THE GEOLOGY OWBC

Chapter 4:

Guess Who’s Coming to Town?

Our heir, Olivenite is enjoying one of the many perks of getting all the memories you can while on vacation, a deep tissue massage.

Olivenite: Oh, right there…that’s the stuff. Carrying a legacy is hard work, my shoulders get so stiff.

Masseuse: *grinds fist into back*

Olivenite: OWW!!! Oh, wait…there we go..ahh.

But by far, one of the best things about all that digging was finding a map to a Hidden Burrow. Of course, finding the creature of legend that

lives there was also part of the bargain. He had to come home with them, Jaden as he called himself had told them of the solitude of the mountains, at times it was nice but more often than not it was lonely. So when Olivenite made the offer, he accepted. But Jaden was told he

did have to wait until the kids finished college to come home with Olivenite.

Breccia: You know this dance of yours is really cool. Can’t wait to turn it loose on Belladonna Cove.

Olivenite: Oh yeah, they’re gonna love us for that.

Breccia: Was that sarcasm baby bro?

Olivenite: Perhaps…

Jaden: Jaden think it great fun!! Dance make Big Feet happy!!

Onyx: It is!! Whee!!

Obsidian: It’s something you can get used to that’s for sure.

Basalt: Now that, brother and sisters, is an AWESOME fish!!

Breccia: Yeah, yeah you got the Golden Trout so what?

Basalt: Jealous? Mine is awesome, yours is puny.

Jaden: Gold trout tasty fish; tastiest of all fish…mmm trout…

Olivenite: Come on girls, we gotta get back to the hotel. I still have so much to do before we leave tomorrow night.

Olivenite still hadn’t found a wife yet, and they were in their last semester of college. His mother was counting on him to carry on the

family line, he didn’t want to disappoint. He found Jasmyn to be pretty nice, though a little burly for his taste, and probably she’d be able to

break him in half if he pissed her off too much. It had to be the mountain air, they grew them big up here. But she was good for a fling

at least, not that he was a player or anything, you gotta have some forbidden fun on vacation right?

Starting a photo album was part of the vacation collection so he had Jasmyn take his picture with the high peaks of the mountains in the

background. Something you don’t see in Belladonna Cove. It would be a nice memento to show his kids later on, whenever he had them of

course…

Of course, other mementos were not meant to be shared. What happens in Three Lakes stays in Three Lakes right? Jasmyn certainly

had no problems with showing this purple city dweller how the mountaineers keep warm on cold nights…

Coming home was the hardest part, the girls had had enough of the cold air but Ollie rather enjoyed it, but when you have four angry girls

threatening bodily harm if they didn’t get back to “civilization” and “moisturizers” there’d be hell to pay…and if you knew was good for

you, don’t anger the women.

So he relented and came back to the hot desert air of La Fiesta Tech simply because certain parts of his anatomy that he needed were in

jeopardy if he didn’t.

Olivenite: Really Brec, you didn’t have to go any buy your own, I would have let you help me on mine.

Breccia: Oh please, how dumb do you think I am? Never come between a man and his car. And it was my semester money that bought this,

not the house funds.

Olivenite: Alright, alright fair enough…I bet I can finish it faster.

Breccia: It’s on baby brother, it’s on.

Olivenite liked the idea that she wanted her own car, it was true enough he was only being nice when he offered to let her help. She’d probably paint it some gods awful colour anyway. He still wanted to

finish first though.

Meanwhile his sisters were finishing things up with their chosen husbands to be, Onyx and Juan were out on “the date” as she described it. She was

going to ask him the biggest question of all tonight.

Onyx: What is with the pirate garb?

Juan: No reason I just think it’s cool that’s all. Why don’t you like it?

Onyx: Well, not really. I mean I put on a nice formal dress and you come dressed like Jack Sparrow.

Juan: I’m sorry, you didn’t tell me this was a formal affair.

Onyx: Coming to Londoste wasn’t a clue enough?

Juan: Onyx, I am sorry really. Next time I’ll come dressed to the nines okay?

Onyx: Well, okay. I’ll hold you to that.

Onyx: But I did have another reason to ask you here tonight…

Juan: Is that…it is?

Onyx: Will you marry me Juan? I can’t imagine anyone else I’d rather ask than you.

Juan: This is supposed to be my thing…

Juan: I will, of course I will. I love you Onyx.

Onyx: I’m so glad!!

Basalt had a similar idea in mind. She couldn’t imagine being without her hot cop boyfriend any longer so she made sure he knew that.

Basalt: Is it okay? I mean it wasn’t very big…

John: Size isn’t important, you are. Of course I’ll say yes.

Basalt: I hoped you would.

Basalt: I’m so glad. I was worried for a while there.

John: No need to be, I would have asked you first but you beat me to the punch.

Basalt: Now, now who said you had to be all traditional?

John: No one, but it’s kind of a given sometimes.

Obsidian on the other hand knew already that Sam was the one for her, he was a Pleasure seeker, she was a Romancer, the two were

meant for each other from the beginning. She asked him the question too, but did it in a more non-traditional way, out on the sidewalk. And the strange thing was, it didn’t bother her that she’d be with him for a

long time, it just meant more dates.

And that was good enough for them. They were happy.

Obsidian: Let’s find a nice quiet spot, catch my drift?

Sam: Oh yeah.

And that left Ollie, the only Geology kid without a match and the one in most need of one. He had figured out the xylophone thing a while ago, as it was another reason his mother wanted him to go to college, they

could never afford a pool table at home.

Olivenite: If only finding a wife was this easy…why do my sisters have all the luck?

