A week with the Singles
No more pregnant sims! This week, we're heading over to Strangetown to spend a week with the Singles ladies.
Now when I placed my Patel family into a house in Belladonna Cove, I had a peep at their relationship panels and realised they didn't know anyone. Because of course, sims in the sim bin don't go wandering around community lots for your playables to run into. So at the end of their week, I went and looked up where all the Belladonna Cove apartment residents used to live and put them back in their apartment buildings. Then I found homes for everyone else. All was fine until I got to the Singles. I'm happy to shove a couple and their four children into a two bedroomed building, but four adult room mates kind of needed rooms each. But with only 20k, they couldn't afford anywhere. In the end, I turned a nice, big house into an apartment and moved them onto it. But even then, they still couldn't afford the place. So instead of leaving them in limbo while I went and played another few families, I settled down and set them to work.
Lola shuns digging for a more direct approach.
Lola: HELLO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Spare a dollar for our rent? You won't regret it! IT WILL MAKE ME STOP SCREAMING AT YOU!
Erin: Is your sister-
Chloe: I'm not related to her. I don't even know her.
Lola: PLEEEEEEASE, OUR BLADDERS ARE FILLING FAST.
Chloe and Lola are awful at digging, but Kristen is consistently finding the good stuff.
Kristen: I FOUND A FOUNTAIN! OH WAIT THAT'S NOT A FOUNTAIN ARGH!
Nice one, Chloe!
Chloe: Can we afford the place yet?
No.
Chloe: Well can I at least use the bathroom?
No.
ERIN WINS.
Landlord: Bloody cheek, digging holes all over my yard and expecting me to fill 'em in, grumble grumble.
Lola: HELP, WE HAVE NO RENT.
Lola, the rent's paid. the apartment's yours.
Lola: HELP WE HAVE NO BEDS.
OK, that's still true.
I had to spend their last remaining cash on a computer because the landlord recycled the newspaper when I wasn't looking and Humble glitches and has to be deleted whenever he steps foot onto an apartment lot before anyone's managed to rent a room. And everyone needs jobs.
Lola: So did you hear, Vidcund's still getting spied on by everyone in town.
Chloe: Neat! Do you think we could see him from here too?
Erin: So how about all that SWEET GOLD I dug up to rent this place, huh? Who da man!?
Chloe: You should've kept it and spent it on a haircut.
Erin: You're pleased with me though, right, Lola?
Lola: Don't talk to me, you had gold and didn't let me roll in it.
So yeah, even with that treasure chest, they're stinkin' poor and there were no jobs that started right then, so after Kristen and Erin got makeovers, I sent them to Pleasant Views, the strip club, to earn some cash.
By bartending! Obviously!
Brandi: TOO SLOW, I'LL SERVE MYSELF.
Back home, Kristen is a terrible cook. There's not much chance she'll get better either as the oven is pretty much the only skilling object they own.
So I sent them to the coffee shop, where Johnny is just thrilled to see his big sis.
Chloe: So to be as cool as me, you must first learn that there is absolutely no shame in playing with toys when you're an adult.
Johnny: Aieee!
Townie: No shame!
Lola's LTW is to earn lots and lots and lots of money, so this promotion made her very happy.
I know I could've asked the landlord for repairs, but Kristen needed a mechanical point, so she got to be repairgirl today.
Kristen: Goddam Y2K virus!
Erin: Um, kind of hungry here.
Oh that's OK, you're at work, they feed you OH MY GOD THEY'RE NOT FEEDING YOU! (Spoiler: they fed her. Eventually.)
Kristen: Isn't is a lovely day!?
Randy: My name's Randy. None of the days are lovely.
Kristen earned quite a bit of cash working the till, but then she decided she was gonna blow it all on jewellery.
Oh yeah, you remember last update, when Cassandra's hair all fell off? Well after that, I went through all my hair and made sure it was all outerwear/maternity enabled. I also made sure I had a separate grey for all of them. Which is why Coral Oldie is now sporting a new look.
Unsavory Charlatan: And may I say, you're looking ravishing!
UC: You know what would look even better though? A perm! And maybe a tiara!
