A New Arrival, A New Departure

Michelle's journal continued...


This house is certainly a good place to be if you wish to study life in all its forms. And I'm not just talking about the ghosts, either, although they do offer plenty of opportunities to catch a glimpse of the supernatural.

Jack and Derek were both in shock when they heard that their brother Mark had been abducted and was expecting an alien baby. Personally I saw it as fascinating, but I'm afraid they didn't share my view of the matter. Well, Mark has his own place, but I was soon to get a chance to watch a male pregnancy much closer to home.

Jack was abducted, you see. My own husband! I almost wished the aliens had taken me instead, but I've never heard of a female sim returning pregnant from an abduction, so I guess this gave me something else to study instead. Because yes, Jack was pregnant. He seemed of two minds about the whole thing - on the one hand, he was disturbed by the abduction (he wouldn't even talk to me about it!) but on the other, he very much wanted the child. I watched carefully and took notes throughout the pregnancy, which seemed very similar to a normal sim pregnancy, interestingly enough; from the initial nausea to the expanding belly. I do wonder about that - men don't have a uterus! Just where does that baby grow inside their bodies?


When the baby was born, Jack named her Skye. Trite but appropriate, I suppose. She looks different from Casey when he was a baby, and not just in coloring; her eyes are huge and strangely shaped, her nose is very small, and her cheeks almost hollowed out. But in every other way she seems like any other baby. Fascinating. I wish I could study her DNA more closely, to see if I could detect what the differences are between sims and aliens - but I suspect Jack would object to me dissecting his daughter. (And she's too cute, anyway.)


Then, just as we were getting used to having an alien in the house, tragedy struck. My sister-in-law Laura decided to fix the microwave before going to bed, and managed to electrocute herself! Poor Jack and Casey watched it happen, and were absolutely traumatized. Derek was upstairs and couldn't make it in time to plead with the Grim Reaper for his wife's life, so Jack tried to do it, but he failed. It took him very hard, I know. Saving people is what Captain Heroes are supposed to do, and this was his own sister-in-law...


Despite her mother's tragic death, Teresa managed to collect a fair number of scholarships, and left for college. She said she couldn't stand being here any longer, that she was constantly expecting to see her mom around the corner, and then remembering she would never see her again. Poor girl. Poor Derek, too - both his brothers have been abducted, his wife is dead, and his daughter isn't living at home anymore.



I haven't told anybody yet, but I've been thinking about something... In my career in the paranormal, I have gained access to something called a "Resurrect-o-nomitron," which is supposed to be able to bring people back from the dead. I was eager to use it to summon back Donna or Zedekiah, to question them about life after death, but Jack and Derek both insisted that their grandparents had lived long full lives, and should be allowed to rest in peace. Well, Laura died before her time, so surely that objection doesn't apply to her? It would make such a fascinating case study... Perhaps I should just do it, without asking their opinion first. It would make a surprise to top all surprises, wouldn't it?

Skye grows into a toddler.