One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022

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January 10

Aaron occupied himself with fishing until the festival started and sent Hunter a message asking to meet at the onsen, near where the festival would be held in Yukimatsu. He travelled off to the onsen, feeling excited to see Hunter after almost a week of not being able to.

There he was, looking very unhappy and... was that fire?
"Hunter, are you okay?" Aaron began, and immediately felt guilty for all those times he had ignored Hunter's invitations to his place. Was Hunter mad at him? Maybe he was mad at him...
"If this is because of all those times I-" he started, but was cut off by Hunter shaking his head and saying, "I'm only slightly flammable, didn't think I'd need an umbrella today but, here we are..." He trailed off, sighed and stepped into the onsen, followed closely by Aaron who instantly apologised for both the ghosting and the insensitive invitation. For he had subconsciously known but had only just fully realised that Hunter was a vampire. (Oh, plum).
Hunter shook his head again. "Don't apologise, dude. It's my own fault, really. Still haven't taken the time to learn sun resistance and when you messaged with the invitation I was only too eager to leave regardless of the consequences."
"But now I feel bad..." Aaron said quietly. "You could have died, and all the festival stuff is outside."
"Yeah, and? We have this great onsen until the sun goes down!"
Aaron couldn't help but feel upset that his own negligence had almost led his only friend to an untimely death. "I could have waited a few hours before inviting you." (You seem very blase about death...) Aaron suddenly remembered his own admittance that he believed no-one would care if he had died after being crushed by a vending machine, and immediately thanked the Watcher that Hunter hadn't burned to death.
"I'm here now, and I'm inside, and I'm still alive." Hunter paused and thought a bit. "Well, not aliiiive alive, but I'm not... dead. I'm unalive. But..." He laughed. "You don't want to know all about that vampire stuff."
"I did want to, after we first met," Aaron said with a shrug. "Maybe then I would actually have waited. I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, really. I'm okay, Aaron."
When Aaron frowned and turned away for a second, Hunter was at his side immediately, seemingly wanting to offer comfort. "I need to apologise for the other thing," Aaron said. "Not about almost killing you, which I am still upset about, but... I'm sorry for not talking to you at all this week." He nervously played with the chain on his necklace for a moment.
"Don't be sorry for that either," came the instant reply. "We all get caught up in things that are important."
Aaron's eyes met Hunter's. They were just as warm and sparkling as they had been when Hunter had said Aaron was a cool guy in the spa. Thinking of the night they had shared in the onsen the week before, Aaron felt his face grow warm again and this time he knew he couldn't blame it on the heat of the water. He was sure it wouldn't escape Hunter's notice - the guy was a vampire after all. Plasma, especially that which was close to the surface of the skin, was his whole thing. He was even certain to notice how fast Aaron's heart was beating right now. Maybe he had even noticed it while they were in the spa... "You had a lot to deal with," Hunter said simply. "Come on, let's sit."
(Oh Hunter, you're amazing.) Aaron sat down on the couch, thankful to rest after having stood for most of the day - first picking his harvestables, then fishing. Hunter smiled at him and he grinned back, partially out of nerves and hoped Hunter wouldn't find him strange because of it. "Why did the pirate cross the road?" he asked suddenly. (Stupid!) he chided himself (It may be Talk Like a Pirate day but that doesn't mean he wants to hear a kid joke!). To his surprise, Hunter indulged him by saying, "I don't know, why did the pirate cross the road?" His tone of voice made it clear he had heard the joke already, but Aaron went ahead and revealed the punchline anyway: "To get to the second hand store!" Hunter laughed (okay, his laugh is wonderful), like it was actually funny and not something he had heard before. They exchanged a few more jokes and laughs, but when the jokes died down for a moment Aaron rubbed the back of his neck and Hunter gazed into the flames of the fireplace.

