Big Brother week 2, day 5 - Harvestfest shenanigans!
Happy Harvestfest morning! It's Early o'Clock and nearly everyone is asleep. First, some prep work, getting rid of an outdoor space I had intended to use for challenges!
Whew! We had $164 to start with, just removing that area bumped it up to $1,592!
Right, let's see. Morgyn is still sleeping in the tub. Johnny is showering, Lilith and Diego are swimming.
Lilith is also slightly burning up oh jeez I'm gonna pop in to get her to do a dark meditation.
Caleb and Cass are cooking pancakes and hanging out. For once, Cass doesn't look grumpy about company!
Don... appears to be trapped.
Diego has got a Bad Feeling.
On the plus side, Don has been freed!
Let there be light!
(Much to no one's surprise, they didn't win the lottery. Gunther Munch did instead. I bet he gives a lot of it to Mila!)
Speaking of money, Caleb goes out to check the plants and... oh.
Well that's just sad.
Some lonely baked potatoes. At least it's not popcorn!
Well into evening by now! No gnomes have been appeased and I am in fear. Gonna have Caleb make a grand meal anyway.
You know I keep forgetting that this one doesn't have 10 in homestyle and gourmet cooking like mine does...
OOPS.
HELP.
...goodness. Thank you to Lilith for extinguishing your brother. On the plus side, insurance payout in the thousands! On the downside, that stove was $15,000... Oh well. It's a counter now.
Johnny has the highest cooking skill! (...Three.) He can do the grand meal instead.
Morgyn I swear to Watcher.
It's okay he didn't need that bottle anyway.
He did it!! (Also god that Tofurkey roast looks so sad. Vegan food has colour, Maxis! We know how to use seasoning, Maxis!!)
Poor boy is sleepy. Still, that's one tradition filled!
Lilith honey you're gonna have a bad time...
Yup.
Please enjoy this relatively rare scene of house unity.
Thank you for cooking, Johnny! You can sleep now.
She has a tummy ache
Oh never mind, now she's asleep! Good, she was pretty low on energy.
Just down to three at the table.
Cass is in the bathroom, Morgyn is actually sleeping in a bed!!
I don't trust those two...
Harvestfest is officially over! Consensus - everyone more or less enjoyed it except Cass for some reason. Johnny, having slept through the last part of it, has a drink.
I appreciate the cleaning up but I also want to point out that Caleb picked up an empty plate from the kitchen. Then left the kitchen. To wash the dishes in the bathroom.
We own these guys now, right?
It's only about $500, but hey! Money is money!
Friday approaches, day of the dance challenge! Lilith has earned her very own cardboard dance floor too, along with Caleb. The rest... are in trouble
Two dancing vampires, a sleepy boi, and a disaster mage.
Squad goals tbh
The sun rises over Del Sol Valley...
And an update regarding the pink bar glitch! While romantic interactions like flirting still aren't making a pink bar show up, it is now showing up with UI cheats. Downside, I had to set them manually. For most of them, I just set them the same as friendship (with a few exceptions, I'm using the LGBT Mod and Johnny is gay, so he wouldn't have pink bars with Lilith or Cass). New romantic interactions do impact the pink bar now, so hopefully it should keep working in the future!
I didn't realise you have a thread! Yay now I can follow your BB series properly. It's hard to keep up with everything in the other thread. So much is going on!
rofl Last I read cass is moody, and she's moody still. Your humor is gold. I usually dislike harvestfest a whole lot but you managed to make them bearable. Especially liked it when you sold those gnomes. Good riddance! And I've never watched BB in real life but I'm loving your updates!
@mercuryfoam I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yeah, the thread can be pretty hectic, haha. I'm not gonna lie, kind of wish they had interacted with the gnomes more, would have been entertaining XD
It's Friday morning, and that means it's challenge time for the Big Brother household!
Let's see how everyone is faring this fine Friday! It's 6:45 AM, and...
...Literally no one is in bed.
Well, five of the seven seem raring to go!
Cass is fuelling up.
And poor Johnny is snoozing. He did well in making the holiday meal, so we'll let him get at least some energy back before we start!
Harvestfest clean-up continues.
Some flirting over coffee. I'm sorry but it weirds me out how buff Caleb is!
Johnny is up and on a mission!
A cleaning mission! Guys even if he comes last we can't lose him the household would literally fall apart without him.
Everyone is up and ready to go!
Let's pop that cardboard away and bring out the big guns!
