#stpsp: specter

[annieshowell]

vidcund: "ugh teenage love..."

we all know you wanted it to be circe and you, now stop being weird and go home you have a baby to take care of

[annieshowell]

nights at 13 dead end lane

[annieshowell]

contrary to what many think, olive isn't a bad aunt, in fact she cares a lot about ophelia, and that's why she doesn't usually let her go out at night, since when her sister willow died, she promised that she would take care of ophelia with your life

however the dinner is an almost sacred moment for olive, who insists on eating together with ophelia every day

"so ophelia, did you get a good scholarship at la fiesta tech? or do you need more money? i can give you a better amount for you to take if you need it, you know that"

"don't worry auntie, i got two scholarships, is enough for me at least for the next semester, you don't need to give me your money"

"well, if you need it, you know you can ask me, right?"

"yeah, auntie... but don't worry"

[annieshowell]

they skated together and then went to lunch

"uh johnny what is your dad doing here? is he spying on you?"

"oh ignore him, he said he likes to come here to watch people falling while they skate..."

[annieshowell]

ophelia started getting ready to meet johnny at the arcade, she just needed her aunt's permission to go out

"auntie, uh... can i go out with johnny today? oh and i already finished my homework-"

"absolutely not! it's not safe for a young lady to go out at night in this town, do you know how many people disappear on this road?"

[annieshowell]

since ophelia can't go out with johnny, she went to her room to practice the violin, while her aunt went to her office to read some books about cleaning

"these books know nothing about removing bloodstains, the old olive here should teach these inexperienced authors some tricks"

[annieshowell]

<3

[annieshowell]

the phone was a gift olive got from grim himself a few years ago, but she had never used it before as breaking the cycle of life and death never felt like the right thing to her, after so many losses in your life, you learn to just accept them

besides that, olive has always been a little wary of it – you never know what tricks death can hide – and since she needed to take care of ophelia, she never wanted to risk her life for someone else's

but the truth is olive has always felt bad watching general buzz's children grow up without their mother, especially seeing how close one of his children became to ophelia and knowing how it feels to have your child taken away from you suddenly

a few years ago, olive had found lyla grunt's body near the road leading to her house in the middle of an unusual rainy night in strangetown, the poor woman had probably been struck by lightning and ended up electrocuted to death... she decided to give her a decent burial in her garden and tried to tell the general about the happened, but he seemed to believe the rumors about olive being a serial killer more than her words, and proceeded to blame her for lyla's death

despite finding the situation sad, she tried to ignore it and mind her own business, even though she wanted to bring the woman back to her children, but she had other concerns, like making sure ophelia grew well

but since ophelia was in college and no longer depended on olive, she decided to do something she felt was the right thing, and finalized the transaction with her dear grim, who luckily accepted only simoleons - even complaining that olive could have given a larger amount

and then magically lyla appeared, feeling more alive than she ever had before

"welcome back, miss lyla"

[annieshowell]

then lyla went to the diner as she was starving, it was her first meal after resurrection, so she ordered a nice plate of filet mignon i think and asked to put it on olive's bill

[annieshowell]

"well zelda, i hope my kids didn't grow up fighting like these two girls"

and this is how the specter round ends! we will see lyla again in the grunt round but now the next household is the beakers

[annieshowell]

lyla was really excited about her new job and also seeing her kids after so many years, so she couldn't even sleep and zelda spent the night keeping lyla company <3

[annieshowell]

in the evening, lyla decided to improve some skills for her first day at her new job, so she studied some mechanics and practiced some charisma, pretending she's in an argument with her ex-husband

"i know you were a bad father buzz, olive told me everything her niece told her- nah this is not good... uh stop acting like an idiot your kids are not your soldiers! wow this one was good"

[annieshowell]

"olive i want to ask you a question but please don't be offended by it"

"what happened miss lyla?"

"uh why did you bring me back if i can't see my kids or anyone else?"

"well, bringing someone back is something that shouldn't be done often, as there is a cycle: a sim is born, lives and then dies... what i'm trying to say is that if the people of this town found out about my phone it could fall into the wrong hands, but you're right, miss lyla, i can't deprive you of living your new life, i decided to bring you back so i'll have to deal with these consequences"

"so i can see my kids?

"yes, you can, whenever you want! but please don't give details about the phone, that could be really dangerous"

[annieshowell]

some plants from olive's garden were already ready to be harvested, so she spent some time harvesting them and planting new ones in their place

meanwhile, lyla decided to serve some sandwiches for lunch

[annieshowell]

emily emory decided to walk around and something ended up catching her attention at the specter house

"that's weird, im feeling something wrong here... the ghosts... one of them seems to have disappeared"

[annieshowell]

she also decided to get a job, as she didn't intend to live in olive's house forever