Iridial Legacy 1.3
Last time on The Iridial Legacy...
- Generation 0's challenge was successfully realised - yay!
- Saffron, their only daughter, took over the reins.
- Her challenge: Single parent of five children, Adventurer, Five-star Celebrity, Hoarder.
- She started as she meant to go on, by sleeping with Jupiter Belle.
- Chimes were heard.
Pregnant or not, Saffron heads straight to China
Yeah, she took her father's fire engine. *sigh*
Adventuring gets a little samey after a while, picture wise, so just imagine a lot of this going on:
She gets lonely at times, camping out deep in a tomb, so calls Chroma a lot.
Saffy: Mum, I got you this great new recipe!
She brought her dad back a couple of pressies too:
He took to them like static to a balloon.
Back at home, Saffron gets on with her celebrity opportunities because she needs those points.
She got this one three days in a row.
Someone needs to tell her agent that she's pregnant, not fat.
By the dawn's early light...
I was going to make a bad joke, but I decided I liked the moody picture as it was.
Later the same day...
Saffron: Next time I opt for hospital birth! Mum!!! Dad, help!
Tingent: Did you hear something, dear?
Chroma: Just my toes screaming under the weight of your boots, darling.
So, as usual, Saffron did it by herself.
Twice.
Three days later, awww.
I was surprised by the twins because I only bought Saffy 'fertility treatment' mid-pregnancy. Apparently that's enough.
Their faces and eyes are near enough identical.
Tawny has her mother's (and grandmother's) hair...
...whereas Soumra's hair is all Jupiter Belle.
She looks like a doll. I mean, a real doll.
The girls do everything together: tantrums...
meals...
books...
and lessons.
Nice to see Tingent helping.
Unfortunately, his explorations into the mystical martial arts seem to be misfiring a little.
At least until I fixed the bug. ;)
Note the new nursery by the way - brown shades for the new born brown generation.
The house has a new extension to provide both a balcony around the back and said nursery.
Look at that view!
Er, yeah, we have two fire engines now. Something got bugged when Saffy took it to China.
Tingent still dashes out everyday to play with fire save people's lives.
The City catch on to the fact that he's about to hit old age and honour him with a ceremony.
Decent of Vlad Schlick to turn out, sunshine or nay. And people say he's evil!
Er, I think they were pro-firefighters.
They better have been, considering Tingent has saved all their lives at least once.
Other professions give you the golden handshake.
After repeated failed attempts to contact Jupiter, Saffy's spies tell her he's heading to the Library.
She cuts him off at the pass-notes.
Saffron: Hi, meet Soumra. Perhaps now would be a good time to study genetics.
Jupiter: Why would I want to- Oh.
Jupiter: She looks nothing like me! See, my hair is all spiky and blue, and hers is...
Jupiter: Gotta go! Urgent being-rich business to see to! Bye!
Saffron: Oh baby, your father's a sleeze, but mmm, nice genes.
Saffy's own father is none too impressed with ageing up.
But after some time to chill out in his new life of leisure, he realises it's not so bad.
In-between seeing to the girls' wellbeing, Saffron works on those necessary celeb stars.
But in the end it all gets too much. Early one morning, while the rest of the household is asleep, she heads out.
Anyway, now that Tingent's retired, it's up to Saffy to bring home the bacon. Well, relics and moneybags.
Look, ma, I'm on top of the world!
Lots more of this sort of thing occurs.
Visa levels are reached.
Back at base camp, Saffron meets an interesting fellow adventurer, Youssef.
The paparazzi attention makes it difficult to get as close as Saffron would like.
Saffron: And the marquis-cut luminorious gem was this big!
The pap even stalks her to her bed!
Even this level of extreme creepiness is beaten, however...
by the French stranger who just got into bed with Saffy without even a by-your-leave.
Other than meeting Youssef, the most important thing to happen during this trip to China was undoubtedly...
This! Now, no mere giant boulders can block our intrepid heroine's path.
Back home, the first thing Saffy does is make up for lost time with the girls.
Well, almost the first thing.
The actual first thing was a phone call, which resulted in a welcome visitor the next morning.
Very welcome.
Youssef: Shall we?
Saffron: Oh yeah, I think we shall.
Tawny: Did I just hear chimes?
Yes. Yes, you did.
Youssef does the just-bonked dance of joy.
Chroma's hard work at gardening is becoming impressive.
As is Saffron's hard work collecting gems and relics.
As is Youssef's hard work at... *draws veil*
I bet it's twins again, don't you?
They are so into each other, It's a tragedy Saffron can't marry. :(
*hatches evil plans for when Saffron is no longer the Heir Apparent*
Saffron somehow manages to get Jupiter to come around for the girls' birthdays.
He doesn't even stay to the end though.
They still do everything together.
The next birthday is Chroma's. I'm not quite sure why it's so long after Tingent's.
I think she might have been secretly munching on life fruit while my attention was elsewhere.
She makes an adorable and dignified older woman.
Most of the time.
Still very much in love.
Even if they have to show it for some reason in their daughter's bedroom while she sleeps.
Clearly Saffron has some kind of magnetic attraction thing going on while she's unconscious.
Saffy goes to the hospital alone.
But she doesn't leave that way.
Meet Brunnel and Bay
Jupiter's not the only man with good genes, is he? ;)
Next week on The Iridial Legacy:
Mummies! The good kind!
Mummies! The bad kind!
Perfect plants!
Many birthdays!
Home improvements!
Vampires!