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Wait, I haven’t played in two weeks!?

Posted on by Mila

Created along with the Superior Niks 2 post

 

  • Right off the bat, Niks has been promoted to An0nymous Ghost at work. Nice pay bump with it. She did go to work having to use the bathroom, though, so I hope she doesn’t pee herself.
  • I think the maid wants to have a baby with Kenzie. Every time they talk, he thinks about it. This is not happening.
  • Evan keeps getting sick. It’s a constant rotation of being ill and then taking meds and then getting ill again.
  • There’s a whole money tree grove now, since the discovery of a glitch that gives more seeds. I have plans to set Niks up as an incredibly rich sim, so she never has to worry about things she wants or needs. By the time I’m done, her great great grandchildren won’t have to work a day, if they don’t want to.
  • Niks is getting much better at bee keeping, he bees are no longer enraged every time we check in on them.
  • Kenzie tried hitting on the maid again. This time, he wasn’t having it. She’s super embarrassed now, and he just stopped working and left trash in the middle of the house. This is how lawsuits happen, Kenzie. You can’t sexually harass your employees. There are hashtags about this.
  • Evan has been promoted to Sheriff of the Stars. He’s starting to rake in the cash now.
  • Isla got yet another raise. She’s really killing it in this field. I’m really glad that she discovered it, it really helped her turn her life around. My little late bloomer.
  • In a rare show of family solidarity, the lot of them are going to Chez Llama to celebrate A Night Out. The last time they were all doing the same thing was the ill-fated vacation where Kenzie and Isla had a horrible time and got sent home because they were ruining the whole thing. We’ll see how this goes.

Everyone at Chez Llama, actually sitting down together.

  • The night is going well. Niks is making friends with Evan’s family, and that’s important. Maybe the next vacation won’t go so sour.
  • Except Isla has passed out in the restaurant.
  • They’ve stayed out too late, everyone is passing out as soon as they stand up to leave. Other than that, it was a great night. They got free food, all of them enjoyed it, they had great conversation and now Niks is a lot more friendly with the people she’s been living with. Maybe she and Evan can seriously start thinking about getting engaged now.
  • Before she left, Kenzie attempted to clean the kitchen of the restaurant. She got yelled at a bunch.
  • Evan is almost constantly thinking about babies now.
  • I think we got a new maid…
  • Evan’s gone through a wormhole… adventure?
  • Evan is on a strange planet. He’s collecting many samples to take home. I wonder if Niks can study these and find out more.
  • He’s met an alien! Her name is Kaye Shafer. OH! Another! His name is Sri Olvera! They actually look a bit more robotic than alien, but maybe that’s just their outfits? If they’re outfits, they’re super cool. A third! Lauryn Golden. So many new alien friends!

 

Evan exploring, and Kaye! First alien contact!

 

  • Apparently there are no bathrooms in space, so Evan’s leaving before he pees himself. It’s probably a better idea to go home than do that in front of your new alien friends. BUT. He’s taking the alien friends with him. Maybe they’ll enjoy themselves. Maybe they’ll move in! MAYBE THEY’LL BECOME FAMILY!
  •  Isla is flirting with Kaye. A lot.
  • Aaand everybody left very suddenly.
  • Niks had kind of a bad day at work, but then she was promoted to Net Demon, so I think it evens out. Another great bonus and a pay raise, too.
  • It feels like Seldom Sleepy is not doing a lot for Niks. She’s still tired all the time. I need to get her the one where she never sleeps, I think.
  • Evan has decided it’s wise to drink before he goes to work. Okay. I guess that’s a thing we’re doing now.
  • Maybe drinking before going into space is a good thing. He came back with a space slug for a pet.
  • They haven’t been able to find time to hang out, since they work opposite schedules, but Niks and Evan have made a bit of time to WooHoo in the rocket again. That seems to be their favorite spot for it. I mean, why wouldn’t it be? It’s a rocket, and they go into space when they do it.
  • We have acquired over a million Simoleons. The family is officially rich.
  • Kenzie has wandered away from the house again. This time to… stand under a bridge and play on her phone?
  • I think Loki died… she’s no longer in Kenzie’s contacts… (Just as I typed that I got “Loki’s spirit is fading away” Damnit.)

I apologize for the quality of this photo. I just needed proof. Whatchoo doin girl? Coulda stayed home to play on your phone, yanno.

 

RIP Loki. We didn’t quite get to make you our dog. Or find out why you dislike the dishwasher so much.

  • Everyone is really into Harvestfest, but there was some issues with the gnomes. Some of the gnomes got really angry. Attempts were made to appease them, but only Isla managed to. Niks got electrocuted for her efforts.

