Everson: A Chat With Dionysus


Keeping busy, I see, Dionysus.

Hey, chicky lady! Of course. Someone's gotta keep this family on their toes, you know.

And who better than their dead relative, right? So, how've things been going?

Well, maybe if you stopped by once in a while...

I'm sorry, Dionysus..

Big D.

I'm sorry, Big D. Life has kept me pretty busy. I'll try harder next time. Why don't you catch me up on what's been going on?

Sure thing, boss! Let's, see...




This was on of the Everson's cats, was it not?

Yeah. This is the male, Bastian. Cats are actually pretty funny to watch.

The glazed expression is pretty amusing.

Exactly!



Ah! That's your grandson, Odin, right Dionysus?

Yeah, that's him. 6th generation of the Everson family! Just lookit that nose...

And the little boy?

That's Odin's youngest, Cronus. Looks a fair bit like his great grandpa, wouldn't you agree?

He does look a fair bit like you when you were a youngster, Dionysus. Didn't Odin and his wife.. uh..

Tristen.

Yes, Tristen. Didn't they have another child?



Yeah. This is their oldest, Athena.

She's growing up fast.

Don't they all? Smart little cookie she is, too. I'm kind of worried about her, though.

Oh?



Yeah, she really likes kids. She adores Cronus. I keep overhearing her telling her parents that she wants to have eleventy five kids when she grows up. That's kind of scary.

Says the man who himself fathered /20/ children.

MOVING ON!



Here's my son, Ra, playing with the darn cat.

Wow. Hard to believe Ra's an elder.



As is his wife, Shelby. Poor girl. She loves her money, y'know? Came home one day after getting demoted at work.

Yikes.

Yeah. She'd been at the tip top of her business career too. It hit her pretty hard.

I can imagine.



Hehe. I always love watching the kids come home from their first day of school. They always seem so disapointed in their grades! Someday they'll learn that there are far more important things in life.

Such as?

Trying to get that hot chick two desks over to agree to meet you behind the gym after class for a little.. ah.. extracurricular activities.

*snort* Figures.



Looks like little Cronus is doing a lot of pondering about that potty.

Haha! Yeah. Cute little kid. I really like him. It's really too bad I'm dead, or I'd take him out on the town with me. Ladies dig a man who's good with munchkins like him, you know.



Oooh. Looks like Vidcund strikes again.

I really hate that guy! Tristen's just tryin' to stuff her brain full of knowledge and smarts and stuff, and all he can do is come over and poke and shove her. I hope he gets hit by a bus!

Dionysus!

What? I do!



Cute kids!

Ain't they just? I /am/ their great grandfather, you know.



And what's this?

Not the slightest clue. It was like some creepy follow-the-leader game. I tried to join, but that Count Jason...

He was married to the G2 heiress, Artemis, right?

Yeah. He's pretty nasty. And he wouldn't let me join in. I'd hope he would get hit by a bus too, but I guess it's too late for that.

Quite. (Audrey's Note: Yeah, that was weird! Bastian was following Count Jason ALL OVER THE DANG LOT with the action to 'Watch' him. And then Cronus was following after Bastian wanting to play with him or something. But since Count Jason never stopped, the other two never stopped either. I had to go in and cancel their actions myself to get them to stop, since both their needs were plummeting)



This is a good one!

That's Ra's wife Shelby again, it looks like. And the bovine spirit...

Yeah, that would be my Emmy. That one cow mascot chick from college I hooked up with, remember? We never got married, but she is Ra's mother. I guess she really missed her cow suit, since she likes to haunt around the lot in it.



Yikes! Looks like you guys have had one heck of a storm.



Yeah. Look.. it even brought up my old chicky, Prof. Laura, to spook around in the middle of the day!

Let's see.. Laura was the one eaten by the cow plant, right?

Fluffy, yeah. She's pretty pissed off about it, too. She had two kids and was just over here visiting when Fluffy made a meal of her.



Whoa! I guess the ghosts don't like to have their graves zapped, eh?

Not really. I'm glad mine is inside, nice and safe.



If there's one good thing about the rain storms, though, it was the puddles. Athena spent all her time out there splashin' around and makin' a mess. It was great!



So, we haven't seen too much of Tristen. What's she been up to?

Oh, you know. She's one of them sims who is all about the book learnin' and stuff. Always standing around trying to learn something, often with that wacky hat stuck on her head.



This is a cute picture, Dionysus.

Yeah. That's Athena and Cronus sitting there on the floor playing. And that there spook is.. er.. was?.. Isis' husband, Cooper.

Ah. The founder's husband and the G7 kids. Cooper sure does look happy to see them enjoying themselves. And.. hey, Dionysus? Is that a womrat cage I see?



Oh, yeah. That little rat. They call it Figs.

It?

Yes. It. Creepy little thing. I don't know why they keep it around. All it does is sit there. Bah.

Not fond of the rodents, I see.

They're not meant to be pets! Not like, y'know, cats and stuff.



Speaking of which.. Misty the cat seems to be a bit.. glowy.

