They all think I’m crazy. I’ll show them. I’ll show them who’s crazy.
The fire comes for us all, Lilith.
“Fire.”
“Lilith!”
“Get out of here!”
“Go NOW!”
“Jason?!”
“Keep going! I can’t hold it off much longer!”
Jason was coming, right?
He wasn’t coming. The fire had engulfed the house and there was no way even Jason could get out and he wasn’t coming. He wasn’t coming he wasn’t coming he wasn’t coming and she hadn’t said goodbye and she hadn’t told him that she loved him and she had been horrible to him and he wasn’t coming and he had saved her and he wasn’t coming and the fire, the fire was hot and it burned and it wanted her.
Oh God the pain and she couldn’t take it and he wasn’t coming and she thought that her heart might burst and maybe it already had and she couldn’t breathe and the fire had taken him and it wanted her and maybe she should go join him, it’s not like she could live with this giant sucking hole in her heart anyway and she loved him and she hadn’t known and he was gone and the fire…the fire..
“Alone!”
The black hole in her heart grew to the size of a universe and she fell into it and there wasn’t a Lilith anymore, there was only the fire and the smoke and the loss and the pain.
“Hahahahahaha!”
In the Valley of the Sun 
I…really wanna cry
Ugh. WHY MUST JASON BE SO AWESOME?!
And whoa Lilith’s eyes look sorta awesome in the 3rd pic.
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Awesome until the end, he was. /salute
I thought it was very in character for him to focus on action and what needed to be done and to save Lilith. I mean, I’m sure he was wondering where the hell the giant fire came from when the fireplace wasn’t even lit when he went upstairs, but he knew that it wasn’t the time for asking questions about that.
Yeah, I noticed that first thing in that pic and thought it was cool and showed it to my husband. 🙂
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Oooooh! This is so chilling, and the theme of being doomed is carried out very well through the whole series. The children are spooky as hell, I keep thinking their next lines will be “come play with us Danny, forever and ever”.
I hope Jason isn’t dead, though. 😦
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Thank you. 🙂 And yeah, the Daydream versions of Bella and Emma are quite creepy, and the real Emma was fairly creepy herself.
Jason is indeed dead. I feel like I gave him a good sendoff though. If he had to go suddenly and violently, he would have wanted it to be because he was saving Lilith and he would have wanted to die standing up and fighting rather than being poisoned by Seth. Plus it’s a nice parallel with Sarah. And there’s the whole Fire Death Alone thing. So yeah, everything pointed to fire being his way out.
Lilith is truly on her way through the valley now.
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YOU KILLED HIM?! D8
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Goodness. And I thought my life was cursed!
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It’s how the story has to go. She has to be alone when she meets Seth.
I saw a church sign the other day that I thought put it quite well – “If you lost ‘everything’, what would you have left?” The point is to push Lilith completely to the edge and see what we find there.
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So, Seth lit up the fireplace the same way he did to his own one?
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Yeppers. Don’t judge him. We all have hobbies. 😉
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Haha that made me laugh! Another great post. Keep up the good work! R.I.P. Jason
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WOW. Really awesome pictures this time, really creepy. Love. It.
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Thank you. 🙂 I am fairly happy with this one, but I just can’t shake the feeling that it’s too short. But when I look over it, I don’t know what else I could really add that would make sense. You’re not going to stop for deep meaningful conversation when your whole house is on fire.
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O_O
………
In a repeat of my last comment, all I can say is WOW.
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Thank you. 🙂
I did plan for the next one to be 100% pictures with no text, but now I don’t know – maybe I should just skip that part or combine the ideas I had for the next two updates into one? I’ll think about it and see what Valley wants to do.
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Awww… poor Jason. It is a good send-off–his actions are completely believable, given what you’ve told us about him. I’m going to pretend he died of smoke inhalation instead of burning to death, though, just for my own peace of mind. Now Lilith is alone–I wonder why Seth wants her alone? If he’s going to offer her what he seems to have (immortality), maybe he’s giving her a symbolic death before that happens….even though death happens to everyone, you undergo it alone. He wants her to feel alone–to feel what she would feel if she did have to die, before he offers her immortality. Eh, probably not. Enough of my speculations.
