Strangeville, Round 1: Capp Mansion
Arts & Crafts isn't Consort's OTH, but he started doing it on his own, and I only noticed when the hobby leader turned up, so I've decided to let him commit himself to it.
I have no idea why this pic is smaller than the rest.
Tybalt: *grumbl;e grumble* Why does Puck get a cool car? I don't have a cool car. We don't have ANY car. *grumble grumble*
Tybalt: On the other hand, I'm glad an unspecified member of my family has gotten married that one time.
Romeo: *says something incredibly stupid*
Juliette: *coos*
Romeo: And anyway, why is the TO pic puzzles, anyway? It should be, like, chess or something, it's all we have... Ok, 1, 2, 3!
Romeo: WINNER! Three times in a row, this is no mere luck, ladies and gentleme-- before you say anything, I was invited.
Juliette: LET THE HUNGER GAMES BEGIN
Tybalt won, of course. He's more fit and way more mean-spirited.
Tybalt: Mmmm, smells like sorry motherfucker in here.
Romeo: I'll tell my brother :(
Contrary to what we're all used to, Consort and Tybalt are both being very amenable so far, especially to one another.
Juliette, on the other hand...
I'd lie if I said her unexpected bitchiness didn't make her much more interesting to me.
Pretty sure it's only Consort's second painting. Man, he's good.
I directed Juliette to mourn at her mom's urn, but all she just made a single, half-hearted "weh" and stopped.
NO! BAD JULIETTE, I DELETED THAT! NO DINNER!
BAD CONSORT! YOU HAVE A BED! NO DINNER!
Oh no, the ghosts are on the prowl... I was very careful while they were out - in my last megahood, they killed Hermia when I wasn't looking.
Juliette: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Puck: Sorry, what was that? I totally spaced out.
Tybalt: I'm mildly interested, but Puck's presence is still more engaging than my sister suddenly going crazy.
Puck tried to compliment Julie, but she basically told him to get lost and stop getting his nerd all over her. See what I mean?
Tybalt: So, who are you going to prom with? Because I--
Cordelia: BOO, COCKBLOCK!
Puck: You guys are acting weird tonight.
Tybalt: You come back from beyond the grave and that's all you have to say to me? No "I'm proud of you" or "I'm happy on the other side"?
Cordelia: I've always hated you. I've always hated you the most.
I don't remember who it was that kicked the trashcan, and that makes them very lucky.
Tybalt's one of the most handsome premades, in my opinion. <3
Awwww.
Puck is the only person (besides Consort) that Tybalt doesn't hate, so I've decided to hook them up. They're always adorable together, and Tybalt does need a nicer partner to calm him down a bit. Can you imagine him with someone just as mean? They'd spend their dates setting people's doors on fire.
Consort wasn't getting enough attention from me, so I sent him to Strangetown to look for a date. I still didn't have nicer community lots back then, and the pool in Strangetown had to suffice.
Patrizio: You really believe in the first moon landing? How cute.
I sent him over to talk to a sexy, looking-for-company girl, and what does he do? Insult her. Do you want to die alone? Is that what you're trying to tell me?
Consort: MARCO!
Water: .......
Friendless and dateless, he tries getting a sexy tan to boost his chances, but he doesn't manage.
Crystal Vu here has two bolts with him! Unfortunately...
Consort: Don't look down don't look down don't look down
Consort: ah screw it you only live once What a lovely necklace, mind if I take a look? *poke*
Crystal: MINUS MINUS -500
I thought about getting them together, but there's no female character ever that I dislike enough to let her be treated like that, so it's time to go home.
While Consort was out daunting possible dates, Tybalt makes use of the empty bedroom downstairs.
Honsetly, I wouldn't be able to do anything on my grandfather's bed, but whatever works for you?
Juliette: Is that... affection? Who are you and what did you do with my brother? Did you hurt him a lot? Because I'd be okay with that.
See, Consort? Respect gets you places.
