So, I'm playing Pixeltown last night and decide to try and get Melfina started on her LTW of 50 dream dates (wtf, pleasure sims? Why can't it be something like "change into PJs 50 times?" I can have that LTW done in about two hours of playing...). I sent her off with Maddox Brilliantcat to Londoste, and things went okay but no dream date. Slacker didn't even leave a rose or a love note or anything, but mail has yet to go in my game again so there's still a chance he could get back in my Mel's good graces.
At any rate, the date ends (and it would have been a dream date if I'd had the idea to initiate some ACR public woohoo sooner than 45 seconds remaining on the date. SO my bad there) and Mel starts rolling wants that have nothing to do with Maddox. I figure I'll check out one of the new community lots that came with AL and send her to Doc Allan's. While she's there, a whole slew of
pixel_trade townies wander in - including my recently recovered Vanessa Spicoli, who has always been one of my fave P_T simmies - so I decide to let her scope the room. Nearly all the guys there lit up, but she favoured Frances Peet... who was playing pool at the time so I had her check out an available sim who was drinking a soda.
When this got a positive reaction from her, I decided to let her chat up Justin Spencer for a while. I manage to get them talking for a good while before he leaves the lot, only to return and initiate an ACR-influenced flirt. Insta-crush. I'm trying to figure this out, so I open Mel's relationship panel and promptly facedesk.
...they're friggin' 2-bolters. I can't even remember what aspiration or turn-ons I randomly rolled for Justin, but apparently they dig one another. I'm tempted to let her pursue him if things don't work out with Maddox. Who, by the way, after Mel headed to the bowling alley once more to play around before I sent her home for bed, showed up and proceeded to stalk her around the joint before I finally decided it was time for my greenie girl to get some sleep.
I dunno. I dig Maddox, but 2-bolts isn't anything to sneeze at. And if the genetics worked out, they'd have gorgeous kids (her cheekbones and his nose, the kid could be a model). Decisions, decisions.