Rachel, I agree! I was so glad to see both of my founders' genes being carried on.
In story news: yay, I'm finally caught up! Here is an extremely sappy chapter in celebration.
First, Hannah and Stiles being cute.
... Okay, actually that's a little frightening. (I kind of hate the "kiss" interaction; they look like they're eating each other. And not in a pleasant way.)
That's better. Although I really don't know why Stiles keeps getting those random friendship points.
On to the lady of the moment: meet Ida Chisholm.
She is artistic, athletic, neat, and something else but as long as it's not evil life is good. She is also Elijah's age and
not a babysitter. Ida, you are a lifesaver.
And it looks like Elijah likes you, too. Which is a good thing, because I don't think his dancing impressed Kristen Ursine very much.
While Ida was being randomly generated by some complicated process that I don't understand, two important birthdays happened! First, Hannah became an elder.
That's Cycl0n3 Sw0rd laughing at her. She looks better than you do, jerk. And even moreso after a trip to the mirror and dresser:
Since moving to Sunset Valley, Hannah has gotten a
lot done. She's gotten to level ten of both the sculpting skill and its corresponding career. She's also completed every skill challenge available to her. She's finished six opportunities, bought two properties (the diner and Summer Hill Springs, now fully upgraded), and gotten herself three very useful Lifetime Rewards. She has completed her Lifetime Wish and has made five best friends, with several more good friends whose relationships with her are very close to improving. She has had Stiles paint a portrait of her as a Young Adult, an Adult, and an Elder. (Unfortunately there is no one to do ice sculptures of her, since she's the one to supermax sculpting.)
Stiles has also been busy: already an Adult when Hannah first married him, he has since maxed his guitar, painting, and cooking skills, and gotten far enough in gardening to get some uncommon produce planted. (Elijah took over the gardening once he became a teen.) His lifetime wish of having 50,000 in household funds was identical to Hannah's, and with it he headed to the bookstore to purchase a very important recipe.
Hannah had told him right before they were married about her plan. She had moved to Sunset Valley out of desperation and frustration, hating her job, her neighbors, and her life. As a young adult only two weeks away from aging up, she could feel her time running out already and she had already wasted so much of it. She wanted more time. She
needed more time.
She had done her research. There were requirements she had to meet and she worked tirelessly to meet all of them. Stiles had been wary of the idea and wanted no part of it himself, but he had agreed to help her. He did what he could and when Elijah was old enough, their son pitched in too, although he didn't yet know why. Now all that remained was one more best friend and a serving of that divine recipe. And then Hannah could have all the time she wanted, all the time in the world.
While she was thinking about all of that, Mitzvah had her birthday!
Here's some Mitzvah spam because I am way too in love with her.
Seriously, I want this cat in real life.
But on to the really exciting part of this chapter: Elijah becomes a young adult...
... and
so does Ida.
Naturally, Elijah wasted no time.
Things are looking up. As long as Stiles doesn't die before he can make Hannah that ambrosia.
