Chasing Rainbows: 3.0, part one
Warnings: Language, exceptionally picture-heavy
A/N: I was going to post my Bachelorette Challenge before getting to this, as there’s a lot of sims around that were the bachelors. The reason I haven’t is simply because it would have made boring reading, as nothing much happened. I will say that I defied the norm and picked two winners, rather than one
Other than that - long update is really long, sorry about that.
Hello, and welcome to orange gen! This time in a Maxis dorm with room for five, only with nodormieregen in place we have a room going spare. And since college rock is the one station Nec left alone, I had to put my own stuff in there. Duran Duran, Animals, Eagles, and more importantly Queen, take me to a different, even better part of Retro Heaven
Anyway - meet our new torch-holder:
Something you’ll notice pretty quickly about this generation - these guys don’t just grow, they blossom
So, what makes our Persy tick?
OMG HE’S NICE!
Brimming with confidence, charm and manners... I am seriously in love already
There’s a downside to everyone, though - he’s also a pleasure/family Libra. Remind you of anyone? Mind you, Persy does have an important advantage over Pear - he swings both ways. I’ve never been so grateful for that all the time I’ve been playing.
Anyway, he has dorm-mates, I must remember that.
Here they all are. I decided to put Sienna in the same get-up as their mum just for S&G, but drew the line at the hair - not on that face. As it is, I got sick of that dress on her pretty quickly... and I’m starting to wonder if she got Apricot’s nose after all. If she didn’t, it’s a damn good job I did pick Persy in the end, ‘cause he’d be the only one to escape that damn nose! It doesn’t breed well, sorry.
Persy: Um, maybe once we actually know each other a bit better?
It turns out the family unit isn’t as close this time around. He and his mum aren’t even at friend level, and I think those two above aren’t into the twenties yet.
Mind you, it isn’t all bad:
Clones Gamby and Ozzy get on like a house on fire. Their features are identical, but that’s where it ends - Ozzy’s the one who kept his childhood hair and stopped bothering to shave
*stares at neater looking clone*
Damn, Gamby cleaned up well, huh?
And that’s how the siblings settle in. Persy decides getting to know his sister better is just what he’s gonna do
(Like I said, I got sick of that dress very quickly.)
That reminds me, I never got to see her LTW:
Turns out I wasn’t missing much. That’s getting to be a very common one; what’d be the odds that, after changing his aspiration, Persy’s gonna end up with that one too? He is part family, after all, and that gets counted when the LTW gets re-rolled.
Gamby is definitely the serious type.
The twins, on the other hand, prefer to jig along to the stereo, despite their PDHs not being music.
Oh Gamby, you are too easy. Meanwhile, Sienna just keeps giving me more reason to be grateful I didn’t pick her
Okay Persy, you’ve settled in long enough now, I think:
You have a job to do, and it’s about time you went doing it!
Job meaning mate-hunting, and it’s off to the usual place (bowling alley) to do it - passing two guys he definitely won’t be going after. Even if Shamrock there wasn’t one of mine, he’s straight - and Pom’s personality is too much like Apricot’s (read: identical) for me to bother him this time
So, who else is there?
Oh good grief. Only eligible one here is Amy Terrano (Van); Ecru’s his aunt, Duke and Nutty are both mine. Not to mention straight.
Oh, and Kermes makes a reappearance - but he’s also straight. Aaargh!
Okay, just out of interest, what are the others up to?
Duke, really!
There, someone accepted a rub from you, happy now? Bless ‘im
Ah-ha! I knew it! I knew something was brewing between those two!
... I’m starting to feel I should go downloading some more sims. Maybe add some more sim-selves to the mix?
... And Elves. I need more pointy ears, damn it.
Speaking of pointy ears:
Duke Garland + Amy Terrano = OTP? Both alien, both with pointies - could it get any more perfect? Wonder what their chemistry’s like.
Okay, mate-hunting is a flop so far. While we’re out, let’s get something else out of the way, shall we?
Heir photo! This beats portraits any day! Whoever thought of that is a genius!
Back home - as far as a Uni dorm can be called home, at least:
I didn’t even tell him to clean, he just went and did it
There’s a good boy.
A little later on, Ozzy is fast dragging me back down Memory Lane:
See, this is the thing with not having much adolescence - he never got the chance before, but now he’s an adult, boy is he making the most of it!
Sienna: That’s right, I am so cool. Best sister you’re ever likely to have!
Modesty is this girl’s middle name
Let’s see, how few nice points does she have? If she has any?
And how few neat points does this guy have? Hmm, sewer-minded family sim; now where have I seen this before? ILUSM Ozzy
Yes, I know, I go for the dirty-minded ones. They amuse me, okay?
Then it’s back to the stereo for a musical get-together...
...while Persy catches Heph online. I figured since they’re both pleasure sims they’d have some chemistry, but no
So it’s back to the bowling alley... oh noooo!
Damn it Persy, I just knew you were gonna do this to me!
Persy: What’s up? I thought that’s what we were out here for?
Me: Dodger’s one of mine! That means he’s not spouse material!
Persy: We can still get to know each other in the meantime, can’t we?
