One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022
I'm posting this a few days early in case anyone has never heard of it before and might like to prepare for it and begin on January 1st. Or if anyone perhaps has questions on something in the rules th...
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Yay, actual playtime! I'm so out of practice with commentary style tho... :D
EDIT: Okay, that did *not* go as planned. I swear I was only going to write a quick little paragraph on her finding some stuff and deciding to look around today and leave all the administrative stuff to tomorrow... And then I just couldn't stop writing. So... I hope you'll enjoy reading, I guess? :smile:
Comments will probably have to wait till tomorrow as I'm super tired. (Tomorrow hopefully being a just-story day again.)
Sorry everybody, and thank you so much for your feedback and the lovely compliments!
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January, Day 5 - "Determination and Hope..."
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EDIT: Okay, that did *not* go as planned. I swear I was only going to write a quick little paragraph on her finding some stuff and deciding to look around today and leave all the administrative stuff to tomorrow... And then I just couldn't stop writing. So... I hope you'll enjoy reading, I guess? :smile:
Comments will probably have to wait till tomorrow as I'm super tired. (Tomorrow hopefully being a just-story day again.)
Sorry everybody, and thank you so much for your feedback and the lovely compliments!
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January, Day 5 - "Determination and Hope..."
https://i.postimg.cc/LX33FKbw/01-05-22-9-05-04-PM.png.png
Spoiler
Lucy started looking around. In the bushes at the edge of the clearing, she found a box with knives, plates, gardening utensils and even Grampa's old fishing rod. It was almost as if he'd planned to come back here even after the boathouse got bulldozed...
Slowly, her childhood memories began to flood back. How he'd shown her the wild plants they could gather, all the useful things that people just left in the sand, how to hold a fishing rod...
Today, she decided, she'd have a look around, visit all the old places, and gather stuff she could sell to the fishermen by the shore. Tomorrow, she'd try to get into the local high school, find out who owned Grampa's lot now, and maybe she'd have visit the PAWspital. And of course, she needed to get some supplies for Laika.
Lucy smiled as she got up, breathing in the salty air.
"Determination and hope is all you need to find happiness", Grampa used to say. "The hope, so you believe there will be happiness even when the times are hard - and determination, so you'll be able to go on and get through the good times as well as the bad. Determination and hope, and you'll be able to do anything. Always remember that, will you?"
Back then, she hadn't been able to understand. She'd felt happier than ever before in these summers with Grampa... She remembered asking him one night: "But, Grampa, I am happy already! Why can't it just stay like this forever?" He'd just answered: "Because as much as we want it to, that's not how life works. Life means good times and bad times. It's just like the berries we harvested today: We had juicy berries with cream, but there were quite a few brambles and thorns before we were able to get them, huh? Now sleep tight - and don't let the bedbugs bite!"
Now, she understood him. And she'd always treasure these memories... But for now, it was time to face the brambles, hoping for berries.
Slowly, her childhood memories began to flood back. How he'd shown her the wild plants they could gather, all the useful things that people just left in the sand, how to hold a fishing rod...
Today, she decided, she'd have a look around, visit all the old places, and gather stuff she could sell to the fishermen by the shore. Tomorrow, she'd try to get into the local high school, find out who owned Grampa's lot now, and maybe she'd have visit the PAWspital. And of course, she needed to get some supplies for Laika.
Lucy smiled as she got up, breathing in the salty air.
"Determination and hope is all you need to find happiness", Grampa used to say. "The hope, so you believe there will be happiness even when the times are hard - and determination, so you'll be able to go on and get through the good times as well as the bad. Determination and hope, and you'll be able to do anything. Always remember that, will you?"
Back then, she hadn't been able to understand. She'd felt happier than ever before in these summers with Grampa... She remembered asking him one night: "But, Grampa, I am happy already! Why can't it just stay like this forever?" He'd just answered: "Because as much as we want it to, that's not how life works. Life means good times and bad times. It's just like the berries we harvested today: We had juicy berries with cream, but there were quite a few brambles and thorns before we were able to get them, huh? Now sleep tight - and don't let the bedbugs bite!"
Now, she understood him. And she'd always treasure these memories... But for now, it was time to face the brambles, hoping for berries.
Spoiler
When I started playing today, was already 10am - I'd spent the morning sending her around for my screenshots of the past days - and waiting for her to finish hugging Laika :D
https://i.postimg.cc/dVh6kfhZ/01-05-22-8-55-30-PM.png
No plants were available for gathering, so I sent her to dig up everything she could find.
https://i.postimg.cc/JzSqbQX6/01-05-22-8-58-07-PM.png
"Laika, come on, you'll have enough time to play once we're there!"
-Where, exactly?
"Oh, there's a lovely pond up there. We're going fishing!"
-Oh, ok. You do you, love... You're doing great <3
https://i.postimg.cc/Kz2DWvJt/01-05-22-9-04-43-PM.png
"Um... Watcher? Now what? I don't think I remember... It's been a while."