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Smoke inhalation is cool and I’m going to believe that too.
You can speculate all you want. 🙂 And yes, Seth does want Lilith alone. She’s been passive and depending on other people since Nightmare. Now there’s no one to save her, no one to tell her what to do next, no voices to comfort her and bring her back to reality.
Now we find out what Lilith is made of.
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Awwww!!! I dont want Jason to die!! 😥 It would be cool though if he was brought back, lol. By the science lab as a ghost. hehehe.
Love the Story!!!!
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Or by the chaos mod painting, which can do that as well. 🙂
Actually I exited without saving after all the fire shoots and in game they’re just as they were before the last two pics of Fire.
Thank you, and I also love it. A lot. 🙂
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ooooh, since you didnt save. Could you upload Lilth and Jason in one household so we can make a happy ending? Hahahha. If it’s to much work, dont worry about it. Just a thought.
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Sure, I’ll think about it. Until then, this might help as a bit of comic relief. I just posted it in my LJ. 🙂
Welcome to my evil lair
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NOOOOOOOOOO!!! WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE!? JASON WAS SO NICE THOUGH! I WISH HE DIDNT HAVE TO FIGHT THAT OFF!! WHY DIDNT HE RUN WITH LILLITH!? THEY COULD HAVE RAN TOGETHER!! AWW!!
Well maybe he will come back as a spirit and save Lillith or something and fight off Seth! I hope so! But who knows! Only Misty knows haahha!!
I hope Lillith doesn’t die though! But she probably will in the end and then her and Jason will be together in Heaven or something.
Poor Jason and poor Lillith. I really hope she gets rid of Seth though.
I know she’s dead and all, Shannon, but do you think she felt bad, if she knew Seth was after Lillith?
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Jason was indeed nice.
I imagine we’ll see him again in Lilith’s visions, but that’s it – she’s on her own now and can’t rely on anyone to save her.
Shannon did like Lilith and she would certainly feel bad for her now. But it’s not her fault really – err, don’t want to give away the whole thing yet. Seth wants to explain it himself. 🙂
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wait, can’t you bring him back from the science lab?! Then maybe he could help Lillith out or something…
aww something bad is going to happen when she’s alone!
Lillith can’t die though! She’s the main character person! Oh I hope that won’t be the end!!! 😦
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Jason!!!!!!!! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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*pat pat*
It’s okay. It’s how the story had to go.
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😦
This is what happens when you let sexual frustration build. You are engulfed by fire and die. Lesson learned.
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LOL! That is the most awesome comment ever.
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PPPFWAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
I am so clicking your link X’D
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OMG did NOT see that coming! :O
My heart actually skipped a beat by seeing that title “Death” (okay maybe not, but y’know xD)
Great job!
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Thank you. 🙂
It had to happen. It’s how the story goes. Seth has now taken everything from Lilith, and now we’ll see what she has left.
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Can’t wait. And congrats, and wow! 😀
108, now 109 comments! You must be proud of yourself!
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Half of them are my replies and some of them are replies to my replies and some of them are the same people commenting twice. But yes, I am over any sort of silly loss of self-confidence based on lack of comments. 🙂
I’m quite pleased with the next update so far. It’s not turning out the way I had originally imagined it but I think this way is better.
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*nervous break down*
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
*attacks PC screen*
No no no!
😥
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Awww. *hug* It’s okay. He knew this had to happen and said he was okay with it as long as I made it good.
Yes, they talk to me in my head. Is that weird?
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No, they talk to me to!
Except they tell me to kill people!
*dramatic theatre music*
Joke.. or is it!? XD
Aw, i stll think that’s really evil! I love him to pieces XD Not all the time but… c’mon i need a guy to stare at HAHA
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I especially loved how you used a lack of punctuation on pic 21! That’s probably how thoughts in the head are, all random and jumbled up and whatnot. 😀
I loved everything about this update!!!!
