New Years kicks off with a dinner party for friends, family and co-workers. Cerise seems particularly chatty with a certain co-worker of her Dad's. Spoiler tagged as usual for Grim out of uniform.
Her Mother is not impressed at this turn of events & attempts to signal her father with a well placed stare.
The dinner party over, other guests start to arrive. Erishkigal is happy to see Paige could make it.
With more guests arriving, and leftover grand meal on the menu, Erishkigal can't help but wonder why all the uncomfortable looks around the table. Little does she know that her sister just caught her new girlfriend flirting with another woman, one of her own sisters no less.
For now it seems as if Paige is going to act like nothing happened, with a New Year's kiss on the dancefloor.
Meanwhile Aislinn tries to tease some information out of Cerise about just who she might be planning to invite to her sister's upcoming wedding. Dad is concerned and not entirely impressed with Cerise's choice in potential romantic partners.
The following day, after work, Erishkigal gets a phone call from Paige asking her out on a date. Grim's more worried about his other daughter's love life.
Erishkigal's date starts off with the dreaded words, "We need to talk". She's prepared to here what Paige has to say, but wonders what on earth it could be.
Paige and Erishkigal sit down while Paige explains that it wasn't widely known she had been in an open relationship with Erishkigal's sister, Lilitu & her wife Candy, and that in the party atmosphere of the New Year they had fallen back into old patterns. Paige looks suitable chastised as Erishkigal forgives her, but firmly lays down some ground rules for their relationship going forward.
In the end, all's well that end's well.
Occult Simmer (All Occult All The Time)
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
How did you create a cemetery? My Grim has so many tombstones in his inventory that trying to put a cemetery in our backyard is ridiculous, even with the extra space. I want a cemetery lot I can use. Is it a mod, or CC, or something else?
Occult Simmer (All Occult All The Time)
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
@Daephene
It's a build for Glimmerbrook Watch by NoMadAshby.
@GrimlyFiendish
Tbh just set a lot as Generic and start traveling to it and dropping tombstones down. You can build fancy stuff for it if you want to make it pretty, but it's not necessary. There is a custom lot trait to denote a lot as a graveyard, but it doesn't actually do anything beyond give random moodlets when a Sim visits it.
I may actually put a mausoleum on mine and add basement catacombs, just put shelves on the walls and set urns on the shelves. Yup. Space-saving.
白雪夏夜我不停歇
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
@DarkAngel1994 I love the wedding, both dresses were nice on her, "son I could be the same age as your grandmother" what's your point lol, I really like when the family is there for a wedding. It's just one of those things, proud dads and emotional mamas whichever comes up. The kids are too cute. @Daephene it's some chill playtime for sure. @AlwaysAsking Glad to see you and know you're doing better dear it'll be nice to spend time with your daughter and focus on that when you pop in though you know all the pics mmhmm it's a rule now. My first thought was did you get seasons then you said what you have so I had to think if Jesminder wants to have a tantrum she can sleep outside....lol They really are a loveable group like that who knows why, maybe it's cause Don he thrives every story he's in just cause he gets attention. @mercuryfoam@Silverofdreams30@Lyrie
Awesomes out, I forgot I had a few other pics so I limited what I had to share it all.
Date 1 a success.
I don't know if it's cause of these showers or the dividers you can't see cause the walls are up but either way they don't seem to have a problem with communal showers anymore.
Date 2 too....sort of ha.
She seems hopeful about the third one.
Now I edited one of the lots to make a rental and Juanita surprised Jillian with a vacation for two to Sulani, I had an issue not being able to control them but instead the main house. Fixed by going to the house and picking a girl then selecting switching control to so they didn't have to join them.
They have been having a great time though they aren't really dating but Juanita is hoping to change that while Jill wishes she'd get it on it already.
Trying to show off for her even...stop that lol
Now up close the tans they got, I think they are nice.
I noticed the sweet tea there was glitched moving the camera, and speeding up when they fell asleep made the color come back they didn't really care....even if it was 144 simoleans to make it
Life is good, I am planning on splitting up their share house they'll probably go first so they can have kids, Westley and Elvion too.
Reddestiny921 on the gallery...still not sure if I capitalized the second d..lol
All the sims err'day
@RedDestiny92 Your Sims couples look awesome together. If Juanita and Jill aren't already an established pair, they should be. Love the Sulani setting as well.
Occult Simmer (All Occult All The Time)
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
@Daephene - You absolutely did not come off as if you were complaining ! I can completely see how it could be confusing, lol! I had asked another Simmer who asked if I kept a list anywhere public if they had any suggestions because I'd be happy to do this, lol!
@RedDestiny92 - Yeah, she does. I can't believe I just noticed it too late, lol XD
If Autumn wasn't born a vampire, she would have been an elder at this moment.
Very true on that.
Thankfully, after getting promoted to Sergeant Minor, Luke got his uniform rather than the pink towel and women's shoes.
James just being a boy and got away from trouble.
Mosura was playing in the "puddle" and got cleaned up. Unlike my dog, she loves bath time.
James got busted!
Jessie got a new toy Luke bought from Batuu.
I forgot what they were called, but they look like a very fluffy penguin.
Mosura watching over the children.
Looks like both James and Mosura are wondering what that is.
Mosura is very protective of the little ones.
The Twins' First Snow
The little ones had a lot of fun in the snow.
James recognized his aunt and wanted to get a hug from her, but Kimiko rejected the hug.
It broke his little heart.
Kimiko mentioned about some kid that wanted to hug her, only to regret after Sakura told her that "annoying brat" is her son.
That didn't bother James though. He went to dance to the music playing in the lobby while Jessie was playing in the trash bin.
Family Dinner
Luke and Sakura hosted a dinner party and invited Luke's parents and grandparents.
Even Kimiko showed up to see her nephew and niece.
Not shown, Luke and Sakura woohoo in the hot springs (didn't know that was a thing), and Sakura ended up getting pregnant.
"Get some rest, love, I'll take care of the kids."
James really likes Mosura, so he's been with her the whole time.
Jessie rather play with Papa.
New Family Member
That evening, the family adopted another Siberian Husky they named Gojira.
Gojira was very curious of the little humans. Being aggressive, he barked at the sleeping James, but fortunately the little ones were still asleep. And Luke lectured Gojira to not bark at the kids.
Mosura's first time meeting Gojira.
Just like Mosura, Gojira is active and liked to go out on a jog, but at night.
Impromptu Rags to Riches University Speed-Run Special Household: Zhong
I am pleased to introduce one of my original Sims, Avery Zhong. I don't remember why I made her. Probably because I just like making pretty Sims in CAS and wanted to play around with stuff. She is a young adult spellcaster apprentice, and her traits are loves outdoors, genius, vegetarian.
She's aiming to become a marine biologist. Unfortunately, something has gone sideways in my game and my degree-holding Sims are no longer receiving their sign-on bonus or their base pay multiplier. In order to test if this is the game or my game, I disabled CC and mods and decided to do an unaltered uni speed run.
As we go, I'll be giving pointers and tips for how to do a university run. We will not be using cheats, we won't be using mods, no potions or spells, no joy of being a vampire, no studying, completing all homework, papers, and presentations, and, because the game decided to be very rude to Avery, with basically no freakin money.
This is the fastest university run I've ever done, I did this all in one day, and I spent 99% of the time playing it on speed 3. Let's go!
CAS gave her 2,500 to start with. (Yes. I'm not kidding. It was bad.) Fortunately I ain't no baby player and know how to work this broke thing. So we get a tent and a grill. To our wild advantage, Avery has loves outdoors, so tbh CAS decided to be very rude to the right Sim. She was lovin' being outside all the time.
For four weeks in-game, we pursue a biology degree from Foxbury Institute. In order to get this prestigious degree, we're going to have to work our behinds off. We start out heading to a library. Skill up. Get the skills that you'll need for your degree, or just whatever ones float you or your Sim's fancy, to at least level 3. This will give you a decent base chance for getting into the distinguished fancy degree programme. If you just get one or two of the associated skills to level 3, I've seen very good chances from just that.
She spends three days in the Willow Creek Archives reading books. I have autonomy disabled so I have to watch her needs. To make a little cash, we go fishing outside, and when we need food we go home. The grill has a special option on a home lot called fish on a stick, requires one fresh fish, and doesn't cost anything to make. Pro-tip, vegetarian Sims at present do not get sick from eating it, either, despite the game acknowledging it's fish by granting the fresh fish meal moodlet. Whatever. Not going to complain. (I'm honestly not sure if I want this fixed or not.)
This was taken just because it's pretty. I mean, look at it. It is.
This was, too.
Fortunately, other Sims come over. (By the way, the fish is Splinter Jr., named in honour of Ezio's Splinter.) I do take the time to sit down and talk to them because it raises social need much faster. If you make a point of doing homework, term papers, and presentations in libraries (and yes, we do have the ability to do them all and not half kill ourselves doing it), or other public venues, other Sims will just naturally gravitate to your Sim and raise their social metre for you.
If you choose to use tiny house bonuses, which I would recommend for this, and can make a small enough tiny house, you can nab relationship gain boosts, which will assist in making fast friends for the positive moodlets. Happy Sim is a productive Sim, so try not to neglect the Sim's needs too much unless you really need to. Coffee pots can come in handy here because it boosts the energy metre without a crash later, and can help squeeze by when you've got two presentations to do. (Once, Avery had two and one paper.)
When you apply for universities, at the same time, apply for scholarships if you're broke. Apply for every dang one in the list. The worst that happens is, you get rejected, but best case scenario, you'll have extra leftover to put toward living expenses. Often, your appliances will break. Think about the coursework you need done vs the time you have to do it in to decide whether you want to repair it, or just replace it, because sometimes it'll be more worthwhile to replace it and get it back functioning now than bother with taking the time to fix it instead.
Between catching lots of fish and our small humble garden, we've got a bathroom. Yeah, that's all that's in the building. It's fine though. Avery sure enjoys it. By now she's gotten the outdoorsy lifestyle, so she's happy as a clam under the sea.
Pro-tip, presentations can be given multiple presentations at once. If you have more than one, queue all of them at once. They will all be completed at the same time, which will save you a lot of time.
