The Watcher Watches
54 The Watcher Watches: The Families The title always makes me laugh, remembering Peter Sellers, in the movie 'Being There', say to Shirley MacLaine "I like to watch" ! :D Wel...
Forum Discussion
center] 414 The Watcher Watches: Angel House ~~ Hard Resets! ~~
Note:
Spoiler
Before I trash the last save, I use MC to 'clean' traits and replace, then send Keoki home and hard reset Wickerman's home (evict then move in, in edit town) so Keoki will be 'new' and also go to school. Then same thing for Angel House! But I can't do this 'hard reset' with 9 occupants, so baby Iliya is temporarily moved to Cabana's home. And then I MC reset the whole town too, just to make sure I've done all I know how to do. ;)
The first person Basti zero's in on, is the sweet toddler. He waves to baby Iliya. "Hi sweet pea!"
"Privet Basti! 'heh·low' 'H·eye!" " Iliya carefully pronounces his new Simlish, with his thick accent. ( Hi, Basti, hello, Hi)
''But why is Cabana holding him, like he is Cabana's child?'' Basti wonders and follows, concerned.
''I hope he's not adopting him! If anyone does, it should be me!'' he thinks, worrying.
https://i.imgur.com/fNHKqrj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rkvj8Vc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9bsLscr.jpg
"Cabana? There must be some mix-up. Iliya is My baby, I take care of him, he depends on me!"
"Basti!" says baby Iliya, looking at him. He wants to go to him.
https://i.imgur.com/zb0UNCu.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0X0a7SE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5ChGhBx.jpg
Big hearted Cabana, with all his training and experience in childcare, would no doubt be an ideal father for the baby.
Cabana can plainly see in the worried teens eyes, the love and the bond he has with baby Iliya. The baby clearly wants the teen, he asks for him.
Iliya's eyes have never left the teen's face, his favorite person, his Basti!
https://i.imgur.com/8RTEp8A.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kZuVU5C.jpg
"Please don't worry, Bastian, we found this delightful chap on our front step, after the town reset. He kept saying your name, through-out his long paragraphs of Russian, which we couldn't understand. I brought him over right away, as it was clear he was asking for you." explains Cabana, smiling so the teen will stop worrying.
https://i.imgur.com/WDPOACX.jpg
Cabana puts the little cutie down, Basti watching intently.
Basti quickly gathers Iliya up, feeling the relief and the love, intensely.
https://i.imgur.com/N4G0UVQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XKE1i4n.jpg
"I see what good hands Iliya is in, Bastian, he is a lucky baby to have you. You are both lucky to have each other." Cabana waves and smiles.
"Eto pravda, Basti." coos the baby, (It's true, Basti.) as he turns his sweet little head, trying to snuggle in closer to Basti's neck, and his familiar, comforting scent.
https://i.imgur.com/E6vjf4G.jpg
"How did you get so far away, my little munchkin?" whispers Basti to him.
Iliya tells Basti all about it, several times patting his baby hand on Basti's chest, as if to make a point. But it's all in Russian and Basti only knows a handful of words.
https://i.imgur.com/1CzJySR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5ZEKMXr.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vIXwBvw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LrZLseZ.jpg
Iliya struggles to put together the Simlish words, and says in his serious, heavily accented little voice, ''Me luff you Beeeg, like Moon!"
Basti nearly cries hearing it. He knows exactly what the precious tot is trying to say, it's what Basti always whispers to him.
"Me too. I love you to the Moon and back, Iliya." he whispers it again.
Iliya sighs, he is understood. "Da, luff you to Moon eand beck!" he murmurs sleepily.
https://i.imgur.com/1sn4x2t.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zgtVysi.jpg
All this has happened at 4 am, the outrageous time of town resets. Basti carries Iliya near his sleeping mat, and puts him in his bunny jammies. ''Time to go nite·nite, Iliya, you to Katey-lady"
"Nite Basti." she says.
"Nyet! No sleepy!" says Iliya, and Katey laughs, at his stubbornness.
"Well just lie down for one minute to see if your body likes it, Iliya, it might be comfy." suggests Basti.
https://i.imgur.com/WWwgMo5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JellUQ6.jpg
Basti stays the two minutes, until Iliya is asleep, then tucks him in, "Snug as a bug in a rug." he whispers, smiling.
https://i.imgur.com/IHQP0LF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OsdhDpk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/E3GtHLb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/asBOg9R.jpg
Now to see if everyone found their same beds. Most have, do they remember? Or do they just like those beds? Or do they go to the last bed they were sleeping in before being so rudely interrupted by the reset?
Bjorn obviously thinks this is His bed! I think he's glad that Keoki has left it.
https://i.imgur.com/Y8aZ7lG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/h0qQSly.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jwCmNqu.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LxP2lYL.jpg
Oh, Myra decided to sleep in the main house, and chose a different room, it's on the same floor as the kids and Preacher.
https://i.imgur.com/NbJVdNL.jpg
I follow Bonnie, ''Oh I Like all the green in this room, Watcher." says Bonnie.
I thought you might.? I think she likes being roomies with her best friend.
https://i.imgur.com/7GoSalT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/umsZlAA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fZ0dRDm.jpg
Myra is the first to wake, uh-oh, mood swings! Poor girl! Then hunger overtakes her and she is delighted that there is still food in the fridge after all the resets!
https://i.imgur.com/fMa2xF7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DmZU9ev.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Nk5D9WX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BUxqMqK.jpg
Preacher is having breakfast with Lekeke, Hank and Bastian. Lekeke says "I like the outdoors!"
