seconds.

Now, let's take a little toll here:

Sleeping.

Sleeping.

Sleeping.

Running around unsupervised.

Is anyone surprised?

Continue to 18b

Marauders Story 18b

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:59:42 GMT

18b. The middle is the shortest part. Dunno why. Don't read this if you haven't read 18a.

Toddler Sims using their potties is just about the cutest thing in the whole game.

James wakes up eventually and takes Lyra into her parents' bedroom. And then he stands there, holding her, waiting for one of her real parents to wake up and deal with her.

After a while Sirius gets up to relieve James of his task.

Remus goes to work that day in a freaking limousine.

Superheroes seem to take most of the week off, so Sirius has plenty of time to spend with Lyra.

Sirius sits Lyra down for the amazing story of the Self-Playing Xylophone.

She doesn't much care for it.

So Sirius flips to a story about toilets. Much more suitable than percussion instruments.

Lyra doesn't think so. A well timed appearance by the maid, I must say. She and Lyra can hate toilets together.

I guess Remus and Harry's over-enthusiasm about the washer led to its demise. James is playing handy-man. He's really just slamming a screwdriver against very important wires, but it's the thought that counts.

Harry's home from school!

And...oh wait now, what's this?

He's brought another...friend!

Draco Malfoy steps off the school bus, not entirely sure what he's doing at Harry's house. I'm not either.

Meanwhile, Sirius and Lyra are getting some fresh air and staring intently at each other. I wish Toddler!Sims could sit on Adult!Sims' laps. That'd be adorable.

Draco comes inside, not bothering to say a word to anyone. He settles himself at the chess table.

Some random woman who also walked into the house without speaking to anyone joins Draco. They begin speaking of beach balls.

Who knew Malfoy was such a fan of baseball?

Several hours later, once Harry has eaten dinner, finished his homework, and watched some television, he decides to pay his guest some attention.

Harry abandons all pleasantries and throws a water balloon at Malfoy.

Malfoy is partially hurled through the stone wall. That's one powerful arm, Harry should be a Chaser.

Draco doesn't find this half as funny as Harry does.

Okay, maybe he does.

That woman joins the others at dinner. Remus glares at her, rudely asking, "Who are you?"

Draco comes to dinner as well. If you look closely, Remus is giving him the shifty, corner of the eye glare. He doesn't trust any of these guests.

Fan girls around the globe swoon and faint as the utter hotness of Lucius Malfoy in a salmon-pink jogging suit comes to pick up his son. (Seriously though, why does everyone find him so utterly attractive??)

Random ass thought: You know the "Remy" and "Siri" thing? Of course you do. Are there any fics were Lucius is called "Lucy"? That'd be hilarious.

Okay, this is what is happening: Lucius Malfoy is standing outside, throwing a water balloon at Remus, who is inside and no where near where Lucius is throwing. And yet Remus is cowering in fear.

The balloon still manages to smack him, though. Weird wizard physics, I guess. Remus dissolves into tears. Lucy is such a meanie. Don't worry, it's the last time I use it.

Sirius is just having the time of his life out there. Inside, Remus is mopping up Lucius's mess.

That night, after Lucius and Draco have left and most of the family has gone to bed, Lily comes into Harry's room to kiss him goodnight.

It's like Lily is mocking Lyra with her ability to use the toilet while Lyra has to go.

And then Lily takes Lyra downstairs and throws her into the ceiling.

"That was unforgivable" says Lyra, once she's unstuck from the ceiling rafters. I really do think Lyra will turn out scarily normal. That will be nice.

Remus is dreaming about his bed and how much he loves it.

Sirius, on the other hand, does not like their bed.

Meanwhile, James is entertaining himself.

And freaking himself out a little bit.

Finally someone sweet and adoring pays Lyra some attention.

Sirius has lice and Lyra has boogers. That's just great.

A rather adorable picture to end with.

Continue to 18c

Marauders Story 18c

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:58:32 GMT

18c of the Marauders Story. Don't read if you haven't read the other 2 parts, 18a and 18b.

Now, while none of the other people may have noticed a certain something, Remus did. He knew that my game kept crashing. He was fully aware that the house they had moved into and their 6 person household was becoming too much for my computer to handle. He knew something had to be done to make playing the Marauders Story fun again and not taxing on my hard drive. He knew just what to do. Remus is smart like that.