Another pro-tip, do yourself a favour and do NOT put the presentations and term papers off to the end. Why? Because once they're done, and you've turned them in/presented them, and done your homework for that class once, that's it. You're done. No more homework for that class for the rest of the term. Yes. I'm serious. Sometimes it will cause your term to sort of glitch a little and you'll do finals two days early, but it won't affect your final grade.
For our outdoorsy Sim, we focus on gardening and fishing as a means of raising fun. You can also talk to plants to raise both fun and social by quite a margin simultaneously, and I'm ngl I abused it. Playing chess will also raise fun, and doing so in a public space will again attract other Sims to you and boost social motive at the same time.
Not bad!
We did have a one-day stint in Magic Realm to use their facilities. (We're also off-grid.) Minerva Charm decided to die. I guess she's going to haunt the Magic Realm for the rest of however long her ghost is around. Eh.
Tomax and Morgyn are like "Yeah, okay."
First time I've seen actual Grimmy in quite a while yet.
Now she's gone and everyone's going to be sad about it. I'm like how many of you even liked her, anyway. Gosh. Listen, turning witness death off is rad and way less chaotic. We went home after this and stayed there, the vibe was really killer after that. Ha!
Idk how ya'll that play vanilla games do it, I was dying by the end of the first day. Vanilla game is so stupid. I also have a thousand single-Sim households now.
Our first term is over. And we've scored A+ in everything. Fantastic.
Pro-tip, when your Sim leaves for class, change the tone to 'take notes.' In this way you can manage not to need to ever study. I never once studied this entire speed run. "Kei, how do I tell if my Sim's doing okay on performance?" Well you can email your professors, but you can also just pay attention to the notices that pop up when your Sim returns from class. What does it say? Something about turning in homework confidently and squeezing every drop of learning out of that class means you're on the right track, gogogo. If it says something about how some other students seem to be doing better, you're passing but you'll need to pull performance up.
We went along doing papers and homework in the library. We also hunted for frogs and dug at dig sites for crystals and time capsules. They make for decent money. Avery made a good friend in Angela Pleasant and Tina Tinker, and both ladies were over constantly, making this a cinch. We hardly had to leave the house by the end of second term. We gave Angela the house key and she'd come in and just start talking to Avery while she was doing homework or a paper. It was a real time-saver.
Unfortunately having a pet would help with the social and fun bar, but they require taking attention away from coursework in order to raise these bars. So I actually recommend having a non-played Sim you don't need to pay attention to that has a house key. They're not bothered by your Sim staring at their homework constantly.
(Side note, yes, this is also how to do this the fastest way possible.)
Second term done. We're still crunching straight A+ and our GPA hasn't dropped. We're doing good. Almost there.
Tiny house pro-tip, tables and desks will work over the lower end of a bed.
We got more money from the garden and fishing, so we used the money to build more house. Said house is just now around 6,500 Simoleons so we've made a decent amount.
Angela is over pretty much constantly, but this is great because it means we don't have to bother trying to leave for much.
Our house now. I actually only needed to abuse the coffee maker once. If you're going to use a coffee maker, I'd recommend getting as expensive a coffee maker as you can, because it'll pay off in usefulness when it consistently churns out excellent quality coffee that lasts your Sim a heck of a lot longer than normal.
Run on naps if you need to. You can also put them to sleep and manually wake them up when their energy bar is partway up. It's not ideal, but it'll work. You can push the energy bar, but the hunger bar should be immediately taken care of when possible because they'll die from it of course. You can also stop homework, presentations, papers, and editing either one momentarily to take care of a need and go back to it later.
I'd also recommend going to other lots and using facilities. Heading to the gym and using their showers, for instance, can really help because they shower much faster.
Tina eventually decided she was going to be over every other day. On the days Tina wasn't there, Angela was. No work for us whatsoever on the socialising part. Most of the time, I even had the time to let her focus on socialising with her friends, not just throwing a word or two out while doing a paper.
AI is a little funny. Avery could eat and play on the computer at once, but when the bowl was empty and left in the middle of the laptop this way, she couldn't use the computer anymore until the bowl was gone. Yeah... well I'm watching a bunch of barely-intelligent pixels accomplish what I never did instead of doing it myself, so I guess I can't talk. xDD
We're finally done! We did get one A instead of A+ (what happened is she got caught up doing a task she wouldn't automatically stop without my intervention and was an hour late to that class one day), but it's not enough to impact our GPA. We did it!!
Avery is now a graduated lady!!
And if anyone was wondering, it took nine hours-ish of nonstop, near constant speed 3 playing, and it turned out to be a mod that broke the pay boost and sign-on bonus. c: It's unbroken now.
Happy Simming and I'll be back to Corazon save when I return!
白雪夏夜我不停歇
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
@AlwaysAsking welcome back Its great to see you and your sims if only for a short time. I am so looking forward to the holidays as I tell myself there will be time to post and then the time slips away. Hope you have a lovely Christmas with your family all around especially with your daughter visiting xx
I loved your Snowy Escape post. The sims being themselves always make me smile. I like seeing the younger versions of your sims - I don't think Don holding the dirty dishes ruined the effect - a man cleaning up always adds to the appeal He is a poser though - recently in Quinn and Rohan's save - Quin was ambushed by people at the gym. Don stood posing outside as if he was thinking here I am ladies and gents come and ambush this - he was quite confused why the sims preferred Quin - ignore the sunglasses - I think MCC had an issue during the last update - as I have glasses banned from unplayed sims (as the game can't give out appropriate ones - why so many star shaped glasses game - why) all my sims decided they would wear glasses to spite me - I spent hours taking people to CAS and improving their eyesight. But I let Don keep these as I think they fit his personality - especially posing around late at night. I took this shot of him for you.
Updates:
I have some updates to do but not the time
However I did get a new achievement I have never got before - it was in the doctor career... I was just happy that I actually did the correct surgery - normally I just operate 3 times on anyone to get to the next career level. But then to get a new achievement too.
@Keidra when you go to pick a career - dont pick the regular career scroll down the list to find a second version of the career with the level and sign on bonus attached. I got caught out by this when they changed it.
Reality Kings Season 3: Episode 20 (Season Finale)
It was Manuel and Summer's first Harvestfest together as a married couple. One of Manuel's "Stans" was outside their house, and Summer chased her away. Manuel made drinks while Summer cooked turkey dinner, and they had the Harvestfest dinner together while their butler was given a day off.
During the evening of the following day, Manuel gave Summer a fertility massage after she came home from work. And then they did the you-know-what without contraceptives. Summer took a pregnancy test and then told Manuel at once that they're finally having a baby. They both slept overjoyed that night.
Manuel wanted to make sure Summer's eating healthful foods, so he made Superfood Salad the next morning. They spent time together in the pool area.
Summer's mom as well as Manuel's parents and half-brother Mick came to visit them. Summer happily announced her pregnancy to them.
Summer's baby bump was already big during the beginning of her second trimester. Manuel was almost certain that they're gonna have twins as they planned, so he bought two bassinets.
Manuel baked Sugar Free Carob Coconut Cake during the start of the new trimester of Summer's pregnancy.
Summer's co-workers Candy and Dina visited them, and Summer asked them to feel her baby bump. Manuel had a movie shoot that day, so he had to leave Summer with her friends.
Show spoiler to see how Manuel's gig went.
Manuel was so eager to finish his shoot, so he went to the dressing room at once to get into costume, and then he told the director he's ready.
His co-stars were Judith Ward and a random townie actor. The scenes were just pieces of cake for him after completing the Master Actor aspiration.
He got gold as usual, and finally, he reached the peak of the acting career track ("Silver Screen Icon").
Manuel went home immediately after the shoot because he didn't want to be separated from his pregnant wife for so long. Jordan and Erik visited them, and both felt Manuel's first baby (or babies) in Summer's tummy. The visitors had a taste of Manuel's Superfood Salad and Sugar Free Carob Coconut Cake.
Manuel made french toast the morning of Summer's due date (Winter Day 2). Even though they have a butler, Manuel preferred to be the one to cook for his wife while she's pregnant.
They spent time together in the pool area again.
Dane visited them that day and felt Summer's baby bump. The butler did too. Summer went into labor that evening after Dane left, and there were a paparazzi and a stan outside their house.
Manuel and Summer went to the hospital, and Manuel's with came true! They had not just one but two babies! And now, Manuel is officially the hottest daddy in San Myshuno.
But there's a twist. Show spoiler to find out what it is!
Manuel and Summer were advised to use bassinets different from the ones they have, and they didn't have any idea why they had to. Nevertheless, they were both in a state of bliss. They dressed the twins in baby onesies and took turns feeding and rocking them. They aren't finding anything unusual with the twins at this point.
When the twins were already asleep, Manuel and Summer did the you-know-what. Then the four of them slept soundly together in one bedroom.
@Daephene Wow, you have a lot happening. Also, sorry for your in game losses. Time flies with the sims even on a long life span. That's why I'm going to use Damion as a reaper for Sims when I think their time has come.
As for my rotation:
I, at least, have the households I need to start things off. I still have certain venues to complete though.
My latest venue is the 50x50 lot on Mua Pel'Am. I'm building a nightclub venue in the Island's Jungles. This lot will be more than a nightclub lot. (Many of my lots have little details that are like hidden secrets).
Anyways, I'm building a lot of lots in Sulani with the elemental theme. I completed the Water Sanctuary, Earth Sanctuary, and Air Sanctuary in the former admiral's wreckage. These Sanctuaries have unique items that allow players to do unique things, but I intentionally made them difficult to get to without certain skills or occult traits. Even ghosts would have trouble getting to some of these Sanctuaries.
I have to build two more retail stores in Sulani. One for adult clothes and Jungle Adventure furniture. The other will be for kids items and kids clothes.
As for the official household in this rotation, I decided to make it Calum and Arihi's rotation because they are prepping rooms for the Earth Elemental Twins and that has helped to jumpstart the retail store.
For the Legacy Household, they will start out as rags to riches, and the way I'm going to challenge myself is by purchasing from retail. This does not seem to trigger a rebate from the mansion baron aspiration trait, and everything purchased from a retail store is more expensive than build mode. Adjusting the prices in the store will increase or decrease the difficulty. This household will be a later household because I need a lot of stuff set up before starting the generational household in the Legacy/ Rags-to-Riches Challenge Style.
Yesterday (irl), I remembered that Luke got a text from his dad.
