House 4: Guitar - Part 4

My girls each maxed one skill, albeit different ones. Ruca maxed the Logic skill while reading at the library, or, more specifically, outside of it. As has happened with this particular skill throughout this challenge, she never had the wish to reach level 10. 

Kilka did the same with athletic, but at home. Sorry for the cut wall, I misjudged the timing and barely had time to take the screenshot before the points disappeared.

Ruca had her first vaccination clinic. It was held on the graveyard. 

At the same time that Ruca injected who knows what to the townies, Ken got his tenth opportunity. He was tasked with sorting the section at the bookstore.

 And supermaxed Guitar! This is the third time I have achieved this since I started playing sims 3 in 2011. I'm feeling very accomplished.

 

The next day, Pelque aged to young adult. His fifth and last trait is Charismatic; he had chosen Golden Tongue, Golden Finger as his Lifetime Wish. 

For some reason, they were all thinking about the pool at the same time instead of Pelque's birthday. The only one who sometimes uses the pool is Kilka, so I don't understand why everyone had that bubble in their head.

Like the other two couples before them, Paraná and Ken received the Eternally Faithfull reputation. This shows that I'm more focused on meeting the requirements of each house, making my sims' lives free of drama.

They carried out such a monogamous marriage. Nothing better that playing videogames with your partner. 😜

For Pelque's graduation, we had the same problem as with the girls. The family was late again and Pelque received his diploma, but no ribbons, at City Hall's doors. He's the second sim who wasn't voted for any of the 'most likely'; the first was Iguazú on the second house.

Paraná aged to elder the next weekend, in the middle of a party, but not to celebrate her birthday. Ruca had to invite a coworker to one to fulfill an opportunity. Apparently, I'm not very smart and I didn't realize that it coincided with the birthday of my third gen heir? 

She looks good as an elder, especially with that nose. 

At the same time as the party, Kilka was fulfilling an opportunity that gave her enough experience to max the guitar skill. I didn't get to take a picture because I didn't realize it until I heard the music and the game notified me of it.

Early Sunday morning, Pelque headed to school to get a job as a playground monitor. Maybe all the time he spent pranking the place during his teen years made him fonder of the school.

Speaking of jobs, the girls were doing very well in theirs, although Ruca wasn't very happy that some emergencies made her leave her girlfriend sleeping alone in their bed.

I would feel sorry for her but she doesn't seem to respect the privacy of other couples.

Although following this line of thought, I wouldn't have to feel sorry for Paraná either because she does the same thing as Ruca.

We better put aside the creepiness of my sims and let's focus on good things like Pelque maxing the guitar skill.

Or him and maid Sandy Blackburn heart farting each other. We found the next spouse!

The game occasionally throws those notifications that make one to start scratching the head in bewilderment. Apparently the townspeople think that Ken is a woman.

Finally, Ruca maxed the guitar skill. She was the last one in the house, now it only remains for her and Kilka to top their respective career and fulfill their lifetime wishes.

Because of that, Pelque went to buy the spa. In addition, he already has his first reward Bookshop Bargainer and is collecting points to buy the Moodlet Manager.

He also maxed Logic, although the next screenshot is of him discovering the ten potions, because again this skill came without a wish to top it.

Paraná, for her part, not only reached level 10 of the Handiness skill but supermax it too. She completed the Electrician and Plumber challenges almost at the same time, and when I looked at her skill journal I realized that she already did 6 different types of upgrades. So I put her to finish another four.

Pelque had the wish to be best friend with his boss, fulfilling it gave him enough happiness points to buy his second reward. In addition, his job bar was almost full so he asked for a promotion that the man gladly granted. To thank him, Pelque gave him the honor of being the first sim to be cured by the Moodlet Manager.

I haven't shown it much in this story, but Ruca likes to revert to her toy form from time to time.

Although, she was in her human form when she completed her career and lifetime wish. Ruca only had two clinics and a seminar, so she didn't receive any of the Medical awards. I think I'll have another doctor again, since one of the things I want to do in this challenge is complete all kinds of collections. Not for now, though.

Her girlfriend also completed her wish. Kilka only needs one level to max her career to make all the requirements of the house complete.

Unfortunately, with a short workday and a game in between that was going to take a couple of days. Meanwhile she dedicated that time to supermax the Athletic skill.

Seeing that the moment of his move to a new house was approaching, Pelque interrupted Sandy at work and started flirting with her.

She was very happy to accept his advances. Before the end of the day Pelque had a girlfriend.

And a Naughty Reputation. 

I stared at the notification for a few seconds without understanding what I was reading, until I remembered that he had returned from prom with a romantic interest. I never made him break up with her because I had left her as a backup, since she was a newspaper delivery girl. But I never paid more attention to her than that because I have a npc with the same job in mind that I want in my game.

Pelque invited her to the park and broke up with her. Julianna, I think was her name but I'm not so sure, wasn't expecting it.

While her brother was having a not so good time, Kilka was enjoying a quiet night with Ruca. This was their adult birthday and instead of celebrating it with a party, they preferred to spend the night together.

The next day Kilka topped her career.

Pelque waited until his entire family was together to enjoy a last dinner before moving to his new home. 

Paraná and Ken watched through the window as their son left the house.

There is no museum this time because I forgot to take a screenshot of it, I was in a hurry to play and have enough screenshots to be able to finish this house before the 31st. In the end they were more than I needed.

House 4 Summary

Skill: Guitar

Paraná

Skills: 10 Guitar, 10 Logic, Supermaxed Handiness, 5 Athletic, 7 Cooking.

Traits: Genius, Loves the Outdoors, Over-Emotional, No Sense of Humor, Virtuoso.

