Thursday, September 19, 2013

The Rest of College

Hephaestus and Nemesis are without beaus and are related to each other. I just realized what a massive undertaking this is. Forty sims to have twenty more kids, not counting twins, alien abduction and plant babies. To make things not so confusing, I've mapped out the couples and the singles so far. Roughly half of the eligible sims have coupled up (or the making of). I suspect Apollo and Tyche of trying to fall in love. It's not in the cards. Tyche is Eros' and Apollo is Hecates. I mean, they could trade. Eros and Hecae almost got together. There really wasn't anything for me to do with the third household, since most of their relationships were already established. By their third semester all the students had skilled enough to complete college and I fast forwarded through as much as I could. As lost as they kept the shrubbery in good standing they were free to do as they pleased. So much dating! I hardly wrote anything down for this one. Alright, so I switched around some of the couples to acclimate Nemesis and Hephaestus. This required that some couples go back to their original posting. I have it all written out... somewhere. hold on.

1. Hephaestus + Gaea
2. Tyche + Eros
3. Deimos + Nemesis
4. Carina + Dionysus
5. Apollo + Hecate
6. Hermes + Hemera
7. Peitho + Endymion
8. Thanatos + Selene
9. Hypnos + Persephone
10. Aquarius + Lepus
11. Typhon + Nyx
12. Hydra + Medusa
13. Pictor + Delphinus
14. Sextans + Aquila
15. Nike + Pan
16. Aether + Libra
17. Phobos + Tucana
18. Lupus + Virgo
19. Gemini + Terpsichore
20. Anteros + Vulpecula

I played the last two households withouth taking notes because it all becoming all so humdrum. I recall one of the girls being a total flake, though. Was it Vulpecula? I don't know. It was the one I labeled as nerdy, but she busted through that category into slutty flakedom.
So they've all graduated. Thank heavens. I can go back to the neighborhood and start making babies again.

College is Hell: Part Two

As I promised, here we are at Astraeus Auberge. Not the most eloquent estates, but the kids don't mind. I get to listen to metal the whole time I play this lot. "Get to." Their first day after completing their term papers, Phobos, being the friendly sort, invited the students from Menoetius Manor to meet him and his friends. The Manor is made up of Apollo and Tyche Cygnus, and Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hermes and Nemesis Seraph. We know Gaea and Tyche son't like each other, but Deimos is quite interested in Tyche. Nike really needs to meet people, too. She doesn't really do a good job, though. Deimos, however, is successful with Tyche.
The only student in this dorm that doesn't need to study is Gaea. The rest are  terribly defficient in that department. It works, though. Gaea has time to increase her relationship with Selene. She and Deimos and Phobos all know the spinster of Ebonwood, at least by association. Gaea coerced Selene and her household over fr the evening. Pan shares two bolts with Selene, and Aethershares one for Medusa. Phobos isn't interested in any of them.
Midterms went well, and Nike completes the skills she'll need to complete college. As a reward, Deimos invites Anteros over to meet her... She's not impressed. How is she not impressed!? He's totally foxy! Picky, picky, picky. Deimos reacquainted himself with Tucana and invited her and hers over to meet the boys. Let's hope Aether and Phobos have more luck with this crowd. And they do, oh my gosh. Phobos has three bolts for Tucana, Pan finishes his skills and procedes to chat up all the Seraph spinsters. He must be in heaven. Phobos effectively falls head over heals for Tucana, This pleases me. I'm glas he found a nice girl. Aether is quite taken with Libra. Gaea's had enough of this clam bake and invites over some men to even out the odds. Hypnos and Thanatos, if you must know. Yeah, the single ones.
Yes, they were introduced to Virgo and Terpsichore. Aether went on a date with Libra and Nike went on a date with Anteros. This batch has become one of Sophomores. All but two got bed upgrades with the money. Few days later they all complete the necessary skills to pass college and picked up their majors. Deimos shtooked Tyche and Nike had her way with ANteros after (And only after) They were engaged. Better save. The house has been uncharacteristically empty so Deimos invites over Tyche's household.
Oh... Pan and Carina are enemies. I wonder how that happened. Oh, poor Phobos. He was struck by lightning and his aspiration bottomed out. After some fiddling with attractions and re-nu-nu potions it has come to my attention that Nike and Pan share three bolts with each other. I explored their relationship cia a tentative date. I wasn't paying attention to the time. Nike had to go to class, but the two fell in love very quickly and regardless of its briefness, the date was dreamtastic. These two seem to be made for each other. Shows how much I know. A year after that, things get serious between Aether and Libra, and Phobos and Tucana. Engagement serious. And senior year the kids didn't invite a lot of poeple over. They spent a lot of their time studying for their dream jobs. Except Nike who just wants to be in a constant state of dream datery.
Gaea invited over Carina's household to solidify her relationship with Eros. Buh, they graduates I'm done with them! Next house