Elliot was proud to see his son again...even it wasn't that long they've seen each other since the dinner party.
Luke told his parents that he and Sakura are expecting another baby.
Luke came back home when Tristan and Elliot had to leave for work. Mosura ended up sleeping behind the couch.
The Twins' First Festival
The family went to the Festival of Youth.
The family came back home, and Luke's being a silly father before heading out to do some errands.
Gojira the Guard Dog
This lady was going to talk to the toddlers, but was stopped by Gojira. He's very protective of his family and won't let this stranger get near the little ones.
Even if it was Kimiko, he still watches over when Luke's not around.
Only the little ones can turn the tough dog into a big softie.
Another great news for the canine family!
Gojira and Mosura are now proud parents of triplets: two girls named Tsuki and Hana and a boy named Takeo.
Since it was already a full house, the family decided to give two puppies away and keep Tsuki.
Hana lives with Leia and Han, and Takeo lives with Kimiko, Jean, and their son.
Jordan was preparing for his first movie, and he had to develop his comedy skill and research angry emotion. He decided to come with Johnny who visited Jordan's ex-girlfriend Phoenix (now Johnny's girlfriend) in her new house in Del Sol Valley. Jordan tried doing friendly interactions with her at first, but she responded negatively. Then Jordan started doing mean interactions with her such as "Criticize WooHoo techniques."
She asked her what her problem is, and this was her response:
Jordan's co-stars were Mick and Nina (not Caliente). He rehearsed with Mick before getting into costume and telling the director he's ready.
Instead of doing all his scenes in only one outfit, he decided to change outfit every change in background. He did the scenes in jail and his solo scenes half-naked to flaunt his perfect body.
Jordan got gold, and he got promoted to "Superstar."
His performance also raised his celebrity status to "Global Superstar," and he completed another aspiration. Now he has the trait "Unstoppable Fame."
His girlfriend Cherie was also in the studio, so he stayed after shooting his scenes.
Manuel and Summer were sleeping soundly with the twins, and then Rafael woke up. Manuel was the one who got up first to attend to him. When Mitchell also woke up, Summer got up to feed him.
Summer had to go to work that day, so Manuel needed some assistance from their butler.
When Summer went home from work, the baby party started, and their family members and close friends came to see the twins.
Ok. I have about a half hour to try to say Hi to a few of you. I have to drive to Chicago tomorrow to get my daughter from the airport and it’s about 2 hours from here.
I haven’t really gone back in the thread except to the last few people who mentioned me. I do hope to do better. I just don’t know when
Anyway, if I just comment from memory this will not take long. My memory is shot, lol
@BlueSeaWaves Thank you very much for the shout out. It’s funny because I was the next one to post. Lol
Oh man, what a mess Archie is in! All that video gaming, and not planning for the future might have lost him the person that he finally decided to do something for! Timing! Oh my! And Sammy is a snake. Who does that to their friend? Though I don’t think much of Anna doing it to him either.
It’s just that he’s trying to do the right thing now. At least that what it seems like, but maybe he’s too late. That would be so heartbreaking. I wonder what it will do to Archie’s new found work ethic. Goodness, I don’t even know what I want to happen here. I don’t trust Anna. I see that she has Snowy Escape hair though! Perhaps something will be happening in the mountains?
And Claudio is so cute and funny. It would be fun if he became a Detective!
@Daephene Ok, I went a few updates back. I see we’ve had more losses. Well, you knew that it would be happening. That was crazy timing with the kids showing up “just in time” I wonder if the game does that on purpose. It seems like it did it for a birthday party I just had. The dang AI in this game freaks me out sometimes, lol
I had to laugh at the Gunther Munch Memorial! What was it? Pixies? Anyway, my goodness, yes, teenagers abound in that play through. But they are cute together. And shoot! The woohoo talk causes a negative sentiment? I guess we won’t be having that talk! Sheesh. But it’s super cool that you moved Candy and Yuki in with them. It will make for some drama, obviously, lmao. Mood swings.
Shoot, there was something else I wanted to mention. Maybe it will come to me. Lol. It’s nice that your Renaldo? Ramiro? Lmao, I can’t remember what is what anymore, anyway his daughter will be a toddler for Easter! Awesome!
I decided to let him have some adventures in my game (after discussing him briefly here). Not so much adventures ….. but at least a bit of romance.
I couldn’t find anyone decent, so I imported the bouquet squad from the Maxis Gallery
And he works fast!
At least he asked her to be his girlfriend (afterward – lol)
She said yes
He’s been living with your other guys, so they all had fun that night!
All of these cuties are from that Bouquet squad. They are pretty!
Miles works fast too. I thought one of the other men was more good looking, but he also was evil and had the public enemy aspiration. Ummmmm, no thank you. lol
But all the couples are official now! Yay!
@SwanSong93 Thank you so much for the welcome back! I hope to be able to be here more often, and read your story after my daughter goes back to college.
@RedDestiny92 Thanks for the welcome back! I’m glad you liked the little story. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have snow! – but only when I want it! – lol! And with gift giving from Nifty Knitting I finally decided to make a Sim Christmas happen. And yes. Put Don in a story – and there you go – you have a story, lol
My goodness! You made some beautiful Sims for your test save! I tried playing around with the sliders a little one night. I can’t tell the difference between the darkest in one shade and the medium in another, you know? But I was glad to see them spilt into warm, neutral, cold. I’ve discovered I’m not fond of Cold. These 3 are the same guy, in different skin tones, lol. That’s the extent of my experiments.
Your Sims do what I want mine to do when I stick them all in one place together. Yours seem to gravitate towards someone. I rarely get that. I’m trying to match up a bunch of the teens in my save with aging on, and it’s annoying to figure out who they like. Malcolm aged up, so of course Luna is all over him now! Lmao
Anyway, it was cool going through your posts and seeing who your favorites were, lol! You generally pick some, don’t you? Hopefully I’ll get to know them better.
@haneul I was happy to see that BlueSeaWaves wrote down pages from some of your last posts! Or wait? Do you have your URLs of updates in a spoiler? I think maybe you do! Then I can find all the ones I missed! Anyway, the last thing I remember seeing from you was talking about Nalani’s house and how much it looked like Sulani, and why was I doing that anyway?
I hope to make a nice post about it all someday, I have hundreds of pictures, but the short answer is that I wanted Joey and all of his boyfriends, girlfriends, and children to be together in one place, and I chose Willow Creek! So she needed a nice place to remind her of home. And when I make their 3 toddlers age up, then they will be able to swim in that pool too. They are all mermaids /men. Her house is second from the top on the left.
@Metior_Ice Thank you for the welcome back! Yes, it would have made a lot more sense if they had pushed each other over, but no. Just a glitch, it makes taking great pictures at the end of people’s run pretty difficult though.
I never found the origin of Merman Don. All I knew was that he showed up and then got judged! Lmao. But he looks like my Don from my gallery. What made you decide to have a Don in your story? He’s irresistible right? Lol!
@Becka28 Speaking of irresistible Don I loled when you said you took that picture for me! Trust me, I appreciate it. And the song “I wear my sunglasses at night” won’t leave my head now. He really is quite a poser. I love how Maxis programmed him. The most irritating, but also most pursued, Sim in the game. Too funny that he was doing that outside the gym. Sorry Don, you are not a celebrity, lol. You might be pretty but ….
@Keidra Hi! Cool to see you posting here again, I didn’t read any of the story yet, but I saw pictures, and everyone is still beautiful I look forward to catching up!
@DarkAngel1994 Just from reading over other people’s comments it sounds like you are doing a Star Wars story! That sounds super cool. I look forward to reading it!
A lot of stuff happened that I didn't get photos of. Basically Kai and Archie have been going through a serious rough patch. It all started when Archie lost his job as a secret agent after a pop up gave him the opportunity to be a whistle blower. Kai is a freelance photographer so this was quite financially taxing. They ended up separating and Kai and Kayleigh moved to Sulani over the summer to live with some of Kai's relatives. After his grandfather passed away however Kai realised how important family is to him and the two decided to rekindle their relationship by going on a big family adventure in Selvadorada.
At the trailhead, prepared but nervous. Kai never misses an opportunity to dress up.
Photo op at the romantic waterfalls
Kayleigh, a passionate scout and outdoor lover is clearly thriving in the wilderness
And a few days later back at the beginning of the trail, tired and a bit worse for wear but clearly very exited that they made it
After returning to Windenburg they realised just how much they loved closeness to nature and how they really wanted to raise their family in the country. They eventually found their dream home: a cosy, traditional cottage in the countryside of Windenburg.
The greenhouse will be made into a studio for Kai.
Woah, it's been nearly a month since I posted. But I'm glad to say that I'm back now, I haven't forgotten this thread or my story and I'll try to post more frequently now! You can expect five more updates during this month. I finally finished my illustrating project so I've got a little bit more time on my hands I actually meant to post earlier, but I was unable to edit photos or take screenshots for two whole weeks. They wouldn't save to the screenshots folder and I couldn't figure out the problem for a very long time. Apparently it was my antivirus! Ugh, aren't those things supposed to protect our computers, not break them?
I must say I love your episode about the christmas play. I haven't read the previous parts (though I did go back to the very beginning to check it out). Your toddlers are so cute and what Caleb said about the tree being the lead role was truly heart warming.
"Well I bet they're the weird family that nobody likes and you're the only one normal, right? 'Cause that's how it is for me!" Sure, Ianto, sure. Despite how smart he is, I don't think he understands how weird and normal work. Unfortunately, if you're unlike most people, you might not be normal even if you're kind of better... But it's nice to see him show empathy. I love how good he is with Caleb. He gives perfect advice.
Yeah, Ianto doesn't really understand how life works I'd say he has a liiiittle bit of a god complex. At least he cheered Caleb up!
I also loved the Christmas outfits. I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but for some reason they remind me of the impressive school Peter attended as a toddler and how cute but mean those kids were. They were so snotty.
Yeah, it's a bit like that! But unlike Peter, Ianto can actually stand up for himself.
Thank you!
your illustration project sounds amazing. I am sorry that the laws where you are make publishing difficult and or complicated. Love is love and so sad that many places don't recognise it as so. The sims is an amazing game for releasing people's creativity - there are all sorts of amazing talents all over this forum and beyond and the game was the trigger.