Cordelia: YOUR TEENAGE GRANDSON HAD SEX ON YOUR BED WHILE YOU WERE OUT ALIENATING WOOOMEEEEEN
Consort: NO...!
Cordelia: HE CHANGED THE SHEEEETSSSSS BUT NOT THE PIIIIILLOOOOOOW CAAAAASEEEEEES
I'm stating to see why Juliette didn't want to mourn her.
Cordelia: Tybalt's father started baaaaaalding when he was thiiiiiirtyyy and so will heeeeee! Ehehehehehehehehehe
Puck: W-well, at least I know why everyone here gets weird after dark.
I'm not sure what drained Consort's aspiration bar so hard, but he got a friendly checkup. His aspiration was pretty low most of the week, even when I was actively working on fulfilling every wish I could.
I threw a family reunion on the day Tybalt had to leave for college, and of course Titania had to go and woo Kent. Of course.
Consort: Cornwall, you haven't turned up for work in three days. I know you have two children, but childcare is no excuse for taking time off. It definitely never stopped me. Give me one good reason why I should still consider you valuable to my family?
Cornwall. Well, let me put it that way... *air guitar solo*
Consort: I can't believe I made my daughter marry you.
Cornwall: Funy you should mention her; this was a visual metaphor of what I did to her clitoris last night.
Consort: *screaming inside*
Here's the moment when I returned from the mid-week break. Kent is very stubborn about getting fat out of nowhere - it happened in his household's week, too, except I made him work it off immediately. He seems like one of those terrible bony, elongated guys why move like a daddy-long-legs and always have too-short trousers.
Albany invited himself in, because who wouldn't have him over? He's indisputably a welcome guest anywhere.
Juliette doesn't have a single bolt with Romeo. What a terrible couple.
I've also noticed her relationship with Regan is the lowest, so I've decided what the heck, why hate only one immediate family member, right?
Awwwwww.
Hermia's OTH is Film & Literature. She loves books so much she writes about books in a book while thinking of books.
I do wonder who's going to be at the end of that bolt.
In the morning I remember that oh yeah, they have a big dumb garden to take care of. I immediately called for both a gardener and a butler.
I never zoomed in on wilted flowers before. They look so miserable! Now I feel bad.
Shouldn't you do your homework before griefing on cs_dust?
Juliette: Pft, whatever, grandpa owns like half of Academie Le Tour. He can put in a good word for me.
Yes, but he doesn't like you.
Juliette: Not as much as he would dislike a granddaughter without a diploma.
Yes, but... Actually, you're right, screw it. Are you using custom sprays?
Juliette: Indecent ones.
You brave little soldier.
The first thing the uncanny-looking butler does is glitch in front of the front door. God, but these NPCs are a disappointment.
Even Consort was sick enough of the mess to start cleaning up himself.
Meanwhile, Hermia dragged Ripp over from school. Ripp happened to have stolen Juliette's first kiss during his first half-week.
Ripp: My goodness, my heart's racing and I feel dizzy. It's as if goddess Venus herself touched my hand. I may faint.
Juliette: Now, before we start dancing in an intimate distance and kissing ever now and then, I want to tell you, I really value you as a friend.
Whatever you say about Juliette, she's loyal. She hasn't done a single romantic interaction with Romeo, but she still has a crush on him and him only.
Hermia, on the other hand, received a phone call from Mercuto and immediately fell out of her crush with him.
Consort: HELLO? WOULD YOU SUPPORT A POOR OLD MAN, KIND SIR? PLEASE IGNORE MY EXPENSIVE CLOTHES AND THAT SPIFFY MANSION I JUST WALKED OUT OF.
Hee, some of the cutest textures are the ones you don't get to see often. The tacked-on crazy face is just such an adorable detail.
Consort: *CLANK CLANK* CHAAAAAANGE! YOU GOT CHAAAAANGE? OH COME ON, HELP A GUY OUT, WILL YA?! COME ON, CHANGE!
Desdemona: Soooooo should I be worried about my inheritance, or
It's time to call the matchmaker, I think, before the shrink gets there first.
