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...this needs to be a thing on UD.
—Patrick
I mean, there's always the nuclear option.
GasBandit
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Wednesday, 4th of Spring, Year 2 - Household 1 (technically)
AKA, "Dei steals most of Household 1's day"
AKA, "Dei steals most of Household 1's day"
Against all odds, Jun still loves her husband.
Charon cooks up breakfast for everybody.
It goes over pretty well.
Terrik heads off to work, and lucky for him, there's 3 patients that have already been diagnosed just waiting for their cures to be dispensed. Easy peasy.
He does nearly electrocute somebody with a thermometer, though.
Buncha people with spotty complexions show up. Klew's among them. Hrm... something Bhamv wants to tell the group maybe?
Terrik helps him to skip the line, and gets his testing underway.
Oh man, and Snuffles is sick, too.
Terrik's too busy with other important matters, though.
11 am rolls around, and I remember Dei's got a gig. The game doesn't let me switch to another household while Terrik is at work, though, so I have him do something exceedingly Terrik - go home at 11. And sure enough, Dei is just goofing off when I get to Household 4.
There's barely enough time for her to psych herself up before she heads in to the set.
... I'm pretty sure that's not the right costume for this commercial. Didn't it say something about being a PIRATE, not a HOT DOG?
Ok, I KNOW that hair ain't right.
A second trip to the costume department fixes the costume problem.
There, that looks slightly more piratical.
It literally takes Dei almost 5 hours just to get the crap ready just to be ready to DO the scenes. But she does do them.
She manages to do an excellent job hawking nautically-themed cleaning products.
That has to be the second-least appetizing pizza I've ever seen. Who the heck is in charge of craft services here?
Anyway, she gets a promotion, and we're that much closer to pushing this aspiration up the chain.
What the... WASABI! I was only gone 11 hours! What happened?!
Apparently, ghosts cannot cater parties. I'm at a loss for how to advance Charon's aspiration, now, since he needs to do that.
Octawasabi is too tired to party, anyway.
In a further display of bad programming, the Sims 4 requires this level of Musical Aspiration to have skill 6... but also write 4 songs... and you have to be skill 8 to write a song. Jun better get to practicing. A LOT.
Terrik and General Specific hit the sack early. Guess that has to do with them being the ones with jobs. The ghosts clean and mop, and the remaining awake mortals while away the hours.
Charon possesses Luca's ball, but Luca is more concerned with the dishwasher.
Well, at least Gryfter and Cheesy can still have a good round of chess and work that logic.
Just call Wasabi "Dances with Ghosts."
Incidentally, Dei strolls past Household 1 at least 3 times, as if to rub in the fact that she stole half the usable day from them.
Cheesy keeps raiding the fridge even when he isn't hungry.
Wasabi gives her ghost-brother a warm embrace.
... and then shocks the crap out of him with a joy buzzer.
Wasabi: "Ugh, why does this french toast taste like somebody sat on it?!"
... Terrik and GenSpec: ¬_¬
Charon cooks up breakfast for everybody.
It goes over pretty well.
Terrik heads off to work, and lucky for him, there's 3 patients that have already been diagnosed just waiting for their cures to be dispensed. Easy peasy.
He does nearly electrocute somebody with a thermometer, though.
Buncha people with spotty complexions show up. Klew's among them. Hrm... something Bhamv wants to tell the group maybe?
Terrik helps him to skip the line, and gets his testing underway.
Oh man, and Snuffles is sick, too.
Terrik's too busy with other important matters, though.
11 am rolls around, and I remember Dei's got a gig. The game doesn't let me switch to another household while Terrik is at work, though, so I have him do something exceedingly Terrik - go home at 11. And sure enough, Dei is just goofing off when I get to Household 4.
There's barely enough time for her to psych herself up before she heads in to the set.
... I'm pretty sure that's not the right costume for this commercial. Didn't it say something about being a PIRATE, not a HOT DOG?
Ok, I KNOW that hair ain't right.
A second trip to the costume department fixes the costume problem.
There, that looks slightly more piratical.
It literally takes Dei almost 5 hours just to get the crap ready just to be ready to DO the scenes. But she does do them.
She manages to do an excellent job hawking nautically-themed cleaning products.
That has to be the second-least appetizing pizza I've ever seen. Who the heck is in charge of craft services here?
Anyway, she gets a promotion, and we're that much closer to pushing this aspiration up the chain.
