Sahr – a different kind of family
Warning: The final (fourth) image in this update is possibly not work or child friendly.
The second family to move in were the Sahr family. Miriam has dedicated her life up to this point to the pursuit of pleasure, while Shayne enjoys the odd romance. However, they have produced an adorable daughter together, Ena, and both decided that it was time to start a new, more stable lifestyle in a new place.
Shayne spent the first few minutes on arrival wondering if he could see any of the rest of the Confederacy from the island, and even got out his binoculars to check, whilst Miriam reassured Ena that this new place would have all her old toys.
Shayne quickly stopped being distracted by thoughts of the Confederacy, and swept his young wife off her feet so that they could romantically cross the threshold together.
Shayne whispered something to Miriam about organising one of the other new arrivals to take care of Ena for a few hours while they took care of each other…
Miriam interpreted this as being able to take a break from child care for once, and eat some lunch. Over lunch, they discussed how long the boat ride had taken, and what they thought of the other new settlers of Forgotten Island.
Eventually though, Miriam understood what Shayne had really meant by having some time for themselves, and they retired to their new bedroom.
As she and Shayne realised that they’d have to replace their mattress, Miriam wondered about whether moving to this new place meant anything would change. Moving to a new place was meant to be a fresh start for her and Shayne, but she’d realised coming across on the boat that their family was…different to the others, and this concerned her, as some more traditional citizens of the Confederacy did not take well to those who were “different”.
Notes:
Ena and Miriam are my favourite sims. Actually, I really like all the ones that I’ve created for Forgotten Isle thus far, and so I’m getting waaaayyy too attached to all of them. Ena didn’t really go off to play at another family’s house (well, she did from that family’s point of view) – but I didn’t get any more photos of her that day, so I pretended that she had.
Weirdly, the Confederacy has already built up into a monster that I hadn’t really intended originally in my mind. Of course, there are always people who hate difference, and I tend to associate people like that with organisations, corporations and governments. (Even though I created the set of families involved here…)
I didn’t really realise when I was making them that I made 3 completely white families, and only one who was more…colourful. But this actually turned out well for me from a storyline point of view, as Edgar turned up on the first day and immediately started poking and shoving both the adults in this family, while he seems to get on rather well with everyone else.