-That's ok! It'll come back. Your mind might have buried the memories under newer ones, but your hands still know what to do. See?.
https://i.postimg.cc/LX33FKbw/01-05-22-9-05-04-PM.png.png
"Aaand... Pull! Laika, please don't play with my shoe laces, ok? I'll need those to get around and get both of us dinner tonight..."
https://i.postimg.cc/BbZcq7W6/01-05-22-9-05-41-PM.png
"Yay! I got a fish! You really were right... My hands did remember."
-Aw... Thanks!
By now it was later afternoon and she badly needed some fun and a bathroom.
https://i.postimg.cc/90xPzPVB/01-05-22-9-11-24-PM.png
I went to look for Laika - and she was just in the water like that! Must've been a bug... Or she's a diving dog :D
https://i.postimg.cc/Qxyk3qf8/01-05-22-9-12-49-PM.png
Awww. Puppy snuggles make everything better, huh? She honestly was "happy" for most of the day, as she had that "face full of fur" moodlet. I really admire how cheerful she is despite everything...
https://i.postimg.cc/bwS0N25Q/01-05-22-9-16-35-PM.png
In the evening, we got a pleasant surprise: Someone had grilled something and there were leftovers! I tried to have her "give food to Laika" but it wouldn't work. I think it needs to be in the inventory for that? But at least Lucy got to eat.
https://i.postimg.cc/bvXxGwX4/01-05-22-9-17-12-PM.png
In the middle of eating, she put away her plate to pet this stray dog. *Sigh*. I love her and that autonomous action, but the food was almost spoilt, and I didn't want to have her cook something herself...
https://i.postimg.cc/MGyy1JqH/01-05-22-9-21-23-PM.png
She was pretty pleased with herself. From the upgrade parts and the duplicate figurine she made 87 Simoleons... Not bad for one day!
(I set myself a rule where she has to keep the first item of every collectible she finds... I just really want to display these collections, I guess? And otherwise it feels just so easy. :D )
https://i.postimg.cc/tTpF5v45/01-05-22-9-25-06-PM.png
Sweet dreams dear, and see you tomorrow!
https://i.postimg.cc/dVh6kfhZ/01-05-22-8-55-30-PM.png
No plants were available for gathering, so I sent her to dig up everything she could find.
https://i.postimg.cc/JzSqbQX6/01-05-22-8-58-07-PM.png
"Laika, come on, you'll have enough time to play once we're there!"
-Where, exactly?
"Oh, there's a lovely pond up there. We're going fishing!"
-Oh, ok. You do you, love... You're doing great <3
https://i.postimg.cc/Kz2DWvJt/01-05-22-9-04-43-PM.png
"Um... Watcher? Now what? I don't think I remember... It's been a while."
-That's ok! It'll come back. Your mind might have buried the memories under newer ones, but your hands still know what to do. See?.
https://i.postimg.cc/LX33FKbw/01-05-22-9-05-04-PM.png.png
"Aaand... Pull! Laika, please don't play with my shoe laces, ok? I'll need those to get around and get both of us dinner tonight..."
https://i.postimg.cc/BbZcq7W6/01-05-22-9-05-41-PM.png
"Yay! I got a fish! You really were right... My hands did remember."
-Aw... Thanks!
By now it was later afternoon and she badly needed some fun and a bathroom.
https://i.postimg.cc/90xPzPVB/01-05-22-9-11-24-PM.png
I went to look for Laika - and she was just in the water like that! Must've been a bug... Or she's a diving dog :D
https://i.postimg.cc/Qxyk3qf8/01-05-22-9-12-49-PM.png
Awww. Puppy snuggles make everything better, huh? She honestly was "happy" for most of the day, as she had that "face full of fur" moodlet. I really admire how cheerful she is despite everything...
https://i.postimg.cc/bwS0N25Q/01-05-22-9-16-35-PM.png
In the evening, we got a pleasant surprise: Someone had grilled something and there were leftovers! I tried to have her "give food to Laika" but it wouldn't work. I think it needs to be in the inventory for that? But at least Lucy got to eat.
https://i.postimg.cc/bvXxGwX4/01-05-22-9-17-12-PM.png
In the middle of eating, she put away her plate to pet this stray dog. *Sigh*. I love her and that autonomous action, but the food was almost spoilt, and I didn't want to have her cook something herself...
https://i.postimg.cc/MGyy1JqH/01-05-22-9-21-23-PM.png
She was pretty pleased with herself. From the upgrade parts and the duplicate figurine she made 87 Simoleons... Not bad for one day!
(I set myself a rule where she has to keep the first item of every collectible she finds... I just really want to display these collections, I guess? And otherwise it feels just so easy. :D )
https://i.postimg.cc/tTpF5v45/01-05-22-9-25-06-PM.png
Sweet dreams dear, and see you tomorrow!