Don’t piss off gnomes, apparently.

 

Hey, uh. What are you guys doing? I mean. It’s cool and all, don’t mean to offend. But… what?

  • It’s the first snow of Winter.
  • Kenzie decided to go out and play in the snow. In her jammies. Naturally she almost froze to death.
  • Recovered from her hypothermia, Kenzie headed over to the shop. Since she sold a lot of the stuff last time, some time was spent converting it into an art gallery. Looks really nice, if I do say so myself. The store brings in quite a bit more money now. She doesn’t have to keep it open as long to turn a profit, which is nice.
  • Isla’s got some kind of whole body rash going on. I didn’t even notice until I saw her scratching a lot. Where did she get a rash!?
  • Both Evan and Niks are thinking about marriage and babies.  I think I have to stop putting it off for them. She’s almost at the end of her Career Branch, so I’ll sort these whims when that happens.
  • Everybody’s headed out to the Spice Festival. Let’s see who can grab the title this time!
  • While at the karaoke bar next to the festival, Niks finally met a vampire. Vladislaus has made an appearance. She’s so excited. Or would be, if she wasn’t exhausted.
  • Evan and Niks are best friends now!
  • Isla has gotten YET ANOTHER raise. She makes 378 an hour now.

Niks upgrades the plumbing while Evan has a nice bubble bath. Kay.

  • Evan has found some stuff in space. A dead red coral, and … a pink whale. … From space.
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Superior Niks 2

Posted on by Mila

Continuing on our journey to build the ultimate Sim

 

Career: Criminal – on the Oracle path

 

  • For some reason, the stuff didn’t pop for Public Enemy (it didn’t notice that we’d already gotten past a lot of the criminal career), so we’re switching to Chief of Mischief.
  • Changed it again to Freelance Botanist, since she’s doing a bunch of stuff in the garden.
  • Acquired the Gourmet Cooking skill.
  • Working on getting Niks’ repair skill maxed out, because right now Kenzie is the one who can fix anything, and eventually she’s not going to be there to do that.
  • Niks has completely leveled up in Mischief. (Thank fuck. That one is so hard to do.)
  • Evan and Niks are now Best Friends.

Not many newly gained skills this time, but certainly a few levels raised.

Ending Skills Stats:

Archaeology – 6

Charisma – 5

Comedy – 3

Cooking – 7

Fitness – 4

Flower Arranging – 1

Gardening – 8

Gourmet Cooking – 1

Guitar – 1

Handiness – 8

Logic – 4

Mischief – 10

Mixology – 1

Painting – 3

Photography – 1

Programming – 10

Selvadoradian Culture – 2

Singing –  2

Vampire Lore – 2

Video Gaming – 7

Violin – 2

Writing – 1

Ending Traits Stats:

Geek

Cheerful

Self-Assured

Business Savvy

Seldom Sleepy

Shrewd

Thrifty

Savant

Gym Rat

Speed Cleaner

Observant

Morning Sun

Night Owl

 

Completed Careers:

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Let’s get on with life, shall we

Posted on by Mila

This post was built at the same time as the Superior Niks post.

Everybody is going about their lives pretty smoothly. The focus is kind of on Niks the most, because she’s going to be The One, but by proxy, Evan is getting attention, too, since she’s his intended partner.

 