Coral: Er... I dunno... hey, where's my wallet!?
Kristen: Should I do something? I should do something.
She did something, not that it helped. Poor Coral. That's twice he's got her now!
Chloe's LTW is to have 20 simultaneous lovers (NOOOOOOOOOOO), so I sent her back to the strip club to find one.
WHAT IS WITH THIS FAMILY AND TEENAGERS JFC CHLOE NO!
Can't you chat up the cute bartender instead?
Chloe: I dunno, I don't think our skin colours would mix very well.
Ugh, fine, go and watch Venkat strip, I know you want to.
Chloe: Such firm, tender flesh! I've come over all faint!
Chloe: Oh wait, no, THIS is why I feel faint.
Denise: Aww yeah, come and get it, boys!
Venkat: So, want to get a drink? You'll have to buy though, the bartender won't serve me.
Chloe: You're kidding, right? I get brought drinks, I don't do the buying.
So the strip club didn't work out. I sent her to a restaurant hoping the cute elf-eared waiter might be on duty and he was!
Chloe: No.
What!? Why not!?
Chloe: I like this guy better.
Chloe! Chloe, no! You can do better than that!
Chloe: I haven't had my first kiss! I don't have TIME to do better!
She'll kiss him, but she won't eat at the same counter as him.
Chloe: Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen.
WAIT WAIT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TREATING HIM MEAN!
...Oh. Sorry, carry on.
She wanted a set of photos for herself, so they had another go.
And good times were had.
Loki: You disgust me. You shouldn't be allowed in public.
Chloe: Oh really?
Chloe: HOW'S THAT FOR DISGUSTING!?
CHLOE NO NO NO NO CHLOE NO!
NO, CHLOE.
Back at home, Erin got promoted and celebrated by playing on the swingset.
Erin wanted to win a cookery contest, so I thought I'd try and cheat a little by having all four girls enter. Only this douchebag also decided to cheat by STEALING LOLA'S ENTRY.
HAH HAH JOKE'S ON YOU.
Douchbag: Oops.
Lola: Oops.
DAMMIT LOLA.
So because she burned her entry and Chloe decided she had to pee RIGHT NOW, only Erin and Kristen managed to enter.
Lazlo's ten-cooking-points lobster thermidor wiped the floor with Kristen's cookies and Erin's gloop.
Kristen: Hey, you want a coffee?
Lola: Hell yeah. One big enough to float an ocean liner in.
They couldn't actually really afford to spend money on coffee, so Kristen had to work it off.
Erin's into nature, so she spends a lot of time birdwatching.
Erin: I can still spy on Vidcund, but it's safer than a telescope.
Chloe still has a long way to go to get those 20 lovers, so I had her invite over this guy.
Chloe: You want me to flirt with this tool? Me?
Just do it. You need the dream date motive boost.
They're not in love yet, but it's a start.
Oh yeah, he had a great time, all right. Nice of him to tell all his friends. Creep.
Lola is a fierce dancer. Meanwhile, Kristen likes to paint. But just to be annoying, she has a constant fear of selling a bad painting, which means her pockets are full of paintings she doesn't want to sell.
Chloe's not on maternity leave yet, so she goes to work and wins some money.
Erin is surprisingly good at catching bugs. She never gets attacked by bees!
Thanks, Gabriel!
Lola enjoys music and dance and so wanted to play music for tips. So I sent her to the pub to put on a show.
HMM, I wonder where this vampire might like to settle down?
Violet: Lol, Belladonna? Really?
Contessa Belladonna: Yeah, what about it? Belladonna's a much cooler plant than a boring old violet.
Violet: GASP!
John Mole: Either of you ladies want to join me for a game?
Lola: *jammin' away*
Lola: Where's all my money?
Blame Violet and Belladonna. Their fighting blocked everyone from reaching your tip jar.
Darren: Can you believe this?! This woman says she doesn't own a TV!
Lola: Well I'm trying to earn enough cash for one, but there was a little problem with my tips.
Violet: Sorry about blocking your tip jar. Have a hot dog, my treat.
Chloe: Oooh!