And so, Remus sat down to have a discussion with Sirius. At first they discuss the weather, a clever opener. "Hey, have you ever noticed how the person in the clouds above gets frustrated whenever she plays our family?" Or something like that.

Remus goes on to discuss just what he had in mind; a move. To a new house. Just him, Sirius, and Lyra.

Sirius explodes. "What would happen to Lily, James, and Harry?!" he wails.

"It's not like they would cease to exist you idiot, they just won't live with us."
Sirius abruptly changes the subject to those crazy airplanes.

Remus silently prays for Sirius to be suddenly graced with an attention span.

Sirius suddenly exclaims, "If we have our own house, that means we'll get our own SPATULAS doesn't it!"

Remus doesn't see why Sirius is getting more excited about bloody spatulas than he is at the idea of the two of them living together alone for the first time in their lives. This seems, to Remus, to be a little more important than fucking spatulas. That's why Remus is Remus and Sirius is Spatula King.

Remus is going to approach this rationally. "We graduated from college and went to live with Lily and James immediately. I'm sure they want their privacy too. It's a growth thing, Padfoot, it's important."

"We'd have tons more sex living alone together, wouldn't we?!"

"You are clearly not getting this."

"We'd be able to expand our family, too," adds Sirius with some difficulty. Remus is amazed. He's actually getting it! He's actually--

"AND WE'D GET TO COOK LOTS OF SOUP."

"Fuck it." Remus abandons the conversation to answer his phone. As he waits patiently, Sirius actually puts some thought into this whole "living on their own" thing.

Remus isn't pleased with whoever called. Sirius comes to a decision.

"Listen, Remus," he begins.
"If this has anything to do with us getting to cook waffles or own our own forks, I don't want to hear it!"
"No, it's nothing like that."

Sirius, who has finally got it, has decided that he would love to have Remus all to himself and to be able to have a family and all that soppy stuff.

Sirius is in fact excited about the waffles and forks, but knows better than to mention it.

Totally abrupt sidenote, but Lyra has inherited Remus's ears!!

Remus needs to now discuss this moving deal with two more important people, one of whom is dangling his daughter by her belly. He needs to fix that first. James is already on it. "Lily...put the child down."

Remus gets just a little side-tracked in his quest to break the moving plans to James. Sirius isn't pleased.

Sirius initiates the group huddle. He breaks the news quick.

Lily says that she will be keeping Lyra. Sirius approaches her slowly. James is pretty shocked.

James watches Remus scrutinize Sirius's clothes, wondering what they're doing.

James watches as Remus's hand goes south. He suddenly understands.

He doesn't need to watch this. Maybe living apart is just what they need.

Remus continues to pick off invisible bits of lint from Sirius's jacket.

Sirius isn't enjoying this.

James caresses Lily's cheek lovingly, "Some time alone would be nice, you know."

Lily wholeheartedly agrees.

Out in the front room, Sirius is playing a jaunty tune on the piano. Remus decides to give meditating a shot. Yoga was a bust, but this should be too hard.

It's pretty fun at first.

There's a lot of blowing involved...

And bugging your eyeballs out of their sockets...

Harry's home from school and he looks, for once, like he did well!

And he's brought some little bald freak home with him.

Inside, Remus and Sirius are still discussing their relationship.

Harry comes to eat. Once the bald kid sits down, Remus gets up to leave. He's not eating with that.

Harry spontaneously requests a hug from Remus. Harry really loves hugging people, it's adorable.

Then that little freak comes in.

Harry doesn't exactly enjoy this kid's company. GROW SOME HAIR.

Sirius doesn't see the need to open his eyes while he walks dreamily through the house.

Harry doesn't seem very amused by the rabbit's impromptu "Getting Arrested is Bad" lecture, but the bald kid waves excitedly.

Sirius feels the need to show me his bunny, so proud of it as he is.

Harry is very tired, and almost passes out before Remus and Sirius's very eyes. You would think they'd be concerned, right?

Well they are... kind of. They watch him yawn at least. Meanwhile, that bald kid is watching Sirius...

He walks over to Remus, who is hardly affected by Harry almost passing out, and begins to talk about a certain rat. Remus wonders if Sirius is as suspicious about this kid as Remus is.