Well, anyways, I’m going to go on youtube and be in denial for a few hours.. 😀 Cya!
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Yes, the run on sentences were entirely intentional. Actually I do tend to have punctuation in my head. Hmm.
I’m glad you liked it. I’m still bothered by the length, but overall I’m fairly pleased with it.
I spend a lot of time on YouTube myself – mostly listening to Valley music.
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R.I.P. Jason. I was staring in shock at the picture of Lilith looking at the fire from outside the house. I knew he wouldn’t make it and I just sat there looking at that slide.
I really liked him. That’s a well-written death if you can make the reader like the person who dies. Jason was really cool.
😦
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I really liked him too. He’d grown on me a lot lately and I admit I’ve found myself not liking Seth quite as much. Although I am still excited that I’ll most likely be writing his first line of real dialogue within the week. And I need to go and play him some anyway and that will hopefully help me get back into Seth fangirl mode – I feel like I would write him better in that mood.
And yeah, I wanted my deaths to mean something. It always irritates me how no one really cares when all their friends get killed in horror movies. Plus, I think that Lilith’s journey resonates more and that she has more at stake if she has lost something real and good and true and if she really feels what Seth has done to her.
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I thought you loooved seth!
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I do now again. Just took me a couple of days to get over Jason and I also spent some time actually playing Seth yesterday. 🙂
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Oh my god. Poor Lillith. Even I can imagine what she is going through, I had someone I loved pass away, too. I really hope Lillith will be okay. R.I.P Jason. I also agree with hrootbeer. I was completely in shock, and also stared at that slide. Jason was awesome, too. 😦
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My father died when I was seven, but I’ve never lost a romantic love. I do certainly remember how my mother reacted when my father died, though.
I hope it didn’t bother you or remind you of that too much.
And yes, he certainly was awesome. If it helps at all, he’s still alive in the game.
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Misty, I’m sorry that happened. 😦
I have lost alot of people I knew too 😦
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How is Jason still alive in the game? Didn’t he die in the fire trying to save Lillith though?
Or is he alive as a ghost?
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I exited without saving after shooting the fire pics.
And actually for all but one of the fire photo sessions I exited before anyone burned up.
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I going to cry…
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I’m surprised that I haven’t, really. I feel very attached to them and oddly detached at the same time. It’s weird.
Thank you for reading and commenting and I hope I didn’t make you too upset.
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Oh, poor Jason! I really liked him, but I really think that that was the only way that you could do this chapter, with his death. It helps to reinforce the noble image that you’ve made of him.
I feel so bad for Lilith though. She’s basically lost everyone that she could turn to for help… and now, she really is completely alone.
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Oh yes, it had to be this way. Lilith has to be alone. And I think Jason’s death was fitting for him.
Thank you so much for reading and commenting – I know you’ve been busy and I really do appreciate it a lot.
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:O
Well…..can’t say I’m totally shocked….but I am totally sad :/.
RIP Coolest, bravest, sweetest fictional sim in a sim story EVER.
You will be missed!
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And the funny thing is that he’s straight from the sim bin because originally he was going to be a throwaway character who wouldn’t be around very long.
Oh man – now I think your comment might actually make me cry and totally put me in a not-liking-Seth mood.
Thank you so much for all of your comments – they’ve really meant a lot to me.
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Jason wasn’t going to be in the story, or Seth?
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Jason was going to be in the story, but in my first visions of it he was basically just going to be in the first breakfast scene and then go away.
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Ohhh, well it’s a good thing you brought him into this story then! He had a main part, I guess…hahaha 😀
I love stories like this! They’re so awesome and I’m like OH NO NOW WHATS SHE GOING TO DO!! XD
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Hmm… An interesting twist that I didn’t anticipate. Well written — the chapter is a good sense of Lilith’s mental state at this point in the story.
I’m interested to see where you take it from here… Not that I’ve been able to anticipate *anything* in your story so far, this really throws me.
