Ultimate Sim Challenge - 2020-2021 Edition

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Christopher had to fix the shower and mop the bathroom floor. Since Brittany is always busy with challenge stuff, and due to the fact she can't do certain skills, Christopher has to take care of the house.

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Lauren got up around the same time so Brittany had to let her out to eat.

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I hadn't opened this save up for awhile, and it was before I got Showtime. That is the reason why I had Brittany research alchemy again, she needed to learn to make the Genie Elixir. Now she has all alchemy skill challenges complete.

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There was hardly anything I could have Brittany do so I had her throw a party. Basically, she only has two jobs to complete and work on finding insects and she can only do one of those on the weekend. The jobs only are on weekdays and hunting is just whenever I want her to try and find something.

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Being a celebrity has its perks because Brittany gets many gifts. However, a lot of them are things I don't need so I just sell them off.

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It has been a bit hard to find time for Brittany and Christopher to get romantic so I let them flirt around and kiss before the guests showed up to the costume party.

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I don't know how it happened, but they got costumes that match each other. Those that remember one of my previous attempts of this challenge may recall that they were both doctors for Spooky Day in that version. I'm only making mention of this for those who didn't know, but my longest attempt only made it to season 4 and there are 19 seasons of the challenge altogether.

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Bebe Hart had the same costume idea that Brittany and Christopher had. She may be Bebe something else now but I didn't pay attention.

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It's been a few days since playing this update so I can't remember what Christopher got mad about but he told Holly Alto off. What is it with my Sims hating her? In the Langerak save, Fawn Jones hated her too.

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Erin Kennedy showed up to the party in military wear, and I believe that may be what job she took as well. I could be wrong, I don't pay attention to what SP tells me about townies, at least not in the USC. This is mostly due to the fact I have to move towns once the requirements are met.

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I caught River McIrish talking with Parker Langerak. She was with an older person romantically but I used the Relationship Transmogrifier and put her with Parker.

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I had Brittany chat with her as well, just to gain another friend.

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For supper, the Steels had some food that a guest brought over. Christopher looks like he may need the Heimlich but Brittany pays no attention. Maybe she figures she has to remarry in each town anyway, so she may as well get rid of him. :lol: Oh, that's another thing newcomers need to know, she'll have a new husband every town and has to have at least one child.

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Brittany's rebel influence status fell again to level 9 so I had to have her rant to get it back up to 10. She'll be doing this every so often due to the fact influences drop over time. Later, she'll have the nerd and jock influences to keep at 10 as well.

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And lastly, I had her do some hunting for fireflies, but using the Collection Helper. I'm just going to get Sunset Valley finished, then will try to get the insects left in the vacation destinations. The collection just has to be completed by the end of the challenge and will eventually include every rock, gem, insect, space rock, perfect plant, perfect fish, gnomes, basically anything that can be collected.

***Sorry for the delay in posting, work has been keeping me busy and my two days off were busy as well.

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Christopher got Lauren ready for her day because Brittany was a bit preoccupied with other things.

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Brittany came back from her recent hunting trip, where she was trying to find the fireflies (all caught now) to eat her breakfast.

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Christopher had the stir crazy moodlet so I decided to have him jog until it left. I didn't really have anything for him to do.

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Brittany didn't really have anything she had to do today so I mostly just had her hang out with the family. It's pretty much just finishing the two jobs at this point. (Business and bookstore) Riverview/Season Two isn't too much farther.

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Lauren had finished all the toddler skills that I have available so I just had her play with the block table. She also plays with her IF and the dollhouse.

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Christopher asked Brittany out on a date as they hadn't had time to do so lately. Brittany agreed and they both switched into their formal wear to go out for supper.

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At the Bistro, Brittany ran into Shawn Keaton so she waved and said hello. Shawn is one of Marty and Justine's kids and is the older brother to Mack Keaton, the man that Lauren will marry later. Those of you who remember my previous attempt probably remember Mack, he'll be around again soon.