Everyone in a group? Check. Everyone in their party clothes? Check! Let the challenge begin!!
Here's how it's going to work. We're going to start with a Group Dance - since we can only do six, whoever has the highest dance score can sit it out. The first three to fail at it will join the elimination group. The next four will then face each other in individual dance-offs! The two winners of those pairs will go to the finals, the two losers will compete against each other for immunity. Fourth place joins the other losers in elimination. Third is safe. Of the final two, second is safe, and first is not only safe, but gets a prize!
Dancers assembled!! (Morgyn is fine, they just joined in last.)
Cass and Diego are out super early!
Oh my!!
In a shocking twist, second-highest ranked dancer Caleb is the third one out!!
Haha help.
Our first three losers are Cass, Diego, and Caleb!
Now for the individual dance battles! For our first match-ups, Johnny vs Morgyn, then Don vs Lilith!
"You think you can go~?"
"You know I can!"
Just call him Johnny Zestvolta.
"I'm already out, good night."
Unorthodox moves!
...I legitimately don't know who won that. Morgyn flailed a tiny bit more? So I guess Johnny to the finals, Morgyn to the immunity playoff!
Next, Don vs Lilith! Caleb is just like, "...don't get me involved in this." And in the background, Morgyn sneaks a refuel!
Oh yeah she's got out the light thingies!
A shocking twist!!
Don has successfully made it to the finals!
Don't run away yet, it's time for the immunity playoffs - Morgyn vs Lilith! "For immunity!!"
Rockin' those moves!
"Think you can beat the Untamed One?"
"Oh yeah. ...or not." (On the plus side, she did hit level five!)
So, our four going to elimination: Cass, Diego, Caleb, and Lilith!
Time for the finals, Don vs Johnny!
Ooh, a strong start for the Zestiest!
Don, no trash-talking mid-dance!
You cease those giggles!
A tragic end!!
Very rudely, almost all the caps of Don winning the dance-off didn't save. I'm very sorry, AlwaysAsking. The winner of the Big Brother 2020 Dance Off: Don Lothario!
Time for a celebratory nap.
"I can't believe we lost!!"
"IKR?!"
He fought hard. Second is pretty good, though!
It's pretty usual for the Vatores to be the only ones still awake. Bit weirder for it to be at 4:30 in the afternoon, though!
"Haha showing off our powers looks funny in the mirror."
"I am the spookiest!" "I'm cuter ;D"
Dramatic Caleb is dramatic.
Back to business as usual for the dancers!
Normalcy resumes as night falls. ...broken appliances and all.
While Lilith does pushups in the bathroom and Diego and Caleb have some consolation Monopoly, the others all hit the hay. Good night, sleepy dancers!
And finally, here's how much their skills increased!
Lilith: 4.36 to 5.00
Caleb: 4.30 to 4.88
Don: 3.26 to 4.25
Morgyn: 3.17 to 4.39
Diego: 3.03 to 3.77
Cass: 2.96 to 3.49
Johnny: 2.93 to 4.45
Cass has slipped from second-last to last! Johnny has done very respectably and gone from last to third, coming second in the challenge overall! And Lilith has remained at the top, with Caleb in second, despite both messing up and ending up in elimination!
Your turn! Of our bottom four, you can vote who to eliminate here. And comment here on what our winner should recieve as a prize!
How do you quantify their skills? This update is amazing Felt like I just watched a great episode. Can't believe both of the Vatores are at the bottom. I like all the characters. A shame someone has to go
@mercuryfoam thank you! Yeah, I was honestly surprised - given their skill levels, I thought Johnny would be up for elimination and the Vatores safe for sure! To work them out, if you hover over the bar in the skills tab, it shows you what their progress to the next level is. Dancing only goes up to level 5 and Lilith had maxed it out, so she had 5.00. Caleb was on level 4, and was 88% of the way to level 5, so his score was 4.88. Et cetera!
@mercuryfoam thank you! Yeah, I was honestly surprised - given their skill levels, I thought Johnny would be up for elimination and the Vatores safe for sure! To work them out, if you hover over the bar in the skills tab, it shows you what their progress to the next level is. Dancing only goes up to level 5 and Lilith had maxed it out, so she had 5.00. Caleb was on level 4, and was 88% of the way to level 5, so his score was 4.88. Et cetera!
It's almost time for the second elimination! But first, let's get through day 7 of week 2!
