House 3: Logic - Part 3

I start this chapter with an Aguapey's close up. Why I took this screenshot? I don't know, but since I didn't show his face well in the previous update, here's he as Young Adult.

It's time for Paraná to grow up again. She gained the No Sense of Humor trait. Per challenge's rules all traits have to be used at least once, so I'm trying to distribute them according to the personality that I think my sims should have. I don't use this trait much and I have to wonder why. Contrary to what its name suggests, it's a lot of fun. I loved boring sims to death.

She's all Lillie with Iguazú's coloring. Don't let her sad expression and new trait fool you, Paraná turned out to be a very fun sim to play.

Just like on her previous birthday, she was tutored by her brother as soon as she finished eating her slice of cake.

Lillie scoured the city looking for spirits until she captured 150. Thus becoming my first sim to receive the Ghost Hunter's Bravery Ribbon. Until now I always gave up before capturing all of them because I find it quite a tedious task, but I did it because I want to complete as much as possible in this project.

Having collected all the Service Awards, she retired with a good pension for a profession, $7256 per week is pretty nice.

Aguapey had some problems completing the Grand Master challenge, one of his opponents and childhood friend Cemre Lai was always working. The sim was in the firefighter career and never available, so I went to edit town and added a chess table to the Fire House, which didn't help because the man was never there. 

That's the type of thing I wanted to avoid by doing this skill early in this project before other expansions were activated, I was thinking of avoiding proprietors/showtime careers but I didn't think of others type of professions. In the end, I did something that could be called cheating but I was desperate after three days without being able to challenge him to play chess. I went to edit town again and bulldozed the Fire Station since it was of not use to me. Immediately, I made Aguapey call Cemre and, luckily, he won in the first game.

An opponent later and Aguapey completed his Lifetime Wish, Chess Legend.

At the same time, he supermaxed Logic. The three days in which he couldn't compete in the chess tournament served him to complete the other challenges.

From here on all that was left to do was for Paraná to grow up to young adult, max logic and buy her two lifetime rewards. With that purpose I began to fulfill all kinds of wishes. Like pillow fighting with her brother. 

Or Obey attention to her mood swings. I usually don't fulfill those type of wishes, like pranking a house. But this challenge it's forcing me to do things that I don't normally do, which I love and it's keeping me entertained.

She wanted to change her haircut so I complied, I also dyed her tips and highlights in her favorite color, Lime.

She went to prom and was elected Queen, everyone high fived her as she ran up to accept her crown. Said crown became part of her museum.

Iguazú and Lillie gained the Eternal Faithful reputation like his parents before. They were spending a lot of time together, both at home and on bistro or movie dates. They're so cute.

Returning to Paraná, she wanted to learn the Athletic skill so her mother was more than happy to train her encouraging her to fulfill even more wishes.

Another one was to see a movie. With so much time spending on skills, the family rarely do things together. I thought it was the perfect occasion for a group outing.

After the movie, they went to eat at the ship diner and they ended the night in the park in free will, not before I made Paraná bore some sims to death because I was having a blast with that. 😅

Finally, Paraná maxed Logic reading in the library, sadly there was no wish attached to that. The only one in this family who had that particular wish was Lillie.

The one logic wish we can always count is discovering potions, so Paraná was attached to the Chemistry Lab Station for a couple of days until fulfilling it.

One day before Paraná's young adult birthday, it was Iguazú's time to depart. He and his wife were cuddling in bed when it happened. His daughter was in the house and ran up to the bedroom just in time to see him go.

He greeted Grim with a handshake and a smile on his face. He lived a happy and fulfilled life.

Paraná's birthday was bittersweet, her brother and mother tried to impart joy but the recent loss of their older family member was noticed by the three of them.

Paraná's final trait was Virtuoso and her Lifetime Wish, Hit Movie Composer. It's obvious what the next house's skill is going to be.

A few hours later and only one day after Iguazú's death, his wife followed him. Taking a page from her husband's book, Lillie accepted Grim's hand without problem.

The two large tombstones were put together in one corner of the house's garden, surrounded by beautiful flowers and plants.

Then came Paraná's graduation day. Like her brother, she was selected Class Valedictorian and her classmates voted her Most Likely to be a Rock Star (wrong career pat there, guys).

The next few days she fulfilled wishes until she had the points to buy her two rewards, Complimentary Entertainment and Collection Helper. She already owned the bookstore since her mid-teens.

With all the requirements met, it was time for a new move. The first to go was Aguapey who bought a small house near his parents'.

Then it was time for Paraná to say goodbye to Barnacle Bay. 

At first I had thought about Paraná buying a new house in town but I began to notice that none of my sims received opportunities, despite all of them having skills that have many of them. So a new town was the best bet to supermax Guitar.

Before closing this update, I leave you with this household's museum.

Iguazú's was pretty bare so I added the three space rocks he found while using the telescope.

Lillie's impressive one. I think I collected all the Ghost Hunter Profession's awards.

Aguapey's was as good as his mother's. I added the potions collection since he was the one who supermaxed this household's skill.

And finally Paraná's museum. Pretty good for a recently turned young adult sim.

House 3 Summary

Skill: Logic

Iguazú

Skills: 10 Cooking, 10 Athletic, 10 Logic.

