#simon mustardseed

[mikexx2]

Holland: 7 Down... Sororocide...?

Lauralee: I swear, if you or Willow do anything to antagonise Ellie before she goes later, I’ll strangle you both.

H: What? This crossword is just merely coinciding with the events occuring-

L: FILICIDE!

Ellie: What’s with the yelling?

Lauralee: There she is. My studious little angel. Can I fix you dinner or something before you go?

E: Oooof mom, I’m fine. I’m just going to change, and then check my scholarships one more time.

E: Could you... could you let me go?

L: In a few hours.

Success! Ellie gets the Will Wright logic scholarship, the one she wanted the most!

The family, and Simon Mustardseed, farewell her.

And then, just like that, she’s gone.

You holding up OK there, Lauralee?

L: yesssssss. *sobs*

[mikexx2]

Fast forwarding a tad, but Peter and Simon have moved to Mission University and are handsomely waiting for the Hofstetter girls to join them!

[mikexx2]

What fresh bullshit am I up to now???

[mikexx2]

Like I mentioned in this post, I thought it would be weird for Lauralee’s two dearest friends, Dinah and Milly to linger in townie-dom long after she’s gone. So with ACR’s help, each lady picked her preferred and I moved them all into a house together. They were married and allowed to churn out one kid each.

As it turns out, both had sons. Dinah and Melvin had Simon, and Milly and Hans had Peter (boring names, but I want to save the more interesting ideas for ~ official legacy spawn).

I’ve played this dual-family behind the scenes and had a lot of fun not having to worry about documenting their every move. The boys will join the Hofstetter girls at college, so we’ll see how that goes a little later on.