Oh. Oh my.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

flippin heck.
hah "bugger that for a game of soldiers" I SAY THAT SO MUCH. lol. fantastic. worth the wait :)

yay! great chapter. can't wait for more ^_^

wtf... emily and tristan not emily and stone goshshhh :( IT WAS AMAZING!

I'm most disappointed with the fact that Mary and James don't remember what happened between them :(

But it was an amazing chapter. It adds to the angst ;)

Yes! I've caught up!

Fantastic with a capital "F!" You gals are amazing. :D

Hope you don't mind my asking, but how did you get your sims to do actions that don't seem to be part of the game --- like the tucking in of adults and when Obsidian grabbed Emily.

Heh, you also might be happy to know that aside from Chris, I'm also now in love with Markus and Andy...

*runs away blushing*

Thanks for the tip. Although because it's a boolprop thing, I'm reluctant to use it. I think I'll just have to find another way to portray certain things --- that or just resort to text, as usual. :p

God I love Andy, too. And Markus... rarrr!!! lol I love all our boys, though. :D

You are so lucky because you get to play with them whenever you like. I have to wait until you update. ;)

To echo this- snapObjectsToGrid and allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation won't mess up the game. The testingCheatsEnabled is what has the potential for chaos. ^_^

Thanks for the tip! :)

*grins*

If I had been in your place, I wouldn't be able to get any work done because I'd be too busy drooling...

Ohhh. Poor Tristan!

But I like the whole feeling of *what could have happened if the situation was different?*. How things just happen by chance. So fleeting. That's how I interpreted it, anyhow.

And part 7 made me cry. You rock.

i am SO glad you make huge updates. i couldn't handle it , if it was a small update here and there like i do. :-P i've been waiting all week for this one!! hahaha
while i was reading, i was like YES YES YES mary and james are FINALLY getting together, because to me, it awlays seemed they were attracted to each other, because of the constant picking. LOL I really like Mary Alot.
i was also glad that tristan was finally getting emily. He looked so sexy in that pic where he was like : you know i've been trying to get you alone all night" lol

damn that virus!!!! lol

my favorite line: o0o scary i think i need to change my knickers! LOL

i am totally part of the "tristan fandom" lmao :DDD

That was awesome.

this was great, i loved it. can't wait for more =)

I loved the new chapters, but I missed James' hair. *lol* Kissing Mary made up for it, though. *happygrin*

nooooo.... i was so happy that tristan and emily were together!! damn andy!

YAY!! update!! And a looooong update too - even better!

I'm really getting into this now - aww I was so sad to see everyone forget what had happened to them. But I'm glad to see Mary getting on better with James now.

Can't wait for the next chapter!

*commenting much later than should be allowed* Many many many apologies.

First off, I just wanted to share an anecdote. I was in Stop & Shop yesterday picking up a few things for my mum and I passed the book section while looking for a 12 items or less register and I saw some book by Dan Brown called Deception Point. I looked at it and my immediate thought was, "It's Deception PASS, moron!"

Erm. Yeah. Go me.

Anyway. This chapter.

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Now that that's out of the way, to be more specific.

WHAT A PLOT TWIST!! I was wondering what that mutated virus was going to end up doing, but killing memories was not one of my suspicions. It's a very interesting concept, exploring how the erasure of bad memories can change a person. You warned that part 7 was disturbing, but it ended up being my favorite out of all of them. (But then, I'm me. Disturbing is right up my alley. I'm a Bright Eyes fan for God's sake...) That section in particular was extremely well done, and offered a lot of insight into all of the characters' motivations. ("Ohhhhh THAT'S why Andy is the way he is!") Kudos kudos kudos!

Of course, I squeed like a fangirl at the Tristan/Emily goodness, and was very amused by Mary/James (omg JAMES'S HAIR!!!!! HAHAHAHA!), but I agree with them that "something's wrong." They're only getting together because there's been some sort of insecurity removed from their characters. I'm really interested to see how it plays out, because that's a hard thing to do, dramatically altering all of your characters mid-plot.... I have faith in you, of course. ^_^ I just hope they'll regain their memories and THEN realize they're all madly in love, because that makes it a much more satisfying victory for all us fangirls. It makes you think, though... what are we but the sum of our memories, and how much of life do we limit ourselves from as a result of being hurt?

Gah, you guys are teh fabulous!! XD

My favorite line this time around: "We had a dog with a cough like that. We had to put her down."

And I love how before James wondered if Mary was running a fever I kept looking at her and thinking something looked wrong about her face. I thought she looked like a porcelain doll, really pale with those too rosy cheeks. Then it was like James jumped into my head and thought the same thing. Your attention to detail is incredible like that. (Another example being the freckles on Emily's chest and back.) It's so easy to forget they're all simulated people with these amazingly specific details you give them. (Let's not even get started on Tristan's tattoos... *fans self*)

Loved the gang of vampires, even if their time with us was short lived. I am wondering how long Tristan and James can go before Mary and Emily figure out they're vampires too... Why don't they just tell them? Well, I guess it might be kind of traumatizing since their experience with vampires thus far hasn't been very positive, but it should be kind of like, "Heeey, we're not all bad!" Hmmm. I'm sure I'll get to see how that plays out eventually....

I'm glad Serge was out of town for this chapter. I was like, "Oh good, he's been spared the lunacy..." I also really liked how Markus seemed to get a lot more timid after forgetting his particular painful memory. Goes to show how much that experience toughened him up.

I think that's all for now. AMAZING work as always, and I am for the next chapter so I can see what happens to everyone.

XD

Ohh.. OHHHHH!!! LMAO suddenly the ending makes a lot more sense to me now. D'OH.

It could have been more fevered reading on my part than lack of clarity on your part, but making it more obvious can't hurt... but then, this is why you let other people read it -- gauging their reactions lets you tweak details and make the story the strongest it can be. (Can you *tell* I'm a writing major yet? :P Gah... so many workshops...)

And seriously, Dan Brown has no right. Deception Pass is clearly better than Deception Point. Not that I have any idea what his novel is about, but yeah.

I hate it when that happens. I was working on a novel when I was 16 called Out of Sight, and shortly after I started it was horrified to learn that title was already the name of a movie with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in it. *facepalm*

And my newest story is tentatively titled Blackbird (I really suck at titles), and like last week was rooting about a pile of books my mum's friend had lent her, and sure enough found some sort of memoir titled Blackbird. GAAAH. Can't win.

Maybe I'll change it to something like The Blackbird Chronicles because that sounds more fun anyway. Heh...

OOH! I loved it. Sorry for my late comment, I was at camp! :D

WHY?? WHY??? IT WAS ALL SO PERFECT UNTIL THOSE SCIENTISTS BARGED IN AAND RESTORED THEIR MEMORIES!!!

Great chapter! I especially like the way James has remembered Mary's middle name, it's a great touch. I wonder if she'll ever realise he knows it mysteriously?

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Things are back to normal, yay! I like how they all feel there's been things that changed or that they've missed. And poor Tristan back to wishing Emily wasn't with Andy. I did like the whole "what could have been" though :)

He called her Mary Jo! Clearly the memory wipe wasn't completely effective.

I've been meaning to come and read this for, oh, 6 years now? You mentioning on your Tumblr that you're reading it again right now is what finally made me do so.

I'm enjoying it so far, and really looking forward to the later series (since you're happier with the writing from about 20 on).

I hope you decide to revisit these stories.

Also, Deception Pass! Makes me homesick! I've lived in Kansas for over three years now, but I miss the Sound so much.