What the... WASABI! I was only gone 11 hours! What happened?!
Apparently, ghosts cannot cater parties. I'm at a loss for how to advance Charon's aspiration, now, since he needs to do that.
Octawasabi is too tired to party, anyway.
In a further display of bad programming, the Sims 4 requires this level of Musical Aspiration to have skill 6... but also write 4 songs... and you have to be skill 8 to write a song. Jun better get to practicing. A LOT.
Terrik and General Specific hit the sack early. Guess that has to do with them being the ones with jobs. The ghosts clean and mop, and the remaining awake mortals while away the hours.
Charon possesses Luca's ball, but Luca is more concerned with the dishwasher.
Well, at least Gryfter and Cheesy can still have a good round of chess and work that logic.
Just call Wasabi "Dances with Ghosts."
Incidentally, Dei strolls past Household 1 at least 3 times, as if to rub in the fact that she stole half the usable day from them.
Cheesy keeps raiding the fridge even when he isn't hungry.
Wasabi gives her ghost-brother a warm embrace.
... and then shocks the crap out of him with a joy buzzer.
Wasabi: "Ugh, why does this french toast taste like somebody sat on it?!"
... Terrik and GenSpec: ¬_¬
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GasBandit
Staff member
Thursday, 5th of Spring, Year 2 - Household 2
The Return of the Long Nap of the Law
The Return of the Long Nap of the Law
As we found out yesterday, MikeRC has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Emrys starts the day by playing with her Ferret, naturally.
Adam's got some reports to finish before work.
And HCGLNS gets in his preparatory mixology practice before work as well.
Dirona cooks breakfast, managing not to burn down anything this time.
Squidley's taking MikeRC's passing particularly hard, so I have her put down her feelings on canvas like a good artist should... but uh... she kinda phones this one in.
PatrThom has apparently been doing something so strenuous he can't bear doing any normal activities even... so I have him soak some of the discomfort out.
Emrys is on track to be a skating queen, though!
It's breakfast time for puddies, too.
I'm kinda tired of this "will they won't they" haphazard summoning of the dead stuff, so I use a cheat code and force MikeRC's spirit to immediately remanifest and rejoin the household.
He joins the others for breakfast. That's a lot of ghosts. Half this household is dead, if you count the cat.
The emotional rollercoaster has taken its toll on the newly-somewhat-famous artist Squidleybits, and thus she, too, becomes an emotion bomb.
I'm not sure why I'm walking around so early in the morning, or why I look so dejected.
... And Sara is doing the same, just a few steps behind me. Maybe we both caught Celt Z hitting on yet another lover.
Yeeesh, what the heck? Discovering the state of this toilet after breakfast Emrys rectifies the situation.
Adam finishes his reports, and comes downstairs to grab a bite. It is at this point that I notice that somebody has broken the dishwasher. I'll get Pat on that as soon as he finishes Breakfast.
Everybody starts heading off to work, and we follow along with Squidley, still trying to crack her first case.
First, she tries to snap out of her funk by using a mirror to perk herself up, with limited success.
After discussing her case with the other officers, she cross references the rest of her evidence with the police database, with only occasional breaks to have emotional outbursts.
She then compiles the new clues she has uncovered on the bulletin board, and puts out an APB.
WOW, the jurisdiction of this precinct is REALLY big. That's the marketplace of the central american country where Kags goes on vacation to explore the jungle!
There's two women here, and they're both elders, and the only other clue is that the suspect is "wearing a blouse." That doesn't seem to narrow it down much, although this person appears to be wearing a full body dress, so maybe it's the other one.
Does this count as a blouse? Whatever, Squidley's tired. You're under arrest.
Apparently the woman Squidley arrested is a vampire, and there's a bug that makes vampires sometimes not show up at the station when they're arrested. So, Squidley can't interrogate the suspect, naturally. She takes a nap instead.
Meanwhile, Dirona gets back from work, exhausted. She's got really good performance reviews, but she needs to get gardening to level 2 before she can get promoted.
PatrThom's repair work is never done.
Dirona takes a nap, while Emrys browses the books and Patrthom resumes his logic studies.
Later, HCGLNS gets home with a promotion, too.
Finally, quitting time rolls around for Squidley. She's got good performance reviews, but can't get promoted until she cracks this buggy case. I'm starting to wonder if she shouldn't quit the force and focus on her art.
ADAM SO HONGRY
Before my very eyes, Emrys goes grey.