Hank says "I want to get big and strong!"
https://i.imgur.com/xSEArWj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/od0RAOY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mjizrHc.jpg
Bastian asks, "House Mother? How do I go about adopting baby Iliya?"
https://i.imgur.com/1O9wvgt.jpg
"Basti, Iliya deserves a loving traditional home, so we are looking for a kind person who ideally is happily married and has a secure job, and..."
Everyone immediately misunderstands before Preacher has told the rest...
"Basti is going to get married?" thinks Bonnie.
"Is HouseMother saying we All have to get married? I thought we were just talking about getting strong'' wonders Hank.
https://i.imgur.com/t3wflv3.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SpuaX1V.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZLnYPhb.jpg
"Married? Well, I do wish I had a girlfriend, HouseMother..." says Bastian, dreamily.
https://i.imgur.com/JbidQ7Q.jpg
"Now let me finish, Basti, please. You are jumping to conclusions! First of all, don't Anyone of you, go heading into something before you're ready! You know I got engaged to Miriam when we were teens, then when we aged up, right before standing at the altar, her last trait was Evil! And I didn't find out until after our Honeymoon!" Preacher says, hoping his horrifying tale will scare some sense into the lad.
https://i.imgur.com/kJPOT2b.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/edSEkxU.jpg
Basti smiles "Well I've got my sights on someone Good, HouseMother. If the person is already Good then their last trait can't be Evil."
"That makes perfect sense! Yay, I'm Good! I won't ever be Evil!" thinks Bonnie, "Gosh, Basti is so smart, he has everything all figured out! I wonder if his last trait will be Genius, it won't surprise me!"
https://i.imgur.com/QSbfxcs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sIuN67R.jpg
"Basti, simmer down now! It's important to not only avoid evil, but to choose someone who you are compatible with, like a great friend, someone who is a nice companion. And that's what we're looking for in adoptive parents for you all. Couples who will be easily be bonded to you, likes companions are. Couples who are nurturing or family oriented, with a comfortable home, and secure jobs. I hope that makes sense?"
"Yes, HouseMother, I totally get it!" says Basti, making a new list called Things To Do. Now he has two lists, 1. Things I Like. and, 2. Things To Do.
"Don't forget, someone needs to be a great cook, HouseMother! Because Kids like to eat!" says Hank.
Basti thinks Hank has a valid point! He wonders which list that should go on. He does like to eat, but he should probably learn to be a better cook. He puts it on both lists, then adds a note that his new little family could always go over to eat at Bjorn's house. Bjorn plans to learn every single recipe! His brother is so good at cooking!
https://i.imgur.com/gWwlj6K.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lSdx7vm.jpg
"HouseMother, we have cooking books in the bookcase if, let's say a certain Someone wanted to get better at it." says Lekeke, trying to tease Basti.
"Or a clever person could just get rich and hire a cook!" says Basti, not taking the bait.
Preacher has a breakdown and then feels better, lol.
https://i.imgur.com/Z0gAufY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UZB3b9Q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/R04lyQt.jpg
"Basti, are you really going to try adopt Iliya? HouseMother's 'ideal candidate' is a long hard road for you to walk..."
"Let's just say my primary goal is to get everything accomplished on my to do list!" Basti smiles, he won't allow Lekeke's discouragement to get to him.
"My goal is to learn to be a good musician!" says Bonnie, to change the subject and lighten the mood. She nudges Basti, so he knows he's got a friendly supporter on his side.
https://i.imgur.com/se26GjB.jpg
"Bonnie, do you know how to cook? I like to make pancakes, my favorite food. Do you like pancakes?"
"Yeah I do. I can cook pancakes and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and Autumn salad, my favorite."
Basti wonders if he can make peanut butter sandwiches, he knows it's Iliya's favorite, but the baby likes all food, as long as it's all ground up into mush. Yuk!
https://i.imgur.com/IWJP4Ru.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/RDO6px0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AMY9nfE.jpg
Iliya wants Basti, and he goes right to the little tot. "Hi buddy!"
"Basti!" coos Iliya, and laughs at the fun play.
Bonnie's headed upstairs to the music room, she stops and smiles at the cute sight.
https://i.imgur.com/FrmwoUt.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HZZ0w4W.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/s1B8ddK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9Vf2RPi.jpg
"Oh Bonnie, wait a sec, where are you off to?"
"I'm going to play my music."
''Can I come listen?"
"Well, I'm not that good."
"Aw come on, please?"
https://i.imgur.com/Bp9IgzL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LRFrdeQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/shYMWKh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tkmd9xL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/iY4T655.jpg
She is actually not bad at all!
Basti gets into it and starts dancing, loving the tune. Bonnie tries to hide her smile, but she is pleased.
https://i.imgur.com/JWV87Qf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4SlJEY8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7pLw4VL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3M9W3nc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QFzwypj.jpg
After dancing a bit, Basti feels inspired to paint along to Bonnies good tunes.
Watcher has no clue how this will help them become Ghostbusters! ?
https://i.imgur.com/eE1eLEU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wOqxN5g.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0SDxvgF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7Ed4t5z.jpg
But the main good news is everyone is back to their normal selves and traits!!! YAY!
