Generation 2, Part I: Let’s Get Ready to Rrrrumble!
As the Torch is passed on, Star suddenly realizes the joy of being fulfilled while Chastity plummets into autonomous idiocy. Unfortunately for Star, she grew up in some really awful pajamas. Bright red and bright purple do not a good match make!
I intended for her to marry Brooke, who had robbed the family when Star was just a tot. I love marrying burglars into my families and Brooke has good genes. So within five minutes of Star’s adulthood, they had a date and were in love. Fancy that, Brooke is romance, too! Unfortunately these two don’t exactly have a scorching attraction towards one another… barely one bolt. At least that means they won’t follow one another around like mindless idiots.
Both were in dire need of makeovers, so I wasted no time buying some new clothes and having them all done up for my own amusement. I should have changed Brooke’s hair color to match Star’s turn on, but I liked the look the black hair gave her. Brooke came with mediocre skills and the LTW to become a Celebrity Chef. Doable… I think.
I figured it would be just as easy as it had been with Chastity and Holly. Wrong. Very, very wrong. Why do elders always result in chaos? Really, what’s up with that? Either way… my nice, well-managed household went down the tubes and chaos broke out almost instantly. Brooke insisted on crawling into bed with her mother-in-law Holly on her first night staying over. Very bizarre!
Despite the elders him-hawing about their low aspirations and generally unfulfilled elder lives, I managed to keep my head above water, so to speak. Dates were key to keeping both Star and Brooke in platinum. I worked Star pretty hard to get career rewards. Unfortunately, it was moot because Star only had subpar skills. D’oh! Next TH will be going to college for sure.
So Chastity’s LTW wasn’t going to be fulfilled. I held out hope for Holly’s, but that was dashed when I made a stupid choice on a chance card. She lost 2 logic points, a skill she had maxed when I moved her in. Argh!
Another annoying thing was that Chastity and Holly insisted on using Star and Brooke’s bed. One at a time. Preventing the two from having their end-of-date Woohoo. Bad sims, bad! Especially when they get up to leave for work just as I’ve resigned to using the car. Sigh.
And, I thought things were bad when my Sims just shoved and slapped each other all day. My Sims never got into an all out brawl! I fixed the bed problem by selling the double bed and setting up three Trianon bunk beds which everyone sleeps in. They often fight over who relaxes/sleeps where but at least everyone gets a bed! I only bring out the double from the attic when it’s time for some woohoo.
I am really loving this story! It’s definitely very different from how my own challenge went and is way more entertaining.
Comment by Bitsy — July 21, 2006 @ 5:17 pm