Chapter 1.1: A cold wind was blowing from the north

 Silvia Winter recently graduated from high school. She grew up in Sunset Valley with her uncle's family. It wasn't a bad childhood and she appreciated all her uncle did to make her feel like part of the family.

However, now that she's a young adult, she decided that it was high time to move out. Not only did she want to move out of her uncle's house, she also wanted to move to a different neighborhood. Sunset Valley was nice, peaceful and quiet. Some people liked that, Silvia not so much. She wants to become a journalist, and Sunset Valley was too quiet for that. Sure it had its own share of drama and gossip, but that was it. After a bit of research, her heart is set on moving to Grey Meadows. It's bleak, it's grey, and there are rumours about illegal activies. The whole rise of Quailhogs Inc., the biggest corporation in that neighborhood, is shrouded in mystery. Some uneducated people have been hinting involvement of vampires. Silvia wonders how bad the public education system in Grey Meadows must be if some people seriously believe in vampires.

There was one catch in the whole moving process, though. Turns out that it's not cheap to get a house in Grey Meadows, and Silvia would prefer not to depend on her uncle too much. The solution came in the form of a housemate.

Irwin Kirkwood is a friend of a friend. They went to the same school together, but didn't really know each other. Irwin knew about Silvia. Silvia was popular in school, smart and pretty. Guys were all around her. She's wearing pretty professional clothes right now and doesn't seem like it, but Irwin heard people talking about what a party animal she really is. Truth be told, Irwin has had a crush on Silvia ever since he first met her. They were in the same bio class in highschool once, and Irwin fell hard for her.

 He likes that about her. Silvia was smart and ambitious. She never slacked off on studying, but that didn't mean she didn't go out to play either. Irwin was also smart, but he lacked social skills. People just eluded him. But Silvia, she sparkled. Irwin was hopelessly in love. When he heard about Silvia looking for a person to share a rent in Grey Meadows, he begged and begged his one friend to tell Silvia that he's also looking for a roommate in Grey Meadows. He hadn't thought of moving to Grey Meadows before. He wants to become an inventor, so location doesn't really matter. Irwin couldn't believe his luck when Silvia agreed to be housemates with him.

Silvia and Irwin meet up in Grey Meadows. Silvia believes that this is the first time they are meeting each other. Her first impression of Irwin is far from flattering. He looks messy and unkempt, a total slob. Still, Silvia tries to do some small talk and get to know her future roommate.

"Hi, you must be Irwin. I'm Silvia. Nice to meet you. Hope we'll get along well."

"Um, yea. Yea me too." Irwin stammers and fails at communication. The conversation quickly comes to a halt. They awkwardly get in the elevator together to go up and see their new home.

The room is rather small: it's a one room studio with a bathroom and a tiny kitchen area. There is one large double bed in the studio. Silvia and Irwin stare at each other awkwardly.

They quickly make a trip to buy some furniture. Luckily, since they are splitting the rent, they have enough money left over to buy new furniture.

Silvia learns that Irwin is an aspiring Inventor. She's a little worried that his workstation might produce a lot of mess. Irwin assures her that the mess will be contained within his workspace. He quickly steals a glance at Silvia. He still can't believe that he'll be living with for the next year, atleast. 

As soon as they settle down, Silvia heads out to join the journalism career. She's very eager to start working. While Silvia is gone, Irwin fiddles around with what he has. He wants to become a registered inventor, but in order to do that he needs at least some kind of invention to prove that he is capable of the job.

After a bit of fiddling around Irwin decides to check out the local junkyward for some scraps.

 After joining the journalism career, Silvia spend some time wandering around the neighborhood and gather information from the locals. While walking around the park, she passes by a weird sim. Silvia paused, blinked, and blinked again. What a pervert! She can't believe he's just sitting in the park like that. She overhears some locals gossiping about the weird sim. His name is Ewan Burke. Silvia is grossed out, but also intrigued. She throws furtive glances at him. He looks pretty handsome, he's also supposed to be a doctor. She wonders what's the story behind this guy is.

After scouting the neighborhood she heads to a local bar. Sadly, the place she chose is dead tonight. Silvia is a bit worried about the living arrangements. She's happy that she was able to save money by finding a roommate. She thought, since it was a friend of a friend, there wouldn't be much problems about rooming with a shady character. Irwin is not shady, not even a bit. But, he's a bit odd. He seems friendly enough though. He seemed a bit shy, reserved. But harmless, and nice. She orders a drink for herself, and then decides to head back home.

 This is the first day of her adulthood. Silvia was looking forward to spending a wild night tonight. She's bummed out that didn't happen, and she sulks, and walks back home. On her way back home she spots a man standing alone by the river. She recognizes him immediately. He's Basil Q. Jaughook. He's name popped up everywhere when she was researching Grey Meadows. There were also a lot of rumors saying that he's a vampire. Some even claimed that he's THE vampire in Grey Meadows.

She briefly thinks about how it's a little dangerous. It's late at night, she's a little drunk, and she can't see anyone else nearby. But Silvia was deflated from her bar experience and looking for something special to commemorate her first night at Grey Meadows. She decides to approach him. Basil seem to be in a mellow mood. They engage in casual conversation, bordering flirtatious. They find out that both are singles. Silvia would have liked to get to know this intriguing character more, but she realizes she's exhausted from moving around all day, and has to start work tomorrow, so they say their goodbyes.

 Both exhausted, they both have good dreams that night

 The first morning they have together. Irwin likes it.

Silvia is in a rush, so by the time Irwin gets out of his shower, Silvia is gone. Both Silvia and Irwin are busy trying to settle down. They haven't had much time to get to know each other. So far, it seems like they are pretty compatible as roommates.

 Irwin spends that day reading about logic and handiness. He's grateful that Silvia is a bookworm, and remembered to buy a bookshelf. He also enjoys reading on Silvia's desk.

With inspiration from logic and handiness books, Irwin heads to the junkyard again. He meets a simbot and is amazed. He's only ever read about simbots before. Simbots are the epitome of sim inventions. Irwin just stares at the simbot for awhile. Finally, the simbot decides to initiate a conversation. Irwin is just awe-struck. He learns that the simbot is a busker. He wonders whether the simbot is able to produce sentimental music, or just plays notes technically. He forgets to ask the simbot his name. Irwin hopes he will run into him another day. He thinks he's a him. He's not really sure.

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Chaper Notes:
Generation Roll:
Couple
2 children
Journalist
Inventor
Perfect Career
Live your Traits

Title: "a cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things" -George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones


Hihi!! So, I've been playing sims for a while now, but I'm new to the whole storytelling aspect and also doing a legacy. I've attempted normal legacies before but usually stop around 3rd generation. I've been lurking around in MTS and reading several people's random legacy blogs. It sounded like so much fun, so I decided to give it a try!

mm, English isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there are glaring grammar mistakes. :\

Hope you've enjoyed the first chapter! Any comments or suggestions are always welcome!