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After a nice supper, I sent the Steels over to the stadium to watch a game. Christopher wanted to see a movie but they were almost over when I checked the theater.

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When the game was over, Christopher gave his lovely wife a romantic dip kiss for everyone to see. This was the end of their date and they both went home.

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After telling Christopher goodnight, I sent Brittany out hunting for insects. She didn't find anything she needed on this trip, but most of the insects are either the ant in Oasis Landing, destination insects (Assassin Beetle, etc.), or two more Will-O'-Wisps so that's probably why.

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After a night of hunting, Brittany returned home and ate some leftover birthday cake.

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She wanted to make an elixir so I choose the liquid job booster. Because she is highly skilled, she made three of them.

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Some chores are worse than others. Brittany will be glad when Lauren is out of diapers, but she's still got 18 more kids to have before the challenge is over, plus the few grandkids she'll most likely have.

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She was very angry after doing the dishes because the sink broke. Handiness is locked right now so Christopher had to fix it.

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Christopher finally finished his latest book, A Haunting Season.

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With that finished, I had him buy some recipe books as he had a wish to do so. I think I bought him the first 5 or six recipes.

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Brittany had work where she got another promotion. She now has two more level until she joins the part-time bookstore job.

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That night, I had her go around and catch the fireflies. I put in the last update that she got them all then but I forgot she didn't get the last one until now.

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In the morning, Christopher ate some breakfast before starting his day. He really doesn't have a lot going on still, other than writing his books.

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Lauren playing with Troy.

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When Brittany got back from work, it was time for Lauren's birthday.

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She aged up to look pretty good, I did my best to recreate her face as I do not have the original Lauren anymore. I did give her a makeover after this picture. She gained Cat Lover as her trait because it was one her original self had. Only the last trait will be different because I didn't write down what her fifth one was.

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The family got to share their first meal together and Lauren actually got solid food. Afterwards, Brittany had a meeting at the hospital for a job opportunity.

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Those who remember the previous attempt know that Lauren was a highly skilled Sim herself. I don't know how skilled I'll get her this time, but she'll still have more skills than her mother. Of course, Brittany will surpass her eventually, long after Lauren has passed away. However, Lauren and all other kids will be resurrected in Season 19 as it is a requirement.

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Lastly, Brittany threw a protest against unskilled Sims, not for her benefit, but so that Lauren would get the skill booster moodlet. This way, maybe Lauren will reach a point close to her counterpart from the other attempt.

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Now that Lauren is a child, school comes into play. Her mother signed her up for scouting but it appears she won't attend until close to the end of being a child. The first person she happened to meet in school was her future husband, Mack Keaton.

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Brittany needs to learn the different types of dancing so I went ahead and let her have some fun.

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Christopher saw that Brittany was having fun so I had him join her. With my better laptop, dancing is a lot more enjoyable to watch.

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Both Christopher and Brittany got the same opportunity to eat at the Bistro and promote it to 3 Sims so I had them go separately to get that accomplished.

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Back at home, they shared a kiss before going upstairs for some shower woohoo.

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Meanwhile, Lauren quickly learned her first potion, Radical Reparum. She is also at 5 or 6 now for logic, partly due to learning with the peg toy and partly from the skill boost moodlet.

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The following day, I had Lauren start to learn the child cooking skill. I've got a list of all the skills the original had but I'm not necessarily following that. Brittany has to be the main focus so the others just get to do whatever they want anyway.

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Brittany had a wish to use her megaphone so I decided to have her rant about Differential Calculus. She hasn't learned logic yet so she probably doesn't know calculus anyway.

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Since today was Snowflake Day, I decided to through a party for fellow Sims. This time, I cleared out the middle of the floor so there would be more room to maneuver.

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Brittany and Lauren opened their presents, as did Christopher.

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However, the party came to a grinding halt when Boyd Wainwright died. Nothing else really happened so I shut the game down.

