The Bookend Weekend, Part 3
Oct. 27th, 2005 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickOctober 27th, 1985: At around midnight (according to Future Features) Marty arrives in the town square. Things have definitely changed for the worst -- bikers, punks, and homeless people roam the streets, the stores are almost all sexual in nature, and the local courthouse has become "Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise." Like the sign now says, this is Hell Valley. A stunned Marty takes it all in before seeing a video montage start up in the Biff Tannen Museum section of the Pleasure Paradise. The video announces how Biff became a multi-millionaire through a lucky streak in gambling, making his first million on a horse race in 1958. Biff eventually started the Biffco chain of factories, legalized gambling, and turned the courthouse into his casino/hotel. He also married three times -- the third time to Lorraine Baines McFly.
Marty is understandably shocked and horrified. Biff Tannen's old gang -- Match, Skinhead, and 3-D -- show up and grab Marty, to take him upstairs. Marty struggles and is knocked out by 3-D. He awakens on the 27th floor of the Pleasure Paradise. After the "Mom is that you" scene, Marty fully awakens to a VERY different Lorraine, with dyed and curled hair (or possibly a wig), expensive jewelry, a low-cut evening gown, and boobies. Massive boobies. Marty has barely recovered from his shock when Biff himself barges in to yell at Marty for, as far as Biff knows, getting kicked out of a boarding school in Switzerland. Lorraine and Biff argue about Marty, which ends with Lorraine getting angry with Biff for speaking ill about George. Biff shoves her to the ground, then suckerpunches Marty when the teen tries to defend his mother. Lorraine threatens to walk out, but Biff deters her by threatening to cut off her kids and get them all thrown in jail. Biff threatens Marty one final time and leaves, leaving Lorraine to limp back to the bar and weakly defend her husband. A horrified Marty asks for answers -- specifically, what happened to George McFly? Lorraine replies that he's in the same place that he's been for the last 12 years -- "Oak Park Cemetary."
Marty immediately goes to the cemetary and searches for his father's grave. He finds it and discovers his father died on March 15, 1973 in this world. Doc discovers him there and brings him back to his destroyed garage home to explain. George was murdered on route to receive an award in this world. Doc explains that the time-continuum has been disrupted, resulting in an alternate reality. He demonstrates what he means to Marty with his chalkboard, then goes into the car and emerges with the bag and receipt for the Sports Almanac -- and the top of Old Biff's cane. Doc explains to Marty that Biff must have stolen the time machine and the sports book, went back in time, and given the book to his younger self at some point in the past. He proves this theory by showing Marty the newspaper article where Biff won his first million -- the Sports Almanac is sticking out of his jacket pocket. Marty realizes this is all his fault for buying the book -- talk about a guilt attack. Doc says this shows how time travel can be misused and why the time machine must be destroyed once they restore the proper time-line. Marty suggests they go back to the future to prevent Old Biff from stealing the time machine, but Doc nixes that idea -- they'd be going to the future of this reality, where Biff is corrupt and powerful, Lorraine is his abused wife, Marty is apparently in an overseas boarding school, and Doc has been committed. Doc explains that they have to go into the past and retrieve the book before Young Biff can use it. They just need to know how, where, and when he got it. Marty volunteers to go ask him.
Marty surprises Biff and a couple of girlfriends watching a Clint Eastwood movie (where Clint used a "bulletproof vest" trick, like Marty will use in 1885) and tells him he knows about Grey's Sports Almanac. Biff meets with him, and Marty gets him to tell him about how he got the book. Turns out he got it on November 12th, 1955! Young Biff met Old Biff (a "distant relative") shortly after getting his car back from the shop, and Old Biff gave him the Almanac and explained how it worked. Biff even shows Marty the older Almanac as he relates the story. After replacing the precious book in its safe, Biff explains that Old Biff told him one other thing -- that someday a kid or a crazy wild-eyed scientis would ask about the book, and if that ever happened. . .and then he pulls a gun. Marty is able to avoid being shot by using his "What the hell is that!' trick and by throwing a matchbook-holder at Biff (after pocketing one of the matchbooks earlier). Biff chases him out of the suite and calls his gang, who chase Marty down the hall and into the stairwell. Marty tricks them into believing he's headed downstairs, then heads for the roof. Unfortunately, Biff sees the roof door shut and follows Marty up. He encourages Marty to jump off the edge. Marty tries to reason with Biff, saying that the police will match up the bullet and catch him. Biff replies that a) he owns the police, and b) they couldn't match up the bullet that killed George. Just as Biff is about to shoot Marty, Marty suddenly climbs onto the edge and steps off. Biff walks forward (to see the corpse?), but is stunned when Marty reappears on the hood of Doc's flying DeLorean! Doc whacks Biff in the head with the door, leaving him out for the count. Marty climbs in, and they speed off, Marty explaining what happened with the Biffs. Doc theorizes that November 12th, 1955 could be the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum -- "on the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence." Right around this time, the display panel has its first glitch, displaying January 1st, 1885 as the arrival date. Doc is able to fix it with a few smacks, however. Doc prepares for immediate time travel -- Marty protests, saying they can't just leave Jennifer and Einstein behind. Doc reassures him that if they succeed in their mission, the timeline will transform around Jennifer and Einstein, taking them instanteously into the real 1985. They'll be fine and have no memory of the horrible alternate world. Marty asks what happens if they don't succeed. Doc's reply? "We must succeed." With that, it's back to 1955. And thus ends the October Backieness.
