Chapter 26: Vampires, Be Gone

Today there are rare butterflies where Jazz and Sacha met. At times like these, Jazz wishes Sacha could go out in the daytime.

Jazz often makes comments about how his wife could cure herself of her supernatural nature. The mad scientists at Riverview's Soil & Water Research Facility have done a lot more than improve the shelf life of tomatoes. They've cured some of the neighbors - the most notable being Lorraine Cantina's son, who needed to be "normal" before he left Riverview for more dangerous towns. For a price, Sacha could be completely cured.

Sacha is so miserable at meal times. She can't eat her own cooking without feeling a little sick, these days. She can't go outside in the daytime. A mind-reading prank on Hans Forsythe once yielded embarrassing details about her cousin Zoya's personal life. And there was that horrifying incident in Egypt...

But Sacha usually takes sharp offense. Her greatest fear on the horizon is Jazz's mortality. Why doesn't he want to join her in being a glowy-eye'd sun-hating being, if it means he can live for much longer than a normal sim? Doesn't he love her for who and what she is? And his children? What does he have against vampires that still allowed him to marry one?

Were his own parents slain by vampire hunters or something?

Jazz assures Sacha that was the STUPIDEST thing she's EVER asked him.

Meanwhile! Marty the artistic painter tries to be competitive with his brother, the perfectionist painter.

It's a lost cause.

Some father-son couch talks. Arthur reads more than Martin does. Arthur KNOWS more than Martin does. Why does Martin get to be the genius?

Also, Caleb Broke said Arthur's father's gem collecting "job" was pure nonsense, and Jazz is forced to defend his honor. Arthur must be made to realize what kind of a cash pile he's sitting on.

"When you're older, we have enough so you can do whatever you want, career-wise," Jazz promises.

Randy takes the quest for pizza into his own hands. For too long, he has been held hostage by the quirks of his descendants. Homegrown food... no strange delivery people.... bah humbug!

"Delicious."

The Grind sure knows how to make a pizza.

Apparently it's old folks' night at The Grind, because the governor makes an appearance...

Patricia hosts a party, but forgets to add plasma juice to the menu. She pays dearly.

"Oooh..."

The boys notice a strange bottle on the table. What could it be?

Arthur dares Martin to drink it.

"Are you chicken?"

Obviously Martin drinks it, and is soon feeling ill.

Extremely ill.

"Where does it hurt?"

It seems that was a vial of Vampirism-B-Gone, from the science center. Jazz left it on the table rather passive-aggressively; it was meant for Sacha.

Since Marty is just a young vampire, the elixir won't take its full affect until he would normally manifest his powers in adulthood. Or, possibly, it will set in when he's a teen, as his body begins to mature. But the powerful "medicine" was designed for an adult to handle. Will there be unexpected consequences for a child drinking it?

The elixir was so powerful and attacks vampirism so aggressively, another vampire can't bite Martin and turn him back. Those Riverview mad scientists do their jobs TOO well.

Sacha first turns her anger on Arthur. He's been mean to his little brother for the last time.

"You... you just don't know what you've done."

Shortened your brother's lifespan, to be precise!

Sacha feels, perhaps, it's her fault for not forcing her sons to get along all this time.

Or maybe the whole thing is Jazz's fault.

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Etc.: I discovered vampire children cannot actually drink the science center's potion. Hopefully teenagers can. If not, I may use MasterController to make Martin a normal sim before he ages to young adult. I don't want him to age to YA, have a billion days to age up, then turn him to a normal sim and experience some aging glitch where he has less time or more time than he should.

My boyfriend postulated that maybe vampires who are born that way just can't be changed into normal sims. I doubt this. I think it's just EA refusing to allow you to do ANYTHING to children.

Another weird thing with vampire kids is they have constant "wishes" to read minds and otherwise use powers they do not yet have. Kinda dumb, considering you'd still get those wishes if aging were turned off.

Vampire kids can't sleep in the ever-amusing vampire bed, either.