Global Legacy 2.1
Oh hey, the world's still here. Let's check in on some of its residents then. Last time we saw Greece, he was having a pretty busy week, living on takeout and wooing (and woohooing) all his potential spouses and then rejecting them until there remained just one willing to put up with his bullshit; NyoChina. Turns out she was only after his money.
Problem is, all of Greece's finances are tied up in his enormous beach lot and the actual cash funds are pretty low. So he makes his own in his spare time. You'd think this would be a bad idea after the last update, when the stupid counterfeiting machine burst into flames after twenty seconds, but I got irritated enough with that to learn enough about modding to make that stop. So now the only thing standing between Greece and untold riches are his motives.
And also the cops.
China: There's nothing in my way!
Great! Enjoy your meal!
China: But there's nothing in my way!
China finally managed to get enough creativity points to paint Greece's founder portrait.
And she finished just in time for bellypops.
And here's my happy couple, side by side on the wall. :D
So! You may or may not remember that the challenge rolled last week was for Greece to become a vampire, so I sent him downtown to find one. He failed, but he now has enough creativity points to actually make some money from his crap rap.
Turns out I didn't need to send him out because he's already besties with one.
Greece: Hi! I can't remember ever actually meeting you or getting to know you or anything, so wanna come over for a bite to eat?
I've never had any luck getting vampires to autonomously bite people, so China used influence.
China: Would you mind giving my husband a nibble?
Contessa Jane: I'd be honoured.
It's super effective.
Contessa Jane: You are under my command.
Greece: Huh?
Contessa Jane: NOMNOMNOM
Greece: Is that a spider on the ceiling?
Greece: That IS a spider on the ceiling!
Contessa Jane: Bleh!
Greece: Bleh! Heh, that's kinda fun.
First thing they did was check everything was still in working order.
And then Greece retired to his coffin in the garage for the day.
So while her husband slept, China set off for the first of her five businesses, Fine China.
It's gonna be slow going as right now, she doesn't actually have enough money to buy a cash register.
China: Can't I buy a ticket machine instead and charge these guys for standing here?
South Italy: What a great place to do a little skipping.
Estonia: And the bird watching in these parts is top notch.
But she does quickly manage to dig up enough rubbish to buy the bare necessities.
England: Oh my goodness, TEACUPS!
Yeah, England plays straight into stereotypes by being the first sim to purchase a teacup.
Back home, Greece makes more money while his fangs float away. Thanks for that, EAxis. I've tried three different mods to fix that mistake of yours.
Spain: How dare he have sex with his wife!? HOW DARE HE!?
Yeah, Spain is still bitter about that.
Greece: Wait, I thought the pizza challenge was over?
It is. But you're hungry, the kitchen can only be reached by going outside, and the pizza was in your inventory.
Greece: Well, how about I fly to the kitchen?
Bad idea! BAD IDEA!
China: I don't care if it's a bad idea, get him in here NOW, I need moral support!
It's a girl! Her name is Grina, which in my head sounds like "greener".
China: Welp, that was fun and all, but I'm just gonna plonk this thing on the floor and go to the store, OK?
So! Back to the store! It has a few more walls today.
Reviewer: There aren't even any walls here! This place is rubbish!
Despite the bad review (and China's bad habit of water-bombing her customers), she does pretty well.
Grina: Mum? Dad? Could I get a little help over here? Someone!? WAAAAAAH!
Greece: -YOOOOOOOOOOOOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGS!
China: Did I just hear screaming?
Greece: My singing is not that bad!
Italy: Nyehehe, that newspaper is as good as mine!
You know, I don't think that newspaper has made it inside the house since Greece and China got married.
That night, Greece helps out at the store. It's the least he can do, seeing as he has no intention of ever getting a job. I make him work until sunrise and then send him home so China can take over.
And by the time she's finished, the business is in a building! With carpet and wallpaper and everything!
Oh, and Grina finally makes it off the bathroom floor and onto the hallway floor. She's getting closer to the nursery, slowly but surely.
Greece: Oooh, what's this?
China: There you go, baby. In your crib at last.
Nice job, China. Perhaps tomorrow you could change her nappy too.
Today Greece would like to kill himself.
Greece: Aww, come on, it's just sunbathing. What's the worst that could happen?
Greece: OK, you were right. That was a bad idea.
I wound up moving most of the furniture into the garage to keep him entertained and alive. Idiot sim.
China is back at work and kicking arse.
They celebrated with a date. And by date, I mean they had lots of sex all over the house.
But not in the car because EAxis coded it stupid.
Still a dream date though. 22/50
Greece is an awful cook, but at least it's not him burning this time.
Fine China keeps getting better.
China: Damn right I am.
China: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT.
Townie: B-but I didn't-
China: BUY IT!
Townie: I'm buying, I'm buying!
Then Russia offered her a blind date. I accepted, hoping it would be a nation.
