Build your Next Life
Welcome to my “Build your next life” gameplay commentary! Build your next life is a randomizer that gives you four elements to weave into a sim: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/10088...
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Spring Year 1: Memorable encounters
One night Carrow didn’t want to sleep just yet, so he mixed a glass of the energizing “Burnstein Brew” beer for himself. As if the smell had pulled it from the afterlife, an angry ghost appeared right next to the squatter.
It was GLARING at Carrow.
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Ghost Lady: “STILL with the drinking in this house? Will it never end? Even after this den of depravity got razed to the ground?”
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Carrow: “And who might you be…?”
Ghost Lady: “Temperance.”
Carrow: “Oh. With a name like that, of course you’d say what you said.”
Temperance: “Pfft. What’s YOUR name, young man? Well?”
Carrow: “Barrett.”
Not everything that went on at Spice Market directly concerned Carrow. He was a good enough violinist now to use the official busking platforms provided by the city, just like Danny and Jordan. From this observation point, to the background of Old Saltwater House patiently waiting for its wounds to get dressed up, Carrow could watch the big and little scenes that made up the tapestry that was city life.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-24-32nsc53.png
One night Carrow didn’t want to sleep just yet, so he mixed a glass of the energizing “Burnstein Brew” beer for himself. As if the smell had pulled it from the afterlife, an angry ghost appeared right next to the squatter.
It was GLARING at Carrow.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-00-13zsdqk.png
Ghost Lady: “STILL with the drinking in this house? Will it never end? Even after this den of depravity got razed to the ground?”
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-01-42pzi86.png
Carrow: “And who might you be…?”
Ghost Lady: “Temperance.”
Carrow: “Oh. With a name like that, of course you’d say what you said.”
Temperance: “Pfft. What’s YOUR name, young man? Well?”
Carrow: “Barrett.”
Spoiler
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Carrow immediately rued having introduced himself with his surname. The mention of him, who probably counted as an irredeemable drunkard for having enjoyed a single beer, being related to the upstanding paragon of policework, Clive Barrett, caused Temperance to throw a fit. Worse – she called upon help from the spirit realm, spectres of the same color as herself. Never before had Carrow seen such spectres!
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Carrow: “Can you look your best, please? Show me your chocolate side?”
Temperance: “Huh? Why…”
Carrow: “Thank you!” *click* “I once scared a nasty spectre sway with fruitcake. Those red ones of yours look even meaner, so I’ll have to step up my game. Showing them a photograph of YOU should do the trick. You’re worse than the fruit cake!”
Temperance: “I’m better than fruit cake, you say? Aw! Now I’m flattered! I love fruit cake!”
Carrow: “And you seem to only hear what you want to hear. Oh, well…”
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Carrow: “Good evening, Burns. Could it be that you decided to leave a certain detail out when you briefed me on Old Salt Water House’s history?”
Godfather Burnstein: “What detail? Oh, now I see. You met Temperance, did you? Yeah. She’s the one who tipped Barrett off about alcohol getting served in the warehouse. She was also the only one to die in the fire… poetic justice, maybe?”
Carrow: “No! That’s sad!”
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-13-44foiv0.png
Sad – and exhausting. The ruin had no toilet, so Carrow had to cross the street to reach the public one. He didn’t make it back before morning and only by a stroke of luck he didn’t get run over by a car that night.
Or was it really luck? Maybe someone was watching over the young man…
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-16-57muekb.png
In the morning everything in the shack that could break was indeed broken and spooky objects and puddles where everywhere. Fortunately by now Carrow had settled into a routine removing those.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-19-43dacy9.png
And there was something else: a shimmering disk, that emanated an unearthly glow. The flickering wasn’t steady. It seemed random at first, until Carrow realized that it actually reacted to him.
Researching the object brought to light that it was called a “soul fragment”.
Carrow: “Uh… Lt. Barret? Great-gramps Clive? That you?”
Part of the man, anyway. It seemed as if everyone who had been involved in the explosion was present to watch Carrow’s progress, either to help or hinder him.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-01-43ivcbj.png
Carrow immediately rued having introduced himself with his surname. The mention of him, who probably counted as an irredeemable drunkard for having enjoyed a single beer, being related to the upstanding paragon of policework, Clive Barrett, caused Temperance to throw a fit. Worse – she called upon help from the spirit realm, spectres of the same color as herself. Never before had Carrow seen such spectres!
