Dan & Paula 1.0
I bet you thought this day would never come! I know it's been almost two months since I played this hood, but other things, particularly the S2S Legacy Challenge, have kept me away. However, I really wanted to move poor Dan in! He's languished in the family bin for far too long!
After purchasing a lovely tumbledown cottage (Aya20's Ramshackle Cottage) across the street from his big sister Josie's home, Dan headed to Harris' New & Used Furniture to purchase some home furnishings.
Dan: "Uhh, Will? You planning on ringing up these purchases any time soon?"
Will: *ignores*
Dan: "Fine. I'll shop somewhere else! Family loyalty be damned!"
Dan, no! This is the only furniture store in town! Now I have to take you to Let There Be Light! so this lot resets! Godamnit! *throws evil glares at Will*
Dan: "You know, I'm beginning to think that Josie and Will are very good businesspeople...."
I know! I have no idea why they're not serving you - this has never happened before! I actually had to use boolprop to make them both controllable just so they'd ring up Dan's items in the end....
Dan: "I'm not so sure about this trudging all the way to the outhouse business. I'm kind of used to having a bathroom in the same building..."
You'll use it and you'll love it, damn you!
Dan: "At least my kitchen is functional...."
See that open front door? It won't close anymore. I tried moving it, re-buying it, etc. and you know what happens? It stops being a real door! Fail! I have no idea how Aya20 originally placed it and I've given up! The house is just gonna have an open front door forever... I guess it does kinda add to the ramshackle nature of the cottage, though...
Dan: "Don't worry about it. It's fine. I like my functional cottage. It's peaceful and it has everything a knowledge sim could ask for... except...."
A girl to share it with, right? I agree, but such things may take time. You don't know many attractive ladies who aren't already dating your father, and I know how you'd feel about them....
Dan: "Oh, I'm way ahead of you there! The prettiest little thing was jogging past this morning in a tutu. A tutu - can you imagine! She must like ballet even more than I do!"
Dan: "So, Paula, why are you playing chess alone?"
Paula: "Oh, chess is fun even when you're playing against yourself, you know..."
Dan: "I quite agree, but it's even more fun when there's a challenge involved, wouldn't you say?"
Paula: "Omg, I know! The thrill of an evenly matched opponant! There's nothing quite like it!"
Dan: "... and might I say, you look absolutely lovely in that tutu!"
Paula: "Aww, you really think so? That so sweet!"
Paula: "Most people around here don't think I look lovely in anything..."
Dan: "Most people around here are morons. You are stunning!"
Dan was so impressed with Paula, he invited her over early the next morning. He soon found they had even more in common...
Paula: "You know, chess isn't the only game I enjoy. Sometimes I like to let my hair down and shoot some pool as well..."
Dan: *is smitten*
Dan: "She's such an amazing girl. I shouldn't flatter myself to think she'd be in to a dork like me..."
Little did Dan realize she thought the exact same way about him. Why would such an intresting stud be interested in a strange, pale waif like her?
He eventually got to realizing she might be feeling a little smitten herself, though...
The next morning, Dan made sure the house was neat and tidy before inviting Paula over yet again...
Over a little curbside slow dancing, Dan confessed something to Paula...
Dan: "Paula, I like you more than just a friend... you probably think I'm a big dork, huh?"
Paula: "What?? No! I like you more than a friend too..." *blush*
Paula: "What do you think that big cloud looks like?"
Dan: "Hmm... a little bit like a werewolf, wouldn't you say?"
Paula: *giggles*
Amelie: "Where is that son of mine?"
He's out back working on your LTW. Come back later...
That evening, Dan finally stole his very first kiss.... aww, my little late bloomer is finally getting some sugar! That smoke coming from behind them? Well, Dan's teeny little television broke, and it's unrepairable! Eep! I chose badly for his one television... He's not allowed another unless an electronics store opens up...
Broken television sets were thankfully the furthest thing from Dan's mind...
And once the first kiss had happened, Dan was unrestrained with his kisses!
Dan: "Would you like to stay the night, Paula? No funny business, I swear! But it's a dark night and it's not exactly safe to be walking around the island at this hour...."
Though she agreed to stay the night, she changed her mind after Dan went to sleep and after catching him a lovely gift and leaving it on the kitchen table where he'd be sure to see it upon waking, she disappeared in to the night...
Dan's feelings weren't hurt. The next morning, he cooked a delicious meal to tempt Paula before inviting her over for what he hoped would be a momentous day.
Thursday: "Ugh, these two need to get a room!"
Pfft! Like you've never made a public display of affection!
Dan: "Paula, you're the most amazing girl I've ever met. I've got something very important to ask you and I hope you'll hear me out..."
Dan: "I want you to be my wife, Paula Lethlean! Please say yes!"
Paula: "Squee! Of course I will!'
Dan: "Right now?"
Paula: "Sure!"
And so Paula became Paula Cave. Still more romantic than Dan's parents' vows!
And after a frenzy of talk over what turned the other on, it was time to retire to the honeymoon suite (yeah, yeah, okay, Dan's bedroom)....
Try For Baby Attempt #1 - Success!
