Gen 3 Chapter 6: Man of the house

Well, the evil butler is still here. She just won't leave.

I talked to Mom and suggested that maybe Dad should be the one to kick her out since he was the one to hire her. Mom said she'd ask him the next time she saw him, though none of us have any idea when that will be!

Bonni says that he stopped by the other day to let us know that he'd mastered the guitar, but then headed right back out to try and make more friends. He's really serious about gaining the Golden Tongue, Golden Fingers reputation around town in his old age.

I guess he witnessed a death recently that made him very aware of his own mortality. I can see his point, though it's kind of annoying that he'd rather be spending his last days with strangers.

Still, it's kind of hard to feel too bad when he looks so happy working on his dream.

Jagger celebrated his birthday with Bonni, Lorali and the evil butler! For some reason, he and the butler get along great.

 

A teenager. He looks like he might be trouble. I wonder if Mom or Dad will step and deal with him now or if it will fall to me?

I have to admit, though, it's kind of nice to have another guy around the house to talk to! Sisters are fine and all, but there are just times when another male point of view is handy. I was particularly surprised when he announced his long term goals, though... he wants to be a Creature/Robot cross breeder too! I guess he does look up to his big brother.

Of course, teenage boys are full of hormones and rebellion. Jagger's already started checking out girls and trying to stay out after curfew!

A couple of days later, Lorali officially became an adult and joined Bonni and me at the science facility.

Jagger stayed out after curfew, again.

At least Mom took care of it this time. Jagger is going to be nothing but trouble, I fear.

And then it happened... Dad came home to hang out with us! He was putting the moves on Mom, as usual, when he started to feel a little strange.

Bonni was the closest to him when he died. She was shocked, to say the least.

Mom was, understandably, distraught.

Bonni was still frozen in shock when the Reaper came.

Then it was over. I guess I really am the man of the house now.

I wonder if Mom will ever recover.

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A/N: Kevin didn't make his LTW before he died, which was kind of sad with as much work as he'd been putting into it. He and Neli were actually on their way to Woo-Hoo when it happened. It's sad to see him go. (Though I think this solves the problem I have with the evil butler!)

I can't believe that all four of the kids decided to be Creature-Robot cross breeders! I really wonder what brought that on.

In other news, Jagger's friends above are Patience and Sean! Story progression tells me that Viola has broken up with one boyfriend and started a new relationship. Arvid is still with his older woman. I have a picture of her below, but I haven't managed to catch Viola or Arvid around town yet.

I'm going to be taking a few weeks of hiatus now as I've decided to participate in NaNoWriMo! It will be my second year, though last year's story was terrible I made it to the 500000 word count! I'll still be reading everyone's stories, but I won't have Zeke's next chapter out until December!

Outtakes!

Four kids later and Kevin still panics in the presence of pregnant women.

This is Roki, Arvid's old lady.

Poor Bonni was stuck at the top of the stairs (in Kevin) for the entire death! Can you imagine?

Lorali was there briefly, too, though she managed to stand somewhere else for most of the death. It's just such a weird picture!

Everyone deals with their grief in different ways.