Morning had the Chikamoris doing a holiday Christmas shoot. Well, trying to...because the first thing that happened was a confounded date call, which River had to deflect. "I'm sorry, I'm spending the day with my family and frankly...the rest of my life too. No...I'm not in the slightest bit interested in going out with you. Good bye..." The nerve of some people.
Frankly...it irritated Haruo too that people wouldn't respect the sanctity of marriage and keep trying for dates with himself and his wife. But what could you do? Just deflect and move on. Anyways...they didn't let it ruin the fun of the photoshoot. Sometimes poses didn't work...
...and other times...well, they just fit in perfectly. Of course it was all up to the photographer to find out which poses worked on camera and which would just look corny. And that was why they paid him over §2000 for the photoshoot. Well...that's probably close to what it would cost to get a real professional photographer in real life too.
After the photoshoot and the photographer leaving, the kids made a bee-line for the fridge. Of course...kids are always hungry. Even the ones in real life. "What's there to eat? I'm hungry..."
"Well..." River grumbled. "There's food in the fridge...go look..."
After eating, they were exceedingly thorough in cleaning up after themselves taking the dishes to the dishwasher and stacking them properly. After all...River and Haruo were meticulous parents in teaching them how to behave like decent little sims.
In fact, the boys weren't immune to adult-like duties either. In fact, Braden had snagged a teaching opportunity to teach an "art class for parents and kids". The fact that he was instructing on painting at so young an age was a proud moment for River and Haruo.
In fact, he developed a lesson plan for his class...and rode his bike down early enough to make certain that he was there before the first pupils arrived.
It certainly was a proud moment for River as he headed out the door on his way to the school and probably an even prouder moment for Braden as he entered his school that he went to every-day as a student, but today, he was officially an "instructor", an individual that was treated at the same level of respect as his own teachers at elementary school, because no matter what his age, he was imparting knowledge that these pupils did not have but would have at the end of the course.
It was even more interesting to see that some teachers who were doing some over-time in class preparation for Monday, were surprised to see Braden walk in and even more surprised to note that he was the "instructor" for the "painting class". In fact they got a big kick out of it.
Haruo and River were painting...doing the things that kept a roof over their heads and food on the table.
After all...the place was enormous and they now owned an investment lot with a nice little collection of vehicles including their own private Learjet. One of the perks of being stinkin' rich.
Satoshi just played guitar in his and Molly's suite upstairs on the third floor. He was coming to terms with Sandi and Aidan being in military school.
It was the afternoon when Braden pedalled home from teaching his class having earned a decent chunk of change for doing so.
Haruo and River had their own private photoshoot with some intimate portraits of the two of them.
...and of course...what else... Romantic photoshoots tend to create opportunities...
...for even more intimate moments...
Yes...some involved some very naughty bits...and let's just say...some chimes went off...oh dear...
Sunday morning dawned bright and early...most times the Chikamori family tended to wake up at 4:30 in the morning, usually because they went to bed at 9:30-10:00PM the previous night. River made the bed.
...and the kids grabbed breakfast downstairs in the kitchen.
Haruo grabbed a meal from the kitchenette upstairs because he had to get started on dealing with bills and creating more artwork, as did River.
But unfortunately...this time Thornton Wolff decided that he was going to call River for a date. In fact he was very intrusive and asked about River's intimate life.
"Oh, really? Well, unfortunately I don't think so...the only way I would scream with you is if I was yelling for the cops."
"You have a disgusting mind, Mr. Wolff."
"No...I would not be in the slightest bit interested in going out with you. Firstly, my husband is far richer than you, even if you think that money and riches would be my main motivation for staying in a marriage which is frankly insulting, and secondly...no, you wouldn't be able to make me scream in pleasure, like my husband can. So deal with it. The answer to your date request is NO...and forever will be NO. Good day and good-bye, Mr. Wolff." Wow...the nerve of Thornton.
Evidently some people don't get the picture that "No means no..." no ifs, ands or buts.
Meanwhile Haruo was having a coronary at the size of the latest bill. Well...the City Hall wanted their taxes. Well, nothing another painting or three's sales wouldn't fix. Or one tiberium spire sale would bring in the value of the taxes paid out and about §20,000+ more.
Meanwhile Toshiyuki rolled a wish to go detonate something. So he indulged in his demolition fantasies...(ah, it's so fun to destroy something again...brings warmth to the cockles of this Creator's heart - it's been so long...) so he went and detonated Grady's garbage dump.
Yes...it most certainly was a blast...
That place blew sky high. Yeah...maybe used a little too much C4. Oopsies...
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