I moved the rest of my save files back onto the computer (I'd put them on a USB stick before buying a new VR capable tower). Loaded one up that I hadn't played in years, the continuing story of the Livewell family. It started with a sociopath woman named Lisa Livewell who had the lifetime wish to marry into money, then outlive her spouse. Her first husband turned out to not be rich enough for her,and he had pre-teen daughter (also named Lisa). They took the Livewell name, and Lisa (Sr) killed her husband after they moved to Isle Paradisio and bought a houseboat. Turns out, he wasn't rich enough to proc the Lifetime Wish, probably due to moving, buying a large houseboat, and building it up. The 2nd husband was a young engineer and pioneer in the field of robotics. Lisa (jr) was around 15 when he died of starvation. His wife had convinced him to move the houseboat to a Dive Point, took down the ladder, and locked the access hatch from the bottom. She didn't restore access to the helm until a week after his death. Husband 3 she tricked into going diving with her into shark infested waters. She then cut his air hose, causing husband 3 to drown. Only for the Black Widow of Paradise to get eaten by a shark moments later.
Anyway, Lisa Livewell Jr is an international supercop who now lives in Midnight Hollow, doing everything she can to distance herself from her step-mom's legacy. Other then the 3 plumbots her first stepdad made, she lives alone. Mind you, this is all setup. Today I loaded up the family, and was happily simming away. Lisa Jr is career focused to a fault, always willing to go in for some extra time. Start of the session she went to bed at 11pm (after getting home from work, showering, eating supper, and going strait to bed). Then at 3am she got called in for an emergency. That took until six am. She got home, had barely managed to eat a bowl of cereal, and got called in again due to another crisis. This time she got home at eleven am. She climbed into the bathtub for a nice long soak. After that she started to make an autumn salad, too tired to even consider using a stove or microwave. Only just as she was about to sit down and eat, her ride to work showed up. Despite going in twice already that day, she was still expected to go in for her scheduled 1-11 shift.
By the time she got off work, Lisa was spitting nails. In fact, one of them almost hit the Chief of Police. They gave her the weekend off, and promised not to call her in unless it's a End of the World threat. Since Monday was Leisure Day, the one day of the year even notorious super criminals take off, Lisa was looking forward to sleeping for fifteen hours strait, as well as binge watching Willigan's Island. Saturday she did just that. Eating ice cream, watching mindless sitcoms of yesteryear, and just letting all her stress melt away. Sunday her arch rival/best friend called up and invited Lisa to a pool party. Her friend's a Super Villain in the criminal career. When on the clock, they are the deadliest of enemies. But when off the clock they like to kick back, shoot some pool, and drink a few beers together down at the local werewolf ran pub. It's a weird friendship. Sometimes they even talk shop, giving each other tips on how to improve.
An hour into the pool party my game froze, and I hadn't saved yet since starting the session.