Gaea Seraph - Retro

Next up is Gaea Seraph. Remember, she was given Damascius and she looks like a ballerina. Parents are Canes Venatici and Leto, and they're both pleasure sims. Aside from the obligatory hookah they don't seem to want anything else. Leto invited the headmaster over for Gaea and her first day of school was exciting. She brought home a friend, little Delphinus, and Canes Venatici came home from work promoted to Party Guest, fulfilling his LTW. Headmaster Ryan was impressed with this family and Gaea joins the ranks of privileged young people.
To celebrate, Canes Venatici and Leto went on a date... in their kitchen. Then they moved the party to the car and.. ahem, had woopy in it. Thus sharing another delightfully dreamy day in marital bliss. That same day, Damascius grew into a pretty kitty with her moth's cute spots. Canes Venatici wastes no time beginning her training. Gaea brings home another little girl, little Vulpecula. She's a pop sim if ever there was one. Next day she brings home Aquarius. That's so weird. She brings home all these kids and she has 2/10 outgoing and 1/10 niceness. Weird.
So weird, too, these guys have a t.v. two computers and a stereo, all this really nice shit that everyone else wants and they don't even use them. Gaea brought home Aquila this time.
Damn, pleasure sims just do whatever they want, they never stick to anything. Stupid hookah thing, it's all they ever think about. Also, going on dates and having sex. They're the most sexually active of any couples I've played so far. It's nice. And after their 5th dream date, Leto wanted to spice things up a bit with a little public woohoo. Oh my, oh my.
Gaea got to know her 'aunt' Hecate the next day. They're the same age range. Oh dear, I guess Selene and Canes Venatici used to have a thing going on, she just slapped him silly! Oh well.. despite that little hitch that evening they earned their 6th dream date. Anyway, Gaea's birthday is tonight, Oh yay! She turned out way more pretty than I thought and in not too shitty clothes! Lucky~
Oh no, Leto got sunburn! The family went to the plaza so she could fulfill her public naughty want and Gaea could get those lovely gadget doodads tat every teenager simply must have. Leto's made a hobby of giving makeovers to passerby's. Everyone that seems to trod past the lot are always wearing those terrible American track suits. It's just unattractive.
Gaea snagged Endymion on his walk and the two became fast friends and the first she's made as a teenager. Saturday, Peitho was out with Dignaga and Gaea jumped at the opportunity to meet them both. At the end of the night they were as close as sisters.
Hahahahahaha! I sent Gaea out to the Witchwood Necropolis at night and the ghosts almost scared her to death. Poor kids starving now. I am still contributing to that graveyard, by the way. Stashing the NPCs I'm tired of in secret little places in the peoples houses, or feeding them to the Lagana's. What can I say?
Endymion invited himself over for burned... I don't even know what that is. Lobster. It's lobster. The gypsy woman came by the next morning to drop off a magic lamp. Yeah, boy! And Gaea brought home Hypnos. This family might not be as wealthy as the others, but they are not lacking in social prosperity.
Buh, despite this social affluence, Gaea's aspiration is below optimal and her social bar decays ridiculously slow because of how little 'nice' she had (or outgoing). Leto and Canes Venetici have sex in their car every time they go on a date. -