Lola: Nice puppy.
Someone was friends with General Buzz?
Chloe invited Trent over in order to woo him, only for him to offer her a blind date.
Trent: I hope the date bombs, 'cause damn, you're fine!
Ouch.
Chloe: Oooooooooooooooooh! ♥
So Chloe's date is a Twikki Islander named Jim Reeves and she has a nice three bolts going with him. Gotta love blind dates.
Then this lady cut in to offer Chloe a job.
Chloe: Welcome to Strangetown! This is how we say "hello".
Jim: Whoa whoa whoa no.
Lola: Hey everyone, I got promoted!
Chloe: Dammit Lola, kinda busy here!
Chloe: Now where were we?
Erin: Hey everyone, I taught some punk kids a lesson today!
Chloe: STILL BUSY OVER HERE.
Jim: This is how we say "hello" on Twikki Island.
Chloe: I liked my way better, but this looks fun.
Dream date!
You know how bills are calculated from the value of the stuff? This is how poor the girls are.
Although Erin and Kristen are working on that.
Erin: Wait, how do beds work again? It's so long since I had one of my own.
Chloe calls Trent over for some wooing and this time he doesn't offer to set her up with anyone.
Meanwhile, I got started on Erin's LTW. She wants a zillion best friends, so I decided she could start with her sister-in-law.
Chloe: Toilet's broke and I'm really pregnant right now. Could you hurry up and fix it?
Erin: Chloe's love life looks like it's gonna be filled with drama. I'll bet it would help if I learned Couples Counselling.
Lola got promoted.
Someone brought Ramir Patel home and Erin spent hours friendmaking in the front garden with him.
Trent: Oooh, you're so dreeeamy.
Chloe: I know, I've got a mantle full of bouquets to prove it.
Trent: What?
Chloe: Nothing.
Chloe: THE PAAAAAAIN!
Whoa, that ended just in time too. I'm guessing it would kind of spoil a date if your partner started giving birth to another man's child in the middle of it.
It's a boy! His name is Cody and sadly, he got none of Chloe's cool genetics.
Ramir: THAT WAS AWESOME!
Chloe is totally exhausted by the birth so Auntie Lola steps up to take care of him.
Lola: By 'take care of him', I assume you don't mean 'sell him on eBay'?
Chloe: Aww, he may not look like me, but he's still kind of cute.
They've got a greenhouse on the lot, so I made Chloe plant a bunch of tomato plants.
Haha, WHAT!
Erin: I pray that I eat a bowl of nice, hot soup today!
Erin decided that in order to get to know her house mates better, she was gonna drag them all on a hike!
Kristen: Wait, why doesn't Chloe have to come on this stupid hike?
Because Chloe has to look after her baby.
Oh, and Lola's arm got stuck like this for some reason. I did hope sending her on the hike would fix it, but it didn't.
How have you not been attacked by bees yet!?
Lola has a Grilled Cheese secondary and she wanted to talk about it with anyone, not just the baby. So I let her chat to Trent.
Lola: So, about Grilled Cheese-
Trent: YAWN don't give a crap.
Erin: OHMYGAWD GRILLED CHEESE IS THE BEST!
Erin doesn't actually care about grilled cheese (her secondary is family) so I guess she's just faking for Lola's sake.
Go Kristen!
I decided to invite round all the Smith-Curious family to see baby Cody. But he was asleep. So they all hung out in the front garden for hours instead.
Erin: Oooh, great idea! Can I invite my family over too?
Eh, sure, why not.
WHAT CIRCE NO.
Kristen gets promoted.
Sadly, Erin's family is Loki Beaker, so that goes about as well as can be expected.
Loki: I'm watching you, asshole.
Vidcund: OK, I'm used to being spied on, but this going too far.
I brought the girls a fishtank! Albert approves.
Lola: Hey, shouldn't the landlord be doing this?
Yes... only someone was using the bathroom when I told him to fix it and he decided he'd rather sleep in everyone's beds instead. For about two days.
It's birthday time for Cody!
Sadly, now he's too big to shove in a one-tile bouncy chair. Which means...