I doubt it. But Remus is getting more and more worried.

This kid is vehement.

Remus explodes; "Rats are bad. The rat to which you are referring was never a good rat and deserved whatever horrible death came to him, do you understand?!"
But you have to wonder about this little boy. He's got blue eyes, fat cheeks, and an unnatural curiosity in supposedly deceased rats. Coincidence?

And he's got this habit of just watching Remus and Sirius. (Remus got himself a little worked up over the rat, so Sirius is calming him down.)

He is still standing there watching...

Sirius decides to break the ice and tell the ~~PeterReincarnate~~ kid a joke. Remus finds it super-wide-really-creepy-grin worthy.

Then he waves emphatically to Sirius with that creepy grin still plastered across his face. Weird.

*looks at the clock* That does not say 7 in the morning. *looks out window* Well shit. I've got to end this now, because the sun is rising and I have yet to go to sleep.

A Request and The Adventures of Severus Snape Volume 2

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 00:18:04 GMT

Before we begin, I would like to address something regarding the Marauders Story.

Please stop commenting with Harry pairing requests. I play the game by allowing the characters to do virtually whatever they want, so I'm not going to control who he falls for at all, whether it be Ginny, Luna, Draco, Ron or some completely different person. Begging for a certain pairing does nothing for that pairings' chances. Besides, Harry's eight at the moment people. Come on. No one wants pre-pubescent sex scenes.

And Now...

Welcome to the second volume of The Adventures of Severus Snape. This custom Snape skin can be found here. This installment is about 30 pictures shorter than the first, and is only in one part. This is because I'm mostly playing Snape day-to-day instead of several days in one volume, and because, after the last picture in this installment of Snape sleeping, I only have about ten more in my folder with no conclusive ending. In fact, I think Sirius is still on Snape's lot. I should play that sometime soon. Anyway, this part is quicker than the others but I hope you like it all the same.

Snape makes himself breakfast, goes to his first community lot and more. Special appearance by everyone's favorite Half-Giant!

Morning has come and it's time for Snape to wake and face the day with a ~~smile~~ angry scowl.

The first thing Snape does is go into his study and begin to read. It takes me this long to realize that the chair I put into his study has freaking eyeballs on it.

It doesn't take long for Snape to become tired and upset with his reading material.

He saunters down the hallway, grumbling to himself.

He scrubs up his counters, which he does compulsively whenever he has a spare moment.

Snape's made himself breakfast. As if convinced that I had doubt in him, upon taking his perfectly baked breakfast toastie from the oven Snape looked straight at the camera with the perfect "Oh, what now!!" expression.

Snape eats his breakfast pastry, although for his earlier pride in his accomplishment I'm not sure he's enjoying it. Of course it would probably kill him to crack a smile.

Snape gazes sorrowfully down at his libido. He ain't never got no lovin'.

Today's sports programming is unsatisfactory. What else is new.

Bored with television, Snape heads over to his computer to look at some porn. And yes, that is a katana hanging on the wall behind him. Snape is a master in Japanese combat. No one knows because no one cared to ask.

I elect for Snape to have some fun. He gazes at me apprehensively as he slides the taxi door shut. "Just where are you taking me?"

At this beachy community lot, Snape browses the clothing selection, daintily holding the hanger with his pinkie sticking out.

Snape actually looks joyful when he purchases a cellphone. Horray, now he gets to call no one and be swamped with charges. At least he's got roll-over.

Over in the pool room is a interesting fellow Snape decides he wouldn't mind meeting...

Snape storms into the room and asks just what Hagrid thinks about skiing. Snape takes his sports really seriously.

Hagrid, on the other hand, doesn't much care for skiing. This displeases Snape.

And bores him. He need not waste time speaking to this plebe.

Before I can pan away to follow Snape, some scary-ass worker comes up and snarls at me.

Snape is ready to head home, and I'm sure everyone at the community lot is eager to see him go. I swear that clerk in the background is giving Snape the finger.

Once home, Snape e-mails Hagrid about that creepy clerk guy.

Bored to tears, Snape calls up Remus, arguing why it would be beneficial for the both of them to meet. Remus says a simple "Will you come over?" would've sufficed.

