Alison went to the romance festival, alone. Well, invited by some female friend or another to "meet people". Well, the romance guru said her romantic destiny was "bleak" but Alison did make some new aquainatnces.
One of them, Mele, just randomly asked Alison on a date. :o I was going to go with it, but a quick search reveals Mele is already married. I think the flirty festival vibe must have struck and a quick, autonomous flirt may have gotten in there. No pink bar (thank watcher). Mele may be unhappy and so is Ali currently but she is NOT going to be a homewrecker of any sort.
Still, this may be the push she needs to start 'playing the field' just with someone currently single.
At last, the Festival of Light had arrived. https://i.imgur.com/UVX6gZu.jpg
"You look really pretty tonight, especially with your hair down like that." Dela told Mia with a look of longing and adoration in her eyes. https://i.imgur.com/D15s8Mm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nE0IwDA.jpg
I was gonna wait and have their first kiss be by the lanterns, right where their teenage first kiss was, but these two were eager and did it autonomously lol. https://i.imgur.com/vK59Mpo.jpg
As they stood by the fire (with their landlord :D), they spoke softly to one another - apologizing, forgiving, promising. https://i.imgur.com/5NmhL0Y.jpg
Their next kiss was just as lovely as the first. https://i.imgur.com/pnFuGEs.jpg
And they promised each other there would be many more. During their time apart, they had both come to see each other's faults in a different light, knowing they'd move forward with more patience and understanding. Their love was strong enough to overcome their differences, and they were determined to come out of this stronger. https://i.imgur.com/5SGMrHj.jpg
Back at the rental.... https://i.imgur.com/QA4WPLt.png https://i.imgur.com/VrAJRMt.png
And that's a wrap! https://i.imgur.com/sEMlVKV.png
They ended with some lovely sentiments for one another. I did have them become girlfriends as well after their woohoo to see if it helped with their bad compatibility but sadly it did not. https://i.imgur.com/H6Kfsgo.png
Even though I'm done with the challenge officially, I think I have a little epilogue in mind I may play through if I have time :)
Congratulations on finishing the scenario. I enjoyed reading the story. Mt Komorebi makes a good stage for this story. The proposal on top of Mt Komorebi is so romantic. <3
"mcrudd;c-18337188" wrote: Keeping these two apart is priority right now. Each to their own for a bit until the main 10 hour heartache ends :/
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They look like a lovely (ex-) couple. I really like the picture with the kiddie pools. It just says so much. Keeping them apart from eachother for the first sentiment to work off was essential.
"mightysprite;c-18337154" wrote: I'm starting to think that playing this scenario with an Erratic sim is basically playing it in hard mode lol
I only imagine what an erratic sim would add to the story. lol.
"DoloresGrey;c-18337520" wrote: My game just love me, doesn't it? These two flirted autonomously. https://i.ibb.co/nk6NgvT/16-12-2023-18-06-22.png
Then I saw a child outside trashing my house. So I let Mateo check it only to learn it was his child Tomi and her classmate doing it! https://i.ibb.co/py6HmK2/16-12-2023-18-07-08.png
Well, never mind. Guillermo calmed Mateo down. https://i.ibb.co/s3Mb2gR/16-12-2023-18-07-50.png https://i.ibb.co/PwHwtcT/16-12-2023-18-08-16.png
Later Guillermo also calmed Esther down https://i.ibb.co/1v52SMP/16-12-2023-18-10-53.png
And then Esther calmed Guillermo down. https://i.ibb.co/wss4yZQ/16-12-2023-18-12-42.png
Anyhow, then Esther went to check herself in the mirror. It appears she needed to see whether her bellybutton pops. Soon after she went into labor. https://i.ibb.co/B2nFgZ5/16-12-2023-18-25-25.png
Ta-dah!!! A baby boy named Tomio was born! https://i.ibb.co/KXmMHs2/16-12-2023-18-31-01.png
I guess Tomi heard the big news so she invited herself over, checked her little brother Tomio out and absolutely destroyed the Dragon. https://i.ibb.co/tsbCckB/16-12-2023-18-34-55.png https://i.ibb.co/Y8Hz4Gx/16-12-2023-18-35-17.png https://i.ibb.co/SRbRL93/16-12-2023-18-35-22.png https://i.ibb.co/bRR15cP/16-12-2023-18-35-57.png
Lucky you for having them flirt autonomously. I am micro managing every social interaction so make sure I use the positive ones. If I let the sims decide they start to insult one another. Micromanaging social interactions in combination with clubs is what gets me there, slowly.
"NRowe;c-18337523" wrote: Alison went to the romance festival, alone. Well, invited by some female friend or another to "meet people". Well, the romance guru said her romantic destiny was "bleak" but Alison did make some new aquainatnces.
