The Barre Legacy | 1.1
The next installation of the Barre legacy, the very first family to play through The Game Board Challenge!
Last time with the Barre legacy, we met our founder, Chocolate Barre, and her pet polar bear Klondike Barre, and watched as Chocolate got many promotions and new friends, but not many love prospects. She eventually found a trio of possibilities, but once she had made her choice among the three, she couldn't stick to it. She got engaged to Joshua, and only a couple hours later, allowed Baqi to make advances on her. Joshua became enraged and broke off their engagement, leaving Chocolate heartbroken and wondering what on earth she was going to do next.
Well, I will tell you what she did. She invited Skullduggery over, the third and final possible suitor she had met so far. Joshua was certainly no longer an option, as he and Chocolate were mortal enemies now, and I was NOT going for Baqi the Homewrecker any time soon (sorry, shippers!). I was determined to get her married and working on generation 2 before the dawn of the Monday of her second week, so.. already-developed-relationships-ready-to-be-defriendzoned, GO!
Yess.. YESS~~ Our plot will succeed most splendidly!
It got awkward for a moment, though, when Joshua appeared on lot and talked with Klondike for a moment, mere feet away from the man Chocolate had now set her sights on. I doubt Joshua would be pleased to see that she's moved on so quickly.
But.. he just kicked over our garbage can and moved on, clearly thinking that this method of exacting his revenge was sufficient. Well okie dokie, then.
PROGRESS. But what on earth is that face Chocolate is making? o_O
Ahh.. an evil cackle. Of course. Yes indeed, take THAT Joshua. We don't need you and your nasty temper here anymore. There's a NEW man in Chocolate's life, and he isn't as intolerant as you. >:P
Oh hey. Engagement while the 'just-fell-in-love' hearts still float in the sky. THIS FEELS FAMILIAR SOMEHOW.
But we're wasting even LESS time with this one! MARRIAGE IN T-MINUS SIX SECONDS.
I can't allow the time for anyone else to appear on the lot and distract either of them before this marriage is SOLIDIFIED AND LEGALIZED. No more chances, no more risks. Chocolate seriously needs to get on the baby-making soon.
Will Wright!Rock: *creeps*
Ahhh~~ the blissful peace of mind that comes with knowing you're not DIRT poor anymore.
Will Wright!Rock: *creeps*
#1: YAY! $10,000! Nearly $11,000, even. We're finally getting somewhere.
#2: It's a good thing you want to go on vacation, my dear fellow, because you HAVE to. As per the rules for this generation, my sims must go on a honeymoon as soon as possible after they get married, whether they can really afford it or not. Thank goodness mine can! I didn't feel like parting with my fridge.
Looks like ASAP is going to have to wait a moment, though, because about 10 minutes after the marriage was official, Chocolate ran off to catch her carpool. XD Don't worry, Skullduggery, she'll be back soon enough, and Klondike is here to keep you company!
As are the cockroaches. >_>
Passerby: "Hey man, killer dance-moves! You should totally come to some clubs tonight, you'd take the place over!"
Skullduggery: "KILL THEM ALL! >:["
Passerby: "...or not. *scuttles off*
Oh, don't you go giving me sass now, Joshua. This is YOUR fault. You don't get to complain that the cockroaches smell when you just visited to knock over our garbage can AGAIN, and probably draw MORE cockroaches to my property. Now, SHOO! I don't need any problems between Chocolate's ex-fiance and current husband, I've had plenty of drama for now, kthnx.
Will Wright!Rock: *creeps*
Aw, poor Skullduggery. :( The second he moves in, his wife leaves and he's left to deal with a major infestation all on his own. *cuddles* It'll get better!
Here you go, sweetie. Catch some CUTE bugs.
He did need to set some things in order though, to continue living here. Spouses are not allowed to be employed, since this generation is The Game of LIFE, and you only get one salary while you play that game. Your spouse is pretty much just a colored peg that sits next you, being useless the whole time. XD Skullduggery doesn't get to be useless, though! Let's make your wifey some dinner before she comes home!
>_< or not.
Man, you're being WORSE than a useless peg, Skullduggery. You're MAKING work for me. Well, you better get this whole mess and yourself cleaned up before Chocolate comes home, or you're going to be in sooo much trouble.
He got the work done JUST in time, and Chocolate soon arrived home, thinking about the great dinner that was awaiting her. Well, there WASN'T any delicious dinner awaiting her, but she didn't have time to eat anyway!
It's honeymoon time!! Cheapest one, of course. I'd like to have some money to redo the house once they return. XD
Ah man. I have to hire a nanny to take care of the polar bear? LAME. Nannies are money-suckers. >:[
... rather bizarre money-suckers. At least she's taking out their garbage for them, even if she is stabbing it into her cornea in the process. And defying gravity, because I'm pretty sure their garbage can wasn't full of ANYTHING that would just stick straight out like that.
Chocolate and Skullduggery are freaking STRONG, man!! When I travel I can barely lift my suitcase the 6 inches off the ground required to get it up on the sidewalks/curbs, much less lift it all the way to my face, straight out horizontally, with ONE ARM. I hope Skullduggery doesn't Hulk out on us or anything. He's already got the green thing going on. I don't need any more angry men up in here. :(
But seriously, I have no idea why I had a hack before to get rid of the Mansion & Garden Stuff 'shielding-their-eyes-in-the-sun' thing, because it is just TOO funny.
