One Month One World One Year Personal Challenge (Complete!)
Have you ever admired those who start a New Year doing a one photo per day contest? I have, but I've never tried it. I had an idea pop into my head on New Years Eve for a challenge similar to those, ...
A couple big changes in Tessa's life happened last night. First, cheating to get her performance up, just wasn't working very well at all, so she's going to school now. She wasn't too happy about wearing that uniform, but I think she looks cute in it! It didn't go so well though, as I suspected. Yes, her performance went way up, the school project she'd done days before finally counted for one thing. But, she was angry from a bad day, needed fun, her garden needed watering, weeding and had bugs since she didn't have time to do any of that or harvest before she left for school. By the time she took care of all that, she was hungry and tired. I didn't send her the next day since it was Friday anyway.
Tessa spent her day mostly just reading her Rock Climbing skill book, she reached Level 6 so I had her go try out her new skills on the medium wall at the top of the mountain. She did okay at first, but then fell, again and hurt herself. That was a good thing though, seriously! It's one of the milestone goals to endure an injury, it was filled instantly. I'd forgotten about that goal until that happened. \o/ That was enough for rock climbing. Tessa headed back down the mountain and I noticed a lot of other Sims hanging around, more than usual, including kids! One of the Festival's was happening and I didn't even notice. Opps! Tessa bought a Simi and it was another Golden one worth 300! After that, she bought a Tri-colored Dango to eat and then went home.
Now, I had a decision to make. How was I going to get any team member(s) she needed at the proper Rock Climbing level without cheating? In my eyes, moving someone in seemed the best option. But who? She really only had two options, both good friends; Kyoshi Ito - Teen, or her fishing mentor, Josh Hunter - Young Adult...
I chose Josh for a number of reasons. Some of you may know he's my absolute favorite Sim I've ever created. I put him in my custom template save three years ago and haven't played with him at all since then. He's somewhat of a 'Super Sim' with a butt load of Level 10 skills and many completed aspirations Not all of them, but quite a few. Almost all base game and aspirations from packs released before I stopped playing with him in the Apocalypse challenge when he died.
I miss him, I miss playing with him and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. It also helped that Kyoshi almost never came over to visit, but Josh was there every, single, day. Kyoshi would call asking her to Festivals and to hang out though, Josh never called to ask her to Festivals, or hang out, obviously, he didn't have a house. The biggest thing against having Kyoshi move in for me was then I'd have TWO teens with the need to cheat or send to school with no time to do much of anything else. Whereas, Josh is a Young Adult, no school! Plus, he doesn't sleep because of reward traits. I could get him up to Level 6 in record time. My plan is to either have him move out back to live with his two brothers after they climb the mountain, or let him stay until Tessa ages up to a Young Adult, then move him out.
While Tessa is at school, having Josh there will give me something else to do as well. He reads the skill book and afterward, I have him work on some of the skills he doesn't have yet. They do stuff together too, watch movies, or just talk and joke around. He's her BFF and Snow Bro now too. They're getting very close with a Deep Connection sentiment for both. I built Josh his own bedroom before I found out he doesn't sleep, but oh well. He also had a job, which I had him quit, don't want him bringing any income into the household. Plus he has the Fresh Chef trait, any food he makes is the highest quality and never spoils. So, they will eat only what they've made themselves to get around that.
I had thoughts of perhaps hooking them up once Tessa ages up, but since he's got all those skills, I don't think it's a good idea. Seems cheaty. So they'll stay just very, very good friends. Josh will be more like her cool big brother. <3 After they've climbed the mountain, I'll let him have full autonomy too and only control him to get those skills he needs. At least that's the plan anyway. When I left them for the night, Josh was working on making a video game, since he's reached Level 6 already in Rock Climbing and Tessa was sleeping. It's only Tuesday now, but once it's the weekend, they'll make the climb. Wish them luck!
I'd love to hear any thoughts y'all have on this. Let me know what you think. Thanks! :) So sorry for another monster post, I'll try to make the next one shorter. No promises though, I tend to, uh, like writing a lot if you haven't noticed. :D
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