Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2
Welcome one and all to volume 2 of the Rebuilding Worlds Challenge! This challenge has gone through a few different renditions and has been going on in one way or another since 2010! With V...
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I have a teen-to-young-adult update to share + a whole university one for the weekend, so here comes the picspam :mrgreen:
Evergreen Harbor: Generation 2 / Update 6
Goodbye sweet Mt. Komorebi, welcome back Evergreen Harbor :grimace:
https://i.imgur.com/ByA5Lwq.png
Ryder and River spent their final teen days studying like crazy, skill grinding, and waiting for news from the scholarships they requested.
https://i.imgur.com/Kfb7TLH.png
I think Ryder realized that River was going to be heir once he saw just how much their dad was busy teaching him how to knit *sad violin playing*
https://i.imgur.com/n1jahS6.png
But he was totally fine with it because to hell with stupid knitting, he was too busy becoming a master hacker.
https://i.imgur.com/HT9pZjn.png
River also picked up the fabrication skill, like every Greene before him.
https://i.imgur.com/VDgYVFx.png
... so far, it hasn't gone that well for him, but hey, he still managed to have fun.
(look at that face :expressionless: he knows he's good looking even like that *inster super eyeroll*)
https://i.imgur.com/EsdBtI5.png
A couple of days later, an unexpected visit!! Kaori waltzed into the house like she owned it and decided to head right to the stove to brew some herbs. She looked incredibly sad and Ryder was definitely surprised to see her unannounced. But before he could utter a word...
https://i.imgur.com/sr2TnyQ.png
Kaori set the kitchen on fire.
https://i.imgur.com/Eu7SzaF.png
https://i.imgur.com/C5C2hRf.png
Outside, the Greenes were in shock. And had a lot of question to ask Ryder.
River: "Omg didn't you break up with her before leaving Mt. Komorebi? What the hell was that???"
Ryder: "... I think... I might have forgotten?"
https://i.imgur.com/HywMnTc.png
As a matter of fact, MCCC decided to give me the news a minute later. No, I don't think it's living apart that is causing the friction. I think it's the setting the house on fire :tongue:
https://i.imgur.com/ePky553.png
Anyway, crisis averted, that very night I also spotted future wife material Thalia strolling by in her fresh makover.
https://i.imgur.com/5VBVLSn.png
River was still outside chatting with others to get his life aspiration going, so he decided to get to know her too. Well, that's the look she gave him right away. I'll let the pic speak for itself :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/gsGvlKb.png
Finally, it was time for the twins to age up into young adults. Max & Kori invited the whole family to celebrate, and the house was immediately swarmed with kids and... pregnant ladies? Yup, Kirk's wife, Clementine, had a bun (the fourth one to be specific) in the hoven. MCCC did him dirty lol.
https://i.imgur.com/BVBp45M.png
This whole exchange made me laugh so hard :joy: poor "hates children" Kirk was about to be the dad of four boys and his wife was eating everything in sight like she had been starving for a month :joy:
Kirk: "Look at that! Does that seem normal to you?? She's been sabotaging our contraceptives! And you're telling me I shouldn't ask for a divorce??"
Clem: "It's your fault for not bringing me the food I want. Also, we're aiming for the fifth child, babe."
https://i.imgur.com/zp73t0a.png
Anyway, here's a normal pic with two of their three kids. They aaaall have Clementine's hair color.
(plus Kaori making another entrance and trying to go for the stove once again :sweat_smile: )
https://i.imgur.com/6k0Dq02.png
Ryder saved everyone from being set on fire by "sacrificing" himself and distracting Kaori.
https://i.imgur.com/ORCkomv.png
I swear my sims all chatted for so long that the boys aged up once the party was already over and everybody was already going home *facepalm*
https://i.imgur.com/37RH1U9.png
Yay for young adulthood!
https://i.imgur.com/vflpTvw.png
Here are them in their almost final form. I didn't change much, just gave them both a stubble.
https://i.imgur.com/dzhB6FC.png
https://i.imgur.com/XumqaOI.png
Now, here comes the part of the update that starts to go downhill for me...
... their university life.