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-01-44ubcpv.png
Carrow: “Can you look your best, please? Show me your chocolate side?”
Temperance: “Huh? Why…”
Carrow: “Thank you!” *click* “I once scared a nasty spectre sway with fruitcake. Those red ones of yours look even meaner, so I’ll have to step up my game. Showing them a photograph of YOU should do the trick. You’re worse than the fruit cake!”
Temperance: “I’m better than fruit cake, you say? Aw! Now I’m flattered! I love fruit cake!”
Carrow: “And you seem to only hear what you want to hear. Oh, well…”
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-09-41t5ibu.png
Carrow: “Good evening, Burns. Could it be that you decided to leave a certain detail out when you briefed me on Old Salt Water House’s history?”
Godfather Burnstein: “What detail? Oh, now I see. You met Temperance, did you? Yeah. She’s the one who tipped Barrett off about alcohol getting served in the warehouse. She was also the only one to die in the fire… poetic justice, maybe?”
Carrow: “No! That’s sad!”
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-13-44foiv0.png
Sad – and exhausting. The ruin had no toilet, so Carrow had to cross the street to reach the public one. He didn’t make it back before morning and only by a stroke of luck he didn’t get run over by a car that night.
Or was it really luck? Maybe someone was watching over the young man…
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-16-57muekb.png
In the morning everything in the shack that could break was indeed broken and spooky objects and puddles where everywhere. Fortunately by now Carrow had settled into a routine removing those.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-19-43dacy9.png
And there was something else: a shimmering disk, that emanated an unearthly glow. The flickering wasn’t steady. It seemed random at first, until Carrow realized that it actually reacted to him.
Researching the object brought to light that it was called a “soul fragment”.
Carrow: “Uh… Lt. Barret? Great-gramps Clive? That you?”
Part of the man, anyway. It seemed as if everyone who had been involved in the explosion was present to watch Carrow’s progress, either to help or hinder him.
Not everything that went on at Spice Market directly concerned Carrow. He was a good enough violinist now to use the official busking platforms provided by the city, just like Danny and Jordan. From this observation point, to the background of Old Saltwater House patiently waiting for its wounds to get dressed up, Carrow could watch the big and little scenes that made up the tapestry that was city life.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-24-32nsc53.png
Spoiler
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-25-09iff9h.png
Like a protest from environmental activists. A single officer, Tina Chen, stood close by, to prevent attacks both from and at the protesters.
Tina wasn’t looking happy. Why, Carrow wondered? By now he had learned at least a handful of facts about the residents of Spice Market and also of those non-residents that stopped by the square regularly. Tina was a passionate fisher and sailor. The Great Lakes ecosystem should mean something to her, one would think…?
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-25-26k6iak.png
On second glance I (although not Carrow) understood what Tina’s problem was – look at the protesters! They are Jess and Leslie from Strangerville. Those aren’t protesters, that’s the cult of the Motherplant! The only piece of flora they are interested in is their cult leader. And the creature keeper, Michael Bell, apparently is part of it, too. At least he quickly joined the "protest".
Carrow’s story most likely will not bring him into contact with Strangerville Mystery (that wasn’t solved or even started yet in this save). But it was nice to see a little glimpse of the larger world beyond Spice Market and even beyond Detroit.
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-25-09iff9h.png
Like a protest from environmental activists. A single officer, Tina Chen, stood close by, to prevent attacks both from and at the protesters.
Tina wasn’t looking happy. Why, Carrow wondered? By now he had learned at least a handful of facts about the residents of Spice Market and also of those non-residents that stopped by the square regularly. Tina was a passionate fisher and sailor. The Great Lakes ecosystem should mean something to her, one would think…?
https://abload.de/img/30.05.23_21-25-26k6iak.png
On second glance I (although not Carrow) understood what Tina’s problem was – look at the protesters! They are Jess and Leslie from Strangerville. Those aren’t protesters, that’s the cult of the Motherplant! The only piece of flora they are interested in is their cult leader. And the creature keeper, Michael Bell, apparently is part of it, too. At least he quickly joined the "protest".
Carrow’s story most likely will not bring him into contact with Strangerville Mystery (that wasn’t solved or even started yet in this save). But it was nice to see a little glimpse of the larger world beyond Spice Market and even beyond Detroit.
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