  • Vacations over, time to return to real life for Evan and Niks.
  •  Evan is thinking a lot about babies. He’s going to have to wait. Niks has a career she’s into, and a lot of life aspirations that don’t include kids. Thankfully they’re not going to get too old soon (cause aging up is still off for now.)
  • Dorian’s spirit is fading away. I have to make a decision. Do I let him stay around? Do I let him go away? He’s been a little obnoxious, and he’s started to break things.
  • I’m gonna let him go.
  • Niks had a fairly bad day at work. She tried, and she did what she thought was right, and it wasn’t. Now she’s stressed.
  • There’s a dog on the lot, and Evan’s decided he’s going to go introduce himself to it. Rudely. What the fuck, Evan. You bring a dog home from work and then ignore it, and now you’re going to do a Rude Introduction to another dog. What is wrong with you.
  • The dog did not like that.
  • Leaving Kenzie alone for a bit to do her own thing, it has been discovered that she is a social media junkie. Every few minutes she’s updating her status. She’s gained a fair following, but this is not what she should be doing with her life.
  • Niks apparently made the best sandwich in the whole of existence. She keeps exclaiming at every bite and is super happy right now.
  • Niks is the first one to use the new pool. It took them long enough to realize it’s down there.
  • She wants to get married to Evan. Not even just get engaged, she outright wants to marry him. That’s so cute. However, they don’t really know each other well yet, and she’s living in his family’s house and isn’t friends with any of them, so I think we’ll work on that first.
  • Dorian has asked Isla out on a date, even though he’s dead, and she can’t go because she’s gotta be at work. It’s a little heartbreaking. The poor guy just can’t get anything right.
  • Niks has two days off, so she’s headed out on the town to see what kind of trouble she can get into, pretty literally. Her current aspiration is Public Enemy, and she doesn’t know enough people to be able to get to some of the requirements.
  • We have now met, and made angry, a new sim named Houda. Houda does not like Niks, thus fulfilling a part of the new requirements.
  • Oh shit. Niks just threw a drink in some poor woman’s face because she’s in a bad mood. I think this woman may be the second one to fill the requirement. She’s already pissed.
  • Yup.
  • To calm down, she’s decided to talk to cats. She’s met a cat named Cashew who doesn’t like her very much, and a cat named Doodle who is obsessed with airplanes.
  • We have entered fall.
  • Isla got a raise at work again. She can’t actually get promoted, but all the extra money is welcome.
  • Evan got a raise AND a promotion. He’s become a Space Ranger.
  • Niks is trying to be a bee keeper, but her bees are really really angry. All the time. She gets stung so much.
  • Kenzie is at the beach, randomly befriending dogs. I don’t even know when she left the house. She’s found a stray dog named Loki and has become friends with it, and now she’s trying to take Loki home.
  • Niks has been promoted to Elite Hacker. She got a good raise with it, too.
  • Kenzie refuses to go home, and now she’s eating random food from the beach, and I don’t know where she got it, or how fresh it is. (finally got her to go home. It was an ordeal. She kept sleeping on benches like a bum, and playing on her phone.)
  • Everybody had a very good prank day, even Kenzie, who hates it. Nobody bothered her with it, nobody pranked her, so it was a good day. Evan, Isla, and Niks just pranked each other all day and had a really fabulous time.
  • Kenzie is taking Loki to the vet, the hope is to get the dog better, make friends, and try to adopt it. This will be heartbreaking, because Loki is an elder, and already looks to be ready to go. But this is Kenzie’s whim currently. Adopt a dog. So this is what we’ll do. Then everybody is going to cry, and I’m going to be like, man. Why.
  • How’d you get flirty, Isla? Who were you talking to?
  • Dorian just called KENZIE to ask her out. WTF, BRO. That’s not okay. I thought your spirit was fading anyway, go the hell away.
  • Apparently Loki hates the dishwasher.
  • WHY CAN’T WE ADOPT THIS DAMNED DOG ALREADY.
  • Abbie calls Evan every day to see if he wants to get breakfast. No, bitch. You’re toxic.
  • Kenzie has begun to flirt with the new maid, Daichi. She’s getting frisky in her old age. Hitting on these young bucks, watching romances, feeling flirty all the time.
  • Giving up on adopting Loki right now. I know it’s possible, but there must be an absurdly high friendship threshold for it.
  • Evan messed up at work. He was patrolling and didn’t check some alien kid’s pocket, and the kid robbed a store later with a weapon. He feels like he could have prevented it. Now he’s crying in bed.
  • They’re still passing around Blessing of the Ancients, they’ve been back from vacation for a while, and it’s still going through them every time they speak to each other.
  • Evan went into space on his own, and found himself on a strange swampy planet where he was confronted by a tiny green man who spoke his language, albeit a little strangely. The tiny green man implored Evan for food, and then sent him off with a strange weapon into a cave to fight a dark version of himself. When that was over, the tiny green man pointed at Evan’s sunken rocket and lifted it into the sky with some strange magic.
  • Niks has set a good example with her cleaning. The rest of the family has stopped leaving plates out and puddles on the floor for the maid to clean up.
  • Niks has gotten into a bar fight and won.
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Superior Niks

Posted on by Mila

I have decided to embark upon a journey. We shall make Niks into the most amazing sim ever. She will go through all the aspirations, she will have as many skills as possible, delve into every job. She will be superior to every other sim. Can we do it? How can we not.

We are starting her on this endeavor with some things already in place:

Traits: Geek, Cheerful, Self-assured, and Business Savvy

 Skills: Charisma – 1, Comedy – 1, Cooking – 3, Fitness – 1, Gardening – 3, Logic – 1, Mischief – 6, Photography – 1, Singing – 1, Vampire Lore – 2, Video Gaming – 4, Violin – 2, Writing – 1, and she just got Selvadoradian Culture from that vacation.