Career: Music - Symphony

LTW: Hit Movie Composer

Ken

NPC: Pizza Delivery Boy

Skills: Supermaxed Guitar / Completed Gem Collector and Metal Collector.

Traits: Pizza Appreciator

Career: Music - Rock

LTW: Rock Star

Kilka (Invisible Friend)

Skills: 10 guitar, Supermaxed Athletic.

Traits: Insane, Can't Stand Art, Frugal, Genius, Vegetarian.

Career: Medical

LTW: Become a Superstar Athlete

Ruca

Skills: 10 Guitar, 10 Logic, 2 Athletic.

Traits: Virtuoso, Friendly, Ambitious, Athletic, Dislike Children

Career: Professional Sports

LTW: World Renowned Surgeon

Pelque (Heir)

Skills: 10 Guitar, 10 Logic, 3 Cooking, 1 Athletic.

Traits: Loves the Outdoors, Virtuoso, Good Sense of Humor, Nurturing, Charismatic.

Career: Education - level 8

LTW: Golden Tongue, Golden Finger

Building/Property: Hidden Springs Day Spa

Unique Rewards: CBookshop Bargainer, Moodlet Manager.

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I'm going to take a break for a couple of days to only play, because the story has already caught up with the game.

House 4: Guitar - Part 3

 The skiillos had a night visitor.

Although I have not documented it in the previous updates, every house has had a burglar so far. What is different this time that I'm writing about it? This town's police are the first one to catch a theft. 

The alarm woke up every member of the family, unsurprisingly. And Ken had a good laugh at all of this.

Kilka offered to watch the burglar, while the cop checked the house to see if anything was missing.

Despite the events of the previous night, life goes on and the Skiillos have to skill. I put a couple of exercise machines on the first floor for Kilka. I enlarged that part of the house when Pelque was born to add his room, so I was left with a large, empty space that is perfect for this.

Speaking of skilling, Paraná was the second sim in this house to max the Guitar. Ken did it first but I don't have a picture of it because it was while he was fulfilling an opportunity and I wasn't expecting it.

Pelque's birthday was early one morning before the bus came to pick up the three Skiillo Kids. Ken's not in the screenshot because I had him outside the house a lot, playing for tips and fulfilling his needs with one of Paraná's motive mobiles.

Pelque is now a Nurturing sim. I'm pretty happy with my heir, I must confess. I like his face and greenness.

The girls are only 5 days older than him, which made the three of them attend prom together. They posed for a screenshot before entering the dance, although Ruca's insane trait made her wear her everyday outfit. None of the three were voted as Prom Queen/King, a first in this challenge.

Hidden Springs had an unusual ghost activity. This is not the first time that one of them has watched some of my sims play the guitar, Ken experimented this too; and I have seen another ghost sunbathing in the community pool. 

Although the house has a pool from day one, Kilka is the first in the family to make use of it. Se has yet to perfect her dives, though.

Ken reached the highest level of his career and fulfilled his lifetime wish to be a Rock Star.

Just a day later, his wife did the same with her own career and wish, even though Paraná signed up for the music career when he was at level 5 of his. It's clear to see who was the better of the two (or who had no problems with the promotion past midnight bug.)

Pelque liked to prank everything, he was my most pranker sim until this point; he seems to had a swing mood every other day. Here, he's fulfilling two wishes, pranking the school by releasing frogs from the science classroom, and then putting a booby trap on one of the bench outside.

And despite Pelque being the rebel, the police caught Ruca leaving the library after a long logic study session. They may be able to catch thieves, but I don't think the Hidden Springs law enforcement force are the smartest bunch out there.

Paraná's rant was half heartedly at best. How to scold one of your kids when all they did was studying all day long wasn't in the books she read while pregnant. Ruca was also somewhat confused by all this, she had only lost track of time.

Luckily, the next day two of her three teens would no longer be so young. 

Another party, which I now realize is always for Kilka's birthdays. It's not favoritism, it's just that I only throw parties where not everyone is so busy and they seem to coincide with these.

Kilka now Dislikes Children, which for some reason I thought it'll suit her well and now I can't recall why.  Her Lifetime Wish is Become a Super Star Athlete, as I had said in the previous chapter. 

Lol to Paraná's facepalming at the whatshername Pertridge (I still can't distinguish between them and I'm too lazy to google them.)

Ruca, meanwhile, became a Vegetarian and wish to be a World Renowned Surgeon.

The room they shared all their life has suddenly a double bed, they made good use of it.

Graduation day was a bit confusing. The whole family attended, but wasted time running around the city hall. By the time they reached the entrance of the place the ceremony had ended and the girls received their diplomas and ribbons at the doors.

Kilka was the Class Valedictorian and voted Most Likely to Fulfill Their Lifetime Wish, it was already received by another sim in this story, I don't remember who was right now. Ruca was voted Most Likely to Offend Others, which was so far of the mark that I have to wonder if her classmates really know her.  Ruca is a sweetheart who never argues with other sims despite her insane trait. In fact, the only indication of being insane is that she randomly changes clothes. Even she only talk to herself when I make her do it to fulfill a wish she had on her panel.

I wanted to have a celebration and have them eat together at the bistro, but each started to leave on their own. So I gave up and accepted this graduation as a failure.

With the ceremony over, I sent the girls to sign up for their respective careers.

Most of the family returned home, but Ken stayed in the center of town waiting for his first and only autograph signing session to begin. I did it with the intention of completing all those kinds of things that each career brings and I never bother with, but the money that the session brought was less than if he had played for tips, so I never attempted this again.

And to finish this chapter, I leave you with the family gnomes for the sole purpose of completing the 25 screenshots and to get near the 1000 words. Yes, I am not above doing this kind of thing to reach my SimNaNo's personal goals.

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