radwhims

[radwhims]

Sir Smiley: Mm! This cupcake is simply divine! I wonder how the young lady who baked it is doing tonight.

At the window, Sir Smiley can see Ivy crying on her front porch.

Sir Smiley: Oh dear. That won't do. Can't have a sad and vulnerable girl in a vampire's nest. I'll have to do something about that...

Sir Smiley spends the rest of the night eating cupcakes and thinking about how to take care of his Ivy problem...

[radwhims]

Ivy walked herself home only to see that her bowl of candy was completely untouched by Trick or Treaters. It seemed like no sane person was willing to step foot in this neighborhood unless they had to, not even on Spooky Day.

Despite her blossoming pity-friendship that was forming with Vincent, Ivy felt more alone than ever.

Across the street... someone took notice.

[radwhims]

Vincent: I understand your pain. I lost my father nearly a century ago and we weren’t on good terms when he died. Well, actually, that was mostly due to the fact that I killed him—

Ivy: You WHAT!? 

Vincent: Nevertheless, losing your father is truly difficult. I'm sorry. If you would like to talk about it with me you can come over anytime after dark, alright? I should get home to my sister now. 

Ivy: Oh…okay…!

Was that an invitation to hang out with a vampire whenever she wanted!?!? Ivy tried very hard to contain her excitement.

[radwhims]

After nearly 2 hours of Ivy asking increasingly ridiculous vampire questions, Vincent was getting increasingly annoyed.

Vincent: Alright, alright, Ivy! I think that is quite enough for now!

Ivy: Oh! Sorry… I tend to get a little carried away… Thanks for talking to me, it’s been a really shitty day.

Vincent: I’m sorry to hear about tha—

Ivy: It’s just that I found out my dad died this morning and we never had a good relationship but still it really sucks and I used to love Spooky Day but it doesn’t seem like anyone else around here cares and it has been SO weird and scary not living with my mom but going BACK home is an even scarier prospect because then it would be like I FAILED at being an ADULT and I’m just so LONELY—

Vincent: Alright, alright, Ivy...

Vincent tried to be a bit gentler in his interruption this time...

[radwhims]

Vincent dutifully answered all of Ivy's vampire questions. He sensed that she needed a win today.

After every question, Ivy promised that she just had ooooooneee more question to ask... and then another TEN (at least) followed.

Vincent was starting to grow weary of this impromptu interview.

[radwhims]

They sat in awkward silence for a moment before Vincent finally said...

Vincent: I enjoy this silly little costume you have on, by the way.

Ivy: Enough small talk, let’s get down to business. Do your fangs retract? Do they suck up the blood like straws or do they just pierce the holes that you then suck blood from? Where do your clothes go when you turn into a bat?

Vincent: I suspect I will regret this.

[radwhims]

i did it :)

something i also DESPERATELY need to do is update my blog theme!! i keep forgetting i'm still on the default 😭

[radwhims]

something i also DESPERATELY need to do is update my blog theme!! i keep forgetting i'm still on the default 😭

[radwhims]

sneak peak at my masterpiece, my beautiful family tree that i'm obsessed with... maybe someday i'll actually add everyone's photos...

[radwhims]

Ivy: I noticed a weird looking bat hanging upside down in that tree about 30 minutes ago. You don't grow up with a mother who's constantly trying to dodge the paparazzi without becoming someone who notices everything.

Vincent: Sounds more like paranoia to me.

Ivy: If the shoe fits...

There's an awkward silence for a moment... and then Vincent shyly asks...

Vincent: May I sit with you for a moment...?

[radwhims]

A few hours passed and Ivy was feeling ready to head back home. As she got up, a bat swooped down from the trees. It started to glow until it burst into a cloud of purple light, and standing before her was Vincent Christman.

Vincent: Sorry darling, I don't mean to spook you.

Ivy (sarcastically): Oh, goodness. I'm so shocked. I totally didn't expect a dramatic vampire reveal.

[radwhims]

The Cemetery!!

Yay...

Of course, it wasn't the place where her father would be laid to rest. It was the quaint little cemetery that sat next to Ivy's home. A place where she didn't expect to see another living soul...

[radwhims]

Ivy's day only got worse from there. She was the only one dressed up for Spooky Day at work, her bike got a flat tire on her ride home and she had to walk it up the hill into Forgotten Hollow, AND she got her first set of bills.

Plus, all day Ivy had a creeping suspicion that she was being watched... Her mother's warning about the paparazzi had her even more paranoid than usual.

There was only one place Ivy could think to run to that not even the paparazzi would dare follow for a photo op...

[radwhims]

Ivy: Hey Mom, are you okay?

After many attempts, Ivy's mom finally picked up her video chat.

Willa: I should be asking you that! He was your father, after all.

Ivy barely agreed. She remembered having good times with her dad when she was younger and feeling like they had some kind of bond, but as she grew up it all just faded away...

Willa warned Ivy that she might encounter the dreaded paparazzi in her travels today.

Willa: Currently there's a swarm of them at the base of the penthouse trying to get a comment or an unflattering photo out of me, but I simply won't let them have it!

Ivy just sighed. Even though it sounded awful to be in San Myshuno right now, she wished more than anything to be with her family.

[radwhims]

Ivy last saw her dad when she was still in high school. He took her on a surprise visit to Mt. Komorebi, but it didn't go well.

Ivy's father directed a really successful movie before she was born, and had been trying to recapture his early-career success ever since. He was never very present in her life once his ex-wife's success started to supersede his own...

In an attempt to reconnect with Ivy, he brought her along to scout out a location for his next movie. But whenever she tried to talk to him he just brushed her off and gave her a lecture about how he needed to stay focused and couldn't afford any more distractions.

Ivy (mumbled): Then why bring me along at all...?

[radwhims]

On the morning of Ivy's first Spooky Day in her new neighborhood, she gets an awful phone call.

Her father—who was divorced from her mother by the time Ivy was just a toddler—was dead.

[radwhims]

YAAY finally done with that "chapter" i guess you could call it!!!

Wanted to share the first impressions Ivy got (using the First Impressions mod) because I thought they were so funny. I can't remember what Ivy and Itzel got, but i guess they weren't that funny.

Ivy seems to weird other people out A LOT, for some reason...

Also just wanted to share that Vlad statue screenshot again, becasue i love it so much :)

🦇