Career: Criminal – on the Oracle path

 

  • First things first, we have to get rid of how much she sleeps. She sleeps more than any other sim that I’ve ever made. I’m going to go into the rewards store and purchase Seldom Sleepy. This will help in getting more whims completed, and gaining more aspiration points to purchase other things.
  • Her first aspiration was Fabulously Wealthy. She’s almost there on this one, so we’ll keep at it for now.
  • Niks has acquired the painting skill from a whim where she wanted to start a confident painting.
  • Leveled up Video Gaming to 4.
  • Acquired programming skill.
  • Acquired Flower Arranging skill.
  • Acquired Handiness.
  • Acquired repair because she broke the stove, and I made her fix it.
  • Niks decided to make herself a drink, and gained the mixology skill.
  • She has completed the Fabulously Wealthy aspiration. With this, she has gained Shrewd, which means the household funds will get interest. Should be a good amount of it, too. We’re going to go for Mansion Baron next, since a lot of that has also been covered by Fabulously Wealthy and just the sheer amount of crap I have added to this home.
  • Mansion Baron was too easy to get. Most of it was done, I just had to purchase the columns. So I did that. She is now also Thrifty, which gives us 10% rebates on all our build mode things from now on. Which is awesome, but would have been nice to have prior to this, considering everything that has been build. That’s okay. There will be more. We’re going to move on to Public Enemy. She’s already in the criminal career, and I feel like if we don’t do this one now, it’ll be a while before we can get to it.
  • Using aspiration points from her recent successes, I have added Savant (to help her gain skills faster), Gym Rat, Observant, and Speed Cleaner (somebody has to clean in this house, we can’t always wait for the maid).
  • Acquired the archeology skill while on vacation in Selvadorada.
  • Purchased Morning Sun and Night Owl.

 

Ending Skills Stats:

Archaeology – 5

Charisma – 3

Comedy – 2

Cooking – 5

Fitness – 3

Flower Arranging – 1

Gardening – 6

Handiness – 5

Logic – 3

Mischief – 8

Mixology – 1

Painting – 3

Photography – 1

Programming – 6

Selvadoradian Culture – 2

Singing –  1

Vampire Lore – 2

Video Gaming – 4

Violin – 2

Writing – 1

Ending Traits Stats:

Geek

Cheerful

Self-Assured

Business Savvy

Seldom Sleepy

Shrewd

Thrifty

Savant

Gym Rat

Speed Cleaner

Observant

Morning Sun

Night Owl

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A Vacation For Reals This Time!

Posted on by Mila

The Vangs have decided to embark on their seasonal vacation. Back to Selvadorada. This time they’re going for longer (since it’s not just me trying to fix a game glitch). Evan and Niks will likely explore the jungle again while Kenzie and Isla do whatever they want to do. Everybody’s way stressed out and tired of the grind, so this should help. Hopefully.

  • The twins have decided to use this vacation to reconnect. They haven’t been very active in one another’s lives since before Evan was born. They’re hanging out and chatting a lot, reading books, and dancing together.

Everybody bonding.

  • Niks is exploring the jungle and making some bad decisions. She has: tried to watch a Jaguar and fallen into a cave of bats, accidentally disturbed fireflies which bother some sloths, tried to distract the fireflies but made them angry – which then made the sloths angry enough to make tree branches fall onto her head, and gotten herself exhausted because she wanted to avoid some totems that looked nasty.
  • Finally, having some luck, Niks makes friends with some sloths and finds a relic. She and Evan make it all the way to the temple. Evan is not having such a great time. He forgot food, and can’t find a bush to fertilize.
  • Inside the temple, Niks gets to work exploring, while Evan passes out in a pee bush outside. When he wakes up, he discovers a bar inside, and makes them both energy drinks. He tries to go sit by the pool to enjoy his, but gets attacked by fire flies, and set on fire.
  • While Evan tries to figure his life out, Niks is busy exploring the place and solving puzzles. She has, unfortunately, contracted something, and been almost hit by a dart, and then actually hit by a dart, but she’s also gotten them further into the temple.
  • Niks has gained something called Ancient Joy, and apparently it’s contagious.
  • It’s night in the temple, and strange things have awakened. Niks has made friends with a skeleton named Boneita Esqueleto. And also she’s been set on fire by fire flies.
  • Niks has given Boneita a gift of a sugar skull. Boneita seems to really like this gift. She has taught Niks a skeleton joke in return.

  • The trio have decided to go for a swim.

