So there you have it. The Barimen Legacy has finally played out to the end. I wrote the very first words of the legacy, “Meet Julian”,  on October 10, 2009. Looking back, my catalyst for the blog was a story named “Alice and … Continue reading Afterthoughts

Moira wakes from her nap, then breathes in a deep dose of invigorating, springtime air being offered to her by the French countryside villa she now calls home.   Gerard had taken Louis fishing, and left little Emilie behind, leveraging the pretense of mother and daughter enjoying … Continue reading Chapter 9.21 – Sunset

Moira sprints away from the small cabin as her head swirls with confused images and conflicting emotions.   The flashes of her mother, pregnant and heavy with an unborn child (her brother), and of her father returning home from work, … Continue reading Chapter 9.20 – Gold

From the diary of Moira McAllister I write this in the earliest hours of daylight, having woken up from another restless sleep.   All I think about now is the algorithm, which stubbornly refuses to be silent in my head. … Continue reading Chapter 9.19 – Marshal

From the diary of Moira McAllister:   How is it that I am able to know events that both precede and follow me, as though I had been there myself?   I’ve come to care about, cry with, and mourn … Continue reading Chapter 9.17 – Beginning

From the diary of Moira McAllister~ I’ve never spoken to Papa regarding my intuition about the two angelic creatures who left me here (my parents, presumably). He’s never told me about them, but I know they exist. I can’t explain how. I … Continue reading Chapter 9.16 – Threads

Adam wakes to find brilliant, blue eyes searching for some kind of coherent awareness.   The smile he sees, is one he’d seen many times during his visit to distant memories. Is this just a memory now? The smell of smoke in his … Continue reading Chapter 9.15 – Goodbye

The ground begins to rumble beneath Kacey’s feet, as though Sunset Valley itself were in upheaval over Hendrake’s assault.   Kacey has seen, firsthand, the vast network of underground caverns and tunnels beneath Sunset Valley. And she can sense now, that they … Continue reading Chapter 9.14 – Needle

Kacey cringes while Jopin re-applies his concoction of gross-smelling seaweed to Adam’s badly burnt limbs, chest, and face.   Deep inside, Kacey recognizes there is little cause for concern. She had personally suffered cataclysmic trauma. The sims around her had literally been … Continue reading Chapter 9.13 – Dagger

A blazing, golden beam of light breaks through the smoke and flames that greedily engulf the Barimen Estate.   Weak and incapacitated, Adam expends the last of his strength to escape the raging hell-fire surrounding him. He sails through the air in a … Continue reading Chapter 9.12 – Lighthouse

Given his present condition, there is not much else he can do now, but watch and wait.   Corwin had been the one to set him down this path. There is no point in placing blame, regardless of how easy … Continue reading Chapter 9.11 – Thunder

Every relationship she has ever known during her curiously long life, has resulted in nothing but grief and pain.   There was one exception. At seemingly random intervals, a boy would appear to her in place of David, or occasionally, his … Continue reading Chapter 9.10 – Nowhere

It is a universal truism that any confrontation in any schoolyard, will immediately attract a throng of vocal and rebellious kids itching to see a fight.   And when this fails to happen one afternoon after school, Adam realizes there is something very, very wrong. Adam had been discussing his birthday with friends after dismissal.   It took less than a minute for them to scatter after Noah overheard this, and pushed his way through; leaving he and Adam face-to-face, alone in the schoolyard. It was as though Sunset Valley had held its breath. Not a bird was left chirping, and not … Continue reading Chapter 9.9 – Inferno

The warehouse has seen a considerable uptick in activity since Corwin’s destruction, and the subsequent release of a creature that had been unwillingly bound to him.   The creature has since taken on a more sim-like appearance, but is no … Continue reading Chapter 9.8 – Hendrake

Author’s note: This post depicts situations and imagery that some readers may find unsettling. Please read at your discretion. Makayla has been keeping a little secret.   Actually, it hasn’t really be that much of a secret at all. Evidently, everybody except Adam had already figured it out weeks ago; even his girlfriend, Flora. They all enjoy a good laugh when the dumbstruck expression of awareness first appears on Adam’s face. Then his cheeks turn bright red after he grasps how, exactly, Makayla came to be pregnant.   Makayla mercifully ends his discomfort with a maternal hug, then invites him to … Continue reading Chapter 9.7 – Retribution