Eliza had had it with Bob. Between being drooled on by Iggy, and Bob leaving slobly puddles everywhere, she was done with taking care of two children at once... the adult child was particularly offensive.
Come to think of it, the actual child kind of drove her crazy too.
So she left them, and moved out to Windenburg, ready for something new.
@TeeSea Ohh could it be that Sharing Is Caring neighborhood swiping doesn't depend on mischief skill in the same way? That would explain why she could swipe a neighbor's piano but not a piano elsewhere.
So, time to take this tactic out of the home neighborhood into the big-time.
There was a beautiful big painting in the Waterside Warble that Eliza wished to remove from its location. On a scouting errand, she had already discovered that somehow she had developed the ability to swipe objects outside the neighborhood. Maybe enough Sharing is Caring experience has taught her how to function like a true kleptomaniac. (She does have enough aspiration points for a re-traiting potion if I ever want to give her the kleptomaniac trait officially.)
But somehow, tranquilizing handshake doesn't seem to work outside the home neighborhood. She made the bartender drop to the floor all right, but even while unconscious she still caught Eliza at her swiping.
Hmm. Maybe this is a difference between Sharing Is Caring and regular swiping. Embarrassed, Eliza went home and back to the drawing board.
Meanwhile, Iggy was growing up. He has that saddest of aspirations for someone who lives in a private dwelling: Party Animal. Poor guy. At least he found a suitably party color for his hair. Looks good on you, kid. https://i.postimg.cc/NfWZ63DP/iggy-hair.png
And he can hang out with friends at other places. Here's Evie Delgato, his pal since elementary school
She loved Iggy but they saw the world in such different ways https://i.postimg.cc/V6D3X5Zj/homework-argue.png "Focus! Why won't you focus?" "Mom, I'm not going to college, it doesn't matter!" "Of course you're going to college!" "No way! I'm going to stay home and paint! Can I just go paint now please?" "You think you're going to earn any money as a painter?" (Fortunately they are sims, so his prospects aren't bad really...)
After that, Eliza was out of potions of plentiful needs. She also wondered if her friends in the magical realm could help her with some additional ways to immobilize people using magic. Preferably, immobilizing them in such a way that they wouldn't catch her swiping things.
It's nice to know Eliza has some part of her that still cares about people, even if it is her ex-husband. I think Iggy's painting is early neo-primitive (early=childlike).
She cares very much about Max, or does she? She was able to mold him at an early age, and his growing abilities might just happen to be convenient for her...
"Lady, the only thing wrong with you is you have a bag over your head." "I feel as though I'm going to go all strange any moment! Oof! Here it comes!" (It's true, it comes and goes.) "There's another potion you can learn, but you have to improve your casting level first." https://i.postimg.cc/nVSyzjDx/help-me2.png
"You're not even looking at me!" "Of course I'm not looking-- I mean-- your cooking is so delicious that it occupies my complete attention."
Finally Eliza leveled up and was ready to learn some more spells. But first, a potion recipe. Simeon took pity and gave her a free sample of the Potion of Curse Cleansing. Thank goodness. https://i.postimg.cc/RCPBHp2j/curse-better.png
Morgyn taught Eliza a spell called Chillio, which could freeze anyone or anything solid. Perhaps this would help immobilize people while Eliza stole things from them.
Burgliate. Now, here's an idea. You can steal things that are a little bit farther away than with swiping. And you have more choices of what to steal. Let's try this out with another large painting that has evaded Eliza's grasp due to the fence https://i.postimg.cc/JzHMm36S/burgliate1.png
Burgliate has an energized moodlet and cooldown period similar to the kleptomaniac swiping moodlet. Hmm, that means we could do one of each on each visit. That sounds useful.
The objects you can use as a source for Copypasto are a bit limited, but she stole a more valuable flower arrangement and that worked well, at 600 simoleons a pop. Every day she casts Copypasto until she gets all charged up, casts Discharge, then casts Copypasto until she gets all charged up again. (Discharge has a once-a-day cooldown.)
"Wait, what?" https://i.postimg.cc/43XLws9w/party.png "It'll be so much fun! Quick, go change!" "Just tell me you're not inviting your klepto brother?" "Too late, he's already on his way!"
It's was only a matter of time before Eliza learned the Burgliate spell. The world is now her 5 finger discount store. I'm so happy that Iggy found love,
Good eye, @GlacierSnow. It is neither the contents of an urn nor the remains of an Inferniate victim... it's what happens when Copypasto fails :) Eliza always keeps at least two copies of the flower arrangement in reserve, just in case.
