Chapter 10: For the Cause

The military sends Leona on a special mission to China. It takes about five minutes for her cute smile to convince Bao Loui to tell her some silly sim-fu secret, and then Leona is faced with a choice: go straight home, or use those extra travel days the military paid for to explore ruins.

The choice is obvious. She will be the champion.

Jumping up and down in front of the stereo never prepared Leona to do actual work.

She may have broken a nail.

"I've heard about your shower in a can. Do you perhaps have a good night's sleep in a can?"

No! If he did, he'd look happier, because all his kids wouldn't be driving him crazy. There's one in the corner now, driving him crazy.

Leona thinks it's a bit weird for the merchant to be talking about children...

Leona returns home after feeling nauseated. She doesn't know why she feels that way until she gets to the airport, where a scanner reveals tiberium in her backpack. She has no idea where it came from! She swears!

When Leona walks in the door back home, she's greeted by the sight of her mother, blackened, eating salad.

"Shit happens, kid," is all Randi will say about it.

Leona invites Cleveland over to celebrate her latest promotion (to Squad Leader). She has no one else to celebrate with, since Fiona is busy (perhaps with kissing skills).

Cleveland is pleased Leona remembered to stock plasma juice. Leona neglects to mention that even the plasma juice is home-made. Her father experimented with growing the fruits, only to end up putting them in pancakes and making everyone sick.

Cleveland is an adult now. He says things that make Leona blush...

Leona forgets her secret irrational fear of Russians, and Cleveland ignores the decor. The kiddie beds have been replaced with a single large bed, but the cartoony wallpaper and toys remain for now. Leona has been too distracted to redecorate her room.

Cleveland thinks Leona should move in with him and his family.

Leona doesn't want to leave her elderly parents. Cleveland wants to know why.

Picture: self-explanatory.

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Notes: Of course, I lied. Randy does have a plasma fruit bush, but there is no way to make plasma juice from scratch. "Homemade" prohibits the eating of raw ingredients as well as quick meals (the plasma juice), so a vampire living with Leona would be a huge problem!

Unless the rule allows for "hunting" only family members, to count as homemade. I don't know. I'd say a vampire heir is sufficient reason to re-roll if homemade comes up.