Endymion Seraph - Retro

The boys first day of school the house was packed. Monoceros, Asteria, Phoebe, Typhon and Hemera all came over to dance and listen to Borealis play the piano. Sandalphon got to doing chores around the house and to me delight, angels do garden. Anaximander received a lot of attention from the guests, too. I'm a little upset Monoceros registers as family to Mnemosyne. I'd have switched around the suitors if I'd known.
Tonight also happens to be the night Headmaster Vince Walter visits to assess young Endymion. Sandalphon made hamburgers for lunch, so Mr. Walter would just have to enjoy those, but the tour went very well, so we'll see how that goes. Never mind, he won't eat them. Welp, Borealis gets to making lobster while Mnemosyne talks the headmaster up a little. He's so impressed with dinner and her kindness and the house that Endymion's social value got a score of 132/90. I think that's the highest score I ever received. Good nes, because his first day of public school was terrible. He never wanted to go back. No unhappy.
Bitch Brittany Patch just recked my garbage can! What the shit, lady?! Emdymion's hobbe de jour is Music and Dancing, methinks he shall be the greatest pianist evar! Sandalphon's werewolf ways doesn't seem to impact his existence at all. He's be up at night anyway, being an angel and all. During Endymion's weekend, the child studed the skills he'd need to pass college. His mother instincively went for the piano instead of the chess board, which she did want to use. Her aspiration is a little low, so I had to focus on what she wanted instead of what she did.
After getting at least 5 skills in every column I let Endymion enjoy the rest of his weekend. Borealis and Mnemosyne partake of the juice bar regularly. Borealis spent some time reading and dancing with his boy. I don't know how I'd feel about being tickled by a robot. Sunday was so boring. At the end of the day Borealis welt to the plaza to maybe get some more appropriate attire. He's so sexy as he is, but his birthday's coming up soon. As usual, the family has money to burn, so I'm going to burn as much as I can. Wow, Borealis blew $140,000 on clothes. Just clothes. That's totally awesome! Endymion gets a much needed makeover.
To kill time, Mnemosyne and Borealis took to studying extracurricular subjects, Firesafety, parenting, that stuff. Sandalphon introduced himself to Hypnos. Hypnos is nerdy, and  suggested to Sandalphon that the world of science is a perfect niche for a mechanical man. Inspired, and being that Sandalphon had a gold badge in Robotics already, he took a job as an inventor. And since Mnemosyne is a wealth sim she can join the work force, as well. Natural Science pays well and she takes it. Takes a Laganaphyllis Simnovoreii, too. And since it's the cool thing to do, Borealis gets a for Anaximander in Security, taking one for himself as a protector of whales. It didn't take him long at all to become the Hand of Poseidon. Within the first two days of everyone being employed the households funds have doubled.
ANyway, it's time for Endymion to become a teenager. He's a friendly enough boy, but he doesn't bring home a lot of friends from school. Quiet sort, ut not a nerd, like Hypnos, doesn't leave me with a lot of options. I finally decide on wealth. Boring, I know. Poor kid sun do anything interesting. Just does his homework and plays the piano!
Borealis published a book before he entered his autumn years. Nothing special, really. Entitled The Finer Things. I also discovered that robots can'e buy clothes. Anyway, it's the weekend again, and Endymion need to leave the house sooner or later. The want to win a dancing contest came up in his want panel and I figure, what the hell. He makes for the Music Hobby lot.
I don't think I've ever entered any contests in this game before. Except when I tried to DJ the stereo glitched and I couldn't start any contests after that. I failed you, Endymion! Well, I can't stand for that. He took a quick nap and headed back there to show them all how he do. He won $500, too, and earned the little music plaque for topping interest in Music. Oh yeah, baby!
Oh yay, Endymion brought home Peitho and she immediately developed a crush on him. Nyaww. Borealis grew old. Pretty damn handsome, is I don't say so myself. Balls and sauce! My game just crashed! Hum, well this time around Endymion called up Hemera and got to be friends with her. Raphael stopped by after Sandalphon learned anger management and physiology, and they played hacky-sack together in the dining room as Endymion and Mnemosyne ate dinner.
Monday afternoon Endymion brought Pictor home instead of Peitho. The next day he brought home Pictor's sister, Carina. Oh delight, he'll have friends in college. Anyway, it's Borealis' birthday [again] tonight. I've been saving regularly this time. Mnemosyne has five or six days until she joins him in his elderlihood. That seems best. It'd be a little weird if Endymion came home from college in the same life stage as his parents.
Anyway, Mnemosyne reached the top of Natural Science and now goes to work in the buff. It's only once a week, though. Rhea stopped by to pay her a visit on that one day a week she's gone, but Sandalphon entertained her while Mnemosyne was at work. Borealis retired and Sandalphon gave up the life as a Mad Scientist, but only after achieving his life's work creating another life form like himself. It has yet to be named and activated and stays cooped up in the attic. But he has all the time in the world. To waste some of that time, he and the family do yoga for an entire autumnal evening. Shit, it crashed again. The family has the funds to buy more clothes. The game crashed when I sent Mnemosyne out to buy them. Let's see how it treats Borealis buying groceries and clothes. Success. Right on. Mnemosyne's birthday's coming up real fast. Yay, she's old and I can move on to a different lot.