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Snowed-in overnight 🌨️

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2 days until Winter

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early spring days

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Retextured Hidden Springs Save File - TOUR

Part Two: The Main Town

[save file is now up for download here!]

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Retextured Hidden Springs Save File - TOUR

Part One: The Woods

[save file is now up for download here!]

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Painting the city 🖌️🌆

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Bridgeport seems somewhat brighter and full of possibility this morning! 🏙️

Maybe because Betty has finally made a decision about her relationship with Matilda!

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Natana Valmont and Karen Mendes

Natana Valmont never had a real bond with her father and never wanted the attention that came with his political world. Growing up under Henri’s expectations felt suffocating—how she should dress, speak, study, even who she should become. The only stability she ever had was Samantha, her mother, who supported her through everything, including the day Natana announced she was dropping her Economics degree at Foxbury. Samantha backed her without hesitation, and the two became more like best friends than mother and daughter. By contrast, Henri only made Natana feel like a disappointment, especially after she came out and their final argument ended with her leaving home for good.

She moved in with Karen Mendes, a substitute literature professor at Foxbury who, at the time, felt like a burst of sunlight—warm, lively, constantly encouraging. Natana rejected the Valmont money, calling it “corrupt,” and built her own path as a freelance photographer, traveling constantly for work. Karen balanced her teaching schedule with long writing sessions for the novel she dreamed of publishing. For a while, their small apartment felt like a real home, full of laughter, creativity, and the freedom Natana never had growing up.

But years passed, and the spark slowly faded. Karen now lives mostly inside her office, writing until exhaustion, shuffling around in pajamas and barely speaking on the days Natana returns from trips. Natana feels the distance growing but refuses to accept that her relationship might be unraveling the same way her parents’ did. She clings to the hope that love can survive exhaustion, routine, and silence. Their two cats, Juniper and Miso, wander between them like tiny reminders of what once felt easy. Whether Natana and Karen can fix what’s slipping away… remains uncertain.