Yeah, it's quite a bummer. Gladly, we were able to post the story online for free
every Rudolph play needs spaceships. It's just a fact.
Oh totally, I absolutely agree XD
'Caleb isn't the only creature I know who can't die.' *eyes emoji*
Hehehe, I love that you're catching all of these bits
LUNA. Of course she's a tree too XD 'not last girl I completely fell in love with who's name began with an L.' Oof XD
Ooooh yeah
I'm glad Caleb showed up! He's such a sweetheart, I hope he's able to escape the others
Seriously, Caleb is the sweetest vampire ever. But he's very vulnerable and doesn't really know how to survive on his own...
Thank you!
"Aaand smile!"
"And another one..."
"And another one..."
"Nooo!" Rhi yelled. "Lets open the presents!!"
"You gotta do what she says or we're in for a tantrum," Ianto smiled. Presents it is then!
More under the cut:
It's Christmas eve in the Starks household! Rhi really wanted everyone to open one present a day early and since you can't say no to Rhi, that's exactly what they did. One early present for each!
Mistletoe!
"Mistletoe hug!"
"Maybe not..."
"Aw."
Eating the grand meal...
Rhi loves it.
Ianto doesn't seem to be impressed, as always.
Even Toffee hissed at him for being such a Grinch!
"Hehe, even Toffee wants you to cheer up!" Rhi laughed.
Ianto sighed.
"I'm gonna eat upstairs."
"Mmm! This is absolutely delicious!"
"Mom made it."
"Are you sure I can eat the whole thing?"
"Sure, go ahead. You're imaginary anyway.'"
"Suppose I am," Tony chuckled. Ianto stared at him and sighed. It was time to ask the question he kept asking over and over again. Even though he knew the answer.
"Can you tell me where you are?"
He imagined Grandpa sigh and look away.
"Oh I'm afraid I can't..."
"Why?"
"Well because I'm you! I only know what you know."
"Oh. Right."
"I miss you. Even though I don't know you..." Ianto sighed. "Is that weird?"
He smiled a bit, imagining Grandpa chuckle and shake his head. Of course he wouldn't think it's weird.
"No, Ianto. That's not weird. We clearly have a connection of some sort. And I miss you too, even though I don't know you either."
"I can wait to find you..."
"I can't wait for you to find me."
Ianto smiled. Of course he'll find Grandpa. He'll never give up.
When the sun went down and it became dark entirely, Ianto got a special visit. It was Luna!
"Luna! What are you doing here? Won't you get in trouble for going outside alone!"
"I don't think so," Luna smiled. "I just thought I'd come over and say that I really liked playing a tree with you. Would you get in trouble for doing that?"
"Oh, I'd get in trouble! This BIG kind of trouble!"
"When Rhi run off one day to play with Harry without asking, my parents called the police!"
"Oh. My Daddy doesn't like the police. And he always I can handle myself," Luna sweetly said.
"Lucky you. I wish my parents trusted me like that," Ianto sighed.
"Wait... Did you... did you really like playing a tree with me?" he smiled shyly.
"Yes, very. I think you make a great tree."
"I... I suppose I do... Can I hug you?"
"Okay."
So they hugged. And Ianto felt a little funny. He never liked hugs but he liked this one.
"Merry Christmas, Ianto."
"Merry Christmas, Luna..."
Luna left, but Ianto was still standing on the porch, staring into the distance. He stood there till his parents began looking for him and slowly came to realising that Luna might be the prettiest girl he's ever seen...
So! That was Christmas at the Starks household. Meanwhile at the Blacks...
"That's it, see? You just hang it there... c'mon, don't tell me this is your first time decorating a tree."
"But it is my first time, Sirius!"
Calm down, Sirius thought to himself. The Dursleys are already taken care of.
Another decoration here...
"Hey kid, how do you think the tree is coming together?"
"I think it's awesomeee!"
More decorating...
Harry got distracted by hot chocolate, Remus and Sirius carried on.
"This one is going to look pretty good over here... Wait, wait, hang it one branch lower, that way it's going to balance out the other two..."
"You are such a perfectionist," Sirius jokingly rolled his eyes. "I love it."
"Hey, give that back!"
"Try and get it, Moony!"
"You're taking advantage of the fact that I'm shorter."
"Maybe..."
"Aah!"
"PADFOOT!"
"Don't worry, I got it!"
"I think it turned out perfect."
"Yep. There is that one empty space up there though..."
"Hey Harry! Wanna do the honors and hang the last ornament?"
Of course Harry wants to.
"Careful, careful..."
"Don't worry, I got him..."
"Yeah, Remus, Dadfoot got me!" Harry giggled.
"Harry!!"
"It's okay Sirius," Remus laughed.
There's no way you can be angry at a kid like Harry.
"So are we hanging that ornament or what?"
Next up - gingerbread house...
Boy was it a tricky one.
"I hope this is worth the troubles..."
"Are you kidding me?"
"It looks so delicious we're eating it tonight."
Done!
And another picture with the master chefs...
Meanwhile, Harry is writing a letter for Santa. Very late, but he had no idea he had to write one. He didn't even know he was getting presents for Christmas at all. He never did when he lived with the Dursleys.
But Sirius reassured him he's getting all of the presents he wants. Now all he had to do was find out what that should be...
"What do you think I should ask for, Sirius?"
A mansion, a waterpark and a big bouncy castle, of course.
"Santa can't bring that, that's too big!"
Santa can't but Sirius can.
"Okay so I convinced the kid to ask Santa for a bouncy castle..."
"Sirius, if you want a bouncy castle you can get it yourself..."
All done!
"...Huh. All he asked for was a owl teddy to sleep with."
"Okay so we'll get him an owl teddy and a bouncy castle..."
So as you can see, everything is perfectly fine at the Blacks.
"I love you, darling."
"I love you too..."
Harry thinks this is the best Christmas he ever had. And he's right. But oh how wrong could it have went...
"What do you mean YOU DID NOT BRING THE CHILD!?"
"I couldn't... couldn't."
"YOU... COULDN'T!?"
Caleb whimpered a little. He was scared, no, terrified of Vlad. But he couldn't do it. It wasn't Harry's fault that he was raised by a werewolf - the enemy of all vampires. Caleb felt terrible about kidnapping him, so he chose to listen to Ianto instead.
"The child... was happy... there... I-I couldn't, I couldn't..."
The more he spoke the more his voice trembled.
"ARGHH!"
"You!" hissed Vlad. "You and your soul... Your filthy, FILTHY SOUL!!"
"We gave you a chance... A CHANCE! To prove that you're one of us! YOU... HAVE... FAILED!"
"Caleb could never be one of us!" laughed one of the vampires. "He's all wrong! Even his fangs are too small!"
"Mh... yes... How could such a powerful vampire have such a WEAK brother," muttered Vlad. Lilith rolled her eyes.
"He is not my brother."
"He was always too weak. Even as a mortal. I warned you not to turn him."
Caleb softly sighed. That was true. It became harder and harder to remember his mortal life as years passed by, but he did his best to keep the memories of his childhood. He still remembered the way Lilith was before. Strong and powerful, but kind and loving too. Always there for him. She used to protect him. Now she despised him.
"NOW!"
He flinched at Vlad's touch.
"What... do we do... with you," angrily spat Vlad.
"You have proved yourself UNWORTHY... Not able to bring the child of our MORTAL ENEMY to turn into one of us..."
"Knowing you're the only one who can do it. THE ONLY ONE! No other vampire can enter a home uninvited, no! Only you with your FILTHY SOUL."
"You could have been useful. Could have been... one of us. But you chose NOT TO."
"And so..."
"I shall FORBID you to leave the dungeon..."
"FOREVER!!"
Caleb shuddered. Forever... But Ianto...
"Please... please... w-wait..."
The vampires left without a single word.
Caleb sighed. He was all alone. And only the thought that somewhere out there a little child with huge round glasses is smiling and giggling and stuffing his face with candy made it all a little bit better.
Tonight the family went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. The food was fabulous, but the service was so slow. They were at the restaurant for over 4 hours just to get an appetizer, and they were getting extremely tired. They had to skip the entrée and dessert. They all went right to bed when they got home.
Tsuki the clumsy pup. Lost count how many times she tripped over her own paws.
The little ones love the puppy.
Thunderstorm hit Mt. Komorebi, and it scared Tsuki, sending her to hide under the couch.
She was then comforted by her father. First time he interacted with his daughter.
Now back to the family...
A baby girl was born, and her name is Natsumi.
Sakura went out on a jog with Gojira to lose some weight.
Later, the family stopped by at the Robertson's new house. I forgot who built this house, but wanted something for the growing family.
James wanted to hug his cousin, but Kevin doesn't want it.
Think it's a good idea to spar in a tight space hallway, guys?
Jessie playing with Hana.
James finally got a hug from Uncle Jean.
Playing airplane with Mama.
Natsumi aged up, and her trait is Fussy. She could pass for being James's twin.
Natsumi caught off guard when Gojira licked her face when being petted.
The puppies aged up.
Tsuki
Hana
Takeo
Luke went to the gym to work out and also find someone to recruit to the military (part of his job). He met up with Kaori's husband (forgot his name), and Jonathan Antoine.
Han was flirty when he met Jonathan. Let's not start that drama again.
Tristan was there as well and was talking to Vlad Bloodvein (Lilith and Caleb's foster father).
I didn't see Elliot and Leia there, but they were just leaving.
Dinner time for the little ones.
Leia showed up and was soon attacked by Gojira. Luke scolded at the dog, but Gojira was too stubborn.
Leia bragging about her life, and Sakura looked unamused.
"Is this one friendly?" Leia asked.
"She's great with people, so don't worry."
Just like her father, Tsuki loves to roll around the mud puddles.
Mosura checked up on the sleeping toddlers.
There was barking in the hallway, and Mosura found her daughter playing around.
Tsuki and Mosura slept in the twins' bedroom, and Gojira slept on the couch downstairs.
The dogs woke up before their owners, except for Tsuki.
Happy Birthday!
Edit: I got the kids' aspiration mixed up.
Today's the twins' birthday!
(Unfortunately, there's not much pictures since the game was laggy a bit, and it took two times for James to age up. Not sure if it's a glitch.)
Time to blow the candles.
Tristan showed up late because of work and was greeted by Tsuki (who's dirty again).
Sakura found Elliot by himself in the backyard and had a pleasant chat with him. She told him that she's worried about Luke getting hurt when he made a plan to go rock climbing with Jean.
Elliot explained to her to not worry about Luke, who had saved nearly the entire universe from an evil group. Luke's so much like his father, who went head on of a huge alien plant that mind controlled a small town. Even Elliot was worried when Tristan went against the alien plant.
After a successful party, time to give the twins makeover.
James's trait is Active, and his aspiration is Social Butterfly. Jessie's trait is Evil (oh boy), and her aspiration is Artistic Prodigy.
Edit: As mentioned above, the kids' aspirations were switched.
James goofing around, and Jessie looked very confused on her brother's 🐸🐸🐸🐸 behavior.
@AlwaysAsking oh of course Ally, you be a buddy ha glad you're feeling up for a drive nice to hear, now as for break time that is sims, I'm glad you have it though you know I always recommend seasons but it's nice to see some options for those that really don't want it. For the skin sometimes it's just settings or it's more like life things can be similar but different but many of them really are as different as they be which is good me thinks. That guy is cute in all tones, you know I watch sims closely to see what matters but now it seems something got tweaked even if on accident they seem a little more active so you can start a conversation then if they want to move someone else they seem to be doing that more not that it's a whim they just seem to act that way. Mmhmm always have some sort of fave Mickey and Gia stand tall but the others are growing on me.
also to anyone else that might be interested
Take a look at some testing after the new patch we just got today.
Much more blending than when I was playing before the new patch and I dig it it's one family the mothers are sisters and I'll be uploading them if anyone wants em kay off to look for bugs.
Reddestiny921 on the gallery...still not sure if I capitalized the second d..lol
All the sims err'day
Well, Carlin is proving to be a handful. He’s a Wild toddler and not only does he take his clothes off at every opportunity, he seems to have some anger-management issues. He destroyed the dollhouse after dancing so much on free will that he got angry, then he got sad that someone destroyed the dollhouse 😏. Then the next day, while his mum was working at the vet clinic, he hit poor Dino so many times that his Empathy is almost completely red! He didn’t seem to be angry about anything, though he might have had some lingering resentment towards having a second younger sister. So now it’s going to be some hard work to get that Empathy back to at least neutral. Just as well he’s aging up next time I play!
Dahlia Reaper and Ananke Mayfield's wedding. I was going to make this a double wedding with Artemis Reaper and her alien fiancee, but I think I'll do a smaller wedding on Sixam for them.
Friends and family start to gather.
Dahlia and Ananke get married.
Cerise attempts to strike up a totally not platonic conversation with her totally not a date 'date', and is swiftly rebuked.
Small post wedding dinner for the newlyweds.
Cerise discusses her failed 'not date' with her Dad.
"Can you believe he actually used the words 10 foot barge pole?"
"Oh no, he probably should've let you down a bit easier than that!"
"Look, most of us just don't do relationships, and some of us are more career focused than others. Hey, at least you didn't accidentally flirt with the wrong soul reaper like your mother did when she first met one of my co-workers."
"Okay, dad, you do know when your both in your reaper mode we literally can't tell you apart just by looking."
"Seriously, if you tell me there are plenty more fish in the sea I may just have to reap you myself."
"How about I settle for giving you a hug instead."
Occult Simmer (All Occult All The Time)
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
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Her Mother is not impressed at this turn of events & attempts to signal her father with a well placed stare.
The dinner party over, other guests start to arrive. Erishkigal is happy to see Paige could make it.
With more guests arriving, and leftover grand meal on the menu, Erishkigal can't help but wonder why all the uncomfortable looks around the table. Little does she know that her sister just caught her new girlfriend flirting with another woman, one of her own sisters no less.
For now it seems as if Paige is going to act like nothing happened, with a New Year's kiss on the dancefloor.
Meanwhile Aislinn tries to tease some information out of Cerise about just who she might be planning to invite to her sister's upcoming wedding. Dad is concerned and not entirely impressed with Cerise's choice in potential romantic partners.
The following day, after work, Erishkigal gets a phone call from Paige asking her out on a date. Grim's more worried about his other daughter's love life.
Erishkigal's date starts off with the dreaded words, "We need to talk". She's prepared to here what Paige has to say, but wonders what on earth it could be.
Paige and Erishkigal sit down while Paige explains that it wasn't widely known she had been in an open relationship with Erishkigal's sister, Lilitu & her wife Candy, and that in the party atmosphere of the New Year they had fallen back into old patterns. Paige looks suitable chastised as Erishkigal forgives her, but firmly lays down some ground rules for their relationship going forward.
In the end, all's well that end's well.
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
Really enjoying your Reality King's series.
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
How did you create a cemetery? My Grim has so many tombstones in his inventory that trying to put a cemetery in our backyard is ridiculous, even with the extra space. I want a cemetery lot I can use. Is it a mod, or CC, or something else?
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
It's a build for Glimmerbrook Watch by NoMadAshby.
@GrimlyFiendish
Tbh just set a lot as Generic and start traveling to it and dropping tombstones down. You can build fancy stuff for it if you want to make it pretty, but it's not necessary. There is a custom lot trait to denote a lot as a graveyard, but it doesn't actually do anything beyond give random moodlets when a Sim visits it.
I may actually put a mausoleum on mine and add basement catacombs, just put shelves on the walls and set urns on the shelves. Yup. Space-saving.
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
Stop player on player violence.
@Daephene it's some chill playtime for sure.
@AlwaysAsking Glad to see you and know you're doing better dear it'll be nice to spend time with your daughter and focus on that when you pop in though you know all the pics mmhmm it's a rule now.
@mercuryfoam @Silverofdreams30 @Lyrie
Awesomes out, I forgot I had a few other pics so I limited what I had to share it all.
Date 1 a success.
I don't know if it's cause of these showers or the dividers you can't see cause the walls are up but either way they don't seem to have a problem with communal showers anymore.
Date 2 too....sort of ha.
She seems hopeful about the third one.
Now I edited one of the lots to make a rental and Juanita surprised Jillian with a vacation for two to Sulani, I had an issue not being able to control them but instead the main house. Fixed by going to the house and picking a girl then selecting switching control to so they didn't have to join them.
They have been having a great time though they aren't really dating but Juanita is hoping to change that while Jill wishes she'd get it on it already.
Trying to show off for her even...stop that lol
Now up close the tans they got, I think they are nice.
I noticed the sweet tea there was glitched moving the camera, and speeding up when they fell asleep made the color come back they didn't really care....even if it was 144 simoleans to make it
Life is good, I am planning on splitting up their share house they'll probably go first so they can have kids, Westley and Elvion too.
All the sims err'day
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.
@RedDestiny92 - Yeah, she does. I can't believe I just noticed it too late, lol XD
If Autumn wasn't born a vampire, she would have been an elder at this moment.
Very true on that.
@Daephene - Thanks
Thankfully, after getting promoted to Sergeant Minor, Luke got his uniform rather than the pink towel and women's shoes.
James just being a boy and got away from trouble.
Mosura was playing in the "puddle" and got cleaned up. Unlike my dog, she loves bath time.
James got busted!
Jessie got a new toy Luke bought from Batuu.
I forgot what they were called, but they look like a very fluffy penguin.
Mosura watching over the children.
Looks like both James and Mosura are wondering what that is.
Mosura is very protective of the little ones.
The Twins' First Snow
The little ones had a lot of fun in the snow.
James recognized his aunt and wanted to get a hug from her, but Kimiko rejected the hug.
It broke his little heart.
Kimiko mentioned about some kid that wanted to hug her, only to regret after Sakura told her that "annoying brat" is her son.
That didn't bother James though. He went to dance to the music playing in the lobby while Jessie was playing in the trash bin.
Family Dinner
Even Kimiko showed up to see her nephew and niece.
Not shown, Luke and Sakura woohoo in the hot springs (didn't know that was a thing), and Sakura ended up getting pregnant.
"Get some rest, love, I'll take care of the kids."
James really likes Mosura, so he's been with her the whole time.
Jessie rather play with Papa.
New Family Member
Gojira was very curious of the little humans. Being aggressive, he barked at the sleeping James, but fortunately the little ones were still asleep. And Luke lectured Gojira to not bark at the kids.
Mosura's first time meeting Gojira.
Just like Mosura, Gojira is active and liked to go out on a jog, but at night.
Household: Zhong
I am pleased to introduce one of my original Sims, Avery Zhong. I don't remember why I made her. Probably because I just like making pretty Sims in CAS and wanted to play around with stuff. She is a young adult spellcaster apprentice, and her traits are loves outdoors, genius, vegetarian.
She's aiming to become a marine biologist. Unfortunately, something has gone sideways in my game and my degree-holding Sims are no longer receiving their sign-on bonus or their base pay multiplier. In order to test if this is the game or my game, I disabled CC and mods and decided to do an unaltered uni speed run.
As we go, I'll be giving pointers and tips for how to do a university run. We will not be using cheats, we won't be using mods, no potions or spells, no joy of being a vampire, no studying, completing all homework, papers, and presentations, and, because the game decided to be very rude to Avery, with basically no freakin money.
This is the fastest university run I've ever done, I did this all in one day, and I spent 99% of the time playing it on speed 3. Let's go!
CAS gave her 2,500 to start with. (Yes. I'm not kidding. It was bad.) Fortunately I ain't no baby player and know how to work this broke thing. So we get a tent and a grill. To our wild advantage, Avery has loves outdoors, so tbh CAS decided to be very rude to the right Sim. She was lovin' being outside all the time.
For four weeks in-game, we pursue a biology degree from Foxbury Institute. In order to get this prestigious degree, we're going to have to work our behinds off. We start out heading to a library. Skill up. Get the skills that you'll need for your degree, or just whatever ones float you or your Sim's fancy, to at least level 3. This will give you a decent base chance for getting into the distinguished fancy degree programme. If you just get one or two of the associated skills to level 3, I've seen very good chances from just that.
She spends three days in the Willow Creek Archives reading books. I have autonomy disabled so I have to watch her needs. To make a little cash, we go fishing outside, and when we need food we go home. The grill has a special option on a home lot called fish on a stick, requires one fresh fish, and doesn't cost anything to make. Pro-tip, vegetarian Sims at present do not get sick from eating it, either, despite the game acknowledging it's fish by granting the fresh fish meal moodlet. Whatever. Not going to complain. (I'm honestly not sure if I want this fixed or not.)
