Monday, October 10, 2011

wait for the air to call you

  Harrison Temper watched worriedly as his wife prepared breakfast. Olivia wasn't doing a particularly reckless activity, pouring milk, but he was having concerns about salmonella outbreaks and stove fires.
  "I'm really not comfortable with our oven," he insisted.
  Olivia was used to this. For all his good looks and charisma, Harry had a paranoid streak that ran deep. Despite, or perhaps because of this, Harry was planning to work in politics. "We're getting a new one soon."
  She was referring to Harry and Olivia's upcoming move across town. They'd arrived in Ann Arbor a month before and had taken up temporary residence in a brownstone in the suburbs. It wasn't until recently that they found a well-priced option downtown. As nice as their apartment was, it was miles away from Harry's work and Olivia's nightclub haunts.
  "You know we're not going to have a lot of money after this move, babe. We can't just go out every night, running up bar tabs."
  "Can you be more of a square? I'm not going to run up tabs, I'm going make profit!"
  Harry shook his head. Recently, Olivia had got it into her head that she would open her own bar. It was impulsive, and unlikely, and just days earlier she had wanted to sell nectar. When Harry had asked how she would pay for it, she said she would spend her nights moonlighting around town, working herself up to bars at exclusive lounges. Harry had doubted this, but Olivia was set on proving she was more than the partying trophy wife people assumed of her.
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To summarize my roll for Gen 1, I got:
Couple
Politics
Mixologist
3 kids
Social Bunny (I re-rolled, wimped out on Living Green for the first gen)
Live Your Trait
I'm going with Harry's Charisma trait to "live." So he'll be talking. A lot.
Sorry this was a total block of text, my next posts will move more quickly. Some background info: Harrison is 1/2 Chinese, I think, but doesn't look it. He was created in CAS for another story (with a completely different personality). Olivia was the in-game born girlfriend of one of my spares in my Blanc legacy. I've moved the Blancs into Ann Arbor, so they'll show up at some point. They're characters, to say the least. Here's a head-on pic of both of them:
Oliva and Harrison Temper

7 comments:

  1. Great start! I can't wait to find out more about the Tempers!

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  2. Yay, I like them already! 8D Paranoid politicians are always fun, haha. Keep it up!

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  3. Aww, they're cute! I'm looking forward to reading your blog. :)

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  4. I cant wait to get to know these guys!

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  5. Great start, I'm already intrigued by Harrison's paranoia. And Olivia is just adorable.

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  6. I'm following you! *creepy stare*

    Welcome to the challenge, and I love your couple. They are adorable. Can't wait to see more.

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  7. don't challenge me to a creepy stare contest, giga. I WILL WIN.thanks for all the compliments, guys, i still have to think of a plot but i'm loving my characters.

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