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GasBandit

Staff member
Tuesday, 3rd of Spring, Year 2 - Household 5

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Them undead boyfriend blues.

Apparently, Klew's in an odd mood today. He has elected to wear this bunny suit, and keeps it on all day.
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It's Tiger's turn to grill the breakfast. I'm not sure why, but Sparhawk seems to prefer watching the TV by the exercise equipment instead of the big one.
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Silk makes his own contribution to the breakfast atmosphere.
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I think I need to find a more generous seating arrangement for the back yard.
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Bhamv starts flirting with Tiger at breakfast, and Null gets rather upset about it.
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She does make an effort to assuage him...
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... and then immediately sneaks off to the basement to canoodle with Tiger some more.
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Dei's got that audition today, so I briefly switch over to household 4 to get her to psych herself up in the mirror, and then head off to the audition.
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She gets the gig (again). Now I GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA remember to switch back around 11am wednesday (tomorrow!) to send her to the gig so she can get credit for it.
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Meanwhile, back at Household 5, Null has opted to channel his sadness and jealousy into his writing, and he begins a new book.
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Zappit also applies himself creatively, but with a different emotion.
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Tiger's feeling pretty good this morning, so he takes it to the dance floor.


Sara squeezes that last bit of logic she needs out of the chessboard.
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Null's work is frequently interrupted by him going off on rants to nobody in particular.
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Zappit takes a coffee break and watches Klew, Bhamv, and Tiger play some vidya.
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In the middle of his next painting, Zappit receives a call that his friend MikeRC has passed away.
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Having achieved all the logic she needs to move up, Sara grinds her handiness skill by upgrading various fixtures around the house. Luckily, this house already also comes with the parts needed to build a rocket.
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Celt Z's getting a bit of a reputation with the townies, it seems.
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Null completes his book. It's excellent, and he's able to sell it to a real honest-to-god publishers instead of self-publishing this time. This cheers him up for a little while.
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AGAIN with the skunk! Why does this keep happening to Silk, and only to silk?
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Null rewards himself with a nap on the couch.
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Sparhawk is still at work, so I guess it's Zappit's turn to purge the putrescence from the pugilistic pooch.
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Klew supervises Sara's upgrade work.
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Zappit's work has started earning him notice - he's become a little famous.
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Bhamv practices her seduction for a bit. She's gotta get on top of her game, if she's going to become half the philanderer Celt Z is.
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Sparhawk gets home from work and heads straight for the fridge.
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After a brief coffee break, Sara continues her upgrade spree.
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Bhamv now needs three strong romantic relationships. She's already got Null and Tiger, so she heads downstairs to finish seducing Klew.
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"No no, leave the bunny suit ON."


Bubble, I think your sim is trying to send you a message. JOOOOOOG.
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Despite her brazen boning of Klew mere moments earlier, Bhamv has no problem just climbing right back into bed with Null for the night.
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Sara's closing in on that 5th handiness point, but she's running out of steam fast.
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Sparhawk considers himself something of a style influencer, and so he tries out some new fashion accessories in the mirror. Dunno if that's really "you," Spar. Eh, he doesn't listen to me, though.
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Zappit is sad about MikeRC's passing, and this prompts him to possess the shower in Sara's room - while she's on the toilet.


His inability to deal with this strong emotion, combined with his new fame, has given him a quirk - he is now an emotion bomb.
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The two sad, undead members of Household 5 bond over a late night snack.
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Zappit takes a page from Null's book, and applies his melancholy to his creative work. But 5 am rolls around before he finishes, and it's time to move on...
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I would've said "prolific pooch" ...unless you're calling out that he's a boxer.
The answer is that dogs can only get into trouble like that if you have woohoo bushes.
Was gonna say, this only seems to happen around the woohoo bush. Is there something Silk's not telling us? Perhaps our phantasmal pooch possesses a particular private predeliction?

--Patrick
 
In the middle of his next painting, Zappit receives a call that his friend MikeRC has passed away.
What? Officer Squidley investigate my death, it wasn't natural causes - I had enemies!

Does Bhamv have an alibi for where she was when I died?
 

GasBandit

Staff member
The next wave of birthdays are about to hit. Pretty much the only one left not gray within the next 7 updates is going to be Bhamv... and everybody else who didn't choose "young adult" to start is probably going to expire by then, too.
 
The next wave of birthdays are about to hit. Pretty much the only one left not gray within the next 7 updates is going to be Bhamv... and everybody else who didn't choose "young adult" to start is probably going to expire by then, too.
Bubble's gonna outlive us all.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Bubble's gonna outlive us all.
All that jogging? His joints are gonna give out any minute now.

Oh, and I forgot, Vero got that potion of youth RIGHT as her adult bar was a few pixels from filling, so she might last longer than all the others of her generation. Probably still won't outlast Bhamv, though.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Joins maybe, but the rest will still be chugging right along. Did anyone take the bodybuilder aspiration? The reward at the end is an extra ~25 days of life.
MD did, but I don't think he's gonna make it. His potion of youth got him this far, but his elder bar has filled up again and he's still 8/10 fitness. And being an elder, he can't push it to gain those skill points like he used to be able to.

Truthfully I don't think anybody's going to complete their aspiration... normal aging rate and only getting 1 day in 5 playable for each household has not been good for achieving life ambitions.
 
So the reason I didn't succeed better in my actual life is that God is only paying attention to me once a month (year?) Glad that is off my conscience!
 
MD did, but I don't think he's gonna make it. His potion of youth got him this far, but his elder bar has filled up again and he's still 8/10 fitness. And being an elder, he can't push it to gain those skill points like he used to be able to.

Truthfully I don't think anybody's going to complete their aspiration... normal aging rate and only getting 1 day in 5 playable for each household has not been good for achieving life ambitions.
don't forget to check in on the acting gig.
 
Have you ever seen someone with these abs who was honestly seriously doing it for the exercise? Especially someone who is constantly showing them off?
I have.

I used to work with a guy with the superhero body who worked out because he thoroughly enjoyed working out. It was his hobby, really, and he loved to talk about it and try to get other people enthused about working out, too. For him, showing off his abs was like a gamer showing off their Warhammer army.
 
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