Pinkington Palace, 3.01
Hey Betty, guess what? It's time to GTFO. You lost the vote. And you need to take Sabrina and Veronica with you.
I love Betty so so much, but Crissy won your hearts.
I made the mistake of kicking them out and having them disappear into the mean streets. Oops.
I found Bitsy right where I left her, trying to deliver a painting to Christian. Prudence probably saw the moon and shat herself and fainted again.
After searching fruitlessly for them, and scouring MATY, I realised that I had to move the girls back home and then cheat a little to get them to move out properly. Even when I had a lot they could afford, the game wouldn't let them move there. So I moved them back in (and that's their warm greeting right there), boosted the family funds a little, and moved them back out.
Sabrina: HOLY SHIT THERE'S A MONSTER BEHIND ME. IN MY BEHIND!
You girls are just WAY too close. BOUNDARIES, PEOPLE.
~When 2 become 1~
Sabrina: What do you mean I can't sleep here?? I'm so tired!
Crissy: My popularity is on the rise!
Veronica: What do you mean I can't admire myself in the mirror?!
First stop, Sabrina's house. Because I cheat with money when I set the spares up, they get prettier houses.
Sabrina: I'm gonna kill her if she gets lipstick on my mirrors.
I like to set them up with everything, while making the heir struggle a little as I follow the no cheating with money rule. I'm nice like that.
It's a bit in your face, but I think it suits her.
Next stop, Veronica's abode.
We went for chic, classy and beige. With lots of mirrors. LOTS of them.
Her bedroom has one of the biggest mirrors on each wall, and the wall to her left has one too. That way, she'll always be surrounded by her perfect visage. She also has no room for children there, because she hates them. Everyone else I set up to be ready for them, but not Veronica.
And finally, Betty's little homestead.
Not a real house, with as much outdoors as possible, and her own little pond. Everything she could ask for!
And back at home, these two are still all over each other.
Crissy: No, don't mind me. It's okay, really. I'm only the heir and I've suddenly advanced quite quickly, but don't pay me any notice. Really, it's okay.
Crissy: Oh yeah, that's some good shit man.
Bitsy, you're a little late there. She's already grown up. You can stop with the horn.
I like how she continues to look guilty as she rummages through Aron's bin, despite having done this several times before.
Part of being heir means getting your hands dirty. It also helps that it's for her job, too.
Yeah, you rock that that beast.
Too bad no one's listening! There was no one in the park for AGES. Poor Bitsy.
And then finally Tabatha Wainwright turned up, and continued to look scary. She must've had enough of living with her sister Nikita and sister-in-law Tabitha (Pinkington, remember), because she upped and moved out across the street from her uncle Jason.
Renovation time! Doesn't it look a lot nicer now? At some point, the Roberts family moved out from next door, too. They didn't even say goodbye :(
You're looking delightfully evil there, Crissy.
Crissy was on her way to the Art Gallery, and Nikita and Tabitha were across the road at the hospital (along with...someone Ursine. I don't remember her name). Tabitha - who's Mayor now - doesn't seem to remember why she's there either.
Oh, right, another breakdown.
THIS CAR IS STUCK THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. It wasn't there the last time I played, but it's now stuck there and I can't move it, even with moveobjects on. Is there a lot debugger box for TS3 yet? I suppose I should look into it. There's another car stuck elsewhere, up near Veronica's place too, I think. Other cars just drive through them, so at least it's not causing traffic problems.
While Crissy stopped off at the park to use the facilities, guess who we found painting?
Marmaduke! I know he's got some fans out there :)
Townie guy: Oh yeah man, all politicians should burn in hell.
WTH is up with that icon??
Firelady: Another day, another death.
That's reassuring.
(and in case you're the curious sort, that's Amelia Pinkington (Marmaduke's daughter) play foosball with Jolene Goth (my sim's daughter), while Bitsy is in the loo.
A Sabrina sighting! She lives around the corner now.
Family time is skilling time.
Even her dreams don't want to wake up.
Uh oh.
I don't think they make Depends for ghosts, do they?
Marmaduke and his family also upped and moved out at some point too. I sent Esmerelda to go visit them, and they all ran out of the house as she drove over!
Well, except for Amelia. She was too slow. Their new house is quite pretty, though.
And they sheepishly return. I have no idea what was up with that.
You guys are weird.
Amelia: I love flan! It's the best!
Christian: I like to eat bugs. I mean...cake. I like cake. Yeah. Cake.
Meanwhile, Es is trying to convince Marmaduke to let her make a movie about his life. Except not really.