After a hard day of trolling forums, MikeRC takes a nap on an ottoman.
Dinner is had...
... in various locations.
Gruebeard's particularly pleased about something, apparently.
You know how I can tell people are really aging? Everybody's asleep at 8pm except Patrthom, and he's only an exception because he has to go to the bathroom first on the way to bed.
HCGLNS decides he's more starved for fun than he is tired, so he gets up to watch some TV.
He and MikeRC then have a "late" night snack, and go back to bed.
Emrys wants to play with Pudding, but it leads her into inadvertently walking in on Squidley in the bathroom.
Somebody broke the toilet on the second floor. I roust Pat to deal with it.
I am not sure why, but more members of household 4 are out prowling the neighborhood after midnight.
Emrys enjoys a cup of tea while Pat returns to his logical meditations.
I shit you not, some kind of rocket just launched out of the ferret enclosure.
Oh, well, I guess that just explains everything, huh.
Dirona wakes up nice and early, desirous of both food and fraternization.
... aaaaand now the ferret is throwing a rave.
In an attempt to further her career, I send Dirona around the neighborhood to mess with whatever harvestable plants there are.
Adam also wakes up early, sells Squidley's sad painting to a collector, and gets ready to start the day.
Emrys starts the day by playing with her Ferret, naturally.
Adam's got some reports to finish before work.
And HCGLNS gets in his preparatory mixology practice before work as well.
Dirona cooks breakfast, managing not to burn down anything this time.
Squidley's taking MikeRC's passing particularly hard, so I have her put down her feelings on canvas like a good artist should... but uh... she kinda phones this one in.
PatrThom has apparently been doing something so strenuous he can't bear doing any normal activities even... so I have him soak some of the discomfort out.
Emrys is on track to be a skating queen, though!
It's breakfast time for puddies, too.
I'm kinda tired of this "will they won't they" haphazard summoning of the dead stuff, so I use a cheat code and force MikeRC's spirit to immediately remanifest and rejoin the household.
He joins the others for breakfast. That's a lot of ghosts. Half this household is dead, if you count the cat.
The emotional rollercoaster has taken its toll on the newly-somewhat-famous artist Squidleybits, and thus she, too, becomes an emotion bomb.
I'm not sure why I'm walking around so early in the morning, or why I look so dejected.
... And Sara is doing the same, just a few steps behind me. Maybe we both caught Celt Z hitting on yet another lover.
Yeeesh, what the heck? Discovering the state of this toilet after breakfast Emrys rectifies the situation.
Adam finishes his reports, and comes downstairs to grab a bite. It is at this point that I notice that somebody has broken the dishwasher. I'll get Pat on that as soon as he finishes Breakfast.
Everybody starts heading off to work, and we follow along with Squidley, still trying to crack her first case.
First, she tries to snap out of her funk by using a mirror to perk herself up, with limited success.
After discussing her case with the other officers, she cross references the rest of her evidence with the police database, with only occasional breaks to have emotional outbursts.
She then compiles the new clues she has uncovered on the bulletin board, and puts out an APB.
WOW, the jurisdiction of this precinct is REALLY big. That's the marketplace of the central american country where Kags goes on vacation to explore the jungle!
There's two women here, and they're both elders, and the only other clue is that the suspect is "wearing a blouse." That doesn't seem to narrow it down much, although this person appears to be wearing a full body dress, so maybe it's the other one.
Does this count as a blouse? Whatever, Squidley's tired. You're under arrest.
Apparently the woman Squidley arrested is a vampire, and there's a bug that makes vampires sometimes not show up at the station when they're arrested. So, Squidley can't interrogate the suspect, naturally. She takes a nap instead.
Meanwhile, Dirona gets back from work, exhausted. She's got really good performance reviews, but she needs to get gardening to level 2 before she can get promoted.
PatrThom's repair work is never done.
Dirona takes a nap, while Emrys browses the books and Patrthom resumes his logic studies.
Later, HCGLNS gets home with a promotion, too.
Finally, quitting time rolls around for Squidley. She's got good performance reviews, but can't get promoted until she cracks this buggy case. I'm starting to wonder if she shouldn't quit the force and focus on her art.
ADAM SO HONGRY
Before my very eyes, Emrys goes grey.
After a hard day of trolling forums, MikeRC takes a nap on an ottoman.
Dinner is had...
... in various locations.