Traits: Heavy Sleeper, Good, Neat, Natural Cook, Schmoozer

Career: Culinary - to finish in the next house

LTW: Celebrated Five-Star Cheff

Lilli

NPC: Firefighter

Skills: 10 Logic, 10 Athletic, 10 Handiness.

Traits: Great Kisser, Artistic, Clumsy.

Career: Ghost Hunter

LTW: Paranormal Profiteer

Aguapey

Skills: Supermaxed Logic, 4 Athletic, 3 Cooking.

Traits: Genius, Friendly, Computer Whiz, Insane, Lucky.

Career: Bookstore Clerk

LTW: Chess Legend

Paraná (Heir)

Skills: 10 Logic, 7 Handiness, 1 Athletic.

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

Career: Music - to start in the next house.

LTW: Hit Movie Composer

Building/Property: Divisadero Budget Books

Unique Rewards: Complimentary Entertainment, Collection Helper.

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House 3: Logic - Part 2

Lillie went into labor at home, like all of my other sims because of the friendship bonus between carrier and baby. Her eldest was there to freak out like any good sim. I imagine him yelling "What do I do? What do I do?" Iguazú was at work so he missed all the drama.

And thus was born the heir to this house, Paraná is a Genius and Loves the Outdoors.

The next day, Lillie was called to the City Hall to have a Reward Ceremony where the Mayor gave her the Key to the City. 

Her family wasn't in attendance but the number of townies that were present more than made that up. The town's people was just happy they had someone willing to get read of the pesky ghosts and the annoying music that came with a haunted house. 

Aguapay went to his prom, he ran along the limousine for a couple of  block before getting in. He had a great night, dominating the dance floor and being chosen Prom King. 

He also met Lakisha Tatum (I love the name), she became his interest romantic who will never be featured in this story because something strange happened with her, she was in Aguapey's contacts and he could always call her without problem but every time he invited her to the house or at a community lot she never showed up. There was also no pop out saying she couldn't come or to call him in 15 hours because she was working, Lakisha just didn't show up. I didn't find her living on the town either, so I guess she was a homeless townie.

This is the first time something like this happened to me so I don't know if this some type of glitch o she just didn't want to met Aguapey.

I have to say I love him and, like it happened with the previous house, I would have liked him to be the heir. I'll have to rethink my plans of having the younger kid to be the heir but it's hard because I'm planning every sim's traits, LTW and career according to the household's needs.

Here's he autonomously taking care of his little sister's needs.

He did this a lot, even when Paraná aged to toddler. They were so cute together and they looked a lot alike.

He maxed his career in his mid-teens and immediately quit his job to fully dedicate himself to supermax logic. I have to say the amount of happiness points for completing it feel somehow lacking, I know it can't be compared to a full time career but I think its deserve more that 750 points.

Despite his dedication to this house's skill and his family, Aguapey was still a teen and pulled a couple of pranks.

Iguazú was the one who mostly fell into them.

With his afternoon free of work, Aguapey went to the park after school to tutor in the logic skill to any sim he could find there.

Who also skilled a lot was Paraná, after all she was a genius like her big brother. 

Lillie had another Reward Ceremony with a lot of witnesses again, I suppose that with the lack of expansions the sims had nothing to do so they showed up to any ceremony that the City Hall celebrated. This time she was presented with the Paranormal Memento, or that's what my notes say. I think that's the graveyard reward.

A shot of Paraná before aging up because she was a cute toddler.

And another shot after with a cake in her hand because it's still that funny to me, I know is not but I can't seem to help myself.  In more serious matters, her third trait is Over-Emotional. 

I have to say I love Lillie's nose on kids, it suited both Paraná and Aguapey.

Without wasting time, Aguapey took his sister and began to tutor her. This was one of the reason I gave them such an age difference. He's almost a young adult here.

That night, Iguazú aged to elder. He was either chatting in the forums or surfing the net when the sparkles hit, which is what he did in his free time and I let him do it since he had met all his requirements, sometimes I sent him to collect rocks but Barnacle Bay is very lacking in that area so it wasn't that often. 

I gave him a homey look and didn't dye his hair either, which is what I'll normally do, but so far in this save I'm leaving my elders with their white hair.

Two more birthdays, first Aguapey aged to young adult and gained the Lucky trait to add to Genius, Friendly, Computer Whiz and Insane. He chose the Chess Legend Lifetime Wish a couple of days before. I failed to take a post birthday screenshot.

The last birthday of this update is Lillie's, who aged to elder while working. The ghost she had to banish laughed throughout it. I don't know why, he's dead and she's still alive. Or maybe he was just laughing to her for wearing sport clothes in her work hours. 

She looked good as an elder. 

Aguapey's first trouble with the Grand Master challenge (this happened a lot), I least this time he was able to win the game before Grim took his opponent.

Others challenges were more easily done, like tutoring his sister in logic. This was a double win because Paraná leveled up logic while her brother completed one of the challenges.

I didn't know that teaching her to beg to a future boss is part of tutoring logic, though.

The young adult graduation happened a couple days after his birthday because the later was on a Friday morning and the weekend got in the way, which was weird because I know some graduations happened on weekends. He was selected Class Valedictorian and his classmates voted him Most Likely to Take Over the World, I don't think  that was in Aguapey's plans at all.

Despite aging the day before, this was the moment Lillie realized she was old, her eldest was a graduate young adult now. Her son wasn't that worried, it seems.

And with Lillie's troublesome revelation I close this update.

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