Final Introductions
And we're back! This took longer than I expected to upload due to my pictures being horrendously out of order, and because I kept getting distracted by old LJ entries... >.> Anyway! It's time to meet the other half of the island. We'll start with the alternate protagonist, David Bennett, who is just chilling in the Family Bin after the story ends. Thanks to a little SimPE magic, he was able to move into Shady Lagoon, the most beautiful lot on the island.
This isn't because I felt David strongly deserved the most beautiful lot, or anything. It was just because the other castaways were already assigned other lots, and he and this one was available, so they were matched. I really enjoyed playing him, though! As you will see by the *cough* almost 80 pictures...
David and Jessica are good friends, probably due to their main character mind link or something.
"Oh, you're one of those outsiders from the boat, right?"
"Yes...but I'm not like the others. You see, I love ladybugs!"
"Ooh, what an attractive quality in a man..."
Meanwhile poor Kapiti the townie has no luck catching any bugs in the little cage he brings everywhere specifically for this purpose.
Slanderers! Jessica had nothing to do with this guy's death! (And yet the entire island keeps gossiping about it.)
"Our new shaman? How awful! Tell me more..."
David spotted a hyena on the beach and decided right then and there that what this island needed was a hyena trainer! And who better for the job than he?
He has his work cut out for him.
Not a bad personality for training, but she's a pretty useless guard dog. Also, nice bio. :P
The ladies of the island are much more receptive to David than the men. Although I question the strategy of flirting in a grungy bathroom...
The lots in this game are really well done. This abandoned air base is one of my favourites, looking exactly like an abandoned air base should.
I did manage to find one (well-hidden) boo-boo though. :)
No luck this time in gaining a mate for Patupaiarehe.
Though perhaps he could find a mate for himself...?
He eventually manages to find another hyena to add to his collection.
Rather than go home to sleep, David takes advantage of this conveniently placed pile of leaves.
Korowai proves to be another useless guard dog. Imagine waking up to this sight--yikes!
Tumata is still here, apparently having spent the night in the swamp. Hardcore. (I have no pictures of the women's hut because all I did was make them over and experiment with new makeup sets...very cliché girls' night, I know. I didn't like this blush on Tumata, and eventually took it off when I next got back to their household, but seeing it again, I don't mind it so much now. Ah well, I the au naturale look is much more appropriate.)
Tumata, are you following David around??
Nah, he probably isn't classy enough for her. :D
"You want me to flirt with the pretty lady? Yes please!!"
Wow, he didn't even scare her off. Well done.
"Hey did you hear about that guy who died??"
"I don't listen to idle gossip."
"Sure, no problem. Perhaps you'd be interested in a well-trained guard hyena?"
"Probably not. But if you have any contact with that dreamy fisherman, Ahio, put in a good word for me."
"No problem!! By the way, you seem like a really nice Sim..." "Uhh...save it for Ahio!"
Korowai and Patupaiarehe have the same bio! They must be canine soulmates!!
David found this piano washed up on the beach and I guess he hooked up a sled-hyena team to lug it home with him.
He can't hold a tune, though, so he salvaged the piano for resources and built a chess table instead.
The breeding program is off to a great start! Now he just needs to actually train these hyenas...
Hi Urari!
"I couldn't help but notice that your bodyguards are not very big or intimidating..."
"So why not preorder a guard hyena for you and your household? Guaranteed to be the best trained hyenas you'll find on this island!"
"Let me get this straight...you're training hyenas?" "Yep! I'm the best hyena trainer you'll ever meet!"
"That is the funniest thing I've ever heard!!" "Heh heh...I assure you there's no joke."
"TRAIN HYENAS!!! What a riot!" "I think it's time to leave, madam..."
Well let's leave the great trainer there for now and move on to more natives. Ahio (the "dreamy fisherman") and his sister Rainui live in their own little hut, perhaps because they are the only Sims on the island Maxis gave relationship ties to?
Rainui is a bit...controlling over her brother's life.
Pretty cool that you can sleep on community lots in this game!
