Gender Defenders: Behind The Scenes - Chapter Twelve: Change of Heart
Sam the T-man:
Preface
First it was a teen drama that flopped, then it was a thread to house what would have been contest entries had either of them made it. (Yes, I know one had another chance, but meh :P) This time it's a bit of a mixture - during my stint in Gender Defenders, this vivid imagination of mine woke up from its rest from Uni to bombard my mind once more with story ideas. I needed somewhere to put them, so here they are :) Title slide courtesy of last mini-task in fact, was so proud of it I decided to show it off ;)
A word about the format though: this is a little different to how I usually write. To save you from skipping to the contest to catch up, I'm mixing my entries into this story, although those of you also watching/participating will notice a few differences here and there, nothing major but there'll be times you'll think "That wasn't there before." Think of this as a director's cut ;) Anyway, back to the point, the contest is run like a reality show of sorts, and that's how I've written my entries. You'll have periods where it will seem like he's talking to the camera, and other parts that revert to normal dialogue, which are generally the parts the "viewer" doesn't see. I hope it isn't too confusing, but that's the best way I found to do this.
Before anyone complains about there not being enough background on the character, I left it out on purpose - round one's mini-task goes a little more in-depth so I handle it then ;) Enough of me babbling, I'll let you get on with it - enjoy! :)
Acknowledgements
Since there seems to be a little confusion over which sim belongs to who, I'm putting up this little list of credits to the sim-makers concerned:
Alec Banks and his Mum - adalita
Kiichi "Kii" Misho - brendabond
Zamir Nuñez - nextor_torres
Katsumi Takahashi - erica_jean
Autumn McPherson - skizicks
Ginny Harris - aprilcrow
Rowan Murphy - 3Alissa
Sims were downloaded from links in the contest chatter thread, apart from Alec's Mum, who I asked ever so nicely for in a PM :angel: All other sims are my own :)
Sam the T-man:
Chapter One - Preparation
Hi folks! Leo Sedoni at your service! I'm fourteen and live in a quiet suburb known as Alpinloch, tucked away somewhere in East Sussex, England. I'm one of triplets, living with my sister Joanne, brother Luca, Mum Emily and Dad Evan... and we're all about the same age. Yep, even the parents. Work that one out if you can... Well okay. Dad's fifteen and Mum's seventeen, but we all get to go to school together - St Grey's Private School, which some while ago offered night time hours. We could go during the day, but who else can say they get to go to school with their parents? Ashamed? Why should I be? They may be... different, but that's all the more reason to love 'em!
Mum and Dad want to get rich, I want to get famous. Luckily for me though, I got his musical talent. I also got his good looks! Should make the job a little easier, huh?
Rock on baby! No the others don't complain about the music, we all sing and dance to it – yes we're all fruitcakes, best way to be!
It's not just me into music - we're all just as bad as each other. I have to fight for a turn on the piano, and make the most of it when I get the chance to practise.
I'm too funny too, I'm always making my folks laugh. Too modest for my own good, I know… No that's not Mum, that's my sister.
I couldn’t get a picture of Mum I’m afraid, although you can see her back in the second to last shot – cameras and her don’t get on. Anyway, this isn’t about her… Sooo, not a bad application, huh? I’ve never entered anything like this before. You may well ask why I’d go for something like this, boys competing against girls when I live with two of each. You really wanna know? Fun! That and meeting new people; this town’s a little too close if you get me – everyone not only knows everyone else, most of them are related too! Our family’s huge – Dad’s surname is Turilli. Sound familiar? Yeah, thought so – he had his own story to tell at some point. He doesn’t like to admit it, but he’s just as musical as he is lyrical. They say talent’s hereditary too, luckily for us! Thanks to a good number of them being vampires, the Turillis have practically taken over the town, although the Staropolis are in fierce competition. Not as many vampires on their side, but with the two families mingling at certain points you have to be careful who you ask out these days. Mum and Dad brought our cousins home once, way back when my brother, sister and I were still at junior school. They’re both gay, as is one of my Uncles, one of my Aunts too I think he said. Still, as much as I could go on for ages about my family tree, this isn’t getting me packed…
The keyboard? Haha… I didn’t feel lucky enough to stay somewhere with a piano, so I wound up pestering my parents for one of my own. Not a full-blown piano obviously, but something more portable. Plays like a dream too. The bedroom isn’t me? No, it certainly isn’t! It’s been like that since I was little – Mum and Dad didn’t want to force their tastes on us, so they went for a neutral approach. Trouble is, when they realised we did like the same things, they only had enough to do up Jo’s room. Despite the size of our house they’re not rich – apparently even that wasn’t bought with their money, but was a gift from Dad’s folks. … I’m doing it again, I need to focus on getting this done… Let’s see; got my posters, got my clothes… where’d I put that list again? Here we are… yep, yep, yep… Great, let’s get out of here! Can’t wait to meet the others!