Marmaduke: And everyone will bathe thoroughly before coming on set, right? And the man who plays me will study under me at work, won't he? I mean, he has to get it right. But I don't want anyone else that close, no, that won't do. How about I just play myself? Oh we could do a reality show instead! "Dr Marmaduke, MD to the stars!" How does that sound? Except then I'd have to see patients and I really don't like that.
Marmaduke: Maybe we could just do a show where I can share my wisdom, without having to touch, be near or talk to anyone?
Amelia: That there is an idea made of pure shit.
Damn it, Betty, that tv was brand new when I gave it to you!
I don't know if I should be pleased that Crissy can easily fix the problem with a screwdriver, or annoyed that Betty can't.
Oh, I guess I died. Again. Mortimer died again the other day, too. THIS TIME FOR REAL. No more coming back and having a Groundhog Day moment, guys.
Yes, they're quite affectionate.
Crissy: You know what's cool? ME. Wanna see how cool I am?
Betty: You're going to streak through Central Park?
Crissy: Nah, I'm gonna EAT YOUR DIRT. YEAH.
Betty: Are you sure? I mean that's not clean dirt.
Betty: Oh that dirt is filthy! How can you eat that? Birds shit in that!
I really miss the TS2 system of turn ons/off and flirting. It made it SO much easier to try to find someone. Plus, I don't have a same sex pregnancy hack that works properly (other than doing that "editme" trick but that annoys me because then you have to recreate all their outfits), so I have to limit her to men.
ANYWAY. There's slim pickings, so she went swimming.
Splashing is a form of flirting, right?
And she beat Grant, of course.
But didn't realise the burger was bad until AFTER she ate half of it. Clever girl.
So I saw him and thought, he looks nice. Let's pick him up.
Unfortunately, he's married and didn't appreciate her feeble pick up line. "Got wood?" isn't classy, Crissy.
Another day, no babies.
BUT it was time for Esmerelda's siblings to catch up with her, age wise. Starting with Marmaduke. Plus, I wanted to prettify his girls again.
Amelia!
Christian! And I didn't realise she was blinking at the time I took the picture. Oops. I don't know how that happened!
Prudence!
And the man himself.
Christian's a bit of a hottie.
Amelia is too, but I think Christian is prettier.
Don't go all emo on me, Amelia.
Prudence: Dragons are scary! SCARY. That's why I don't let them in the bedroom.
Contrary to popular opinion, the quickest way to a man's heart is not through his stomach, but straight through his chest. With your face.
Passion never dies, with these two.
At Bartlby's house, I found Augustine in the garden, while everyone else was inside. You can't just stick a kid in the garden and hope he grows, Bartlby!
But grow he did, anyway.
Ivan looks...thuggish.
And Bartlby hasn't really adjusted to old age. That cracks me up. I forgot to get a picture of Patrice. Oops. And Bella died sometime soon after this, too.
Remember Grant, from the pool? Well, not only is he married, but he has four children. AND his family were the ones who moved in next door, to where the Roberts family had been. AWKWARD.
BUT. He and his wife both have had love interests on the side, so it's not like cheating is something he's against. He just must not like Crissy. The bastard.
I thought about having her pursue him, but decided that I wanted her to have a husband without baggage. You know, no wife OR children. The family tree is crowded enough as it is!
Evil mail-ladies do not make me feel good. She stood there cackling for a while, before running off laughing evilly.
Crissy's first day at work! She's all growed up now.
What the hell is going on at school here? It's 10:22 and all the kids are loitering out front? They can only go in one at a time, and it takes them forever to do it. That pink kid down the front is Ava, Tabitha's youngest. Melodie is the blonde in the green shirt up in front fo the door.
Yes, Ava, you have forgotten something. IT'S CALLED SCHOOL. IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU. NO, REALLY, IT IS.
Man, that's a face only a mother could love.
OH SHIT. You were meant to be gardening! BUT YOU LEFT ME.
See? She's GONE. AGAIN.
RIP again Bitsy.
I also moved the other graves to the graveyard, because they were annoying me.
Esmerelda: My dead mother is dead again! What is going on in the world today??
Uh, okay. They don't have dishwashers at work?? It seems like one of those tradie initiations, where they ask the new kid to go get a left handed screwdriver or some elbow grease.
All she did was load them into the machine one by one. Ooo tricky.
I decided to get Esmerelda to play matchmaker and had her call up the adult men she knew. Of them all, Dale Kaufman was the only one who agreed to come over.
Dale: Oh yeah, I'd like to tie her up.
Except...OH NO. TRAIT CLASH. He's grumpy and she's excitable. Will it ever work?
MAYBE. And he's single, too, so that's a big bonus.
Dale: So this is what a real woman feels like...ohh so soft. Not squishy or rubbery at all.
