Educated teen run away challenge

It's already Sunday and high school graduation is tonight and Ali is sadly behind in her homework and getting some term papers written. Gah! It looks like she will be doing homework and writing term papers all day until her high school grad. Geez!

https://i.postimg.cc/cJnPLKMg/ali-gets-a-head-start-on-a-term-paper.png

And...oh my gosh...Jacob showed up unannounced at her dorm!!! So sweet. Of course, she practically runs over to see him.

https://i.postimg.cc/x1WFhfD0/yu-ready-for-graduation-tonight.png

They spent a bit of time together. Jacob gets on so well with Ali's roomies. (He has the outgoing trait).

https://i.postimg.cc/RZpWwLpY/jacob-getting-on-so-ell-with-her-roomies.png

Jacob: "Ali, are you ready for high school graduation tonight?"

Ali shook her head excitedly and then gave him an autonomous kiss and he left.

https://i.postimg.cc/QCJB7k1F/autokiss-see-you-later.png

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At promptly 6pm, Ali was whisked off to the high school auditorium for her graduation. I had read several articles on this, and dressed her in a high school robe and gown, but when she got there, the game just changed her out of it into a regular black robe.

And then I looked around. Where were all her friends who were going to be here aged up to young adults? The only sims she saw there was Duane, who was in a special gown, and she later learned that he was the Valedictorian. They took a photo together with the grad backdrop.

https://i.postimg.cc/hGQfsqVW/HIGH-SCHOOL-GRAD.png

Other sims she recognized were Kaori, although Kaori wasn't dressed in a grad gown, Jacob was there wearing his grad gown, and another one of her friends, Kenji Ishii (an NPC) was there also wearing a grad gown.. Were these the only ones who were attending graduation? What happened? Why didn't the game age all her friends up? If I had known this would happen, I would have gone around the worlds, and aged everyone up to Young adult before high school graduation.

So, instead, I had Ali just invite her friends to hang out at the current lot, so they would show up and it would look like they were graduating. To say the least, I was sadly disappointed that this had happened.

https://i.postimg.cc/vB3THHsn/DWAYN-IS-THE-VALEDITORIAN.png

And it's time for Duane to give the graduating speech and he does a great job of inspiring everyone. One of Ali's uni roomies followed her to high school graduation. I wonder why? Oh gosh, please don't tell me he has a crush on her. (The guy on the right with the black and white top on),

https://i.postimg.cc/sfHxkXKd/BE-GREAT-SPEECH.png

https://i.postimg.cc/tRcRrcC9/ALI-LISTENING-TO-SPEECH.png

There is some food and fruit punch, and Ali decides to "improve" the fruit punch! lol

https://i.postimg.cc/BQ1SRCXH/IMPROVING-THE-FRIT-PUNCH.png

Ali blows Jacob am autonomous kiss before the ceremony.

https://i.postimg.cc/DyFhYK3k/GRADUATE-LOVE.png

Then it's time for the diplomas to be handed out, and Ali's name is called and she heads to the stage. Her principal, Mei Prescott, certainly looks different than she did during her high school days. Congrats Ali! You did it! Woot! Graduate with honors.

https://i.postimg.cc/4yHGkJNs/ALI-GETTING-HER-DIPLOMA.png

Next up is Jacob, and he is pretty excited.

https://i.postimg.cc/zDj9rW5t/JACOB-GETTING-HIS-DIPLOMA.png

Ali visited with all her old high school friends.

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRGbq9QC/VARIOUS-SIMS-ATTENDED.png

And then it was suddenly time to go. (Note: This is the grad gown that I had chosen for Ali, but the game had other plans).

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqPFH38h/AT-THE-END-OF-THE-NIGHT.png

https://i.postimg.cc/hjrsDxv0/HIGH-SCHOOL-GRADUATION-IS-DONE.png

And Ali and Jacob have a moment to say goodbye before they head back to their respective homes.

https://i.postimg.cc/9QZGXTNq/GOOD-NIGHT-JACOB.png

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Notes:

I was so expecting something better than what happened at her high school graduation. But, it was fine, since Ali just invited her friends there. After this happened, I did go into all the worlds, and aged-up all the teens there, just didn't age up the ones who were Not In World, so they remain teens. I just looked at what skills they had gotten and what their likes and dislikes were and just randomly chose their Young Adult trait for them. For the ones who had a teen aspiration, I just chose one that was similar, so those who had Goal-Oriented have the Academic uni trait.

When I went to Sulani, Duane Talla had already aged up to YA, so his YA trait was randomly assigned by the game, which was Loves the Outdoors. That suits him.

And the game also created these pairings:

Hugo Villareal with an NPC townie, Saya Matsuda. Ali may have suggested they meet. They are now boyfriend/girlfriend.

Liam Beckett and Morgan Fyres are boyfriend/girlfriend.

Wolfgang Munch had a photo booth pic with Greta Laurent in his inventory. Now that was interesting!!! But when I had Wolfgang go over and try to chat up Greta, they really do not get on very well together. Ali will try to match him up with someone else.

And maybe this was the reason Greta was not interested in Wolfgang, because she and Kiyoshi Ito are a hot item, and are now boyfriend/girlfriend.