Aliens Stole My Alien Parents
Decided to try this scenario with a twist or two. The Zeezoob family just immigrated to Earth, settling in a small house in Copperdale. As soon as they got the basics unpacked, Mara and Oliver's da...
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Day 4
It was Mara and Oliver's first Earth holiday! Without their parents... and their friends were probably busy all day with their own families... and Mara has her first breakout.
https://i.postimg.cc/8z8G2MHt/01-first-acne.png
Great start.
Mara went outside and discovered the yard had been invaded by strange creatures. She had heard of this custom! She eagerly looked up the gnomes on the internet.
When Oliver woke up and remembered that there was no school, all he wanted was to play chess and go to the library. As annoying as Oliver was, Mara had to admit that she was in need of some intellectual challenge, plus she was way behind on studying for tomorrow's exams. They went to the neighborhood park and played chess. Mara started feeling very sad all of a sudden
When they got home Mara found a surprise: seed packets in little circles around the gnomes. And every so often the gnomes moved from place to place in the house.
"Let's plant a garden!" Oliver crowed.
"It looks like we can sell these," Mara crowed.
After a lot of bickering, Mara agreed to let Oliver keep one packet of winter plants and to buy him a planter box. And to use some of the extra money to buy books.
Cassandra came over for a visit after her family finished Harvestfest dinner. Suddenly it was easier to be warm and friendly
Mara, Cassandra and Gemma met up at the library for a last-minute study session. They kept each other company and worked hard, now that it was almost too late.
It was Mara and Oliver's first Earth holiday! Without their parents... and their friends were probably busy all day with their own families... and Mara has her first breakout.
https://i.postimg.cc/8z8G2MHt/01-first-acne.png
Great start.
Mara went outside and discovered the yard had been invaded by strange creatures. She had heard of this custom! She eagerly looked up the gnomes on the internet.
Spoiler
https://i.postimg.cc/50kdnCy5/02-gnome-lookup.png
Thumbing through a web browser on a phone was a sorry substitute for a knowledge repository, but it was the best Earth had to offer for now, and fortunately the information was useful!
https://i.postimg.cc/mDrWYwL2/03-gnome-success.png
What Mara wasn't sure about was the gifts. Was it true that the gnomes left gifts, or was that something the adults in the house did in secret? So many Earth holidays seemed to involve keeping secrets from children. Mara wasn't in the mood to play pretend for Oliver today. She went for a jog instead.
https://i.postimg.cc/0jMg3yKT/05-jog.png
https://i.postimg.cc/50kdnCy5/02-gnome-lookup.png
Thumbing through a web browser on a phone was a sorry substitute for a knowledge repository, but it was the best Earth had to offer for now, and fortunately the information was useful!
https://i.postimg.cc/mDrWYwL2/03-gnome-success.png
What Mara wasn't sure about was the gifts. Was it true that the gnomes left gifts, or was that something the adults in the house did in secret? So many Earth holidays seemed to involve keeping secrets from children. Mara wasn't in the mood to play pretend for Oliver today. She went for a jog instead.
https://i.postimg.cc/0jMg3yKT/05-jog.png
When Oliver woke up and remembered that there was no school, all he wanted was to play chess and go to the library. As annoying as Oliver was, Mara had to admit that she was in need of some intellectual challenge, plus she was way behind on studying for tomorrow's exams. They went to the neighborhood park and played chess. Mara started feeling very sad all of a sudden
Spoiler
https://i.postimg.cc/tRwG6WLp/06-chess-sad.png
(She has the fear of unfulfilled dreams, because like everyone's sims right now, she keeps rolling wants for things I can't do like Listen To DJ Music. But I have to say I'll welcome a few Very Sad and Very Angry moods for a while, because (a) the kids aren't getting any moodlets about their dads missing and it makes sense for them to be sad and angry about that, and (b) Mara is a teenager.)
Oliver lost, and threw a chess piece at Mara.
https://i.postimg.cc/MHCk8Jyv/07-chess-angry.png
(Gameplay-wise, Oliver has no excuse, I really don't know what his problem was. But same thought about the absence of dads taking a toll on the kids' feelings.)
https://i.postimg.cc/tRwG6WLp/06-chess-sad.png
(She has the fear of unfulfilled dreams, because like everyone's sims right now, she keeps rolling wants for things I can't do like Listen To DJ Music. But I have to say I'll welcome a few Very Sad and Very Angry moods for a while, because (a) the kids aren't getting any moodlets about their dads missing and it makes sense for them to be sad and angry about that, and (b) Mara is a teenager.)
