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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 14, 2006 23:57:26 GMT
"Well, thanks so much, Mr. Burlington! Uhh... Sir! Chief!" I stammered some more before he stopped me by raising his hand. He flashed a smile at me and said, "You're welcome." Ugh - another old man who's going to hit on me. I seem to have some trouble with those... Anyways, as I opened the door to go out into the main area of the police department, I was greeted with many smiling faces - all the undercover detectives. An excitedly eccentric woman stepped forward and said, quite like a hamster on speed, "Hey! My name is Kiara Nyela and I'm not really a detective, even though I work here, but that doesn't matter because you'll still see a lot of me and I hope that you like me because I'm a people-pleaser and I think that we'll get along just fine because you look pretty enough. But who dyed your hair? Oh my gosh, they did a horrible job! Are you really a brunette? Why didn't they use a paste instead of just a dye? Oh, sorry. I'm the makeup artist, by the way! Nice to meet you!" "Kiara! Down girl!" I heard a husky voice from the other side of the room. I glanced over and a saw the boyishly handsome man sitting at the sign-in desk. He stood up and walked over to me as he said, "Hi, Charity. It's nice to meet you. I'm Tanner Collins, and I wish I was a detective here, but I'm not. I'm just the secretery." I looked at him - he was so familiar... Z Woman's laughter came from behind me. "Tanner, what are you doing?" I whirled around to greet this new assailant before she could attack me like the other two. She seemed fairly normal, however. Compared to the other two, that is. Maybe a little snotty, but I didn't really know her. She stuck her hand out towards me and said, "I'm Summer Armstrong. Yeah, stupid name, I know. So... Umwall? What nationality is that?" I stared dumbly at her for a second. I wasn't expecting this! I didn't think I would have to weave such an extraordinary web of lies about my heritage! "I - I don't know..." I managed to stammer out. She looked like she believed me. "And that overly friendly man sitting at the computer in the corner is your partner. Come on, Scotty, introduce yourself!" Summer looked frustrated. Maybe he was always anti-social. Or just rude, one or the other, I'm not quite sure. He didn't even glance up from his keyboard as he said in a hurried and somewhat irritated tone, "Hey. Nice to meet you. I'm Scotty Johnson." "Ummm... hi...?" I said, not really sure what I should do. Awkward silence, I thought, tormented. What could I do to break it? Turns out - nothing. Speed Hamster was there for that one. "So! Time for makeup and clothes and other such things! Let's go! Come on! Have you ever done this before? Oh, of course you have! You're a transfer! Which means you've done this before! Alright! Well, I'll bet that you've never had to dress up like what I'm going to turn you into!" Makeup? Already? I didn't hesitate. This was moving a little fast, but whatever. I could get used to it. p.s. ignore the pause border and the action queue. I was using FRAPS and forgot to edit them... sorry!
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 14, 2006 23:57:43 GMT
I wondered what I was going to have to be. I hoped it was something fun. It wouldn't be very exciting if I dressed up like a cop. A cop working undercover as a cop. Wow - that would be fun. Turns out, I wasn't going to have a problem with the interesting quality... Kiara led me to a small room with crazy purple walls. Maybe that's why this woman is so happy all the time. She works in a huckleberry! I sat down in the chair she indicated and listened to her ramblings. "You know the drill right? You just sit there while I transform you into something else! Amazing, right? I love it!" She went on like this for a few minutes and then spun me around, so I couldn't see myself. She noted that she wanted this to be a surprise for me. Several times. Very quickly. 2 hours later, she was finally completed! I couldn't wait to see what I looked like! Except that she wasn't going to let me get off that easy - I had to go put my clothes on. When I got to the costume shop, the lady gave me this hideous Xena warrior princess thing. I thought she was joking. She wasn't. I tried to put the Xena costume on, but there were so many straps and buckles that I had no idea what I was doing. I put it on backwards, then inside-out, then upside-down, then sideways, then just totally wrong. Finally, I think I managed to get it right. Well, even if I didn't, I wasn't about to try it again! Oh man. What have I gotten myself into? I finally went back into the makeup room and saw everyone else, already done with their costumes and their makeup. It was shocking! So this is what we were going to be... Goths! I couldn't wait to see myself! It was so NOT me that it was intriguing! I ran over to the mirror and gasped! Was that really me? Could it be me? COOL! I turned to everyone else and said, "Well! Let's get going!"
