Sul sul, Simmers. Z and I have a bit of a problem. Sometimes we want to play The Sims more than I want to write. This means it's possible for us to get weeks ahead in our "story save" before ...
Our contest begins at 11:00 on a Sunday morning, the first day of Summer. Z and I have placed our house in Newcrest, where it's going to be a sunny, hot day.
Jacob becomes the first contestant to score a point, when he goes for a swim and gains the Fitness skill. +1 to the handsome dark-haired Sim. Brylee spots a potted plant on the back porch and begins to shape it. +1 for learning Flower Arranging. https://i.imgur.com/xZzFlw7.png Jacob, who is apparently rather vain, prances around in his swim trunks and praises Maxie while the others watch the news. Since he’s an Animal Enthusiast, Jacob is easily able to make Friends with Maxie. +2 points. https://i.imgur.com/HA1eFLf.jpg Azure goes to the bookshelf, but instead of choosing a skills book, she selects My Pizzi-Cat-O Polka. She passes up another chance to score a point by putting the book on the floor, rather than returning it to the shelf. Rohan gets on the board by swimming long enough to learn the Fitness skill, before easing into a Back Float. +1 point. Jacob, our most active Sim so far, picks up Azure’s book and returns it to the shelf. +1 point. The gang seems to get along well. They spend a lot of time chatting, sharing their knowledge of Fishing while Maxie recovers from a case of the zoomies. https://i.imgur.com/WSpjWiS.jpg
Then, things become more interesting. Jacob, a Goofball, decides to prank the only toilet in the house. https://i.imgur.com/eXkQARG.png RoRo, oblivious to what is going on, is pleased with himself after playing some SimScuffle and learning Video Gaming. +1 point for Mr. Rosenthal. https://i.imgur.com/ynpsrcP.png Poor Azure makes her way to the bathroom. She uses the sabotaged toilet and breaks it. Azure’s first appearance on the score sheet is a negative one. -4 points. However, she earns back a point by mopping up the mess. +1 point. https://i.imgur.com/w8I9vx0.jpg The contestants are getting a bit hungry by now. Rohan grabs a bowl of chips and Jacob a serving of cheese crackers, but ambitious Brylee prepares a serving of Mac & Cheese. “She’s going to catch that stove on fire,” predicts Z. Her prediction turns out to be wrong. +1 point for learning to cook, and +2 points for successfully making a dish. Now she's tied for the lead with Jacob. Nice going, Brylee! https://i.imgur.com/A0RGrbq.png Meanwhile, Azure has not yet emerged from the bathroom, where she is Polishing the toilet to Perfection. Azure picks up +1 point for cleaning. Everyone who eats something cleans up after themselves. +1 point for Rohan, Jacob, and Brylee. Because none of the contestants attempt to fix the busted toilet, it continues to leak. This creates opportunities for Jacob and Brylee to score +1 point each for mopping the bathroom floor. RoRo gains a point on the field by doing the mopping duty twice. +2 points for Rohan. Rohan lets Maxie out, and she poops in the middle of the front walk. An hour or so later, Jacob discovers it and cleans it up. +1 point for Jacob. Brylee spends some time reading Crisis Barn, and she puts it back on the shelf when she’s through. +1 point.