  • Evan has been electrocuted a little by lightning bugs.
  • The power has been shut off back home because nobody remembered to pay the bills before they left. Thankfully cellphones exist.
  • The sickness has gotten to Niks. The lightning bugs have gotten to Evan. They’re both dazed in the middle of nowhere. This is probably bad. They’re wandering around in bathing suits, also.
  • Evan is not as into exploring as Niks is, he keeps hanging out at the random bar in the temple and dancing. He’s found a new dance partner by the name of Tibia Maximus. She is, like Boneita, a skeleton.
  • Niks has triggered something wrong, and it scared her so much she peed herself.
  • Isla and Kenzie are NOT enjoying their time here anymore, and it’s annoying Niks. She’s sent Isla home, ending her aunt’s vacation early. If Kenzie ever comes out of the jungle, I imagine she’ll be sent home too, since she’s moping around and crying.  Oh, nope. Evan did it first. Harsh, Evan, sending your mom home from vacation like that.
  • Niks has found her way to the heart of the temple! She has explored as far as she can, and has gained some pretty great rewards. She’ll study some things before she leaves, but she’s anxious to get back to a warm shower and a soft bed.
  • Aaaaand she’s been poisoned again. This time worse. She needs an antidote now, she can’t explore any further. Off to the library. At least it’s easy to order, but she really wanted to explore more. Can’t do that when you’re so dazed you keep dancing by yourself in the middle of an ancient temple.
  • Evan and Niks are spreading the Blessing of the Ancients like some kind of godly herp. Everyone they come into contact with is getting it.
  • Niks is going to need an archeology table when she gets home, she seems to be having a great time authenticating artifacts. Maybe she and Evan can share that office, and expand it some.

  • Back at their rented spot, cleaned, fed, rested, Evan and Niks are quite happy. They’ve taken some time to relax and woohoo before their vacation ends.
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Change-up

Posted on by Mila

The lot that the main house is on is big, but it’s proving to not be big enough. I’m trying to decide if I want to move them over to Brindleton Bay. I’m on the edge of the decision. I want more room. But I also want to take my house over there. It’s so ugly, and huge, and monstrous, and I love it. Let’s see what we can do.

Well. I got the lot all moved over, but now we don’t have enough money to move in. So I think I’ll try selling a bunch of shit, since I just copied the lot to where I wanted it, and it has all of our stuff in it.

Selling stuff did not help enough. I have razed the home on the new lot, and we’re going to try something else.

Broke Delilah off of the main household and used her to buy the lot where I want to be. I still don’t have the funds to place the lot.

Delilah is back with the rest of the family, I guess we’ll just work on getting the funds up? This is annoying. I made my house too expensive to move into.

  • Everybody is going to the GeekCon. Not everybody is going to be happy about this.
  • Evan went to space and did some space trading. He’s pretty excited about the venture, but got so sleepy that he took a nap in the middle of the GeekCon space.
  • Aging up is still off, especially now that I’m trying to move them all to a new lot. I just have to remember to not add anything to the house so it can stay the same space when I’ve finally got enough cash to do this.
  • Delilah’s royalties are almost out. She’ll be going as soon as they are.
  • Isla is actually sad about losing Dorian. I find this funny, considering how little she cared about him when he was alive.
  • Kenzie keeps cranking out Masterpieces. This is great. Every little bit helps.
  • Everybody is dying of overheating! WTF. I had to put in a thermostat to stop it from happening.
  • Niks and Evan have gone on a date to celebrate a Night On The Town. They’re going back to Chez Llama, and hopefully it’ll be a better time than it was when they were there with Abbie.
  • Evan and Niks have made their relationship official! The date was a disaster, the food was awful, but they’re still going to make a go of it. And since it was Night On The Town, the food was free, and nobody had to pay for that trash.
  • Niks got promoted on her day off. Now she’s a Minor Crimelord. Look at her, getting ahead when she’s not even there.
  • I gotta get Delilah out of here, she’s started to haunt and break things.

 

I finally got enough cash together to move the household. And thankfully, selling all the old furniture brought me back to about half of my savings. Which means nobody is going to die of starvation. I’m going to leave Lillie where she is for now, since I don’t want to lose the Goth house. They can go visit her there just fine. I did cheat a little and bring the money tree over, and since it was duplicated, I have two now.

Evan also now has a lab/office for his space stuff, which will be good for him to be able to be away from people when he’s working, since it’s been a hassle to get him any kind of privacy.

The new lot is so big, there might be a pool later, though I had originally thought a second basement indoor pool would be a fun thing to build, I might do one outside.

 

  • Everybody is settled, the welcome wagon has come to greet the new neighbors. It’s all good.
  • Abbie is all about trying to get Evan’s attention now that he wants nothing to do with her. Just goes to show that she really is a shit person.

