Chapter 1.19

     "There are many kinds of Occults.  Vampires, werewolves, faeries, witches, and still more.  We tend to live in loose communities within Sim cities and towns.  Wherever we thrive best.
     "We live in a loose state of isolation, there is no city of only Occults but within our communities we tend to keep to ourselves and associate only with other Occults.  The trouble comes when we have children.  If we stayed in isolation our bloodlines would become too entangled so most young adults will seek a partner out among the Sims."

     "Vampires like myself have great physical strength and the night enhances our physical and mental capabilities still more.  We, like our fictional counterparts, need blood to survive.  Either a willing donor or a special plant called plasma fruit takes care of our dietary needs.  Unlike fiction we are not immortal, we just have a very long lifespan.  Almost five times the lifespan of a sim."

     "We live in very small groupings, usually no more than three or four and their partners and families.  Vampires have fertility trouble so we tend to have small families, one or two children."

     "Faeries are very similar to vampires in that they also have a lifespan greater than average and a low reproductive ability."

     "It's been theorized by Occult scientists that our low birth-rates is a trade off for our longer lives.  I tend to think that there might be some truth to that theory.

     "Faeries have wings and the ability to fly.  They also have the unique ability to use magic to create auras that effect themselves and those around them.  They tend to be highly mischievous and like to play practical jokes."

     "Witches are most like typical sims.  They share the same life span as your average sim.  They possess magic to cast spells and curses, and create enchantments.  Most tend to go into fortune telling or create elixirs to sell to sims."

     "Most Faeries and Witches don't get along but in Moonlight falls there is one infamous couple.  The Avoreen's have been together for dozens of days.  The wife is a talented witch and potion maker.  She's come up with some kind of elixir that has allowed her to remain young while her husband is aging so that she can share his life with him and their only daughter."

     "Werewolves on the other hand are a mix of a longer life span, though not as long as a faeries or vampires, and a sims high fertilty.  They live in a larger pack community.  Packs tend to be made of related families living in the same area."

     "A werewolf will have many children because they tend to have multiple births.  Twins and triplets are the most common among their pregnancies.  There is a lot of growling and snapping among them but they are fiercely loyal to one another and to their pack as a whole."

     "There are still more kinds of Occults out there.  Rumors of genies that live in lamps, living ghosts that have actual will, aliens, plant sims, mersims like you and more that may or may not even be real.  It is quite a rich and diverse world we live in, even if we aren't aware of it."

     "It does indeed sound quite wondrous.  But how has all this been kept a secret from Sims,"  Jaessana asked.

     "The we I have spoken of is the Occult council.  It's membership is made of elders from all the various types of occult's that live in Moonlight falls, since that is the seat of the occult power.  The council's job is to settle disputes among occults, ensure our secrecy and to assign positions of guardians to those occults to oversee the occults that live in other sim cities and towns."

      "I am one such guardian who was sent here to check on you.  Though the mersims tend to police themselves since Isla Paradiso is one of only three places they live in great numbers; the council has not received a report of your situation from them, so here I am."

      "You're here to check on Jae?" Everado asked.

      "Yes.  To see how she is adjusting to becoming an Occult, how her partner, you, are dealing with it and to get a family registry so that you and your children are added to the Moonlight Falls official records."

      "Which brings me to another aspect of your situation.  It's my understanding that your parents were sims Mrs. Drimagard."

     "My father and grandparents were but I know nothing of my mother or her family.  My father said she disappeared shortly after I was born and before we moved to Isla Paradiso."

     "You moved here?"

     "From Moonlight Falls actually, when I was a toddler."

     "Hmmm. I will have to do further research when I return there."

     "You also mentioned that Doc Miles will be keeping silent," Everado asked.
     "He will refrain from bringing undo attention to your wife and children.  He himself is not of the occult but he is intelligent and knows that it could be unsafe for your children and wife if they were to be outed."
      "Wouldn't sims be interested in them because they were different.  Like kids with shiny new toys?"
      "Some would, but too many would be frightened by what is different.  And that could have fatal consequences for those involved it's why we keep our existence secret in the first place."
      "Now it is getting late," Dr. Quinn said standing,  "I will leave you to your family, you have my number if you should need to contact me in the future, and I will let you know if I find anything about your mother Mrs. Drimagard.  It is unusual that she would leave you as a toddler."
       Jaessana walked her to the front door,  "Thank you for that.  And again thank you for coming out here.  You have given us a lot to think about."
      "You are very welcome.  Take care now," she said walking down to the street.  She stopped at the sidewalk and looked back at Jaessana and Everado at the doorway.  Jaessana saw her wink once before running up the sidewalk.  Before Jaessana could turn her head to follow she had disappeared.
      "Wow," Everado said.
      "Yeah," Jaessana nodded.

                                                                                                                                                  
Random Ramblings

     Okay so here is my take on the supernaturals.  Everything I came up with is a kind of piecemeal from my favorite authors.  Mixed into my own take to fit the world of Sims.

   So I am in school and haven't had much time to play.  The story is literally caught up to where I am in game.  Since I don't have time to play much I am going to take off March from posting and just play and write.  I should be back in April with the story. Hopefully even into generation two.  Man I want to play generation two already.  I'm glad I got the occults out of the way thought.  This is for those non-players that want some information.  Alright, gottat go and do some homework now.  Laters....