stillonmystring | Newbury Legacy: 7.2 (Reply)

Last time: Lola was adorable. Jude gave birth to an alien baby. That's about it.

Alrighty, so! It's Lola's birthday! And we've got quite an interesting collection of party guests here: Dixie, one of Jude's many college lovers; Faunus, one of Jude's many college male stalkers; and... some random dude who somehow got dragged in from off the street. Yay!

This will never not be adorable no matter how many times I see it. Also, notice how Jude is in his undies yet again?!? I think keeping this guy's clothes on for more than two hours would be a legitimate miracle; he really does not enjoy the restrictions of clothing at all.

I always enjoy navigating around to everyone at the party on pause to witness their various reactions to the ongoing birthday. As always, the results this time were rather amusing:

Elise: "YES! MY CHILD IS GOING TO BE THE MOST WONDERFUL CHILD TO EVER WALK THE FACE OF THIS EARTH!"
Blake: "Woohoo! Yay, Lola!"
Dixie: *is on something to deal with the pain of witnessing the child of her lover's other woman grow up* "That should be my daughter up there!"

Jude: "That's my girl! You can do it!"
Faunus: *admires Jude's naked chest* "Wow, it's been so long... I've forgotten how amazingly sculpted you are, like a Greek god!" *drools all over the place*

Lola: "Look, I can eat my hand!" *om nom nom*

Random Guy: "What am I even doing here?..."

"WOOOOOO! I'M GROWN UP!"
Isn't this so cute? *pinches cheeks*

Let's just admire how fucking gorgeous this little girl is for a moment...

Lola: "Hey, grandpa, I'm totally cuter than my little sister, right? I mean, she's an alien! That's way creepy!"

Blake: "..."
Uh oh, do you think someone's starting to display the early stages of elderly dementia?... Or maybe he's just having trouble deciding where to look since he's got his son's ass behind him and his almost daughter-in-law's boobs over to the side there.

Cara is acting all innocent like she's just looking out the window but, come on!... is there really anything all that exciting to see out the window when it's dark outside? I don't think so. She's just using it as an excuse to spy on Elise flirting with random townie guy.

Elise: "Um... what are you doing?"
Cara: "Who, me? Oh, just admiring this delightful view of the... stars. That's right, I'm just looking at the stars! Don't pay any attention to me!"

Blake: "LISTEN UP, YOU PUNK! Stay away from Elise! If anyone's going to tap that, it''ll be me - and it's never going to be you!"
Well, it's nice to know the two of them are looking out for Elise... but I don't think it's because they've got her bests interests in mind. I think they're just nosy. Or in Blake's case, desperate for a little action with someone whose body is still young and wrinkle-free.

Blake: "What's wrong with you, girl? Who the hell plays with their stuffed animals in the bathroom? Get out of here!"

Don't look behind you, don't look behind you, don't look behind you... just get to the door and get out!

Oh crap, she looked.
Lola: "Umm... grandpa, can you please let me back in? Please???"

Anyway, when she's not walking in on her parents naked in bed, Lola's a little bit ADD. She does one thing for about five minutes tops before running off to do another. Witness what a typical day in the life of Lola is like:

"HEY FISHIES! WHAT'S UP IN THERE, GUYS?!?"

"I'M GONNA WATCH A MOVIE!"

"NO, WAIT, I'M GONNA PLAY WITH MY DOLLS!"

"OOOOOOH PRECIPITATION!"

"I'M GONNA SHOOT HOOPS! AND I'M GONNA DO IT IN MY TUTU!"

"HYGIENE IS FUN!"

"ARRRRGGGHHH! DIE, BAD GUYS, DIE!!!!"

"NOW I'M GONNA CHECK MY NON-EXISTANT EMAIL!"

"NOW I'M GONNA JAM OUT SOME BADASS TUNES!"

"WOOOOOO CHESS!"

Yeah, I'd be a little worn out too if I spent the whole day running around from one activity to the next like that. (I'll admit, that was really just an excuse to post a million pictures of her being cute. But how could I resist that adorable little face?!?)

And you'd think she'd sleep through the whole night after being so hyper all day long but nooooo... she decides she loves randomly waking up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason which is pretty much the most infuriating thing ever, especially when she has to go to school. I take my revenge on her by forcing her to garden. Mwahahahaha.

O HAI THERE JUDE. I'm getting pretty awesome with these heir portraits, yes or yes? (Though the hallway really does need to be better-lit... it's kinda dark in there.)

Blake: "Lola is really the best student you'll ever have in your school! I guarantee she'll get straight As!"

Elise: *burrrrp*
Headmaster: "That was disgusting!... Yet I am strangely aroused."
Blake: *seethes quietly at Elise for interrupting his speech about his favorite granddaughter*

Headmaster: "Yeah, actually we just need to know whether she's potty-trained or not... that's the most important thing, real - well, hello there, beautiful!" *drool drool drool*
Blake: *really wishes he could kick someone's ass right now*

So everyone really hates the helicopter that both Elise and Jude go to work in...

Lola's weird little pale school friend hates it.

Frances (hey there, girlfriend!) hates it.

But Lola's still got the most epic face of disgust of them all! <3 <3 <3

Oh look, Gemma grew up! And Blake has become obsessed with her just as he was obsessed with toddler Lola.

Unfortunately, she cares about him just as much as her sister did... which is not at all. She just wants to play with her toys, damn it!

Cara: "He's right behind me, isn't he?... Shit."

"NOOOOOOOO!"
But, yes, it is so. RIP Cara. It's been nice knowing you. (This actually happened really abruptly. I had no idea she was so close to death and then she was... gone. It didn't seem like she got very much time as an elder.)