Gruebeard's particularly pleased about something, apparently.
You know how I can tell people are really aging? Everybody's asleep at 8pm except Patrthom, and he's only an exception because he has to go to the bathroom first on the way to bed.
HCGLNS decides he's more starved for fun than he is tired, so he gets up to watch some TV.
He and MikeRC then have a "late" night snack, and go back to bed.
Emrys wants to play with Pudding, but it leads her into inadvertently walking in on Squidley in the bathroom.
Somebody broke the toilet on the second floor. I roust Pat to deal with it.
I am not sure why, but more members of household 4 are out prowling the neighborhood after midnight.
Emrys enjoys a cup of tea while Pat returns to his logical meditations.
I shit you not, some kind of rocket just launched out of the ferret enclosure.
Oh, well, I guess that just explains everything, huh.
Dirona wakes up nice and early, desirous of both food and fraternization.
... aaaaand now the ferret is throwing a rave.
In an attempt to further her career, I send Dirona around the neighborhood to mess with whatever harvestable plants there are.
Adam also wakes up early, sells Squidley's sad painting to a collector, and gets ready to start the day.
The ferrets stole the show on that one.
"All my friends are dead."
Normally, sure, but in SimWorld, it means they're still around, eating your food and clogging your toilets. Death just means less outfit changes."All my friends are dead."
You still get the debuff. I brought one back, but the rest of the family was still moping around until it wore off. It was depressing. "Swim around sadly" is just heartbreaking.
Oh my, yes!
GasBandit
Staff member
Friday, 6th of Spring, Year 2 - Household 3
Ground control to Major Tom, let me see that thong, tha thong-thong-thong.
Ground control to Major Tom, let me see that thong, tha thong-thong-thong.
The years have caught up with Kags, and now she thinks the pool isn't clean enough to swim in.
Grue's a little greyer, as well.
Bubble prepares for work by grilling up a bunch of cheese.
MD and Kags get in an early morning workout.
Cog is determined to finish his rocket today.
Kags is a hugger.
Did I mention that Kags is a hugger?
Today's Love Day, by the way. There's gonna be some flirting for sure. Vero bones up on her charisma.
Bubble might be the most culinarily-advanced sim in the neighborhood now, I think.
I notice Tinwhistler is getting out and about a lot more recently. I spot him 3 times over the course of today.
MD tries to soothe his aching, over-exercised bones with some vidya. Drawn Inward is really excited about that grilled cheese.
How's a girl supposed to be charismatic with these layabouts all over her feet?
Bubble and Grue head off to work. I send Drawn Inward out to look for fossils again. Luckily, he finds one right off the bat. I bring him home, then put the fossil down and pick it back up 3 times to achieve the next level of his aspiration
Kags receives back the artifacts she sent off. They've all been authenticated! Kudos.
At long last, Cog has finished his rocket. But now he needs a bath. BAD.
Drawn Inward gets back some of the samples he mailed off to the geological committee. I get him some shelves so he can start displaying his collection.
Vero takes a nap after a long morning of being charming.
Kags is stoked for Love Day, but the only people around right now are either married or related to her by blood.
MD goes for a walk and finds Celt Z in the park.. he pitches a little flirtatious woo...
... and, say it with me now.... makes it weird. Celt Z excuses herself and makes like a tree.
Drawn Inward has better luck introducing himself to some townies.
MD gets into an argument with another, and makes an enemy for life. In his defense, she started it.
Cog finishes his bath, and Vero wakes up from his nap... Hey baby... wanna take a ride on my rocket?
Quite the achievement, eh?
It was out of this world.
Well, back to work... while Cog was "fooling around" with his wife in orbit, somebody broke the bathroom sink. He fixes it and upgrades it.
Bubble and Grue get home from work. Grue got a promotion! Technically?
When MD came back from his argument in the park, he was pissed off as hell, and he kicked over the trash can. It made an awful mess. Now, Jwhouk happens to be wandering by, and said mess appalls him.
He takes it upon himself to clean up the spilled garbage, and put it in the public can across the street.
At last, someone who isn't her brother is home! Kags flirts it up with bubble a little. He seems to be pretty harmless, though, or maybe is too timid to respond in kind.
Who knows if Bubble'd have worked up the nerve eventually, but the two of them are interrupted when Drawn Inward possesses a nearby piece of furniture, startling Kags and dousing the mood.
Somebody broke the jukebox. But Cog (and Vero) are enjoying a late nap, so it'll have to wait.
