As a new feature, I decided to write up a eulogy after each Spline dies. (In contrast to my former habit, which was to randomly mention that “Oh, and so-and-so died” long after the fact.)
Angela Maurer came into Hera’s life after a difficult period. Hera had been having a lot of trouble with relationships. One romantic relationship after another had spontaneously combusted, thanks partly to Hera’s pushy romantic habits.
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Then one day Hera met Angela in the park, and it was practically love at first sight.
Whether it’s just that they were a better match for each other, or that Hera wasn’t interested in the fellas, Hera and Angela’s whirlwind romance ended in a wedding just a few days later.
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And Angela was so very pretty! Which is more than you can say for a lot of the townies the game creates.
Too bad she turned out to be such a bitch.
Angela started sniping the moment they were fully wed. Soon their relationship had gone red. They nearly came to blows several times. At one point, Angela had a wish to “Get Divorced,” so I obliged.
But Angela stayed in the house, because someone had to take care of the baby. (And I thought it would be funny.)
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They never quite got back together, but in old age Angela and Hera became middling friends. They could sit on a couch and watch TV together for several hours before they started bickering. It was as good as things were going to get.
I set Angela on the Political career track after Parker was old enough to take care of himself. Being Evil, I had her steal money whenever the game asked if she should. Eventually she got caught and fired.
Near the end of her life I started her on the Cooking career track. It probably sucked to be that old and working as a junior kitchen associate, but I didn’t like Angela very much, so I didn’t really care.
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Death took Angela over the Christmas vacation. She will not really be missed very much.