Azure hasn’t eaten anything yet. She learns the Cooking skill (+1 point), and deserves props for not Shouting Forbidden Words when she cuts her finger. Then, Azure does this… https://i.imgur.com/Aw0AOeR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/K5ld65H.jpg Z and I have never seen a Sim do this. “EWWWWW!” Z squeals. “That is DISGUSTING! And she's SMILING about it!” “Azure just got two points for making a dish,” I remind her. “GROSS! Is there a penalty for making Ear Wax Salad? There ought to be!” Z and I are still deciding if we should create a house rule that imposes a penalty for Doing Disgusting Things. For now, it’s +2 points to Azure for successfully preparing a meal. As Azure walks to the bathroom to wash her salad bowl, Rohan joins Jacob and Brylee on the sofa and tells them a joke. He learns the Comedy skill and scores +1 point, while Azure gains +1 point for being tidy. https://i.imgur.com/0BD6YLJ.png
The gang has been watching the Romance Channel, and it’s put the gals in Flirty moods. Azure slips into her bathing suit and goes for a moonlight swim. She learns Fitness; +1 point for her. https://i.imgur.com/kd7Lzq8.png Brylee chooses instead to flirt with Jacob. https://i.imgur.com/uAByOTq.png Azure comes back in and interacts with Maxie, becoming her Friend. +2 points. Had Azure not lost four points for being unlucky enough to try to use the toilet after Jacob pranked it, she'd be in the lead. Then, Azure is disgusted when her new buddy drinks from the broken toilet. https://i.imgur.com/i2PhAuE.png Now it’s past midnight, which officially makes it Monday! This means our Simmies can call a repairperson to come fix their toilet without losing -3 points each. Azure makes the service call. Jacob wisely takes advantage of one last opportunity to mop the bathroom floor. +1 point for Jacob. Lori Callahan comes over to repair the toilet. https://i.imgur.com/T6HQ80x.png Jacob sits down to play a video game, and learns that skill. +1 point. https://i.imgur.com/cTQNEyB.png But Jacob has a problem. See that red Plumbob over his head? He needs to pee very badly, but he can’t use the toilet, because Lori is fixing it. Z is not sympathetic. “It’s your own fault, bro. You’re the one who pranked it.” Rohan decides to take a nap in the single bed. He doesn't bother taking off his flippers. https://i.imgur.com/5IP0PXV.png
Azure takes a moment to clean the table where Jacob is playing on the computer. +1 point for Azure. That task completed, she sits down on the couch and begins to flirt with Jacob. “She’s trying to distract him so he’ll pee himself and lose 10 points,” Z concludes. We’re laughing too much to take a screenshot. Sorry about that! Lori is finished with the toilet, but Jacob foolishly enthuses over identifying the Perch instead of using the bathroom. Meanwhile Rohan–who also needs to go really badly–makes his way to the toilet. https://i.imgur.com/BXWmHKb.png Can Jacob hold on…? https://i.imgur.com/tcS6oqq.png Nope. -10 points for Peeing on Self. He was in the lead, but he's not on top any longer! What a disaster for Jacob! Things go from bad to worse for Mr. Dial. He needs a bath, so he hustles to the bathroom...but Rohan is still sitting on the toilet. -1 point to Jacob for barging in on RoRo. Brylee goes to sleep in the double bed. For a moment, we think Azure is about to make a boss move and join her, which would give her +7 points. Then she changes her mind and goes to sleep in the single bed. Jacob is tired, too. He approaches both beds, finds them occupied, passes on the seven points he'd have scored for crawling in with Brylee (after going so far as to spin into his sleepwear)... https://i.imgur.com/iHsW0kq.png ...and decides to cry in the closet instead.
Jacob then takes a nap on the couch. Rohan is the only one awake. He’s hungry again, so it’s time to cook. +1 point for learning Cooking, and +2 points for preparing a Garden Salad. RoRo also adds Ear Wax, so he might be subject to the proposed deduction for Doing Disgusting Things. Now Rohan is weary, too. He takes a pass on joining Brylee in the double bed. As the first light of morning begins to color the Newcrest sky, Rohan makes a risky choice. He goes outside, gets in the pool, and begins a Back Float! “What if he goes to sleep in the pool?” Z asks, her eyes wide. “I think he drowns.” Then we notice movement at the other end of the pool. Maxie has jumped into the water, and she is swimming toward the drowsy Rohan! Will the heroic doggo awaken him and save his life? https://i.imgur.com/zFgTZ1w.png Whew! Maxie was just in time! She and Rohan climb out of the water together and go inside. Jacob has awakened, and for the first time in nearly 24 hours, he changes into something besides his swim trunks. He mops up a puddle beside the pool, and then he’s kind enough to clean up the mess he made beside the computer. +2 points. https://i.imgur.com/TNg6Q5p.png Now comes a flurry of activity, as Rohan deals with several piles of dog hair which Maxie shed on the back porch. He picks up three piles of hair (+3 points), but he drops one on the kitchen floor instead of throwing it away (-1 point). He performs these tasks while modeling his Hot Weather outfit. https://i.imgur.com/pzboheB.png Now Brylee has awakened. She’s feeling frisky after a good night’s sleep. Brylee is digging Rohan’s Alien suit. She flirts with him and tells him a dirty joke. https://i.imgur.com/dzIpBtj.jpg RoRo's response is to take another nap on a sofa. And now that Brylee is up, Jacob can take a nap on the double bed.
Brylee makes the most of the last minutes of our first day. She empties the trash and picks up the last pile of Maxie's hair. +2 points. Then she tries out the grill. As the clock approaches 11am, Brylee finishes grilling some Pinchos, which she puts on the ground beside the grill. +2 points. https://i.imgur.com/buzBhFk.png
And, after the first day, our scores look like this:
