Sorry guys, I’m falling behind with comments again. Busy week with lots of tests and I’ve been sleeping poorly. Doing my best to keep up with reading though!
April - Day 5:"You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to grab the brass ring..."
Notes
Cale was flabbergasted when they stepped into the dorm room Fox wanted to show him. It looked more like a fancy hotel room than a Uni dorm room.
"Wow...I'm...speechless. This is incredible!" "Yeah, it's something special, that's for sure."
"The kid that was supposed to use this room was going for a Biology degree, just like you. He loved plants. There's a plant pot too if you wanted to grow something. He also had a thing for Marilyn Monroe, the reason for the big poster above the bed."
"His Father had that chess set hand-carved for his Son and the sheets on that bed are Millesimo 100% Egyptian cotton made in Italy. Some of the most expensive in the world."
"There's a mini fridge and microwave as well you could use."
"So what happened? Why didn't the kid end up going to Uni and using the room?" "He was upset about not having his own private bathroom and refused to use it unless his Father put one in for him. He'd already spent over 20K on the room though and wasn't about to go to that length for his Son. Even though the kid was obviously spoiled, I guess the private bath was too much. The Father was so upset and disgusted over his Son's selfish demands, he sent him to military school instead."
"Whoa, that's harsh." "Maybe, but the Father hoped it would teach Malc- his kid a lesson. Plus, rather than clean out the room, he endowed the accommodations to the school under the conditions the room wasn't remodeled and maintained to be exactly the same for a minimum of one year up to a maximum four years. Also, it can only be used for free by hardship students. I'd say you fit that criteria. Anyway, come on, I'll give you a tour of the rest of the dorm."
Hallway with various food vending machines.
The dorm commons area.
Bathroom - left side
Bathroom - right side
Overhead view of the entire Tidal Tower dorm. I didn't touch any of the other dorm rooms, they are by default.
Overhead view of Cale's dorm room
"So what do you think about the room?"
"Oh man, are you kidding me? I freakin' LOVE it! It's amazing!"
"Can you imagine taking chicks in there? In that bed? Man, I am so going to get laid here, a lot!" "I wouldn't be surprised. It's certainly dressed to impress. I think that kid might've had the same thing in mind."
"One thing though, are you sure you don't want payment for it? I mean, a room like that, must cost a lot to maintain it. Not even a security deposit or something?" "Nope, it's all been paid for up front Cale. You won't need to pay a thing for it."
"Well, hey then, I'd be a fool not to take it then." "Fantastic! I think you're going to have a lot of fun here Cale. Just don't let your studies slide in the process."
"Don't worry, I won't. I want to make my Mom proud, and you Fox. I won't let you down. I promise!"
"I hope we can hang out sometimes too, I mean when you're not busy with the school and stuff." "I hope so too, you have the key to my house, keep it and come over whenever you want. Just call first, okay? That includes holidays, Spring break, any time you don't have classes."
"Thanks Fox, for everything, you're the best! I hope we always stay friends too." "You're welcome and I... do too Cale...alright, let's go home and get you packed."
"Should be easy, I don't have much. Just give me a sack and I'm good. hehe" "Check on those scholarships again too, I bet the results have come back by now and we need to get you enrolled!"
"Okay, let's go."
The results of Cale's scholarship applications came back. He'd received half of those he'd applied for. I don't get why he didn't get the Britechester resident, he lives in Britechester, and I don't understand why he didn't get the Food and Drink one either, he's maxed out in cooking skills. E-Sports, I can kind of understand, he's only Level 6 I think. Oh well...
(I hope that's enough to cover my tuition. Looks like I might need to get a part-time job or a loan. No biggie though, because...)
(At least I have a kick butt dorm room! Ohhh Yeahhh!)
I'll get started on comments/replies but might not be able to finish them until tomorrow morning. Hope y'all had a wonderful day/night!
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March 28: Sharing a Secret!
Special Appearance By: Adam Strong ( @RememberJoy )
Yesterday at the Hare Square Park, D.J. ran into Aicha. She told D.J. she got sucked into reading his fantasy book about magic and sorcery. It felt like it was real and that D.J. was actually experiencing it in the story. And the follow up book of the potions D.J. at the Magic School was really clever. It was a fun entertaining recipe book. She told D.J. she fixed a few copy-editing things and then went ahead and made copies for sale.
Aicha also taught D.J. how to play chess. He didn't know a thing about it. She tells him it's a game of strategy rather than luck. You have to know your opponent. She referred back to his first fantasy book, Spellcraft & Sorcery. The duel between D.J. and the warlock was intense. D.J. had to make the appropriate moves when the enemy made theirs. And that's how D.J. won. But he needed more experience in an actual chess game right before she says the word, checkmate.
Adam didn't start his yoga and meditation classes at the universities until Monday. Today is a Tuesday. But he tells D.J. he has a lot of preparation to do. He's got his class list already. He's also made a brief outline of what his students should be expecting for the term.
Adam invites D.J. for some one-on-one yoga and meditation. He wanted to do it outside, so he lent D.J. a hooded sweatshirt as D.J. thought it was a bit chilly outside. During the yoga segment, he shares how much fun he had doing the club. Now he's made it into a career. D.J. goes into how he's enrolled into Britechester University with a major in Communications. He too starts on Monday.
Then it was quiet time during Adam and D.J.'s meditation.
When the yoga and meditation was done, D.J. wanted to show Adam something. He asks Adam what he is about to do needs to be kept in strict confidentiality. He summons Draco to his side. Adam gets a surprised look on his face, a panicked look. D.J. reassures him it's okay and introduces him to Draco. He goes on to explain that he was missing in action because he transported into a magical realm. He thought Adam was a really good friend and ought to know the real reason he wasn't around for the past few club meetings.
D.J. spent much of the afternoon telling Adam of his adventures in Glimmerbrook and the magic realm.
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March 29: University Enrollment!
Side Note:
No storytelling for this daily image, but there are a few other images showing D.J.'s enrollment process. It's not April for me yet and am still catching up, but giving a sneak peek into what D.J. will be doing. Come my April 1st daily image shot, D.J. will jump right into college life.
I like the daily image of Robin using her broom from last month. A lot faster than walking or riding a bike to the buildings where the classes are. Wondering if Yuki electrocuted herself on purpose. Wanted to see what Sims heaven was like. Sad she would leave her daughter, though. Then Robin brings her back. Feels like a Buffy moment when the scooby gang brought her back when she died saving her sister.
Hmm...showing off eye candy of Aaron and Hunter to start, huh? Aaron secretly kept a broomstick from his maker and the secret to flying it. I think it's hilarious. Shocker he joined the soccer team. He's been practicing his whole teen life. He'll be liked by all his teammates for sure.
I do wish Dylan showed up in Mt. Komorebi or even Windenburg for D.J. to meet. He made one appearance, but D.J. was fast asleep in his tent at the time he showed up. Or maybe he was at school. I was going to force him into college, but then I had an idea for May. Again, I think you'll enjoy what I have set up for him come that month.
It's fun to see Adam still having yoga classes, even during his college time. I like that you're keeping this tradition of his going each month. Kudos!
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March 30: Makeover!
D.J. was two days away from leaving Windenburg and heading off to his new living quarters near the Britechester University where he'd be attending classes to earn a degree in Communications. He didn't fully graduate high school as he was trapped in a place where no one would believe his story unless they had knowledge of real magic. However, he was already accepted into the University, so he didn't feel like he needed to finish high school.
Knowing he was heading off to college, D.J. felt he was a bit older now. His teenage years leaving him behind and becoming an adult. Not a full-fledged adult, but a younger version. He was ready for a new look. Not just another style of clothing, but a hairstyle.
D.J. has been receiving simoleons into his bank account for the two fantasy books he had written, and Aicha put out on display for sale. He was close to 18.5k simoleons. This would help with his housing expenses when he gets to the place he'll be living at for his four terms. He knew it shouldn't cost him much for a new styled look as well.
First thing D.J. does is makes his way to the shops in Magnolia Promenade where he bought his fancy outfit for his Love Day date with Caitlin. He still misses her. However, he knew he has to move on. This was also the place he used to work at when he had his retail job. It brought back many memories. Browsing the racks and tables, D.J. grabs some outfits he thinks he might like and heads to the dressing rooms.
D.J. tries on outfits that he would wear to his classes. Sportswear in case they have a gym where he can maintain his physical fitness. A climbing wall would be perfect. Some party outfits. He thought there has to be college parties happening all the time. Sleepwear that is appropriate if he's going to be having roommates. Swimwear in case there's a pool to hang out at. And finally, a formal outfit for when he graduates. Have to dress to impress on graduation day.
D.J. then finds a barber shop nearby.
D.J. lets the barber know he is going off to college and wants a new look. Nothing too drastic but something different than what he has now.
The barber goes right to work with his scissors and razor. A few snips here. A little buzz there.
When the barber finishes, he turns the chair around so D.J. can see his new look in the mirror. He feels like a new Sim. D.J. thinks to himself that he is ready for another new adventure he is about to embark on.
Side Notes:
Many have changed the looks of their Challenge Sims each month. I decided to change D.J.'s looks each lifestage. For D.J.'s teenage times, I had him with slicked back hair and a very light five o'clock shadow. This new look will remain for his young adult lifestage and will change again when he becomes a full-fledged adult.
Barber and Barber Shop were downloaded off the Gallery. If you're interested in either, let me know and I'll share where to grab it.
Yes, D.J. magically grew facial hair at the barber shop. Ha, ha! I think it makes him look older, though.
If you are using custom content for the Challenge Sims, here is where you can download D.J.'s new hairstyle and facial hair. Both are custom content. Hair:Get to Bed Collection by LumiaLoverSims & primadonna-sims (D.J. has the Male Casual Dream Flip!) Facial Hair:Luke Beard N15 (When adding, I used the first color swatch. It's a very light gray. It makes it look well trimmed on D.J. Please use that one!)
Also, if you have D.J. in your gameplay and aged him up to young adult, his third trait is Adventurous as each month he goes on a new adventure.
After Aaron had enrolled in his classes and gotten a headstart on his homework the Friday before term started, Adonis insisted that they go and visit Melissa and Robin.
Robin in particular was very excited to see them.
"So, biology eh?"
"I had no idea you wanted to do biology too!" Robin laughed.
(LOL I love that Adonis had to bring along his cup of juice )
(He still had it when he went to talk to Melissa )
Aaron needed to meet some of his soccer team members, and arranged to meet one in town. (...I totally forgot her name HAHA)
He decided to practice his juggling while she worked on some homework.
Another of his team members approached, and introduced himself as Brett. (lol so the only reason I know Brett's name is because he was a townie that I edited, and while I did that I changed his name )
Back at home, he continued working on his homework while Hunter played with Yoshi nearby.
The next morning, he bought a Foxbury shirt.
And finally started work on a presentation for one of his courses.
(OF COURSE he jabbed his hand with a pin...)
It looked fine, but just needed some more refinement.
But there was no time for that, as he discovered that it was School Spirit Day over at the Foxbury campus.
So naturally he flew there on his broom. He had no idea how he was still able to do that, but it beat walking any day.
(Oh hello Robin!)
Aaron got roped into playing some juice pong.
And proved that his win against Hunter wasn't just a fluke.
He headed into Larry's Lagoon to check out the research machines.
All too quickly it was time for his first soccer team activity, so he headed home to change and head for the stadium.
Thanks for the link to the 100 Bae Challenge. I should've known it would be on the site since it was advertised for a long time every time I happened to be online in game. Commendable you made it to 80 with another Sim. Thanks for the tip about StrangerVille. If Cale doesn't get all his Baby Mamas in Uni, sounds like he'll be able to finish next month.
Very cool Adam and DJ got together to do some yoga. Glad he confided in Adam about where he'd been and showed him Draco. Ah, Cale is taking a full load too with no electives. Love the Britechester campus. Drake Hall, I think one of my Sims stayed in that one before I got fed up with the dormies and had them move out to their own place. I hope that doesn't happen this time with Cale. o.O Cale's new hairstyle came with Snowy Escape, it's the same style the premade Kado wears.
Great new look for DJ. Very cool how he actually shops and goes to a barber. Downloaded the new hair and beard for him. Not sure when I'll have time to update him, but I will soon. Thanks!
hehe So funny Adonis took his cup with him. Guess he just didn't want it to go to waste eh? Nice that he met some of his soccer team mates. Brett is gorgeous! Always loved that hairstyle the other girl has. Yoshi! Nice t-shirt Aaron. hehe That stuck pin thing is hilarious! They do it way too often though in my opinion. And off on his broom again for Spirit Day. Hmm, I wonder if Cale can still use a broom or transportalate. I'll have to try that. hehe Juice pong champ! Not a fluke, nope! Oh he looks great in his soccer uniform!
I'm just not having a great day, tbh. Just dealing with some stuff and I'm feeling very emotionally drained. So just one pic today. Hopefully I'll be feeling up to opening up my game soon and continuing Robin's story, but I just need a break today.
@Karababy52 I did want to quickly say that I like your new avatar though
Today's Accomplishments:
Achieve level three in the Research & Debate skill
We slept in until mid morning after our late night. Kaori summoned a pizza for breakfast and I warmed up with some yoga. Around noon we all walked over to the town's library as everyone but myself still had a term paper to write, and they needed more reference materials.
They all sat down at the computers to research and I went upstairs looking for a beginners guide to research and debate. I found it after a bit of browsing and sat down to study.
Meanwhile, Carol quickly got restless of what little they had to offer children on their computers, and went to explore the area. Kaori told her to stay in her line of sight at all times, so she just poked around the main floor, examining statues and twirling globes.
Kiyoshi was the first to finish up his paper, so he volunteered to play chess with her, which pleased her. (She's already maxed out her mental and social skills, and is beginning to learn logic)
By late afternoon, I'd had my fill of studying and went downstairs to see what was happening. Carol begged to leave, saying the library felt too quiet and was creeping her out.
Almost everyone had finished up their papers at this point, and we were all feeling a little hungry, so we walked over the pub for a light dinner. Sofia bought a meat and cheese platter and we all dug in.
Eleanor Elderberry was there and introduced us to her son Rohan, who she said was also taking classes at Foxbury.
He introduced himself and seemed very interested in Sofia. They sat down to talk on the couch and soon were giggling and flirting up a storm.
Before the night was over they had already shared their first kiss, and Rohan had invited her over to his place to spend the night.
Part of me was happy for Sofia; she had said she felt like a third wheel living with two couples, but part of me was also worried. I didn't know if I could trust the Elderberrys yet. They were probably fine, but I couldn't be sure. I sighed and once again wished that my life were less complicated.
Later that night after everyone had gone to bed, I was awoken by a soft call from Morgyn. I groggily arose from my bed and stumbled down the dark stairs into the main room.
Morgyn was sitting on the couch and beckoned for me to join him, so I plopped down next to him and rubbed my eyes. "There's got to be a better meeting time than the middle of the night," I said with a yawn. "What's up?"
"I do apologize for disturbing your rest," Morgyn began, "but this is the best time to speak with you undisturbed." I nodded and waved it off, "I understand," I said, "we're good. How is everything going with the counsel and all that?"
Morgyn sighed, "It has been slow going," he admitted, "the corruption goes deeper than I ever imagined, but I have found a few who will stand with me." He paused, "But I did not come here to discuss that," he looked over at me. "You teleported yourself and your friends a great distance yesterday, did you not?"
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat under his gaze, "We went to Windenburg to go dancing," I admitted, "but I took precautions so nobody would see us leaving."
Morgyn sighed, "Sight is not always necessary," he rubbed his temples. "Any master of magic can feel a large enough spell being cast if they're nearby," he looked up at me, "how do you think I knew?"
I bit my lip realizing I'd messed up. "Do you think anybody noticed?" I asked quietly.
"There are other spellcasters in these parts," Morgyn sighed, "who's allegiances are not yet known to me. It is possible some of them may now be aware of you." I frowned, this was not good news.
"I'd advise you to only use smaller spells from now on, and only when necessary," Morgyn continued. "I'll poke around and see what I can dig up, but it will take time."
I mentioned Sofia's new romance with Rohan Elderberry and he said he'd look into them first, but confirmed their name sounded familiar.
"I'd advise you and your friends to be careful in who you trust," Morgyn warned. "This area has a very long and complicated history with magical beings, and some of those ancient family lines are still around and guard their secrets jealously. They may have nothing to do with those searching for you, but they will have their own agendas."
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March 31: End-of-Month Update!
Side Note:
I really had nothing left for this last day, so here's a daily image of an excited D.J. about to head off to college!
End-of-Month Update:
Personality Traits: Active, Adventurous, Loves Outdoors Aspiration Traits: Business Savvy, Collector, Gregarious, High Metabolism, Home Turf, Muser, Quick Learner Reward Traits: Always Welcome, Creative Visionary, Emotional Control, Expert Mountaineer, Good Manners, Natural Leader, Responsible, Singer of Spells, Speed Reader, Survival Instinct, Worldly Knowledge Likes: Music (Japanese Folk Music, Summer Strut Music), Hobbies & Skills (Fitness, Photography, Rock Climbing, Fishing, Gardening, Skiing, Wellness, Writing) Dislikes: Color (Yellow)
ASPIRATIONS
January 15 - Mt. Komorebi Sightseer
January 22 - Extreme Sports Enthusiast
February 18 - Leader of the Pack
March 12 - Spellcraft & Sorcery
March 13 - Purveyor of Potions
Move in day had finally arrived for the students staying in the Foxbury dorms this school year. Fox was unable to check-in with Cale since he would be very busy with his Admissions duties. He didn't mind though, all he had was a sack full of clothes, his laptop and a rose Fox had surprised him with that morning. The guy's generosity never ceased to amaze Cale. I'd say from the look on his face, Cale is extremely excited to begin his dorm experience.
*Note - he's actually pumped because he just found out he'd received an Athletic scholarship! Looks like Cale might be playing soccer too!
First thing Cale did was unwrap the rose to plant it. When he did that he got another surprise from his new friend, five crisp 100 dollar bills! What a guy eh? Cale tucked the cash in his pocket and finally planted the rose.
For whatever reason, the rose would not germinate in that spot. I think it was too close to the nightstand or something. No biggie, I just moved the pot across the room where the trash can was located and he was able to plant it there.
After that task was finished, Cale did his homework for every class and went to bed.
Around 2 a.m. he woke up fully rested and decided to go check out the situation with his dormmates. Were there any cute girls among them?
Indeed there was at least one. This is Lauryn, a very pretty redhead that is living in the dorm room across the hallway from Cale. Luckily, she wasn't asleep either. After a flirty introduction, a little beguiling action and some other flirty moves...
...Lauryn was totally under his love spell and eagerly followed him to his bed!
Cale 'woke up' after Lauryn left to go back to her room and wondered for a moment where he was. His stomach growled reminding him that he must've gotten up for a snack. Sleeping makes a guy hungry don'tcha know! The only thing in the mini fridge at the moment though was a variety of cold selections. He wanted something hot!
Cale paid for a spicy tuna melt sandwich, but the dang machine tried to rob him! He was not going to stand for that though climbed up on the thing to try and shake it loose, however...
...it wasn't the smartest idea he'd ever had. The machine toppled over and fell on him. Cale is Level 10 in Fitness though and was easily able to kick it off of him. *Whew* If Cale had any memories of his time in Mt. Komorebi, he might've remembered climbing on vending machines never ended well. But of course, he doesn't remember any of that.
He limped his way back to the dorm room empty-handed and settled for a ham & cheese sandwich instead. Lesson learned.
It was getting close to 7:30 a.m. by this time, but Cale noticed another pretty girl in the commons area and went over to meet her anyway. Her name is Jenny and she seemed very receptive to his flirty introduction and agreed to take a selfie with him. However, before he could use his handy dandy bow on her, she left for class. Dang! It was almost time for his first class anyway, so Cale headed over to Larry's Lagoon.
Cale ran over to one of the classroom buildings about an hour early for his first class. Office hours to find out which building Cale's classes would be held in, didn't start until 11 a.m. He'd have to guess and hope he got it right! And by he, I mean me, of course. Hopefully we chose the right one!
Yay! Right building, wrong door, but no biggie, he was only a couple minutes late.
After class while Cale stood doing his homework waiting for his next class to start, I checked both buildings and discovered all four of his classes would be held in this one building. Yes!
With both classes finished for the day, Cale headed back to Larry's Lagoon to wait for the cafeteria to open. He finished the homework he'd started before, and then went outside to use a table out there to do homework for the second class.
While he was sitting there doing that, the girl named Alicia he'd met at Pepper's Pub his first night in Britechester walked by. o.O She looks about ready to pop out twins or something! Wow! She's not supposed to remember him but of course she does and looked over with a smile at her baby Daddy.
Cale was oblivious and never even saw her.
Finally the cafeteria opened so Cale ran inside to grab an order of chicken for his dinner. For whatever reason, I guess he just loves this table, he took the meal back outside and sat down next to Lauryn. Does this look like a couple that shared a passionate encounter the night before to you? No? Me neither.
Jenny walked outside too! YES! Let's see if Lauryn notices or cares that Cale is in the process of beguiling Jenny right in front of her. Jenny looks a bit concerned at least. hehe Poor clueless girl.
Nope, and she doesn't even care in the least when Cale kisses Jenny. Hmm, if I want any drama, I guess I shouldn't be having Cale 'ask to be just friends' after every eh, love session eh? Oh well, they are not supposed to remember anyway so I guess this is a good thing.
Jenny is a bit of a tough nut to crack. Despite being good friends with Cale and romance bar half full, though flirty, he couldn't woo hoo with her. What?!? However, he could ask her to make out in the closet at least.
I guess she needed to get a taste of him before agreeing to anything else and liked their time in there because she agreed to woo hoo with him immediately after they emerged from the closet. Yay!
Oh, I also had to swap places between the desk and chess set since Cale got stuck next to his bed and couldn't get back around it when he got up in the early morning hours. I don't get why since he was able to walk by the desk chair no problem to get in bed. Glitches be weird I guess.
Anyway, Cale went back to his room after his time with Jenny and fertilized his rose before going to bed. He has two classes tomorrow and then the entire weekend off to do...whatever.
Good night Cale, I'd say you had a very good first day at Foxbury and deserve a well earned rest.
Last but not least for this update, while Cale was busy making out with Jenny, he got a call from Aurora. She had a baby boy and named him Neil! I imagine Eros isn't too pleased with his daughter right now. Obviously she failed again to impregnate Cale with a full alien baby and got pregnant by him instead. Opps! o.O I checked and it appears the baby might be an alien, he's purple anyway. I won't know for sure until I go to age him up to a toddler some time soon.
I'll get started on comments/replies next! Hope y'all had a great day/night!
Love the daily pic of Robin kicking her soccer ball! Always something fun for our Sims. No worries, sometimes we all just need a break to decompress and relax. I hope things get better for you! *Hugs* Oh and thanks about my avy.
Great daily pic of DJ's excitement over starting Uni! He looks so good! I'm excited too DJ to see how your experience goes. Love the end of the month update too. DJ has accomplished quite a lot so far eh? Congrats!
It was Winterfest, and the poor uni students don't even have off class for the holiday.
Piper and Clem (who are both enrolled in uni too, but living at home) brought their little ones to see daddy for the holiday (I am in LOVE with these screenshots)
Cale had presents for his little sweethearts too.
Kate got a knitted octopus toy that Cale had purchased on plopsy. (Don't worry, Finley, Daddy didn't forget you! Yours is coming up next!)
Finley got a llamacorn toy that Cale conveniently had in his inventory, probably from fishing.
It is quite nice that the dining hall at least serves a grand feast on Winterfest, even though they students still need to attend classes. So Cale enjoyed lunch with these two kiddos.
And Finley got an extra special snuggle since this is technically the first time Cale is interacting with him as a toddler.
Meanwhile, Robin was busy staying caught up on all her course work.
She got her research and debate skill up to 3 as well after losing a debate about swimming pools to Cale haha.
She didn't get back to the dorms until late, since she had soccer practice. Her roommates invited her to come celebrate with them.
Piper tried to be on bad behavior, but since no one was asleep, she just ended up hanging out for a bit
Since I couldn't sleep, I opened up my homework and tried to distract myself from my worries.
It didn't really help.
Carol came down early and said she'd had a nightmare and couldn't get back to sleep, so I grabbed a book and we snuggled on the couch as I read her a story.
A little while later everyone was up and we were all having some breakfast when Sofia returned home. I asked her how her night had gone, but she seemed to be reluctant to talk about it.
I felt there was something bothering her, but I didn't want to force the issue.
We gathered around the table to finish up the last of the homework for our first semester. Kiyoshi had already finished his, so Carol roped him into reading her another story.
When they had finished, Kiyoshi mentioned how he was taking a wellness class as an elective and would appreciate a few pointers considering I'd already mastered the skill. Carol perked up at this and pulled him over to the yoga mats saying she'd show him how it was done. Kiyoshi was a good sport and allowed her to guide him through a few yoga positions.
Watching her BF do yoga must of really turned Gemma on, because the next thing I know she was pulling him into their bedroom.
I sent Carol to play upstairs.
A little while later they emerged from their room and curled up on the couch together to watch a romantic movie. Ah, young love.
Kioshi's sister just so happened to drop by again just as Kaori was casting a delicioso spell, and it kind of freaked her out.
They sat her down and tried to explain what she'd seen, but it took Kiyoshi to finally calm her down and get her to promise not to say anything.
I was upstairs napping while this was going down, but I was filled in later. I guess I can only hope she'll keep her promise.
After she left, we all needed to cut loose and have some fun, so we turned up some music and had an impromptu dance party of our own!
As the night wore on, one by one everyone said goodnight and headed for bed until it was just Sofia and myself. I asked if I could speak with her, so we sat down at the table to chat.
"Sofia," I began awkwardly, "we may have alerted other spellcasters in this area to our presence when we teleported to Windenburg the other night." Sofia looked surprised, but didn't say anything. I rubbed the back of my neck, "Morgyn mentioned that there are old magical family lines here in Britechester, and that the name Elderberry sounded familiar to him." I looked her in the eyes, "I need to know if you noticed anything suspicious when you were at their house last night."
Sofia pulled her gaze away from mine, biting her lip. "There was something," she said hesitantly, "but I promised I would keep it a secret."
My heart started to race but I remained silent, hoping she'd continue. "It happened early this morning," she said playing with her hair. "I was sleeping next to Rohan when he suddenly got up and told me to go back to sleep. He grabbed some clothing from his closet and slipped out into the hall. I tried to go back to sleep, but my curiosity got the better of me. I got dressed and quietly slipped down the stairs.
I heard voices in the living room, so I peaked my head around the corner and saw a group of figures wearing robes and masks. They entered a secret door behind a bookshelf and disappeared. I was planning on following them when Rohan grabbed me from behind and twirled me around. He was wearing the same robes as the others and didn't seem too happy I was there. He told me I had to keep it a secret and that I should go back upstairs to wait for him.
I considered leaving, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions about what I'd seen, it may have just been a fraternity thing, so I waited. When he returned, he once again begged me to not tell anyone about what I'd seen, saying he could get into a lot of trouble if the other members found out I knew. He confessed he loved me, and that he would tell me everything later, assuring me they weren't up to anything bad."
She trailed off and I sat in stunned silence, processing her story.
"I believe him Adam," she said looking back up at me, "I don't think we're in any danger from them."
I nodded, but wasn't so sure. I thanked her for telling me but asked her to be careful around Rohan until we knew more about what they were up to. She agreed, but asked me in turn not to tell anyone else her secret.
"Can I at least tell Morgyn?" I asked. "He's the one keeping us safe right now, and I think he should know." Sofia thought about it. "I'm not sure," she said. "I'd like to meet this mysterious spellcaster I've heard so much about first. If I like him, I'll tell him myself." I sighed. "That's fair, I'll see what I can arrange." She headed to bed and I picked up my research and debate book. I needed a distraction and tried to study, but I couldn't help but feel I was being watched.
April - Day 7:"Don't turn around, don't look back, keep moving forward, keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning..."
Notes
Friday morning Cale got up 3-4 hrs. before his first class and did a little commando training. The skills for this semester's classes are fitness and gardening. He's already previously aced the Fitness skill and completed the Body Builder aspiration, but it's been my experience from playing with Uni Sims in other saves, it seems to help with their grade to do those skills anyway at least once a day.
A couple hours before class he headed over to Larry's Lagoon for breakfast and tried to negotiate a discount. I didn't think the cafeteria worker was going to give it to him at first.
But then she smiled and gave it to him. I think she had to since that's one of the rewards for completing the Mt. Komorebi Sightseer aspiration. *Note - I just realized cafeteria food is always free for students. Opps!
He thought she was cute and did a flirty introduction, which of course she loved. Too bad he didn't have time for anything else. Oh well, at least she's on his friends list now to call up some time soon. Cale headed to class after finishing his breakfast.
Back at the dorm after both classes were finished, Cale had the entire weekend to do his homework and two presentations. However, he decided to do them right away anyway. While he was working on the first presentation he got a couple phone calls. Lilah announced she'd had his baby, a girl she named Kaylee. When I was looking at his family tree, I noticed Alicia, the lady from Pepper's Pub, also had a baby girl. He never got a phone call from her though or I missed it.
Also, Hunter called up with the 'I found a ring in Aaron's bag, what should I do?' question. For the story Cale has lost his memories and wouldn't know Hunter, but the game doesn't know that, so I had him answer. He told Hunter to say yes and Hunter called again later announcing they were engaged! Yay! \o/
Cale got hungry and made a tuna fish sandwich for himself after both presentations were complete. He'll present them Monday after classes are over. Kind of weird he did this on the bathroom counter, but oh well. Only place in the dorm with open counters. I should probably put another one in his room.
Here's another one of his lovely dormmates. I apologize, but I don't remember her name. Obviously she'll soon be one of Cale's baby Mamas.
Annnnd another dormmate and future baby Mama. See that guy? He's gone now, why? Well, I want only females, of course, to live in the dorm with him so Cale has more opportunities. But also...
While Cale was getting busy with that girl, I forgot to lock his dorm room door and that guy went in there to talk to Cale's rose plant, totally ignoring the couple on the bed! o.O Then I got a pop up saying there was a Spirit Day celebration going on and he spun into that outfit! HAHA! Sheesh!
Cale went back to Larry's Lagoon to go on the hunt for more babes there and met up with another one of his dormmates.
It was also Neighborhood Brawl Day! I usually just cancel this 'holiday' but Cale is hot headed and mean so I thought he'd enjoy himself. In light of that, he fought his dormmate after inspecting a closet together in the bathroom.
Of course Cale won. Poor girl, she got banged up more than once by him today.
He also beat up some old lady hanging around while one of my Sims, Sam Hawkins, acting as the cafeteria worker watched.
Cale needed one more fight to complete the 'holiday' so since Sam was right there, he was next. The old lady he'd beat up and a girl Cale had never met watched.
Won again!
It was all just for fun though, no hard feelings. I'm glad, for awhile there was a glitch Sims would declare each other enemies after fighting on this day.
Of course, you guessed it, Cale couldn't resist romancing the girl that was watching. For some reason, he couldn't take her photo though, she didn't show up in the list of possible Sims. No biggie, he just took a regular photo while she was standing there. There's a couple other ladies Cale has been with that I haven't shown for a total of 13 so far with this one.
I'm not sure if I should keep showing all his conquests or not. I started out modifying his dormmates' atrocious outfits, giving them make-up, eyelashes, new hairstyle, etc., but stopped after I quickly realized that was going to take a lot of time to do for all of them. I think I stopped after half a dozen. I figured it would get old showing their encounters as well. Perhaps I'll just show them with the children after I've aged them up to toddlers?
I don't want my updates to get boring for y'all just showing Cale and his baby Mamas in every update, but I will if you want to see them right away. Of course it'll be different with the Sims he's previously romanced and your challenge Sims. I'm sure that's going to be interesting since they'll know him, but he won't know them. o.O Let me know what you would prefer to see.
Anyway, back at the dorm, Cale watered, harvested and researched his rose plant since it had finally matured.
Cafeteria food is free, but they're not open 24/7 and quick meals are cheap, but they're not the best for Cale's nutrition. I was afraid all those sandwiches, vending machine food and cold micro meals was going to catch up with him eventually, so he ordered a bunch of meals from Zoomer's. He was delighted with the delivery girl and gave her a 10 simoleons tip. I was hoping he'd be able to give her a more generous 'tip', if you get my drift, but she bolted with cash in hand so he didn't get a chance. Perhaps next time Cale!
(Mmm, blackened bass, one of my favorites!)
When I modified this dorm, I placed some bonsai bushes for Cale to trim and prune for the gardening skill. He's aced that as well, but again, wouldn't hurt to do some gardening anyway. However, I think all he got was the Flower Arranging skill for it. Maybe pruning they get credit for both? It is technically gardening, right?
Ah well, even if it doesn't count, I like this pruned design. I don't think I've ever seen it before.
Just to be safe, he went back to Larry's to use one of the Research Archive machines there to research gardening. He'll increase his Research & Debate skills using it along with gardening. While he was doing that, the skies finally cleared, it's been raining for days and days. I was looking around for more ladies he could romance and noticed the rainbow in the daily post pic.
