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I have to post these because they’re so cute! Of course, Aileen and Colin Blackburn are one of my favorites 🫶🏻

• Aileen’s favorite colors are black, blue, grey. Colin’s are also black, brown, green. Their style is definitely inspired by dark academia

• Colin’s biological parents came from the Windenburg area. It is unknown how they died, Colin was given to foster care by a distant relative.

• Aileen and Colin had their first date in a sushi restaurant in Oasis Springs. Colin asked her to marry him in a sushi restaurant in Mt Komorebi 😄

• My initial plan was for Colin to pursue the paranormal investigator career and Aileen to make jewelry but as the packs were buggy, I changed the storyline 😅

• Aileen and Colin’s relationship has a “wholesome” dynamic. While they do enjoy wohoo, their relationship is strongly built on affection and time spent with each other. It’s a complete opposite to Aileen’s relationship with Lewis (who cheated on her with her sister), Lewis was basically always demanding wohoo, they never had deep conversations. With Colin, Aileen feels “seen” as herself, which is why she loves him so deeply. Colin never had a loving relationship growing up and Aileen’s quirky personality, intelligence and relationship with her family was what made him want to get to know her more. 🩷

I love these two so much! Thank you for the ask @ruthplaysthesims 🫶🏻

Always Keep Simming - Remembrance Day..

TW: Death and Grief.

This episode takes place at the graveyard. I try to give the matter a more wholesome atmosphere but if you feel uncomfortable with this topic just scroll ahead, your wellbeing is most important. I understand, I still deal with loss of loved ones and probably will do so forever 🫶🏻

Otherwise, keep reading for Aileen’s adventure at the graveyard ⬇️

Remembrance Day was a holiday Aileen had been equally dreading and excited for for years. It was only from this day until Spooky Day that ghosts were visible to those without the ability to see them - unfortunately Aileen wasn’t one of those sims that got that trait innately. For this reason, the days between Remembrance Day and Spooky Day were a fantastic opportunity for all studies of the occult and paranormal. Aileen was sure that one day, she’d make a groundbreaking discovery on one of these days!

However, these were also the only days in a year that she could see her grandmother. Waiting for four seasons to only be able to spend a couple days together was bittersweet.

Whenever Aileen visited her grandmother’s grave, she told her about everything that had occurred in her life. Though she couldn’t always see her grandmother, she always felt as if someone was listening and sometimes, just sometimes, she would feel a cold breeze pass by in the narrow chamber… and so it was on this Remembrance Day as well.

Aileen told her grandmother about her grandfather Alexander, who’d been dealing with severe mental health issues the past months. Her grandmother had passed far too early and Aileen was now in a position to be able to investigate how to revive a sim. As she told her grandmother about this, she felt the same cold breeze pass by and exit into the hallway…

At first, she couldn’t see anyone in the dimly lit hallway. Then suddenly, she heard the familiar voice of her grandmother’s ghost whispering in her ear “Aileeen… Aileeen… my sweet baby Aileeeen”.

She turned around and there she was! Delilah O’Neil, not in flesh, but in spirit. Though she couldn’t truly touch her, Aileen wrapped her arms around her grandmother for a pretend-hug. She showed Delilah current pictures of the family and little Gavin and Gemma.

As Aileen was about to tell her grandmother about her plans, the graveyard’s keeper, Lady Patella, interrupted them. Aileen was less than excited about her sudden arrival and even Delilah felt uncomfortable. But thankfully, Delilah had heard everything Aileen had told her urn and she requested to see her husband in person. In fact, Alexander was already on his way to Willow Creek that moment. So, Aileen promised her grandmother to come again and bring her grandfather with her.

Before she left, she placed a red rose - Delilah’s favorite flower- in front of the turn. “See you soon, granny”, she said and turned to leave the graveyard.

Lady Patella waited for Aileen at the entrance of the mausoleum.

“The spirits told me you’ve been exploring the Temple in Selvadorada”, she said. “I have, indeed”, Aileen replied. “Why do you ask?” Lady Patella’s eyesockets appeared strangely familiar wet. “Many many centuries ago, my husband went on an expedition there and never returned. The spirits tell me he’s still wandering around the Temple and unable to leave, he’s bound to that place”. Patella looked wistfully into the darkness of the night. “I became a graveyard keeper to meet his spirit here one day, but he never came”, she said.

Aileen was baffled, to say the least. Did this mean that Lady Patella was the Temple Guardian’s wife!?

"i must have flowers, always, and always." - claude monet

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