Aodh MacSithigh, Hugh to his close friends, stared at the letter on his fathers desk, he'd found it while looking for the invitation to court that his mother had sent him to get. By all appearances it was very old, possibly intended for one of his many older siblings. He'd known that his father had had a falling out with his own father and now he had a small inkling as to why. His father wanted in at the courts, and kept trying to get his children married off to members of the royal families. From what he'd read in the letter his grandfather had not been interested in keeping any ties with their cousins at court and had moved to Moonlit Falls to keep his son from using him as a pawn. The letter from his grandfather was asking his father to ask his children if one of them would be willing to move to Moonlit Falls to take over caretaker duties for a special family with ties to the world of the fae. Spotting the invite sticking out of his mother's book Aodh grabbed it and wondered how he could discreetly inquire if father had shared the letter with his siblings. Grateful that he'd been able to bow out of the court appearance due to the precise wording of the invite Aodh poked the fire and contemplated his choices. He'd been halfway down the stairs when he'd overheard his father telling his mother that he was hoping to pair Aodh off with one of the lesser princesses. Aodh'd felt himself go cold, the merest idea of being trapped into the constant formalities of the palace was enough to make him move to his sisters farm with her large brood of children. Yet, as much as he loved his nieces and nephews the concept of farm life was as appealing as serving the royal guard. Which was how several of his other siblings had avoided their fathers plans. Then their was that letter from his Grandfather Sithigh**. He could always go to Moonlit Falls and see if his grandfather was still looking for a replacement, or stay and help whatever sibling had already gone as replacement. It was late when his parents returned home. He was just about to get ready for bed when he heard his mother tell his father that they could wait until breakfast to break the news. Aodh decided that he wasn't going to wait for morning. He quickly packed just a few changes of clothes, grabbed his guitar and snuck out of the house. As Aodh silently crept away from his parents home he wondered how he could keep his father from dragging him back from Moonlit Falls. Aodh was part way to the portal for Moonlit Falls when he spotted Queen Mebd's gift for her daughter, and he knew exactly what to do to keep from being dragged back. He quickly pulled the apple he'd grabbed for a snack out of his pocket and held it out. If he succeeded he knew that Queen Mebd would banish him for good, and that would keep his father from bringing him back from Moonlit Falls. Aodh had presented himself to Ayden Van Gould per the instructions in his grandfather's letter upon arrival to Moonlit Falls. The meeting had gone well enough. Aodh learned that his grandfather had passed on with no one to replace him, that he, Aodh, would do as a replacement caretaker given he was the first blood relative to show in the few months since his grandfather had passed. Mr. Van Gould had given Aodh his grandfather's small stipend and urn saying since he was the only family to show up they were his to inherit. Mr. Van Gould explained that the stables and caretakers room were still intact should Aodh choose to live on the grounds as the new caretaker. If he didn't want to live on the grounds then there was enough from the stipend to get lodging's off the ground. Mr. Van Gould also explained that as the first blood relative to show he was blood tied through a permanently binding contract to the estate and the keeper of the Kinnaird family origins and lineage secret. Aodh slightly familiar with fae contracts asked about the loophole, because all contracts had one as a way out. Mr. Van Gould nodded, there were two as a matter of fact. The first was for the estates heir to grant him leave to go and never return unless desired, and there were no clauses to prevent him from asking to be released from the contract. The second was exactly what Aodh had run away from in the first place, to marry into the family. Mr. Van Gould explained that Aodh had until sundown to decide as he needed to know whether to notify the new heirs, with whom he was meeting with the next day, that there would be a caretaker on the grounds or not. Aodh sat on the beach and contemplated what to do next. Whether it was fate or not he'd just tied himself for good to an ancient branch of the royal family, just not the way his father would have wanted. He had three choices and he wasn't sure which one to choose. He pulled out his guitar and aimlessly played a rueful tune that told the tale of unintended consequences while watching to young women further down the beach, whom he decided were quite rebellious like himself after seeing them quickly strip to their swimsuits at the waters edge. They had bumped into him by accident as they'd tumbled out of the transport booth and had apologized in unison. Both had giggled to each other with a quick peek back at him as they made their way to the far edge of the beach. If he didn't have such a heavy choice to make he probably would have joined them splashing in the waves. They were odd looking young women even by fae standards, both decidedly under a curse of some sort, both had tawny hair, yet one had slightly greenish yellow skin whereas the others skin almost matched the tawny color of her hair but was just so slightly pink or orange in tone to be an exact match. As he watched them he felt something of awe at their nonchalance and carefree attitude. He suspected they might not be aware of their curse, or if they were they just didn't care. He couldn't think of any twins he'd ever heard of being a witch and a werewolf, unless their parents had been a mixed couple. As the sun settled lower on the horizon Aodh packed up his guitar and headed back to Mr. Van Gould's office, his decision made. He wondered if he would see the young women around town, he wouldn't mind having friends here in Moonlit Falls. What was Aodh's choice? That cmbaker16 is for you to choose.
** I might have made a typing error when naming Aodh's grandfather in cas. Note: all pictures for this portion of story were taken in Dragon Valley and do not include any sneak peaks of gift 4. Aodh MacSithigh Fresh from cas, no extra household members or skills: https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9432706 As a household with some skills and an extra household member: https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=9432707
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