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    • Tales of Henford - Chapter 2: Flowers for a Stranger, part 1 🌸🌻

    _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
    edited April 18 in The Sims 4 Challenges, Stories and Legacies
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    A story of Self-Discovery (and Chickens 🐔🐣)
    Kip Booth is a city dweller from Bridgeport who is on the brink of burnout. By a whim of fate, a random encounter leads him to travel to Henford on vacation. Kip sets out to regain his energy and rediscover what he likes, who he is and what it was that makes life worth living.

    Follow Kip as he befriends the village locals, gets into chicken-themed hijinks and confronts some deep truths about himself. Will he learn to find happiness? Or will the life lessons that are offered to him get abandoned, left behind on those old countryside roads?

    Chapters
    Prologue - Withered
    Chapter 1 - The Gnome's Arms
    Chapter 2 - Flowers for a Stranger, Part I

    Hi, all! This is a little side project that I'm working on when time allows. I figured it was time to share. Tales of Camelot is my absolute passion project, but Henford-on-Bagley is such a wonderful little neighbourhood that I can’t resist taking screenshots in it and turning it into a story. For those of you who like stories that start at rock-bottom and slowly climb their way up to happiness, please give this one a try! 😊
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    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      Reserved just in case 🐔
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    • EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 4,417 Member
      Agatha, well done!!

      Im already hooked, next???? :smiley:
      My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
      Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
      My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
      Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
    • DeidreMaharielDeidreMahariel Posts: 46 Member
      Aaaaaah, I'm so excited! Henford-on-Bagley fans unite! :smiley:
      I love your composition and use of color to represent Kip's emotional state! Just taking the step to do something for his own well-being and seek out a change of scenery is already healing, and you captured that very well. :smiley:

      I'm also veeerryy interested in these chicken hijinks -- I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one!
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    • Lucy_HenleyLucy_Henley Posts: 2,335 Member
      New story YAY!
      Omg I just wanna give Kip a hug <3 Poor guy. It’s totally rubbish that he’s criticised for everything in his life. Hopefully the change of scenery will make a difference.
      My Stories: Parker Saga (on temporary hiatus), Magical Mastersons
    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      @Ellupelluellu Haha, yay! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😄 next one will come… no idea. It’s mostly done. They’re much easier to make, but I’m going to try and alternate with ToC at least a little bit 😊

      @DeidreMahariel HENFORD FANS UNIIIIIITE! 🐔🐤🐮
      Taking that first step for yourself is so, so hard. I wish everyone could have their own personal version of Kip’s Henford. <3 haha, you won’t have to wait long for those chicken shenanigans…

      @Lucy_Henley
      It really is. But people usually don’t realise how bad they have it until someone shows them the contrast. Let’s hope it makes a difference, indeed.
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    • hellohannah2hellohannah2 Posts: 682 Member
      I loved this!! Henford is my favourite world, it’s so much like home 😭
      You did a good job showing the dull, soulless corporate world with your colour palette - and omg Kips colleagues seem AWFUL - my heart broke at that part where the women were laughing about how undateable he is. You’re not gross, Kip! They’re all gonna love you in Henford I just know it 😭

      The sunflowers as a metaphor for a brighter life elsewhere was so nice. It was all so nice. I can’t wait for more
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    • HermioneSimsHermioneSims Posts: 428 Member
      The only reason why I postponed the reading of Tales of Camelot for so long is that I'm a great procrastinator, in particular when there are already so many posted chapters to read in a row (it's still in my to-read-list, anyway).
      But with a new story I don't have any excuses anymore XD
      The visuals are very effective in telling the mood of this introduction. Kip really needs some more sunflowers now, that office was really horrible!

      And now I'm curious to see the very colourful shots and people of Henford in action!
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    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      @hellohannah2 It really is fantastic 😁 the developers did a great job with that one. It's got so much charm.
      Fingers crossed that they'll love him in Henford and don't think he's gross. He could definitely do with better colleagues. And some friends 🙁

      @HermioneSims Haha, I know that feeling - there's a ton of stories that I've been wanting to get into or catch up on, but then I look at the chapter amount and go "hm, that's not gonna work in one hour. Maybe tomorrow". And then weeks pass 😅 Glad to have you along for the ride on this one!
      Everyone can do with some more sunflowers in their life, I think 😊🌻 Let's see how the Henford Hens and Roosters receive him...
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    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      edited April 16
      Our timid salaryman has made his way to the countryside! Chapter 1 - The Gnome's Arms is now available. 😊
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    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      edited April 16
      It's time to meet some new faces! Chapter 2 - Flowers for a Stranger is out. With extra Chicken! 🐔
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    • EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 4,417 Member
      Great episodes!
      I love how Sarah calls him city mouse :p
      That room is so cozy <3
      Not so good start with errands, Lavinia was bit rude...
      And that rooster.. ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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      just hilarious :D






      hmm.. maybe that rooster was Amor with unique working way.. arrows and heart bows are so old fashioned :D:D:D
      My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
      Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
      My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
      Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      @Ellupelluellu Thank you!
      Sarah is great. Whenever she's not at the bar, she's constantly autonomously talking to Kip. Goes out of her way to do it. 🥰 The Mayor sure didn't give a good example of politeness there, no. Gosh their conversation was so awkward. That relationship bar is in the red 😅

      Oooh, maybe it was. Does Amor work through hyper-aggressive roosters? Who knows? It's the sims; anything is possible 🤭
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    • mightyspritemightysprite Posts: 4,331 Member
      edited April 18
      I love it!
      Kip is so charming with his need to give back. We're hearing at first about his guilt and awkwardness as reasons for that, but, I bet it comes from a very good place ultimately <3

      bookmarked :)
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    • Lucy_HenleyLucy_Henley Posts: 2,335 Member
      Wheee chapters!
      First thing I have to say is I LOVE THE FIRST AND LAST PICTURES OF THE ROOSTER I AM CRYING!!! 🤣🤣 The first one he’s just like “Kiss my butt, redhead!” and the last one he’s just so smug :D

      Oof, Lavina doesn’t seem nice. At least everyone else has been kind.
      My Stories: Parker Saga (on temporary hiatus), Magical Mastersons
    • _sims_Yimi_sims_Yimi Posts: 1,683 Member
      @mightysprite Hi! Glad you're enjoying it :mrgreen:
      You may or may not be right in that regard! His personality and character growth is the focal point of the story this time around 😁

      @Lucy_Henley
      Haha, I had so much fun making those chicken screenshots. Sir Cluckles is the real star of this story. 🐔
      Lavina is… a character, that’s for sure. But hey, not everyone can be 100% nice, can they? She’s not the only one that’s a tad mean, either…
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