Oliver lost, and threw a chess piece at Mara.
https://i.postimg.cc/MHCk8Jyv/07-chess-angry.png
(Gameplay-wise, Oliver has no excuse, I really don't know what his problem was. But same thought about the absence of dads taking a toll on the kids' feelings.)
When they got home Mara found a surprise: seed packets in little circles around the gnomes. And every so often the gnomes moved from place to place in the house.
"Let's plant a garden!" Oliver crowed.
"It looks like we can sell these," Mara crowed.
After a lot of bickering, Mara agreed to let Oliver keep one packet of winter plants and to buy him a planter box. And to use some of the extra money to buy books.
Spoiler
"Yay! An Earth book! I wonder when the rest of my books will get here from home?"
It was one more question Mara didn't have an answer to. She wasn't supposed to have all these answers. She wanted her dads to come home and figure everything out already.
https://i.postimg.cc/hPmW1hBx/08-read-angry.png
Somewhere, her dads felt the same way.
https://i.postimg.cc/LsDMg7Mb/09-dad1.png
https://i.postimg.cc/jjtb5TBf/10-dad2.png
"Yay! An Earth book! I wonder when the rest of my books will get here from home?"
It was one more question Mara didn't have an answer to. She wasn't supposed to have all these answers. She wanted her dads to come home and figure everything out already.
https://i.postimg.cc/hPmW1hBx/08-read-angry.png
Somewhere, her dads felt the same way.
https://i.postimg.cc/LsDMg7Mb/09-dad1.png
https://i.postimg.cc/jjtb5TBf/10-dad2.png
Cassandra came over for a visit after her family finished Harvestfest dinner. Suddenly it was easier to be warm and friendly
Spoiler
https://i.postimg.cc/0yqgWxk4/11-read-with-cassandra.png
Mara suddenly felt herself feeling very friendly
https://i.postimg.cc/sgPkb81g/12-read-with-cassandra.png
She'd always idealized the Earth boy-girl dating scene. She wanted a boy to take her out for ice cream, hold hands on the ferris wheel, be escorted into prom (looking fantastic) on the arm of a dashing fellow, maybe a slightly gruff fellow, maybe a little like that Rohan... but maybe there were more possibilities she hadn't considered?
It didn't occur to Mara to say anything to Cassandra. She was too grateful and happy about their friendship, and honestly she was quite scared about making any sort of foray into romance. So if her heart beat faster all of a sudden when Cassandra was around... she'd keep it to herself.
https://i.postimg.cc/0yqgWxk4/11-read-with-cassandra.png
Mara suddenly felt herself feeling very friendly
https://i.postimg.cc/sgPkb81g/12-read-with-cassandra.png
She'd always idealized the Earth boy-girl dating scene. She wanted a boy to take her out for ice cream, hold hands on the ferris wheel, be escorted into prom (looking fantastic) on the arm of a dashing fellow, maybe a slightly gruff fellow, maybe a little like that Rohan... but maybe there were more possibilities she hadn't considered?
It didn't occur to Mara to say anything to Cassandra. She was too grateful and happy about their friendship, and honestly she was quite scared about making any sort of foray into romance. So if her heart beat faster all of a sudden when Cassandra was around... she'd keep it to herself.
Mara, Cassandra and Gemma met up at the library for a last-minute study session. They kept each other company and worked hard, now that it was almost too late.
Spoiler
Oliver got help with his homework from his hero, the librarian
https://i.postimg.cc/63qF2pc8/13-library1.png
He got done before Mara did, so he sneaked some time with some possibly not appropriate for his age video games.
https://i.postimg.cc/CKmWxqGy/14-library2.png
That night, Mara sold all the seed packets except for one, and the gnomes to boot. Even after buying books and a planter box for Oliver, they had just over 2k simoleons now.
And Mara saw that her face had cleared up.
Things were looking better.
https://i.postimg.cc/yNVMKPSX/15-better.png
Oliver got help with his homework from his hero, the librarian
https://i.postimg.cc/63qF2pc8/13-library1.png
He got done before Mara did, so he sneaked some time with some possibly not appropriate for his age video games.
https://i.postimg.cc/CKmWxqGy/14-library2.png
That night, Mara sold all the seed packets except for one, and the gnomes to boot. Even after buying books and a planter box for Oliver, they had just over 2k simoleons now.
And Mara saw that her face had cleared up.
Things were looking better.
https://i.postimg.cc/yNVMKPSX/15-better.png