But he doesn't move as fast as Crissy.
And that took AGES to fix. And then right when things were moving along nicely again, he ran out saying it was too late and he was going to turn into a rutabaga or something.
Bastard.
So I left them to sleep and went back to checking out the siblings. Gertie and Frida got old, and Rosemary (Fezzik's daughter) grew up into an outfit not suitable for her shape.
Then it was off to Tabitha's, and Melodie also got to grow up. (In case you're wondering, I sped up the aging on everyone because of all the probelms I've had with my game. Having to replay the same few days three times over did not make me happy)
For some reason, Tabitha had a police cruiser in her backpack, but she couldn't drive it. WTF?
Ava: OMG MOM! What are you wearing?
She's growing into her nose a bit. And it's nice to see the pink skin around :)
Damn, that's some funky middle age spread. Well, old age, I guess.
Yet another loving old couple :)
She died yesterday, but she's already back!
Sweet!
Extra sweet!
What IS THIS I DON'T EVEN?!?!?!
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS FROM AND IT JUST POPPED UP AND WHAT THE HELL MAN?
Crissy and Dale went for a date at the beach. Aww, so pretty. She's raving about her promotion.
AND AGAIN! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FROM?? I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE!
And in case you were wondering, we opted for catching frogs and pulling hard.
That sounds like a Saturday night out.
Dale: You make my heart sing.
Crissy: *melts*
FINALLY.
Followed by a picnic. Aww. What a great date.
I mean, look at how pretty it is!
He even came home with her...
And while they were kissing and making out in the lounge room, her parents were nearby. It's gotta be hard to try to convince your date to sleep over while your parents are RIGHT THERE, but she did it.
FINALLY x 2
WHY IS THIS KID NEXT DOOR AWAKE AT MIDNIGHT. WHY IS HE AWAKE ALL FREAKING DAY. WHY IS HE ALWAYS MAKING NOISE. Seriously, these guys are NOISY. I can always hear their tv, kids and talking going on. I DON'T NEED THAT LEVEL OF REALISM.
These pants would be great for ankle fetishists.
LOL WUT.
I said yes. He has a spare!
Aww, lovesick. I also decided to try out a trick for maternity wear, where you fancy up the up the duff outfit, and have them change into it before they start to show. This hopefully means they won't be forced into the regular stuff.
What's in the box?
LOVE. And lens flare.
He said yes! WOO! Gen 4 is well under way.
I love opportunities like this, because they have a shit load of produce stored up, so it's nice and easy.
WE HAVE VOMITING, PEOPLE. FROM THE EYEBALLS. ALIEN SPACE BABY HAS TAKEN OVER. I REPEAT. ALIEN SPACE BABY HAS TAKEN OVER.
Wedding time! Or is it...
Go classy, bring hot dogs.
It was REALLY hard trying to get these people to get organised. And then Jennie had to go and start playing badly.
You may be fooled into thinking this is them getting married. It's not. They didn't have the option for a wedding. At all. And I had to get them to work through all the romance options, and they still didn't have it. WTF.
Ever have the feeling that everyone in the room is looking at you, Tabitha?
Yeah, well they are.
And then they kept leaving, even though the wedding hadn't taken place, so I blocked the stairs off but then people started walking through the floor.
It was creepy!
Hey Es, don't lose your head.
What was weird, was when I dropped down to the first floor view, they all disappeared. They were attached to the upstairs. So I had to cheat and move them all away from there, and then they finally went home.
She kept looping, going "downstairs" through the front yard, then up through the floor to upstairs.
Despite all these problems, nearly everyone had a good time, and the party was a moderate success.
But AFTER everyone left, they had the option for 'private wedding', so we went for that.
And that caused Prudence and Sabrina to faint in the front yard.
There's Dale for ya.
AGAIN, she doesn't realise the food is bad until after she starts eating it. Apparently the stink fumes are invisible to her eye.
Dale: I love being married! It's the best!
Crissy: Hey babe? Guess what?
Dale: We're married?
Crissy: ...other than that.
Dale: Um...you look hot?
Crissy: Other than that! Oh, never mind, you'll never get it. I'm knocked up!
Dale: HOLY SHIT that was fast!
I've also started a new legacy up with Betty, so keep an eye out for that. And I tried to make TS3 versions of Zady, Stephan, Landy and Jen from Dear Diary. I might post them later. But that's where I discovered BASEMENTS. They're SO COOL. I've also started a new TS2 legacy, because I felt like taking a break from everything. BUT Erinsborough Bay is still in progress, I've worked on the Tinsels and Trousers, and some of Dear Diary 2. But I think I need a better name for that. SO MUCH IN THE WORKS.
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