1760s Scenario Gameplay
I‘m currently enamored with my historical save, but also want to try some of the new scenarios, so I thought why not combine these? This thread will document my scenario gameplay - with some set dress...
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CHAPTER 2: BABY STEPS INTO THEIR NEW HOME
The first night in their new home wasn’t refreshing for the Martinez family, especially not for the children. Up in the attic something was lurking… something that wasn’t entirely of this world. And it had chosen Sofia’s bed for its lair.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_21-53-03oria0.png
The Martinez were settling in… Whenever Jennifer was out gathering material for her articles or sitting buried in her papers actually writing them, Pablo did the chores and spent time with the children.
The Sheep Fair
Come spring Fort Detroit held a sheep fair – the perfect opportunity for the Martinez to make true on their promise to socialize more and do more things together as a family. They donned their Sunday best and went to town.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-38-388idwv.png
Things were starting off interesting when Hervè Bouleau, the curio shop owner, entered blue wool into the competition. Had the man dyed the wool or had it gotten harvested from some strange foreign creature…?
Hervè is Strangerville premade Erwin Pries adapted to this setting. His surname derives from a slavic word for “birch”, so I translated that to get his French name.
The children decided to have a little contest. Whoever would return with the more valuable trinket from one of the marketstalls would win!
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-40-44mndrg.png
Leonardo proved a master haggler even at his young age. He chose the most expensive object for sale, an egg with a rainbow-colored shell.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-40-546xfdm.png
Meanwhile Sofia couldn’t soften the vendor’s heart. But she found something neat, a nut that gave milk. Leo’s egg might just as well have been colored with water-resistant paint, a clever fake. But the “chocolate nut” was real beyond doubt. And so Hervè, as a neutral instance, declared the girl the winner.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-45-06tzecn.png
Would you tell me where you got that sheep from, Gav? I know full well that your household doesn’t have any sheep or llamas!!!
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-50-09szdqg.png
Pablo had heard that the “Remorse” had come down the St. Lawrence river in early spring and dropped a shipload of convicts from England off in Fort Detroit, but he hadn’t expected to meet one of them so soon. Or at all.
Gavin: “You’ve seen plenty convicts already, you only weren’t aware of their backgrounds. What do you think we do all day, walk up and down the whopping four streets this fortress has and cut people’s throats? Ey, the vendors are already doing that.”
Pablo: “Really? Now that I think of it, that Caroline and John do look rather fishy. Should have guessed they are criminals.”
Gavin: “Oh, yes. They are the worst. Even I wouldn’t dare make a move against them.”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-46-39weiq1.png
Meanwhile the children were enraptured by the single sheep that had gotten washed and powdered for this contest by its owner.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-47-08v0c6e.png
Sofia: “I want one at home!”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-49-14defd1.png
But even more exciting was when a woman in a fancy red dress opened a conversation with the children. Exciting and also a little frightening, because she was no other than Laura, wife of Todd William Seymour, 8th Earl of Hertford and currently military governor of Fort Detroit!
She talked to the commoner children so amiably that Leonardo in the spur of the moment offered her the rainbow egg as a gift. Laura accepted it with a wide smile.
And so Leonardo went home two experiences richer: He had made good deal at the marketstall and spoken face to face with an aristocrat. I think that warrants switching him to the Social Butterfly aspiration.
Meanwhile Sofia has learned that the greatest treasures often are the on first glance unassuming objects. She also spent more time playing with the sheep than her brother. Once back home she will switch to the Artistic Prodigy aspiration.
I don’t actively play the governor household, but Laura’s acting here is perfectly in-character. The Seymours and their retainers are all enfant terribles.
The first night in their new home wasn’t refreshing for the Martinez family, especially not for the children. Up in the attic something was lurking… something that wasn’t entirely of this world. And it had chosen Sofia’s bed for its lair.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_21-53-03oria0.png
Spoiler
Of course. What did one expect, after moving into a house right across from a circle of standing stones and a summoning circle in the backyard?
Tomorrow the parents would have to ask someone to remove at least that last one. Only they would have to be careful, because of the Witchcraft Act of 1735, a law that criminalized not the misuse of magic, but the belief in it in the first place. Accusing a person or object of having magical properties was illegal, the accuser would now have to name actual crime. In a way, magic had changed from an identity cornerstone into a tool.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_21-54-099ycwa.png
Times were changing, sometimes for the better, other times just for the more weird. But one thing hadn’t changed: When afraid, sneaking into mom’s bed is best!
And so poor Pablo had to spend the rest of the night exiled from the master bedroom, despite not having done anything wrong.
Afterwards the children slept normally, or so the parents believed.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-22-08slfux.png
Jennifer: “Leo! Will you stop harassing the poor attic bats already!”
