"Um, honey? This isn't the Four Seasons."
"We're in a desert, What in the world is there to do around here other than bake to death?"
"I'm going to level up in Warhammer; Freeblade!"
"Everyone just be quiet! We're going to have a nice family vacation!"
Welcome back! Last chapter not a whole lot happened. Idril and Elros are now both children, and Mellie is fulfilling a long-locked-in wish to travel. Egypt is the destination of choice because Idril rolled "Visionary" for her LTW, wanting to master both the painting and photography skills, so they are here so she can get the nicer camera.
The general store was the first stop.
Jacques got the camera, a few touristy things, and a Shower in a Can for Mel, who is doing a little adventuring.
"Wow! This is cool!"
"Or, shall I say, totally hot!"
You okay in there?
"Oh yeah, I got this."
I hope so.
Elros read in the market, while Jacques simply farted around after making his purchases.
Elros also swam in the fountain.
"Man, the pools here are TINY."
Idril grabbed her new toy and went to take some shots.
"Cooooooool!!!"
This showed up out of the blue. Great. This better not cause any problems, I'm still recovering from the Beren-Lakesha fiasco.
Mel survived her Sphinx encounter,
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
"I don't suppose there's anywhere I can look up how to deal with this?"
Just barely survived. She made it as far as the room with all the mummies, then I sent her home as she had no adventure wishes to fulfill, and I didn't feel like multiple mummy encounters.
This opportunity popped up so I took it.
"Mmmmmm, dinner is served!"
That looks gross.
"Dad says that you shouldn't be rude about other people's food, especially in a foreign country."
Mel got this opportunity in the morning. It sounded a lot more exciting so I scrapped the other one.
Iddie continued to try to get the money shots.
"What am I getting a picture of? The bug on the ground?"
It takes her all blessed day to get around, not only because everything is so spread out, but she rides her bike everywhere, which is much slower than cars or scooters.
"Are you Mr. Abdul? I'm Melian Valinor. I'm supposed to talk to you about an opportunity?"
"Of course, Ms. Valinor! I'm missing some valuable papers, and I believe they may be in the Tomb of Discovery. Fetch them for me and treasure will be yours!"
"That sounds easy enough!"
"Well, it sounded easy!"
No worries, it really is.
"That's it?"
That's it.
I'm not going to take a lot of adventure pics, just enough to show she did them, and if anything interesting happens.
Like Jacques playing catch back at the campsite.
"Booyah! This is fun!!"
Moving on.
"What I need, Ms. Valinor, is for you to find me four pieces of turquoise. I could do it myself, but I'm a lazy bitch."
Time to haul your ass all around Al-Simhara, Mellie!
While she's doing that, let's focus on the barrel of fun that is the campsite!
"Don't wanna wash dishes in a dirty sink!"
"Excuse me, Dad."
"No problem, son!"
"You can't catch me!"
"I can, but do I want to?"
Mel's turquoise gathering took her so far out, and so late, that she crashed in this rather homey campsite for the remainder of the night.
It certainly doesn't look like much from a distance, but it's not a bad little place at all.
Next morning, while Mel is sleeping in, Iddie goes on a little adventure of her own.
"I wonder if there's anything down here worth photographing."
"Looks like there were a few cave-ins."
If anyone was wondering, children can NOT excavate rock piles. But no worries, it wasn't a complete waste of Iddie's time.
She found this little chinchilla running around inside the tomb.
"He's SO CUTE!!"
"Can I keep him?"
Yes, you can keep him, though I make no promises that he'll make it back to Sunset Valley still in your inventory.
"Yay!!"
Meet Rex, everyone.
Mel finally wakes up and makes the haul across the desert to complete her opportunity.
"Uh, sorry but my vacation is almost over, I'm going home soon. The Simgod says no more running amok around Al-Simhara."
"I understand, Ms. Valinor. Thank you for your time!"
Before we leave, however, we have the Shawarma Struggle. Mel had a wish to eat Shawarma locked in. No big deal, right? Just go to the market and buy some. So after dealing with the turquoise, off she went.
"Um, does anyone work here?"
"Yeah, but they take forever to show up. It's faster just to help yourself from the fridge."
"Is there any shawarma in there?"
"ShaWhat? I don't think so. There's yogurt, soup, salad, zombie brains, cereal, the usual suspects."
"*sigh* Figures."
She had the option to buy, so the cashier is around somewhere. I took a look around and couldn't find anyone. Time is ticking.
Finally she showed.
"Sorry I'm late! I had a date with the porcelain god. I cannot recommend the falafal today, let me tell you."
"Um, okay. How about the shawarma?"