It's 4 AM on Saturday morning. Cass, Morgyn, Johnny, and Don sleep off the dance battle.
Diego has found everyone's favourite appliance.
And Caleb tries to get his cranky sister to chill. Man, how did she end up losing a dance-off?! (No actually she was just tense because she wanted to be creative.)
Show-off
Don's prize, the Bucket of Flirtiness, has arrived. Enjoy, everyone~!
I swear I need to confiscate that coffee machine.
The champ is up!
Oh boy time to stage an intervention the sun is about to rise and I'd rather not have a barbequed vampire.
The Bucket(tm) has taken effect on its first victi-- subject!
The household is up and about.
Diego attempts some cooking. Morgyn looks on in terror.
A masterpiece!!
Considering her dance fail, Cass is unbothered.
It's a miracle Caleb realised the kitchen sink can be used to wash dishes!!
Oh my, The Bucket(tm) is hitting Lilith hard.
"...sis. Chill." "Don't tell me what to do."
L I L I T H . . .
Morgyn honey clean your work surface before cooking.
Interestingly, they actually ditch it in favour of more apple salad. Cass picks it up instead!
Success! A bowl of pumpkin soup! It's now 12:30 PM, which is a decent enough time for lunch, despite Cass still being in her PJs.
Tables are for wimps.
...well hey you know what lunch can just wait.
So that happened ;D
"...sooooooo what now?"
Propositioning, apparently!
From a very excitable vampire!
Side note, this is the first actual in-game woohoo that's happened for this Big Brother run, the earlier stuff was from a mod.
Just as a point of interest.
I'm not taking these screencaps for my own satisfaction, really.
Just wanted to point out that interesting fact.
"Huh."
"So that's happening."
"About time, really."
"Hey Cass I won the bet."
Is the house insured against closet fireworks?
"They straight-out dented the doors!"
Sorry Johnny you definitely had an audience.
All good, everyone had a good time.
A very good time indeed!
All that time in the closet and Johnny still isn't dressed!
Caleb is just like "sooooo guess what I did". Lilith is all "omg bro TMI" and Don is just going "YEAH GET IT BOI"
"...tell us everything "
"I was there. They literally dented the closet doors."
*GOSSIPING INTENSIFIES*
I am getting a strong "what are your intentions towards my brother?" vibe here ngl
Anyway, much as I'd like the flirting to continue, Johnny has the highest cooking skill and it's time for a farewell dinner.
I just wanna point out that Johnny's current whims are 'send a happy text (from being happy)', 'flirt with Caleb', and 'make out with Caleb'.
Bit of wardrobe management via MCCC, and it's time for dinner!
Oh my god none of you have table manners.
Well, I like them, so here are their formal outfits! Lilith...
Caleb, Johnny, and Morgyn...
Diego and Cass...
...and Don.
And with everyone dressed and ready, it's time to assemble for the elimination!
With zero votes to go... Lilith. With one vote to go... Caleb. With three votes to go... Diego.
Week three of Big Brother 2020, and here's a brand new banner for you all!
Nice. Now, let's see how the housemates are going!
When we last left them, it was 11 PM on Saturday night, and the lights had just gone out. Let's see what they're doing!
...okay so apparently despite having Allow Polygamy and No Jealousy selected in MCCC, Diego strenuously disagrees.
"Rude "
So that happened.
Anyway. Appliances have been replaced, lights are now lamps or candles. Lilith, I think you'll find the culprit is in front of you.
She's depressed too! I'm not even sure who she's jealous of! Johnny is very bewildered right now.
Caleb is having a cry in the closet, albeit from embarrassment, not sadness.
Not even sports is making Lilith happy
Morgyn, beign their usual adorable self, tries to cheer Caleb up.
Sadpire
Well, time for Caleb to try out the new - old - shower! Naturally, he has no issues with Johnny being there.
Seriously all Johnny is doing is staring at a towel. Everything okay, bby? Why stare at a towel when that shower curtain is definitely not opaque?
Poor Caleb is still embarrassed, and now he's tense as well, both from lack of romance and the questionable water supply!
Quick addition to the kitchen.
The Great Vatore Pout-Off.
Morgyn just stopped like this and posed. Fashion!
Oh my god Caleb get out of the closet! .......again!
Morgyn 'what is a free bed?' Ember.
As far as I can tell, Johnny is just having a fine ol' time watching a buff Caleb in a tank top playing basketball.
Good idea. It is winter, and he can't live off the view of Caleb's biceps alone.