This was taken just because it's pretty. I mean, look at it. It is.
This was, too.
Fortunately, other Sims come over. (By the way, the fish is Splinter Jr., named in honour of Ezio's Splinter.) I do take the time to sit down and talk to them because it raises social need much faster. If you make a point of doing homework, term papers, and presentations in libraries (and yes, we do have the ability to do them all and not half kill ourselves doing it), or other public venues, other Sims will just naturally gravitate to your Sim and raise their social metre for you.
If you choose to use tiny house bonuses, which I would recommend for this, and can make a small enough tiny house, you can nab relationship gain boosts, which will assist in making fast friends for the positive moodlets. Happy Sim is a productive Sim, so try not to neglect the Sim's needs too much unless you really need to. Coffee pots can come in handy here because it boosts the energy metre without a crash later, and can help squeeze by when you've got two presentations to do. (Once, Avery had two and one paper.)
When you apply for universities, at the same time, apply for scholarships if you're broke. Apply for every dang one in the list. The worst that happens is, you get rejected, but best case scenario, you'll have extra leftover to put toward living expenses. Often, your appliances will break. Think about the coursework you need done vs the time you have to do it in to decide whether you want to repair it, or just replace it, because sometimes it'll be more worthwhile to replace it and get it back functioning now than bother with taking the time to fix it instead.
Between catching lots of fish and our small humble garden, we've got a bathroom. Yeah, that's all that's in the building. It's fine though. Avery sure enjoys it. By now she's gotten the outdoorsy lifestyle, so she's happy as a clam under the sea.
Pro-tip, presentations can be given multiple presentations at once. If you have more than one, queue all of them at once. They will all be completed at the same time, which will save you a lot of time.
Another pro-tip, do yourself a favour and do NOT put the presentations and term papers off to the end. Why? Because once they're done, and you've turned them in/presented them, and done your homework for that class once, that's it. You're done. No more homework for that class for the rest of the term. Yes. I'm serious. Sometimes it will cause your term to sort of glitch a little and you'll do finals two days early, but it won't affect your final grade.
For our outdoorsy Sim, we focus on gardening and fishing as a means of raising fun. You can also talk to plants to raise both fun and social by quite a margin simultaneously, and I'm ngl I abused it. Playing chess will also raise fun, and doing so in a public space will again attract other Sims to you and boost social motive at the same time.
Not bad!
We did have a one-day stint in Magic Realm to use their facilities. (We're also off-grid.) Minerva Charm decided to die. I guess she's going to haunt the Magic Realm for the rest of however long her ghost is around. Eh.
Tomax and Morgyn are like "Yeah, okay."
First time I've seen actual Grimmy in quite a while yet.
Now she's gone and everyone's going to be sad about it. I'm like how many of you even liked her, anyway. Gosh. Listen, turning witness death off is rad and way less chaotic. We went home after this and stayed there, the vibe was really killer after that. Ha!
Idk how ya'll that play vanilla games do it, I was dying by the end of the first day. Vanilla game is so stupid. I also have a thousand single-Sim households now.
Our first term is over. And we've scored A+ in everything. Fantastic.
Pro-tip, when your Sim leaves for class, change the tone to 'take notes.' In this way you can manage not to need to ever study. I never once studied this entire speed run. "Kei, how do I tell if my Sim's doing okay on performance?" Well you can email your professors, but you can also just pay attention to the notices that pop up when your Sim returns from class. What does it say? Something about turning in homework confidently and squeezing every drop of learning out of that class means you're on the right track, gogogo. If it says something about how some other students seem to be doing better, you're passing but you'll need to pull performance up.
We went along doing papers and homework in the library. We also hunted for frogs and dug at dig sites for crystals and time capsules. They make for decent money. Avery made a good friend in Angela Pleasant and Tina Tinker, and both ladies were over constantly, making this a cinch. We hardly had to leave the house by the end of second term. We gave Angela the house key and she'd come in and just start talking to Avery while she was doing homework or a paper. It was a real time-saver.
Unfortunately having a pet would help with the social and fun bar, but they require taking attention away from coursework in order to raise these bars. So I actually recommend having a non-played Sim you don't need to pay attention to that has a house key. They're not bothered by your Sim staring at their homework constantly.
(Side note, yes, this is also how to do this the fastest way possible.)
Second term done. We're still crunching straight A+ and our GPA hasn't dropped. We're doing good. Almost there.
Tiny house pro-tip, tables and desks will work over the lower end of a bed.
We got more money from the garden and fishing, so we used the money to build more house. Said house is just now around 6,500 Simoleons so we've made a decent amount.
Angela is over pretty much constantly, but this is great because it means we don't have to bother trying to leave for much.
Our house now. I actually only needed to abuse the coffee maker once. If you're going to use a coffee maker, I'd recommend getting as expensive a coffee maker as you can, because it'll pay off in usefulness when it consistently churns out excellent quality coffee that lasts your Sim a heck of a lot longer than normal.
Run on naps if you need to. You can also put them to sleep and manually wake them up when their energy bar is partway up. It's not ideal, but it'll work. You can push the energy bar, but the hunger bar should be immediately taken care of when possible because they'll die from it of course. You can also stop homework, presentations, papers, and editing either one momentarily to take care of a need and go back to it later.
I'd also recommend going to other lots and using facilities. Heading to the gym and using their showers, for instance, can really help because they shower much faster.
Tina eventually decided she was going to be over every other day. On the days Tina wasn't there, Angela was. No work for us whatsoever on the socialising part. Most of the time, I even had the time to let her focus on socialising with her friends, not just throwing a word or two out while doing a paper.
AI is a little funny. Avery could eat and play on the computer at once, but when the bowl was empty and left in the middle of the laptop this way, she couldn't use the computer anymore until the bowl was gone. Yeah... well I'm watching a bunch of barely-intelligent pixels accomplish what I never did instead of doing it myself, so I guess I can't talk. xDD
We're finally done! We did get one A instead of A+ (what happened is she got caught up doing a task she wouldn't automatically stop without my intervention and was an hour late to that class one day), but it's not enough to impact our GPA. We did it!!
Avery is now a graduated lady!!
And if anyone was wondering, it took nine hours-ish of nonstop, near constant speed 3 playing, and it turned out to be a mod that broke the pay boost and sign-on bonus. c: It's unbroken now.
Happy Simming and I'll be back to Corazon save when I return!
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
Stop player on player violence.
I loved your Snowy Escape post. The sims being themselves always make me smile. I like seeing the younger versions of your sims - I don't think Don holding the dirty dishes ruined the effect - a man cleaning up always adds to the appeal
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I have some updates to do but not the time
However I did get a new achievement I have never got before - it was in the doctor career... I was just happy that I actually did the correct surgery - normally I just operate 3 times on anyone to get to the next career level. But then to get a new achievement too.
It was Manuel and Summer's first Harvestfest together as a married couple. One of Manuel's "Stans" was outside their house, and Summer chased her away. Manuel made drinks while Summer cooked turkey dinner, and they had the Harvestfest dinner together while their butler was given a day off.
During the evening of the following day, Manuel gave Summer a fertility massage after she came home from work. And then they did the you-know-what without contraceptives. Summer took a pregnancy test and then told Manuel at once that they're finally having a baby. They both slept overjoyed that night.
Manuel wanted to make sure Summer's eating healthful foods, so he made Superfood Salad the next morning. They spent time together in the pool area.
Summer's mom as well as Manuel's parents and half-brother Mick came to visit them. Summer happily announced her pregnancy to them.
Summer's baby bump was already big during the beginning of her second trimester. Manuel was almost certain that they're gonna have twins as they planned, so he bought two bassinets.
Manuel baked Sugar Free Carob Coconut Cake during the start of the new trimester of Summer's pregnancy.
Summer's co-workers Candy and Dina visited them, and Summer asked them to feel her baby bump. Manuel had a movie shoot that day, so he had to leave Summer with her friends.
Show spoiler to see how Manuel's gig went.
His co-stars were Judith Ward and a random townie actor. The scenes were just pieces of cake for him after completing the Master Actor aspiration.
He got gold as usual, and finally, he reached the peak of the acting career track ("Silver Screen Icon").
Manuel went home immediately after the shoot because he didn't want to be separated from his pregnant wife for so long. Jordan and Erik visited them, and both felt Manuel's first baby (or babies) in Summer's tummy. The visitors had a taste of Manuel's Superfood Salad and Sugar Free Carob Coconut Cake.
Manuel made french toast the morning of Summer's due date (Winter Day 2). Even though they have a butler, Manuel preferred to be the one to cook for his wife while she's pregnant.
They spent time together in the pool area again.
Dane visited them that day and felt Summer's baby bump. The butler did too. Summer went into labor that evening after Dane left, and there were a paparazzi and a stan outside their house.
Manuel and Summer went to the hospital, and Manuel's with came true! They had not just one but two babies! And now, Manuel is officially the hottest daddy in San Myshuno.
But there's a twist. Show spoiler to find out what it is!
When the twins were already asleep, Manuel and Summer did the you-know-what. Then the four of them slept soundly together in one bedroom.
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@Daephene I also found that funny considering that Judith Ward is a "Global Superstar." I expected paparazzis to take photos of the wedding
@GrimlyFiendish Thanks! You have a nice series too
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
Stop player on player violence.
As for my rotation:
I, at least, have the households I need to start things off. I still have certain venues to complete though.
My latest venue is the 50x50 lot on Mua Pel'Am. I'm building a nightclub venue in the Island's Jungles. This lot will be more than a nightclub lot. (Many of my lots have little details that are like hidden secrets).
Anyways, I'm building a lot of lots in Sulani with the elemental theme. I completed the Water Sanctuary, Earth Sanctuary, and Air Sanctuary in the former admiral's wreckage. These Sanctuaries have unique items that allow players to do unique things, but I intentionally made them difficult to get to without certain skills or occult traits. Even ghosts would have trouble getting to some of these Sanctuaries.
I have to build two more retail stores in Sulani. One for adult clothes and Jungle Adventure furniture. The other will be for kids items and kids clothes.
