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fallstaticexit · 10 months ago

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AN: Prelude to a WIP untitled mini story featuring a quick look into the life of the infamous Nancy Landgraab. I've had my nose buried in my computer screen this weekend working feverishly to get this out my system (affectionately of course). Pretty excited for what’s to come! I'll likely start this up sometime towards the end of Missing Moments, but knowing me, I'll probably work on them at the same time since they're stand alone stories. 😌 I will take the moment to list the trigger warnings for this story below the cut. Pretty heavy themes but I am expanding my writing and will always handle with care. TW + Transcript Below

Trigger Warnings:

Homophobia / Religious Trauma / Death via Car Accident/ Drugs / Alcohol / Infidelity / Sex & Nudity

Source where I found Nancy’s parent’s name. Her brother, Nathan is an OC :

Landgraab Family Tree

Transcript:

Nancy Narrating: [I was always good at hiding]

[I’d hide from the maids, the cooks, the nannies. No one could ever find me]

[I could hide for hours, completely unseen, as if I were invisible, as if I had never been there to begin with.]

[Among the maids, the cooks, the nannies, and even my own parents, it was Nathan who would always come looking me. Nathan was the one person in the world who truly noticed me ]

Nathan: Oh, I wonder where little Nan is.

Nathan: [chuckles weakly] There you are. I’m glad I found you.

Nathan: I’m sorry you had to hear all that, Nan. I know you don’t understand...but- maybe things will be better for you than they are for me.

Nathan: I’ll come back for you one day, Nan. I promise. Just...please don’t hate me for leaving. I-I can’t stay here anymore. I’m so sick of fighting them. Sick of hiding. [sniffs]

Nancy: [whispers] Bye-bye.

Nathan: Goodbye, Nancy.

[If only I knew better. I would have begged him to stay]

Queenie: [choked sob]

Officer: We’re sorry, ma’am.

[I never really grew out of hiding ]

[A part of me hoped Nathan would come back and find me]

[What a childish thought]

Queenie: [on the phone] I don’t care what you have to do- fix it. I want this problem gone. All of it. [tsks] This child will be the death of me.

Queenie: [on the phone] She’ll stay until all the fuss is over. Rest assured, I will see to it before Chester becomes a laughing stock. [call ends]

Queenie: This is for your own good, Nancy. I’ve already lost a son, and I refuse to compromise the honor associated with our family name. When you marry a good man and raise his children, you’ll understand.

Vanessa: [snorts] Oh shit. Busted.

Vanessa: You’re not a narc, are you?

Nancy: Fuck no. Can I bum one?

Vanessa: Sure.

[After all those years, I thought I had forgotten-]

[what it feels like to be seen]

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abbysimsfun · 20 days ago

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Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 199 (The Beauty and the Beast)

The San Myshuno Ballet Company was known for mixing classical dance with modern touches, a perfect fit for the forward-thinking city that loved to mix the old with all things shiny and new. The company's rendition of the 18th Century French tale The Beauty and the Beast was booked for months of sold out performances.

Dancers from all over Simlandia auditioned for the honour and prestige of being part of the company - the current prima ballerina, Daniela Devine, had come from Willow Creek, and her dance partner, Connor Kibo, said he'd grown up with close to a dozen siblings in a parallel universe before arriving in San My! Now he was dating simfluencer Autumn Owens, and was on the cover of three different magazines at the grocery store this week alone.

But Connor was a fun-loving goofball, and Pearl Richards thought his backstory was probably a joke. Yet, as the troupe's youngest member, she respected the older dancers too much to call him out.

The company's appeal was diversity - their dancers could perform to a mix of orchestral and contemporary music that often left audiences cheering and gasping in their seats. Men often danced parts for women, and women could dance parts for men, but they always stayed within the confines of classical ballet just enough to charm fans of all ages.

The driving force behind the company's popularity wasn't the executive director, Marina Glumova, a platinum blonde retired dancer, or even the dancers themselves - the single most influential person with the San My Ballet Company was the head of their Board of Directors, Nancy Landgraab.

She had the best ideas and the money to see plans through to fruition. Her connections meant donations and memberships flowed like Cordelia Falls, and she'd been even more dedicated to the company's success since the death of her husband.

"Pearl and Charlie need a solo," insisted Nancy, while she and Marina observed the rehearsal from the stage. "We need to showcase the next generation."