And it just occurred to me that I might want to write out the November 12th, 1955 entry early -- because it's going to be HELLA long.
As it is a Backie Day, I celebrated with some Hill Valley Sims. I decided to visit the Baines, and see how they were -- they're fine, though Joey and Toby remain unemployed. I had them all chat with each other to get social scores up -- unfortunately Joey seemed rather cranky and didn't get along well with anyone (it was quite early Thursday morning, maybe that's why).
After their gelatin breakfast, Toby painted and Sally hung out while Joey amused himself by dancing to the radio. He had some rather -- interesting -- dance moves. Milton got in a few good giggles at his expense watching him.
Then again, Milton doesn't fare much better when he gives it a try.
Poor Sally, living in a house with her three crazy brothers. . .
Daylight dawns, and with it comes a car for the family -- a Smoogo with a kickass paint job. (I admit it, I love flame designs.)
Joey calls Marty, then he and Milton head to bed to catch up on lost sleep -- Sally and Toby stay up for a while to eat some toaster pastries (Toby was painting all morning and needs some need fulfillment). They make friends over their second breakfast, then head to bed as well.
Milton woke up around noon -- I had him get in some excercise. Joey followed and called Doc before mooning around a bit. Sally and Toby woke up around four, just in time for Sally to catch her carpool. Joey and Toby made best friends just before Toby prepared supper.
Supper was a nice healthy chef salad -- Toby has the most cooking points of all of them. I should really get them a stove and let him really cook.
Anyway, after that it was more mooning around before Toby got the bright idea to call Doc and invite him over. Sally got home about the same time Doc arrived, with a promotion to Fast Food Manager! She and Joey celebrated with a pillow fight.
I then had Joey and Toby alternate Doc to bring up both scores before sending him home. Then there was a bit of skilling and bed for most of the residents -- sally stayed up with the telescope to earn Logic.
Then it was time for my Hill Valley building projects. I headed Downtown, added amusing commentary by Marty to the existing lots, then made some headway building Lou's Diner and Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise. Here's Lou's:
And the Pleasure Paradise -- the first floor includes blackjack tables, a pool table, and hot tubs, while the second and third floors will be "hotel rooms." The fourth floor will naturally be Biff's private pad.
Also paid a quick visit to the bugged Von Braun lot in Twin Oaks Park -- well, Moose, you'll be happy to know Marty comes whether your pictures are on the lot or not. I think I might make a second![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thesims2 post.
*realizes she hasn't seen the muses in a while* Weird. Boys?
-D: *from the hallway* We've got a pumpkin!-
Really? Let's see!
*Docs roll in GIGANTOR, PUMPKIN OF THE GODS*
O.O
-VD: That was our reaction too.-
Freaking hell, guys, that thing is as tall as me! And about 500 pounds heavier!
-OD: Hence why I was carying it. Good thing the tentacles can never get tired physically.-
Where did you find this monstrosity?
-M: Old Man Peabody's farm, believe it or not. Apparently he tries to grow gigantic pumpkins every year, and this year he got really lucky. We bought it off him for 200 bucks and a pack of pine tree seeds.-
-J: What do you think, Vic?-
. . .
I love it.
-TD: What should we carve in it? The traditional face? A scene?-
-H: Girl Genius logo perhaps?-
LoL, tempting. . . but honestly, one design I've wanted to see for a while is a Backie pumpkin, using the Part II logo with the DeLorean going through the clock ring.
-DW: I think we can do that. Although I think the tentacles should do most of the actual carving, simply because they're less prone to mistakes.-
-OD: *tentacles preening* I have to say that you're right -- it's a complicated design, even for the best human carver.-
-VD2: I'll say. Got any pictures for reference, Vic?-
There's a couple of examples on the packaging for my Micromachines hovercars and hoverport. You can also Google a pic of it.
-D: These will do for initial sketches.-
-H: I call scooping out pumpkin guts!-
-J2: Gross, you're welcome to it.-
-H: Hey, pumpkin guts can be pretty tasty.-
People do eat the seeds. . . .
-TD: They're good, too -- Mom used to bake them with cinnamon.-
Yum. :) I'll leave you boys to it -- I gotta get to bed.
