Chapter 8

In a Big Pink House

Okay, so Vlad's living in a small pink house, not a big pink house, but the song title fit. *chuckle* This is Vlad's "Real World" chapter, and it's rather short because, well, he doesn't talk to me. Which is fine; K2 is the demanding one and usually needs close supervision.

"Hey! I am Not!"

What are you doing here? You just had your chapter. Now shoo for a bit.

As I was saying, since he doesn't talk to me, there's not a lot to put in a chapter. I'd initially intended for both Vlad and K2 to work at some sort of high paying job for about a week to build up some money..

"What the Hell? You told me we'd be moving in together after a couple days!"

Would you get out of here! Gah!

Well, that's what I intended. Things never work the way we want though, do they?

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First thing I had Vlad do was go inside and find a job. It was weird playing him exclusively; I rarely had him selected in the dorms. When I did have him selected, half the time I didn't realize it because I play with plumb bobs off a lot, now what I know the code for it.

However, there was nothing decent in the paper, so...

"Hey, wait a cotton picking minute!"

Are you still here? Why are you still here?

"V has a couch!"

And...

"You have ACR installed. Don't you remember what ACR lets you do on the couch?!"

*facepalm* Would you get out of here Right Now!

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So anyway, I sent him over to the computer to check the listings there. Science wasn't an available field, and the ones offered were pretty low paying. So I signed him up for whichever one payed the most. Journalism or Law I think.

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And while he was online, I had him do a little shopping for some new clothes. His default transition clothes weren't scary, but they were so no Vlad.

"How come V got to shop online while I had to go downtown? Hmmm? It's not fair."

Are you going to comment on every single screenshot?

"Maybe."

*sigh* Well, sit down here then and try to be a little quiet so I can concentrate.

"Cool! Thanks! You're not such a bad controller after all. I'll stop spreading those rumors that you are."

Gee, thanks.

"Now move your fat ass over so I can see better."

Hrrmph.

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And to wrap up the little shopping excursion, I sent Vlad over to the mirror to update his icon and try to fix the dang glitchy necklaces (they settled down about 3 houses later)

"Pssst. Hey, have V lean a little closer to the mirror."

Excuse me?

"Have him lean over a little farther. Dang it, do I have to spell it out for you?" *waggles eyebrows*

*roll eyes* Like either of us can tell him what to do.

"Well, maybe you can't."

Don't make me send you to the time out corner.

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Vlad got done with his makeover just in time to greet the welcome wagon. Yeah, Joe Carr, Abhijeet Deppiesse, and Peter Ottomas. What, is the welcome wagon gender specific now? Needless to say, it wasn't as exciting as K2's visit by the ladies. At least Joe didn't kick over the trash can.

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As for Vlad's new job... well... I'm apparently sucking at the chance cards this time around. Yep, first day on the job and he'd lost it within three hours. Poor guy.

Sorry Mao, he's crying again. The pansy

"Come on, everybody! Let's go and meet the pansies!"

*glares at K2* Stop channeling Madagascar.

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And to make the day even worse, he managed to burn whatever it was he cooking for dinner and set fire to the place. Of course, this is nothing new for Vlad. He's constantly burning food. He doesn't usually set the stove ablaze when he does it though.

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So I think until he and K2 are able to move in together, it's going to be a strict menu of cereal, lunch meat sandwiches, salad, and instant meals. Things he can't burn.

"Eww, it doesn't look like V likes those instant meals too well."

Yeah, they're a bit lacking, but the important thing to remember is that you can't fall asleep in them.

"Why the hell would I want to remember something like that?"

Oh, I don't know. Perhaps for sometime in the future when you're moody and exhausted and nearly starving to death.

"Pfft. Like that would ever happen."

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Next day I got him a job as a gamer; Science still wasn't available but gaming paid best out of what was available. He got a promotion the first day and spun up the want to max out the career. I'm assuming he's pretty close to the top if he's spinning that up. I locked it in just to be safe. Good thing, because I messed up a chance card the next day and got him demoted a level.

"God, you're really sucking at those chance cards. Remind me not to let you answer mine."

Hey, I got the important one right for him. But that's a bit in the future.

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Now why a criminal would think that someone living this tiny of a shack would have anything of value, I don't know. But someone tried to break into Vlad's place in the middle of the night. The alarm's right next to the door, so it's not like they were able to steal anything.

I also have had more burglars this week, between K2-V and another family I'm playing, than I have in the past year with the Holldums.

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So Officer Demi Love comes rushing to the rescue, and what does Vlad do? He decides to have a bath. Um... hello? Two chicks fighting in your kitchen? Most guys dream about stuff like that.

"Well, maybe if I had been one of them

Nah. Maybe if one was Selene though...

"Excuse Me?!"

Ow! What'd you punch me in the shoulder for?

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And Demi got her ass kicked by the burglar. Officer Dorian would be so ashamed of you Demi. I guess you'll be hitting the gym.

Now, there's one problem with having a house this small (well, despite the issue of me needing to drop the walls every time I want to take pics). The place is so small that there was barely enough room for Demi and the burglar to fight. When it came time for her to talk to Vlad about losing the burglar (and trigger the burglary memory) she couldn't do it. Hence why he's spinning up his outerwear; he's trying to get somewhere where she can talk to him. But she never did. On the plus side, he never got the burglary bad memory. He'd have bawled over that for days if he had.

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"Hey! That's me!"

Well duh. Who do you think I'd have Vlad invite over when his social was low?

"I'm surprised you didn't make us just talk on the phone."

I almost did, but I keep hoping he'll spin up an engagement want for you.

"And I'm gathering he didn't?"

Not tonight. But that's okay. There's still a few days before you two will be getting married.

"If he can spin one up for Selene, he can frickin' better well spin one up for me."

Will you get back to your own place now? You're up next chapter. Even if it's going to be a bit till you get married, we should probably find you a wedding gown.

"Whee! Shopping!"

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-- Chapter 9 --

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