...although he's going to give it a darn good try ;D
Caleb's enjoying the view too! (Johnny's just tense from the warmish shower he had earlier.)
"MY KINGDOM FOR A FORBIDDEN-WORD WATER TANK."
Now, what's all this jogging?
I feel we've been in this situation before. Like, five hours ago. The mop is new, though!
Our lovebirds wander outside for a chat.
And some drinks, some sit-ups, and a meal for Don.
I'm getting this 'aww, what a cute li'l amateur' vibe from Don. Like, isn't that cute, the comedian thinks he can be as buff as me. (Insert Gaston theme here.)
Into winterwear, finally!
The animations for Tell Dramatic Story are so fun.
And Caleb is just like... why does no one clean up around here... Johnny cleans up around here, and he would except he's asleep...
See? Sleepy boy. At least he's keeping warm!
Oh for Watcher's sake Lilith get inside!
I know you're hot, but this is ridiculous!
Interestingly, she is doing this in complete silence.
That... was an attempted backflip.
All good. Just keep dancing!
...Caleb!! >: (
Diego's up and he's an absolute mess.
And despite two needs in the red, he's going to... sadly swim instead?
Man, that's just depressing.
"Okay yeah maybe a shower isn't a bad idea after all." (Don from the pool: "YEAH, MAN, YOU'RE A BIG BLOB OF STANK.")
...Never mind.
Don knows where this is going and he is out.
Okay good the pool remains uncontaminated.
Some cheery socialising over the messy kitchen.
Most of the housemates are up now! And that kitchen needs to be cleaned, yes.
Dangit Morgyn, Caleb's current love interest is right there. Why not hit on Diego? That works!
...he spotted it
Now look what you did, Morgyn
Not you too, Don! ...actually never mind I completely expect that from him.
Caleb it's very good of you to clean up the gross counter but I think Johnny needs some love?
Despite the fact that Morgyn hit on Caleb in front of him, Johnny's Outgoing trait means he can't pass up a good story!
Oh my god now Don is sad and jealous and crying it out!
You know what cures sadness? Mac and cheese.
Bone apple teeth!
"You're doing great, babe!"
Huh. Too bad Lilith is locked in a house. And also doesn't actually have her phone.
Giving yourself a pep talk works better when your housemates aren't chatting to each other right next to you!
...make that chatting each other up right next to you...
You know what Caleb is not helping here.
And now it's Don's turn for a pep talk!
I feel he was going for motivation and, "Yeah, go get that man!"
Certain people are less than impressed.
Seriously does no one here know what a bed is?
Lilith is still asleep, but there are two whole free beds!
*muffled screaming*
No! Not an improvement!!
"Trust me I am fixing this as fast as I can because you are offensive right now."
Oh thank Watcher.
Smelly boi.
OOPS.
Alive, but still sad!
Wait, what is that offensive smell?
Morgyn, this time!
Lilith is now awake and seems to be wishing she still wasn't, if the expression she's giving Don is any indication.
Good, some less offensive company!
Love the gardening enthusiasm, but I think you best have a shower, my little stinkblossom.
Literally none of these Sims know how to self-care.
See, Don, isn't it much nicer now you're not freezing to death?
As the first day of week three ends, Diego and Johnny sleep off their emotional rollercoasters...
Lilith, Morgyn, and Don have a... rollercoaster of their own the next bed over, and Caleb splashes around in blissful oblivion and is 'dang it's good not to be affected by the weather'.
Now let's end this quickly before any more drama ha-- never mind.
Caleb: ":("
Let's pretend they're talking it over like grown adults!
Don, hiding works better when someone isn't actively sitting on the same bed.
"HECC."
As Don grumpily eats his mac and cheese, he and Lilith are decided: this is gonna be a loooong week...
So, now that everyone is smelly and sad, I can fix at least one of these, if I want! Should I cheat in the Player trait for everyone? There'd be no more jealousy, sadness, embarrassment, et cetera. Still plenty of shenanigans, but basically they'll be able to flirt, smooch, and woohoo to their heart's content. Or, do I keep jealousy happening, and just watch how fast relationships start to unravel?
Well. First off, I missed the last installment but I want to wholeheartedly agree about the Tofurkey. My whole family is vegan and while we are happy they even offer veg*n options, that pale, sickly Tofurkey is always unsettling for us to see.
