Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Round 11: Cipriani-Sharpe Family

Last week in the Cipriani-Sharpe household Ben Cipriani reached his LTW of becoming a Criminal Mastermind, and decided to retire. He also fullfilled his IW of maxing 7 skills, and tried desperately to establish any type of family connection he could for his recently deceased girlfreinds daughter Eden Sharpe. Ben was happy to raise Eden as his own, but worried for her as he had little time left.

We start the week with a couple from the past trying to reconnect with eachother.
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Ben and Starla had a rocky past to say the least. Though they had been able to put his infidelity behind them, Starla had already remarried. Now, with her second husband Edward recently deceased, the two reached out to eachother.
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Ben relied on Starla for advice in raising Eden and she relied on him for friendship...possibly something more, but she was sure to keep things at friendship.
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Starla acted as a mother figure to Eden and was something of a friend to her. But she was in the same situation as Ben being the same age he was. She would not have been able to take her in after Ben's passing. But she wanted to be there for her while she could.
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And the more she spent time with Eden, the more time she spent with Ben. He still loved his ex wife. It had been her decision to kick him out all those years ago...he had wanted to work through it, but had understood that she couldn't at the time. Now, with her husband gone, and Ben needing her more than ever, the two did feel that old spark. They had been married for many years, and had four handsome sons together. There was a history there.
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It wasn't long before it was time for Eden to grow into a teen.
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Eden Sharpe
Family-LTW-Have 6 grandchildren
Gemini-1 sloppy, 9 outgoing, 7 active, 6 playful, 3 grouchy
She turned out lovely, if a little rebelious.
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Her grades were decent, they slipped a bit in highschool due to her focusing on her new job flipping burgers rather than keeping her mind on her homework, but all in all she stayed in line. Ben and Starla saw to that.
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And they saw to spending ALOT more time together. As their days on earth drew to a close, they threw caution to the wind and decided to rekindle their once passionate romantic relationship.
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Finally, Ben decided what he would do to protect Eden from beyond the grave.
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He activated a servo that he had purchased from his brother some time ago.
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Zola was ready to serve her purpose as friend, confidant, and protector to Eden. But Eden wasn't as sure.
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The older she got, the more she missed her mother. Never knowing her had started to take it's toll on young Eden.
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But after a heart to heart with Ben, she decided that maybe Zola was in her best intrest. He explained how she could be powered down when not needed, but that she was only there so that Eden wouldn't have to be alone. They had not heard from her father since she was a child and Ben made sure to warn her against opening up to a realationship with Jonah.

Accomplishments this round: Eden is a teen, Ben hangs on to life for a few more sim days!

Ongoing point total: 82

6 comments:

Roo said...

Starla! Oh vey! I can't believe she gave in to him! LOL I mean, I know she was lonely after her husband died all of a couple of days ago! Geez, let the body get cold for goodness sakes *giggle*
Eden grew up adorable, the lil rebel without a clue!
dont the servos give you the creeps ... we should introduce Zim to Zola LOL

NightRowan said...

Wow, Eden's gorgeous. I have to agree that servos are a bit creepy, but at least she'll hold the lot for Eden if she decides to go to college. I think it's kind of sweet that Starla forgave him after all this time and they rekindled the romance, but then again I can never let my sims get lonely either. I love Eden's hair by the way, if you mentioned where you found it I missed it. Err, if it's from one of the bigger sites could you mention the artist's name too?

Mao said...

Wow, Eden is quite lovely! I still have YET to activate a servo... I'm so jealous of everyone else. It seems everytime I get close my game gets buggered up. Bah! Someday...

The hair is from XMsims (http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair53.htm), NightRowan. I have it, too. It's very pretty. Though she might have a recolor.

Anonymous said...

That is so great that Ben and Starla have rekindled there romance in there "golden years"! Eden is very pretty! Enjoyed the update :)

Ziese52 said...

Oh my!!! Who ever would have thought they would get back together? OK, me, but only because I have played with the idea of doing something similar. You know what they say about great minds. Eden is amazingly gorgeous! Such a sad past though. Mom's gone, real Dad is absent and the Dad that raised her will be gone soon. I hope she can have a happy life.

Anonymous said...

Wow! I didn't think those two would get back together! Hey - as long as they're happy.
Ben had a good idea for Eden's security. I should have a Servo just for a placeholder in my neighbourhood.