Erin: Bye Chloe, we'll miss you!
Yup, it's time for Chloe and Cody to move on.
Kristen and Erin get over the departure of their house mate with a little snowball fight.
And we wrap up the Singles house with Kristen finishing another painting she doesn't want to sell.
Over to Chloe! This is her new home, a Backdoor Lane apartment by Plasticbox.
Sadly, I quickly realised it was a Bad Idea to move a dirt-poor adult and a toddler onto an apartment lot because, of course, there's no access to bottles. I made Chloe do a bit of digging, but in the end, I had to kaching a few times.
Still, Chloe has a plan to pay it all back!
Chloe: ARRR.
Yes, that's very nice, but where's your son?
Cody: Only ten more miles back to Strangetown, I'll be there by morning.
Wait, Cody, come back!
Cody: WHY CAN'T I FLY TOO WAH!
Chloe makes a start on potty training her son.
She also needs an aspiration boost so she can harvest her money trees, so I let her booty call Jim Reeves, her three-bolt Twikki Island blind date.
Chloe: Hi, I've just moved house! Wanna come over and check out my bedroom?
Jim: I don't miss the heat of Twikki Island one bit, 'cause girl, you are HOT HOT HOT!
New bedroom test in progress.
While they're busy, here's a shot of Chloe's orchard of money trees. It's not gonna pay off that ten grand she owes very quickly, but every little helps!
While Chloe sleeps, Jim autonomously decided to chat to her son. Aww. I like him.
Cody: So how does your hair suddenly vanish when you get dressed? Is it magic?
Jim: Well, uh... it's a mystical Twikki secret.
And we round off with a shot of Chloe skilling because she desperately needs a promotion and the money it would bring. Hopefully the light bulbs on the chair will inspire!
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No pregnant sims? Famous last words! Well, I can safely say Chloe was the most entertaining of the ladies and I'm looking forward to playing her again, even if I do kind of hate that LTW. The other three, not so much. Sorry ladies! Still, maybe if I'm not focused on Chloe when playing them, they'll find new ways to amuse me. I can but hope!
Next will be the Larson twins. See you then.
Uberhood Index
Now when I placed my Patel family into a house in Belladonna Cove, I had a peep at their relationship panels and realised they didn't know anyone. Because of course, sims in the sim bin don't go wandering around community lots for your playables to run into. So at the end of their week, I went and looked up where all the Belladonna Cove apartment residents used to live and put them back in their apartment buildings. Then I found homes for everyone else. All was fine until I got to the Singles. I'm happy to shove a couple and their four children into a two bedroomed building, but four adult room mates kind of needed rooms each. But with only 20k, they couldn't afford anywhere. In the end, I turned a nice, big house into an apartment and moved them onto it. But even then, they still couldn't afford the place. So instead of leaving them in limbo while I went and played another few families, I settled down and set them to work.
Lola shuns digging for a more direct approach.
Lola: HELLO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Spare a dollar for our rent? You won't regret it! IT WILL MAKE ME STOP SCREAMING AT YOU!
Erin: Is your sister-
Chloe: I'm not related to her. I don't even know her.
Lola: PLEEEEEEASE, OUR BLADDERS ARE FILLING FAST.
Chloe and Lola are awful at digging, but Kristen is consistently finding the good stuff.
Kristen: I FOUND A FOUNTAIN! OH WAIT THAT'S NOT A FOUNTAIN ARGH!
Nice one, Chloe!
Chloe: Can we afford the place yet?
No.
Chloe: Well can I at least use the bathroom?
No.
ERIN WINS.
Landlord: Bloody cheek, digging holes all over my yard and expecting me to fill 'em in, grumble grumble.
Lola: HELP, WE HAVE NO RENT.
Lola, the rent's paid. the apartment's yours.
Lola: HELP WE HAVE NO BEDS.
OK, that's still true.
I had to spend their last remaining cash on a computer because the landlord recycled the newspaper when I wasn't looking and Humble glitches and has to be deleted whenever he steps foot onto an apartment lot before anyone's managed to rent a room. And everyone needs jobs.