Also, wow, Johnny and Caleb are just so adorable, I can't even. They aren't together when they are my boys (When completely autonomous, Caleb is ALWAYS more likely to go for the other brother, I think maybe snob and materialistic traits mesh well?). Even in my monopoly mod save, seriously, Caleb WILL NOT go for it. Johnny occasionally throws a light flirt at him and Caleb is always like "hard pass, bro." And then he goes and blushes at Malcolm for 45 minutes. It's a crying shame, because they are definitely my OTP in your game.
So! On to this week. Man, idk. This is Big Brother, after all. I think I'm gonna vote for no Player trait. This has all gotten very Big Brotherish and I'm here for it.
And, honestly, I've played a few polyamorous households (including a long save in TS3 that included 7 poly sims and their kids). Pretty much all they ever wanted to do was flirt and woohoo with each other. There was never anything to change the group dynamic because in general they all got along. And I feel like an unpredictable group dynamic is better for this particular challenge, even though I hate seeing my sims miserable.
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Whew! We had $164 to start with, just removing that area bumped it up to $1,592!
Right, let's see. Morgyn is still sleeping in the tub. Johnny is showering, Lilith and Diego are swimming.
Lilith is also slightly burning up oh jeez I'm gonna pop in to get her to do a dark meditation.
Caleb and Cass are cooking pancakes and hanging out. For once, Cass doesn't look grumpy about company!
Don... appears to be trapped.
Diego has got a Bad Feeling.
On the plus side, Don has been freed!
Let there be light!
(Much to no one's surprise, they didn't win the lottery. Gunther Munch did instead. I bet he gives a lot of it to Mila!)
Speaking of money, Caleb goes out to check the plants and... oh.
Well that's just sad.
Some lonely baked potatoes. At least it's not popcorn!
Well into evening by now! No gnomes have been appeased and I am in fear. Gonna have Caleb make a grand meal anyway.
You know I keep forgetting that this one doesn't have 10 in homestyle and gourmet cooking like mine does...
OOPS.
HELP.
...goodness. Thank you to Lilith for extinguishing your brother. On the plus side, insurance payout in the thousands! On the downside, that stove was $15,000... Oh well. It's a counter now.
Johnny has the highest cooking skill! (...Three.) He can do the grand meal instead.
Morgyn I swear to Watcher.
It's okay he didn't need that bottle anyway.
He did it!! (Also god that Tofurkey roast looks so sad. Vegan food has colour, Maxis! We know how to use seasoning, Maxis!!)
Poor boy is sleepy. Still, that's one tradition filled!
Lilith honey you're gonna have a bad time...
Yup.
Please enjoy this relatively rare scene of house unity.
Thank you for cooking, Johnny! You can sleep now.
She has a tummy ache
Oh never mind, now she's asleep! Good, she was pretty low on energy.
Just down to three at the table.
Cass is in the bathroom, Morgyn is actually sleeping in a bed!!
I don't trust those two...
Harvestfest is officially over! Consensus - everyone more or less enjoyed it except Cass for some reason. Johnny, having slept through the last part of it, has a drink.
I appreciate the cleaning up but I also want to point out that Caleb picked up an empty plate from the kitchen. Then left the kitchen. To wash the dishes in the bathroom.
We own these guys now, right?
It's only about $500, but hey! Money is money!
Friday approaches, day of the dance challenge! Lilith has earned her very own cardboard dance floor too, along with Caleb. The rest... are in trouble
Two dancing vampires, a sleepy boi, and a disaster mage.
Squad goals tbh
The sun rises over Del Sol Valley...
And an update regarding the pink bar glitch! While romantic interactions like flirting still aren't making a pink bar show up, it is now showing up with UI cheats. Downside, I had to set them manually. For most of them, I just set them the same as friendship (with a few exceptions, I'm using the LGBT Mod and Johnny is gay, so he wouldn't have pink bars with Lilith or Cass). New romantic interactions do impact the pink bar now, so hopefully it should keep working in the future!
rofl Last I read cass is moody, and she's moody still. Your humor is gold. I usually dislike harvestfest a whole lot but you managed to make them bearable. Especially liked it when you sold those gnomes. Good riddance! And I've never watched BB in real life but I'm loving your updates!
...Literally no one is in bed.
Well, five of the seven seem raring to go!
Cass is fuelling up.
And poor Johnny is snoozing. He did well in making the holiday meal, so we'll let him get at least some energy back before we start!
Harvestfest clean-up continues.
Some flirting over coffee. I'm sorry but it weirds me out how buff Caleb is!