Instead she got a magenta cashier with a bumfluff 'stache.
China: Is that a pink teenager? I don't want it, send it back.
An evil witch kept showing up and causing storms, so I got annoyed and made China use the weather changing aspiration reward to make it sunny.
The witch came back ten minutes later.
China: Buy my stuff! It's the best stuff in the world!
Townie: OHMYGOD YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT! I WANT IT ALL NOW!
Canada tried to break into the employee break room and got stuck in the corner.
Canada: Help!
Have you tried turning around?
Canada: I can't! I'm stuck!
No you're not, you just want the cake in the break room.
Canada: It was worth a try.
GREECE GET BACK INSIDE DO YOU WANT TO DIE!?
Greece: I just need to put this burger down on a table!
PUT IT ON THE FLOOR!
Greece: The floor at the bottom of the steps I just went up? OK, but then I need to go back up... I dunno why, I just do.
I got fed up of trying to stop him going into the house and just let him and removed all the windows.
I later found out that apparently sunlight entering through windows doesn't count, which would've been handy to know back when I started this challenge.
Greece: Hi, Hong Kong! Wanna come over for a date?
Hong Kong: Sounds like fun, why not?
Why not? Well it turns out, because when Greece leaves the house to greet you, he will start smoking and all his motives will plummet and the date will have to be abandoned.
So I teleported Latvia over instead.
Latvia: Oh, are we going on a date then?
Greece: Not enough time. But while you're here, there is something you could do for me...
Latvia: Whatever it is, I'd be honoured.
Latvia: OK, this wasn't exactly what I was hoping for when I came over.
China brought home a recipe for disaster.
Happily, nobody tried to hit on anyone because they were all distracted by Grina's birthday. I especially love how excited Latvia is while Greece sits in the corner, ignoring everyone.
Greece: Well how can you expect me to concentrate on my kid's birthday when I'm DYING OF HUNGER HERE!?
Have you maybe thought about eating that pancake behind you?
China: Quit whining. You can have some cake when I'm done throwing the baby in the air.
And here's Grina all grown up.
She's a totally adorable happy toddler, first thing she does is crawl into the hallway and bop along to the stereo. Aww.
Greece: Why did you turn left!? There's a vampire nest down there! I don't wanna deal with a vampire nest!
Latvia: Killing vampires is fun though!
Greece: Think long and hard about what you just said and then get the fuck out of my house.
Greece: Say, Latvia's gone, the wife's in bed... wanna go out somewhere?
Poland: Eh, I guess so.
Greece: Surprise! This outing is now a date!
Poland: Now just 'cause I, like, agreed to go on a date with you, doesn't mean I've like totally forgotten about that time you like, totally cheated on me.
Greece: Which time was that?
Poland: ...Um, wasn't there like, just one time?
Greece: Oh! Yes, of course, just once.
Italy: HAW HAW HAW YOU ARE SUCH A LYING CHEATING DICKFACE!
Poland: What?
Greece: AHEM! A TOAST TO US!
Britannia: YOU CHEATING SHIT!
Greece: Oh crap, where did she come from?
Poland: Um, you know what, I just remembered I had like, a thing. Yeah. This thing. I should like, go do that.
Greece: Oh hey, hi again. Listen, I changed my mind about that date. Wanna do it?
Latvia: Oooh, yes please!
Here's a tip, Latvia. If you want to be super best friends forever with China... you might want to rethink banging her husband on the sly.
Latvia: Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you over the cries of ecstasy.
23/50
Back at home, China and Greece grudgingly make an effort to teach Grina her toddler skills.
Somehow those scraps of attention make up for that babyhood spent on the floor and she's actually friends with both her parents.
Potty training faces.
China: Urgh... I don't feel so good...
Aww poop, China's knocked up again. I was really kind of hoping this wouldn't happen... because my naming rules have condemned the next child to a lifetime known as Cheece.
It's daytime, China doesn't have work right now, her deadbeat husband's stuck in his coffin, but at least China can go and run the business up to Rank 4.
Italy: *poke*
China: Ow! What was that for, you manic!?
Italy: For MARRYING MY BOYFRIEND!
Italy: And I will have my revenge!
Wow, I honestly never saw Italy as the vengeful sort, but both of them are really taking Greece's nuptials badly.
I mean, why can't they be like Latvia here, spending all their money on vases? I think he has a guilty conscience.
China is officially pregnant.
I had to buy a pet bed for poor Grina because China was at work and Greece was back in his coffin. He is such a deadbeat. Heh. Dead-beat.
China came home with money just in time to feed Grina before she starved to death.
Didn't you want to be BFFs with her? Because it would probably help if you didn't call her home in order to ask out her husband.
China: Did you- what the hell did you do to the computer!?
Greece: Um, it must've been a power surge-
China: I work all day, dancing my ass off, then go to the store and sell vases and teacups, then come home and feed the baby, while YOU spend all day sleeping in a coffin and maybe sometimes print a few bills, and then you go and BREAK THE DAMN COMPUTER so I can't find a new job because for some reason everyone in this town keeps stealing our newspapers-
Greece: You're cute when you're mad.
And just like that, all is forgiven.
Neither China or I can stay mad at him for too long when he does cute stuff like this.
Thanks, Latvia, but that challenge was two sim weeks ago.
Greece: Grr, I could've had a dream date gift from Poland too if it hadn't been for HER.
Grina masters bowel movements, hurrah.
China: Oh my God, pregnancy is amazing!
China: Help, there's no free counters!
There's one right behind you. I think she must have pregnancy brain or something, she never complains about non-existent problems any other time.
The store is starting to get very busy now. I had to hire an employee to work on the register because they were starting to throw down their bags in a huff in China wasn't there RIGHT AWAY to serve them. And of course, Greece is no use in the daytime.
Uh-oh. I let China read the note on the flowers, thinking they were from her, only to discover that they were from Latvia. China's dream date flowers are ones at the side of her! She was pretty upset by this.
Oh wow, just take a look at what happened to their relationship score! Ouch!
I got them a maid. He is delicious.
I figure after breaking his wife's heart, helping out at the store was the very least Greece could do for her.
Greece: Buy a vase and make my wife love me again!
He actually worked pretty damn hard that night.
Then he took China out on a date in a vain effort to make her forgive him. Sadly she was exhausted and kept trying to nap, so the date sucked.
Greece: Who left this woman on the floor?
They've now saved up enough cash for China to buy her next business! This one is a lot I downloaded from somewhere I forget, and I'm gonna have China charge entry.
But before that, it's time to cure Greece. HURRAH! I want to like vampires, but their sunlight allergy is really annoying and I've missed Greece all that time he's been stuck in the coffin.
Greece: Oooh, what's this?
Greece: It burns!
Greece: I feel like a whole new man!
Welcome back!
Greece: I'm going sunbathing!
To celebrate, I booked China and Greece a holiday. They've had the want for one locked since they got married, so I figure why not indulge them and see if they can put the spark back in their marriage? Plus one of the legacy targets is to get all the vacation memories and I've decided that's gonna be China. First though, there's just one thing they need to get done.
China: Oh crap, I forgot this thing has to come out.
And it's a... um, I forgot. It's a baby! Named Cheece. Sorry, kid.
What are you doing, Britannia?
Britannia: Just reading the headlines. Not stealing the paper.
Wait, what, really? OK, carry on.
Britannia: I'll steal it when they've left.
Greece: Hi, just checking in.
Bellboy: Ugh, honeymoon couples.
I usually fail these things, so yay.
NINJA SIGHTED.
NINJA CHANCE CARD FAIL.
Buying a business lot just before this vacation wasn't my best idea. It completely wiped out all their cash and because inventories are inaccessible at both hotel and community lots, I couldn't even make them dig for cash. Good thing Greece's rap skills have progressed, right?
Problem is, because this is a clean hood, there are no vacation locals. Not a single one. I have no anti-spawning mods and I assumed they'd just be made automatically, like all other sims are, but NOPE. The only person who showed up was the Charlatan and he has no intention of handing over any money.
Greece: ...And she says "me too, you've been eating grass for the past fifteen minutes!"
China: How many times do I have to tell you, I hate your dirty jokes!?
Greece: Can't be true. I haven't told you them all yet.
Greece: You know what would be a pretty cool business for you? A tea shop.
China: You know, that's not a bad idea.
Hmph. Now they're down to their last $15.
China managed to get the ninja question correct this time.
I downloaded a mod that would let me access inventories and China immediately came up trumps, not only digging up a map to the secret locations, but also a treasure chest. Now they can actually pay for their holiday!
Both China and Greece learned the tale of the dragon scroll.
Relaxing massage.
Final tour went well. That's 2/3, pretty sure it's the best result I've ever had.
Finally, vacation locals! Sadly none of them know the local gestures (yet) so I'll have to send China back here at some point. Still, this young lady looks like she's having fun there with Greece.
Greece: Hey, wifey, wanna go on a date while we're here?
Housekeeper: Ugh, I really hate honeymoon couples.
Hey, at least they've got their clothes on this time.
I think that's one marriage successfully patched back up, just in time for their return home. :D
24/50
Back home, Greece chats about the weather with the postman.
Greece: Yeah, the weather in Takemizu wasn't bad, but we did get some rain. We're thinking of going to Twikki Island next for the sun. I've missed the sun this week, you see, what with being undead and all.
Postman: Yeah, cool. Wait, what!?
And it's time for a new challenge! I hope the elephant's aren't too big, or nobody will be able to use any of the bathrooms. Wait, that sort of thing is probably why they're a challenge!
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