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 6: ON THEIR OWN
At this point keeping the teens at home would only have sent the family into a downward spiral. The parents needed time for themselves to sort their marriage out and the twins were old enough to enter employment anyway, so it was decided to entrust them to Lt. Anderson, the neighbor. That way Sofia and Leo could get a taste of adulthood while still being close enough to their home in case they needed their parents.
I bought each “Always Welcome”, gave them a broom/vacuum cleaner and played them on the Anderson lot from now on, while still technically being part of the Martinez household. The scenario thus ran on undisturbed.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-41-23fjejc.png
The scenario ended abruptly the moment Sofia got her F. The game assigned her the Savant trait and Leonardo Entrepreneurial. I thought it would do him little good with his low responsibility, but all the going to school and homework had brought the value back into the green, so the trait is useful for him, after all. Each twin also got a re-traiting potion that I will definitely use to remove Leo’s Mean trait.
The results screen claimed that both twins had grown up to responsible young adults, as if both had achieved an A. According to the internet the F-twin should get Carefree instead of Savant.
https://abload.de/img/06.11.23_00-11-09eod3f.png
Sofia has reason to look sad in this picture. Had Kuuno been fussing over her (and Leonardo as a friend) back home, ever since she had moved into the Anderson household the boy hadn’t spoken to her even once. It was as if he considered Sofia part of “t eh establishment” now, not worth his attention.
Sofia solidified the character values she had displayed at the start of teenhood: Controlled Emotions paired with Violent Conflict Resolution is a very dangerous combination, the kind of cold and calculated general. Her responsibility is still in the penalty range, no surprise here, since the adults never gave her reason to work with them, having reduced Sofia to that one relationship they despised. And quite honestly? For half of her teenagehood Sofia had reduced herself to knitting and that one relationship, that wasn’t that great after all, herself. It was time to strike out and discover other aspects of life!
https://abload.de/img/06.11.23_00-11-41ige20.png
Leonardo is still fed up with his parents. He made such progress ever since coming to Fort Detroit, he has friends, the other adults see his potential and guide him towards using it to the fullest, he has varied interests… Life could be so good, if only the persons whom he should matter most to would see Leo for what he is! No wonder the boy’s Emotional Control is still paper thin, but at least he still has his Counselor bonus trait despite the brief dip into Villainous Valentine.
Maybe it’s time to let go and find a significant other, learn what Sofia already knows about love?
Afterword:
So how did this compare to how I would have played a regular save? I think the parents’ relationship would have deteriorated there, too. The family would have went to the festival, but meeting a celeb wouldn’t have been as decisive for a modern days Leo as it turned out for the historical Leo. He might have channeled his meanness into becoming a paparazzo after the encounter. Meanwhile Sofia might have filled her room with rodent cages and asked for a cat or dog.
At this point keeping the teens at home would only have sent the family into a downward spiral. The parents needed time for themselves to sort their marriage out and the twins were old enough to enter employment anyway, so it was decided to entrust them to Lt. Anderson, the neighbor. That way Sofia and Leo could get a taste of adulthood while still being close enough to their home in case they needed their parents.
I bought each “Always Welcome”, gave them a broom/vacuum cleaner and played them on the Anderson lot from now on, while still technically being part of the Martinez household. The scenario thus ran on undisturbed.
Spoiler
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-13-5746d3o.png
Lt. Anderson was of a higher social standing than the Martinez, wealthier, too, yet his home looked poorer and hadn’t improved much in the last few years. The twins soon learned why that was so: Their employer had a tendency to hit the bar (both the local pub and the house bar), a habit that tore through the household funds at an alarming rate.
The household had also sat on a large debt up until very recently, that they started to recover from only now.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-29-50cbiui.png
And still, despite all his personal demons, the Lieutenant often found time to listen to Sofia’s worries. For example regarding Kuuno not having shown his nose ever since his girlfriend had moved into the Anderson household. It was as if the boy was holding that against Sofia.
Hank: “He needs to come to terms with that you are a complex person in your own right, not just his “rebel bride”.”
Sofia: “Oh, I’m not complex, Lieutenant Anderson! I knit and I have Kuuno.”
Hank: “See? That’s what you need to change. You’re too young to live in the shadow of a relationship gone wrong like… someone I could name. Neither of you or Kuuno is spoken for, you can and should explore other options, both in love as in larks.”
Note: This isn’t fluff text, Kuno indeed regularly called while Sofia was still living at home, but while at the Andersons not anymore.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-40-29ymcpu.png
Had he at first avoided Sofia as part of the family he despised, Leo slowly started warming up to his sister the longer they remained at the Anderson household. Eventually the boy decided to not exactly talk to Sofia again, but to help her with the housework.
