Charlie has the Lucky trait, but sometimes I wonder. I had directer Charlie to go downstairs just as Mayra woke up. While checking on her, I heard strange sounds outside.
Oh, Charlie! NO NO NO!!
Why, Charlie? You didn't pick up space rocks. You didn't speak to any aliens. You didn't use a telescope. Why YOU!
The abductor was a male elder. I'd never seen him before. But trust me, I WILL see him again--for an alien autopsy!
Go ahead, alien. You can beam away, but you can't hide. NRaas will find you!!
I hoped against hope. But when Charlie got home from work later that day, I found the dreaded weight-gain moodlet. So Charlie is my third sim to be impregnated by aliens.
Charlie: Gran, ma'am, some old alien guy took me off in his spaceship last night, and I'm feeling nauseous and my stomach is aching. I think I've even put on some weight. I don't know what they did to me ... I can't remember ...
Suddenly, Charlie's abdomen started glowing an eerie green! Gran gasped!
Gran: Charles! They've embedded alien DNA inside you! We have to get rid of it at once! This thing is not human!
For a moment, Charlie thought about his own family secret, but decided he'd keep that to himself for now. Besides, it wasn't like the Stalkers were from outer space or anything like that. Not really.
Gran: Pay attention, boy! I have some Sweet Grass growing downstairs in the garden. You need to pick several sprigs of that and eat it straight from the plant, fresh. It will help counteract any side effects my elixir might cause.
Charlie: Elixir? What kind of elixir? And what do you mean by side effects?
Gran: The elixir removes all toxins and foreign substances from the body. It's like a cleansing agent. It will rid you of what the aliens injected into you. The elixir is made of several ingredients, one of them is also Sweet Grass.
Gran: The side effects depend on what needs to be cleaned from your system. In your case, the alien DNA should dissolve back into space. You might suffer more nausea or fatigue.
Gran: Now, I just happen to have a bottle of the elixir in the dining room cabinet. It's labeled Purge. Get the elixir and drink every bit of the contents right away. You have to stop the DNA from taking hold!
Charlie: So, if I eat the Grass and drink the Purge, I'll be back to normal?
Gran: I can't guarantee that, Charles, but I've had excellent results with my Purges.
Charlie found the herbs Gran told him to eat and harvested a large hand full.
Charlie: Well here goes!
Charlie: Not bad! Kind of sweet. A little minty. I bet the elixir tastes just like mint julep!
Charlie: I wonder what else Gran added to this brew?
But Charlie didn't stop to consider anything else. He had to free himself from this alien invasion!
Charles: Aaackkk!!
Oh, Charlie! NO NO NO!!
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With the first male, I kept the baby. Afterwards, I learned that a baby born from an abduction was NOT human, not blood-related to the impregnated host at all. It's strictly an alien creature. So after a second male suffered through pregnancy and birth, I sent the alien offspring back to its people. This time, I was determined that Charlie would not serve as a living incubator for alien spawn!
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Charlie asked Gran Caran to meet him privately in the study. If she could raise a ghost, maybe she could help him. He was feeling awfully strange after his encounter with those aliens!
Charlie: Gran, ma'am, some old alien guy took me off in his spaceship last night, and I'm feeling nauseous and my stomach is aching. I think I've even put on some weight. I don't know what they did to me ... I can't remember ...
Gran: Charles! They've embedded alien DNA inside you! We have to get rid of it at once! This thing is not human!
Gran: Pay attention, boy! I have some Sweet Grass growing downstairs in the garden. You need to pick several sprigs of that and eat it straight from the plant, fresh. It will help counteract any side effects my elixir might cause.
Gran: The side effects depend on what needs to be cleaned from your system. In your case, the alien DNA should dissolve back into space. You might suffer more nausea or fatigue.
Gran: Now, I just happen to have a bottle of the elixir in the dining room cabinet. It's labeled Purge. Get the elixir and drink every bit of the contents right away. You have to stop the DNA from taking hold!
Gran: I can't guarantee that, Charles, but I've had excellent results with my Purges.
And it was as if the whole nightmare had never happened! (Moodlet eradicated!)