Kags steams away the tension her spectral sibling caused.
Well, if Bubble's not having a late night Jog, I guess Tiger Tsang will take his place.
Cog (and Vero) wakes up around 10, and fixes the jukebox.
Then Cog heads outside to upgrade the landing struts on his rocket. Guess last time, there wasn't enough... shock absorption.
Everybody else starts to head off to bed around this time, except for Vero and Kags.
Both of Household 4's redheads have gone grey. I guess that explains Gas' mopeyness from before.
There's a few mishaps with a blowtorch, but Cog manages to finish the rocket upgrade. Time for another bath, and then bed.
Vero and Kags have a late night dance battle.
Grue's a little greyer, as well.
Bubble prepares for work by grilling up a bunch of cheese.
MD and Kags get in an early morning workout.
Cog is determined to finish his rocket today.
Kags is a hugger.
Did I mention that Kags is a hugger?
Today's Love Day, by the way. There's gonna be some flirting for sure. Vero bones up on her charisma.
Bubble might be the most culinarily-advanced sim in the neighborhood now, I think.
I notice Tinwhistler is getting out and about a lot more recently. I spot him 3 times over the course of today.
MD tries to soothe his aching, over-exercised bones with some vidya. Drawn Inward is really excited about that grilled cheese.
How's a girl supposed to be charismatic with these layabouts all over her feet?
Bubble and Grue head off to work. I send Drawn Inward out to look for fossils again. Luckily, he finds one right off the bat. I bring him home, then put the fossil down and pick it back up 3 times to achieve the next level of his aspiration
Kags receives back the artifacts she sent off. They've all been authenticated! Kudos.
At long last, Cog has finished his rocket. But now he needs a bath. BAD.
Drawn Inward gets back some of the samples he mailed off to the geological committee. I get him some shelves so he can start displaying his collection.
Vero takes a nap after a long morning of being charming.
Kags is stoked for Love Day, but the only people around right now are either married or related to her by blood.
MD goes for a walk and finds Celt Z in the park.. he pitches a little flirtatious woo...
... and, say it with me now.... makes it weird. Celt Z excuses herself and makes like a tree.
Drawn Inward has better luck introducing himself to some townies.
MD gets into an argument with another, and makes an enemy for life. In his defense, she started it.
Cog finishes his bath, and Vero wakes up from his nap... Hey baby... wanna take a ride on my rocket?
Quite the achievement, eh?
It was out of this world.
Well, back to work... while Cog was "fooling around" with his wife in orbit, somebody broke the bathroom sink. He fixes it and upgrades it.
Bubble and Grue get home from work. Grue got a promotion! Technically?
When MD came back from his argument in the park, he was pissed off as hell, and he kicked over the trash can. It made an awful mess. Now, Jwhouk happens to be wandering by, and said mess appalls him.
He takes it upon himself to clean up the spilled garbage, and put it in the public can across the street.
At last, someone who isn't her brother is home! Kags flirts it up with bubble a little. He seems to be pretty harmless, though, or maybe is too timid to respond in kind.
Who knows if Bubble'd have worked up the nerve eventually, but the two of them are interrupted when Drawn Inward possesses a nearby piece of furniture, startling Kags and dousing the mood.
Somebody broke the jukebox. But Cog (and Vero) are enjoying a late nap, so it'll have to wait.
Kags steams away the tension her spectral sibling caused.
Well, if Bubble's not having a late night Jog, I guess Tiger Tsang will take his place.
Cog (and Vero) wakes up around 10, and fixes the jukebox.
Then Cog heads outside to upgrade the landing struts on his rocket. Guess last time, there wasn't enough... shock absorption.
Everybody else starts to head off to bed around this time, except for Vero and Kags.
Both of Household 4's redheads have gone grey. I guess that explains Gas' mopeyness from before.
There's a few mishaps with a blowtorch, but Cog manages to finish the rocket upgrade. Time for another bath, and then bed.
Vero and Kags have a late night dance battle.
(Although, technically it should be blonde or white, not grey. Get it right, Sim designers!)
Nice short-shorts, @Tinwhistler , you Royal Teen, you!
Pssh, slacker. The doomies managed that ages ago.
*Responds weirdly*
I haven't worn shorts like that since I was like 16
GasBandit
Staff member
Saturday, 7th of Spring, Year 2 - Household 4
When old age hits you like a ton of bricks, remember: Cheese has lots of antioxidants.