Not sure what went wrong with the scholarships, but they glitched out badly. First, River got them but the text message said he didn't get them? :cold_sweat:
https://i.imgur.com/VwUsqbX.png
Then Ryder too had the same problem.
https://i.imgur.com/dEa7PE3.png
Not only that, but I found both Ryder's scholarships in their home build menu, and once they were out in live mode they could no longer be delated. Every time I tried, they would glue to my cursor and prevent me to click on anything else until I re-launched the game. Really annoying. I think they're cursed :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/COMpKux.png
Anyway, back on track! Both boys enrolled in Foxbury to focus on their future careers. I would have preferred Britechester for them, but I was too lazy to build a proper dorm and too impatient to just get through with it.
https://i.imgur.com/VMzCTDD.png
It was finally time for them to leave the nest and fly free <3 (almost lol)
Both Kori and Max were ecstatic about the event (Max especially :tongue: ), so they spent the last day at home with them by getting everything ready.
https://i.imgur.com/pazRvVY.png
Max was busy with work at the docks, so only Kori went with them to help them settle in.
https://i.imgur.com/CeHosjL.png
But she was gone in a matter of hours, and then they were alone, exploring the campus and making new friends.
https://i.imgur.com/9eG8Pkm.png
... aaaand that's when I realized I made a huge mistake. I mean, not necessarily huge, but a mistake nonetheless. I completely FORGOT that in order to have functional roommates, the game needed to either a) generate or b) have at its disposal unplayed single sim households. Of which I had none, due to MCCC marrying everybody off to somebody and me not splitting households. And this was mistake n. 1, 'cause mistake n. 2 was having the glorious NPCC mod on and completely forgetting that it prevented new sims from being generated by the game. So, without single sims households to work with and no possibility to generate new ones, my game decided to use the only viable single sims household it had to offer: Star Wars :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/g8Lh6GO.png
Kylo: "Look at me. Am I a joke to you?"
https://i.imgur.com/9yp0MzV.png
Long story short: yup. Unintentionally, Ryder and River found themselves being roommates with these guys.
https://i.imgur.com/blu77ij.png
They settled in nonetheless, decided to focus on their classes and homeworks, and tried to forget they were sharing a room with Kylo Ren.
https://i.imgur.com/s4ODmgy.png
... I mean...
https://i.imgur.com/wAbVRVZ.png
On the bright side, Thalia also moved into their dorm. She was part of the soccer team along with other Greenes from another universe :tongue:
https://i.imgur.com/3OfiEGJ.png
Life was rough to her for the entire week, but I was set on completing her aspiration too. Also poor Chelsea Greene realizing she was pregnant during the soccer match :grimace:
https://i.imgur.com/fQSin8Q.png
They were both miserable but decided to hang out in the dark 'cause... why not?? :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/PuHwcWi.png
Meanwhile, back in the dorm, River started getting to know Rey a little better and... definitely developed a crush for her *facepalm* I mean- same, River. S a m e. But this ain't your girl, trust me.
https://i.imgur.com/vMBEj4h.png
https://i.imgur.com/0lBTFx6.png
Things were going well for them until a certain somebody loomed over him. I think he got the message.
https://i.imgur.com/WMfHkIS.png
After that first night things got awkward.
https://i.imgur.com/jbc5BXM.png
https://i.imgur.com/Dm3MmxV.png
Especially for Thalia, Rey's roommate.
https://i.imgur.com/AAuZaca.png
Not even a day away from home, mama Kori decided she had had enough lol
https://i.imgur.com/vcoot8D.png
To say that River had problems with the ladies would be a misstatement. This guys is a flirt-magnet.
https://i.imgur.com/AbELK49.png
Bad boi Ryder, on the other hand, was much more focused on learning how to type and eat at the same time.
https://i.imgur.com/dA9So0n.png
First of all: rude. Second of all- what the hell are you wearing??? :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/qiF1Kf3.png
I'm loving the sentiments so much, guys. It's like I'm playing TS4 2.0
https://i.imgur.com/OrzLINA.png
https://i.imgur.com/nyJa5bT.png
On to much more important things, Thalia was super focused on her own studies, but it's not like she hadn't tried to get to know River a little bit better. Unfortunately, her attempts all failed.
https://i.imgur.com/4acysH6.png
https://i.imgur.com/qH3tYXP.png
The first week of uni flew by and to my astonishment, for as hard as I made them work on their assignments and their classes, the boys failed both one class each. I'm afraid that having holidays during the week doesn't matter when you have classes to attend :grimace: My straight As boys almost got kicked out of uni. I blame Kylo Ren for this lol
https://i.imgur.com/M22K5qL.png
https://i.imgur.com/0l97l1w.png
I'll leave this super long/spammy update with two pics: first, a photo that my beloved Violet & Rory from Rebuild Willow Creek took of their uni years, when they fell in love :bawling: I miss them sooo much.