Oh come on, Ahio. With a meanie sister like yours, you should be able to take this!
They came home from the lot with a couple of orangutans, because I figured if David could train hyenas, maybe these two could keep busy training apes. (There are limited hobbies in this game.)
"You must be the dreamy fisherman I've heard so much about! Aren't you just darling..." "Where's that pushy Rainui when I need her...?" (9/10 Sims agree that Ahio is the most attractive playable.)
In the main game, all Sims want a fridge, toilet, and bathtub or shower. In this game, getting a lean-to and a water collector are the wants that will probably never roll away until you submit.
Afi, really?? Girl, I know you've made enemies with half the island, but you can still do so much better than a useless rejected apprentice. Please.
It took about half a day for the orangutans to drive me crazy with their glitchiness and neediness and pesky way of closing the Sims' aspiration panel every time I hotkey through family members (petty, I know). The lot got a pretty bad jump bug too, which I sure will also blame on them, so everyone had to move out. And when they moved back in, I also brought in a townie so she could move out with the orangutans, as I could find no other way of getting rid of them. So now they're just sitting in the Family Bin...forever... On that happy note, let's visit the final household!
Next up, the other castaways, who gave up on the home they appropriated from our hero and moved back to the beach. Easier to work on the suntan over here. ;) (Actually, I've seen a few Sims get sunburned, but never noticed any tans yet. I wonder if that was left out so the game would freeze up to apply and un-apply every few minutes?)
An electrical generator somehow appeared on the lot since their last stint here...maybe a salvage party took pity on these poor useless sods. I'm sure they'll put it to good use. "Yes! Now we just need a video game console to wash up on shore!" Or not.
Emma and Robby are the only teen survivors of the shipwreck. Lucky for them, they are 3-bolting Romance Sims. Robby also lost his dentures at sea. :(
Tumata is everywhere getting pretty fed up with all these outsiders hogging all the prime beachfront property.
"Woo! Isn't Robby just so handsome when he climbs a tree!"
Poor David feels very uncomfortable right now.
Hugh Bailey (the self-appointed leader of this motley crew) and Sandra Barnham (vice-president, I guess) are both in the Gatherer career, which needs Creativity, so I gave them this toy. It fits them well.
This happens a lot.
Gina Gibson isn't about to let the young ones be the only romantic ones! She is a Family Sim after all, and those baby wants don't fulfill themselves.
Sandra also wouldn't say no to some romance, but is not quite so effective. "Didn't you say you had a husband?"
Gina's favourite topic carries over from the story mode, I see...
Well that looks like a rejection from Tumata. Lucky for David, Sandra is standing by! "WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE TIME my goodness it is well past hyena-feeding time GOOD NIGHT SANDRA. Please don't call me..."
Gina figures her best chance at finding love is to go put herself out there. Unfortunately she doesn't get the best start.
"Hi, handsome! This is your lucky day because I'm giving out free kisses...tonight only! "
"Not interested."
"But with our recessive genes, we would make a beautiful baby!!"
Hmm, he's old but also quite the gentleman, Gina thinks. She'll keep looking for now, but definitely keep get his name in case she wants to yell it through her shell phone later. (This is the only explanation I have for how the shell phones work, and the thought of two Sims yelling a conversation across the island at each other is highly amusing to me.)
The one Sim to catch her eye at the airstrip was too busy receiving flirts from this townie to have time to talk to Gina.
So she heads home, and who should wander by shortly after but her elderly admirer!
Gina isn't completely sure yet, but his suave ways are certainly appealing.
Emma and Robby's bios suggest that he would probably cheat on her, and Hakina the townie is happy to make that scenario come true. But for now they are completely inseparable.
"Emma, congrats on making out...all the time...every minute of the day." "Thanks, Hugh!!!"
Well now it's Sandra's turn to go man-hunting and the one to catch her eye is.......
AFI?? Seriously, what is the appeal here?
"Darling, hello. I am certain you must have women simply throwing themselves at your handsome feet, but perhaps you would consider having an affair with little old me?"
"I can assure you I am an excellent kisser."
"Tee hee!"
