Nostromo: 1.1
Featuring sims by: bondchick_nett, mousemedic, simsforaranya, keoni_sims, freudroid, astro_cake, aijux, kathsy, perchalicious, runningbee, adalaemay and dutchxfan
Well, I couldn't resist joining in on the fun over at pixel_trade, even though I really shouldn't find even more reasons to play instead of being productive. But! This challenge sounded just way too much fun to pass, plus I needed some regular gameplay to keep myself sane while doing the Apocalypse :]
Anyway! On with the important stuff:
This is our starting home. As you can see, it's tiny but it has the little veggie plots we'll need for this first generation. It's also on a beach lot because I only installed BV literally three weeks ago and I hadn't played a family in a beach lot yet.
Inside the house, there's a little kitchen...
...a study/eating area...
...and the bed. Plus a bathroom that was far to tiny to take a good pic.
And here we have our founder, Laurel Nostromo! Laurel was the result of my Pollination Exploration challenge, and I'm very happy with how she turned out.
Laurel is neat (8), outgoing (6), lazy (1), playful (10), and nice (8). She likes brunette ladies who can cook, and is turned off by servos. Her aspiration is knowledge/family and her lifetime want is to be Captain Hero, which is not gonna happen because she doesn't get to have a job other than farming.
Nostromo is the name of the spaceship from Alien. And the naming theme for this family will be names of real-life spaceships. There are many more than I expected, by the way! There's a whole lotta Earth-made junk floating in space, apparently.
As a good "Farmer Giles", Laurel starts her little garden with some tomatoes, in hopes of being able to afford some fruit trees in the near future.
Pretty alien paper girl! I love that she's got purple skin, so fitting for this neighborhood.
Laurel could only afford three tomato plants before her funds went poof, so she started on plan B. The B is for Barbossa's Buried Booty.
First walkby! Laurel greets bondchick_nett's Cassis.
Cassis makes the most adorable faces, I gotta say.
bondchick_nett's Sugar interrupts the tickling session to invite Laurel downtown. Even though they've never seen each other before. But Laurel is in need of some contacts of the female persuasion, so we gladly accept her invitation.
Sugar has arranged a gorgeous group of sims for the outing. We have mousemedic's Avi (aged up), simsforaranya's Rayvyn Valyntyne (also aged up), keoni_sims's Sukilar...
...and brilliantsims's Teodora, who stood far away from the group for some reason.
As you can see, Sugar may be on an outing, but it's a SERIOUS outing. Don't mess with Sugar.
Behind her, you can see Laurel's left boobie and freudroid's Fifi Farfalle.
Once inside the club, Laurel ponders who she likes more out of all the hotties in the room. In the background, astro_cake's Rylan braves the torture device sphere.
And Laurel decides aijux's Wanetta is the fairest of them all, so she goes ahead and greets her, hoping for the best.
Wanetta is having none of Laurel's sweet flirtin'. Harsh.
Rejected by Wanetta, Laurel decides to let me know what she thinks of kathsy's Chirp, just in case I get any ideas in my head.
Warlock alert!
perchalicious's Lenore thinks very highly of this group of sims, as you can see.
Laurel finds Lenore's disdain for every sim in town quite hot. runningbee's Galatea finds heself quite hot.
While Chirp has some fun, Lenore lets Laurel know she returns the heartfart. Sadly, Laurel was about to pass out from exhaustion and hunger, so it was time to call it a night and go back to her humble abode.
adalaemay's adorable Azure Dash doesn't get a greeting at this time because Laurel was in severe danger of ending this challenge before it started by dying on me.
By the way, how perfect is it that the nerdy-looking sim was thinking about college? It made me happy inside.
So Laurel hates gardening. Just as an FYI. I don't know if it's the extreme laziness or just plain old dislike for it, but she pulls pissed off faces every time she gets near the garden plots.
KITTY! Laurel greets the adorable little stray cat that I want to adopt...
... and he turns into the feline beast from hell and makes me change my mind. All righty then.
Whenever she has a free moment from fishing or gardening, Laurel likes to do this. She leads a stressful life, doesn't she?
Awww! Demon kitty cuddles his way back into my good books.
First fish! Laurel is suitably happy about this.
To celebrate, Laurel goes to Cafe Petite in hopes of running into Lenore or Wanetta.
But she runs into the Unsavoury Charlatan instead.
UC: Psst! Hey! Come here! I have a story for you!
Laurel: What?