Marina frowned. She'd known Nancy for years and still couldn't stand her, but her job required her to pretend she did. "You're sure they're ready?"

"You've seen them dance, Marina. If you don't think they're ready, are you really paying attention?"

"Pearl's ready." As she made her way to the seats below with Katrina, Elyse Rockwell spoke proudly of the school's best student. "We've watched her grow up in pointe shoes, and she's always been ready."

Pearl had known several of the dancers for years - Natasha Lobo and Sierra Prairies, partners both onstage and off, taught the younger students with Elyse in their teens. Now Elyse danced background roles in stage productions, but spent most of her time focused on teaching the next generation of dancers through the company's connected school.

The other teenagers were Katrina Martinez, a lanky girl with a strong work ethic, and Charlie Wise, a blond ballet dancer from Evergreen Harbour whose skill at ballet made Pearl a little weak in the knees.

She didn't know what it was about Charlie. He wasn't the type of guy she'd ever seen herself crushing on, but since they met, her feelings for her childhood best friend, Ash Landgraab, had begun to fade like the end of a quiet concerto. Sort of. But Ash liked that witch, Scotti Holiday, and lived in a different city. She wasn't going to wait around for him to figure anything out, and Charlie lived right here in San Myshuno.

But Pearl was fourteen, and Charlie was almost three years older. Still, she could swear he looked at her in a way Ash probably never would...

At the end of their rehearsal, cheerful Daniela invited everyone to a local nightclub specializing in Latin music. "I moved here less than a year ago, but all my friends in town are still my boyfriend's friends," she said.

Natasha Lobo had danced with San My since childhood, and worked harder than any other dancer in the city. She'd dreamed of becoming the prima ballerina at San My Ballet Company from the time she first laced on her pointe shoes, but Daniela Devine had come from nowhere and stolen her dreams away. "Thanks, but Sierra and I-"

Natasha's girlfriend cut her off. "We'd love to, Dani. We haven't danced for fun since prom. And that was years ago."

Daniela smiled, turning to Katrina, Charlie, and Pearl. "You guys should come, too, if your parents will let you."

"Sounds good," said Charlie. "The Zests only rule for me is don't piss off Nancy so they don't have to hear about it."

"I can go, too," said Katrina, and suddenly, fourteen-year-old Pearl felt like the odd one out.

"My parents are cool. If I'm with the company they don't care how late I'm out," she lied, blushing as Charlie smiled at her from across the table.

"That's great!" Daniela beamed. "And don't worry, we'll make sure you get home safe."

Charlie nodded. "Definitely."

Pearl smiled, feeling like a mini celebrity when the bouncer waved them through without even looking at IDs. "It's an all ages club. We can skip the line because my boyfriend, Byron, knows every venue manager in the city," Daniela explained. "If there's a stage, he and the San Minions have played there."

Daniela always talked about her famous boyfriend, but she was in love; only Natasha found it obnoxious. But she found everything Daniela did to be obnoxious, so the prima ballerina focused on the music, moving her hips to Latin beats dancing the rumbasim.

Pearl glanced around the red-walled nightclub in awe. It was obvious she'd never been inside such an establishment, and Charlie stayed close. "Did you want to dance? But I warn you, I'm only really good at ballet."

She smiled. "Yeah, okay. Show me your moves, Charlie Wise."

From a lounge area above the dance floor, Natasha sulked while Elyse told a funny story she wasn't even listening to. She nursed a vodka tonic and glowered at Daniela on the dance floor, while Sierra did her best to ply her with compliments. Usually, this was the best way to get Natasha to feel less tense, but Daniela was a bit like her kryptonite. "She thinks she's so great dancing to this crap music."

Scowling, Natasha threw back her drink and excused herself to the bathrooms, glowering at Daniela on her way.

"She hates me," lamented the prima ballerina. Wearing a smile to combat her disappointment, she climbed the steps to join Elyse with a bowl of chips. "I came with a peace offering, but everyone made themselves scarce."

"Natasha's only going to hate you until you retire from dancing and she gets all your roles," Elyse joked.

"What if I don't retire for decades?"

"Eventually, you'll have to move aside for Pearl," Elyse said plainly. "She's the anointed one."