Oh Afi. I already knew you were kind of dumb, but beating up the chief's wife is the height of stupidity.
"Darling, that was incredible! I most certainly cannot resist a strapping man who can pulverize frail old ladies. As an aside, darling, you look even more scrumptious than when I saw you last. Have you lost weight?" "No, my fat morph just randomly disappears sometimes. It's one of my many quirks. Like my broken face template..."
There is a lot of violence on this lot! Rarahu is happy to remind Emobi that he still is top hunter around here, thank you very much.
"Ooh, what a simply superb fighter you are! Allow me to introduce myself, darling: Sandra Barnham, horticultural expert and hostess of the year three years running at my local country club..." (I only just noticed the broken strap on that dress, which is a neat detail, but I also wonder how it is staying up like that...)
"I am standing right here, you know..." "You rejected me once, David. I assure you it will not happen again."
Poor butterflies. :( Now might be a good time to mention that I have been experimenting with cropping my pictures for the first time ever, so some of the framing in the early shots is a bit awkward as I got used to remembering that. Bear with my learning curve!
The beginning of Operation: Townie Makeover. Which then restarted when I decided to implement the face paint as class markings. Why do I do these things to myself?
Robby's skin-coloured teeth are really unnerving.
With Emma assigned to hunting buried treasure, and Robby on fishing duty, fearless leader Hugh gets to tackle the plumbing.
He'd like to reshuffle the work assignments, please.
Next to making out, this is the teens' favourite activity.
All this love in the air makes Hugh want his chance. He immediately melts for townie Ngaio.
She is beauty, she is grace...
...she has David's lips all over her face.
"Ah, miss! I just got out of the exceedingly grimy shower, and I have to tell you that those algae-covered tiles made me think of your tastefully selected grass armbands on your smooth skin."
With a compliment like that, Ngaio is happy to dump David's affection like yesterday's papayas.
Emma casually sips air base-regulation coffee while the drama unfolds. (One of my favourite things about this game is seeing the castaway version defaults of small items--like this super cute coffee mug!)
They may be A+ students of locking lips, but the teens are lacking in other social departments.
I mean, I probably wouldn't trust Hugh with scissors near my head either, but I think you look better, my man! S4 + red hair is a tricky combo to pull off sometimes.
"A little bird told me that you're the witch doctor. Can you brew me up something for a baby?"
"My title is village shaman, I am currently retired, and have you tried warm milk?"
Sometimes love is right in front of your nose. Other times no one else will put up with your self-important airs so you settle for someone equally self-absorbed.
I thought perhaps covering Robby's face and then removing it might fix his weird teeth. It didn't, but I got to remind myself that this face paint exists.
Mostly I let Sandra and Hugh get together because they deserve each other, truly. But I was also curious if hammock woohoo had been carried over as well. Indeed it has--including the bizarrely expressionless faces, oh boy!
Yes...make sure you run over to this specific clump of bush. Wouldn't want you vomiting on any other bit of wilderness, now would we?
For some weird reason, pregnant Sims always turn invisible when they pop.
Fortunately they always have the option to wear everyday clothes--no walk to a dresser required!
"No, I'm not interested in you anymore! Can't you see I'm having my baby without you??" Unfortunately shopping for new maternity clothes is not an option and it seems there is only one maternity outfit in the game, so Gina is going native for the time being.
Ever the schmoozer, Hugh tries to rack up some points with the head man himself.
Maybe a good plan when it seems the chief isn't so popular with all his tribesmen these days.
"I need a bush...oh look at that--I win!"
"But that's--I just put you into check..."
"THE CHIEF IS VICTORIOUS! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY CHIEF!!! Now really, where is that bush..."
Emma and Robby wind down the round by making their relationship official. They may have lost family and friends in that shipwreck, but at least they have each other...forever? We'll see. That's it for this slog of pictures. In the next round I get much more organized, and also start imagining an island culture with some new customs/rules to keep things interesting for me. I hope you'll find it interesting too. :) Thanks for reading! Crossposted: Live Journal | Dreamwidth