» Hopper Legacy Chapter 1.2 - Ava Settles In

Ava was up bright and early for a job interview at the local bistro. She was a naturally gifted chef and thus impressed the interviewer, who promptly hired her as a kitchen scullion. This was a less-than-glamorous title, but she loved working in busy kitchens and was thrilled to be accepted at such a classy and upscale restaurant.

Ava had the rest of the day to herself, so she headed to the library to read up on the gardening skill. She also took the opportunity to sign up for an online dating website. It was a little embarrassing, but she didn’t know anybody in town yet. Besides, there were some cute guys online, and she sent out several messages, crossing her fingers in the hopes of getting a response.

Ava put her new gardening skills to good use, and spent the next few days working hard both at work and in her little vegetable patch. She found herself instantly attracted to one of her coworkers, Odin Crosby, but was disappointed to learn that he was already married to a plain-looking woman named Heather. She spent a lot of time at work talking to him anyway - the two had a lot in common and quickly became good friends.

Her fourth day in town started off pretty uneventfully, but when she was in the garden she noticed a strange shadow fall over her. She saw something large in the sky and ran off the lot to avoid its path, which was aligned with her humble little home!

A huge meteor dropped from the sky and pummeled into her yard, erupting in a blaze of flames. Being the badass daredevil she was, Ava elected not to wait for firefighters and instead distinguished the flames herself. Though many Sims came to investigate this bizarre disturbance, no one was hurt, and Ava’s home was miraculously undamaged. The picnic table and grill from the yard were decimated, and she had to replace the gate and the front door and replant her garden, but Ava considered herself lucky, since she had been standing where the asteroid landed. She was so lucky, in fact, that she profited from the overall experience, selling the asteroid and various space rock fragments that accompanied it for nearly $5000. Ava saved one small space rock as a souvenir.