Leonardo: “No, mother! It’s not fair that they should be allowed to sleep, when we can’t!”
Jennifer: “You still can’t sleep?”
Leonardo (small voice): “No…”
Getting the “children slept well” checkmark was difficult. I don’t follow routines with my sims, they go to be when their energy is low, regardless of time of day. The first night that was 1:45, way past midnight. But even sending the rugrats to bed by ten didn’t do the trick. The internet eventually suggested to let all sims sleep at the same time, so I drugged them into sleeping through with modded tea and milk:
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-49-58j2cku.png
Pablo: “You know what? We will go to bed early, too, today, your mother and me!”
Jennifer: “Yes! And if something comes after you in your dreams, we’ll hear that in the dreamland and come to your aid quickly!” (looking doubtful at Pablo) “Only I don’t think I can sleep at nine-ish already…”
Pablo: “And that’s where this chamomile tea comes in! To think that we dismissed hand-picked local tea as inferior to proper Earl Grey, haha!”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-51-40rger7.png
Meanwhile Leonardo: “And to think that I’d drink milk again like a baby at my age… Frontier life sure is HARSH!”
Of course. What did one expect, after moving into a house right across from a circle of standing stones and a summoning circle in the backyard?
Tomorrow the parents would have to ask someone to remove at least that last one. Only they would have to be careful, because of the Witchcraft Act of 1735, a law that criminalized not the misuse of magic, but the belief in it in the first place. Accusing a person or object of having magical properties was illegal, the accuser would now have to name actual crime. In a way, magic had changed from an identity cornerstone into a tool.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_21-54-099ycwa.png
Times were changing, sometimes for the better, other times just for the more weird. But one thing hadn’t changed: When afraid, sneaking into mom’s bed is best!
And so poor Pablo had to spend the rest of the night exiled from the master bedroom, despite not having done anything wrong.
Afterwards the children slept normally, or so the parents believed.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-22-08slfux.png
Jennifer: “Leo! Will you stop harassing the poor attic bats already!”
Leonardo: “No, mother! It’s not fair that they should be allowed to sleep, when we can’t!”
Jennifer: “You still can’t sleep?”
Leonardo (small voice): “No…”
Getting the “children slept well” checkmark was difficult. I don’t follow routines with my sims, they go to be when their energy is low, regardless of time of day. The first night that was 1:45, way past midnight. But even sending the rugrats to bed by ten didn’t do the trick. The internet eventually suggested to let all sims sleep at the same time, so I drugged them into sleeping through with modded tea and milk:
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-49-58j2cku.png
Pablo: “You know what? We will go to bed early, too, today, your mother and me!”
Jennifer: “Yes! And if something comes after you in your dreams, we’ll hear that in the dreamland and come to your aid quickly!” (looking doubtful at Pablo) “Only I don’t think I can sleep at nine-ish already…”
Pablo: “And that’s where this chamomile tea comes in! To think that we dismissed hand-picked local tea as inferior to proper Earl Grey, haha!”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_22-51-40rger7.png
Meanwhile Leonardo: “And to think that I’d drink milk again like a baby at my age… Frontier life sure is HARSH!”
The Martinez were settling in… Whenever Jennifer was out gathering material for her articles or sitting buried in her papers actually writing them, Pablo did the chores and spent time with the children.
Spoiler
https://abload.de/img/02.11.23_00-01-2343i5c.png
He couldn’t help but notice that the kids had a short attention span and were prone to abandoning tasks before they were fully finished:
https://abload.de/img/02.11.23_00-02-0337iv1.png
By now Sofia and Leonardo were too old to write their skittishness off as “they are just kids”. Measures had to be taken to teach them discipline and, even more importantly, inner peace!
They didn’t really quit, I canceled the interaction to get this picture.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-01-421qigc.png
Jennifer: “If that good for nothing teacher of yours can’t do his job, then we will have to do that, too. It’s a shame, but that’s the way it is.”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-23-45uwf4n.png
The children’s problems sorted out in this way, Jennifer and Pablo had more time for each other. Or had they? Truth was, the couple was living next to each other, not together. They only ever met in bed, what was fun, but as of late their relationship felt more like a woohoo partnership than a marriage.
They also hadn’t found any friends in town yet. The knew the teacher, but not as a friend. They had asked the witch for help, but neglected to ask her name. And in the name of professionalism Jennifer even actively avoided getting closer to the people she interviewed on a regular basis, same as Pablo kept his distance from the soldiers at the fort whom he trained in the use of the now.
The Martinez, although surrounded by people all day, were lonely.
Neither partner spoke their concerns out loud, but they both were in a (silent) agreement that the situation had to change!
