August 17, 2021

House 5: Charisma - Part 1

Pelque moved within the neighborhood to a premade house in which I have played a couple of times and I really like.


The reason for not moving to another town is the skill of this house. Charisma. Pelque was working towards the challenges in the previous household even if he hadn't unlocked the skill. And he did a good job of it. Learning the first level gave him the following stats:


In his second day in his new home, Pelque called her girlfriend, maid Sandy Blackburn and invited her to live with him.


Sandy traits are Flirty, Brave, Neat, Evil and Kleptomaniac. She came with the Emperor of Evil Lifetime Wish, she has the perfect traits for that and she's is in the beginning of her adult life so I toyed for a couple of minutes with the idea of making her pursue it. But, untimely, I continued with the plan that I devised for Pelque's wife. After a house with 5 rabbitholes career, I wanted a least one profession for this one.
I added Showtime so Sandy is now a Magician.


I modified her face a little without changing the color of her eyes, hair and skin. I tried to give her a face that reflects her evil trait, I think I accomplished it.

She learned a point in charisma, registered at the City Hall under the artistic name of Diabla and went immediately to perform for tips.


A few hours later, the game notified me that ParanĂ¡ passed away. I sent Pelque to the mausoleum to retrieve her grave and placed her beside her parents.


Even with the death of his mother the day before, Pelque celebrated his birthday with a party. He intended to play the guitar for his guests.


But one of them stole his thunder and did the same upstairs. Even his family preferred to listen to this sim.


At least the party was a success, not only the guests left happy with the invitation, Pelque completed the Super Friendly challenge thanks to it.


Sandy participated in her first Simfest. The public cheered her on and she was announced the winner.


Although I think the reason for winning was because everyone was a little afraid of her. I mean, I would have done the same, look at her face as she raises her sword.


At the same time that his girlfriend was at the Simfest, Pelque reached level 10 of the education career. He's now the District Superintendent. The seriousness of all this is disproved by the prank on the bench behind him, which he himself left in his teen years. If the high-ups knew their new superintendent was the one who released the frogs from the science classroom...


But no one can deny that he has a vocation for teaching, here he's tutoring one of his students on a non-working day. (This has nothing to do with it being an easy way for him to make friends while I pay attention to Sandy, of course not.)


Sandy enjoy this part of her shows a little too much. I'm becoming a fan of her face's gestures.


Pelque needed only one more best friend to complete all the Charisma's challenges.


Talking to his father did the trick. They were good friends so a couple of calls were enough to do the last challenge. He was still a level 8 on the skill, so despite having completed all the challenges he still hadn't supermaxed it. So to the library he went.


And after several hours sitting on the bench outside the library, Pelque not only supermaxed charisma but also completed his Lifetime Wish Golden Tongue, Golden Fingers.


Sandy, for her part, continued with her presentations and being all around creepy. Her diabolic face is well diabolic. đŸ˜ˆ


However, for her boyfriend she only has tender looks.


And for her baby, too.


Now that his girlfriend is pregnant, Pelque has the wish to propose her, but something about their interaction is buggy. They never pass from the flirty stage and then drop to okay even if they do a lot of romantic actions. In order for Sandy to get pregnant I had to make them relax in bed first and then to try for baby. So Pelque may be the first non married heir, not that it really bothers me, but I was thinking of having a wedding party in the house of charisma.

Both Pelque and Sandy don't have much to do, he because has already met all his requirements and Sandy because of her pregnancy, so they are goings on dates to the new places in the town.


Sandy went into labor in the morning, so being a neat sim she made her bed first.


Fifth gen is born! Lileo Blackburn (I'll change that shortly) is the heir because she's going to be the only kid in this household. Sandy is only seven days to elder and I want to focus in her career.


She inherited her father skin and favorite color, pink. Her traits are Light Sleeper and Easily Impressed. I have two different plans for the next house, so for now I trying to select traits that can go well with either. I guess I'll have to decide before she turns into a child.


She was immediately taken to blow out the candles of her cake and aged to toddler. I like her random dark brown hair, it looks good with her skin. I think she looks a good mix of her parents.


I played up to here so I'm going to take a few days to play before I post the next one.



July 30, 2021

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, ParanĂ¡ 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. đŸ˜œ


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 IguazĂº on the second house.


ParanĂ¡ 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 ParanĂ¡ 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.


ParanĂ¡, 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. 


ParanĂ¡ 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

ParanĂ¡
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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My goals are done!!! I signed up with 8000 words, 200 pictures and 8 updates. 

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.