WOO! Another least-expensive option. XD
Chocolate was the one to check them in, so they could get started on their vacation adventures. They decided to go to Takemizuu because that was the one secret map Chocolate dug up before she got the treasure chest and I decided to call it a day on digging. XD But, before their adventures could start, first things first!
Consummating their marriage! Just in case Chocolate decides to get into any more trouble like she did with Joshua and Baqi. I don't want Skullduggery to be able to escape with just an annulment. If she's going to be heartbroken again, she at least better get half of someone's stuff. :P
Ah yeaaahhh~~~ We get half his stuff. >:3
Then the adventures could begin! Chocolate spotted the ninja at their very first location, and quickly hurried over to him to try and learn ~THE SECRET OF NINJA~.
But of course, in true ninja fashion, he disappeared as soon as she got to him. -_- Clever little bugger.
BUT NOT CLEVER ENOUGH. Chocolate tracked him down again on the same lot and badgered him to tell her ~THE SECRET OF NINJA~. But he just HAD to ask cryptic questions, and our girl here has zero logic points, and could not for the life of her even figure out what he was talking about.
Soo... he poofed again.
Chocolate: "Why does he keep DOING that?! Rrrgh! I will find him again. >:["
In an attempt to make her feel better, I let Chocolate buy pretty things that she can put on her shelves at home to commemorate her trip..
and gave her and Skullduggery some yummy pseudo-Asian comfort food. Why yes, I am trying to get as many vacation memories as I can. XD
I wasn't quite sure what to have the duo do next, though, so I sent them to the secret lot to see if perhaps they could convince the old man to tell them a pretty story. Kind of doubt it, since Chocolate hasn't learned ~THE SECRET OF NINJA~ yet. Or anything else, really.
Old Man: "So, why didn't you just go skiing or something, if you weren't going to actually experience any of our culture while you were here?"
Chocolate: "I'm drinking tea. That's cultural."
Old Man: -___-
Old Man: *bows*
Chocolate: "What're you doing? Did you lose a contact or something? I could help you find it, if you need."
Old Man: "...really? You don't even know how to say HELLO in this culture yet?"
Chocolate: "Oh, is that what that was?"
Old Man: -___-
Skullduggery: "Psst, Chocolate. Chocolate! That dude is wearing a dress! Do you see that he's wearing a dress?? Hehehe.. why is he wearing girl clothes?"
Chocolate: "Hehe, I know! But shh, you're being rude. He's standing like, right here."
Old Man: -___-
Clearly Chocolate and Skullduggery weren't winning any points with the Old Man at this point, so I considered trying bribery. I still had Mr. Humble's gift all wrapped up nice and pretty, and figured this would be as good a time as any to try and get rid of it.
:| Apparently Mr. Old Man here is ~too good~ for free computers. I would LOVE a free computer, personally, give it to me!
Please?
Clearly not in the old guy's favor, and not bound to learn anything interesting from him any time soon, Chocolate and Skullduggery left the old man's retreat and attempted to absorb as much culture as they could over the next few days to prove they weren't REALLY awful tourists. XD
Not all their endeavors went so well. Apparently the spirits are punishing them for trying too hard.
A day of games, massages, and MANY guided tours passed, as I tried to collect the smaller vacation memory achievements. Chocolate and Skullduggery ended the second day with room service, and fell into bed VERY exhausted from all the things I made them do. XD
See, now I'M pleased to find the ninja again, but I do NOT want YOU to be this pleased, Chocolate. I have had enough shenanigans from you not being able to make up your mind in regards to the fellas. It's only his feminine ninja mystique, anyway, you wouldn't REALLY find him attractive in a normal sort of situation.
You are entirely too happy about this.
~THE SECRET OF NINJA~
Chocolate: "WTF, ninja?? You're not even going to wait around a SECOND to see if I actually get it right or not? You're an awful teacher. And you didn't even give me your number. :("
You're darn right he didn't!! And he WON'T be. EVER.
Just one more little thing to learn...
And I think she's ready. Chocolate teleported over to the old man's meditation spot, joined him for a short while, then began some Tai Chi while Skullduggery poured tea. Seemed to do the trick, because...
Pretty story!! I wish sims' conversations always looked like this. @_@ Beautiful moving pictures, instead of tacky static speech bubbles with ugly pictures in them. :P I could watch this story A MILLION TIMES and never get tired of it.
:3 The old man was even nice enough to let Skullduggery listen. Both he and Chocolate walked away with scrolls of the story in their inventories. I didn't even know that was possible before.
One last attempt to get the Mahjong memory for Chocolate. You have to WIN to get the memory and she... didn't. Skullduggery won about 5 times in a row and then it was time to go home. Time to go home and start making babies according to the 'friendly' old lady they played Mahjong with. Me too, though. START MAKING BABIES.
Skullduggery was the one to sign them out and pay the bill, and when their taxi pulled up at the house, and they paid the nanny for taking care of Klondike, they still had $8,800 left to spend on fixing up the house. MOST EXCELLENT.