"I felt like a bad friend every single time I had to decline your invitations," Aaron muttered. Hunter shrugged in response. "I'm not... that great with people but I felt a real... well, something with you, Hunter. I've been stewing on this since we met, it's driving me wild, and I know I need to be more attentive, but..."
Hunter turned to look at him, more intently now. Pretending to yawn, Aaron raised his arm and settled it around Hunter's shoulders. To his surprise, Hunter didn't pull away from the move but instead leaned into Aaron's touch, his smile soon larger than Aaron's own. "I was hoping you'd do that," Hunter whispered softly.
"... I like you a lot, Hunter," Aaron concluded just as softly, his voice shaking but elated that Hunter reciprocated his feelings. "You just make my day so much better... thank you for making me smile." He grinned and added, "Plus you're cute, which is a lovely bonus." Hunter only snorted softly in response. "Oh yeah, you can't see yourself in a mirror, can you?" Aaron teased.
"Shhh!" Hunter said, but soon he was laughing too.

Aaron removed his arm, but they continued to sit closely together gazing into each other's eyes until Aaron finally remembered the real reason they had come here and led Hunter outside.
"Nope, still too light," Hunter said with a groan. He looked sadly at a spark of flame beginning to burn on his hand.
"Back inside, then..." Aaron wondered if he'd ever get out and go sledding or make a snowpal with Hunter tonight. He pushed away the thought. Hunter's comfort was the most important thing right now.
"Hunter."
"Aaron." Hunter gave him an adorably lopsided grin in response.
"You're my best friend."

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Hahahahahaha I had no idea what I was doing when I was writing half of this :joy: But hope you still enjoyed! And did Aaron move a little too fast admitting his feelings? Hmm... ;)

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January 10

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On her way back from Aimi's house, I had Robin stop to go on a quick meditative walk in hopes of finally finding some forest spirts and at last was successful!

The next day was Winterfest, so she had off from school, so I had her hunt for collectables which put some extra funds in her pocket.
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She came back to her lot so exhausted. Naps on couches and benches aren't cutting it these days, and the water has been too frozen for her to swim/sleep in, so Robin bought herself an air mattress.
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And she bought Pepper a bed as well. We can count this as her Winterfest gift :)
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It was dark by the time Robin woke up. I had forgotten that I bought her a knitting basket, which she autonomously decided to use.
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She knit a cute little hat that I was tempted to add to her wardrobe, but I wanted to see how it did on Plopsy.
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Father Winter showed up by the mailbox shortly after that.
"Father Winter, can you pay my bills for me this year?" (Robin, don't we all have that Christmas wish :D)
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"Unfortunately I cannot, my dear, but I have have something I think you'll like..."

Suddenly, a little wooden house appeared on her lot. (Actually, he got her a grill, which she immediately sold for §1300, but let's give Robin a little bit of Winterfest magic :smile:)
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(While I was in BB mode, I made her lot a Tiny Home Residential and gave her the lot challenges of Simple Living and Off the Grid. I'll probably remove Off the Grid eventually, but since she's not using any water or electricity it makes sense for the time being)

"Oh, Father Winter, it's perfect! Thank you so much!"
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She wished she had something to give him in return, but there was nothing in her inventory worth gifting to him. But he seemed pretty content to get some loving from Pepper :)
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Pepper apparently did't return the sentiment though :D
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And then, a Winterfest miracle - the vending machine didn't give her any trouble. It wasn't a traditional Winterfest meal by any means, but she found herself feeling grateful, even though it was quite a different Winterfest than she was used to.
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Before going to bed, Robin took out her journal, and reflected on Winterfests past.
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Oh no. Here we go again. I'm getting caught up in all your awesome stories. ?

January 8: Thundersnowstorm

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After school the next day, Kiyoshi and I headed off skiing together. Well, I would be skiing and Kiyoshi would be snowboarding. It's too bad, though, that nobody told us about the weather, because there was a thundersnowstorm when we got to the slopes. A thundersnowstorm is like a thunderstorm and a snowstorm mixed together. Not a good combination.