All of the “retired” sims had a bunch of aspiration points that I used before I booted them away, and I was reminded that I bought a bunch of money tree seeds when I was redoing the house, so now Niks has a bunch more gardening to do.

I’ve also decided that I want to make Niks into a SuperSim. She’s going to get into everything and be completely awesome. I’ve never done this before, and I think she’s the perfect Sim to do it with.

  • With Dorian gone, somebody needed to take care of the store, so Kenzie went to have a go at it. She took with her a whole bunch of paintings that were kicking around (accidentally duplicated with the move because somebody said online that they wouldn’t duplicate with the house, so I saved them in the inventory).
  • Kenzie is much better than Dorian at selling things and making profit.
  • Delilah’s royalties have run out, it is time for her to go to the Netherworld and be with the rest of her family. (I’m really glad this happened before she started to get really into breaking things around the house.)
  • Dorian has shown up now that Delilah is gone. I might have to fix this.

Isla is stuck at work. I’m trying to figure out how to fix this, she can’t take care of herself, and I can’t get into her inventory. I’m making the family go on vacation to see if it’ll reset things. Here’s hoping I don’t have to make her quit her job. She’s the one bringing in most of the family money right now.

  • Off to Selvadorada. (it worked. She’s no longer stuck at work.)
  • Isla is the only one in the family who is afraid of thunderstorms. Too bad it’s storming like a mfer on their vacation. This is not going to be peaceful or relaxing for her at all.
  • Niks and Evan decided to explore the jungle on their own. Niks went rifling through somebody’s abandoned camp and got stung by a scorpion. Instead of trying to find a cure, she and Evan found a bush to WooHoo in. Priorities, am I right?
  • Niks has ended up with a spider infestation. Maybe doing it in a bush wasn’t a great idea, kiddo.
  • With Niks poisoned, everyone decided to go to the market to see if they could find her a cure. The market is, of course, right next to a bar. Guess what happened instead of finding a cure. This bitch better not die.
  • The family discovered that bone dust is needed to cure Niks. Or they can buy something online for it. Thankfully there’s a computer in the museum.
  • Welp. Vacation ended before they could get there. She’ll have to order it when they get home. Hopefully she can. Or maybe she can just go to the hospital. This is absurd. She keeps getting dazed, and then being okay, which can’t be a good sign. Also the green circles all over her body. Those can’t be good, either.
  • Oh good, she’s ordered the cure and taken it. Green circles are gone, and she’s fine again. Just in time for work.
  • Niks was promoted to DigiTheif. She is an Oracle.

I have given them a pool. It’s in the basement. I’m pretty fond of it, honestly. It took a while to put together, and I wasn’t sure if it would turn out okay, but I think it did. A lot of other things have been changed/added to the house since it moved lots, so I’m going to have to do a pictures post later.

  • Evan has been promoted to Astronaut. Go Evan! He also brought home a stray with him. It is not a nice dog. He’s still trying to make friends with it, though.
  • He brought it inside, gave it a bath, and then went to bed. Thankfully the dog did not stay around once he stopped paying attention to it. This is not the time to get a dog, EVAN.
  • Niks has the worst luck when it comes to getting hurt. She was out playing in the rain and got hit by lightning. Twice.
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Killing Dorian

Posted on by Mila

I’m at this again. I’m really sick of Dorian crying all the time. ALL THE TIME. Even when he fucking sleeps. So I’m going to learn about killing a sim indirectly. Maybe through starvation. Maybe through embarrassment. We’ll see how it goes. All I know is, I’m done with him, and I’m still not ready to age up anyone else, so murder is it. Part of me wants to construct a creepy attic room to send sims off to die. I feel like it might become a Thing. Keep them out of the way of the others in the house, you know?

