Round #3 - Pleasantview: The Goths!
When we last visited the Goths, Cassandra kicked out Don, and then had his twins, Benjamin and Victoria.
Baby Lotharios! Cassandra still has Don's last name too, but only until she marries Darren.
Aww, babies. Cassandra has a complicated little setup with the cribs in her room, baby-food fridge and changing table in the hallway. The Goth house is not very child-friendly... or player-friendly, really.
Mortimer says goodbye to the ghosts! We figured they'd be better off in the new community graveyard. Of course, now we need to think of something to put in that spot!
Wonder what Cassandra is doing on the phone? ...Selling hers and Don's vacation home, perhaps? And buying a new one somewhere else? Ooh.
Aww, Mortimer is sweet, watching over his sleeping grandchildren.
And then, the vacation shuttle showed up, the game started screaming about how they needed a nanny (I thought they were supposed to show up on their own?), we hurried to call up to order a nanny, then everything went buggy and the vacation lot just started loading without anyone actually entering the shuttle.
God damn you, glitchy Bon Voyage EP.
Thankfully, the vacation home loaded without problems, and everyone was there. As you can see, Cassandra brought Darren and Dirk along for the trip. But they weren't controllable. Crap.
Mortimer relaxes at the zen garden on a community lot. He really liked it.
After the zen garden was properly ..zen'ed by Morty, Cassandra and Darren decided to hang out and meditate by it.
We bought some appropriate vacation outfits for the Goths, but sadly we couldn't do the same for the uncontrollable Dreamers.
Dirk: What are you wearing?
Alexander: It's a kimono, we got you one as well.
Dirk: There's no way I'm wearing that! It looks stupid!
Alexander: YOU look stupid!
Dirk: Great comeback.
Cassandra: I'm so glad Dirk and Alex are getting along!
Darren: Eheh... Yeah.
Time for some relaxation at the spa...
...And then everyone's off on a tour. In a helicopter.
...And then they all return with LOLBEES!!1 How did the bees get into the bloody helicopter?
Dirk: OMG EWW YOU'RE CUDDLING YOUR FIANCEE DAD THAT'S DISGUSTING!
Darren: ...WHY are you in our bedroom again?
The Goths insisted on trying out all the local customs. Darren played along, but Dirk was not always especially interested. He spent the whole time playing mahjong while the others had tea.
Alex stares longingly at the sea... Wishing his mother was still there... Wishing he had a girlfriend... Wishing he was as cool as Dirk... Wishing he was wearing pants... Something like that.
Cassandra: This is so romantic. :D
Darren: Yeah! :D (Are you done taking the picture now, can we move?)
They just didn't want to sit still for this one! One or the other kept moving away.
Cassandra finds the secret lot and pays a visit to the Wise Old Man.
...She greets him in the way of the locals.
And then they have some tea together, before doing some tai chi.
Wise Old Man: So you have to check in when you arrive at work every morning, same time every day? Sounds tedious! Man, I'm glad I don't have a normal job and can just hang out here and be mysterious all day.
Cassandra: That's great... Can you just tell me that bloody dragon legend now?
Others: *play kicky bag*
At last.
Making a wish at the wishing well...
Cassandra: I wish for NO BEES!
Almost done gathering vacation memories.
Yet more local food...
Dirk: So how's that kimono working out for you?
Alexander: Shut up.
We did not cheat for this. Absolutely not. Cassandra met the ninja completely legitimately on a community lot and answered his question correctly on the first try. Under no circumstances did we repeatedly summon him to their house until she got the question right. No way.
And so, with the last vacation memory in place, the Goths and Dreamers went home. ...To a lot exactly in the same state it was when they left it, with everyone in the place they had been in, no vacation shuttle dropping them off... and no vacation benefits.
GRR!
But they did keep all their memories.
Then, Cassandra got a haircut, and a makeover.
And she can do this. Ninja teleport FTW. Very useful! It had better be, considering how hard it is to get to that stupid ninja (NO CHEATING OF COURSE)!
Cassie totally has a photo album too! For some reason it has none of HER pictures in it, but instead a picture of fanseelamb's Brokeback Mountain sims (I totally didn't know that until I saw it in the album! That's very cool.), a random desert, and the wedding of some people she doesn't know. No wonder she looks perplexed.
Looks like some of Alex's wishes just came true... Lucy just agreed to go steady with him. AND he's back in pants.
Aww. <3
Baby evolution time!
Benjamin and Victoria, sulky because their hair (or lack thereof) is weird, or because we took a picture of them on their potties. Either or.
That's better. Cassandra takes Benjamin upstairs for sleep. He looks so much like Don, but he has Cassie's nose.