Snape then pounces on his counter top, about scraping the finish right off.

He's cheering! He's grinning and pumping his fist into the air! Someone must've just died on TV.

Remus has just arrived, passing by Oliver Wood, who is on a stroll of the neighborhood.

We'll just look at Oliver's prettiness for a minute more. Remus seems to have brought his father along on his play date.

Snape eagerly greets Remus...

Air-kissing. How flamboyantly gay.

Okay, that's just cute.

Snape strikes up a conversation about books, which of course Remus pounces on.

Then Snape actually congratulates Remus on the same family that he had previously mocked him for. Snape's having a good day. It was that oven toastie, I'm telling you.

Snape gets pretty passionate when soup comes into the conversation.

Oh yes, isn't soup just heavenly?

Time for a soak in the hot tub. That's the only reason Remus even comes over.

Snape's feeling playful. "Slap me some skin!"

I'm not sure Remus is going to exactly appreciate boiling hot water in the eyes.

Remus can't believe Snape just did that.

I believe he's mumbling something along the lines of "You son of a bitch!" right now.

Bwahaha. Remus Lupin is not amused.

He gets over it pretty fast, though.

So, what does Snape do to apologize?

Splash him in the face again.

"Oh...oh was that not okay?"

"You utter bastard."

To reconcile, Snape makes Remus and his father some macaroni and cheese.

They eat in awkward silence. Note how they're both looking to Remus to start conversation.

After dinner, Remus and Snape play a little game. Snape is obviously kicking Remus's ass in Clappy Hands.

I don't even care what's going on in this picture. Will everyone just look for a moment at Snape's package? Little green monster waiting to burst forth in there.

Snape may find the joke funny enough to warrant a hand over the mouth, but Remus is positively flailing with hysterics.

Snape goes to change into his pajamas and Remus heads on out to the swimming pool. Doesn't he have one at home? Why does he keep coming over to Snape's house just to use his pool and spa?

Snape, standing on his tip-toes so his voice will be louder, calls for Remus to join him in the kitchen.

Remus grudgingly climbs out of the swimming pool.

You know, Snape's got this horrible nipple-tweaking habit.

For all he talks about sports, I think Snape's got it a little backwards. One doesn't generally swim around in the snow when they're skiing. Remus is just as confused, because he's agreeing wholeheartedly.

If you'll remember, in the first Volume of Snape's story, he asked if Remus would like to play tennis with him sometime. In that volume, Remus declined, only to agree to play with Lily later the same day.

Snape proposes a tennis match once more.

This time Remus thinks over the question. Would he like to play tennis with Snape?

Sure he would! He'd love to!

And hey, adds Remus, don't you just love that sumo wrestling?

Unless I'm very much mistaken, Severus Snape has just made a friend.

He suddenly jumps about 3 feet closer to Remus, eager to talk about busts.

Snape heads inside and Remus watches him almost longingly from the hot tub. Probably because his dad is the most boring Sim I've ever met and hardly ever says a word.

Remus soon goes inside to join Severus in front of the television.

He asks if Severus has heard of Remus and Sirius's new daughter, Lyra Lily.

It doesn't take long for Remus to be sent from the room.

Snape decides to take a bubble bath. Okay then. You do that.

Snape emerges refreshed and wearing a rare smile. Bubbles do a man good.

Snape sits down to play chess and thoroughly ignore his guests. Soon it's past 2 in the morning and Remus and his father head on home.

This saddens Snape and when he goes to bed his head pops almost completely off his neck.

Tonight, Snape's dreaming of Remus...

and Hagrid...

having Relations.

In Volume Three, which is only halfway played out so far, Snape meets Sirius. Oh the conflict.

Edited with working pictures!!!

Marauders Story Part 17

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:36:20 GMT

The Marauders Story, Part 17.

Did you guys know that Nightlife comes out in just a couple weeks? Extreme excitement, people.

Anyway, I want to thank everyone that suggested names and feel free to keep submitting some! All of the names so far are great and there's already several names on that list that I want to use for various things. (And Shaniqua had me laughing so hard. XD)

So this is 17a, where everyone gets in each other's way, James gets responsible and there's a um, special guest you all might be excited about seeing.