"Sure! No problem."
Where is it?
"Where's what?"
The shawarma. You can't just buy it, you have to eat it to get your wish.
"Oh, I don't know."
Didn't you pay for it?
"Yeah."
But she didn't give it to you?
"I guess not."
I really wanted to ditch this wish because she had the "return home" one ready to lock in and that one's worth a lot of points, and they'll be leaving in just a few hours. Jacques bought the recipe, but I'd rather get the return home points. So I deleted the shawarma wish, I'll take the penalty.
Home they went!
"I missed you, Charlie! Did you, Hasufal, and Merry miss us? What did you guys do?"
"You were gone?"
Rex made it home just fine. He lives in Iddie and Elros' room.
And these are the best of Iddie's photos. The rest are either really blurry, or her thumb is in the picture.
Wait, what?
Ohhhhh................................................. Wait, what? Why does she have her sister's ex-husband's last name? Why is Jeff dating his ex's sister? JACQUES, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH YOUR FAMILY?????
Sadly, these questions are going to go unanswered. Mostly because I ran out of fucks. And Jacques is a sweet guy but he barely knows what day it is, let alone the intricacies of his family dynamics.
It's Iddie's birthday! Her mom threw her a pool party.
"I like pool parties. People wear bathing suits and the hot tub doesn't break."
It does lack the charm of the Valinor home lot parties.
She rolled "childish" for her trait. Well, she'll make friends easily. And I can really see both parents in there, genetically. Nice!
Post-makeover.
This has got to be the longest one game file has ever lasted for me. I love that the pool still has the graffiti that Finarfin, the founder, put there 5 generations ago.
"Yeah, I'm supposed to be at my sister's birthday party, but I decided to accept your invitation to come over instead, Kaitlin!"
Oh yeah, that's why you're not there.
"I'm so glad you did, Elros! Let's do homework, then you'll watch tv, I'll ignore you, then you'll go home before you starve cause you can't get so much as a juice box out of our fridge without catching shit for it!"
"Sounds good!"
A few more of Iddie's pics. They are starting to come out a little better.
The ghosts have been out in full force.
"Aaahhhh, such a beautiful night."
Otho taking the time to contribute to the beautification of the neighborhood.
"Um, what was I doing?"
Every.single.morning. I've got to find a mod for this
Iddie keeps working on her painting skill. She's up to level 4 or 5 at this point.
Aw, a Cathy with a C.
"I don't care if we're besties, NO PETTING."
So.Over.The.Horse.Wishes.
"*sniff* Nobody loves me. What's the Humane Society's number again?"
Somebody come pet the damn cat!!
"Awww, no worries, Merry! Mommy loves you!"
"If you really loved me, you'd let me live next door in the big house with the fancy furniture!"
"You're so cute!!"
"Hi, Uncle Sam! Nice of you to just stop by, you've never done that before."
"Yeah, you became a teenager, so now you're kind of tolerable."
"...........................................................Okay. Want to come in?"
"Sure!"
"Your dad is doing fine. He mostly uses the hot tub or jumps on the trampoline. He doesn't come in the house a whole lot. How's your mom?"
"She's alright, still kicking. I think she's getting a little senile. At least that's what Gaffer tells me. Apparently he has to hide her cellphone or else she does something stupid."
"Like what?"
Again, Nadia?
"Um, no thanks, Aunt Nadia. I'm, uh, busy................................................... Yeah, I'm busy tomorrow too................................. Yeah, and Friday. Tell you what, when I'm not busy, I'll call you!"
"Gaff really needs to delete her contacts but he never listens, the tosser."
"What's a tosser?"
"It's pretty much the same as wanker."
"Ok, what's a wanker?"
"Urban dictionary, kid. It's a thing."
"Why won't they let me pet them?"
Because they are massive, fucking wankers.
I saw Gaffer's daughter, Tabitha, at the arcade. The ears tipped me off.
New cousin! Must be a Mets fan.
"NO!! NO PETTING!! EVER!!"
"But, I love horses! I have a unicorn, for crying out loud!"
"No petting me either!"
"Nor me!"
"ME NEITHER!!"
Sonofabitch!!!
Good a place as any to end it. Coming up, no idea. We're pretty much caught up to where I am in the game.
Points
Heirs:
LTW Heir:
Spare/Spouse:
Children:
Every $100,000:
100,000 Happiness Points (heir):
Skipped/Failed Opportunities: -4
Fulfilled Opportunities: +3
Deleted Locked In Wishes: -5
Accidental Deaths:
Social Worker Visits:
Previous Total: +229
New Total: +223
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