One of them, Mele, just randomly asked Alison on a date. :o I was going to go with it, but a quick search reveals Mele is already married. I think the flirty festival vibe must have struck and a quick, autonomous flirt may have gotten in there. No pink bar (thank watcher). Mele may be unhappy and so is Ali currently but she is NOT going to be a homewrecker of any sort.
Still, this may be the push she needs to start 'playing the field' just with someone currently single.
So sweet to read that she is considering other sims and not wrecking a marriage.
Marco and Adrielle are spending more time together with neutral activities. They like to stargaze and have started a new hobby with puzzles. Their friendship bar is half green and their love base has reached half red so they are getting along better. https://i.imgur.com/HQ0iPi1.png
Meanwhile Marco is hanging out more with Juniper. They went to the love festival together and afterwards had a private moment in Junipers house. There is love in the air. Or so it seems... https://i.imgur.com/Jrxv2AC.png https://i.imgur.com/gr002H1.png https://i.imgur.com/4WFHkxb.png
@mightysprite @mcrudd Thanks! Yes, that was a lot of drama and a lot of it was from whims. They became much less dramatic afterward. They had a baby, got married and then honeymooned in Tomarang as my first explorers there. I'm sure I'll run into the theme again though. Anyway, I agree that the theme adds some complexity. I have a few other sims who will probably get dumped at some point so I'm sure I'll be back.
Sorry for posting the next part so quickly but I am on a roll with this story.
Marco invited Juniper over for a romantic dinner at home while Adrielle was working. https://i.imgur.com/Bfhthjz.png There was a nice meal, candle light, romantic music, ... everything for a romantic evening. But something was off. Juniper showed a whole new side from herself.
The fight did not go well for poor Adrielle. Juniper disappeared in a cloud of black fog. Adrielle was left hurt and embarassed. Marco had seen her in her most werewolf like behavior.
https://i.imgur.com/O2QSSwH.png
Marco on the other hand was touched by Adrielle trying to protect him. He tried to comfort Adrielle and the evening ended with a long wholesome conversation. https://i.imgur.com/hQ9Zt39.png https://i.imgur.com/o10gDUJ.png
https://i.imgur.com/ApuWfVc.png
I did use poses for the last conversation because it shows the story I want to tell. Unfortunately this doesn't translate in a positive moodlet between the two of them. Both now have a negative sentiment towards Juniper. I actually feel bad for Juniper. She was meant to be the obstacle in the story but maybe I should play her after I finished this scenario to do her justice.
https://i.imgur.com/ua3r3ga.png Still drama on the home front. Dishes left behind, cooking separate meals, harsh words... >:)
https://i.imgur.com/kn52bMB.png Victor has been skilling up and doing some upgrades to the apartment plumbing. Currently sitting at Civil Designer level 3. Current NAPs Tech support, Water conservation and Modern development in Grimms Quarry.
https://i.imgur.com/L8g4vAw.png Alison has indeed enrolled in the drama program at U-Brite. B)
https://i.imgur.com/jkoiaqn.png Romance festival
https://i.imgur.com/zB4QGl8.png Finding out "Your romantic destiny is bleak"
https://i.imgur.com/lR6atHm.png Mele
https://i.imgur.com/i0gX4V6.png Karaoke <3
https://i.imgur.com/7t2QPSb.png Victor drafting concepts; he mostly works from home being Freegan (and with Alison so busy during the day)
https://i.imgur.com/aTXMUvk.png Alison drafting a Term Paper
https://i.imgur.com/oG8B9vf.png Victor crafting his first cleaner bot. I like to think this is a compromise gesture towards Ali who hates his "messy" ways. o:)
https://i.imgur.com/8djMFVA.png I did move some Sims from my library into this Save. Victor met the (also freegan and creative) Zuri at the maker space.
https://i.imgur.com/7NZAO6D.png They have good compatibility and I was/am keen to make a go of these two. However MCCC has somehow almost immediately married her off to a very random NPC. :s I haven't decided yet whether to a) break them up b)kill him in an "accident" or c)delete him as if he never existed. It's worth noting that Zuri is created as a solo parent with a teenage daughter.
Victor and Zuri have had a rather sweet first chat and exchanged numbers. They have a small hint of pink bar..
Loving all your updates and I can't wait to see how you all resolve your story. Sorry it ended up being a long day and I'm not up for individual comments tonight but I'm still here lurking :)
@Atreya33 Is your sim Juniper on the gallery? She is gorgeous, and I can't resist a gorgeous vampire lol. No worries if you don't want to share her or anything, but if you are willing, I'd love to put her in my game