https://i.imgur.com/zx6yx7k.png
And finally: Thalia forgetting that she now lives in a dorm with other sims & shoving her goods in Ryder's (oh so happy) face :joy: :joy: :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/tj1KELt.png
Goodbye sweet Mt. Komorebi, welcome back Evergreen Harbor :grimace:
https://i.imgur.com/ByA5Lwq.png
Ryder and River spent their final teen days studying like crazy, skill grinding, and waiting for news from the scholarships they requested.
https://i.imgur.com/Kfb7TLH.png
I think Ryder realized that River was going to be heir once he saw just how much their dad was busy teaching him how to knit *sad violin playing*
https://i.imgur.com/n1jahS6.png
But he was totally fine with it because to hell with stupid knitting, he was too busy becoming a master hacker.
https://i.imgur.com/HT9pZjn.png
River also picked up the fabrication skill, like every Greene before him.
https://i.imgur.com/VDgYVFx.png
... so far, it hasn't gone that well for him, but hey, he still managed to have fun.
(look at that face :expressionless: he knows he's good looking even like that *inster super eyeroll*)
https://i.imgur.com/EsdBtI5.png
A couple of days later, an unexpected visit!! Kaori waltzed into the house like she owned it and decided to head right to the stove to brew some herbs. She looked incredibly sad and Ryder was definitely surprised to see her unannounced. But before he could utter a word...
https://i.imgur.com/sr2TnyQ.png
Kaori set the kitchen on fire.
https://i.imgur.com/Eu7SzaF.png
https://i.imgur.com/C5C2hRf.png
Outside, the Greenes were in shock. And had a lot of question to ask Ryder.
River: "Omg didn't you break up with her before leaving Mt. Komorebi? What the hell was that???"
Ryder: "... I think... I might have forgotten?"
https://i.imgur.com/HywMnTc.png
As a matter of fact, MCCC decided to give me the news a minute later. No, I don't think it's living apart that is causing the friction. I think it's the setting the house on fire :tongue:
https://i.imgur.com/ePky553.png
Anyway, crisis averted, that very night I also spotted future wife material Thalia strolling by in her fresh makover.
https://i.imgur.com/5VBVLSn.png
River was still outside chatting with others to get his life aspiration going, so he decided to get to know her too. Well, that's the look she gave him right away. I'll let the pic speak for itself :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/gsGvlKb.png
Finally, it was time for the twins to age up into young adults. Max & Kori invited the whole family to celebrate, and the house was immediately swarmed with kids and... pregnant ladies? Yup, Kirk's wife, Clementine, had a bun (the fourth one to be specific) in the hoven. MCCC did him dirty lol.
https://i.imgur.com/BVBp45M.png
This whole exchange made me laugh so hard :joy: poor "hates children" Kirk was about to be the dad of four boys and his wife was eating everything in sight like she had been starving for a month :joy:
Kirk: "Look at that! Does that seem normal to you?? She's been sabotaging our contraceptives! And you're telling me I shouldn't ask for a divorce??"
Clem: "It's your fault for not bringing me the food I want. Also, we're aiming for the fifth child, babe."
https://i.imgur.com/zp73t0a.png
Anyway, here's a normal pic with two of their three kids. They aaaall have Clementine's hair color.
(plus Kaori making another entrance and trying to go for the stove once again :sweat_smile: )
https://i.imgur.com/6k0Dq02.png
Ryder saved everyone from being set on fire by "sacrificing" himself and distracting Kaori.
https://i.imgur.com/ORCkomv.png
I swear my sims all chatted for so long that the boys aged up once the party was already over and everybody was already going home *facepalm*
https://i.imgur.com/37RH1U9.png
Yay for young adulthood!
https://i.imgur.com/vflpTvw.png
Here are them in their almost final form. I didn't change much, just gave them both a stubble.
https://i.imgur.com/dzhB6FC.png
https://i.imgur.com/XumqaOI.png
Now, here comes the part of the update that starts to go downhill for me...
... their university life.