***Think Brittany is visiting China tonight in hopes of finding an Assassin Beetle. There won't be many pictures of this so the next update may be small.

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After witnessing Boyd Wainwright's death (Susan is already dead because I saw Boyd married Judy Bunch), the family gathered around to eat chocolate gnomes.

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Lauren looks a bit suspicious about her first homework assigment.

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Brittany took a solo trip to China to look for the Assassin Beetle. Nothing wanted to show up much on the first day so I had her transform and just do some hunting for a while.

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I also remembered that one of the skill challenges for Social Networking wants your Sim to meet 25 Sims with the Sim Finder App. Lllandros made the suggestion to meet 5 Sims in Seasons 1-5 so you weren't generating 25 new Sims. Sometimes, the app will find Sims who already exist, but other times it has to generate new ones. Anyway, this is Brittany talking to one of the Sims found.

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On the second day of searching using the Collection Helper, Brittany finally located the Assassin Beetle. She still needs to visit Egypt and France again but the other insects will have to wait until later seasons.

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Back at home, Christopher took out his MultiTab to play games. He usually does that or computer games if I don't set tasks for him.

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I completely forgot that I had Christopher make a garden upstairs and when I looked, all but one plant was dead. I had him clean the garden up but probably won't have him grow anything else as there really isn't anything I need. Eventually, I'll have to do a big garden with Brittany anyway so I don't grow much until then.

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The following morning, Brittany had leftovers for breakfast.

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Lauren called up Mack and this time, he actually talked to her. At the party, he acted like she was creepy for some reason.

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Christopher continued to write his latest book and got a good start on it.

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Lauren continues to learn the logic skill. Like the original, she'll probably go into the Science career. However, she was also an author but I don't want to repeat that since Christopher is doing it currently and Brittany will have to do writing eventually too.

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I didn't have Brittany sleep much the previous night, so she was up early. She can't really do a lot so I figured I may as well have her do household chores.

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Someone broke the shower again so I had to have Christopher fix it before he could take his shower.

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Brittany decided after breakfast that she wanted to change someones relationship status again so I granted her wish and randomly hooked up two Sims. I can set up any townies with whoever I want. :naughty:

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I then sent her to the park where she saw a magician. She only watched for a little bit before moving on.

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Parker Langerak was very tired so I decided to be nice and used one of our few Invigorating Elixirs to help him. I didn't have anything to help the starving Sims though.

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Then, for the benefit of Christopher and Lauren only, Brittany threw a protest against unskilled Sims so that her family would gain the two day skill boost moodlet.

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While her mother was away, I had Lauren continue to learn the logic skill.

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Christopher continued to write his latest book, The Tiny Lebronskie.

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Mack Keaton just happened to be at the protest but it wouldn't do any good to send Lauren over, protesters are basically so focused on the protest until it is finished.

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Speaking of, trying to learn a new elixir caused an explosion for Lauren. Oh well, she still gained some logic from trying.

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Lauren gave up for now and put Troy on the floor to let him come "alive." Her goal now will be to bring him to life, but he's not going to stay in the family.

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I don't really need to explain what's happening here, do I? :lol: I just love the way werewolves eat.

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I realized that Brittany already caught all the French insects, and I knew she just caught the last China one, so a trip to Egypt was taken to find what I needed there. However, she no more and got to the camp and an explorer starting insulting her and calling her a poodle. Brittany wasn't very happy about this.

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After insulting each other a few rounds, I had enough and let Brittany slap her. Needless to say, I only let my Sims take so much from other Sims, and besides, doesn't the lady know who Brittany is? Or what she will become by the end of the challenge?

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It took a bit of time in Egypt, but Brittany found both the Scarab Beetle and the Crypt Moth. She now just needs the Honeypot Ant (ITF world, will be there in Season 8 I believe) and the Green and Blue Will O' Wisps (Starlight Shores/Showtime) and her collection of insects will be complete.

