Ooh! Another story set in Twinbrook! Hooray! Bookmarked 
I can't wait to see who your founder will choose as spouse. It's the popular one or someone unexpected? I can't wait to find out more ^^
I don't know if he falls into the 'popular' category. When it comes to finding spouses, ever since the whole 'attraction' mechanic came out, I just wait to see who my sims hit it off with. Makes it way more fun.
Thanks for the positive feedback! I decided to post the next chapter and make it a little longer. (26 screenshots, I won't get in trouble for one extra right? Hope not!)
01: Nooboos and SurprisesTwinbrook really wasn’t expecting nor was it ready for Izzy.
But of course there really was no stopping her from being who she is. This isn’t Bridgeport Izzy! I guess the transition made her a bit bitter, because her Ambitious trait morphed into
Evil, and Artistic became
Hot-Headed. Anywho, not long after Isabelle got to Twinbrook and settled in to a little
shack house in town, there was another purple envelope in the mail.
Isabelle---
Find your spouse.
The heir is to be born.If Isabelle was good at anything, it was following directions. I mean, if she weren’t, how would she have been able to find all the good hotspots in town? Maps were her specialty, and Isadora seemed to be drawing out a life map for her. So why not follow? Not a second after arriving at the café for a bite to eat did Izzy meet Marc Brandt. He was handsome, a little rebel looking and the second they laid eyes on each other it was instant attraction.
But not all was bliss in this newly formed relationship
Apparently Marc had been cozy with Amy Bull, but there were no kids and they weren’t married. Amy was offended and gave Marc what for---Izzy watched in sober amusement. Amy stormed away eventually (Nraas later told me she married Mary Baker. Hm) and, after a bit of wearing down her leatherbound potential beau, Izzy convinced him to eat at the bistro with her. One thing led to another and this happened
Well. No one said it was going to be easy. Izzy managed to work past Marc’s commitment issues and convinced him to move in with her---she could propose another day. Now she needed to focus on her career. She didn’t want to stay in her small house forever.
Marc moved in and proved to have Commitment Issues in every aspect of his life—he was one skipped day of work away from being fired from his military career. A little convincing from Izzy and he got it together. No husband of her’s was going to be a dead beat. Marc was unwilling to wed, but at least he wasn’t unwilling to smarten up his look a bit.
Not a huge change from what he’s used to. Izzy didn’t want to make him feel to uncomfortable. She’d already accomplished that the day before. The next couple of days was simply Izzy and Marc being the adorable couple they are, a bit of flirting with other people (both of them did it) and getting a levelor two in their careers. But after a while, Izzy grew impatient with Marc's resistence
She was quite persistent. After returning from her work at the Bistro (right after her second promotion mind you!), she set right back to softening Marc up (without my prompting). And then she tried again with that same question from before.
This time she succeeded.
Just in time for her to spin into Maternity wear (Don’t ask me why she decided to put on her work hat and outwerwear on while this happened. I really don’t know.)
Pregnancy made Izzy miss Bridgeport. She got a wish to buy a bar and lamented the fact that she didn't get her bachelorette party, but the fact that a nooboo was in her was motivation enough to not run out to the store and buy one…right?
Mizz: Wrong. And what on earth is that you decided to wear Izzy? That's not Maternity wear. No one can see your baby bump.
Isabelle: That's the point. Thanks for the bar by the way.
Mizz: I was going to set up that room as the nursery , but okay…Oh, and Izzy there's--
Isabelle: You may have turned off my Free Will for a while, but I’m not stupid. She sent me another letter didn’t she?
Isabelle---
Heir and a spare. ]
Isadora’s words were always so cryptic and it drove Isabelle crazy. But she was promising her a fortune, and she already got a husband and a house out of the strange bird, so no reason to stop now. Except Izzy couldn’t worry about having ANOTHER baby until the first one was no longer taking up residency in her belly.
The next few days of life in the Morae household were slow, but blissful. The couple was happy. Marc worked hard to advance his career. His commitment issues manifested in a Lifetime Wish of mastering three skills. So while listening to a helpful Tabcast on his SimPad, he painted away at the easel Izzy bought for him.