Me: Absolutely not! He’s already had his heart broken once, and I love him too much to put him through that again!
Persy: ...Awww, phooey.
Me: Sorry sweetie, but trust me, you’d have that on your conscience later. You’re far too nice to be a heartbreaker.
... So, anyway, more to keep him away from Dodger, I brought him to the karaoke stand to say hello to the guy who’d been murdering the last song.
I know what I said about Pom, but I was curious about chemistry. One, in case you were wondering.
So, Persy went on to show him how it’s meant to be done.
Except Pom backed himself into a corner, so he got stuck while Persy proceeded to show off his singing skills.
Persy:
I’m a superstar leaping through the skiiiiiiiies, like a tiger
Defying the laws of gravityyyy
I’m a racing car passing byyyyyyy, like Lady Godiva!
I’m gonna go, go, go, there’s no stoppin’ meeeeeeeeee!
Persy:
I’m burrrnin’ through the sky, yeah,
Two hundred degrees, that’s why they call me Mister Fahrenheiiiit!
I’m trav’llin’ at the speed of liiiiiight, I wanna make a supersonic man outta you!
This guy’s a natural! You’d make your daddy proud, lad!
Elsewhere on the lot...
Hey hey hey! I know you’ve done this before, sim-me, but come on - leading him on again while you’re knocked up with the winner’s baby? Have you no shame?!
Ahem... home-time, I think. After looking through the notes I’d made of the sims I downloaded, I realised Persy was missing something:
Persy: Hey, that’s better! Breaks up the black nicely, doesn’t it?
Me: Indeed it does. Glad you approve
A lot of sims here get turned on by glasses, and I felt he could do with a pendant of some kind. Maybe now he’ll fare a little better? Or is that too much to hope for right now?
Now now you two - behave! Persy needs babies at some point, and I am not going there!
... Look, Ozzy, I realise this may be asking too much of you, but really...
Ozzy: What?! Ain’t seen two brothers dancing together before?
Me: ... Ask your father what happened when he ‘shared a bed’ with his brother once...
Seriously - is this kind of closeness hereditary or something? Or is it just something that plagues my games and refuses to leave me alone? I mean, damn, can those Garlands not keep it to themselves?!
Oh, classy, you two. Real classy. I could understand Gamby being too lazy to bother, but honestly...
Well well, what do we have here? Ozzy having standards? Or, what’s more likely, he just had a shower before they left for class. That hand hasn’t gone unnoticed, Gamby - I’m keeping an eye on you two.
So it’s back onto MSN, where he catches Melon Drop online. He’s another guy I want in the legacy at some point, and I do realise that he and Apricot are brother and sister in another life, but they couldn’t look or be more different if they tried. The only problem here is, Mel’s Pisces, and I gather they don’t go too well with Libras.
Okay, I’ll tell you two what I told the twins - behave!
Then we get a visitor:
Not the best way to greet people, Mr. Llama. Mind you, this gen has less bite than the last - lucky for you.
Just like Lillian before, he soon makes it up with him.
Persy: Man, that guy is fine! Wonder what he looks like under there?
This isn’t what it looks like. I told Persy to check out the llama to give him a gender preference, ‘cause Ozzy fancies him like mad
Oh yes, he wanted to study art, and what Persy wants, Persy gets
So he needed body points, and what d’ya know - those twins do a lot together, it seems.
And later on, it’s back onto MSN to see if adding that pendant did anything for the lack of chemistry between Heph and him. It didn’t. So I’m gonna give the kid a break in the spouse-hunting for now; roll on Junior year, that’s all I can say.
To be fair though, he’s having a little more luck than Pear did. At least Persy does score something with some sims, even if it’s just one - and no, I’m not counting Dodger
I’ll have to see what a change of aspiration does for him, and if it gets too bad, I’ll be going on another download spree.
In the meantime, we have another visitor:
Well, hello again Mr. Cow. Go on, pick on Sienna; I dare you
Killjoy
Okay, so what else is wrong with this picture?
Being civil with the gay sim over a movie? Is this for real?
And merely chatting with Sienna... phooey. And there was me hoping to see her hand his arse to him on a plate.
Erk... knew it was too good to be true. And who does he pick on, but my Persy?!
He’s even making up with him, though! Is this guy feeling alright?
Not to mention, he’s flirting with the right sims, after already building a relationship with them...
Yes, I said ‘them’. Oh yeah, you whistled the right guy well and truly.
Who are you and what have you done with the cow mascot?!
Ooh, hello again coach! Now, there’s only two sims here who need working on...
...and Ozzy isn’t one of them! He’s already earned about three from the home pool!
Coach: There’s no such thing as too many body points. Get to it, young man!
Ozzy: (Mmm, nice view!)
Yay! Now that is one of the right sims to work on! The other? He’s asleep
Coach: Faster, faster!
Persy: Doing great, sis, doing great!
This particular day - or is it evening now? - seems to be a good time for visitors, in fact.
Oh, you have awesome timing, Lillian!
Mind you, the cow’s vision must be pretty obscured under that synthetic head.