As for the official household in this rotation, I decided to make it Calum and Arihi's rotation because they are prepping rooms for the Earth Elemental Twins and that has helped to jumpstart the retail store.
For the Legacy Household, they will start out as rags to riches, and the way I'm going to challenge myself is by purchasing from retail. This does not seem to trigger a rebate from the mansion baron aspiration trait, and everything purchased from a retail store is more expensive than build mode. Adjusting the prices in the store will increase or decrease the difficulty. This household will be a later household because I need a lot of stuff set up before starting the generational household in the Legacy/ Rags-to-Riches Challenge Style.
Great news about our canine family!
Small Family Reunion
Elliot was proud to see his son again...even it wasn't that long they've seen each other since the dinner party.
Luke told his parents that he and Sakura are expecting another baby.
Luke came back home when Tristan and Elliot had to leave for work. Mosura ended up sleeping behind the couch.
The Twins' First Festival
The family came back home, and Luke's being a silly father before heading out to do some errands.
Gojira the Guard Dog
Even if it was Kimiko, he still watches over when Luke's not around.
Only the little ones can turn the tough dog into a big softie.
Another great news for the canine family!
Gojira and Mosura are now proud parents of triplets: two girls named Tsuki and Hana and a boy named Takeo.
Since it was already a full house, the family decided to give two puppies away and keep Tsuki.
Hana lives with Leia and Han, and Takeo lives with Kimiko, Jean, and their son.
Boy...
... Meets Broke.
I might've lied about going back to Corazon anytime soon. c;
我并不感到困扰
I am kind to everyone. But if you are unkind to me, kindness is not what you will remember me for.
I am autistic. Wording isn't my strong suit.
Stop player on player violence.
Jordan was preparing for his first movie, and he had to develop his comedy skill and research angry emotion. He decided to come with Johnny who visited Jordan's ex-girlfriend Phoenix (now Johnny's girlfriend) in her new house in Del Sol Valley. Jordan tried doing friendly interactions with her at first, but she responded negatively. Then Jordan started doing mean interactions with her such as "Criticize WooHoo techniques."
She asked her what her problem is, and this was her response:
Jordan's co-stars were Mick and Nina (not Caliente). He rehearsed with Mick before getting into costume and telling the director he's ready.
Instead of doing all his scenes in only one outfit, he decided to change outfit every change in background. He did the scenes in jail and his solo scenes half-naked to flaunt his perfect body.
Jordan got gold, and he got promoted to "Superstar."
His performance also raised his celebrity status to "Global Superstar," and he completed another aspiration. Now he has the trait "Unstoppable Fame."
His girlfriend Cherie was also in the studio, so he stayed after shooting his scenes.
Manuel and Summer were sleeping soundly with the twins, and then Rafael woke up. Manuel was the one who got up first to attend to him. When Mitchell also woke up, Summer got up to feed him.
Summer had to go to work that day, so Manuel needed some assistance from their butler.
When Summer went home from work, the baby party started, and their family members and close friends came to see the twins.
-To be continued-
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Ok. I have about a half hour to try to say Hi to a few of you. I have to drive to Chicago tomorrow to get my daughter from the airport and it’s about 2 hours from here.
I haven’t really gone back in the thread except to the last few people who mentioned me. I do hope to do better. I just don’t know when
Anyway, if I just comment from memory this will not take long. My memory is shot, lol
@BlueSeaWaves Thank you very much for the shout out. It’s funny because I was the next one to post. Lol
Oh man, what a mess Archie is in! All that video gaming, and not planning for the future might have lost him the person that he finally decided to do something for! Timing! Oh my! And Sammy is a snake. Who does that to their friend? Though I don’t think much of Anna doing it to him either.
It’s just that he’s trying to do the right thing now. At least that what it seems like, but maybe he’s too late. That would be so heartbreaking. I wonder what it will do to Archie’s new found work ethic. Goodness, I don’t even know what I want to happen here. I don’t trust Anna. I see that she has Snowy Escape hair though! Perhaps something will be happening in the mountains?
And Claudio is so cute and funny. It would be fun if he became a Detective!
@Daephene Ok, I went a few updates back. I see we’ve had more losses. Well, you knew that it would be happening.
I had to laugh at the Gunther Munch Memorial! What was it? Pixies? Anyway, my goodness, yes, teenagers abound in that play through. But they are cute together. And shoot! The woohoo talk causes a negative sentiment? I guess we won’t be having that talk! Sheesh. But it’s super cool that you moved Candy and Yuki in with them. It will make for some drama, obviously, lmao. Mood swings.
Shoot, there was something else I wanted to mention. Maybe it will come to me. Lol. It’s nice that your Renaldo? Ramiro? Lmao, I can’t remember what is what anymore, anyway his daughter will be a toddler for Easter! Awesome!
I decided to let him have some adventures in my game (after discussing him briefly here). Not so much adventures ….. but at least a bit of romance.
I couldn’t find anyone decent, so I imported the bouquet squad from the Maxis Gallery
And he works fast!
At least he asked her to be his girlfriend (afterward – lol)
She said yes
He’s been living with your other guys, so they all had fun that night!
All of these cuties are from that Bouquet squad. They are pretty!
Miles works fast too. I thought one of the other men was more good looking, but he also was evil and had the public enemy aspiration. Ummmmm, no thank you. lol
But all the couples are official now! Yay!
@SwanSong93 Thank you so much for the welcome back! I hope to be able to be here more often, and read your story after my daughter goes back to college.
@RedDestiny92 Thanks for the welcome back! I’m glad you liked the little story. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have snow! – but only when I want it! – lol! And with gift giving from Nifty Knitting I finally decided to make a Sim Christmas happen. And yes. Put Don in a story – and there you go – you have a story, lol
My goodness! You made some beautiful Sims for your test save! I tried playing around with the sliders a little one night. I can’t tell the difference between the darkest in one shade and the medium in another, you know? But I was glad to see them spilt into warm, neutral, cold. I’ve discovered I’m not fond of Cold. These 3 are the same guy, in different skin tones, lol. That’s the extent of my experiments.
Your Sims do what I want mine to do when I stick them all in one place together. Yours seem to gravitate towards someone. I rarely get that. I’m trying to match up a bunch of the teens in my save with aging on, and it’s annoying to figure out who they like. Malcolm aged up, so of course Luna is all over him now! Lmao
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Anyway, it was cool going through your posts and seeing who your favorites were, lol! You generally pick some, don’t you? Hopefully I’ll get to know them better.
@haneul I was happy to see that BlueSeaWaves wrote down pages from some of your last posts! Or wait? Do you have your URLs of updates in a spoiler? I think maybe you do! Then I can find all the ones I missed! Anyway, the last thing I remember seeing from you was talking about Nalani’s house and how much it looked like Sulani, and why was I doing that anyway?
I hope to make a nice post about it all someday, I have hundreds of pictures, but the short answer is that I wanted Joey and all of his boyfriends, girlfriends, and children to be together in one place, and I chose Willow Creek! So she needed a nice place to remind her of home. And when I make their 3 toddlers age up, then they will be able to swim in that pool too. They are all mermaids /men. Her house is second from the top on the left.
@Metior_Ice Thank you for the welcome back! Yes, it would have made a lot more sense if they had pushed each other over, but no. Just a glitch, it makes taking great pictures at the end of people’s run pretty difficult though.
I never found the origin of Merman Don. All I knew was that he showed up and then got judged! Lmao. But he looks like my Don from my gallery. What made you decide to have a Don in your story? He’s irresistible right? Lol!
@Becka28 Speaking of irresistible Don
@Keidra Hi! Cool to see you posting here again, I didn’t read any of the story yet, but I saw pictures, and everyone is still beautiful
@DarkAngel1994 Just from reading over other people’s comments it sounds like you are doing a Star Wars story! That sounds super cool. I look forward to reading it!
Gallery ID is ARIANNANEAL
At the trailhead, prepared but nervous. Kai never misses an opportunity to dress up.
Photo op at the romantic waterfalls
Kayleigh, a passionate scout and outdoor lover is clearly thriving in the wilderness
And a few days later back at the beginning of the trail, tired and a bit worse for wear but clearly very exited that they made it
After returning to Windenburg they realised just how much they loved closeness to nature and how they really wanted to raise their family in the country. They eventually found their dream home: a cosy, traditional cottage in the countryside of Windenburg.
The greenhouse will be made into a studio for Kai.
lisimpson93
Woah, it's been nearly a month since I posted. But I'm glad to say that I'm back now, I haven't forgotten this thread or my story and I'll try to post more frequently now! You can expect five more updates during this month. I finally finished my illustrating project so I've got a little bit more time on my hands
@Lucy_Henley I really tried to grasp their canon emotions do I'm glad you cuaght on to that
Thank you!
@musteni Aww, thank you so much!
@haneul Yeah, Ianto doesn't really understand how life works
Thank you!
@Becka28 Yeah, it's quite a bummer. Gladly, we were able to post the story online for free
@ryttu3k Oh totally, I absolutely agree XD Hehehe, I love that you're catching all of these bits
Thank you!
"Aaand smile!"
"And another one..."
"And another one..."
"Nooo!" Rhi yelled. "Lets open the presents!!"
"You gotta do what she says or we're in for a tantrum," Ianto smiled. Presents it is then!
More under the cut:
Mistletoe!
"Mistletoe hug!"
"Maybe not..."
"Aw."
Eating the grand meal...
Rhi loves it.
Ianto doesn't seem to be impressed, as always.
Even Toffee hissed at him for being such a Grinch!
"Hehe, even Toffee wants you to cheer up!" Rhi laughed.
Ianto sighed.
"I'm gonna eat upstairs."
"Mmm! This is absolutely delicious!"
"Mom made it."
"Are you sure I can eat the whole thing?"
"Sure, go ahead. You're imaginary anyway.'"
"Suppose I am," Tony chuckled. Ianto stared at him and sighed. It was time to ask the question he kept asking over and over again. Even though he knew the answer.
"Can you tell me where you are?"
He imagined Grandpa sigh and look away.
"Oh I'm afraid I can't..."
"Why?"
"Well because I'm you! I only know what you know."
"Oh. Right."
"I miss you. Even though I don't know you..." Ianto sighed. "Is that weird?"
He smiled a bit, imagining Grandpa chuckle and shake his head. Of course he wouldn't think it's weird.