"Maybe Pearl and I will share the stage," she suggested hopefully. "Just because Natasha doesn't like to share the spotlight doesn't mean-"

Elyse sighed, keeping one eye toward the bathroom door in case Natasha saw them chatting like old friends. "We really like you, Daniela. I think Sierra wishes Natasha liked you more so she wouldn't feel the need to walk on eggshells around you, but things come so easy to you. It's not your fault, but it's not Natasha's fault her life has never been quite so charmed, either."

Daniela listened carefully. "I understand," she said. "But what can I do to change her mind?"

Elyse nodded toward Sierra at the bar. "Talk to Sierra. They might have an idea."

Retiring to please Natasha wasn't an option, so Daniela approached Sierra cautiously. She thought better of trying to bond with her by putting them on the spot about Natasha, coming up with a different question, instead. "So, what do you think of Charlie? Pearl's so sweet, but I swear there's something off about him. I can't explain it."

Sierra stood awkwardly at her side. "He's more pale than a vampire, but I don't think he actually is one, if that's what you mean."

"No, that's not- I don't know what I mean. But maybe it's getting late, and one of us should get Pearl home."

"Tash and I will go," offered Sierra. "She's having a bad time, anyway."

(Daniela has known Pearl and Charlie for many months, at least, at this point in the timeline, but of course this is the first time they've 'met' in my save, so these first impressions are legit.)

Before they could pay their tab and leave, an old woman with braided hair tied up a bun entered the nightclub in her pajamas.

Pearl gasped. "Grams, what are you doing here?"

Susan Richey eyed her granddaughter sternly. "I was going to ask you the same thing. You know your parents put an app into your phone. Did you think they wouldn't know you went to a nightclub on a school night? Time to get home and get grounded, Pearlie Girl."

Mortified, Pearl hid her face from the other dancers - and from Charlie, most of all - as her grandmother dragged her home. ->

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This episode isn't possible without @changingplumbob who sent me five incredible sims from her SBL and 100 Baby saves/stories! Thank you so much, I'm having so much fun with this collaboration! With the exception of Connor, who comes courtesy of Yvonne Ryder and the admittedly insufferable Akira Kibo in her 100 Baby save, Kirsty got these sims from some amazing simmers/fellow moots. So thank you @mdshh for Daniela, @bloomingkyras for Natasha, @paracosmic-sims for Sierra, and @simmerbeans for Elyse. They're so gorgeous and so much fun to do ballet with!

NOTE: The current age gap between Charlie and Pearl is not condonable for me, but the mod doesn't know how old they are in my canon/game clock. And I won't be ignoring it or glamorizing it, nor will I be rushing these two into romance. So what if they have feelings? It can wait.

While I love @janesimsten's Soulmates mod for finding gold like Lilix, it comes with a cheap potion to erase soulmate ties any time I want, so feel free to ship whomever you like in this building semi-quadrangle with Ash and Scotti. We don't know how any of it's going to go, but the odds appear stacked against any fans of Ash and Pearl (like me).

NOTE 2: The San My nightclub they went to is actually an EA lot in Ciudad Enamorada. Daniela set up a dance party night out so they could only go to a nightclub, which wrecked my original plan to send them to a karaoke bar. But somehow this was better and just as chaotic. Natasha hated the nightclub and the music and it perfectly translated to presenting her feelings on Daniela without making them actually fight.

Pearl's grandmother really showed up randomly at the nightclub and I made it canon. Also there but not canonically? Heather, her sister Holly and brother River, Rahul Chopra who's about 50 now in game, ISEUL KANG @purplesimmer455 who is chilling in my save file for another imminent crossover (imminent in game, won't be posted for a while!), and a random happy green ghost.

Iseul, is that you? It is!

WCIFs: The San Myshuno Theatre lot is a pretty epic build on the Sims 4 Gallery by AndrewX28. There is so much to love about it but it took me a while to figure out how to turn enough lights down to stop Charlie looking like a fluorescent Casper the ghost. Highly recommend it for the aesthetic and the possibilities for use here!

Executive Director Marina Glumova and fellow teen ballerina Katrina Martinez were uploaded to the Sims 4 Gallery by RubbinHD - their original names are Bella Gloom (too close to Bella Goth) and Katrina Ballet was YA, but I left everything else.

All ballet poses on stage were from the Ballet mod, Simmisstrait's Feeling the Music animation, Ceci's Couple dancing #1 pose pack, and RayGun's Ballet Duet pose pack.