He took a big gamble on the gypsy being able to solve his problem and it paid off. He had found someone he could really like, even if she had a

sever allergic reaction to the sun. No one was perfect right? He like Countess Catalina, she was everything he wanted and she knew the

value of a life devoted to Pleasure as he did.

Olivenite: How about we go inside? My sisters have been bugging me to meet you for a while now.

Catalina: That would be nice, I’d like that.

Olivenite: Cat, my sisters are out…ooh…shiny.

Catalina: Yes, they are aren’t they? Now relax, this won’t hurt a bit.

Olivenite: Hmm…okay…

She lied. It hurt like hell. And his sisters had no idea what was going on, her magic must somehow cloud the minds of any who would witness this

and try to stop her.

He hardly looked different, only up close would you be able to tell that his skin lost some of its glow and his pale green eyes were now even

paler than before.

Olivenite: Mom’s not gonna like this…

Olivenite: CAT!! Now how am I going to finish school like this? My classes are daytime!!

Catalina: I can’t help myself sometimes, I just had to do it.

Olivenite: Why though?

Catalina: I don’t want to see you die. I love you.

Olivenite: Cat…there is a cure you know, I don’t have to be like you, you can be like me.

Catalina: I never thought of that.

Olivenite called the gypsy back, she swore up and down that this would work. He felt the sun already eating through his clothes so he figured it

was worth the risk. He even bought nine more in case Cat got bite happy again.

Olivenite: Holy hell!! This hurts worse than the damn bite did!!

Gypsy: But it vork jes? You no longer feel zee burning?

Olivenite: …

It did work, but there was one last thing to take care of before the kids left for home, taking care of the damn cow mascot. Four years of

annoying bell ringing and fight starting was enough. Killing her might be drastic…probably illegal but really who complains? There was a clause

about needing a zombie in the rules, so why not get rid of two birds with one stone?

Final exams came and it was time to leave. Onyx couldn’t wait to start her new life with Juan so she fought to call the

cab first, the others didn’t argue. But Basalt had to make sure she broke one last thing before leaving, only she did it

with her head instead.

Basalt: This is gonna kill me later.

Olivenite left last, which meant the house was left in the hands of Skylar until the next generation came.

Skylar: Vo Gerbits!! House is mine!! Party time!!

*crickets chirp*

Skylar: Perhaps I didn’t think this through hard enough…

Back in Belladonna Cove, Ani-Mei had heard some noises downstairs. Gabriel was in the potion room in the separate converted storage area,

and the kids were at college, she was upstairs. If it was someone breaking in to steal something…

Ani-Mei: What in the gods’ name is all this racket?

Shadow: I can so jump higher than you Jo!!

Jo: Oh you wish!! I rule at couch jumping!!

Ani-Mei: Why are you all here?

Shadow: And we brought friends, right Ash?

Ashley: Of course, we had come visit you Ani-Mei, we missed you.

Ani-Mei: I see that, I hope Gabriel doesn’t mind house guests.

Gabriel: Ani-Mei, have you seen—oh I see we have more unauthorized dimension jumpers. Who are you two?

Leonard: Leonard, but call me Leo.

Fuzzy: Hello hottie!!! Not bad for a white-lighter.

Gabriel: Ani-Mei!!!

Ani-Mei: I see Gabriel has met Leo and Fuzzy. So all five of you came together?

Jo: Of course, you know we simselves always travel in packs.

Ashley: Besides, Belladonna is a nice place, I’ve never been here.

Ani-Mei: I have rules in this hood; no intermingling with the mortals, they aren’t supposed to know what we are. I don’t want them to, besides we

have a bigger problem and that is what’s concerning me.

Ani-Mei: Someone is after Geodessa and her family. I don’t know who yet, but I will find out.

Shadow: Ooh, spy mission!! I am so in!! Ninja powers activate!!

Ani-Mei: I don’t know about that, I wouldn’t want to impose upon you guys to find out for me, I’d rather have a plan first.

Shadow: Hey, we want to. Right girls?

Jo and Ash: Yep.

Gabriel: She’s watching me again isn’t she?

Leo: Yes, quite intently.

Gabriel: Great…just what I need.

Fuzzy: I can hear you, you know.

Gabriel: Of that I have no doubt.

Gabriel: Listen, I’m sure you’re nice and all but Ani-Mei has this thing about non-interference with mortals and I’d really hate to upset her.

Fuzzy: I’m not a mortal, I’m a simself so you got no defence.

Gabriel: I’m not looking for a relationship.

Fuzzy: Sure you’re not. I don’t buy that for a second.

Gabriel: *sigh* This is going to be a continuing thing isn’t it?

Fuzzy: Oh yeah. Count on it.

Fuzzy: I see that Romancer side of you Gabe, and it will come out, be sure of that.

Gabriel: Gabriel. And I don’t believe so, I am fully in control of that part of me.

Fuzzy: I can wait. Oh, I can wait.

Gabriel: Why me?

Leo: I would just go with it, it’s rude to refuse a lady’s advances.

Gabriel: I just met you dude, and already you’re giving me advice?

Leo: I call it as I see it.

Gabriel: This is going to be a long, long challenge…

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So there you have it, the simselves have landed. I shouldn’t need to tell you who’s who, I think most of you know already which ones you are. And that is just the way it went, I did a “Check sim out” with Fuzzy for Gabriel and lo and behold, triple boltage. I foresee lots of stalking for these two, looks like Samantha has competition for Gabriel’s heart.

Let’s hope she’s up to the challenge.

Next time, we officially begin generation 3 and see how much trouble Olivenite will get into as his reign begins.