Johnny is up and on a mission!
A cleaning mission! Guys even if he comes last we can't lose him the household would literally fall apart without him.
Everyone is up and ready to go!
Let's pop that cardboard away and bring out the big guns!
Everyone in a group? Check. Everyone in their party clothes? Check! Let the challenge begin!!
Here's how it's going to work. We're going to start with a Group Dance - since we can only do six, whoever has the highest dance score can sit it out. The first three to fail at it will join the elimination group. The next four will then face each other in individual dance-offs! The two winners of those pairs will go to the finals, the two losers will compete against each other for immunity. Fourth place joins the other losers in elimination. Third is safe. Of the final two, second is safe, and first is not only safe, but gets a prize!
Current skill points:
Lilith: 4.36
Caleb: 4.30
Don: 3.26
Morgyn: 3.17
Diego: 3.03
Cass: 2.96
Johnny: 2.93
...yeah, I fear for Johnny too.
Ready? Let's go!
Dancers assembled!! (Morgyn is fine, they just joined in last.)
Cass and Diego are out super early!
Oh my!!
In a shocking twist, second-highest ranked dancer Caleb is the third one out!!
Haha help.
Our first three losers are Cass, Diego, and Caleb!
Now for the individual dance battles! For our first match-ups, Johnny vs Morgyn, then Don vs Lilith!
"You think you can go~?"
"You know I can!"
Just call him Johnny Zestvolta.
"I'm already out, good night."
Unorthodox moves!
...I legitimately don't know who won that. Morgyn flailed a tiny bit more? So I guess Johnny to the finals, Morgyn to the immunity playoff!
Next, Don vs Lilith! Caleb is just like, "...don't get me involved in this." And in the background, Morgyn sneaks a refuel!
Oh yeah she's got out the light thingies!
A shocking twist!!
Don has successfully made it to the finals!
Don't run away yet, it's time for the immunity playoffs - Morgyn vs Lilith! "For immunity!!"
Rockin' those moves!
"Think you can beat the Untamed One?"
"Oh yeah. ...or not." (On the plus side, she did hit level five!)
So, our four going to elimination: Cass, Diego, Caleb, and Lilith!
Time for the finals, Don vs Johnny!
Ooh, a strong start for the Zestiest!
Don, no trash-talking mid-dance!
You cease those giggles!
A tragic end!!
Very rudely, almost all the caps of Don winning the dance-off didn't save. I'm very sorry, AlwaysAsking. The winner of the Big Brother 2020 Dance Off: Don Lothario!
Time for a celebratory nap.
"I can't believe we lost!!"
"IKR?!"
He fought hard. Second is pretty good, though!
It's pretty usual for the Vatores to be the only ones still awake. Bit weirder for it to be at 4:30 in the afternoon, though!
"Haha showing off our powers looks funny in the mirror."
"I am the spookiest!" "I'm cuter ;D"
Dramatic Caleb is dramatic.
Back to business as usual for the dancers!
Normalcy resumes as night falls. ...broken appliances and all.
While Lilith does pushups in the bathroom and Diego and Caleb have some consolation Monopoly, the others all hit the hay. Good night, sleepy dancers!
And finally, here's how much their skills increased!
Lilith: 4.36 to 5.00
Caleb: 4.30 to 4.88
Don: 3.26 to 4.25
Morgyn: 3.17 to 4.39
Diego: 3.03 to 3.77
Cass: 2.96 to 3.49
Johnny: 2.93 to 4.45
Cass has slipped from second-last to last! Johnny has done very respectably and gone from last to third, coming second in the challenge overall! And Lilith has remained at the top, with Caleb in second, despite both messing up and ending up in elimination!
Your turn! Of our bottom four, you can vote who to eliminate here. And comment here on what our winner should recieve as a prize!
Learnt something new today! Thank you!
Diego has found everyone's favourite appliance.
And Caleb tries to get his cranky sister to chill. Man, how did she end up losing a dance-off?! (No actually she was just tense because she wanted to be creative.)
Show-off
Don's prize, the Bucket of Flirtiness, has arrived. Enjoy, everyone~!
I swear I need to confiscate that coffee machine.
The champ is up!
Oh boy time to stage an intervention the sun is about to rise and I'd rather not have a barbequed vampire.
The Bucket(tm) has taken effect on its first victi-- subject!
The household is up and about.
Diego attempts some cooking. Morgyn looks on in terror.