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Thank you also for commenting. I think I’m pretty much over my little spaz-out now. 🙂
Yeah – I tried writing text for the pics where she’s in the fire but it just wouldn’t come out right, and I took that as a sign that they weren’t supposed to have text. She’s not really rational enough for words at that point.
As for where it goes from here – I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to say that the title of the next update is Alone. Fire Death Alone, you know.
It’s set very much in the game’s universe, although I have taken some artistic license. And I have to download some hacks to get lifetime happiness faster and actually play Seth some in the next few days.
Does that help at all?
Also, I quoted U2’s Mysterious Ways and a bit from Jacob’s Ladder (never seen it but it’s quoted in a Sims 2 video I like) in the mouseover text because I’ve realized this last week that they fit really well with the theme of the story.
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Jason!
I really wish he didn’t die, but he sort of had to, in a way.
I don’t think things can get much worse for Lilith from here on out, though. Poor thing.
Love the new chapter!
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Yes, he had to go. And this is certainly Lilith’s low point.
Thank you so much! 🙂 I’m glad you’re enjoying it because I surely am.
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He’s actually dead? Really? Noooooo…..(sob)
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In the story, yes. In the game he’s not, if that helps.
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I had expected Jason to meet his death somehow soon, yet I was still shocked. How is this possible? I actually gasped! You got me in the gut.
Very well done, and I love his expression as he is fighting the fire. A valiant death for a good character, in many senses of the word.
I do see that Lilith had to reach aloneness for what is to come, and I am very interested to see how fragile or firm she will be without Jason, without angel-voiced Bella, without her spiffy hat.
First Zorn, now Jason. Sims I like are not having a good week. I’m almost afraid to play my own, now.
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Awww – I’m glad that I still managed to surprise you when you were expecting it. And also glad that you were expecting it, since I had dropped several hints. 🙂
Lilith has been very acted-upon. Now we’ll see if she’s capable of acting.
Ah, Zorn. Man – I really miss Catherine on the weekends.
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You can just FEEL the panic Litlith is going through! I love the extra long sentences: They really made the story flow quickly!
I think this is one of your fastest chapters yet!
Awesome!
(Oh, I guess I should say: Poor Jason! 😉 )
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I hope that fast is a good thing – I still think it’s a little too short. But on the other hand, yes, it should be going faster now that we’re on the way to the end.
Thank you. 🙂
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Poor lilith, no where seems to be safe. (& noooo Jason!)
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Nope. There’s only one place she can go now really.
Water.
And honestly I had to take some time off and go watch Dr. Horrible and not think about Jason for a bit.
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Ahh! Well, I did some serious catching up on the last few entries of this story today. I was feeling all happy and bubbly over the entry before this one, where Jason was being just too adorable, and then THIS happened and now I am shocked and sad for Jason and Lilith. 😦 Oh dear. I really did not expect that to happen to Jason, of all people.
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I’m going to post something about that on my LJ later. I actually realized that he had to die while writing Static, so I’d known it was coming for quite some time.
But yeah – the last few updates had swayed me from my Seth fangirlism and really put me on Team Jason. Which made this one hard, but it needed to be done.
At least he and Lilith got some kissyface time first.
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A lot of the caps definitely don’t even need text. You did a great job in getting across the atmosphere of the scene you’ve painted here.
I feel sorry for Lilith somewhat but I think Jason’s chivalry really says a heck of a lot about his character.
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Thank you. 🙂 I know some people are a bit touchy about pics with no text, but yeah.
And yeah, Jason was a great person. Despite how “I’m going to go listen to Jason music.” has become the equivalent of “I’m going to go sit in my emo corner.” around here. 😉
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This reminds me of my cousin. I told myself not to read it and I read it anyways. Whys your writing have to be so awesome!?
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Awwww. (((hugs)))) I’m sorry.
If it helps at all – I don’t want to spoil the ending but I will say that it won’t be too horribly depressing.