I also saw this urn over in the Robotic skills room. o.O I have no idea who this girl is, but it isn't anyone Cale knows. Scared me at first thinking it might be. Very sad though when this happens. It now sits in Cale's personal inventory until I can figure out what to do with it. Maybe when he possibly becomes a Spellcaster again, I'll have him Dedeadify this Sim.
So, I found a way to add Sims to Drake Hall as a household so I can play them. It's not even a mod. Don't really think it's a glitch either. I guess I'll find out how well it really works. I am updating some Challenge Sims to add to my April updates. Hoping to have my April 1st in the next day. After that, I already have things planned in my head what I would like to happen (we all know gameplay changes things on its own). But if all goes well, I will catch up to the current daily image per day smoothly.
Oh man, those screenshots of Cale with his children area absolutely, adorably precious! SO sweet, I Love them! Thank you so much for including them in your update! So cute to see Robin and Cale debate each other too! Swimming pools eh? I don't think Cale has ever swam in one, surprised he won since Robin is a mermaid. hehe Aww, I love how Robin and her dormmates decorated a tree together. HAHA! Piper, what the heck man? So funny! Why do two of her dormmates look so sad though? Did they not get a gift or something? Just curious.
Excellent news about being able to play all the dormmates as the same household! Glad it's not a Mod, I wonder if it's a glitch though. I've never tried to do anything like that. It's hard enough for me just getting my own Sim to get through Uni without trying to do all their dormmates too! o.O Good luck with that, very commendable of you to try it! Great news about how you've got plans to catch up with us soon. I hope it all goes smoothly for you too!
I finally played my game for the first time in several days. Getting back into the groove of things, but these next two weeks are going to be super brutal with my school schedule, kind of funny that Robin's life is mirroring mine
Anyway, I had Aaron join the soccer team too.
"Cale! You got a haircut! It looks great!"
She had the option to give him her apartment key, which I can only assume will mean that he can show up and hang out in her dorm, which I think is an excellent idea.
But then, this happened O.o
Heck no, never happening, I need to make that relationship decay ASAP. Lol.
I immediately summoned Piper to the lot. It's about time Cale claimed his woman.
I do love that lilsimsie adds these observatories to her builds and this is the way that I discover they exist
I have a casual goal of Robin building a Servo this year, which means she has to get to work on her robotics skill.
She has a long way to go haha.
She got electrocuted, and I know very well from last year that you don't mess with the robotics table after that, so Robin went to work on her second project board for a while instead, still literally smoking
Today's Accomplishments:
-Finish a course with an A grade
It was finals day.
The morning was a flurry of activity as all of us did a little last minute cramming. Gemma was testing out her painting skills on my old easel, Kiyoshi was preforming a yoga routine to help him get focused, and Kaori was just chilling on the couch with Carol since she had no final exams.
Lucky.
I took the opportunity to work on my painting skill and created a painting of them cuddling.
Meanwhile, Sofia was so nervous she took her breakfast for a jog.
As we sat chatting before our last final, our nerves making it impossible to study, Sofia asked if I'd heard anything from Morgyn.
I explained I had no way to contact him currently as he wasn't using his phone and we'd just have to wait until he popped up again.
After all our finals were done, we sat around the table and waited for our results.
At 6pm, we all received an email with our final grades! Everyone had got A pluses in all their classes except for Gemma who received a B in her acting elective!
We all cheered and immediately signed up for our next classes. With a groan we pulled out our homework for the next day, and got back to business.
Second semester here we come!
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Notes
Cale was flabbergasted when they stepped into the dorm room Fox wanted to show him. It looked more like a fancy hotel room than a Uni dorm room.
"Wow...I'm...speechless. This is incredible!"
"Yeah, it's something special, that's for sure."
"The kid that was supposed to use this room was going for a Biology degree, just like you. He loved plants. There's a plant pot too if you wanted to grow something. He also had a thing for Marilyn Monroe, the reason for the big poster above the bed."
"His Father had that chess set hand-carved for his Son and the sheets on that bed are Millesimo 100% Egyptian cotton made in Italy. Some of the most expensive in the world."
"There's a mini fridge and microwave as well you could use."
"So what happened? Why didn't the kid end up going to Uni and using the room?"
"He was upset about not having his own private bathroom and refused to use it unless his Father put one in for him. He'd already spent over 20K on the room though and wasn't about to go to that length for his Son. Even though the kid was obviously spoiled, I guess the private bath was too much. The Father was so upset and disgusted over his Son's selfish demands, he sent him to military school instead."
"Whoa, that's harsh."
"Maybe, but the Father hoped it would teach Malc- his kid a lesson. Plus, rather than clean out the room, he endowed the accommodations to the school under the conditions the room wasn't remodeled and maintained to be exactly the same for a minimum of one year up to a maximum four years. Also, it can only be used for free by hardship students. I'd say you fit that criteria. Anyway, come on, I'll give you a tour of the rest of the dorm."
Hallway with various food vending machines.
The dorm commons area.
Bathroom - left side
Bathroom - right side
Overhead view of the entire Tidal Tower dorm. I didn't touch any of the other dorm rooms, they are by default.
Overhead view of Cale's dorm room
"So what do you think about the room?"
"Oh man, are you kidding me? I freakin' LOVE it! It's amazing!"
"Can you imagine taking chicks in there? In that bed? Man, I am so going to get laid here, a lot!"
"I wouldn't be surprised. It's certainly dressed to impress. I think that kid might've had the same thing in mind."
"One thing though, are you sure you don't want payment for it? I mean, a room like that, must cost a lot to maintain it. Not even a security deposit or something?"
"Nope, it's all been paid for up front Cale. You won't need to pay a thing for it."
"Well, hey then, I'd be a fool not to take it then."
"Fantastic! I think you're going to have a lot of fun here Cale. Just don't let your studies slide in the process."
"Don't worry, I won't. I want to make my Mom proud, and you Fox. I won't let you down. I promise!"
"I hope we can hang out sometimes too, I mean when you're not busy with the school and stuff."
"I hope so too, you have the key to my house, keep it and come over whenever you want. Just call first, okay? That includes holidays, Spring break, any time you don't have classes."
"Thanks Fox, for everything, you're the best! I hope we always stay friends too."
"You're welcome and I... do too Cale...alright, let's go home and get you packed."
"Should be easy, I don't have much. Just give me a sack and I'm good. hehe"
"Check on those scholarships again too, I bet the results have come back by now and we need to get you enrolled!"
"Okay, let's go."
The results of Cale's scholarship applications came back. He'd received half of those he'd applied for. I don't get why he didn't get the Britechester resident, he lives in Britechester, and I don't understand why he didn't get the Food and Drink one either, he's maxed out in cooking skills. E-Sports, I can kind of understand, he's only Level 6 I think. Oh well...
(I hope that's enough to cover my tuition. Looks like I might need to get a part-time job or a loan. No biggie though, because...)
(At least I have a kick butt dorm room! Ohhh Yeahhh!)
I'll get started on comments/replies but might not be able to finish them until tomorrow morning. Hope y'all had a wonderful day/night!
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Aicha also taught D.J. how to play chess. He didn't know a thing about it. She tells him it's a game of strategy rather than luck. You have to know your opponent. She referred back to his first fantasy book, Spellcraft & Sorcery. The duel between D.J. and the warlock was intense. D.J. had to make the appropriate moves when the enemy made theirs. And that's how D.J. won. But he needed more experience in an actual chess game right before she says the word, checkmate.
Adam didn't start his yoga and meditation classes at the universities until Monday. Today is a Tuesday. But he tells D.J. he has a lot of preparation to do. He's got his class list already. He's also made a brief outline of what his students should be expecting for the term.
Adam invites D.J. for some one-on-one yoga and meditation. He wanted to do it outside, so he lent D.J. a hooded sweatshirt as D.J. thought it was a bit chilly outside. During the yoga segment, he shares how much fun he had doing the club. Now he's made it into a career. D.J. goes into how he's enrolled into Britechester University with a major in Communications. He too starts on Monday.
Then it was quiet time during Adam and D.J.'s meditation.
When the yoga and meditation was done, D.J. wanted to show Adam something. He asks Adam what he is about to do needs to be kept in strict confidentiality. He summons Draco to his side. Adam gets a surprised look on his face, a panicked look. D.J. reassures him it's okay and introduces him to Draco. He goes on to explain that he was missing in action because he transported into a magical realm. He thought Adam was a really good friend and ought to know the real reason he wasn't around for the past few club meetings.
D.J. spent much of the afternoon telling Adam of his adventures in Glimmerbrook and the magic realm.
