So at the end of my last post I said Jamie was having a slow start. Guess what he’s on his last post! Honestly I can’t believe it but Joanna really stole the spotlight.
Somehow I managed to complete all of his required skills, which I was getting worried about.
But with all his boxes checked and his daughter just beginning her adventures it’s time to pass the torch and wrap things up here.
Summer in Oasis Springs is unbearably hot but Joanna doesn’t seem to notice. It’s as if she was made for this climate.
There are rare occasions when she takes a breather and lounges in the kiddie pool.
But those moments are rare and usually when she doesn’t have any school work to get through before dad gets home.
Because once he gets home the two are inseparable.
Whether they’re outside looking at the sky, where Dad finally told her is where she came from. Or inside watching movies.
This father and daughter can’t be separated.
When Joanna goes to bed though Jamie has been seeing someone.
An abandoned and homeless alien who’s been living in their neighborhood. Things started when Jamie heard rustling in his yard to discover the young man rooting in the garbage for food.
Initially Jamie was hesitant up to this point his only interactions with aliens were for experiments.
But this poor guy just looked so lost and sad Jamie’s charitable soul just had to help him.
Eventually things between them became romantic and despite wanting 4917 in his life Jamie is worried about how his daughter will react. It’s only been the two of them for so long.
Jamie decided that on Joanna’s birthday he would introduce her to 4917 who is now calling himself Neil and using a sim disguise thanks to advice from Jamie.
Jamie: Me and Neil have been seeing each other for awhile now and he just has nowhere else to go. His family just left him to fend for himself in an unfamiliar place.
Jo: Then we have to help him Daddy!
Jamie smiles.
Jo: You love him don’t you?
Jamie blushes.
Jamie: Yeah, I do.
Jamie responds taking Neil’s hand in his.
Jo: Well I’m glad. You two seem happy. But is Neil alright Daddy? He’s glowing.
Neils face turns bright red and Jamie pats his hand.
Jamie: It’s ok Neil. Joanna, Neil is like you.
Joannas eyes grow wide.
Jo: You mean you come from the sky too?!
She exclaims at Neil who nods.
Jo: But daddy can we trust him? Those sky people haven’t exactly been nice to you.
Neil: I would never hurt your father he has been the only one who has ever been kind to me.
Jamie: Neil’s different sweetie, trust me.
???: Different? Pfft they’re all the same! Just like you Who’s. Claiming you want to help people but the only ones you ever help are yourselves.
Jamie: I’m sorry, do I know you? There’s really no reason to bring such hostility to my daughter’s birthday.
??: That little whelp? She’ll amount to nothing just like her father my mother was right about you. Self righteous, goody two shoe do gooders! All you do is stick your nose where it doesn’t belong and other people like my mom lose everything.
Jamie: Wait a second is your last name Beethoven.
The old man scoffs.
B: You know it is.
Jamie: My mother told me about you. Said the only reason she didn’t go to the authorities about the unethical experiments your mother performed on aliens was because of you. By all rights your mother should of gone to jail.
B: For what? They aren’t sims! They’re space garbage! Like your little disgusting family here.
Furious Jamie gets to his feet.
Jamie: Don’t you dare talk about my loved ones that way! We have done nothing to you and were just enjoying a nice day out for my little girls birthday. I want you to apologize and leave.
B: I think not.
Old man Beethoven attacks Jamie and despite being a pacifist to his very core Jamie has no choice but to defend himself. Ultimately winning the first and only fight in his life.
Jamie: It didn’t have to come to this. I tried to be polite. Just go home and leave my family alone. I never want to see you again!
Beethoven is now enraged.
B: You young whelp! How dare you talk to me like I … I…. Im…..
Jamie: Oh Watcher. Sir are you alright?
Beethoven looks at him with pure hatred but can’t say a word as he falls to the ground, dead.
Everyone at the quiet park is shocked. How did such an innocent and pleasant day out end like this?
After Grim collected the soul of the Beethoven man he asked whose birthday it was.
Jo: It’s mine, sir.
Grim: No need to call me sir, young lady my job is done and I’m officially off the clock. You don’t think I can get a piece of cake do you?
With childlike wonder Joanna replies.
Jo: Sure, just let me blow out the candles first.
It was indeed a memorable birthday and not one I think anyone will forget anytime soon.
Jo especially.
But she’s young and processed the whole event without totally understanding everything that transpired.
She just went on with her life.
Dad’s boyfriend Neil moved in and got himself a job working in a bar. Where juiced patrons are less likely to notice glowing. He also promised to help Joanna build the rocket ship she’s working on to one day see the stars for herself.
N: Just you know don’t tell your dad. You know he’d never approve. You know how unpleasant his experiences with our people have been.
Jo: No duh, Neil they came again last night when he was helping me with my school project. It was scary actually seeing him grabbed like that.
Jo: One second everything was fine then bam being sucked into the sky. Why can’t they leave him alone?
N: I don’t know Jo, I sometimes wonder if our people have any conscience at all.
Joanna wants to make sure that when she’s ready to journey among the stars she is ready to take on whatever or whoever will be waiting for her. Taking on a strict exercise routine with a strong focus on rock climbing and the strength and endurance that requires.
As you can see once again the yard has undergone a transformation but whatever Joanna wants Jamie makes sure she has it.
Though what all those metal scrap pieces are for is beyond him. He was never very mechanically minded. A good joke, good music and good conversation were more his speed. Too bad his mother is no longer around she would know what Joanna is up to.
Joanna is so unlike her father she has goals. Big goals and dreams and she plans on getting them. All of them.
She will see her homeworld one day and she is going to do whatever it takes to get there.
Her best friend Wanda, who has no dreams of her own, wants to help her.
Joanna had been worried about telling her friend that she wasn’t a normal sim like her but after too much sakura tea and rose petals Jo blurted it out.
W: An alien?! Is that why you’re glowing? It’s not just the tea is it?
J: No, it’s you.
With her goals ahead of her and a plan in place with Wanda at her side, Joanna is ready to be the next doctor who.
