"That's not a real aspiration" was the chief complaint amongst those there to watch the ceremony.

Rex Davenport even went so far as to accuse his brother Ralph Davenport of neglecting his son.

"There's no other explanation for this insanity," Rex declared. "Why else would V'ral grow up so badly? He's been deprived of his mother, and ignored by his father. It's a disgrace!"

Ralyn Davenport, V'ral older sister, agreed with her uncle's sentiment.

"When Dad and Melissa had their own kids, they had less time for myself, V'ral and Vyra," Ralyn, now in Uni, said. "It wasn't just they were getting more attention than us, it was outright favourtism, especially on Melissa's part."

Mother, Vyn Reid was also upset, noted by witnesses to have regretted not taking him with her when she moved out.

"I really don't understand what the problem is," said V'ral. "There's nothing in the rules that say I can't aspire to grilled cheese. And really, I think that the grilled cheese sandwich is the yummiest food in the world. I wouldn't want to eat anything else."

Many people demanded that V'ral should choose a 'different' and 'real' life choice.

"Why should it matter to you what life choice I make?" V'ral replied. "It's my life. I have a direction and a goal, which was what the Coming of Age ceremony required. Besides, even if you force me to choose something else, you cannot take away my grilled cheese sandwiches."

Master of Ceremonies, Jese Creelman decided then to go on with the other declarations and have a recess after to discuss the matter.

"I think that recess was the toughest meeting I'd ever had," Maylor Marie D'Beau commented. "We're talking about the future of one of our young people. Was it really our right to deny him this choice? On the other hand, this may start a disturbing precedent - we didn't want children in the future choosing to aspire to other strange things like red socks, or bugs, or, I don't know, curtains or something. We, the council, spoke to the parents, to the community, and to V'ral himself."

At the end of the recess, Marie announced their decision:

"The Coming of Age ceremony is about just that: coming of age," she said. "If we want our children to grow up and behave like adults, then we need to treat them like adults. Therefore, it is the decision of the council that V'ral's Life Choice will stand."

As expected, there was an uproar at such an annoucement, and there was a significant wait before order could be restored.

"There will be, however, two changes to the Coming of Age ceremony, effective immediately. Firstly, all future aspiration requests that are not 'Fortune', 'Knowledge', 'Romance', 'Family', 'Popularity'. 'Pleasure' or 'Grilled Cheese' must be approved by the council beforehand."

"Secondly, you may now choose a secondary aspiration. There has been talk of this option for some time now, but you can now consider it official."

V'ral Davenport conceeded to declaring a secondary aspiration, that of Fortune.

In total 68 people declared a secondary aspiration that night. Including Stessa Chancellor, Vyra Davenport and Brooke Pai who chose Grilled Cheese. For more information on who chose what, go to page 4 for the details.

Little Xylina D'Beau, the plantsim daughter of Roguette D'Beau, transitioned from a toddler into an adult overnight. To make matters even more interesting not long after her transition to adult, Xylina spawned a child of her own, son Xylon. Xylon also repeated the "transition to adult from toddler" deal.

"It just wrong somehow," Roguette complained. "You're not supposed to skip being a child and a teen. It can't be normal. And what's more... I shouldn't be a grandmother with an adult grandchild just yet. I'm too young!"

"I actually find all this fuss amusing," Xylina said to the Chronicle. "I don't miss not having a child and teen stage and wonder that you really need them at all. You're all such funny creatures, you meatsims."