Hank: “The housework? As in – cooking? No, boy, don’t even think of that! It takes years to perfect and this house is made of wood!!!”
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-40-4337dcc.png
Leo: “Argh!”
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-41-22fidei.png
Sofia: “See, Leo? Sometimes it’s good to have a family member at hand!”
Leo’s distant phase was over at this point, but now Sofia had entered in a Rebellious phase and didn’t want to return home.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-13-5746d3o.png
Lt. Anderson was of a higher social standing than the Martinez, wealthier, too, yet his home looked poorer and hadn’t improved much in the last few years. The twins soon learned why that was so: Their employer had a tendency to hit the bar (both the local pub and the house bar), a habit that tore through the household funds at an alarming rate.
The household had also sat on a large debt up until very recently, that they started to recover from only now.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-29-50cbiui.png
And still, despite all his personal demons, the Lieutenant often found time to listen to Sofia’s worries. For example regarding Kuuno not having shown his nose ever since his girlfriend had moved into the Anderson household. It was as if the boy was holding that against Sofia.
Hank: “He needs to come to terms with that you are a complex person in your own right, not just his “rebel bride”.”
Sofia: “Oh, I’m not complex, Lieutenant Anderson! I knit and I have Kuuno.”
Hank: “See? That’s what you need to change. You’re too young to live in the shadow of a relationship gone wrong like… someone I could name. Neither of you or Kuuno is spoken for, you can and should explore other options, both in love as in larks.”
Note: This isn’t fluff text, Kuno indeed regularly called while Sofia was still living at home, but while at the Andersons not anymore.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-40-29ymcpu.png
Had he at first avoided Sofia as part of the family he despised, Leo slowly started warming up to his sister the longer they remained at the Anderson household. Eventually the boy decided to not exactly talk to Sofia again, but to help her with the housework.
Hank: “The housework? As in – cooking? No, boy, don’t even think of that! It takes years to perfect and this house is made of wood!!!”
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-40-4337dcc.png
Leo: “Argh!”
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-41-22fidei.png
Sofia: “See, Leo? Sometimes it’s good to have a family member at hand!”
Leo’s distant phase was over at this point, but now Sofia had entered in a Rebellious phase and didn’t want to return home.
https://abload.de/img/05.11.23_23-41-23fjejc.png
The scenario ended abruptly the moment Sofia got her F. The game assigned her the Savant trait and Leonardo Entrepreneurial. I thought it would do him little good with his low responsibility, but all the going to school and homework had brought the value back into the green, so the trait is useful for him, after all. Each twin also got a re-traiting potion that I will definitely use to remove Leo’s Mean trait.
The results screen claimed that both twins had grown up to responsible young adults, as if both had achieved an A. According to the internet the F-twin should get Carefree instead of Savant.
https://abload.de/img/06.11.23_00-11-09eod3f.png
Sofia has reason to look sad in this picture. Had Kuuno been fussing over her (and Leonardo as a friend) back home, ever since she had moved into the Anderson household the boy hadn’t spoken to her even once. It was as if he considered Sofia part of “t eh establishment” now, not worth his attention.
Sofia solidified the character values she had displayed at the start of teenhood: Controlled Emotions paired with Violent Conflict Resolution is a very dangerous combination, the kind of cold and calculated general. Her responsibility is still in the penalty range, no surprise here, since the adults never gave her reason to work with them, having reduced Sofia to that one relationship they despised. And quite honestly? For half of her teenagehood Sofia had reduced herself to knitting and that one relationship, that wasn’t that great after all, herself. It was time to strike out and discover other aspects of life!
https://abload.de/img/06.11.23_00-11-41ige20.png
Leonardo is still fed up with his parents. He made such progress ever since coming to Fort Detroit, he has friends, the other adults see his potential and guide him towards using it to the fullest, he has varied interests… Life could be so good, if only the persons whom he should matter most to would see Leo for what he is! No wonder the boy’s Emotional Control is still paper thin, but at least he still has his Counselor bonus trait despite the brief dip into Villainous Valentine.
Maybe it’s time to let go and find a significant other, learn what Sofia already knows about love?
Afterword:
So how did this compare to how I would have played a regular save? I think the parents’ relationship would have deteriorated there, too. The family would have went to the festival, but meeting a celeb wouldn’t have been as decisive for a modern days Leo as it turned out for the historical Leo. He might have channeled his meanness into becoming a paparazzo after the encounter. Meanwhile Sofia might have filled her room with rodent cages and asked for a cat or dog.