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When we arrived, Kiyoshi and I just stood there shivering. We were both freezing.

Dylan: "Brrr....Who...who..se idea was it to go ski...ing again?" I asked my teeth chattering, as I wrapped my arms around myself in an effort to keep warm.

Kiyoshi: "Well...well, on the mountain the weather cha...changes suddenly. We'll be fine! You can....brr...you can try snowboarding today..." he said grinning through chattering teeth. Oh sure, Kiyoshi was trying to be the tough guy, like this wasn't bothering him. Alright, I could be the tough guy, too.

We ran down the hill together towards the gondola, and I suddenly slipped on some ice.

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Dylan: "Great! What a heck of a way to start!" I lay there for a moment, and then realized that if I didn't get up, I would be buried in snow and then no-one would even know I was there. I got up and rubbed my back and muttered as I walked, "What am I doing out here? Why am I out in this weather? And where is Kiyoshi?"

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Kiyoshi was waiting for me inside the gondola area. When we got to the top of the slope, I could barely see two inches in front of me. The wind was blowing so hard and snow swirled around me. Thankfully, I knew where the easy run was, and slowly walked towards it, trying to shield my face from the wind with my arm.

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I got to the top of the slope and there was no-one around. In fact, I could barely see the gondola from where I was standing. And I couldn't see Kiyoshi either.

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Dylan: "Kiyoshi...Kiyoshi...where are you?"

There was no answer, so I figured he had just gone off to the Expert slope. I looked down the slope and I couldn't even see it. How was I going to ski down it?

Dylan thinking: "Oh wonderful! I am probably going to ski into a tree and be dangling from a limb upside down and no-one will find me until morning...frozen to a branch...no problem...I'm a tough guy, right? Yeah...right..."

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I made it down safely. Well, okay, I wiped out at the bottom. And, I think at one point, when I did the jump, that if the wind had blown any stronger, I would have been airborne and could have flown over those trees. I met up with Kiyoshi inside the gondola area again, and Kiyoshi suggested I try some snowboarding.

Dylan: "You were serious before? In this weather? You want me to try snowboarding?"

Kiyoshi: "Sure...I'll give you some pointers when we get up there. You'll really love snowboarding..."

At the top of the slope, Kiyoshi gave me 2 seconds worth of lessons and then headed over to the Expert slope. And I was left alone...again. Kiyoshi must have a lot of faith in me, or is just anxious to go off and snowboard down the higher level slope and do his own thing. Sheesh!

I think I may have closed my eyes when I pushed off with the snowboard, "Here goes nothing".

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Dylan thinking: "Well, that didn't go very well. And I pretty much suck at both skiing AND snowboarding."

I looked around for Kiyoshi and didn't see him anywhere. I really hoped nothing had happened to him up on the hill. Then I saw him trudge towards me, and he told me that he was heading home. I should have probably gone home, too, but then he told me about the Onsen.

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Kiyoshi: "You can take the ski shuttle back to Wakaba. In the meantime, you can head over to the Onsen and warm up..."

I think the word that caught my attention was "warm up" because I was frickin' freezing.

Dylan: "Onsen? What's that?"

And Kiyoshi went on to explain that it was a natural hot springs where you could have a nice soak and get rejuvenated. It sounded perfect, and as he bid me farewell, I headed towards the Onsen. Oh yeah, a nice hot soak sounded good to me. In fact, anything hot sounded good to me.

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@Skeilah Oh gosh! Bryon...what are you doing out in this weather in those clothes? I did give you some winter wear. Change, bro! Change!

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I entered the Onsen, and immediately went over to the fireplace and warmed myself up. Oh my gosh, I think I can feel my fingers again!

Then I saw this poor guy, walking in that blizzard in nothing but a t-shirt. He looked frozen.