We open with James Potter trying to either mop the floor with an invisible mop, or attempt to fool Lily into thinking he's actually doing housework.

Lily must be slipping, because she totally bought that charade.

Across the house, Sirius has finally woken up and taken Lyra out of her crib.

"OMG. WHERE ARE MY NIPPLES??"

Lily is sure James stole them in the night.

Later in the kitchen, Lily starts screaming about how she's stuck in the corner. Instead of moving out of her way, Sirius and James stand and watch her unhelpfully.

An hour later, they're still standing unhelpfully, only this time they're in each other's way.

And then, Remus joins in the act of blocking everyone's way as he and Sirius stand in front of Lyra and James.

It doesn't look like they'll be moving anytime soon.

Sirius goes into the living room to play guitar.

Upstairs...is that James Potter actually doing housework? It is! He must really want to help out. Or be excruciatingly bored.

After he makes the bed, James goes into the bathroom to fix the leaky tub. (I told you he was bored.) He ignores Lyra, who is screaming for James to help dislodge her arm from the bathtub.

The next morning at breakfast, Sirius asks James something about the moon without noticing Harry's presence.

"What'd you just say?" Harry asks. Everyone freezes.

Lily quickly changes the subject and Sirius begins to scarf down the rest of his breakfast. James decides it's time to have a talk with Harry.

Now, watch this. Lyra's on the floor and then she

...jumps all the way up into Sirius's arms!

Things are getting crowded again. No matter what they do, everyone is in someone else's way in this house. Except for Harry, he's just kind of standing there.

James leaves, Sirius drops Lyra and storms away, and Lily begins lecturing Harry. Maybe these guys need more space. Or at least more patience.

I love how everyone is enjoying the various forms of music in this picture.

Harry, meanwhile, is standing out by the curb in the middle of the morning in his pajamas.

Wiping the tears from his eyes, Harry heads off to school.

Sirius goes upstairs and tucks Lyra in, tickling her ear.

Remus comes in and he and Sirius watch Lyra sleep.

Sirius then gives me a quick glance...

Before he begins eating Remus's face.

Remus tells Sirius some great joke about a beach ball...

Which Sirius finds, of course, utterly hilarious.

He continues to scream in laughter as Remus walks out the room.

Later, Sirius tries to make everyone lunch. He ends up cutting his wittle finger.

And then he burns it all.

This is just not Sirius's day. I feel so bad for him!

He ends up eating a heated-up rice dish or something. He doesn't look very happy about it, whatever it is.

Upstairs, James is showing his goddaughter some affection. That's sweet. Since when did James become so...so normal? Maybe it was around the same time that Lily's sanity flew out the window.

And now Sirius has lost all his hair. Just one of those days, you know?

No one seems to be watching Lyra, who's running around upstairs.

Harry's home from school! Seems like it went well. And oh, what's this?

He's brought home a new friend!

Harry runs upstairs to show his mother his report card. She claps and all, but is really wishing he'd get the hell out of her bathroom.

Meanwhile Harry's new friend, a one Ron Weasley, sits down and begins watching TV.

Upstairs James is dreaming about...Regulus. Huh. This isn't the first time he's randomly dreamed of Sirius's brother and...he didn't tell Sirius about that time, either.

Sirius spends about two seconds with Ron before getting up to do something more interesting. Harry comes downstairs and he and Ron discuss lady bugs.

Lily's serving Lyra a miniature bowl of the family's dinner!

She's left unsupervised while she eats, which of course doesn't surprise me.

Sirius tickle-attacks Harry, who may or may not be enjoying himself.

Sirius, Harry, and Ron have an eating contest at dinner; who can eat it the fastest and messiest. Lily takes Lyra out of the room so she won't be influenced. Ron kind of looks like he's taking a bite out of the bowl as well.

Sirius politely asks Ron how school is. Ron starts in on a long story about Hogwarts. Sirius nods along.

Ron suddenly mentions the moon and werewolves...

And Sirius glares at Harry. "What did you tell him?" Meanwhile, Lyra has suddenly popped up in the background looking confused.

Harry runs through the house.

He's going to shoot Ron for coming into his bedroom!

Harry somehow manages to shoot himself instead. Hey, no one ever said the Potter men were particularly bright.