Not sure what went wrong with the scholarships, but they glitched out badly. First, River got them but the text message said he didn't get them? :cold_sweat:
https://i.imgur.com/VwUsqbX.png
Then Ryder too had the same problem.
https://i.imgur.com/dEa7PE3.png
Not only that, but I found both Ryder's scholarships in their home build menu, and once they were out in live mode they could no longer be delated. Every time I tried, they would glue to my cursor and prevent me to click on anything else until I re-launched the game. Really annoying. I think they're cursed :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/COMpKux.png
Anyway, back on track! Both boys enrolled in Foxbury to focus on their future careers. I would have preferred Britechester for them, but I was too lazy to build a proper dorm and too impatient to just get through with it.
https://i.imgur.com/VMzCTDD.png
It was finally time for them to leave the nest and fly free <3 (almost lol)
Both Kori and Max were ecstatic about the event (Max especially :tongue: ), so they spent the last day at home with them by getting everything ready.
https://i.imgur.com/pazRvVY.png
Max was busy with work at the docks, so only Kori went with them to help them settle in.
https://i.imgur.com/CeHosjL.png
But she was gone in a matter of hours, and then they were alone, exploring the campus and making new friends.
https://i.imgur.com/9eG8Pkm.png
... aaaand that's when I realized I made a huge mistake. I mean, not necessarily huge, but a mistake nonetheless. I completely FORGOT that in order to have functional roommates, the game needed to either a) generate or b) have at its disposal unplayed single sim households. Of which I had none, due to MCCC marrying everybody off to somebody and me not splitting households. And this was mistake n. 1, 'cause mistake n. 2 was having the glorious NPCC mod on and completely forgetting that it prevented new sims from being generated by the game. So, without single sims households to work with and no possibility to generate new ones, my game decided to use the only viable single sims household it had to offer: Star Wars :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/g8Lh6GO.png
Kylo: "Look at me. Am I a joke to you?"
https://i.imgur.com/9yp0MzV.png
Long story short: yup. Unintentionally, Ryder and River found themselves being roommates with these guys.
https://i.imgur.com/blu77ij.png
They settled in nonetheless, decided to focus on their classes and homeworks, and tried to forget they were sharing a room with Kylo Ren.
https://i.imgur.com/s4ODmgy.png
... I mean...
https://i.imgur.com/wAbVRVZ.png
On the bright side, Thalia also moved into their dorm. She was part of the soccer team along with other Greenes from another universe :tongue:
https://i.imgur.com/3OfiEGJ.png
Life was rough to her for the entire week, but I was set on completing her aspiration too. Also poor Chelsea Greene realizing she was pregnant during the soccer match :grimace:
https://i.imgur.com/fQSin8Q.png
They were both miserable but decided to hang out in the dark 'cause... why not?? :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/PuHwcWi.png
Meanwhile, back in the dorm, River started getting to know Rey a little better and... definitely developed a crush for her *facepalm* I mean- same, River. S a m e. But this ain't your girl, trust me.
https://i.imgur.com/vMBEj4h.png
https://i.imgur.com/0lBTFx6.png
Things were going well for them until a certain somebody loomed over him. I think he got the message.
https://i.imgur.com/WMfHkIS.png
After that first night things got awkward.
https://i.imgur.com/jbc5BXM.png
https://i.imgur.com/Dm3MmxV.png
Especially for Thalia, Rey's roommate.
https://i.imgur.com/AAuZaca.png
Not even a day away from home, mama Kori decided she had had enough lol
https://i.imgur.com/vcoot8D.png
To say that River had problems with the ladies would be a misstatement. This guys is a flirt-magnet.
https://i.imgur.com/AbELK49.png
Bad boi Ryder, on the other hand, was much more focused on learning how to type and eat at the same time.
https://i.imgur.com/dA9So0n.png
First of all: rude. Second of all- what the hell are you wearing??? :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/qiF1Kf3.png
I'm loving the sentiments so much, guys. It's like I'm playing TS4 2.0
https://i.imgur.com/OrzLINA.png
https://i.imgur.com/nyJa5bT.png
On to much more important things, Thalia was super focused on her own studies, but it's not like she hadn't tried to get to know River a little bit better. Unfortunately, her attempts all failed.
https://i.imgur.com/4acysH6.png
https://i.imgur.com/qH3tYXP.png
The first week of uni flew by and to my astonishment, for as hard as I made them work on their assignments and their classes, the boys failed both one class each. I'm afraid that having holidays during the week doesn't matter when you have classes to attend :grimace: My straight As boys almost got kicked out of uni. I blame Kylo Ren for this lol
https://i.imgur.com/M22K5qL.png
https://i.imgur.com/0l97l1w.png
I'll leave this super long/spammy update with two pics: first, a photo that my beloved Violet & Rory from Rebuild Willow Creek took of their uni years, when they fell in love :bawling: I miss them sooo much.
https://i.imgur.com/zx6yx7k.png
And finally: Thalia forgetting that she now lives in a dorm with other sims & shoving her goods in Ryder's (oh so happy) face :joy: :joy: :joy:
https://i.imgur.com/tj1KELt.png
