[Year count 170] We're starting with a recent overview picture, once again a night shot. Anyway, I think the city area looks best at night :-)
Louis Seylouse is head of the factory in front/left, and if you look in the distance, you'll see Pettonta Heights. The house you see is the Dipperwell residence, while the Seylouse family resides a little to the left, right behind the tallest building in town. No wonder Louis' father used to dislike the city area...
Most mornings Louis Seylouse drives down to the factory, that his father once founded. When Louis was a teen, he eagerly longed for the day he would run this business. But, times are changing, there are now many more companies producing paper to the newspaper industry, and well, this market for this kind of paper quality is getting smaller. Seylouse Industries, Inc. did test produce shiny magazine paper, but it got too expensive.
In addition to the many workers, this factory also have a small group of employees that Louis speak to daily. Kenton Sloth, the guy in the background, is supervising the workers. He is son of the guy that used to serve the Kiosk at Plaza. There is also a secretary, Marleen (Heisserclump) Sacroville. Her husband's aunt Yvonne, is married to Milton Moonster.
Business is indeed getting tougher...
Btw, the painting on the wall behind Louis is a portrait of Louis' father, Lodvic Seylouse, painted by the famous artist Cluedo van Hutch. It's not a good portrait, you can hardly tell it's a man in there, but Louis keeps another version back home, that is not good either (but worth a little more).
While Louis is at his office, his wife Meliss (Brugster) Seylouse works in her home based study. She already published two novels, one sold okay'ish for a while, the other was a failure. She is thinking of switching genre, but she always lacked inspiration, will another style be easier?
She had lost the grip, and she was a bit frustrated. She really could need an agent...
Louis and Meliss have 2 children. Anitra is already a teenager, while Dovic is still a child. Anitra's friends have started taking driving lessons, now she is eager to do that, as well.
Dovic is not doing well at school. He is just as smart as his older sister, perhaps something is bothering him at school? One generation earlier, Dovic would be heir to this house as well as the factory, but this is modern times, and more and more families do allow the oldest child main heritage, regardless of gender. Louis will need to see how well they do in school before he decides - of course Meliss might have a tiny word, too...
Then it was finally time for the first driving lesson. Anitra was more eager than nervous, while Louis was - more nervous than eager.
All those distractions along the route. It was a nice hour for them both though, they normally don't spend much time together on their own. Then they hurried back home for a late dinner.
All 4 grandparents died some time ago. Anitra did meet some of them but she was too young to ask those smart questions. It seems like local history might be one of her greatest interests, now I wonder what Andrine & Lodvic Seylouse and Amanda & Dex Brugster would have told her... hmm.
Well, I never actually noticed her hair before, but I'm pretty sure that her granny Amanda M. Brugster had dark hair like Anitra.
After dinner, Meliss had her late night walk to absorb some literal inspiration from this town.
Like so often before, she ended up in a bar. This time she had a glass, or three, at Muse Music Hall. Downstairs a guy was playing the grand piano, but in the bar upstairs she could relax.
Then Meliss noticed the other woman in the bar. Was it not the famous author Mary Sharpender? The bestseller novelist that is a star in SimCity? What was she doing here in Galucca?
Meliss felt even more miserable, only a forth Tropical Lemon Splash could cure that!
Next update: The Moonsters at Moon District!
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