As you can see Jennifer has become famous from her writing. Meanwhile Pablo has switched careers to a custom Archer career.
https://abload.de/img/02.11.23_00-01-2343i5c.png
He couldn’t help but notice that the kids had a short attention span and were prone to abandoning tasks before they were fully finished:
https://abload.de/img/02.11.23_00-02-0337iv1.png
By now Sofia and Leonardo were too old to write their skittishness off as “they are just kids”. Measures had to be taken to teach them discipline and, even more importantly, inner peace!
They didn’t really quit, I canceled the interaction to get this picture.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-01-421qigc.png
Jennifer: “If that good for nothing teacher of yours can’t do his job, then we will have to do that, too. It’s a shame, but that’s the way it is.”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-23-45uwf4n.png
The children’s problems sorted out in this way, Jennifer and Pablo had more time for each other. Or had they? Truth was, the couple was living next to each other, not together. They only ever met in bed, what was fun, but as of late their relationship felt more like a woohoo partnership than a marriage.
They also hadn’t found any friends in town yet. The knew the teacher, but not as a friend. They had asked the witch for help, but neglected to ask her name. And in the name of professionalism Jennifer even actively avoided getting closer to the people she interviewed on a regular basis, same as Pablo kept his distance from the soldiers at the fort whom he trained in the use of the now.
The Martinez, although surrounded by people all day, were lonely.
Neither partner spoke their concerns out loud, but they both were in a (silent) agreement that the situation had to change!
As you can see Jennifer has become famous from her writing. Meanwhile Pablo has switched careers to a custom Archer career.
The Sheep Fair
Come spring Fort Detroit held a sheep fair – the perfect opportunity for the Martinez to make true on their promise to socialize more and do more things together as a family. They donned their Sunday best and went to town.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-38-388idwv.png
Things were starting off interesting when Hervè Bouleau, the curio shop owner, entered blue wool into the competition. Had the man dyed the wool or had it gotten harvested from some strange foreign creature…?
Hervè is Strangerville premade Erwin Pries adapted to this setting. His surname derives from a slavic word for “birch”, so I translated that to get his French name.
The children decided to have a little contest. Whoever would return with the more valuable trinket from one of the marketstalls would win!
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-40-44mndrg.png
Leonardo proved a master haggler even at his young age. He chose the most expensive object for sale, an egg with a rainbow-colored shell.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-40-546xfdm.png
Meanwhile Sofia couldn’t soften the vendor’s heart. But she found something neat, a nut that gave milk. Leo’s egg might just as well have been colored with water-resistant paint, a clever fake. But the “chocolate nut” was real beyond doubt. And so Hervè, as a neutral instance, declared the girl the winner.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-45-06tzecn.png
Would you tell me where you got that sheep from, Gav? I know full well that your household doesn’t have any sheep or llamas!!!
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-50-09szdqg.png
Pablo had heard that the “Remorse” had come down the St. Lawrence river in early spring and dropped a shipload of convicts from England off in Fort Detroit, but he hadn’t expected to meet one of them so soon. Or at all.
Gavin: “You’ve seen plenty convicts already, you only weren’t aware of their backgrounds. What do you think we do all day, walk up and down the whopping four streets this fortress has and cut people’s throats? Ey, the vendors are already doing that.”
Pablo: “Really? Now that I think of it, that Caroline and John do look rather fishy. Should have guessed they are criminals.”
Gavin: “Oh, yes. They are the worst. Even I wouldn’t dare make a move against them.”
Spoiler
John and Caroline are actually a merchant couple whom Gavin works for. So it’s very true that he wouldn’t act against them – they have to write him a recommendation when his time as their indentured servant is up, after all!
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-46-39weiq1.png
Meanwhile the children were enraptured by the single sheep that had gotten washed and powdered for this contest by its owner.
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-47-08v0c6e.png
Sofia: “I want one at home!”
https://abload.de/img/01.11.23_23-49-14defd1.png
But even more exciting was when a woman in a fancy red dress opened a conversation with the children. Exciting and also a little frightening, because she was no other than Laura, wife of Todd William Seymour, 8th Earl of Hertford and currently military governor of Fort Detroit!
She talked to the commoner children so amiably that Leonardo in the spur of the moment offered her the rainbow egg as a gift. Laura accepted it with a wide smile.
And so Leonardo went home two experiences richer: He had made good deal at the marketstall and spoken face to face with an aristocrat. I think that warrants switching him to the Social Butterfly aspiration.
Meanwhile Sofia has learned that the greatest treasures often are the on first glance unassuming objects. She also spent more time playing with the sheep than her brother. Once back home she will switch to the Artistic Prodigy aspiration.
I don’t actively play the governor household, but Laura’s acting here is perfectly in-character. The Seymours and their retainers are all enfant terribles.
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