***Too much for one update so will be broken in two.

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The following day, Lauren invited Mack over and they talked for a long time. Unfortunately, she can't do anything romantically to keep him from getting a girlfriend so now Mack is dating someone. No matter, she'll be a teen soon and as long as she can snag him away, she will. If not, I got a backup plan.

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Brittany decided she'd attend Bebe Hart's party that night, because nothing else noteworthy really happened. I literally didn't even take many pictures of this day.

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The following day, Brittany had to work again but her thoughts were on Lauren, probably due to school. However, school got cancelled due to heavy snow.

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Christopher wanted to work out for 4 hours because of a celebrity opportunity he got. I sent him off to the gym to lift some weights, and when he left, I could tell he gained some muscles because his arms were bigger.

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After their respective days were over, Christopher and Brittany shared a romantic dinner together. Lauren was at scouts at the time so she had to eat elsewhere anyway.

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Because of the way things were set up, Lauren only had one day of scouts and had a ceremony to end scouts. If you listen to the school during it, you can hear some of the things scouts are known for, like being obedient and the like.

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The following day was Lauren's birthday where she would age up to teen.

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Well, she didn't turn out too badly, except I'll give her a bit of a makeover with different hair and clothes.

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This is Lauren after I gave her a makeover. I can't remember but I think she was supposed to have a phone in her hand in this picture but doesn't. I believe I had her call Mack but he refused to come.

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Since she was now a teenager, I decided to have Lauren cook her first meal so that the child cooking skill would kick in and give her a boost. Lauren got to skip the first three points and is around level 4 in the skill.

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When work was over, Lauren got her last promotion to Power Broker. She has a few days off and then one more day in the business career before joining the bookstore job. In my previous attempt, I had Brittany leave each job at the top level and cut the 4 weeks short but I'm following the original rule now. Llandros made it where you have to stay in all full time jobs for 4 weeks and part time one for 2 weeks. This means when Brittany joins the bookstore, she'll work for 2 weeks and then I'll move the family to Riverview to start Season 2.

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Back at home, the family ate the first meal that Lauren ever cooked. After she cooked it, I had to have her put it in the fridge as no one was hungry at that time.

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Shortly after supper, Brittany was trying to do dishes when the sink broke. I never had anyone upgrade the objects yet but I'm not worried about it when they'll be moving soon. Brittany can't fix or upgrade objects until Season 4, which is when Handiness unlocks for her.

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Brittany threw another protest, but I don't really think I'll have her do more. Lauren will just have to get what skills she can without the boost until Brittany needs it again.

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And to close out these two updates, Lauren tried to learn another elixir but it got too late and she had to go to bed.

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I had Brittany make more friends with people she had already met. Some of these people were ones she'd talked to, but had only partially became friends with. This way, they all become her best friends.

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Kind of got Lauren in an awkward position as she left the table, but she finished breakfast at the same time that Christopher started to continue writing "The Silent Assassin".

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Christopher and Lauren had a nice father-daughter chat.

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I've been trying to have Lauren at least cook a few meals when she can.

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Got lucky again and everyone sat down to eat a meal together. At the moment, there isn't really much challenge related things going on.

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And then they all got on their MultiTabs, instead of talking to each other to raise the social bars.

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Brittany got invited to River McIrish's party but I was shocked when Brittany arrived at Landgraab Manor. Apparently, Malcolm and Fiona McIrish got married. However, River didn't even show up to her own party so Brittany schmoozed with Malcolm. The Steels have a more modest house, but they are much richer than any family in Sunset Valley. Currently, the Steels have $1.73 million.

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Fiona was there at least so Brittany got to talk with her. She even applauded her for her vegetarianism.

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Brittany also talked a bit with Ichabod McIrish, but the cat didn't pay her much attention.

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And to end this part of the update, Brittany also had a nice chat with Miraj Alvi.

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Christopher had his elder birthday on the last night that I played. I only had time for two days last night.