  • Dorian has been locked in the workroom. He’s got no bathroom. He’s got no food. What will do him in? Peeing himself to death, maybe?
  • Everyone is still doing their thing while Dorian stews in his own filth and pees himself while he starves. I wonder how long this is going to take.
  • Niks and Evan have had their first WooHoo. They decided to do it in Evan’s rocket. It was very cute, it took off with hearts as it’s trails. Niks came back as invisible, though?
  • Abbie came back around for Evan, asking if he wanted to meet her at Chez Llama for breakfast. He agreed, but he took Niks with him. It was an atypical power move for him.
  • For some reason, Niks is all about cleaning up when she’s out at a restaurant, but when she’s at home, she can’t be bothered. Just like the rest of them. This is what happens when you grow up having a maid.
  • Abbie was being really awful to people at Chez Llama, so Niks and Evan abandoned her early and went home. They’re better off. Abbie is a real See You Next Tuesday. They don’t need to be around her.
  • One of Dorian’s old friends came over to hang out with him, and he’s stinky, tired, and hungry. I don’t see how he could be very good company.
  • Somehow, Isla is still attracted to Dorian despite his current state of being.
  • Dorian’s food needs are finally in the red. Hopefully that means he’ll kick it soon. I need to move on with other things, and I feel like I can’t until he’s gone.
  • OH MY GOD, DORIAN, DIE ALREADY.
  • Evan was promoted to Space Cadet. I think he should go visit space.
  • Niks sleeps a lot. I mean, a lot. I think eventually I’m going to have to get her the perk for never being tired, because she can’t get anything done. She goes to work, comes home to sleep, and then eats, and goes to work. It’s very difficult to get her to have hobbies or anything else.
  • Dorian is dying from starvation.
  • It looks like it’s going to be a horrifyingly long death.
  • And there’s The Reaper.
  • Delilah is witnessing this happening. She’s going to be so messed up for a while.
  • Or not. She’s having a great time talking to him.
  • And he’s gone. Onward to other things!
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Getting Back To Routines (and the Main House)

Posted on by Mila

First, I should note, that I found out I can copy a Sim from my library of creations and have them in another game. I think that I’m going to bring Lillie and Meryl over and set her up in a house so that my Main House sims can get interaction with her.

I needed to take a moment to reorient myself with who is doing what in this house. There’s so much going on.

 

  • When we begin our adventure, Evan is sleeping in the bathtub, Niks is on the computer trolling people, Dorian is asleep (I’d forgotten how old he is, he’s sure to kick the bucket soon), Kenzie is wandering around being miserable for some reason, and Isla is working on a new game.
  • Oh yeah. Kenzie is miserable because it’s Love Day and her boyfriend is a ghost, and she can’t have any of the interactions with him because he won’t come over during the day. Right. Right right right.
  • Love Day was a failure for everybody. To be fair, this part of the game got added when they were in the middle of a day, and they didn’t all have time to do the things they wanted to. Next time.

 

I’ve decided to get rid of the Ghost House so that eventually Lillie and Meryl can move in. I’m going to go about it slowly though. I’m going to move the ghosts back over to the Main House one by one, suck up their simoleons and then release them into the Netherworld.

  • Delilah has been moved back into the house. She’s got quite a few royalties still coming in, so I think it’ll be a while before she gets booted back to real death.
  • Since Dorian has taken a shine to woodworking, the family has decided to invest in a retail space where he can sell his stuff. They’ll probably sell other stuff too, honestly. But this will give him a nice little project, and maybe he’ll stop moping around the house so much. Isla sure isn’t interested in him at all anymore.
  • Well, that worked a lot quicker than I thought it would. He was pretty instantly cheered up and excited after I finished setting the store up.
  • Niks got promoted at her job, she is now a Petty Thief.

I disabled auto aging for a little bit. I want to get some of these activities on hold without worrying about a time limit. And I’m not ready for Niks and Evan to be adults. They need to get their careers in place, and figure out if they are going to be a thing. Plus, now that Dorian is actually happy for a change, I’d like to give him some time in his life to be that.

 

I pulled Delilah back into the ghost house, because she’s got so much in royalties still coming in, and Zechariah was pissing me off, constantly coming to the house and breaking all the shit. While good for Evan, since he needs to level up his handiness skill, it’s really irritating to every other sim who has to deal with water everywhere and potential electrocution.

 