@afai1261

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The frozen guy just walked past me and went into a locker area. I thought I'd better see how he was, so I walked over and introduced myself.

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Dylan: "Hi...I'm Dylan...are you okay, dude? There's a nice fire in the fireplace over there if you want to warm up. Where is your coat?"

Aaron: "Hey...I'm Aaron. I'm alright...I come here pretty often, and left my coat here the last time. I didn't realize it was so nasty out there..."

Aaron and I chatted and I found out we went to the same high school and that he lived with some other students in a house in Senbamachi. He seemed like a cool guy. Aaron suggested that we take a nice hot soak in the Onsen. He also told me the rule that you needed to shower first, or the hot springs would become dirty. I thanked him for that and headed off to shower.

Luckily I had my backpack with me with my clothes, and grabbed my swim trunks and changed.

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Aaron and I chatted in the Onsen, and he told me that he was a bit of a loner and didn't really like crowds. He came here often, as it was the perfect place to just relax and forget about life's troubles for awhile. As the warm water swirled around me, I could really relate to what Aaron was saying. This water was so relaxing and I just felt like all my worries were fading. We snapped a photo together in the Onsen and became friends.

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We decided to do some homework together, although Aaron sat in the locker area, and I used this big reception desk out front. After working on a tough math problem, I was feeling a tad hungry, and wandered over to a vending machine that sold hot food. Wow! Food was expensive here. The terimayo hot dog sounded really good to me, and it was the cheapest at $5 simoleons, so I put my coins into the machine....and it jammed. Oh geez!


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Oh come on! All this for an over-priced hot dog!

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I hip bumped the machine and that didn't work too well. It was still jammed, so I shook the vending machine thinking it might dislodge the item, and the darn thing wobbled....

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...and the next thing I know...it's on top of me...like almost squishing me...I kind of panicked at that point...

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But thank goodness I had done a bit of a workout at the gym yesterday, because I was able to heave it off of me. I have no idea what would have happened if I hadn't been able to. The only other sim who was here was Aaron, and, no offence to Aaron, but I don't know if Aaron could have lifted this thing off of me by himself. I might have been a goner. And to top it off, the item was still stuck. Oh the heck with it, I didn't really want that hot dog anyway.

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When I got home, and looked in my backpack, I realized that I had two homework books. Oh gee...I must have picked up Aaron's homework by mistake. Oops!

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And Dylan got this pop-up, and Yes, he loves mischief!

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Notes:

To be honest, after Dylan and Kiyoshi came down from their first run, Dylan never saw Kiyoshi again. lol I really think that Kiyoshi just left and went home. There was literally no-one else skiing or snowboarding while they were there. And the only other person who came into the Onsen was Aaron.

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Yay! Thank you, so happy to see you're reading our updates. Welcome, I hope you continue to enjoy them. :)

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*Everyone - Just wanted to let y'all know that my last update was posted purposely without any text. It was just a spur of the moment idea I had after a recent conversation with someone about how a picture/photo can say a thousand words. One of my screenshots is also in reference to a comment I made to someone that it's fun/easy to get screenshots that look like something is happening, but it's really something else and not what you think. Curious what everyone thinks about this method of telling a story.

Anyway, I won't be doing this very often, probably just a one time thing, but it was fun trying to tell a story without words, except for the daily quote to drive the theme.

Hope everyone is having/had a great day/night! <3

Darn one more day! At least u will have two days worth! Am I only allow to post one day at time?

@Karababy52 - Jan 9th

Had a very long workday yesterday and only wanted to take a nap last night afterwards, but fell asleep for a good 9+ hours. :lol: So late on yesterday's commenting, but here we go :smile: ...

January 9th Comments:

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Yay I can post my sims story today, After I’m done with work. I don’t know how to do the spoiler part or link the beginning.

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Yay I can post my sims story today, After I’m done with work. I don’t know how to do the spoiler part or link the beginning.

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