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Dammit Jason, noooooo!
Still it was exciting and I can’t wait for the Lilith/Seth showdown. Okay, maybe that’s in my head. I’ll just see what happens next. :O
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What’s in your head? I can’t wait for it either. 🙂 I came up with the first sentence Seth says to her weeks ago and I giggle like a maniac whenever I think of it.
Playing Seth today has certainly put me back in the Seth fangirl groove. He’s so adorable, with his cardigan and his wants to see the fire-y ghosts of various people and his autonomous decisions to go and scare Lilith in the bathroom.
Yeah – looking at the pics of him from today’s picspam while listening to Sympathy for the Devil is definitely putting me back in the mood to write him.
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Well done, my dear. Enjoyed it tremendously. Even though I knew it was coming, I still got a little teary eyed at that shot of Lilith just after she’s come down off the porch and is thinking: “Jason was coming, right?”
Anyway, you sent him out in grand style.
How many more updates do you think you’ll have? It must be getting on toward afternoon on the third day now. NOT that I’m anxious for the story to end. Just curious.
Congratulations on another great update.
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Thank you. 🙂 And yeah – no sethour cheat in Sims 3 that I know of. So it’s late afternoon now, I think.
Don’t worry, it’s going to be a long night – and I’ll use maxMotives and speed 3 and read a book on occasion to make sure of that. 😉
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I think there must be something mysterious in Lilith’s past – why would Seth haunt her otherwise? :O Maybe Seth is her father, muhahahahahaa XD
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Seth does have his reasons for singling her out. He’s not her father, though. 😉
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Haaa… LOL, maybe Lilith is Seth’s re-incarnated wife or something XD
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I think in the end Jason knew Lilith loved him…poor guy. I can’t wait to see where this takes us!
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I think so too. I was picturing Fire from inside his head as well and yeah – I think so.
I am certainly excited about the next two updates. Valley hasn’t shown me anything much past that except for faint glimpses of the end, but it’ll come. I trust Valley.
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NO!!! Not Jason, at least not before his love was reciprocated! ‘:( I hope he died happy that he got Lilith safe… so now.
It seemed that everyone around Lilith is dying one by one… and that is incredibly creepy! I don’t know how I could continue living if I was her.
You’re too awesome for words, Stacy. 🙂 I especially love the part where the whole paragraph was one whole sentence, and as I read it I just flowed with it and went faster and faster and like a derailed train and felt like I just watched a horror movie. X) I’m so glad to have so many updates to read all at once!
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That is the point, I think. How does she continue living? How does she go on from here?
A while after my father died, my mother gave me a black opal ring with a small diamond in it. She said the opal was her life after he died and the diamond was me.
What’s Lilith’s diamond? Does she have one?
Hmm. I may have to reread the whole thing before starting on the next update.
And awww, thank you. 🙂 I’m all blushy and looking down at the ground and scraping my foot against it now. I’m happy that you’re enjoying it. I love it so much and if I get the slightest bit blocked, I just go and look at the giant Seth face pic from Suspect (it’s my desktop background) and joy the size of the universe comes up through my chest and I load up the game and get to work.
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Will the next update be called “Alone”?
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Yep. 🙂 That’s how it goes.
I think Daydream was actually quite an important chapter as far as theme goes.
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I like how it says “No smoking – the playground is extremely flammable.” In this case the hypothetical “playground” is probably Sunset Valley…
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It did end up fitting, didn’t it? But actually it’s a quote from a real playground sign I saw the weekend before making the blog.
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Hi, Misty!
I’m a huge fan even though I’ve never commented before.
I’m sorry Jason died, but it maded sense… especially if you look at the meaning of Lilith’s name.
Lilith was apparently the first woman ever created. Although she is never mentioned in the bible as Adam’s first wife, many think she was. This belief is based on judaic mythology and scriptures in the Talmud.
Lilith refused to be submissive to Adam and rejected him as a partner. She was protrayed as being strong, independent, powerful, and equal, although “somewhat” evil and demonic.