Why do you refuse to walk up to the damn door? Because of how damn big the lot is, all the dates have to take place on the sidewalk. :(
Wow, it's not a teenager this time? Good job, matchmaker.
GOOD job, matchmaker!
Consort: Hello there, UGLY OLD BAT. I paid a lot for you, so I expect you to behave accordingly.
This is the first thing he did. I thought he was going to greet her. He didn't HE INSULTED HER.
Consort: Hmph, you clearly have your best years behind you. The matchmaker, though... isn't she radiant? Not like you.
Obiously, the date is shit, without me trying hard.
I can't remember the last time I had a date below "lame". Never, propably.
(here's my Film & Literature leader. Not a single thing on her that matches.)
The only good thing that came out of that date was that Consort rolled a wish to buy a car, which put him back in the green.
On of the Tricou kids called Hermia for an outing. Unfortunately, I realized too late it's the one with a meter, not just for fun, so I didn't have enough time to make the score better.
I did manage to take this screenshot, though, so I don't consider this time wasted.
Let's try this again, standing in a strategic point from which the middle-age-crisis-on-wheels is visible.
Ah, ~*Romance*~.
Another elder! It goes much better this time, though doesn't get higher than "good".
Shut up.
Ghosts: Mmm, we love our family so much that we will try to scare them to death!
Serves you right.
Three elders in a row! I am very impressed with this matchmaker. Usually, they're obsessed about bringing teens every time. This is the restaurant podium lady, by the way.
She and Consort only have two bolts, but she turns out to be adorable.
The date is much better than the ones before it. I even considered marrying her in, but I try to avoid adding townies and NPCs to the family. Still my favorite out of all of his dates!
I've finally went to locate the the old man wailing that had been pissing me off for the last seven sim hours. What do you want this time?!
You know, if you worked for Olive Specter, you'd be so fucked.
Cordelia: GHRRRRR FUCK MY FAMILY
The only fulfill-able want on Juliette's panel was to go out with Ripp, and she'd be safer out of the house, but Consort didn't let her go. :(
UGH WHATEVER GRAMPS YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE
Cordelia: Your music sucks. And this skirt makes your ass huge.
Juliette: Whatever, mom, nobody's impressed anymore.
Ghosts: MUUUUUURDEEEER MOOOOOAN REVEEEENGE
Juliette: Yawn, bo-ring. Shut up, you guys, this is a tough puzzle.
I've had it with my incompetent butler by now, and since the house would be pretty empty with just Hermia and Consort, I ordered them a Servo with Monique's hacked computer. I'm straight-up in love with this object.
Hermia, as the least dominant person in the house, gets to activate and name him.
Percival the Servo captures my heart immediately.
What a darling <3
You too!
Cordelia: You're 70% recycled vibraaaaaaaators, I read it in a credible neeeeewspaaaper!
The ghosts have been popping out every other night, but it's been the first actual scare in a while. Poor Percy's going to have a harsh life - he never goes to sleep, so he'll be easy prey :(
He expresses his emotions through ~*dance*~.
In the morning, he starts gardening, and guess who showed up - the gardener! The last time he came, he took one patch of weeds, looked at the garden, got back inside his truck, and left. Somebody's worried about his job, maybe?
Wow, you too? What a sudden change of work ethics.
Oh my gosh, this is honestly adorable. Little robot saw his first snow eeeeeeeeee
The week ends with Juliette leaving for college, with a brand-new computer and a 4000$ vase in her inventory. Want to say your goodbyes, Consort?
Consort: *HONK HONK* GET OUT OF THE STREET, DAMN KID! I'M TRYING TO PARK! *HONK HONK*
Touching.
Surprisingly, I had a lot of fun playing that household, and - even more surprisingly - I found Consort to be the most interesting of the bunch! I'll definitely miss him when he dies. Juliette rolled a lot of boring wants, and Hermia was just sort of... there. I'm sure it will change once they're in college, though.
Thank you for reading!