On maternity leave, Izzy refused to let herself go stir-crazy. Most of her days were spent at the local karaoke bar. And she had a fan on her outings. That oddly dressed elder who chose one of my CC hairstyles is Renee Williams-Brown, mother of Jenni Jones-Good, and is currently in a relationship with a a guy way younger than her, Wei Keane (who’s cheating on her according to Nraas. Oops.)
Izzy also had a bit of a run in one night with a kid name Zo who kept heckling her and booing her while she sang. All the fighting and the nemesis declaring must’ve had an effect because…well…
Welcome to the world,
Marrick Morae! Born Friday, 3:32 AM at the Twinbrook Foundation Hospital
Mizz: Only after you flew yourself to the hospital to have the baby even though I canceled it at least 6 times
Izzy: You wanted my baby to born outside a Karaoke bar?! First I can't get you to buy me a bar, then you won't let me go to the hospital, what kind of---!
Mizz: This board is PG, Iz, cool it.
Marrick’s crib went into the living room because Izzy got upset and requested another bar when I attempted to sell it, and his infant years flew by without much fanfare or interest.
As stated before, Izzy is very good at following directions. But in this case, she followed her directions blindly. With only little traces of information as to what the bigger goal was: a fortune. The posession of a town. An entire town. Was it Twinbrook she was meant to somehow inherit? What was the story behind her family that the enigmatic Isadora insisted was there but would not disclose? Izzy had fuzzy memories of her grandmother, heard the things she'd said to her mother about a long legacy and returning to the home of the Morae's, but all that chatter disappeared when they drove into the Simislaus Creek...
Simislause Creek....Twinbrook was built on the creek! Twinbrook was were Izzy was before a blur of juice and parties brought her to Bridgeport. How could she have forgotten? That must have been why Isadora sent her there. What else was she not saying...where could she learn more? The city had a wealth of information on the history of the town, and much of it was accesible through it's Library of Antiquities.
She wasn’t sure what she’d find. If anything. If her family had died here, maybe there was some information. But was there anything in the archives before the existence of her Grandmother...was she smart enough understand any of it? A moment of discouragement took her over and she promptly headed away from the vault, but not sooner had she done that did she resolve to ignore her inhibitions. She turned back around and...
“Isadora…”
"Curiosity killed the cat, Isabelle? Why bother yourselves with these archives?
“I need to do some research. There are things I don't know...things that you aren't telling me. I just---“
“No. Listen to me, you!"
"You mother and grandmother drove into the Similaus Creek, yes. Good for you, you've figurred that little bit out. But aside from that, these archives hold nothing for you that I won't tell you about in due time. You'd be wise not to step out of bounds, darling. and wiser still to go back home to your baby----I wouldn’t leave him alone in Marc’s hands for too long.”
“How can I trust you, Isadora? I don't even know who you are! I was completely juiced up when I first met you so it didn’t take a lot of convincing to get me here. But now I've moved to a different town, gotten married, bought a house and raise a baby into a little toddler who lives in his toybox, and I'm wondering WHAT this is all about! Listen to ME, Miss Appear, you're going to tell me what this is all about. Because if someone's going to turn my life upside down, it's going to be me. Not a stranger who appeared in front of my apartment."
“Here, love. Take this to ease your insecurities. Just trust me. I won't lead you wrong. I don't want to overwhelm you with information."
“What is it?”
“Just take it. You’ll know what to do with it. And don't pretend as though you don't trust me, dear. You put your faith in me the second you laid eyes on me.”
“Isado---!”
Ever since Izzy was a kid, she’d always known she had something off about her. She had memories of making toys disappear and reappear in her hands as well shunned in her teen years for being a witch. From that point on, Izzy never bothered to strengthen her abilities. But she couldn't turn down the Iridescent wand Isadora had given her. Maybe now was the time...
But let us not forget, readers, that certain traits...
Are passed on through the generations.
----
BONUS FOOTAGE---I make a point of recording certain events. And I'm glad I caught Izzy's karaoke adventures.
Click here to see Izzy getting booed by a little girlClick here to see Izzy get mad at the girlClick here to see Izzy get REALLY mad at the girl (She tried do the Patronize interaction, and when that didn't work she auto-queued up 2 more mean interactions]