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 14, 2006 23:58:11 GMT
Chad Burlington, Summer, Scotty, and I all walked out to the police department parking lot. Summer and Scotty saw my orange sports car (it was from my modeling agency a few months ago...). They stared at it in awe, and then Summer asked the question that I was really hoping she wouldn't. "How did you pay for that?! You're only a detective like us! Where did you get the money? Did you win the lottery?!" I knew she was only joking but it still put me on edge. I laughed it off and said that it was a gift from my parents. Now deceased (just so they couldn't ask questions about where they lived, and so I wouldn't have to weave an extraordinary web about my childhood!). They both stopped and looked at their cars. Then they looked at each other. Then they looked at me. Scotty piped up. "Hey, do you think you could... ya know... give us a ride? Please?" Ahh! So the great Silent Scotty isn't so rude after all. Maybe he's just realy absorbed in his work. Yeah that must be it. And damn, that hair was sexy. I gave them a ride. We arrived at the goth bar in town. All along the way, they had filled me in on the details of the case. My stomach tightened when I realized that this must have been Jack's case. I wondered if I would meet who had killed him. I tried to ask questions about Jack's death without sounding too suspicious, but I didn't gain a lot of information from them. Well, if they weren't going to tell me, I would just have to find out myself. It turns out that this investigation is about an assassination attempt on the mayor. The perpetrators were known to frequent this bar and seemed to make their plans here. Our objective was to infiltrate the bar and to befriend one of the perpretators so we could blend in and become a part of the assassination attempt, to gain more information and to eventually bust the case! I found myself a lot more determined to get these guys than I had originally thought I would be. Although, I realized, one of these people killed my husband... When we pulled up, I was in awe of the building. The building itself was enormous. I stood in the front, before walking through the tunnel of flames. It seemed that I was about to walk into the fires of hell. Who knew? Maybe I was... We managed to get inside without scorching our hair off. Scotty and I had decided that we would try the bar first. Summer and Chad decided to hit the dance floor. Scotty and I walked to the bar and chose two barstools close to the bartender. Maybe she knew something... We began talking about random things that sort of related to the case - how much we hate the mayor, how stupid cops are, etc. I could tell that the bartender was interested, but she was trying not to show it. She started to eavesdrop into the conversation. Not really giving anything away, but we had not really expected her to. She did seem a little nervous, however. Whenever we mentioned cops, she would blanch and fill someone's order. Then she would come back to where we were seated and start cleaning that section of the counter. I swear, if she had kept scrubbing, she would have gone right through the granite countertop. Finally she looked at us and said, "Can I talk to you?" My nerves tingled. "Sure," I said. The butterflies in my stomach started flying around... She hesitated. "Alone." She glanced at Scotty. "Sure!" He said, and waltzed away onto the dance floor, most likely to report that I had just found a major breakthrough. The butterflies in my stomach started having babies.
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 14, 2006 23:58:26 GMT
She came around the corner and sat down on the barstool next to me. She started, "My name is Nightstar. It's obviously not my real name, but I'm scared right now. I don't know what to do..." I looked at her warily. "What's wrong?" She looked over at me and said, "You have to promise not to tell anybody. My life is in danger and I need your help!" I looked at her. "Well, what do you think I can do to help you?" I was a little skeptical. She rolled her eyes and said, "You guys are cops. I could tell the moment you all walked in the front door. You were way too chipper to be goth. And you just didn't look right. But I must say that I love your outfit. Anyways. You can protect me." My face must have been screwed up pretty bad, because she looked at me like I was insane. "Sorry," I said, "I'm just surprised that you knew we were cops..." Her laugh was rather dark and evil. "I can smell a cop from ten miles away. Don't even try it." I turned to her. "I need you to tell me the truth. What did you do?" She looked up at me. "I killed an undercover detective last week. I didn't mean to! It was an accident! I swear... I feel like shit. I - I just don't know what to do. I wish I could offer... I relive it every day... I just want to die... Like him. His name was Jack Capelli."
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 15, 2006 0:43:17 GMT
:jawdrop: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! So she found her husbands killer! But now what to do?!? Great update! I love the hamster on speed description!! *LOL*
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Post by Shell on Apr 15, 2006 2:55:44 GMT
Joines Diz in the jaw dropping :jawdrop: GREAT update and about time to *lol*
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Post by DejAng3l on Apr 15, 2006 6:38:57 GMT
wow........agrees with diz and shell..........needs some help picking up my jaw from the floor.......that was a great update........looking forward to the next chapter.........
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Post by Kate on Apr 15, 2006 7:23:57 GMT
Whoa... those goth get-ups are considerably... cool! And I am not a goth, let me tell you that. I can't believe that (along with Diz, Shell and Dejang) Nightstar killed her husband! Jeez... Scotty's also kinda cute.
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Post by ProLoser on Apr 15, 2006 7:33:47 GMT
Yeah I agree Kate - those goth outfits look completely cool!
And..oh, poor girl, randomly meeting her husband's killer...and poor Nightstar...she seems really sweet, I wouldn't have imagined her touching a gun let alone killing anyone.
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 15, 2006 21:11:31 GMT
Yeah I know - I felt a little weird putting all my sims in dark goth clothes, usually because they're all wearing really preppy clothes!!! But yes, when I put them in those clothes, I was like, "Damn, that's actually really cool!" Did I say that? Thanks so much guys, I'm glad you liked the update! I hope you keep "watching" because it only gets better from here! p.s. I'm really good at cliffhangers and there's a big twist at the end of every chapter from here on out!
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 15, 2006 21:15:43 GMT
So whens the next update?!? Who said that? :cover:
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 15, 2006 21:19:36 GMT
lol Fairly soon, I promise. I'm not giving any dates, though! I have some more time because some things just finished along with my S2C contest, so I'll be able to go into the game more often!
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 15, 2006 21:22:53 GMT
Good because now I really really want to read more!! Hey have you checked your pms??
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Post by The Moon & Antarctica on Apr 16, 2006 2:11:05 GMT
lol Yes I have! I Pm'd you back, too! About two hours ago, lol!
I'm glad everyone likes it!
More compliments! More! More! lol I love attention!
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 16, 2006 3:27:28 GMT
So like a guy! You just want the attention!!*LOL*
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Post by listerino on Apr 22, 2006 10:34:24 GMT
Great update (Sorry I only just got around to reading it I'm slack). I wonder what she's going to do now she's met her husband's killer!
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Post by Kate on Apr 22, 2006 12:21:03 GMT
I won't give you more compliments until you update! I might have to make a little 'update!' banner for you, like I did for Shell... *cackles*
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Post by Dizzy on Apr 26, 2006 20:16:40 GMT
So when can we expect an update!! *Hands on hips, tapping foot*
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Post by Shell on Apr 26, 2006 21:31:52 GMT
Ohh Funami i wouldnt trust Kate with her banners *lol* You mie want to update before she gets it up *laffs*
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Post by Angie on May 13, 2006 22:43:49 GMT
Umm...me no see any updates....
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