A masterpiece!!
Considering her dance fail, Cass is unbothered.
It's a miracle Caleb realised the kitchen sink can be used to wash dishes!!
Oh my, The Bucket(tm) is hitting Lilith hard.
"...sis. Chill." "Don't tell me what to do."
L I L I T H . . .
Morgyn honey clean your work surface before cooking.
Interestingly, they actually ditch it in favour of more apple salad. Cass picks it up instead!
Success! A bowl of pumpkin soup! It's now 12:30 PM, which is a decent enough time for lunch, despite Cass still being in her PJs.
Tables are for wimps.
...well hey you know what lunch can just wait.
So that happened ;D
"...sooooooo what now?"
Propositioning, apparently!
From a very excitable vampire!
Side note, this is the first actual in-game woohoo that's happened for this Big Brother run, the earlier stuff was from a mod.
Just as a point of interest.
I'm not taking these screencaps for my own satisfaction, really.
Just wanted to point out that interesting fact.
"Huh."
"So that's happening."
"About time, really."
"Hey Cass I won the bet."
Is the house insured against closet fireworks?
"They straight-out dented the doors!"
Sorry Johnny you definitely had an audience.
All good, everyone had a good time.
A very good time indeed!
All that time in the closet and Johnny still isn't dressed!
Caleb is just like "sooooo guess what I did". Lilith is all "omg bro TMI" and Don is just going "YEAH GET IT BOI"
"...tell us everything
"I was there. They literally dented the closet doors."
*GOSSIPING INTENSIFIES*
I am getting a strong "what are your intentions towards my brother?" vibe here ngl
Anyway, much as I'd like the flirting to continue, Johnny has the highest cooking skill and it's time for a farewell dinner.
I just wanna point out that Johnny's current whims are 'send a happy text (from being happy)', 'flirt with Caleb', and 'make out with Caleb'.
Bit of wardrobe management via MCCC, and it's time for dinner!
Oh my god none of you have table manners.
Well, I like them, so here are their formal outfits! Lilith...
Caleb, Johnny, and Morgyn...
Diego and Cass...
...and Don.
And with everyone dressed and ready, it's time to assemble for the elimination!
With zero votes to go... Lilith. With one vote to go... Caleb. With three votes to go... Diego.
And with six votes to go...
It's time to go, Cassandra.
"Oh thank watcher."
And then... off go the lights.
Nice. Now, let's see how the housemates are going!
...okay so apparently despite having Allow Polygamy and No Jealousy selected in MCCC, Diego strenuously disagrees.
"Rude
So that happened.
Anyway. Appliances have been replaced, lights are now lamps or candles. Lilith, I think you'll find the culprit is in front of you.
She's depressed too! I'm not even sure who she's jealous of! Johnny is very bewildered right now.
Caleb is having a cry in the closet, albeit from embarrassment, not sadness.
Not even sports is making Lilith happy
Morgyn, beign their usual adorable self, tries to cheer Caleb up.
Sadpire
Well, time for Caleb to try out the new - old - shower! Naturally, he has no issues with Johnny being there.
Seriously all Johnny is doing is staring at a towel. Everything okay, bby? Why stare at a towel when that shower curtain is definitely not opaque?
Poor Caleb is still embarrassed, and now he's tense as well, both from lack of romance and the questionable water supply!
Quick addition to the kitchen.
The Great Vatore Pout-Off.
Morgyn just stopped like this and posed. Fashion!
Oh my god Caleb get out of the closet! .......again!
Morgyn 'what is a free bed?' Ember.
As far as I can tell, Johnny is just having a fine ol' time watching a buff Caleb in a tank top playing basketball.
Good idea. It is winter, and he can't live off the view of Caleb's biceps alone.
...although he's going to give it a darn good try ;D
Caleb's enjoying the view too! (Johnny's just tense from the warmish shower he had earlier.)
"MY KINGDOM FOR A FORBIDDEN-WORD WATER TANK."
Now, what's all this jogging?
I feel we've been in this situation before. Like, five hours ago. The mop is new, though!
Our lovebirds wander outside for a chat.
And some drinks, some sit-ups, and a meal for Don.
I'm getting this 'aww, what a cute li'l amateur' vibe from Don. Like, isn't that cute, the comedian thinks he can be as buff as me. (Insert Gaston theme here.)
Into winterwear, finally!
The animations for Tell Dramatic Story are so fun.