Lola: So did you hear, Vidcund's still getting spied on by everyone in town.
Chloe: Neat! Do you think we could see him from here too?
Erin: So how about all that SWEET GOLD I dug up to rent this place, huh? Who da man!?
Chloe: You should've kept it and spent it on a haircut.
Erin: You're pleased with me though, right, Lola?
Lola: Don't talk to me, you had gold and didn't let me roll in it.
So yeah, even with that treasure chest, they're stinkin' poor and there were no jobs that started right then, so after Kristen and Erin got makeovers, I sent them to Pleasant Views, the strip club, to earn some cash.
By bartending! Obviously!
Brandi: TOO SLOW, I'LL SERVE MYSELF.
Back home, Kristen is a terrible cook. There's not much chance she'll get better either as the oven is pretty much the only skilling object they own.
So I sent them to the coffee shop, where Johnny is just thrilled to see his big sis.
Chloe: So to be as cool as me, you must first learn that there is absolutely no shame in playing with toys when you're an adult.
Johnny: Aieee!
Townie: No shame!
Lola's LTW is to earn lots and lots and lots of money, so this promotion made her very happy.
I know I could've asked the landlord for repairs, but Kristen needed a mechanical point, so she got to be repairgirl today.
Kristen: Goddam Y2K virus!
Erin: Um, kind of hungry here.
Oh that's OK, you're at work, they feed you OH MY GOD THEY'RE NOT FEEDING YOU! (Spoiler: they fed her. Eventually.)
Kristen: Isn't is a lovely day!?
Randy: My name's Randy. None of the days are lovely.
Kristen earned quite a bit of cash working the till, but then she decided she was gonna blow it all on jewellery.
Oh yeah, you remember last update, when Cassandra's hair all fell off? Well after that, I went through all my hair and made sure it was all outerwear/maternity enabled. I also made sure I had a separate grey for all of them. Which is why Coral Oldie is now sporting a new look.
Unsavory Charlatan: And may I say, you're looking ravishing!
UC: You know what would look even better though? A perm! And maybe a tiara!
Coral: Er... I dunno... hey, where's my wallet!?
Kristen: Should I do something? I should do something.
She did something, not that it helped. Poor Coral. That's twice he's got her now!
Chloe's LTW is to have 20 simultaneous lovers (NOOOOOOOOOOO), so I sent her back to the strip club to find one.
WHAT IS WITH THIS FAMILY AND TEENAGERS JFC CHLOE NO!
Can't you chat up the cute bartender instead?
Chloe: I dunno, I don't think our skin colours would mix very well.
Ugh, fine, go and watch Venkat strip, I know you want to.
Chloe: Such firm, tender flesh! I've come over all faint!
Chloe: Oh wait, no, THIS is why I feel faint.
Denise: Aww yeah, come and get it, boys!
Venkat: So, want to get a drink? You'll have to buy though, the bartender won't serve me.
Chloe: You're kidding, right? I get brought drinks, I don't do the buying.
So the strip club didn't work out. I sent her to a restaurant hoping the cute elf-eared waiter might be on duty and he was!
Chloe: No.
What!? Why not!?
Chloe: I like this guy better.
Chloe! Chloe, no! You can do better than that!
Chloe: I haven't had my first kiss! I don't have TIME to do better!
She'll kiss him, but she won't eat at the same counter as him.
Chloe: Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen.
WAIT WAIT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TREATING HIM MEAN!
...Oh. Sorry, carry on.
She wanted a set of photos for herself, so they had another go.
And good times were had.
Loki: You disgust me. You shouldn't be allowed in public.
Chloe: Oh really?
Chloe: HOW'S THAT FOR DISGUSTING!?
CHLOE NO NO NO NO CHLOE NO!
NO, CHLOE.
Back at home, Erin got promoted and celebrated by playing on the swingset.
Erin wanted to win a cookery contest, so I thought I'd try and cheat a little by having all four girls enter. Only this douchebag also decided to cheat by STEALING LOLA'S ENTRY.
HAH HAH JOKE'S ON YOU.
Douchbag: Oops.
Lola: Oops.
DAMMIT LOLA.