Stupid cat went and got herself pregnant. Guess how many little rascals she spit out?

I don't know, Dionysus. How many kittens did she have?



Well this here one is Alice...



And Sage...



This was the only little boy one, Vader...



And finally little Dinah.

Wow. Four kittens. They must have had their hands full for a while! Talk about a full house.

Talk about foreshadowing.

What was that, Dionysus?

Nothing, nothing. Look, here's Odin with one of them kittens!



Sage, I think. Don't quote me on that, though, 'cause they all look the same.

Cute. What did you mean by foreshadowing?



Look, they're like little robots. Covered in fur.

Uh-huh, yeah, I see that. Dionysus, what did you...

Forget I said anything, woman. You'll see eventually. Look!



Tristen's practicing her speech for the Yummy Tummy Womrat Chow people. She has this great idea for a commercial for 'em that she thinks would bring in a lot of money.

I think she'd be good at that.



See, this is why I never had cats. Because they clog up the bathroom. No one could get in to use the toilet!

Well, bathrooms are where sims tend to like to converge. I guess the same goes for their cats as well.



Hey, who's Athena talking to?

That's Shane the mailman. Athena wants to marry him when she grows up. Forward little bugger that she is, she went off telling him how much she wanted to kiss him!



*chuckle* Cute kid.

Yeah. But that Shane is a good guy. He told her they had to be best friends first.



... And then they could make out. Wait. What? He said WHAT to my great great granddaughter-who-is-still-underage?! Why I outta....

Easy there, Dionysus. Aheh. Maybe he was just joking.

*grumble* He better hope he was, or I'm gunna...



Oh, look! Athena is a teenager! What a gorgeous young woman she's becoming.

'Course. She gets it from me, you know. Good genes and all that. 'Cept she's got it in her head to have a hundred kids or something, crazy girl.



And just what is this?

THAT is a cat rolling around in ecstasy after having destroyed the bed in the second master bedroom! Lousy cat!

That's Bastian, isn't it? Wow. I'm guessing some of your fellow Everson ghosts were none too happy at having their bed destroyed.



Nope. Dear ol' great grandma Isis spent a lot of her evening popping out of paintings and scaring everyone. Especially Athena.



But Tristen is happy 'cause she finally gets to toss that stupid hat. She feels like she's learned all there is to learn 'n whatnot.



Looks like those kittens grew up well.

Yeah. Turned out to be pretty cute lookin' things too. The family had a hard time tryin' to decide which one to keep. Alice...



Dinah...



Vader...



Or Sage.



In the end, they decided on Sage, 'cause Tristen really liked her.



These kids are pretty diligent about their schoolin'. Cronus actually enjoys school, which I gotta give the little runt credit for. I hated it. He likes it all, even the homework!



It looks like he grows up to be quite the handsome devil, too.

Of course! You're forgettin' who he's related to, here!

He does look a bit like you, Dionysus.

Yeah. And he's got my natural charm too. Wants to woo all the ladies in Strangetown, just like his dear ol' great grandpa Big D!

Oh, dear.



Shush up, woman. Anyway, they're quite the pair. They took this picture right before Cronus headed off to college. Athena never went. But she doesn't have the desire to kiss lotsa people like her brother does. She just wants all those babies.



Looks like someone is bringing in the dough.

Shelby finally got that $100,000 she's been wanting to earn. Not like the family needs it, but whatever.



Hey, Dionysus. What's Odin up to?

*muttergrumble* That stupid kid! He's such an idiot. Messing around with dumb glowy-eyed mutts. Those things are just bad news. But can he see that? Noooooo.

What do you mean?

Gah. Just.. watch.



Creepy eyes aside, I'd say the thing seems just like any other dog, Dionysus. Although.. I suppose Odin should have realized that you can't just pet a strange dog and expect to not get bitten like that. That had to hurt. I hope he had some...



Um. Dionysus? What's going on?



Oh! My word! Is that.. is that /Odin/?!

No. That /was/ Odin. That /was/ my grandson. Now it's just.. a monster. A stupid, untrustworthy monster.

Dionysus, that's a bit harsh, don't you think?



No! Just look at him. Howlin' and carryin' on like that. No civilized /person/ does that sort of thing! It's a monster and they should have it killed or put down or stuffed or something.

Wow, Dionysus. You really mean that, don't you? Odin's family to you! You shouldn't say things like that!

I'm not related to filthy animals.

OK, OK. Uh, let's move along, shall we?

Nah. I need a break. Just thinking about that last part gets me all uppity. I need to get a drink and chill with them hula chicks a while. I'll catch you later, boss.

Dionysus, wait! We still have more to...!

Ah. Well, it looks like Dionysus has left the building, ladies and gents. Sorry about the ending there. I didn't think Dionysus would react like that. There isn't much that upsets him usually. I guess we'll have to wait until he cools down a bit before we move on. Geez. That boy, I swear.

Anyway! Hope to catch you all again soon! I promise to try and get the next update up soon!