  • I guess it’s because they aren’t officially dating, but Evan wouldn’t sleep in the same bed with Niks. He instead crawled into bed with Kenzie. His mom. He’s. He’s too old for this. Why is this happening.
  • Dorian has been churning out woodworking like crazy. It’s like he gets into a loop. Make one, get inspired, make another. He’s going to have so much inventory for his little store.
  • Zech is returning to the Netherworld. See ya. Thanks for possessing my shit all the time, you dick.
  • This, oddly, has improved Kenzie’s mood a lot.
  • Evan got promoted to Low Orbit Specialist.
  • Dorian had a smashing day at his shop. He did really good business, a lot of people bought things, and he had a great time. Unfortunately, his employee cost him more than what he brought in. Hopefully he’ll be able to change that as he makes better stuff woodworking, and his business gains positive reputation.
  • Niks got promoted again, this time to Ringleader. She’s doing really well at this job. When she’s not at work, she sleeps a lot, though. It’s weird.
  • Moved Alexander into the house. He didn’t have anything going on at all, so he got sent to the Netherworld really fast. Mostly because I’m anxious to get Lillie into the other house.
  • Lillie and Meryl have been added to the Ghost House, and Delilah has been moved back into the Main House. We’ll let her do her thing for a while, and let the royalties run out, and then she can go away too.
  • Niks and Evan have shared their first kiss. It was super cute.
  • I got Evan the free services perk, and it’s really cut down on the amount of money leaving the house. These people really need a maid. None of them clean, ever. EVAN. WHY ARE YOU PEEING AND DRINKING COFFEE AT THE SAME TIME.
  • For some reason, Delilah will not do anything on her own. She stands around after work hungry, tired, and filthy.
  • The family got a money tree, Niks has taken up gardening.
  • Dorian is way too tied up in the store, I kept him from it for three days so he could make some more stuff, and now he’s very very sad again. VERY sad. So we’re going to the store.
  • Niks was promoted again. She makes a really good criminal, I guess.
  • Dorian’s day at the store was pretty good. He made some sales, talked to a few people, and discovered that he cannot order a pizza to the store for some reason. He was very very hungry by the time he got home, but ultimately much happier. I’m kind of getting sick of him, though. Might let him die.
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Pictures from the Main House

Posted on by Mila

Here are some family pictures, since I realized that the Main House got a little ignored when it came to showing off the people.

Niks

Evan

Dorian

 

Isla

 

Kenzie

 

And now for all the house upgrades that have happened since the last time.

 

Because of Evan’s career path, he needed some basic things. “Basic”. Not like they aren’t HUGE AND COST A FORTUNE.

A third floor was added. With a room specifically for kids. Two, actually, because there’s a playroom over there too. Evan’s bedroom is in the front right corner here. Niks is sleeping in the back right bedroom. Because they won’t share a bed yet. In the top left corner you see a gaming rig, and I had to lock the door for everyone, since they wouldn’t go to work, or do anything, they just all played the game.

The master suite has stayed the same, mostly. I changed the tub to one from the vampires add-on since everyone was going all the way into the basement to have a bath.

Nothing much has changed on the main floor.

And the basement, where I have left another little bedroom for strays.

 

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A Fresh New Day

Posted on by Mila

Let it be noted that I was gifted with several of the Sims packs, so these adventures are going to get more interesting. Or “interesting”, depending on your point of view.

  •  Kenzie is still getting down with her dead husband. It’s a little weird.
  • Dorian is sad all the time now, I think it’s because his friends keep dying. Honestly, I didn’t know the dude had friends, he just hangs out at the house all the time, and doesn’t work. Maybe he was more social before he came to live in the Main House.
  • Dorian and Isla rarely talk at all anymore, and when they do, they keep bringing up babies. They didn’t want babies before, and now it’s too late. Isla is about to age up, and I’m not really in the mood to have a toddler running around with Elder parents.
  • Speaking of which, I think Dorian is creeping up to death’s door. He’s older than Isla. I should check on that.
  • Oh. Yep. He’s already an Elder.
  • Niks has been hanging out at the house a lot. Her and Evan get along really well. I’m glad I cheated a bit and made her up for him. She’s exactly the kind of gal that he deserves.
  • Seasons is a whole new realm of shit, isn’t it. Holidays and whatever. I don’t know if I can handle this.
  • Love day?
  • Oh no.
  • Isla and Dorian are not connecting on Love Day. She got him a gift, but he keeps walking away. He’s still moping around, I think because of his dead friends still, and she can’t snap him out of it.
  • Kenzie is super into the idea of Love Day and wants to DO ALL THE THINGS, but her boyfriend is dead and only comes over at night, and she can’t even get him on the phone to invite him over earlier. I’m kinda sad about this.
  • Evan asked Niks over for Love Day. They’re getting on great, except apparently she doesn’t like roses. He made it up to her with a book.
  • Despite not being official, Evan has asked Niks to move into the house. She gladly accepted. Man, I hope this works out for them, cause it’s gonna be real awkward if it doesn’t.
  • Niks has become very interested in researching vampires. VERY interested.
  • Evan prevented a space shuttle from blowing up at work, and he’s really stressed about it because his bosses are mad that he didn’t just launch anyway, but it was a good thing. The astronauts are alive because of him.
  • Isla has taken to focusing on her career, and pays little attention to Dorian. She refused a deodorant endorsement, and got a lot of fans for it, and she keeps winning online gaming tournaments.
  • Dorian, like an old man, has taken up woodworking.

 

How do I get these fuckers a cat? I need to figure that out.