Chapter 22: Someone Must Be Cheating

Last chapter, Kairavi didn't get so much as a mention, she here she is spinning tracks on the DJ booth Kiran bought to satisfy some midlife crisis wish to buy expensive crap.

Sitara gets in some work on her poetry book before work. The  pictures of her and Tim inspire romantic verse.

All sticky among the clouds
You grasp wanting fears under the trees
Intense! The pleasure is coming

Kiran has become obsessed with checking the mirror for wrinkles. Two of his daughters are young adults; one of them is already married. He could become a grandfather any day now. The horror!

Chelsea takes on another case. I have no idea what it's about, but she has to go question 3 random people. A nearby hangout is full of her relatives, so she steps in to question them all.

Literally everyone in this place is a Gandharva, including the family's founder, Suchandra. Leslie and Jamie get a good argument going while Chelsea questions Tamira. Tamira tells her that whoever she's asking about is dirtier than her uncle. I wonder which one she means...surely not Suresh. No one would speak that way about Suresh.

After the questions are done, Chelsea has to go do a stakeout in the park across the street from this bar....

And this happens.

Bwuh?

0.o

I'm trying not to laugh so hard that I forget to get pictures. Ezra, the youngest of Darleen and Suchandra's sons, is clearly not amused by this public adultery. Or maybe he's offended that someone as fashionable as Don King, in his chain mail, would go for someone as mainstream as Jamie, when there's a hot Indiana Jones type right there.

Yep, Ezra is just jealous, and tries to attract the insane Don with hand puppets.

Don: Was that good for you, honey?

In the background, someone is thinking about a guy in pigtails.

Don: My work here is done.

Ezra: I'm evil! You're insane! Together we could take over the world and destroy it with radiation.

Jamie: Am I pollinated now?

No, Don is insane, but he's not an alien.

Whoever Chelsea was expecting to show up for her stakeout never appeared, so she goes home with an unsolved case to finish tomorrow. But it was worth it. So, so worth it.

Oh, you two!

Tim actually refused Sitara's invitation to the house after his shift was over, so she went over to fetch him. She has a wish to kiss him to fulfill.

She gets him home, gets the kiss and that of course leads to risky woohoo.

And then sleep. Timothy dreams about his cute kitty.

Tim sleeps in while Sitara does her morning routine, and is still sleeping when her carpool comes.

Chelsea's the only one at home. She really ought to be doing her unfinished stakeout, but I want her to hang around so Tim is here when Sitara gets back from work. She has a wish to go on a date with him, and he has tonight off.

So, Chelsea sits in front of that weird air filter reward thing and meditates. She's been obsessed with it ever since she blew a bunch of happiness points on it. No one else even notices it's there.

"It, like, totally retunes my aura."

Speaking of tuning, look who's up and playing guitar in his underwear on the balcony.

Sensing that he's awake, Chelsea runs up to talk to him about composting.

"Do you, like, have a job? Or do you just chill in your pajamas all day?" Tim wants to know.

Like you're one to talk. Mr. In His Underpants at Lunch Time.

"I was only asking because I want in on this heir-spouse gravy train. Marrying a legacy heir is the sweetest gig ever."

Sitara and Tim's date that night, karaoke and woohoo.

While Sitara was out not rolling wishes to marry Tim, Kesari was fulfilling her first ever romantic wish, to kiss this guy. I think his name is Kurtis. I do know he's one of Kesari's first friends from childhood. Before this, she's only rolled wishes to make friends, with pretty much everyone she meets. Not surprisingly, she's chosen Super Popular as her LTW.

The prom announcement comes at a most convenient moment.

Kairavi's love interest, Josue, aged up a few days ago, and became a cop. She's only got a few days to go before she's a YA, too, so she's waiting it out by playing games online with him, working on her wishes for higher nerd status.

Next day, Chelsea finally gets to finish her stakeout. Of course it's pigtail guy.

"Do you think I spooked them?"

Nah, Chels, you were invisible. They never saw you.

Snowflake Day! I decide to torture myself with a gift giving party. For the lulz.

That isn't even everyone, just the ones who managed to make it all the way into the room. Most were invited, but I got at least a half dozen crashers at this shindig, too.

Here's Josue Hudson, Kairavi's guy, in YA form. Nice ears!

Suresh and Lourdes change into formals suddenly. Suresh is clearly planing on taking Lourdes up into Kiran's bed. But instead they take off with Aurelio, who spun into a graduation robe. Apparently they held graduation on Snowflake day.

It's gift opening time.

Oh, just shoot me now.

Tim is chosen as poster boy for the gift ceremony, since he gave the best gift opening face.

Lots of presents were opened, and pictures taken, but this is really all you need to see. No one got toilet paper or anything cool.

It's become massively predictable, as all the virtuosos get guitars and all the geniuses get chess tables.

The room erupts in red minus signs. Someone must be cheating.

Darshan's wife Monica is leaping into Rajendra's arms. Darshan would do something about it, except he's suffering a route failure.

Oh, Rajendra, you're a scientist! I remember when you used to berate people for ignorance when they asked about your sign.

"Dude, how is it that you get away with kissing a dude in public, and Monica and Rajendra are flirting big time at a family holiday without getting the 'dirty cheating bastard' label? Why am I the only one?" 

Tamira has fleas!

Also, three generations of Gandharvas, all musicians.

Sitara has been waiting on her wish to make out with Timothy.

Okay, now what? Who's cheating now?

Chelsea! With Kiran's uncle Stephan (Darleen's sister's husband).

Her daughters line up to chastise her.

Alvaro is pissed now. "They're all filthy cheaters! All of them! It's not just me."

Meanwhile, Darshan is upstairs forgiving Monica her earlier indiscretion with his brother. In Sitara's bed.

Alvaro: "Hey, baby, let's take this party home."

Kamala: "We could play 'Put the snowman in the igloo'."

Rajendra: *cannot unsee what has been seen*

The party winds up as the inevitable holiday trick-or-treater comes for candy.

"Nora, this is Snowflake day, not Spooky day."

"I know. But we're aging up in a couple of days. This is our last chance for spooky day candy."

Chelsea little flirtation with Stephan, though witnessed by his daughters and others, passed completely under Kiran's radar.

Sitara and Tim grab a little privacy in the nursery. Maybe it will inspire you guys to start thinking about your future, and the future of this legacy? Hint: Make babies!

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Tons of risky woohoo, so far no results. That I know of.

Sitara rolls fairly consistent wishes to kiss or date Tim, so I at least have excuses to get them together. Hopefully she'll wish to marry him or at least get knocked up. I'm not at the point of truly being worried yet, there's still plenty of time before the situation gets critical.

For those who haven't seen it yet, Tamira and Jamie's spin off legacy, Meanwhile, In An Alternate Dimension... has the first chapter up. Chapter two will be up tomorrow. Or tonight, depending.