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@permanentrose
@afai1261
@SoulGal7
@Karababy52
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Knowing he was heading off to college, D.J. felt he was a bit older now. His teenage years leaving him behind and becoming an adult. Not a full-fledged adult, but a younger version. He was ready for a new look. Not just another style of clothing, but a hairstyle.
D.J. has been receiving simoleons into his bank account for the two fantasy books he had written, and Aicha put out on display for sale. He was close to 18.5k simoleons. This would help with his housing expenses when he gets to the place he'll be living at for his four terms. He knew it shouldn't cost him much for a new styled look as well.
First thing D.J. does is makes his way to the shops in Magnolia Promenade where he bought his fancy outfit for his Love Day date with Caitlin. He still misses her. However, he knew he has to move on. This was also the place he used to work at when he had his retail job. It brought back many memories. Browsing the racks and tables, D.J. grabs some outfits he thinks he might like and heads to the dressing rooms.
D.J. tries on outfits that he would wear to his classes. Sportswear in case they have a gym where he can maintain his physical fitness. A climbing wall would be perfect. Some party outfits. He thought there has to be college parties happening all the time. Sleepwear that is appropriate if he's going to be having roommates. Swimwear in case there's a pool to hang out at. And finally, a formal outfit for when he graduates. Have to dress to impress on graduation day.
D.J. then finds a barber shop nearby.
D.J. lets the barber know he is going off to college and wants a new look. Nothing too drastic but something different than what he has now.
The barber goes right to work with his scissors and razor. A few snips here. A little buzz there.
When the barber finishes, he turns the chair around so D.J. can see his new look in the mirror. He feels like a new Sim. D.J. thinks to himself that he is ready for another new adventure he is about to embark on.
Side Notes:
Hair: Get to Bed Collection by LumiaLoverSims & primadonna-sims (D.J. has the Male Casual Dream Flip!)
Facial Hair: Luke Beard N15 (When adding, I used the first color swatch. It's a very light gray. It makes it look well trimmed on D.J. Please use that one!)
Robin in particular was very excited to see them.
"So, biology eh?"
"I had no idea you wanted to do biology too!" Robin laughed.
(LOL I love that Adonis had to bring along his cup of juice
(He still had it when he went to talk to Melissa
Aaron needed to meet some of his soccer team members, and arranged to meet one in town. (...I totally forgot her name HAHA)
He decided to practice his juggling while she worked on some homework.
Another of his team members approached, and introduced himself as Brett. (lol so the only reason I know Brett's name is because he was a townie that I edited, and while I did that I changed his name
Back at home, he continued working on his homework while Hunter played with Yoshi nearby.
The next morning, he bought a Foxbury shirt.
And finally started work on a presentation for one of his courses.
(OF COURSE he jabbed his hand with a pin...)
It looked fine, but just needed some more refinement.
But there was no time for that, as he discovered that it was School Spirit Day over at the Foxbury campus.
So naturally he flew there on his broom. He had no idea how he was still able to do that, but it beat walking any day.
(Oh hello Robin!)
Aaron got roped into playing some juice pong.
And proved that his win against Hunter wasn't just a fluke.
He headed into Larry's Lagoon to check out the research machines.
All too quickly it was time for his first soccer team activity, so he headed home to change and head for the stadium.
@Carebear92
No worries, real life responsibilities always comes first. Hope everything works out for you!
@LegacySims 2017
Great new look for DJ. Very cool how he actually shops and goes to a barber. Downloaded the new hair and beard for him. Not sure when I'll have time to update him, but I will soon.
@afai1261
I'm just not having a great day, tbh. Just dealing with some stuff and I'm feeling very emotionally drained. So just one pic today. Hopefully I'll be feeling up to opening up my game soon and continuing Robin's story, but I just need a break today.
@Karababy52 I did want to quickly say that I like your new avatar though
Today's Accomplishments:
Achieve level three in the Research & Debate skill
They all sat down at the computers to research and I went upstairs looking for a beginners guide to research and debate. I found it after a bit of browsing and sat down to study.
Meanwhile, Carol quickly got restless of what little they had to offer children on their computers, and went to explore the area. Kaori told her to stay in her line of sight at all times, so she just poked around the main floor, examining statues and twirling globes.
Kiyoshi was the first to finish up his paper, so he volunteered to play chess with her, which pleased her. (She's already maxed out her mental and social skills, and is beginning to learn logic)
By late afternoon, I'd had my fill of studying and went downstairs to see what was happening. Carol begged to leave, saying the library felt too quiet and was creeping her out.
Almost everyone had finished up their papers at this point, and we were all feeling a little hungry, so we walked over the pub for a light dinner. Sofia bought a meat and cheese platter and we all dug in.
Eleanor Elderberry was there and introduced us to her son Rohan, who she said was also taking classes at Foxbury.
He introduced himself and seemed very interested in Sofia. They sat down to talk on the couch and soon were giggling and flirting up a storm.
Before the night was over they had already shared their first kiss, and Rohan had invited her over to his place to spend the night.
Part of me was happy for Sofia; she had said she felt like a third wheel living with two couples, but part of me was also worried. I didn't know if I could trust the Elderberrys yet. They were probably fine, but I couldn't be sure. I sighed and once again wished that my life were less complicated.
Later that night after everyone had gone to bed, I was awoken by a soft call from Morgyn. I groggily arose from my bed and stumbled down the dark stairs into the main room.
Morgyn was sitting on the couch and beckoned for me to join him, so I plopped down next to him and rubbed my eyes. "There's got to be a better meeting time than the middle of the night," I said with a yawn. "What's up?"
"I do apologize for disturbing your rest," Morgyn began, "but this is the best time to speak with you undisturbed." I nodded and waved it off, "I understand," I said, "we're good. How is everything going with the counsel and all that?"
Morgyn sighed, "It has been slow going," he admitted, "the corruption goes deeper than I ever imagined, but I have found a few who will stand with me." He paused, "But I did not come here to discuss that," he looked over at me. "You teleported yourself and your friends a great distance yesterday, did you not?"
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat under his gaze, "We went to Windenburg to go dancing," I admitted, "but I took precautions so nobody would see us leaving."
Morgyn sighed, "Sight is not always necessary," he rubbed his temples. "Any master of magic can feel a large enough spell being cast if they're nearby," he looked up at me, "how do you think I knew?"
I bit my lip realizing I'd messed up. "Do you think anybody noticed?" I asked quietly.
"There are other spellcasters in these parts," Morgyn sighed, "who's allegiances are not yet known to me. It is possible some of them may now be aware of you." I frowned, this was not good news.
"I'd advise you to only use smaller spells from now on, and only when necessary," Morgyn continued. "I'll poke around and see what I can dig up, but it will take time."
I mentioned Sofia's new romance with Rohan Elderberry and he said he'd look into them first, but confirmed their name sounded familiar.
"I'd advise you and your friends to be careful in who you trust," Morgyn warned. "This area has a very long and complicated history with magical beings, and some of those ancient family lines are still around and guard their secrets jealously. They may have nothing to do with those searching for you, but they will have their own agendas."
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End-of-Month Update:
Aspiration Traits: Business Savvy, Collector, Gregarious, High Metabolism, Home Turf, Muser, Quick Learner
Reward Traits: Always Welcome, Creative Visionary, Emotional Control, Expert Mountaineer, Good Manners, Natural Leader, Responsible, Singer of Spells, Speed Reader, Survival Instinct, Worldly Knowledge
Likes: Music (Japanese Folk Music, Summer Strut Music), Hobbies & Skills (Fitness, Photography, Rock Climbing, Fishing, Gardening, Skiing, Wellness, Writing)
Dislikes: Color (Yellow)
ASPIRATIONS
January 15 - Mt. Komorebi Sightseer
January 22 - Extreme Sports Enthusiast
February 18 - Leader of the Pack
March 12 - Spellcraft & Sorcery
March 13 - Purveyor of Potions
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Move in day had finally arrived for the students staying in the Foxbury dorms this school year. Fox was unable to check-in with Cale since he would be very busy with his Admissions duties. He didn't mind though, all he had was a sack full of clothes, his laptop and a rose Fox had surprised him with that morning. The guy's generosity never ceased to amaze Cale. I'd say from the look on his face, Cale is extremely excited to begin his dorm experience.
*Note - he's actually pumped because he just found out he'd received an Athletic scholarship! Looks like Cale might be playing soccer too!
First thing Cale did was unwrap the rose to plant it. When he did that he got another surprise from his new friend, five crisp 100 dollar bills! What a guy eh? Cale tucked the cash in his pocket and finally planted the rose.
