The Mysteries of Riddle Household

Anna Liza Riddle was a mystery writer, but when I checked out her skill log, she hadn't written a single novel, so maybe this is a clue to highlight the fact there is a mystery rather than a literal suggestion that a book exists penned by her - or maybe you are supposed to get her writing mysteries to find out what her books are called :shock:

She is also a retired PI - another cue that there is a mystery that needs solving? But if she isn't your active household she will wander off and get another random job, she just doesn't like being retired imo (the first thing she asked for when I checked in on her was a job)

The link with the Hi-Tech household is very interesting, that sounds like a lead

Before I stopped playing her house, she had died at 212 days of age (I play the 190 day aging) which was pretty good for a not so fit elder who reads a whole lot. it was in my game she was a stylist, and I did try to get her to writing, but for an accomplished writer she had no skills in that area. Makes me wonder if she didn't have some kind of nasty accident in her life and just forgot everything she knew - but anyway- after she died she had one of the nicer *****, and I promptly put it up in the attic with the square box one up there already.

I had already found it odd, that I could not seem to get the ghost of the container already in the attic to come out, but I noticed Ms. Riddle did the same thing. She did not come out and she had died while I was actually playing her house. In fact I continued to play the house long enough for the man I had living there to marry again, and his girl age child grew up to teen, and he and the wife had a baby, who aged to toddler. Still no wandering Ms. Riddle.

So just as I had with the square box, I moved Anna Liza down to an honored spot on a table on the main floor of the house for a sims week and nothing. Then I took and moved her outside for 2 sims weeks and nothing. Finally as a last resort I had my then teen sim take Anna liza to the grave yard and planted her there. The following night I had the girls father go to the graveyard, figuring he had to mourn and to my surprise who is out but Anna Liza Riddle.

So figuring her ghost must of been stuck, I had the dad hang around until morning came - she took her time to go back in the tombstone as it was around 9 am before she went back in, but she did go in finally and I had the dad bring her home again, directly to the attic. Well apparently she was not stuck, she just won't come out at her own house or yard - at least not in my game.

Well it's been annoying me to no end - apparently I am not alone - hehe, so tonight I decided to start another game in the town and this time I started with that couple where the lady is way older than her boy friend - the athlete - Kat and Bud . I notice in this game it shows Ms. Riddle is one of Buds teammates - which is superweird as he is like I said in the Atletic career. I have just played this couple for about the same number of sims days I played the Curious family my first game. (I went to Ms. Riddle second, but I wanted to see what it says when I go into playing her tommorow night. I also plan to add roommates for her this time as well as the first time., but different sims. Wonder if she will live even longer being an athlete?

Wow, Writing_Reg that's really strange, Riddle was skilled in writing to lvl5 when I popped in on her, I had started a new game to check on her, maybe that has some bearing on her skill lvl?

I have a feeling the family trees are glitched as Riddle has no family tree at all which can't be intentional considering the urn's existence, I don't think this mystery can be solved until the family trees exist.

My current thinking is that Riddle's mother is in the attic, but that she doesn't have a father, although her mother did have a boyfriend, I reckon Riddle's step-dad was an inventor, and Miss. Riddle is a time machine child.

It would fit with the new features of relationships in family trees for non-married couples, and with the time machine function of adding family members.

Maybe if you stick Riddle in a time machine you'll get another clue, EA may have set it up so that if you make her visit the past, a special pop-up will appear?? :?

I may be reading too much into this now...

Now that is a thought that never came to mind, but may in fact be the answer. Brillant.

The one thought you did have that I had also was that sim in the attic is her mother, especially seeing it seems that childs bedroom is her bedroom.

I'm real interested in seeing what her skills and everything comes up this time. She is the Riddle herself - I swear. I know in the previous two towns I have restarted hoods and played the same characters and I don't recall any of them changing at random from player to player and with each new start. I have seen occupations change in retired sims, but not skills and other things. Maybe Ms. Riddle is our new Bella type mystery seeing we have Bella. How appropiate to name her Riddle. hehe.

But yes, I must see what the time machine reveals.

Ok, after giving my theory above, I decided to test it out for myself.

I made a new game and chose Riddle, she was the same as last time, (I got the PI career track wrong, it's Journalism) - lvl 5 writing skill; lvl 2 logic; lvl 4 charisma. She is enemies with Scout and Bobby Sargeant and Wei Keane, and best friends with Justin Kayes. In my game, she did sleep in the child's bed as well.

So, I went to the store bought a time machine, and used it. I also mourned Di. L. Emma's grave and then moved it onto the counter on the left side in the dining room. After making her write a few books over the course of 2 sim weeks, and just 1 sim day after moving the urn, Di. L. Emmas' ghost emerged, so I made them good friends and had them woohoo in the past, twice.

The next day the science opportunity to bring an urn and add a playable ghost to the household popped up, so I took Young Di. L. along. I then made Di. L. (now a playable ghost) enter the time machine and go to the past. I got the following pop up:

"Di. L. Emma went back to see how they became a ghost, but accidentally changed the events so they never became one! Di. L. Emma is now alive again!" :shock:!

PS She is also green :lol:

I have decided that the Riddle girls were lesbians, and that's why Di. L. was in the attic, she was a dirty little secret that the 3 homophobic neighbours never forgave Ms. Riddle for. Now they're reunited, maybe they will start sleeping in the double bed as a couple, (Riddle mourned the loss of her lover and couldn't bear to use their bed at night, so slept in the child's bed instead).

I know there is believe that Di. L. Riddle is the mother of Anna Lisa, but if you look at Di. L.'s clothing in cas.. it's more of a medieval period clothing, don't you think? So wouldn't that make her a more distant relative?


** also.. if you look at Anna's mortal enemies professions.. they are all on some type of law enforcement career path... interesting.

nice observation :)

Vongy wrote:
Lang Gwydd

He he, Lang Gwydd. Languid.

Really great thread everyone. :D

I never paid much attention to the old lady myself but now you all have really peaked my curosity. :lol: Gotta play her just to see what this is all about. :mrgreen:

Also, all the pun names in Twinbrook made me LOL. :lol:

Speaking about names that are puns, there is a townie in Twinbrook named Cho Sunwhun.