When old age hits you like a ton of bricks, remember: Cheese has lots of antioxidants.
Everybody but Tin has gone grey in Household 4.
Snuffles has grilled up a fine plate of veggie burgers, but he decides at the last moment he'd rather have a leftover hot dog instead.
When not even the chef wants to eat what he's made, everybody else takes the hint. As Dei bites into her grilled cheese sandwich, she feels the stirrings of something awakening deep inside her..
... Or maybe it's just the fallout of what's going on behind her. Nice to see SimGas actually taking the initiative, instead of being passive prey.
Jwhouk breaks the coffee machine.
Tinwhistler finally achieves his logic goal. Where the heck is he gonna store a rocket ship?
"No, 7:20 in the morning is NOT too early for a drink, thank you very much."
To boost his handiness, Tinwhistler fixes the coffee pot and roots through the leftover detritus for more spare parts.
Dei finishes up her aspirational step by performing a romantic scene with Tin.
Gas and DarkAudit get in their requisite video gaming before work. ... is that Another grilled cheese sandwich, Dei?
Tin is left in the mood.... TO DANCE.
Dei has found her true calling. This acting stuff was a distraction. She must spread the gospel of the perfect food.
Celt Z has finally reached charisma level 6, and by golly, she's gonna get those last 4 kisses today come hell or high water.
Uh, Bubble, maybe that's not the best place to do push-ups.
In the park, Celt Z finds my favorite (formerly) red-headed townie, Nina Caliente. Does her temperament live up to her name?
Before she even knows what has hit her, Nina gets a big dose of Vitamin Z.
Snuffles doesn't have to work today, so he gets in a nice nap.
"Hey Joe, I see you're finishing up a hot dog there... I bet you wish you'd decided to have a nice grilled cheese sandwich for lunch instead, huh?"
Celt Z has returned from the park. Dei greets her sister.
"You know what would be the perfect way to power up for a hard day of heartbreaking? Two toasted slices of warm, wheaty goodness with some hot, hot cheese between them."
Elderliness suddenly hits Tinwhistler like a ton of bricks. That makes 8 for 8 elders in household 4.
"Gee, Tin, you're looking kinda down. You know what I bet would cheer you up? That little bit of sunshine and youth we like to call... GRILLED CHEESE."
Celt Z needs three more sets of lips to lock, so she heads across the street and finds another likely mark - General Specific.
Celt Z makes a textbook "move," the old yawn-and-stretch-and-oh-look-where-my-arm-went.
It takes a little more work than usual, but sure enough, the huntress takes her prey.
Next, Celt Z heads next door. Oh look, Mind Detective is home. He introduces Celt Z to Gruebeard. THEY MAKE IT WEIRD IN TANDEM. Celt Z excuses herself and flees.
She stops off at home to recharge with some good old liquid love fuel.
There's a pair of young adults flirting in the park. Celt Z notices their amateurish amorous attempts go south, and they split up, embarrased for each other.
Time to show these kids how it's really done.
That's one down...
Hey there big boy, that other girl leave you hanging?
And that's ten.
Seems pretty obvious which reward Celt Z should take, doesn't it.
Meanwhile, Gas and DA get home. They have both been promoted. But kinda exhausted.
Celt Z rewards herself for her hard work with a veggie burger, and then heads off to bed early.
DarkAudit and Gas both opt for naps on various couches.
Snuffles grills up a succulent smorgasbord of fruit for everyone's dining enjoyment.
But that won't do for Dei... There's only one food fit for her... fit for the gods! The miraculous melt-in-your-mouth palate pleaser... GRILLED CHEESE.
The ravages of time have taken Bubble's six pack... but still he jogs.
As everybody else heads off to bed, Snuffles and Jwhouk play vidya late into the night.
What do the elderly dream of, when they take a little elder snooze? Do they dream of soiled boxers, or their increasingly impending doom? Well don't you worry your little greyscale heads, you're safe and snug right there in your cozy codger beds. But if you get murdered by crystal meth tweakers.... well then you're shit out of luck.
1 am old fart dance party!
Tin wakes up nice and early, and gets to fixing the VR system somebody broke yesterday.
Jwhouk is a walking contradiction. Using the waterslide late at night in the rain... making sure to use his umbrella so the rain doesn't get him wet?
Snuffles looks on fascinated as Tinwhistler uses the leftover parts from the VR gaming system to upgrade the toilet.