I hope she’ll do a fine job when she finally faces Seth. In fact, I’m looking forward to her exposing the real psycho in this story…
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You know, I hadn’t actually thought of that until yesterday when I was googling stuff on a female perspective of the hero’s journey and being intimidated at the thought of posting on forums for actual professional writers and found a link to a short story collection titled Lilith Unbound.
I came up with her name by going to behindthename and looking up names with death in their meaning. But now, like so much of what I did without really thinking about it, I see how it fits with the theme.
My Lilith has been very passive up until now. But I’m certainly no Stephanie Meyer – I see that as something for her to grow beyond if she can. It’s understandable for her at this point though, I think – she’s been very traumatized.
And maybe that is the female perspective on the hero’s journey – learning to grow beyond passivity, to start taking action as opposed to being acted upon.
I must admit that when I realized that the story’s title was also actually significant I was very sad that the line “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil, for I am the baddest mf’er in the valley.” was already taken.
And thank you so much for commenting! 🙂 You may want to check out the Valley Sun Sims link on my blogroll – I think you’d fit in well.
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Oh gosh you’re making me cry! *sniff* Jason was so good to her *sniff* why did he have to die soo young??? *tears* (no really i was crying a bit there D: )
Wow, sucks to be Lil 😦
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Awwww. *pat pat* It’s okay. He was a good person and he loved her and his death was befitting of that.
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It would be so weird that at the end Seth was Lilith’s father and he was sorry for killing people and hugged her. Aww that would be so sweet!
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That would be weird, yes. Although I do like the picture of them standing next to each other all chummy-like at the end of the latest LJ picspam. 😉
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OMG you you you killed Jason!!! I gonna die now! I think Lilith deserves to die now shes a jerk! *mumbles under breath* why i otta! In other news …. Keep up the good work!
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Yeah – I didn’t like doing it. But he had to go. *sadface*
Thank you! 🙂
If you need cheering up, there’s funny picspam on my LJ Behind the Valley from playing Seth today. 🙂
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I am sooooo sad. I’m all depressed now… *cry* Why did he have to go so soon!?!?!?!? Jason! noooooooo! R.I.P Jason Kitty Kat will love you for ever. *puts flowers on grave and hugs everyone at the funeral* *flashes Lilith a dirty look* ( I no i sound like a stalker… not only a stalker but a creepy one obsessed with a fictional character! lol I have no life)
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Too bad someone named Ashley won’t come in to the story.Ashley was the name of my cousin so it would be cool to read about someone named Ashley in my favorite sims 3 story! I know no one named Ashley will come in to the story but I want to tell you what she looks like anyway. Is that ok?
She has long brown hair, shes a teenager, black eyes, pale skin, no make-up or jewelry and her traits would be (on the sims 3) Loves the Outdoors, Brave, Family-Oriented, Neat, and Perfectionist. *sighs* She was such a great person with a happy life and great traits. It’s hard to believe she commited suicide. When I get the sims 3 I’ll make a story about my perfect happy family-oriented cousin who lived a great 13 years of life. R.I.P. Ashley… Sorry if this is depressing. I’m just so depressed about Ashley’s death. Sorry again about the sad post. Bye Misty
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Sure, it’s ok.
She sounds like she was a great person, and I’m sorry for your loss. (((hugs)))
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Instead of neat it would probably be Friendly.
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Why do I think that Jason might be back…in spirit at least? 😉
Awesomely done as always. I was sad he didn’t make it, but if he was going to die, I was glad he did it saving the woman he loved.
“And though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil….”
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Thank you!
And yeah, if he had to go that is the way he would have chosen.
I think both possible endings to that phrase apply. “for thou art with me” and “for I am the baddest mf’er in the valley”. 😉
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Even if hes dead can’t she turn him into a ghost or something??? If she does she can fall in love with him again.
