Yamamoto & the Orphanage
Fall Year 2008: Introductions
Yamamoto family: Masaki
64 years old Masaki was born June 1944, in the villages of Konoha, at the island of Kyushu, Japan. During the horrors of the 2nd world war. She married, and the couple immigrated to the west in the 1970’s. Today she is the unofficial leader of the Yamamoto family. She and her late husband Heizō, used you run a sushi restaurant in a nearby town. After the death of Heizō, she sold the restaurant and moved to Appaloosa. Building what is now the family residence. Most of the family fortune is now gone and she recently started working at a local restaurant, helping support the growing family. Masaki is logically good in a kitchen, after years in the restaurant business, besides that she is quite skilled both at the piano and at the canvas. She is on good terms with everyone in the family, the only one from the town she knows in Hetty Lionheart.
Misaki Yamamoto painting in her granddaughter’s room
Yamamoto family: Yasuhito
22 years old Yasuhito is quite the late child, born October 1985 when his mother was already 41. He is the only son of Masaki and Heizō. Yasuhito and his wife Hana met in high school, and she got pregnant just 16 years old. Giving birth to their daughter the following year. After they both finished school, they married. Yasuhito has been promoted quite quickly, now the department head in the company where he works.Yasuhito is the type who is not very good at anything but quite good at many things. His is mainly interested in his family and likes to tend the garden. Sometimes he likes to go fishing. Basically, the only interest he has had, outside the home or workplace. He can be a bit flirty if he meets a beautiful woman, luckily his wife is not very jealous. He knows some people from the town but doesn't really know any of them well.
Yasuhito with his son Takumi
Yamamoto family: Hana
23 years old Hana moved into her mother in laws house in 2004, with her daughter Kiyo. Just married to the father of her child, and blindly in love. Today a mother of three, with the two youngest both boys. 2 years old Takumi and two months old Tetsu. She is currently at maternity leave, but otherwise she makes her income as a member of a classical quartet. She plays most instruments, but not exceptionally well. Hana love to read, is fast and might do better as a writer than a musician. She is not the typical housewife, a bad cook and not too interested in keeping the home clean. Most people find her to be very beautiful.
Yamamoto family: Kiyo
Kiyo is 6 years old, born September 2002. She is very interested in painting, and she seems to have a mathematical mindset. Her best friends at school is Chantrelle Riffin and Dwight Britton, the latter living in the nearby Orphanage.
No bio for the boys yet, they need to grow a bit to start their own “stories”.
Ms. Scholler's Orphanage: Miss Scholler
Erin Scholler has worked with children for 11 years as a teacher and pedagogue on several schools and institutions. She recently opened her own private orphanage, aimed at abused or orphaned children from all over the country. The budget is tight and the teenagers might be forced to take afterschool jobs to make the institution survive. Erin is a strong reader and good with plants. Sometimes a bit dramatic and emotional, also a little bit clumsy. Miss Scholler and her employe Mr. Butler, usually do not socialize much, besides at work. But they took a trip together to see the Historical Society and went to the movies after. It all ended with a first kiss, something she was not expecting from herself and definitely not with an employed staff member. They got interrupted by one of the children, before it got any further. Erin runs a side business selling vegetables from the garden. She will never admit to this, but right now, her favorite children is Leonard, Quiana and Valensia. Erin is 36 years old. Born Apr 1971.
Ms. Scholler's Orphanage: Nicklaus Butler
Erin Scholler knows Nicklaus Butler, from an institution where they both worked. He was an assistant janitor. He may not be for favorite choice as caretaker of the orphanage, but she got him for just board and lodging. She knows he runs some illegal activities on the side, but she looks the other way and welcomes the extra money it brings to the household. He sometimes seems to be kind of weird but can also seem quite friendly and nice at times. His favorite child is Dwight Britton. His only acquaintance in town is Hetty Lionheart. He is quite good with tools. Nicklaus Butler is 25 years old, born June 1983.
Ms. Scholler's Orphanage: Leonard Sterling
Leonard is 17 years old, born in Jun 1991. He is the oldest of the children. There is not limit to how old you can be at the orphanage, as long as you have no family. Only teenage girls can stay with their babies and has to move out when they turn 20 years old. Leonard got after school job as paparazzi for the local newspaper. His best friends are Paulette and Tyrone. Leonard love cars and fast driving.
Ms. Scholler's Orphanage: Quiana Wilkie
Quiana Wilkie is 15 years old, born in Jan 1993. After school she works at Appaloosa Pool. She is good at helping Erin in the garden. Her best friend Paulette. Form the town, she knows Benni Hennessey quite well. Quiana is a very romantic girl.
Ms. Scholler's Orphanage: Paulette Lin
Paulette will turn 13 next month, born December 1995. Her best friend is Dwight followed by Quiana. Paulette can have some mood swings and loose her head from time to time. After schoole she sometimes work at the consignment store.
From top to bottom Leonard, Quiana and Paulette
The younger kids, 11 years old Tyrone Solis , 8 years old Valensia Brandt, and 6 years old Dwight Britton, will be added later, when the get older.
The Hansons
The Hansons came to The Hamlet three years ago, after selling their nightclub in Jacksonville. They built a sports bar and a new home in the hamlet, The Family consist of 42 years old Wilhelm Hanson (2009), his 9 years younger wife Camilla, their 14 years old son Charlie and the cat Bowie.
Campbell Family:
Editorial note:
This is a story, about free will simming, made possible with tuning in NRaas Relativity Mod. My sims will be as autonomous as possible, 99% of the time, I wont direct them to anything. Just watch what they do by themselves. Besides making the parent’s bed in the Japanese family (it is a mess when used), it will be mentioned if I did direct something. What I can and will do is build, move stuff around, and tune mods if not working as I would like, pay bills, and sell or buy items. Financially they are also on their own, if the can't pay, they loose stuff.
I use NRaas Relativity, this controls the clock, making my in-game day 64% longer, giving the sims more time to solve daily tasks. Also control the skill gain, and the adjusted clock, won’t make skill gain easier. After the Move to the Hamlet my lifespan was reduced to 318 days (4 days/year).
I use Consigner, Woohooer, Master Controller (MC cheats) (MC progression), Story Progression (SP Career) (SP Extra) (SP Money) (SP Population) (SP Relationships) (SP Skill), Dexter, Overwatch, Dresser, Fridge, GetDrunk, Homeopner, Onceread, Portrait Panel, Register, Saver, Selector, Shooless, Tagger, Fridge Mod and No Free Work Performance.