So because she burned her entry and Chloe decided she had to pee RIGHT NOW, only Erin and Kristen managed to enter.
Lazlo's ten-cooking-points lobster thermidor wiped the floor with Kristen's cookies and Erin's gloop.
Kristen: Hey, you want a coffee?
Lola: Hell yeah. One big enough to float an ocean liner in.
They couldn't actually really afford to spend money on coffee, so Kristen had to work it off.
Erin's into nature, so she spends a lot of time birdwatching.
Erin: I can still spy on Vidcund, but it's safer than a telescope.
Chloe still has a long way to go to get those 20 lovers, so I had her invite over this guy.
Chloe: You want me to flirt with this tool? Me?
Just do it. You need the dream date motive boost.
They're not in love yet, but it's a start.
Oh yeah, he had a great time, all right. Nice of him to tell all his friends. Creep.
Lola is a fierce dancer. Meanwhile, Kristen likes to paint. But just to be annoying, she has a constant fear of selling a bad painting, which means her pockets are full of paintings she doesn't want to sell.
Chloe's not on maternity leave yet, so she goes to work and wins some money.
Erin is surprisingly good at catching bugs. She never gets attacked by bees!
Thanks, Gabriel!
Lola enjoys music and dance and so wanted to play music for tips. So I sent her to the pub to put on a show.
HMM, I wonder where this vampire might like to settle down?
Violet: Lol, Belladonna? Really?
Contessa Belladonna: Yeah, what about it? Belladonna's a much cooler plant than a boring old violet.
Violet: GASP!
John Mole: Either of you ladies want to join me for a game?
Lola: *jammin' away*
Lola: Where's all my money?
Blame Violet and Belladonna. Their fighting blocked everyone from reaching your tip jar.
Darren: Can you believe this?! This woman says she doesn't own a TV!
Lola: Well I'm trying to earn enough cash for one, but there was a little problem with my tips.
Violet: Sorry about blocking your tip jar. Have a hot dog, my treat.
Chloe: Oooh!
Lola: Nice puppy.
Someone was friends with General Buzz?
Chloe invited Trent over in order to woo him, only for him to offer her a blind date.
Trent: I hope the date bombs, 'cause damn, you're fine!
Ouch.
Chloe: Oooooooooooooooooh! ♥
So Chloe's date is a Twikki Islander named Jim Reeves and she has a nice three bolts going with him. Gotta love blind dates.
Then this lady cut in to offer Chloe a job.
Chloe: Welcome to Strangetown! This is how we say "hello".
Jim: Whoa whoa whoa no.
Lola: Hey everyone, I got promoted!
Chloe: Dammit Lola, kinda busy here!
Chloe: Now where were we?
Erin: Hey everyone, I taught some punk kids a lesson today!
Chloe: STILL BUSY OVER HERE.
Jim: This is how we say "hello" on Twikki Island.
Chloe: I liked my way better, but this looks fun.
Dream date!
You know how bills are calculated from the value of the stuff? This is how poor the girls are.
Although Erin and Kristen are working on that.
Erin: Wait, how do beds work again? It's so long since I had one of my own.
Chloe calls Trent over for some wooing and this time he doesn't offer to set her up with anyone.
Meanwhile, I got started on Erin's LTW. She wants a zillion best friends, so I decided she could start with her sister-in-law.
Chloe: Toilet's broke and I'm really pregnant right now. Could you hurry up and fix it?
Erin: Chloe's love life looks like it's gonna be filled with drama. I'll bet it would help if I learned Couples Counselling.
Lola got promoted.
Someone brought Ramir Patel home and Erin spent hours friendmaking in the front garden with him.
Trent: Oooh, you're so dreeeamy.
Chloe: I know, I've got a mantle full of bouquets to prove it.
Trent: What?
Chloe: Nothing.
Chloe: THE PAAAAAAIN!
Whoa, that ended just in time too. I'm guessing it would kind of spoil a date if your partner started giving birth to another man's child in the middle of it.
It's a boy! His name is Cody and sadly, he got none of Chloe's cool genetics.
Ramir: THAT WAS AWESOME!