Prank first, fight later, is that it?! And what’ve I said about picking on my sweetie?!
Persy: That guy’s so mean! Why won’t he just leave?!
Me: Oh, I wouldn’t worry...
Me: That won’t be a problem.
Finally! Maybe now he’ll piss off and leave my fragile faves alone
Sienna: Kick her arse, Cow!
Gamby: Oh man, what a thing to wake up to... is this really necessary?
Cow: Haha! Even Stevens! Suck on that, bitch!
Gamby: Oh Christ, not again! How many bruises is that guy hiding under there?!
Me: Do you really wanna know?
Lillian: That’s what you get for being cocky!
Cow: Screw you, bitch! I’m outta here!
Finally! Good riddance; no one makes my Persy cry and gets away with it! Besides, you wouldn’t want word to reach his father, would you? Remember him?!
Speaking of Persy:
Natural performer or natural show-off? I’ll let you decide.
Gamby: Great, Persy - you really do take after Dad!
What was that I said about Ozzy and standards not fitting into the same equation?!
Ah, these outgoing sims - gotta love ‘em, eh?
That’s not the reason I took this pic, though - this is end of Freshman year. AKA the time Bruno and Ecru failed their finals. *deep breath* Am I gonna see a repeat performance?
Can it be?
YAY! *resumes breathing* Phew. And this time it’s more important that they get through - Apricot’s sanity depends on it.
More chatting online with Mel, just for the hell of it. And to see if, by some miracle, the pendant made a difference. It didn’t, of course.
Ooh, look who’s here!
Hey Ozzy! About turn!
That’s better. Nothing else happened, though, but there’s still time - they’re only half-way through.
Ozzy: Ah, I can wait
Say, Gamby’s looking pretty lonely over there...
Bless his heart
You know what, I’m really impressed with these guys so far. They’re so well-behaved, and the stereo is an easy way to fulfil the want that sometimes crops up for dancing with someone. Of course, it is made easier when you consider the dorm cook keeps them fed, and I’m not counting any fires he starts. They all sleep in their beds, they’ve never even worried or cried, and they use the bathroom when they should.
Not that that’s always a good thing - not if your name’s Osage, anyway.
Ozzy: I was in the shower, for fuck’s sake! What’re you tryin’ to do, boil me alive in there?!
Gamby: Well, excuse me for not leaving the loo in a mess.
Persy’s about to learn that one thing you don’t do with your sister is play chess with her.
Busted!
Persy: Hey!
Sienna: What?!
Persy: Don’t ‘what’ me, sis - cheating over a friendly game of chess? For shame, girl!
This is amusing, simply because this is the angriest you’ll ever see Persy. Bless his little heart
*takes chance to stare closer*
Nope, she definitely has Jasper’s nose. Not so obvious on a girl, but yeah, I really did make the right choice. Apart from the fact that I adore Persy, if it isn’t blindingly obvious by now
Oh, you two! Must you do everything together?!
Hehe... I like that skintone on Ozzy. It makes him look permanently dozy
Kinda suits his personality, even if he’s not lazy like Gamby is.
But I digress. Again, that’s not why I took this pic - they’re back from their finals! How’d they do?
Gamby, you are full of win this semester!
The other two, not so much. But hey, they passed! That’s the important thing!
Ozzy: Damn it, I was taking a shower! You tryin’ to castrate me via scalding or something?!
Persy: You walked right past me on the can, Oz. Did you expect me to leave it... um, actually, don’t answer that.
Me: You know your brother well, Persy. Good save.
Some time later, they get another visitor:
Coach: Drop and give me twenty! Move it!
Gamby: Wha...? Twenty? Are you serious?!
Gotcha!
A little exercise won’t kill you, Gamby - thought you wanted to join the forces?
Besides - you’re not the one who needs logic points...
Ozzy: Who’d ‘ave thought you’d need eyes at the back of your head just for a fuckin’ game?!
Me: That’s what you get for falling for it. Thought you knew her by now?
Ozzy: That’s not my point an’ you know it.
Elsewhere:
Oh dear... I wondered when this would start
Never mind the computer Persy, you’ve got more pressing matters...
This guy’s had it far too easy so far. Time to get some real practice in.
Persy: Oh, I remember this. Didn’t Dad use this to get us doing homework?
Me: Yep, and guess what...?
Persy: Wha...? ... Oh.
Me: Welcome to heirship, dear.
So, moving onwards... next semester over!
WOOOOHOOOOO!
Awesome work, you guys!
*cocks head* Now, which of you guys is meant to be the lazier one?! Oh well - good going, Oz, so long as you stay in the game you’re doing great
Sooo... End of Sophomore year. A significant time for this gen, as it means Persy gets a new aspiration!
Please give us something decent...
- Torch-Holders = 3
- Perma-Platinum sims = 1
- Shrink Visits = 1
- Social Bunny Visits = 0
- Social Worker Visits = 0
- Fires: 7
- Self-Wettings: 4
- Pass-Outs: 19
- Fights: 0
- Accidental Deaths = 0
- Number of Special Tombstones vs. Total Death Count = 1/2
- Reach top of a career = 1
- $100,000 = 2