Snuffles has grilled up a fine plate of veggie burgers, but he decides at the last moment he'd rather have a leftover hot dog instead.
When not even the chef wants to eat what he's made, everybody else takes the hint. As Dei bites into her grilled cheese sandwich, she feels the stirrings of something awakening deep inside her..
... Or maybe it's just the fallout of what's going on behind her. Nice to see SimGas actually taking the initiative, instead of being passive prey.
Jwhouk breaks the coffee machine.
Tinwhistler finally achieves his logic goal. Where the heck is he gonna store a rocket ship?
"No, 7:20 in the morning is NOT too early for a drink, thank you very much."
To boost his handiness, Tinwhistler fixes the coffee pot and roots through the leftover detritus for more spare parts.
Dei finishes up her aspirational step by performing a romantic scene with Tin.
Gas and DarkAudit get in their requisite video gaming before work. ... is that Another grilled cheese sandwich, Dei?
Tin is left in the mood.... TO DANCE.
Dei has found her true calling. This acting stuff was a distraction. She must spread the gospel of the perfect food.
Celt Z has finally reached charisma level 6, and by golly, she's gonna get those last 4 kisses today come hell or high water.
Uh, Bubble, maybe that's not the best place to do push-ups.
In the park, Celt Z finds my favorite (formerly) red-headed townie, Nina Caliente. Does her temperament live up to her name?
Before she even knows what has hit her, Nina gets a big dose of Vitamin Z.
Snuffles doesn't have to work today, so he gets in a nice nap.
"Hey Joe, I see you're finishing up a hot dog there... I bet you wish you'd decided to have a nice grilled cheese sandwich for lunch instead, huh?"
Celt Z has returned from the park. Dei greets her sister.
"You know what would be the perfect way to power up for a hard day of heartbreaking? Two toasted slices of warm, wheaty goodness with some hot, hot cheese between them."
Elderliness suddenly hits Tinwhistler like a ton of bricks. That makes 8 for 8 elders in household 4.
"Gee, Tin, you're looking kinda down. You know what I bet would cheer you up? That little bit of sunshine and youth we like to call... GRILLED CHEESE."
Celt Z needs three more sets of lips to lock, so she heads across the street and finds another likely mark - General Specific.
Celt Z makes a textbook "move," the old yawn-and-stretch-and-oh-look-where-my-arm-went.
It takes a little more work than usual, but sure enough, the huntress takes her prey.
Next, Celt Z heads next door. Oh look, Mind Detective is home. He introduces Celt Z to Gruebeard. THEY MAKE IT WEIRD IN TANDEM. Celt Z excuses herself and flees.
She stops off at home to recharge with some good old liquid love fuel.
There's a pair of young adults flirting in the park. Celt Z notices their amateurish amorous attempts go south, and they split up, embarrased for each other.
Time to show these kids how it's really done.
That's one down...
Hey there big boy, that other girl leave you hanging?
And that's ten.
Seems pretty obvious which reward Celt Z should take, doesn't it.
Meanwhile, Gas and DA get home. They have both been promoted. But kinda exhausted.
Celt Z rewards herself for her hard work with a veggie burger, and then heads off to bed early.
DarkAudit and Gas both opt for naps on various couches.
Snuffles grills up a succulent smorgasbord of fruit for everyone's dining enjoyment.
But that won't do for Dei... There's only one food fit for her... fit for the gods! The miraculous melt-in-your-mouth palate pleaser... GRILLED CHEESE.
The ravages of time have taken Bubble's six pack... but still he jogs.
As everybody else heads off to bed, Snuffles and Jwhouk play vidya late into the night.
What do the elderly dream of, when they take a little elder snooze? Do they dream of soiled boxers, or their increasingly impending doom? Well don't you worry your little greyscale heads, you're safe and snug right there in your cozy codger beds. But if you get murdered by crystal meth tweakers.... well then you're shit out of luck.
1 am old fart dance party!
Tin wakes up nice and early, and gets to fixing the VR system somebody broke yesterday.
Jwhouk is a walking contradiction. Using the waterslide late at night in the rain... making sure to use his umbrella so the rain doesn't get him wet?
Snuffles looks on fascinated as Tinwhistler uses the leftover parts from the VR gaming system to upgrade the toilet.
TIL Celt Z is Blanche.
That was my favorite update, I think.
"And now, in stereo..."