Goth Household: Chapter 7, Part 5
Final part is up for the Goths. Things are rockier than I had anticipated. The Caliente sisters have started working in the Goth mansion and Bella has disappeared. Mortimer reflects and Dina delivers some uncomfortable news to the Goth children.
TW: This part contains sim death and afterlife depictions
Mortimer is busy raising his logic skill outside when he spots something. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope. It's a physics defying meteor heading right towards him! Doesn't even make a hole in the house.
Turns out fate overrides my story plans and the meteorite lands with a cloud of dust on top of Mortimer. Alas the meteorite is not worth any simoleons. Here comes Grimm to seal the deal. Unless someone can convince him otherwise...
Looks like Grimm is waiting for Milton to descend the steps before going over to Mortimer, how polite of him. Dina comes outside and is immediately struck by how lovely and clean the air is. Eventually she realises Mortimer has been killed and grief and panic set in.
Since she is feeling flirty Dina goes and attempts to seduce Grimm into spearing Mortimer. He just laughs at her. Milton may have disliked his father but witnessing his death is scary, especially as no one knows where him mummy is. He has a cry and even Grimm feels horrified at the situation.
Mortimer: Oh that was close, better post about it
Olive: Really
Mortimer: My followers will love it, wait, no signal
Olive: Can't get signal in a place that doesn't exist physically
Mortimer: Huh
Olive: You died
Mortimer: Take me back, I'm a global superstar, I'm not finished
Olive: It doesn't work that way, strap in superstar
Mortimer: Strap in? What is going on
Olive: Can you tell me what was happening here
Mortimer: Bella was complaining
Olive: About what
Mortimer: I don't remember
Olive: Why not
Mortimer: I guess... I just stopped listening to her
Olive: Why? You were in love
Mortimer: We were, for half a minute
Olive: I don't think a couple of decades of marriage is half a minute
Mortimer: What do you know? You hang out on a beach, you probably don't even have a degree
Olive: I do not
Mortimer: Has she... you know
Olive: Travelled on my ferry? Oh dude I'm not telling you either way, spoilers!
Olive: What's this
Mortimer: Milton was being rude so I told him off
Olive: Was he being rude, or was he learning to talk
Mortimer: He should learn manners no matter how young
Olive: And what about here? Should he be learning manners here
Mortimer: I was mad at him for drawing attention so...
Olive: So...
Mortimer: I crushed his dreams alright!
Olive: Did he deserve that
Mortimer: He needed to learn that the world is a tough place. He cries for his mummy with every problem. He needs to harden up, and grow up.
Olive: Should he learn that lesson from his father
Mortimer: Who are you, the parenting police? Do you have children
Olive: I have Captain
Mortimer: Dogs don't count
Olive: Excuse you but fur babies absolutely count
Mortimer: This memory isn't relevant
Olive: Watcher says it is
Mortimer: Fine. I'm telling James if he doesn't cancel his engagement to Alexander I'll tell the school board he seduced his student
Olive: How'd that go
Mortimer: He told me Alexander would never forgive me, and he would love him still. What kind of idiot isn't afraid of criminal charges?
Mortimer: This exercise is ridiculous! Don't even start showing me how I supposedly failed Cassandra
Olive: Actually we don't have film to roll of that
Mortimer: You seem to have everything else
Olive: Turns out you hadn't spent enough time talking to her or her daughters, you know you're granddaughters, for you to have deep memories
Mortimer: That- that can't be right
Olive: It is
Mortimer: Dina. Why am I seeing her
Olive: Looks like she made an impression on you
Mortimer: She did. I only knew her a day but I could see myself happy with her
Olive: I'm sorry when any love is cut short
Mortimer: I knew things were over with Bella, they have been for longer than I'd wanted to admit. Dina was there, absolutely perfect for me
Olive: Despite appearances this isn't meant to be a guilt trip. I don't care how good or bad you were. I care about you being ready to move on
Mortimer: To the timeless save
Olive: Yes. All sims deserve to rest, no matter what they have or have not done
Mortimer: I did what I thought was right
Olive: Then, deep breath, and let it all go
Mortimer: Hold on, am I a teen again
Gunther: Greetings son
Mortimer: Father? Mother?
Cornelia: It's good to see you again
Mortimer: I missed you both, a lot
Gunther: We know son, we know
*Gunther from gallery ID: Eccapss
*Cornelia from gallery ID: 15_Vasi_06
Mortimer: I tried to grow the Goth fortune
Cornelia: Don't worry about that now
Mortimer: Shouldn't you be in white
Gunther: We're Goth's son, black is kind of our thing
Mortimer: *laughs*
Cornelia: Welcome to forever darling
And with that Mortimer is at peace in the timeless save
Dina: We had such a short time together
Milton: Father is dead
Nina: Yeah kiddo he is
Milton: I miss my mummy. I want my mummy!
Alexander: What is going on?
Dina: What are you doing here
Cassandra: James saw the meteorite and I saw Grimm hanging around across the street. What have you done to father? Is he dead?
Nina: We did nothing! No one can control meteorites
The Calientes continue to sob while the Goth children are in shock at the loss so soon after their mother has been declared missing.
Alexander: I know this isn't how we imagined being engaged would look like but could we...
James: Absolutely love, he's family
Dina: What are you talking about?
Alexander: We'll adopt Milton
Dina: You can't do that! It is a violation of the contract!
Alexander: Weird joke. We need to gather his things
Dina: You're not taking him anywhere
James: Who put you in charge
Nina: Our contract stated if anything were to happen to Bella and Mortimer we would be Milton's guardians and control the estate
Cassandra: You two? Look after my brother and our money? You're strangers!
Dina: You wouldn't want to upset your fathers last wishes now would you dear
Cassandra: I don't care what he wished, that isn't right
Dina: Calm down, I don't care for your tone
Cassandra: I will not calm down. You are not family. You have no right to him or our money
Dina: Tell that to the lawyers
Alexander: Can we visit
Nina: Maybe you could-
Dina: Not until you accept the situation
Milton: *confused and sad*
Dina: Come son, we're going home
With that Dina scoops Milton up and she and Nina walk away from the rest of the family who are reeling from the shock
Nina: Did we really have to announce it like that
Dina: They would have found out about the contract sooner or later
Nina: And if they discover it's fake
Dina: It is not fake. He may have signed it after a particularly long woohoo session but he signed it
Nina: And I'm meant to say I saw this
Dina: Yes
Dina: It needs to have had two witnesses so that's our story
Nina: But what now? What do we do with this estate
Dina: We're going to run this estate and gleam every penny we can before Milton comes of age, by then he has to love us enough to support us financially
Nina: Turn on the charm, got it
So the sisters become invested in Milton's happiness. If they look after him then, when the estate is no longer theirs, he may look after them. For now, Nina plays the doting aunt and Dina takes over the bedtime reading to her "son". Okay this rotation is finished for real now.
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