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OMG!!! Oh no, poor Jason, and poor Lilith. Wow, I can’t wait to find out what she does now, I kinda saw Jason as some kinda life support for her in the last couple updates, and now I’m wondering what she’ll do without him, and without some kinda life preserver to cling to. Amazing work as always, I really love this story, I’m constantly looking for updates on it, lol.
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Yep. That’s why he had to go really. What will she do on her own?
And awww, thank you. 🙂 I also really love it, and that’s why there are frequent updates. Might get started on the next one after dinner.
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Gosh, I can’t believe I haven’t commented on this yet! I really hope Jason isn’t dead, though by the looks of it, he might be. 😦 But… Lilith is alive at least! Yes, Team Lilith!
How in the world did you get Jason to look so calm admist all that flame? Is he a naturally calm sim?
And oh, I decided to make a sim-self today and I moved her (me) into that exact same house. Remind me to hire someone to ward it against Seth… 😉
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Jason’s dead, yeah. /salute
He had the brave trait. And it showed. Sigh – must go look at Seth pics again and not get all emo about Jason!
LOL! I went through a couple of houses but stayed with that one because of all the blue. I think Jason would have liked blue.
OMG need Seth fix! Of course, new plans mean that it might be three updates now until I get to write his first line.
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Wow! I should make a painting out of one of Jason’s pics and hang it up in that house as a little shrine. 😉
And oh, I feel silly. I did comment on this before! I thought I did! Still, what I said both times is still true!
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I’ve been following this story since you started, and this is the first time I’ve felt needed to comment. I really liked Jason (My son’s name) and am terribly sad he died.
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I’m sorry. He really was a great character and I hated to do it and I’m having a bit of a struggle getting over him myself. If it helps at all – I hope you keep reading and I don’t want to spoil anything but the ending won’t be too horribly depressing. Although I have a draft of the next update open and the pictures are kind of scaring me even a little. Lilith is not in a happy place at the moment.
And Jason is a great name – in high school I had a crush on a guy named Jason.
I’m sorry. I still think it’s how the story had to go and that it had a purpose and that it was a death worthy of him, but I am sorry that I made people upset.
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Aww poor Lilith! An exellent chapter, love it!
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Thanks. 🙂 I was afraid that I made some people upset with it, but it’s how things had to go.
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NOOOO!!! JAAAAAAAASOOOOON!!!!! YOU AND LILITH WERE PERFECT TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!! NOOOO!!!! *sobs* (I actually cried when I read this post D’:)
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Awww, *hugs*
My husband read the Fire Death Alone trilogy all in one go after I published Alone (he hadn’t read the story in a few weeks) and I will always remember the look he gave me when he finished. 🙂
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poor lilth thinking about him must be awful now
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Jason, Jason, Jason… all he wanted to do was love Lilith. At least he was able to show just how much he loved her in the end.
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Yeah. I remember at the time – it was like he accepted it. Like he said it was okay, that he understood he had to go for the story, as long as I made it worthy of him. And I think I did.
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:’-( Rest in peace, Jason.
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It had to happen. If it helps – he is around in Howling at the Moon, which is in the same universe as Moonfall and which I do plan to go back to one day.
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Yay! That’s good to know! I’ll make sure to check it out once I’m finished reading “In the Valley…”.
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That was awesome! Though sad as well. Poor Jason, and poor Lilith especially. She’s been through a lot.
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Yeah – this was the most viewed chapter, and I think a few people stopped reading after it. But he had to go, for the sake of the story. And Lilith, man – I pushed her to the edge, didn’t I? 🙂
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I totally agree that Jason had to die for the story to work. Such are the sad realities of storytelling. 🙂
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Jason died!?!?! Oh no… sadness…. tears…. I mean, it works for the plot, and it’s in character, but poor Lilith and oh Jason so did not deserve to die. He was such a sweet guy. What’s going to happen next?
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Yeah, I know. It had to be done, but I hated to do it.
By the way, we watch Walking Dead now, and whenever they start building a character up to make you like them right before killing them, the spousal person says “They’re Jasoning them.”
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That’s awesome. Yeah you tugged on heartstrings.
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