Mortimer with Victoria, who's also grown some more hair.
Aaand that's it for now. Phew.
Baby Lotharios! Cassandra still has Don's last name too, but only until she marries Darren.
Aww, babies. Cassandra has a complicated little setup with the cribs in her room, baby-food fridge and changing table in the hallway. The Goth house is not very child-friendly... or player-friendly, really.
Mortimer says goodbye to the ghosts! We figured they'd be better off in the new community graveyard. Of course, now we need to think of something to put in that spot!
Wonder what Cassandra is doing on the phone? ...Selling hers and Don's vacation home, perhaps? And buying a new one somewhere else? Ooh.
Aww, Mortimer is sweet, watching over his sleeping grandchildren.
And then, the vacation shuttle showed up, the game started screaming about how they needed a nanny (I thought they were supposed to show up on their own?), we hurried to call up to order a nanny, then everything went buggy and the vacation lot just started loading without anyone actually entering the shuttle.
God damn you, glitchy Bon Voyage EP.
Thankfully, the vacation home loaded without problems, and everyone was there. As you can see, Cassandra brought Darren and Dirk along for the trip. But they weren't controllable. Crap.
Mortimer relaxes at the zen garden on a community lot. He really liked it.
After the zen garden was properly ..zen'ed by Morty, Cassandra and Darren decided to hang out and meditate by it.
We bought some appropriate vacation outfits for the Goths, but sadly we couldn't do the same for the uncontrollable Dreamers.
Dirk: What are you wearing?
Alexander: It's a kimono, we got you one as well.
Dirk: There's no way I'm wearing that! It looks stupid!
Alexander: YOU look stupid!
Dirk: Great comeback.
Cassandra: I'm so glad Dirk and Alex are getting along!
Darren: Eheh... Yeah.
Time for some relaxation at the spa...
...And then everyone's off on a tour. In a helicopter.
...And then they all return with LOLBEES!!1 How did the bees get into the bloody helicopter?
Dirk: OMG EWW YOU'RE CUDDLING YOUR FIANCEE DAD THAT'S DISGUSTING!
Darren: ...WHY are you in our bedroom again?
The Goths insisted on trying out all the local customs. Darren played along, but Dirk was not always especially interested. He spent the whole time playing mahjong while the others had tea.
Alex stares longingly at the sea... Wishing his mother was still there... Wishing he had a girlfriend... Wishing he was as cool as Dirk... Wishing he was wearing pants... Something like that.
Cassandra: This is so romantic. :D
Darren: Yeah! :D (Are you done taking the picture now, can we move?)
They just didn't want to sit still for this one! One or the other kept moving away.
Cassandra finds the secret lot and pays a visit to the Wise Old Man.
...She greets him in the way of the locals.
And then they have some tea together, before doing some tai chi.
Wise Old Man: So you have to check in when you arrive at work every morning, same time every day? Sounds tedious! Man, I'm glad I don't have a normal job and can just hang out here and be mysterious all day.
Cassandra: That's great... Can you just tell me that bloody dragon legend now?
Others: *play kicky bag*
At last.
Making a wish at the wishing well...
Cassandra: I wish for NO BEES!
Almost done gathering vacation memories.
Yet more local food...
Dirk: So how's that kimono working out for you?
Alexander: Shut up.
We did not cheat for this. Absolutely not. Cassandra met the ninja completely legitimately on a community lot and answered his question correctly on the first try. Under no circumstances did we repeatedly summon him to their house until she got the question right. No way.
And so, with the last vacation memory in place, the Goths and Dreamers went home. ...To a lot exactly in the same state it was when they left it, with everyone in the place they had been in, no vacation shuttle dropping them off... and no vacation benefits.
GRR!
But they did keep all their memories.
Then, Cassandra got a haircut, and a makeover.
And she can do this. Ninja teleport FTW. Very useful! It had better be, considering how hard it is to get to that stupid ninja (NO CHEATING OF COURSE)!
Cassie totally has a photo album too! For some reason it has none of HER pictures in it, but instead a picture of fanseelamb's Brokeback Mountain sims (I totally didn't know that until I saw it in the album! That's very cool.), a random desert, and the wedding of some people she doesn't know. No wonder she looks perplexed.
Looks like some of Alex's wishes just came true... Lucy just agreed to go steady with him. AND he's back in pants.
Aww. <3
Baby evolution time!
Benjamin and Victoria, sulky because their hair (or lack thereof) is weird, or because we took a picture of them on their potties. Either or.
That's better. Cassandra takes Benjamin upstairs for sleep. He looks so much like Don, but he has Cassie's nose.
Mortimer with Victoria, who's also grown some more hair.
Aaand that's it for now. Phew.