UC: A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
Laurel: *worries*
UC: *steals wallet*
But Laurel wasn't gonna let him get away with it. Oh, no.
And we have the barista on our side!
Well, that was one humiliating night for Laurel.
Back home, Laurel finds Rambo (best dog name ever) vandalizing her yard and gleefully rolling around in the dirt.
Rambo didn't get a greeting because of sheer exhaustion, but the next day this little cutie walks by, and Laurel gets to hang out with him.
Pochi likes belly rubs. I like Pochi.
Back downtown, Laurel runs into dutchxfan's Elm Suli, who is made of much awesome.
And she then spends the rest of the night soaking in a hot tub with Azure Dash and Fifi Farfalle. Wanetta and Lenore were nowhere to be seen.
Yet another kitty gets greeted. This one was kind enough not to attack any of our furniture. We appreciated that.
Laurel's eyes are so big they don't quite close when she sleeps. Creepy.
Wanetta! And it only took 200 visits downtown to run into her again! In the background, keoni_sims's Zhyron is very concentrated.
Apparently, absence does make the heart grow fonder, because this time Wanetta is all about Laurel's advances.
Crumplebottom: *disapproves*
Laurel: There's something behind me, isn't there?
Awkward. Instead of rejecting Laurel, Wanetta tries to distract her with another pretty lady.
And that pretty lady is none other than Teodora!
Behind Teodora, Wanetta changes her mind and keeps on flirting with Laurel.
Apparently the date was a test to see if Laurel was serious about her, and Wanetta's decided Laurel passed with flying colors. Poor Teodora. She didn't even get to start the date, she just stood there for a while while ACR did its thing and then she just went to play chess with Fifi Farfalle.
Laurel: BOOTY!! :D :D :D :D
Wanetta: Oh HELL no!
Wanetta: No booty grabbing till AT LEAST our eighth date. Understood?
Laurel: *is enthralled by finger-wiggle*
Laurel Nostromo: not the sharpest crayon in the activity table. If you know what I mean.
Wanetta is very protective of her booty, but she'll allow back rubs if she likes you enough.
Laurel: So while he was talking about Solo and the wookie, he snuck his hand in my back pocket and just took my wallet! Then of course I kicked his ass. I'm quite hardcore, you know. Quite.
But Wanetta apparently enjoyed Laurel's blatant lying riveting storytelling, because she called her as soon as Laurel got home.
Oh, Wanetta. You played hard to get, but you ended up surrendering to Laurel's charms.
Laurel takes her to a karaoke bar because... well, would you marry someone who doesn't like karaoke? I THINK NOT.
Laurel: ...SHE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOING A-NY-WHERE!
Wanetta: *dances awkwardly, regrets date*
Wanetta: justacityboybornandraisedinsouthdetroit *hyperventilates*
Laurel: EVERYBODY!! :D :D \o/
But Journey works its magic, and by the time the chorus starts, Wanetta is very much into this whole karaoke deal.
Laurel can't resist a girl who knows how to work a microphone, so the second the song starts she just has to jump Wanetta's bones.
While the girls are adorable, Sukilar chooses to lurk and be generally creepy.
Dream Date!
The next day, Laurel gets her first fishing badge!
And to make this moment even more awesome, Wanetta decides to stop by to give Laurel some roses. Aww!
Ten seconds after she leaves the lot, Wanetta gives Laurel a call. Apparently, karaoke does work.
They were happy to see each other, as you can see.
This lovely moment is brought to you by Sugar.
Sugar: Photobombing your family albums, one precious moment at a time!
Laurel's family secondary aspiration has yet to manifest itself in her wants, but Wanetta seems to be itching for that ring. And who am I to deny true love?
Unfortunately, Laurel's face decided to get stuck like that for the duration of the engagement. It makes her look like she's being forced to do this against her will. Or has a severe case of constipation. Either/or.
Wanetta's face is happily mobile.
Why Laurel, isn't that the face of true love.
Wanetta stops by that night to leave a bouquet for Laurel. Also, she's adorable.
Thank you! *sells vase*
The next date, Laurel is apparently free of her constipation and goes for a soak in the sea.
Even though we invited her over, Wanetta does her sneaky walk when she comes over. I find this hilarious. I am easily amused.
Laurel works her magic on Wanetta.
And Wanetta shares her wants with her. There's gonna be no party, but a wedding we can give you, Wanetta!
AWW!! ♥ ♥ ♥
And with this most joyful of ocassions, we leave the Nostromos for now!
Next up: babies! pets! a penguin!
I hope you enjoyed :]