(Before anyone asks, in the real world I don't even have a pumpkin yet -- stuff gets smashed and stolen around here so I don't think we'll get one either. (Some jerks actually stole an old costume of mine turned Halloween decoration a couple of years ago, and another person took a neighbor's pumpkin and smashed it on Mom's car.) But luckily, in muse world, I can have a giant Backie pumpkin.)
Marty is understandably shocked and horrified. Biff Tannen's old gang -- Match, Skinhead, and 3-D -- show up and grab Marty, to take him upstairs. Marty struggles and is knocked out by 3-D. He awakens on the 27th floor of the Pleasure Paradise. After the "Mom is that you" scene, Marty fully awakens to a VERY different Lorraine, with dyed and curled hair (or possibly a wig), expensive jewelry, a low-cut evening gown, and boobies. Massive boobies. Marty has barely recovered from his shock when Biff himself barges in to yell at Marty for, as far as Biff knows, getting kicked out of a boarding school in Switzerland. Lorraine and Biff argue about Marty, which ends with Lorraine getting angry with Biff for speaking ill about George. Biff shoves her to the ground, then suckerpunches Marty when the teen tries to defend his mother. Lorraine threatens to walk out, but Biff deters her by threatening to cut off her kids and get them all thrown in jail. Biff threatens Marty one final time and leaves, leaving Lorraine to limp back to the bar and weakly defend her husband. A horrified Marty asks for answers -- specifically, what happened to George McFly? Lorraine replies that he's in the same place that he's been for the last 12 years -- "Oak Park Cemetary."
Marty immediately goes to the cemetary and searches for his father's grave. He finds it and discovers his father died on March 15, 1973 in this world. Doc discovers him there and brings him back to his destroyed garage home to explain. George was murdered on route to receive an award in this world. Doc explains that the time-continuum has been disrupted, resulting in an alternate reality. He demonstrates what he means to Marty with his chalkboard, then goes into the car and emerges with the bag and receipt for the Sports Almanac -- and the top of Old Biff's cane. Doc explains to Marty that Biff must have stolen the time machine and the sports book, went back in time, and given the book to his younger self at some point in the past. He proves this theory by showing Marty the newspaper article where Biff won his first million -- the Sports Almanac is sticking out of his jacket pocket. Marty realizes this is all his fault for buying the book -- talk about a guilt attack. Doc says this shows how time travel can be misused and why the time machine must be destroyed once they restore the proper time-line. Marty suggests they go back to the future to prevent Old Biff from stealing the time machine, but Doc nixes that idea -- they'd be going to the future of this reality, where Biff is corrupt and powerful, Lorraine is his abused wife, Marty is apparently in an overseas boarding school, and Doc has been committed. Doc explains that they have to go into the past and retrieve the book before Young Biff can use it. They just need to know how, where, and when he got it. Marty volunteers to go ask him.
Marty surprises Biff and a couple of girlfriends watching a Clint Eastwood movie (where Clint used a "bulletproof vest" trick, like Marty will use in 1885) and tells him he knows about Grey's Sports Almanac. Biff meets with him, and Marty gets him to tell him about how he got the book. Turns out he got it on November 12th, 1955! Young Biff met Old Biff (a "distant relative") shortly after getting his car back from the shop, and Old Biff gave him the Almanac and explained how it worked. Biff even shows Marty the older Almanac as he relates the story. After replacing the precious book in its safe, Biff explains that Old Biff told him one other thing -- that someday a kid or a crazy wild-eyed scientis would ask about the book, and if that ever happened. . .and then he pulls a gun. Marty is able to avoid being shot by using his "What the hell is that!' trick and by throwing a matchbook-holder at Biff (after pocketing one of the matchbooks earlier). Biff chases him out of the suite and calls his gang, who chase Marty down the hall and into the stairwell. Marty tricks them into believing he's headed downstairs, then heads for the roof. Unfortunately, Biff sees the roof door shut and follows Marty up. He encourages Marty to jump off the edge. Marty tries to reason with Biff, saying that the police will match up the bullet and catch him. Biff replies that a) he owns the police, and b) they couldn't match up the bullet that killed George. Just as Biff is about to shoot Marty, Marty suddenly climbs onto the edge and steps off. Biff walks forward (to see the corpse?), but is stunned when Marty reappears on the hood of Doc's flying DeLorean! Doc whacks Biff in the head with the door, leaving him out for the count. Marty climbs in, and they speed off, Marty explaining what happened with the Biffs. Doc theorizes that November 12th, 1955 could be the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum -- "on the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence." Right around this time, the display panel has its first glitch, displaying January 1st, 1885 as the arrival date. Doc is able to fix it with a few smacks, however. Doc prepares for immediate time travel -- Marty protests, saying they can't just leave Jennifer and Einstein behind. Doc reassures him that if they succeed in their mission, the timeline will transform around Jennifer and Einstein, taking them instanteously into the real 1985. They'll be fine and have no memory of the horrible alternate world. Marty asks what happens if they don't succeed. Doc's reply? "We must succeed." With that, it's back to 1955. And thus ends the October Backieness.