"No, Ianto. That's not weird. We clearly have a connection of some sort. And I miss you too, even though I don't know you either."
"I can wait to find you..."
"I can't wait for you to find me."
Ianto smiled. Of course he'll find Grandpa. He'll never give up.
When the sun went down and it became dark entirely, Ianto got a special visit. It was Luna!
"Luna! What are you doing here? Won't you get in trouble for going outside alone!"
"I don't think so," Luna smiled. "I just thought I'd come over and say that I really liked playing a tree with you. Would you get in trouble for doing that?"
"Oh, I'd get in trouble! This BIG kind of trouble!"
"When Rhi run off one day to play with Harry without asking, my parents called the police!"
"Oh. My Daddy doesn't like the police. And he always I can handle myself," Luna sweetly said.
"Lucky you. I wish my parents trusted me like that," Ianto sighed.
"Wait... Did you... did you really like playing a tree with me?" he smiled shyly.
"Yes, very. I think you make a great tree."
"I... I suppose I do... Can I hug you?"
"Okay."
So they hugged. And Ianto felt a little funny. He never liked hugs but he liked this one.
"Merry Christmas, Ianto."
"Merry Christmas, Luna..."
Luna left, but Ianto was still standing on the porch, staring into the distance. He stood there till his parents began looking for him and slowly came to realising that Luna might be the prettiest girl he's ever seen...
So! That was Christmas at the Starks household. Meanwhile at the Blacks...
"That's it, see? You just hang it there... c'mon, don't tell me this is your first time decorating a tree."
"But it is my first time, Sirius!"
Calm down, Sirius thought to himself. The Dursleys are already taken care of.
Another decoration here...
"Hey kid, how do you think the tree is coming together?"
"I think it's awesomeee!"
More decorating...
Harry got distracted by hot chocolate, Remus and Sirius carried on.
"This one is going to look pretty good over here... Wait, wait, hang it one branch lower, that way it's going to balance out the other two..."
"You are such a perfectionist," Sirius jokingly rolled his eyes. "I love it."
"Hey, give that back!"
"Try and get it, Moony!"
"You're taking advantage of the fact that I'm shorter."
"Maybe..."
"Aah!"
"PADFOOT!"
"Don't worry, I got it!"
"I think it turned out perfect."
"Yep. There is that one empty space up there though..."
"Hey Harry! Wanna do the honors and hang the last ornament?"
Of course Harry wants to.
"Careful, careful..."
"Don't worry, I got him..."
"Yeah, Remus, Dadfoot got me!" Harry giggled.
"Harry!!"
"It's okay Sirius," Remus laughed.
There's no way you can be angry at a kid like Harry.
"So are we hanging that ornament or what?"
Next up - gingerbread house...
Boy was it a tricky one.
"I hope this is worth the troubles..."
"Are you kidding me?"
"It looks so delicious we're eating it tonight."
Done!
And another picture with the master chefs...
Meanwhile, Harry is writing a letter for Santa. Very late, but he had no idea he had to write one. He didn't even know he was getting presents for Christmas at all. He never did when he lived with the Dursleys.
But Sirius reassured him he's getting all of the presents he wants. Now all he had to do was find out what that should be...
"What do you think I should ask for, Sirius?"
A mansion, a waterpark and a big bouncy castle, of course.
"Santa can't bring that, that's too big!"
Santa can't but Sirius can.
"Okay so I convinced the kid to ask Santa for a bouncy castle..."
"Sirius, if you want a bouncy castle you can get it yourself..."
All done!
"...Huh. All he asked for was a owl teddy to sleep with."
"Okay so we'll get him an owl teddy and a bouncy castle..."
So as you can see, everything is perfectly fine at the Blacks.
"I love you, darling."
"I love you too..."
Harry thinks this is the best Christmas he ever had. And he's right. But oh how wrong could it have went...
"What do you mean YOU DID NOT BRING THE CHILD!?"
"I couldn't... couldn't."
"YOU... COULDN'T!?"
Caleb whimpered a little. He was scared, no, terrified of Vlad. But he couldn't do it. It wasn't Harry's fault that he was raised by a werewolf - the enemy of all vampires. Caleb felt terrible about kidnapping him, so he chose to listen to Ianto instead.
"The child... was happy... there... I-I couldn't, I couldn't..."
The more he spoke the more his voice trembled.
"ARGHH!"
"You!" hissed Vlad. "You and your soul... Your filthy, FILTHY SOUL!!"
"We gave you a chance... A CHANCE! To prove that you're one of us! YOU... HAVE... FAILED!"
"Caleb could never be one of us!" laughed one of the vampires. "He's all wrong! Even his fangs are too small!"
"Mh... yes... How could such a powerful vampire have such a WEAK brother," muttered Vlad. Lilith rolled her eyes.
"He is not my brother."
"He was always too weak. Even as a mortal. I warned you not to turn him."
Caleb softly sighed. That was true. It became harder and harder to remember his mortal life as years passed by, but he did his best to keep the memories of his childhood. He still remembered the way Lilith was before. Strong and powerful, but kind and loving too. Always there for him. She used to protect him. Now she despised him.
"NOW!"
He flinched at Vlad's touch.
"What... do we do... with you," angrily spat Vlad.
"You have proved yourself UNWORTHY... Not able to bring the child of our MORTAL ENEMY to turn into one of us..."
"Knowing you're the only one who can do it. THE ONLY ONE! No other vampire can enter a home uninvited, no! Only you with your FILTHY SOUL."
"You could have been useful. Could have been... one of us. But you chose NOT TO."
"And so..."
"I shall FORBID you to leave the dungeon..."
"FOREVER!!"
Caleb shuddered. Forever... But Ianto...
"Please... please... w-wait..."
The vampires left without a single word.
Caleb sighed. He was all alone. And only the thought that somewhere out there a little child with huge round glasses is smiling and giggling and stuffing his face with candy made it all a little bit better.
Tonight the family went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. The food was fabulous, but the service was so slow. They were at the restaurant for over 4 hours just to get an appetizer, and they were getting extremely tired. They had to skip the entrée and dessert. They all went right to bed when they got home.
TINY HOUSE CHALLENGE
The May Family
Modeling Career?
(Warning: cuteness)
Synchronized tail chasing.
Mosura is such a good mother.
Tsuki the clumsy pup. Lost count how many times she tripped over her own paws.
The little ones love the puppy.
Thunderstorm hit Mt. Komorebi, and it scared Tsuki, sending her to hide under the couch.
She was then comforted by her father. First time he interacted with his daughter.
Now back to the family...
Sakura went out on a jog with Gojira to lose some weight.
Later, the family stopped by at the Robertson's new house. I forgot who built this house, but wanted something for the growing family.
James wanted to hug his cousin, but Kevin doesn't want it.
Think it's a good idea to spar in a tight space hallway, guys?
Jessie playing with Hana.
James finally got a hug from Uncle Jean.
Playing airplane with Mama.
Natsumi aged up, and her trait is Fussy. She could pass for being James's twin.
Natsumi caught off guard when Gojira licked her face when being petted.
The puppies aged up.
Tsuki
Hana
Takeo
Luke went to the gym to work out and also find someone to recruit to the military (part of his job). He met up with Kaori's husband (forgot his name), and Jonathan Antoine.
Han was flirty when he met Jonathan. Let's not start that drama again.
Tristan was there as well and was talking to Vlad Bloodvein (Lilith and Caleb's foster father).
I didn't see Elliot and Leia there, but they were just leaving.
Dinner time for the little ones.
Leia showed up and was soon attacked by Gojira. Luke scolded at the dog, but Gojira was too stubborn.
Leia bragging about her life, and Sakura looked unamused.
"Is this one friendly?" Leia asked.
"She's great with people, so don't worry."
Just like her father, Tsuki loves to roll around the mud puddles.
Mosura checked up on the sleeping toddlers.
There was barking in the hallway, and Mosura found her daughter playing around.
Tsuki and Mosura slept in the twins' bedroom, and Gojira slept on the couch downstairs.
The dogs woke up before their owners, except for Tsuki.
Happy Birthday!
Edit: I got the kids' aspiration mixed up.
(Unfortunately, there's not much pictures since the game was laggy a bit, and it took two times for James to age up. Not sure if it's a glitch.)
Time to blow the candles.
Tristan showed up late because of work and was greeted by Tsuki (who's dirty again).
Sakura found Elliot by himself in the backyard and had a pleasant chat with him. She told him that she's worried about Luke getting hurt when he made a plan to go rock climbing with Jean.
Elliot explained to her to not worry about Luke, who had saved nearly the entire universe from an evil group. Luke's so much like his father, who went head on of a huge alien plant that mind controlled a small town. Even Elliot was worried when Tristan went against the alien plant.
After a successful party, time to give the twins makeover.
James's trait is Active, and his aspiration is Social Butterfly. Jessie's trait is Evil (oh boy), and her aspiration is Artistic Prodigy.
Edit: As mentioned above, the kids' aspirations were switched.
James goofing around, and Jessie looked very confused on her brother's 🐸🐸🐸🐸 behavior.
also to anyone else that might be interested
Take a look at some testing after the new patch we just got today.
Much more blending than when I was playing before the new patch and I dig it it's one family the mothers are sisters and I'll be uploading them if anyone wants em kay off to look for bugs.
All the sims err'day
Sim Legacy Site
Brindleton Family Tree
Star Wars Family Tree
Friends and family start to gather.
Dahlia and Ananke get married.
Cerise attempts to strike up a totally not platonic conversation with her totally not a date 'date', and is swiftly rebuked.
Small post wedding dinner for the newlyweds.
Cerise discusses her failed 'not date' with her Dad.
"Can you believe he actually used the words 10 foot barge pole?"
"Oh no, he probably should've let you down a bit easier than that!"
"Look, most of us just don't do relationships, and some of us are more career focused than others. Hey, at least you didn't accidentally flirt with the wrong soul reaper like your mother did when she first met one of my co-workers."
"Okay, dad, you do know when your both in your reaper mode we literally can't tell you apart just by looking."
"Seriously, if you tell me there are plenty more fish in the sea I may just have to reap you myself."
"How about I settle for giving you a hug instead."
Female Simmer from Australia (she/her)
I had one of my Sims marry the Grim Reaper & now they have a lot of kids.