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Brittany and the family went to the park for a fun day. Brittany called Mack and invited him to come as well and he said yes.

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Mack showed up but he was wearing some goofy clothes. If and when I have him join the family, he'll get a makeover.

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Things got better between these two now, and apparently he doesn't have a girlfriend like I thought he did. However, he had to leave for work so they still didn't get to become romantic interests or girlfriend and boyfriend.

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Since she couldn't be with Mack, Lauren wanted to get her drivers license so Christopher took her. She still had the skill boost moodlet so she learned to drive quickly.

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Brittany stayed at the park so she bought her a hamburger for supper from one of the two vendors.

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I don't know what this kid was thinking, Spooky Day was two weeks ago but Christopher gave him candy anyway.

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Just out of curiousity, I checked to see how well Lauren would do in University. Apparently she is good enough to get a partial credit so that's a good thing. Brittany doesn't fail hers now but she has a few different traits from the previous attempt, which changes her score even though she only has three skills.

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And lastly, Lauren decided to try and get her first charisma skill point but didn't quite make it.

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We left off the last update with Lauren practicing her charisma skill. When she got ready in the morning, I had her practice some more.

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After a while, though, I had Lauren go downstairs and talk with her mother before school. Brittany is basically done with the business career but I've still been sending her off to meetings every day.

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Christopher was the only one home so I just had him work on his book. He won't really get a retirement, I'm just having him write until he passes. Don't worry though, he's still got a few weeks left before that happens and he may even make it to Riverview if he's lucky.

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I was pretty happy when I got a message that Mack was coming over after school so when they got home, I quickly made sure Lauren started flirting with him.

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After confessing her attraction, Lauren and Mack shared their first kiss together as romantic interests.

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Taking things a step further, Lauren asked Mack if he'd be her boyfriend and if he'd go to prom with her. He said yes to both. Once he is a young adult, I'll move him in to the household and have him propose to her. I want Lauren to take his last name.

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Then they sat on the front porch together and watched the stars before heading to bed.

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The following morning, Lauren decided to cook breakfast to show Mack what kind of wife he'd be getting. She forgets that Brittany will be a master chef in Riverview and that she'll be doing the cooking instead of Lauren. I sure hope Mack likes living with his mother-in-law soon because it's coming.

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"Lauren, is there something you want to tell me?" Brittany looks like she suspects something just from seeing Mack in his PJ's while Lauren seems to ignore her mother.

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Mack: Nice to meet you Mrs. Steel. Lauren said I could sleep in the spare bedroom so I wouldn't have to go home in the dark.
Brittany: It's nice to meet you too, Mack. It's funny, I feel like I met you before.
She did, back when I first attempted this challenge. I was lucky with Mack because I got him 100% to match his original counterpart. Sims genetics aren't really that hard but with Lauren, I was using a newly edited copy of Brittany to create her so that's why she isn't quite like her original self.

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There's nothing like making out while your father isn't paying attention. Chris got an opportunity to improve this stereo for Zelda Mae-Alto, Holly's wife. I hardly ever have same sex couples in my game so I changed the settings a bit, makes things a bit more interesting because anybody can hook up with whoever they want this way.

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Not that she needed to, but I had Brittany do some hunting to look for some extra's of some of the items. Later on, she'll need a Pink Diamond and Palladium to make a Simbot and I don't want to have to search for them at the time I need them. I'll keep them back until she's allowed to make one.

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Brittany went to try and wash her hands when the sink sprayed out at her. At first, I thought maybe Mack had done it when everyone was sleeping...

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...however, Christopher came in from swimming to tell Lauren off for what she did. He soon forgave her when she begged him, but he told her this was her one warning before letting her off.

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And lastly, Brittany quit her good paying job as a businesswoman to join the bookstore job. She'll have two weeks to complete the job, which will be more than she needs but this gives time for Mack and Lauren to build their relationship, age up, and get married, plus it's required to keep parttime jobs for 2 weeks.