Onwards to 17b

Marauders Story Part 17b

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:27:40 GMT

Don't click the cut unless you've read 17a.

Downstairs, things are starting to get pretty heated between Sirius and Remus.

Upstairs, things are starting to get pretty weird between Harry and Ron. No one ever explained to Harry that bathing with someone you hardly know standing in the same room just isn't on.

Why the talk of divorce turns Remus and Sirius both on, I don't know.

They must've been assuring each other that they'd never break up, because I can't see other people's court battles being good sex talk.

Whatever works for you though, I guess.

Meanwhile, Lily is trying to buy someone's baby online. Or perhaps she wants to sell Harry.

"Oh God, won't someone let me out? You can't all be asleep!"

"COME ON! You guys, I'm going to tell social services about this, pleeeease!!"

James finally gets out of bed and gets Lyra to the potty.

And then he does something that really explains a lot.

So, someone did talk to Harry about showering with other people standing in the room! Unfortunately it was James, who thinks that sort of thing is just fine.

Lyra is tired of this shit and leaves for her room.

I don't think explaining relationships to a two year-old makes good Wobbly Wabbit conversation.

It's 6 in the morning and Remus Lupin is making pie.

Remus sits at the table, wondering if Sirius would like to join him.

Upstairs, James is discussing Sirius with Lyra as well.

Sirius is across the house, unaware of everyone talking about him.

Which is really a shame, because Remus would really like to have sex.

James has momentarily left Lyra alone and she's having something of separation anxiety.

James gets Lyra a bottle and starts cleaning the toilet. This radical new change in James is frightening.

Remus comes in to give Lyra a pat on the head and almost breaks her neck.

He heads downstairs, where James has just hurt himself trying to make breakfast.

Remus is a smug little bastard.

He knows that, if it had been him, he would've been able to make the food without a scratch. Of course, I hardly think he's one to talk because lately all he's been cooking is pie.

A quick hello in passing...

And it's Yoga Time.

Remus is having a hard time of it...

He thought it would be a calming experience, but so far it's just painful.

In fact, the only peaceful part of any of it is stopping!

Oh God! Some jackass spilled cans and boxes and trash in a small pile on the floor! Remus is going to have an aneurysm.

Why? Why has this happened! James keeps eating, completely ignoring Remus's agony.

But who did leave the trash on the floor?

This question will not be answered, but I will subtly cut to a picture of Sirius the next morning...

Up in Harry's room, Remus is smelling his cellphone. Or wiping his eyes with it.

Remus giggles at something the person over the line says...

And then looks with mild curiosity at the sharp dart that just whizzed past his skull.

Uh...Lily? That's just a tad unsafe.

Lily's plan to hurl a sharp, pointy dart through his ear has just been realized by Remus. Maybe it'd be a good idea to get off the phone and walk away quickly, Remus. Maybe let James in on Lily's turn from just frowning a lot to using small weapons.

Glad that he got out of Harry's room with his skull still intact, Remus proclaims his undying love to Sirius.

Harry's doing his homework. Sirius left the window open at some point and there's a bumblebee flying around Remus's study. Weird.

Now, there's cutting it close, and then there's cutting it close.

Lyra's starting to smell.

Sirius has always liked smelly.

Sirius watching Remus sleep. (Cue collective "Awww")

Let's just triple that "Awww" as we watch James spontaneously come into Harry's room to check on him.

James steps back, proud of himself for being such a loving father. I'm proud of him too.

And then he goes and does this.

He must have some kind of sixth sense for these things, because Remus comes storming across the house to get his daughter out of there.

He and Lyra walk back to his own bedroom together. This, just like the one where she and Sirius were in the bathroom together, is an insanely cute picture. And so, we'll end on it.

Ego go BOOM

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:42:48 GMT

mss_icons Icon community started by guitarbite for you to all post any icons/banners/whateverelsethereis from here. That is just...too cool.

OOH! And while I'm posting, I've got a superly important question to ask.

Baby Names

Everyone in my entire neighborhood ever wants a baby. I'm not saying anyone is pregnant or is going to be pregnant, but if such an event were to happen, what are some baby names you guys would like to see? (Harry and Lyra pretty much maxed me out of my naming usefullness.)

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ETA: You guys are all giving me such good names, thank you! Keep it up!