Here we are… hold on. Four? I thought there were five of us? Oh well, let’s see who we have here…
“Hi guys!” I greet cheerfully as I approach. Two of them at least seem to be just as chirpy, although the other seems a little quiet. Oh don’t you worry my friend, if I don’t see to that I’m sure these other guys will!
“Hi!” the Asian looking guy replies, “I’m Kiichi, but you can call me Kii.”
“Pleased to meet you!” I grin, stretching out my hand, “I’m Leo.”
He accepts with a smile, but soon frowns as he looks about himself before addressing me again.
“Leo?”
“Why, what’s up?”
“Well, that’s Zamir,” he introduces, indicating a Latino looking guy, “and that’s Alec,” he finishes, gesturing to the quiet one in the sweater.
I rub my chin thoughtfully. “I thought we were missing someone,” I remark, “Rick I think his name is.”
“Oh yeah,” Alec chips in, “Something came up, he had to drop.”
“Oh,” I nod in acknowledgement, before smiling as I note his accent. “You from Oz?”
“Is it that obvious?” he chuckles, “Yeah, I’m from Sydney.”
“Cool!” I smile, looking about me. Kii may look Asian, but his accent’s as American as you can get. Meanwhile there’s this Zamir, who seems as able to keep still as me. Meaning, he can’t.
“What’s up?” I ask him, “You’re jumpy as a flea on a hot brick.”
“What?” he checks in reply, and continues to speak with a thick Spanish accent, “Sorry, my English not so good.”
I think to myself for a minute. I remember Dad mentioning that Italian and Spanish are that similar, the two can understand each other. Now, Dad’s half Italian, and Mum can speak a multitude of languages, although so as not to confuse us she sticks to his Dad’s mother tongue. Worth a try if nothing else.
“S’cuse me a minute guys,” I say to the others, before addressing Zamir, repeating in Italian what I said to him earlier.
He bats his eyelids in surprise for a moment, before smiling in befuddlement.
“Oh,” he replies, “I need to do something, not this standing around.”
At this I laugh. “Damn, you’re as bad as me!” I tease, repeating in Italian after getting another puzzled look. “So, where’re you from?”
“Puerto Rico,” he replies. Before we have time to talk any more, one of the camera crew approach – is it that time already?
“So, been breaking the ice?” he asks.
“I hope so!” I grin in reply. The man holds a note, which he passes to me.
“First task,” he says, “Don’t worry, it’s not ‘til tomorrow. Plenty of time to get your clues sorted out.”
“Clues?” I check, before reading the note.
Hi guys, and welcome to Gender Defenders! For your first task, you have a scavenger hunt at a house not far from here. You’ll be taken there in the morning, but in the meantime you’ll need some riddles! Find someone to write them out and hide them – you’ll find the map to the house and a sealed envelope in your home for the next four weeks. They’re for whoever’s writing the riddles, but no cheating! You’ll have one of the cameramen with you to make sure you don’t open it. Oh, and it’s five to a team – the girls have five, so it’s only fair that you do too. Good luck!
“Oh for sure!” Zamir exclaims, “We have only four!”
I’m already getting some ideas though. A smile slowly spreads across my face as I become grateful for being able to keep my mobile, at least for now.
Niirachi:
Looks good so far. :D Your Sims are so shiny; I can't stop staring.
Sam the T-man:
Now this is encouraging! Thanks! :D I must point out though, the other three sims that Leo meets aren't mine - for round 1 we had to download each other's sims, and we just keep using them throughout the contest. Kii's creator is brendabond, Zamir belongs to nextor_torres (sp?), and Alec is adalita's :) As for them being shiny, that's a combination of good skins and application of certain Photoshop techniques to give a more ambient feel ;) Glad you like it anyway!
Niirachi:
Yeah. :D My friend told me that some Sims creators used Photoshop to enhance the Sims, etc, but despite having Photoshop myself, I can never figure out how to do that so I'm in awe. XD
You downloaded other people's Sims? You mean it's a competition? o.o
Can't wait for the next installment though. ^___^ Refreshing to read something that doesn't spawn from tragedy.
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