And it just occurred to me that I might want to write out the November 12th, 1955 entry early -- because it's going to be HELLA long.
As it is a Backie Day, I celebrated with some Hill Valley Sims. I decided to visit the Baines, and see how they were -- they're fine, though Joey and Toby remain unemployed. I had them all chat with each other to get social scores up -- unfortunately Joey seemed rather cranky and didn't get along well with anyone (it was quite early Thursday morning, maybe that's why).
After their gelatin breakfast, Toby painted and Sally hung out while Joey amused himself by dancing to the radio. He had some rather -- interesting -- dance moves. Milton got in a few good giggles at his expense watching him.
Then again, Milton doesn't fare much better when he gives it a try.
Poor Sally, living in a house with her three crazy brothers. . .
Daylight dawns, and with it comes a car for the family -- a Smoogo with a kickass paint job. (I admit it, I love flame designs.)
Joey calls Marty, then he and Milton head to bed to catch up on lost sleep -- Sally and Toby stay up for a while to eat some toaster pastries (Toby was painting all morning and needs some need fulfillment). They make friends over their second breakfast, then head to bed as well.
Milton woke up around noon -- I had him get in some excercise. Joey followed and called Doc before mooning around a bit. Sally and Toby woke up around four, just in time for Sally to catch her carpool. Joey and Toby made best friends just before Toby prepared supper.
Supper was a nice healthy chef salad -- Toby has the most cooking points of all of them. I should really get them a stove and let him really cook.
Anyway, after that it was more mooning around before Toby got the bright idea to call Doc and invite him over. Sally got home about the same time Doc arrived, with a promotion to Fast Food Manager! She and Joey celebrated with a pillow fight.
I then had Joey and Toby alternate Doc to bring up both scores before sending him home. Then there was a bit of skilling and bed for most of the residents -- sally stayed up with the telescope to earn Logic.
Then it was time for my Hill Valley building projects. I headed Downtown, added amusing commentary by Marty to the existing lots, then made some headway building Lou's Diner and Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise. Here's Lou's:
And the Pleasure Paradise -- the first floor includes blackjack tables, a pool table, and hot tubs, while the second and third floors will be "hotel rooms." The fourth floor will naturally be Biff's private pad.
Also paid a quick visit to the bugged Von Braun lot in Twin Oaks Park -- well, Moose, you'll be happy to know Marty comes whether your pictures are on the lot or not. I think I might make a second
thesims2 post.*realizes she hasn't seen the muses in a while* Weird. Boys?
-D: *from the hallway* We've got a pumpkin!-
Really? Let's see!
*Docs roll in GIGANTOR, PUMPKIN OF THE GODS*
O.O
-VD: That was our reaction too.-
Freaking hell, guys, that thing is as tall as me! And about 500 pounds heavier!
-OD: Hence why I was carying it. Good thing the tentacles can never get tired physically.-
Where did you find this monstrosity?
-M: Old Man Peabody's farm, believe it or not. Apparently he tries to grow gigantic pumpkins every year, and this year he got really lucky. We bought it off him for 200 bucks and a pack of pine tree seeds.-
-J: What do you think, Vic?-
. . .
I love it.
-TD: What should we carve in it? The traditional face? A scene?-
-H: Girl Genius logo perhaps?-
LoL, tempting. . . but honestly, one design I've wanted to see for a while is a Backie pumpkin, using the Part II logo with the DeLorean going through the clock ring.
-DW: I think we can do that. Although I think the tentacles should do most of the actual carving, simply because they're less prone to mistakes.-
-OD: *tentacles preening* I have to say that you're right -- it's a complicated design, even for the best human carver.-
-VD2: I'll say. Got any pictures for reference, Vic?-
There's a couple of examples on the packaging for my Micromachines hovercars and hoverport. You can also Google a pic of it.
-D: These will do for initial sketches.-
-H: I call scooping out pumpkin guts!-
-J2: Gross, you're welcome to it.-
-H: Hey, pumpkin guts can be pretty tasty.-
People do eat the seeds. . . .
-TD: They're good, too -- Mom used to bake them with cinnamon.-
Yum. :) I'll leave you boys to it -- I gotta get to bed.
(Before anyone asks, in the real world I don't even have a pumpkin yet -- stuff gets smashed and stolen around here so I don't think we'll get one either. (Some jerks actually stole an old costume of mine turned Halloween decoration a couple of years ago, and another person took a neighbor's pumpkin and smashed it on Mom's car.) But luckily, in muse world, I can have a giant Backie pumpkin.)
