The Yao Chronicles 1.0 - In Which We Begin
Welcome to the Yao Chronicles, also known as my first posted legacy in... a good couple of years at least. It's not the first I've played, but it is the first I've posted since... well, since the last time I posted one. As you can see from the teaser image above, I'm doing a pixel_trade legacy... Sort of. I am using other users sims, but I might bend some of the other rules.
Also - my teaser image for this update, and the next are a different size and edit to the main pictures. This is because I made them later, after I decided that I liked the new style better, and I just couldn't be bothered changing the entire entries. I'm not even sorry.
This update includes sims by: trappingit kathsy brilliantcat keoni_chan the_caaah wooden_badger needlecream and alfredaskew
We start this legacy off by meeting our founder, who as you can see is just so thrilled to be alive.
Sam: Yaay... Please just kill me now.
Since he's being such a ray of sunshine, here are his stats.
If that font is a little hard to read (my bad - it will change) they are:
Sam Yao
Capricorn Knowledge
7 / 4 / 1 / 8 / 5
Red Hair & Glasses
Witches
Become Chief of Staff
Sam is named after the radio operator from the game Zombies, Run!
And this is his house shack. It's quite big for a shack, and as such has no wall coverings or floors. But he does have all the essentials.
First things first. Get Sam some cooking points. I want to try and go this update without a fire! *
Sam: This recipe book has opened my eyes to the amazing world of fine cuisine!
A wild kathsy tag team appears!
Kella: Hi there!
Cindy: Oh my god, Kella, hi!
. And food. I love food.
Sam: Really? How amazing, I love it too!
No, but seriously, look how happy he looks.
Sam: I've always found food lovers to be the best kissers.
Cindy: That sounds like a recipe I can get behind.
brilliantcat's Michaela: My conversation sense is tingling, and I cannot fathom why.
Michaela: Hello fellow ladies, may I join in with your conversation?
Cindy: ...and I swear, he was wearing pink shoes. On a date, well I tell you...
Sam cares not for your dating faux pas stories. He has a ~job~ to find.
It's not the medical career, but it will do for now.
Michaela: You've just got a job? Allow me to tell you about the time I checked in late to my own employment.
Sam: Awesome! I love stories.
Ah, the official welcome wagon is here! First up is keoni_chan's Mile.
And then my Mati, who lives at the neighbourhood spawning lot, so he's not eligible to be in this legacy - plus, he's married anyway.
Michaela: One day, I was late to my place of employment. It was through no fault of my own you see.
Kella: Really? Keep going.
Sam: Eh, I've heard this one before.
I forgot to give Sam a sink when I first built his shack, and he doesn't have enough
money for one now. Heck, he doesn't even have enough money to buy decent bin bags, judging by this picture.
Michaela and Kella decide to play kicky bag in the smallest area of the house shack. I have no idea.
I also have no idea who caught butterflies and left them on the side >:|
Sam: Be free my pretties!
Sam then proceeds to go inside, and be a wuss about the game of kicky bag.
Sam: What if someone gets hit in the head and deafened?
Cindy however, seems quite into it.
Cindy: Aw yeah, kicky bag. I love kicky bag.
Cindy: I didn't really like Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City...
Sam: What. No. You are WRONG. Lalala I can't hear you.
Sam: But I do like home made chilli. It's the best.
(Side note: I don't even know why this was taken in buy mode...)
Hello there, Vivienne Avril (the_caaah)
Sam: I don't really like hats. They're way too fussy.
Meanwhile wooden_badger's Snapdragon becomes the latest walkby.
Sam: I really wish I could have gone to University. Think of everything I could have learned about killing zombies and surviving with no food or money.
Cindy: ++ Hmm. Indeed.
Sam: When rigor mortis sets in I can go all night!
Cindy: *swoons*
To do Sam's name justice, I've decided that all his pickup lines will be zombie related. Prepare for cheese and body parts!
Sam's so excited by the prospect of ~*~romance~*~ that he hits Cindy in the face with a pillow, before putting his arm though the wall.
(I lost a couple of screencaps here, mostly of him saying goodbye to Cindy, so it's not really a big issue.)
Sam: zzzZZzzz... mmm, hello Plume. (needlecream)
Sam: zzzZZzzz... I am awesome.
The first thing Sam does when he wakes up? Writes in his diary about Alfie (kathsy), someone who he has never met.
As a very poor playful sim, Sam's fun meter is pretty much constantly hovering a couple of notches above red. As an attempt to raise it a little, I made him make a paper plane. It marginally worked.
Whoops! Forgot to screencap the first part.
And now he's jobless. Great.
Sam: God, I'm such a failure. Can't even keep a basic job.
Time for operation; Cheer Up Sam!
Sam: Cindy? HI. It's Sam. Sam Yao. You met me yesterday. How are you? Me? I'm awesome!
As Sam struggles to raise his fun, Dag (trappingit) wanders by. As more friends can't hurt, I sent him out to greet her.