For whatever reason, the rose would not germinate in that spot. I think it was too close to the nightstand or something. No biggie, I just moved the pot across the room where the trash can was located and he was able to plant it there.
After that task was finished, Cale did his homework for every class and went to bed.
Around 2 a.m. he woke up fully rested and decided to go check out the situation with his dormmates. Were there any cute girls among them?
Indeed there was at least one. This is Lauryn, a very pretty redhead that is living in the dorm room across the hallway from Cale. Luckily, she wasn't asleep either. After a flirty introduction, a little beguiling action and some other flirty moves...
...Lauryn was totally under his love spell and eagerly followed him to his bed!
Cale 'woke up' after Lauryn left to go back to her room and wondered for a moment where he was. His stomach growled reminding him that he must've gotten up for a snack. Sleeping makes a guy hungry don'tcha know!
Cale paid for a spicy tuna melt sandwich, but the dang machine tried to rob him! He was not going to stand for that though climbed up on the thing to try and shake it loose, however...
...it wasn't the smartest idea he'd ever had. The machine toppled over and fell on him. Cale is Level 10 in Fitness though and was easily able to kick it off of him. *Whew* If Cale had any memories of his time in Mt. Komorebi, he might've remembered climbing on vending machines never ended well. But of course, he doesn't remember any of that.
He limped his way back to the dorm room empty-handed and settled for a ham & cheese sandwich instead. Lesson learned.
It was getting close to 7:30 a.m. by this time, but Cale noticed another pretty girl in the commons area and went over to meet her anyway. Her name is Jenny and she seemed very receptive to his flirty introduction and agreed to take a selfie with him. However, before he could use his handy dandy bow on her, she left for class. Dang! It was almost time for his first class anyway, so Cale headed over to Larry's Lagoon.
Cale ran over to one of the classroom buildings about an hour early for his first class. Office hours to find out which building Cale's classes would be held in, didn't start until 11 a.m. He'd have to guess and hope he got it right! And by he, I mean me, of course. Hopefully we chose the right one!
Yay! Right building, wrong door, but no biggie, he was only a couple minutes late.
After class while Cale stood doing his homework waiting for his next class to start, I checked both buildings and discovered all four of his classes would be held in this one building. Yes!
With both classes finished for the day, Cale headed back to Larry's Lagoon to wait for the cafeteria to open. He finished the homework he'd started before, and then went outside to use a table out there to do homework for the second class.
While he was sitting there doing that, the girl named Alicia he'd met at Pepper's Pub his first night in Britechester walked by. o.O She looks about ready to pop out twins or something! Wow! She's not supposed to remember him but of course she does and looked over with a smile at her baby Daddy.
Cale was oblivious and never even saw her.
Finally the cafeteria opened so Cale ran inside to grab an order of chicken for his dinner. For whatever reason, I guess he just loves this table, he took the meal back outside and sat down next to Lauryn. Does this look like a couple that shared a passionate encounter the night before to you? No? Me neither.
Jenny walked outside too! YES! Let's see if Lauryn notices or cares that Cale is in the process of beguiling Jenny right in front of her. Jenny looks a bit concerned at least. hehe Poor clueless girl.
Nope, and she doesn't even care in the least when Cale kisses Jenny. Hmm, if I want any drama, I guess I shouldn't be having Cale 'ask to be just friends' after every eh, love session eh? Oh well, they are not supposed to remember anyway so I guess this is a good thing.
Jenny is a bit of a tough nut to crack. Despite being good friends with Cale and romance bar half full, though flirty, he couldn't woo hoo with her. What?!? However, he could ask her to make out in the closet at least.
I guess she needed to get a taste of him before agreeing to anything else and liked their time in there because she agreed to woo hoo with him immediately after they emerged from the closet. Yay!
Oh, I also had to swap places between the desk and chess set since Cale got stuck next to his bed and couldn't get back around it when he got up in the early morning hours. I don't get why since he was able to walk by the desk chair no problem to get in bed. Glitches be weird I guess.
Anyway, Cale went back to his room after his time with Jenny and fertilized his rose before going to bed. He has two classes tomorrow and then the entire weekend off to do...whatever.
Good night Cale, I'd say you had a very good first day at Foxbury and deserve a well earned rest.
Last but not least for this update, while Cale was busy making out with Jenny, he got a call from Aurora. She had a baby boy and named him Neil! I imagine Eros isn't too pleased with his daughter right now. Obviously she failed again to impregnate Cale with a full alien baby and got pregnant by him instead. Opps! o.O I checked and it appears the baby might be an alien, he's purple anyway. I won't know for sure until I go to age him up to a toddler some time soon.
I'll get started on comments/replies next! Hope y'all had a great day/night!
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Piper and Clem (who are both enrolled in uni too, but living at home) brought their little ones to see daddy for the holiday
Cale had presents for his little sweethearts too.
Kate got a knitted octopus toy that Cale had purchased on plopsy. (Don't worry, Finley, Daddy didn't forget you! Yours is coming up next!)
Finley got a llamacorn toy that Cale conveniently had in his inventory, probably from fishing.
It is quite nice that the dining hall at least serves a grand feast on Winterfest, even though they students still need to attend classes. So Cale enjoyed lunch with these two kiddos.
And Finley got an extra special snuggle since this is technically the first time Cale is interacting with him as a toddler.
Meanwhile, Robin was busy staying caught up on all her course work.
She got her research and debate skill up to 3 as well after losing a debate about swimming pools to Cale haha.
She didn't get back to the dorms until late, since she had soccer practice. Her roommates invited her to come celebrate with them.
Piper tried to be on bad behavior, but since no one was asleep, she just ended up hanging out for a bit
It didn't really help.
Carol came down early and said she'd had a nightmare and couldn't get back to sleep, so I grabbed a book and we snuggled on the couch as I read her a story.
A little while later everyone was up and we were all having some breakfast when Sofia returned home. I asked her how her night had gone, but she seemed to be reluctant to talk about it.
I felt there was something bothering her, but I didn't want to force the issue.
We gathered around the table to finish up the last of the homework for our first semester. Kiyoshi had already finished his, so Carol roped him into reading her another story.
When they had finished, Kiyoshi mentioned how he was taking a wellness class as an elective and would appreciate a few pointers considering I'd already mastered the skill. Carol perked up at this and pulled him over to the yoga mats saying she'd show him how it was done. Kiyoshi was a good sport and allowed her to guide him through a few yoga positions.
Watching her BF do yoga must of really turned Gemma on, because the next thing I know she was pulling him into their bedroom.
I sent Carol to play upstairs.
A little while later they emerged from their room and curled up on the couch together to watch a romantic movie. Ah, young love.
Kioshi's sister just so happened to drop by again just as Kaori was casting a delicioso spell, and it kind of freaked her out.
They sat her down and tried to explain what she'd seen, but it took Kiyoshi to finally calm her down and get her to promise not to say anything.
I was upstairs napping while this was going down, but I was filled in later. I guess I can only hope she'll keep her promise.
After she left, we all needed to cut loose and have some fun, so we turned up some music and had an impromptu dance party of our own!
As the night wore on, one by one everyone said goodnight and headed for bed until it was just Sofia and myself. I asked if I could speak with her, so we sat down at the table to chat.
"Sofia," I began awkwardly, "we may have alerted other spellcasters in this area to our presence when we teleported to Windenburg the other night." Sofia looked surprised, but didn't say anything. I rubbed the back of my neck, "Morgyn mentioned that there are old magical family lines here in Britechester, and that the name Elderberry sounded familiar to him." I looked her in the eyes, "I need to know if you noticed anything suspicious when you were at their house last night."
Sofia pulled her gaze away from mine, biting her lip. "There was something," she said hesitantly, "but I promised I would keep it a secret."
My heart started to race but I remained silent, hoping she'd continue. "It happened early this morning," she said playing with her hair. "I was sleeping next to Rohan when he suddenly got up and told me to go back to sleep. He grabbed some clothing from his closet and slipped out into the hall. I tried to go back to sleep, but my curiosity got the better of me. I got dressed and quietly slipped down the stairs.
I heard voices in the living room, so I peaked my head around the corner and saw a group of figures wearing robes and masks. They entered a secret door behind a bookshelf and disappeared. I was planning on following them when Rohan grabbed me from behind and twirled me around. He was wearing the same robes as the others and didn't seem too happy I was there. He told me I had to keep it a secret and that I should go back upstairs to wait for him.
I considered leaving, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions about what I'd seen, it may have just been a fraternity thing, so I waited. When he returned, he once again begged me to not tell anyone about what I'd seen, saying he could get into a lot of trouble if the other members found out I knew. He confessed he loved me, and that he would tell me everything later, assuring me they weren't up to anything bad."
She trailed off and I sat in stunned silence, processing her story.
"I believe him Adam," she said looking back up at me, "I don't think we're in any danger from them."
I nodded, but wasn't so sure. I thanked her for telling me but asked her to be careful around Rohan until we knew more about what they were up to. She agreed, but asked me in turn not to tell anyone else her secret.
"Can I at least tell Morgyn?" I asked. "He's the one keeping us safe right now, and I think he should know." Sofia thought about it. "I'm not sure," she said. "I'd like to meet this mysterious spellcaster I've heard so much about first. If I like him, I'll tell him myself." I sighed. "That's fair, I'll see what I can arrange." She headed to bed and I picked up my research and debate book. I needed a distraction and tried to study, but I couldn't help but feel I was being watched.
Notes
Friday morning Cale got up 3-4 hrs. before his first class and did a little commando training. The skills for this semester's classes are fitness and gardening. He's already previously aced the Fitness skill and completed the Body Builder aspiration, but it's been my experience from playing with Uni Sims in other saves, it seems to help with their grade to do those skills anyway at least once a day.
A couple hours before class he headed over to Larry's Lagoon for breakfast and tried to negotiate a discount. I didn't think the cafeteria worker was going to give it to him at first.
But then she smiled and gave it to him. I think she had to since that's one of the rewards for completing the Mt. Komorebi Sightseer aspiration. *Note - I just realized cafeteria food is always free for students. Opps!
He thought she was cute and did a flirty introduction, which of course she loved. Too bad he didn't have time for anything else. Oh well, at least she's on his friends list now to call up some time soon. Cale headed to class after finishing his breakfast.
Back at the dorm after both classes were finished, Cale had the entire weekend to do his homework and two presentations. However, he decided to do them right away anyway. While he was working on the first presentation he got a couple phone calls. Lilah announced she'd had his baby, a girl she named Kaylee. When I was looking at his family tree, I noticed Alicia, the lady from Pepper's Pub, also had a baby girl. He never got a phone call from her though or I missed it.
Also, Hunter called up with the 'I found a ring in Aaron's bag, what should I do?' question. For the story Cale has lost his memories and wouldn't know Hunter, but the game doesn't know that, so I had him answer. He told Hunter to say yes and Hunter called again later announcing they were engaged! Yay! \o/
Cale got hungry and made a tuna fish sandwich for himself after both presentations were complete. He'll present them Monday after classes are over. Kind of weird he did this on the bathroom counter, but oh well. Only place in the dorm with open counters. I should probably put another one in his room.
Here's another one of his lovely dormmates. I apologize, but I don't remember her name. Obviously she'll soon be one of Cale's baby Mamas.
Annnnd another dormmate and future baby Mama. See that guy? He's gone now, why? Well, I want only females, of course, to live in the dorm with him so Cale has more opportunities. But also...
While Cale was getting busy with that girl, I forgot to lock his dorm room door and that guy went in there to talk to Cale's rose plant, totally ignoring the couple on the bed! o.O Then I got a pop up saying there was a Spirit Day celebration going on and he spun into that outfit! HAHA! Sheesh!
Cale went back to Larry's Lagoon to go on the hunt for more babes there and met up with another one of his dormmates.
It was also Neighborhood Brawl Day! I usually just cancel this 'holiday' but Cale is hot headed and mean so I thought he'd enjoy himself. In light of that, he fought his dormmate after inspecting a closet together in the bathroom.
Of course Cale won. Poor girl, she got banged up more than once by him today.
He also beat up some old lady hanging around while one of my Sims, Sam Hawkins, acting as the cafeteria worker watched.
Cale needed one more fight to complete the 'holiday' so since Sam was right there, he was next. The old lady he'd beat up and a girl Cale had never met watched.
Won again!
It was all just for fun though, no hard feelings. I'm glad, for awhile there was a glitch Sims would declare each other enemies after fighting on this day.
Of course, you guessed it, Cale couldn't resist romancing the girl that was watching. For some reason, he couldn't take her photo though, she didn't show up in the list of possible Sims. No biggie, he just took a regular photo while she was standing there. There's a couple other ladies Cale has been with that I haven't shown for a total of 13 so far with this one.
I'm not sure if I should keep showing all his conquests or not. I started out modifying his dormmates' atrocious outfits, giving them make-up, eyelashes, new hairstyle, etc., but stopped after I quickly realized that was going to take a lot of time to do for all of them. I think I stopped after half a dozen. I figured it would get old showing their encounters as well. Perhaps I'll just show them with the children after I've aged them up to toddlers?
I don't want my updates to get boring for y'all just showing Cale and his baby Mamas in every update, but I will if you want to see them right away. Of course it'll be different with the Sims he's previously romanced and your challenge Sims. I'm sure that's going to be interesting since they'll know him, but he won't know them. o.O Let me know what you would prefer to see.
Anyway, back at the dorm, Cale watered, harvested and researched his rose plant since it had finally matured.
Cafeteria food is free, but they're not open 24/7 and quick meals are cheap, but they're not the best for Cale's nutrition. I was afraid all those sandwiches, vending machine food and cold micro meals was going to catch up with him eventually, so he ordered a bunch of meals from Zoomer's. He was delighted with the delivery girl and gave her a 10 simoleons tip. I was hoping he'd be able to give her a more generous 'tip', if you get my drift, but she bolted with cash in hand so he didn't get a chance. Perhaps next time Cale!
(Mmm, blackened bass, one of my favorites!)
When I modified this dorm, I placed some bonsai bushes for Cale to trim and prune for the gardening skill. He's aced that as well, but again, wouldn't hurt to do some gardening anyway. However, I think all he got was the Flower Arranging skill for it. Maybe pruning they get credit for both? It is technically gardening, right?
Ah well, even if it doesn't count, I like this pruned design. I don't think I've ever seen it before.
Just to be safe, he went back to Larry's to use one of the Research Archive machines there to research gardening. He'll increase his Research & Debate skills using it along with gardening. While he was doing that, the skies finally cleared, it's been raining for days and days. I was looking around for more ladies he could romance and noticed the rainbow in the daily post pic.
I also saw this urn over in the Robotic skills room. o.O I have no idea who this girl is, but it isn't anyone Cale knows. Scared me at first thinking it might be. Very sad though when this happens. It now sits in Cale's personal inventory until I can figure out what to do with it. Maybe when he possibly becomes a Spellcaster again, I'll have him Dedeadify this Sim.
And this is where I ended my play session...
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Anyway, I had Aaron join the soccer team too.
"Cale! You got a haircut! It looks great!"
She had the option to give him her apartment key, which I can only assume will mean that he can show up and hang out in her dorm, which I think is an excellent idea.
But then, this happened O.o
Heck no, never happening, I need to make that relationship decay ASAP. Lol.
I immediately summoned Piper to the lot. It's about time Cale claimed his woman.
I do love that lilsimsie adds these observatories to her builds and this is the way that I discover they exist
I have a casual goal of Robin building a Servo this year, which means she has to get to work on her robotics skill.
She has a long way to go haha.
She got electrocuted, and I know very well from last year that you don't mess with the robotics table after that, so Robin went to work on her second project board for a while instead, still literally smoking
Today's Accomplishments:
-Finish a course with an A grade
The morning was a flurry of activity as all of us did a little last minute cramming. Gemma was testing out her painting skills on my old easel, Kiyoshi was preforming a yoga routine to help him get focused, and Kaori was just chilling on the couch with Carol since she had no final exams.
Lucky.
I took the opportunity to work on my painting skill and created a painting of them cuddling.
Meanwhile, Sofia was so nervous she took her breakfast for a jog.
As we sat chatting before our last final, our nerves making it impossible to study, Sofia asked if I'd heard anything from Morgyn.
I explained I had no way to contact him currently as he wasn't using his phone and we'd just have to wait until he popped up again.
After all our finals were done, we sat around the table and waited for our results.
At 6pm, we all received an email with our final grades! Everyone had got A pluses in all their classes except for Gemma who received a B in her acting elective!
We all cheered and immediately signed up for our next classes. With a groan we pulled out our homework for the next day, and got back to business.
Second semester here we come!
I miss playing and reading the stories, but hope everyone is having a great time
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