Time for Paula's stats! She did have a job in the paranormal career, but it's far from being unlocked, so she immediately had to quit.
Personality = Sagittarius 2, 3, 9, 7, 4
Aspiration = Knowledge/Fortune (the exact same as Dan! They really were made for each other!)
LTW = Become a Prestidigator (entertainment career requires 10 charisma points, so she'll have to work for it!)
Turn Ons = Hats + Brown Hair
Turn Off = Great Cook
Cooking Points = 2
Mechanical Points = 0
Charisma Points = 2
Body Points = 2
Logic Points = 2
Creativity Points = 4
Cleaning Points = 0
Increased Family Funds By $12,000
Nothing in inventory, and only two friends. Also, I forgot to look what her one true hobby is. Next time.
She took a turn around the property surveying the beauty of her new home.
While Dan, who had switched his formalwear for his everyday wear (the only hat in game for men being a little too formal for his original everyday wear), worked on his own charisma levels. I think it's adorable that Dan has come full circle from his childhood in fashion!
Dan: "I wonder what Mom is up to...?"
Dan! If I'd known you spent your whole youth upset over the lack of a telescope because you wanted to spy on people, I never would have felt sorry for you!
Dan: "Ahem! What a man does in his own outhouse is nobody's business but his own. Kindly GTFO!"
Sorry... *giggle* I shouldn't laugh. Both Dan and Paula are having trouble dealing with the lack of a television. They get their fun wherever they feel the need....
Paula: *practices her best smile* "I will be a prestidigator! Someday...."
Paula had no trouble fitting in to life with Dan in the cottage. She seems to like the kitchen best, though she's none too fond of cleaning it...
Paula: "Aww, Jewel! What are you doing here? Creepy Doll getting you down?"
Jewel often comes to visit from Josie and Will's house across the street. She may be a weird mutant dog, but Dan and Paula seem to like her.
That's right. I missed Paula's first pop. I'm notorious for it. I rarely bother pausing through them!
Dan: "Did Jewel have to eat our couch? It doesn't leave a guy many places to read...."
Paula eventually realized that she'd have to do some cleaning in order to keep the kitchen from becoming a disaster zone....
Paula: "Oh god! The diagrams! Why did I have to read a book on childbirth?"
Paula: "Honey, childbirth isn't really so gruesome, is it?"
Dan: *keeps his mouth shut, having witnessed several sibling births*
Paula: *pop #2!*
Poor Paula. She's none too bright, and the final trimester of her pregnancy was brutal! She had no choice but to eat spoiled donuts - she was too close to death! Unfortunately, they only served to make things worse for her. I should also point out that I'm glad she's not an ISBI spuse, because she would never have even lived long enough to get food poisoning!
Paula: "Oh no! The shame!"
Dan: "Just go on back to bed, honey. I'll take care of that..."
Paula: "How can I sleep when I need a shower this badly?"
Paula: "I thought morning sickness was meant to be over by now! The books said so!"
Yeah, but food poisoning doesn't end until you're better... sorry.... incidentally, she's still not recovered...
Paula: "Get it out of me! I can't live like this! Pretty baby, stupid baby, baby baby blarrggh!"
Therapist Bathroom Stalker: "Well, I don't see a damn thing wrong with you except that you're horribly fat!"
Paula: "I'm pregnant."
Bathroom Stalker: "Oooh, I see. Well then, I suggest you take a nice warm bubble bath and stay off the floor!"
Paula: "Thank you, doctor!"
Bathroom Stalker: "Oh, I'm not a doctor...." *whips out a camera, snaps photograph and runs like hell!*
Paula: "I am the picture of mental health..."
Sure you are, sweetie...
This is not the way to get to know your in-laws, Paula!
Paula: "No, but it's the funniest!"
Paula: "Owww! Dan, get your butt in here! It's happening!"
It's a girl! Meet Marge. Dan's hair, Paula's eyes!!?? and a geneticized skintone.
The eyes mystified me. Because Dan's eyes are dominant, he's carrying his dad's eyes as well, which I assumed were also dominant due to their color, and clearly Paula's eyes should be recessive? I ended up extracting both Finn and Paula to get at their eyes (I have well over 1000 eyes in my game, so that was the only way to find them easily...) and found two things - Finn's eyes were mistakenly geneticized as recessive (which I guess answers the semi-mystery of why all Amelie's kids have her eyes) and Paula's were mistakenly geneticized as dominant! I've fixed the problem now, regeneticizing both (guess I got overtired during the big geneticizing/townifying everything day I had last August). It doesn't help with Marge's eyes, but all should work properly from now on, anyway...
Also, Marge's birth meant that I had enough sims to have earned another community lot. Once again, I didn't build (I was lazy this week, sorry...) but I knew it had to be a nightclub, as Mae needs one to unlock the slacker career. So I installed Purity Project's Fallin Oasis Diner, which I think everyone can agree fits in to my hood's theme very well!
Dan: "Gah! Burglar! My telescope!"
It's just a bad dream, Dan. Go back to sleep....
Tune in next time to see the original Moncur-Cave's again. It's been a long time, but I can't wait to play them again!