Dag: TAKE A BASEBALL TO THE CROTCH YAO.
Sam: This is more fun than it seems like it should be.
As if Sam is some sort of psychic, Alfie walks past his house - but catch is too much fun.
Alfie: I am above such shenanigans.
Stanwick (charterzard): Aw man, I love catch.
Sam: If there was ever a zombie apocalypse, I'd want you on my team.
Dag: You can gnaw on my arm any time.
...huh. Looks like Dag is into zombie chat up lines. WHO KNEW?
Still no medical career, and Dance was the highest paying, so that's the one we plumped for.
A quick shot to show that Sam's lack of funds is affecting pretty much every aspect of his life.
Sam: zzzZZzzz... I wish I had a magic lamp to make things better.
7am rolls around, and as the last of the fireflies fades away until tomorrow, Sam leaves for his first day at work.
And when he returns (without getting fired!) he not only has enough money to buy himself an RC car...
...he can also pay his bills!
I missed him picking them up, but he was about 2 days away from the Repo man coming.
Sam: Cindy, hi, Sam again. Want to hang out?
Cindy has called him three or four times, so it looks like she's pretty set on joining this family.
As we wait for Cindy to arrive, Michaela calls, just to make sure Sam knows that she was late to work that one time.
Sam: Yes, I know you work in a factory. You've only told me like three thousand times.
Time for another lost screencap - this time of Sam hugging Cindy in greeting.
Flash forwards two minutes, and...
Sam: Ohmygod. She's so... gross.
Wait, what? A quick check of the relationship panel reveals that they do in fact have negative chemistry, which puts my plans to bed, so Cindy is sent packing, and Sam sends himself to bed.
As his fun bar has tanked once more, the first thing he does when he gets up is to play with his car. Thus begins a trend of Sam doing things in his underwear.
Sam: Local celebrity in alien baby scandal. Huh.
I lost the picture of Sam showering, but just as he's getting out, Dag walks by. Luckily, Sam is in time to greet her...
...and greet her. This is the point where I lost temporary control of my game to ACR.
Sam and Dag obviously think that things aren't moving fast enough.
So they take matters into their own hands.
Sam: If I only had one bullet left and you were a zombie, I'd use it on you.
Dag: I'd do the same for you.
Spoiler: I never pick the right answer for this one.
See? That little mishap leaves us with a tidy sum of §0
So as soon as he gets home, Sam invites Dag over. And then pounces on her in greeting.
Sam: (after eating her face) Move in with me?
Dag: I like agressive men ++
Layne(alfredaskew): Women are such odd creatures.
Dag brings in an unimpressive §1000, most of which is blown buying them a new bed.
Which is eagerly tested out as soon as possible.
Upon waking up, Dag proves that she's going to fit right in, by playing with the car in her underwear, before doing anything else.
In an attempt to be a good boyfriend, Sam decided to make his lady pancakes whilst she's in the shower.
And only succeeds in setting them on fire.
* I fail.
Sam: ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
Fire Woman: *to the recsue*
Sam: It's okay, I'm not gonna die. I can still go to work.
Fire Woman: Why do I have to always save the stupid ones?
Dag doesn't seem to mind that the pancakes are burnt, oh no.
She enjoys them so much that she goes back for seconds.
I send her out to dig, hoping that she can find something useful to sell before she leaves for work.
She doesn't.
Dag is currently employed as a Patrol Officer, which means she gets a spiffy uniform.
Sam returns home with a small paycheck, which when combined with the money made from selling the bones Dag unearthed earlier pays the bills...
...and means that Sam and Dag now have wall and floor coverings inside.
We're down to about §11 again, so Sam takes up where Dag left off.
Dag brings home Plume, and after previous events she gets sent home pretty much immediately.
Sam digs up one of the maps in his quest for the treasure, which means at some point I'll have to send them on holiday. Not now though, as money is quite tight...
...since most of Dag's paycheck went on painting the house bright yellow.
Dag: Can't believe I'm so poor I have to throw the dishes away *grumblegrumble*
Whoops! In my excitement about having wallpaper, I forgot to get them a sink.
Sam & Dag: *Celebratory woohoo*
...wait just one second.
...oh. This means only one thing.
Sam: As the lady who has just proved to me that a good woohoo is not just an exclamation of joy...
Sam ...Dag would you do me the honour of marrying me?
Dag: *internally* I wonder how much this would get on the black market?
Ahh, Fortune sims.
Dag: YES. YES I WILL.
And with the glow of their engagement still hovering over their heads...
...Sam and Dag tie the knot.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr and Mrs Sam Yao.
Who straight away decide to consummate their marriage. Just to make it official.
And then to finalise their transition into marriage... shared bathroom usage.
Next update: Secondary aspirations, promotions, newspaper thieves, more underwear,gushing water and more!
And since I never mentioned in the update anything about Dag, have a stats image for her:
