Lowden Valley Chronicles
Lowden Valley - a once-sleepy community that has recently become all the rage with SimCity refugees fleeing high real estate prices and even higher traffic congestion. Connected to the SimCity via a sleek new monorail, Lowden Valley is growing quickly.
The Lowden Valley stories started on a whim when I'd made a simself and threw her into an empty neighbourhood. I wasn't really serious about the stories at first, which you'll probably be able to tell from the first Cora Dixon story or two. ;-) But soon some friends gave me their simselves, and then I cajoled a few more to give me theirs, and now I have seven super Sims living in Lowden Valley with stories on the go!
While these are all "simselves", nothing I write here is intentionally meant to reflect upon the person behind the Sim, nor anyone else in life, for that matter. Names, situations, and personalities are all made up out of that tangled mass we like to refer to as "Webby's brain", but which rarely functions on a "normal" level.
The stories are listed in the chronological order I wrote them in at the right. Read from top to bottom, or pick and choose, it's up to you!
Here's an intro to the characters you'll see in these stories.
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Cora Dixon has big plans to be mayor of this suburban haven. Single, ambitious, and friendly, she believes she can make a difference for the better in the lives of those who are moving to Lowden Valley. |
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Anona Kane was one of the first of the newer residents of Lowden Valley. Attracted by the quiet, seclusive, country feel to the place, she hoped it would be the perfect place to settle down. She tells people that she moved to escape horrible neighbours back home - but is that the whole story to Miss Kane's life? |
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Millie Dockerson was an outgoing girl looking for fun and adventure. Finally out from under Mummy and Daddy's thumbs, she intended upong throwing herself fully into life - and love! She was rich - but she wanted to get richer. And the growing Lowden Valley seemed the perfect spot to set up the perfect business. But which business to start, and which would prove most profitable in this wanna-be city, would be key choices for young Millie. |
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Matt Russell was working hard to build up his private investigator status in Lowden Valley. Three years of covert operations, rich clients, and late-night stake-outs had guaranteed his good name with both the residents and the local police force. But nothing had prepared him for Anona Kane. |
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Larissa Berris grew up in Lowden Valley. Her parents had passed away while she was in college. Now she was trying to build her life and go on without them in the house she'd been raised in. She was often lonely for her parents, but at least she wasn't totally on her own... |
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Jace Doyle, childhood friend of Larissa's, roomed with her so they could save money. After all, student loans needed to be paid back. It only made sense. And his bedroom was on the opposite side of the house from hers. |
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Lily Meighrows was a realtor from SimCity. She'd helped Mayor Dixon find her cute little house. And in the search on behalf of Cora Dixon, she'd fallen in love with the little suburb herself. |
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Sierra Jones was fresh out of her long years at college and university. She had one goal - make it to the top of the journalism career ladder. She wanted it all - she wanted to own the feisty "Lowden Valley Times" newspaper. Her single-minded focus would undoubtedly help her in her career, but would it help with the rest of her life? |
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Steve Burgess ran deliveries for the local folk in Lowden Valley. He really liked his job. Getting out and seeing the people and places of his childhood home felt good after being away so long. Millie Dockerson was one of his cuter customers, that was for sure. But Steve soon found she could be stubborn as anything! Two could play that game. |
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Sloan Newcastle was sad to see such quick growth in Lowden Valley. He admired the mayor for her drive, but the town he grew up in was no longer recognizable. He really wasn't liking all the changes. However, there was one change Sloan wasn't minding - his new neighbour. She wasn't just cute, either. She was smart and driven to succeed. The only thing was, she seemed to want to keep her distance. But Sloan Newcastle had fought and won that fight before. |
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Lottie Kerrington had worked hard to afford this vacation in Lowden Valley. It had been one of the few things that got her through the last 6 months while her mother was sick and her boss was being a tyrant. When she'd found the beach house to lease, she'd been ecstatic. A month in a beach house, all on her own, no one to need her or make demands or even talk to. It sounded perfect. Of course, life is very rarely "perfect". |
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Hunter Pierpont, your typical, laid-back, easy-going surfer boy. And surf he would - for the whole month he had booked off. But when plans go awry, will he be able to keep his holiday - and his honour - intact? |
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Gabe Roch had worked hard to keep his father's contracting business going after Sam Rosh had passed away. He was proud of the fact that he was finally making a name for himself and not riding on his dad's coat tails anymore. But the last two years had hardly left time for a social life and it wasn't looking like that would change in the near future. Then he met a gutsy red-head in dire need of help. And Gabe Roch started to wonder about building something other than houses. |
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Cole Grierson. A young upstart hired as Lowden Valley City Planner in an emergency when the current city planner was forced to retire due to bad health - right in the middle of talks about a second monorail to SimCity. But Cole had proven he was worth his stripes already. And despite his unconventional look for a "desk job man", Cora Dixon had to admit he was suited for the job. She just wished he wouldn't stare at her with those eyes anymore. |