And Caleb is just like... why does no one clean up around here... Johnny cleans up around here, and he would except he's asleep...
See? Sleepy boy. At least he's keeping warm!
Oh for Watcher's sake Lilith get inside!
I know you're hot, but this is ridiculous!
Interestingly, she is doing this in complete silence.
That... was an attempted backflip.
All good. Just keep dancing!
...Caleb!! >: (
Diego's up and he's an absolute mess.
And despite two needs in the red, he's going to... sadly swim instead?
Man, that's just depressing.
"Okay yeah maybe a shower isn't a bad idea after all." (Don from the pool: "YEAH, MAN, YOU'RE A BIG BLOB OF STANK.")
...Never mind.
Don knows where this is going and he is out.
Okay good the pool remains uncontaminated.
Some cheery socialising over the messy kitchen.
Most of the housemates are up now! And that kitchen needs to be cleaned, yes.
Dangit Morgyn, Caleb's current love interest is right there. Why not hit on Diego? That works!
...he spotted it
Now look what you did, Morgyn
Not you too, Don! ...actually never mind I completely expect that from him.
Caleb it's very good of you to clean up the gross counter but I think Johnny needs some love?
Despite the fact that Morgyn hit on Caleb in front of him, Johnny's Outgoing trait means he can't pass up a good story!
Oh my god now Don is sad and jealous and crying it out!
You know what cures sadness? Mac and cheese.
Bone apple teeth!
"You're doing great, babe!"
Huh. Too bad Lilith is locked in a house. And also doesn't actually have her phone.
Giving yourself a pep talk works better when your housemates aren't chatting to each other right next to you!
...make that chatting each other up right next to you...
You know what Caleb is not helping here.
And now it's Don's turn for a pep talk!
I feel he was going for motivation and, "Yeah, go get that man!"
Certain people are less than impressed.
Seriously does no one here know what a bed is?
Lilith is still asleep, but there are two whole free beds!
*muffled screaming*
No! Not an improvement!!
"Trust me I am fixing this as fast as I can because you are offensive right now."
Oh thank Watcher.
Smelly boi.
OOPS.
Alive, but still sad!
Wait, what is that offensive smell?
Morgyn, this time!
Lilith is now awake and seems to be wishing she still wasn't, if the expression she's giving Don is any indication.
Good, some less offensive company!
Love the gardening enthusiasm, but I think you best have a shower, my little stinkblossom.
Literally none of these Sims know how to self-care.
See, Don, isn't it much nicer now you're not freezing to death?
As the first day of week three ends, Diego and Johnny sleep off their emotional rollercoasters...
Lilith, Morgyn, and Don have a... rollercoaster of their own the next bed over, and Caleb splashes around in blissful oblivion and is 'dang it's good not to be affected by the weather'.
Now let's end this quickly before any more drama ha-- never mind.
Caleb: ":("
Let's pretend they're talking it over like grown adults!
Don, hiding works better when someone isn't actively sitting on the same bed.
"HECC."
As Don grumpily eats his mac and cheese, he and Lilith are decided: this is gonna be a loooong week...
So, now that everyone is smelly and sad, I can fix at least one of these, if I want! Should I cheat in the Player trait for everyone? There'd be no more jealousy, sadness, embarrassment, et cetera. Still plenty of shenanigans, but basically they'll be able to flirt, smooch, and woohoo to their heart's content. Or, do I keep jealousy happening, and just watch how fast relationships start to unravel?
Also, wow, Johnny and Caleb are just so adorable, I can't even. They aren't together when they are my boys (When completely autonomous, Caleb is ALWAYS more likely to go for the other brother, I think maybe snob and materialistic traits mesh well?). Even in my monopoly mod save, seriously, Caleb WILL NOT go for it. Johnny occasionally throws a light flirt at him and Caleb is always like "hard pass, bro." And then he goes and blushes at Malcolm for 45 minutes. It's a crying shame, because they are definitely my OTP in your game.
So! On to this week. Man, idk. This is Big Brother, after all. I think I'm gonna vote for no Player trait. This has all gotten very Big Brotherish and I'm here for it.
And, honestly, I've played a few polyamorous households (including a long save in TS3 that included 7 poly sims and their kids). Pretty much all they ever wanted to do was flirt and woohoo with each other. There was never anything to change the group dynamic because in general they all got along. And I feel like an unpredictable group dynamic is better for this particular challenge, even though I hate seeing my sims miserable.
It makes for good TV though. :D