Chloe is totally exhausted by the birth so Auntie Lola steps up to take care of him.
Lola: By 'take care of him', I assume you don't mean 'sell him on eBay'?
Chloe: Aww, he may not look like me, but he's still kind of cute.
They've got a greenhouse on the lot, so I made Chloe plant a bunch of tomato plants.
Haha, WHAT!
Erin: I pray that I eat a bowl of nice, hot soup today!
Erin decided that in order to get to know her house mates better, she was gonna drag them all on a hike!
Kristen: Wait, why doesn't Chloe have to come on this stupid hike?
Because Chloe has to look after her baby.
Oh, and Lola's arm got stuck like this for some reason. I did hope sending her on the hike would fix it, but it didn't.
How have you not been attacked by bees yet!?
Lola has a Grilled Cheese secondary and she wanted to talk about it with anyone, not just the baby. So I let her chat to Trent.
Lola: So, about Grilled Cheese-
Trent: YAWN don't give a crap.
Erin: OHMYGAWD GRILLED CHEESE IS THE BEST!
Erin doesn't actually care about grilled cheese (her secondary is family) so I guess she's just faking for Lola's sake.
Go Kristen!
I decided to invite round all the Smith-Curious family to see baby Cody. But he was asleep. So they all hung out in the front garden for hours instead.
Erin: Oooh, great idea! Can I invite my family over too?
Eh, sure, why not.
WHAT CIRCE NO.
Kristen gets promoted.
Sadly, Erin's family is Loki Beaker, so that goes about as well as can be expected.
Loki: I'm watching you, asshole.
Vidcund: OK, I'm used to being spied on, but this going too far.
I brought the girls a fishtank! Albert approves.
Lola: Hey, shouldn't the landlord be doing this?
Yes... only someone was using the bathroom when I told him to fix it and he decided he'd rather sleep in everyone's beds instead. For about two days.
It's birthday time for Cody!
Sadly, now he's too big to shove in a one-tile bouncy chair. Which means...
Erin: Bye Chloe, we'll miss you!
Yup, it's time for Chloe and Cody to move on.
Kristen and Erin get over the departure of their house mate with a little snowball fight.
And we wrap up the Singles house with Kristen finishing another painting she doesn't want to sell.
Over to Chloe! This is her new home, a Backdoor Lane apartment by Plasticbox.
Sadly, I quickly realised it was a Bad Idea to move a dirt-poor adult and a toddler onto an apartment lot because, of course, there's no access to bottles. I made Chloe do a bit of digging, but in the end, I had to kaching a few times.
Still, Chloe has a plan to pay it all back!
Chloe: ARRR.
Yes, that's very nice, but where's your son?
Cody: Only ten more miles back to Strangetown, I'll be there by morning.
Wait, Cody, come back!
Cody: WHY CAN'T I FLY TOO WAH!
Chloe makes a start on potty training her son.
She also needs an aspiration boost so she can harvest her money trees, so I let her booty call Jim Reeves, her three-bolt Twikki Island blind date.
Chloe: Hi, I've just moved house! Wanna come over and check out my bedroom?
Jim: I don't miss the heat of Twikki Island one bit, 'cause girl, you are HOT HOT HOT!
New bedroom test in progress.
While they're busy, here's a shot of Chloe's orchard of money trees. It's not gonna pay off that ten grand she owes very quickly, but every little helps!
While Chloe sleeps, Jim autonomously decided to chat to her son. Aww. I like him.
Cody: So how does your hair suddenly vanish when you get dressed? Is it magic?
Jim: Well, uh... it's a mystical Twikki secret.
And we round off with a shot of Chloe skilling because she desperately needs a promotion and the money it would bring. Hopefully the light bulbs on the chair will inspire!
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No pregnant sims? Famous last words! Well, I can safely say Chloe was the most entertaining of the ladies and I'm looking forward to playing her again, even if I do kind of hate that LTW. The other three, not so much. Sorry ladies! Still, maybe if I'm not focused on Chloe when playing them, they'll find new ways to amuse me. I can but hope!
Next will be the Larson twins. See you then.
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