Sharpe Stories: The life and legacy of Monica Sharpe
Hey everyone. I've been wanting to do two things recently: play with aging on, and start a gameplay story thread. I figured, why not do both at the same time? One of my favorite sims to play is my ...
Well, it's been a while since I posted an update. If you're wondering where I've been, I've been trying to get some lots sorted around in my save, and I've played my other save for a bit, but it's time to get back to the story. As a reminder, we last left Monica at the dance with Jeb. They're now boyfriend/girlfriend.
I wanted to note a few things before I start the story:
1. I've turned off aging. I do still intend to age everyone up, I'm just going to do it manually since everyone just started spontaneously aging. (MCCC said Monica had lived for 602 days when I came back to this save. She hasn't) I honestly think this is because of one of my mods. I play with MCCC's game time speed setting on 50, meaning time goes slower in my game than default. I've heard that this setting can cause issues with the timing system in the game. I've actually never ran into any problems before. Now, I'm beginning to think that's because I've always played with aging off until now. So, for now, aging stays off and I'll age everyone up myself.
2. Jeb has moved! Not really, though. I just relocated his farm to a different lot, so I could put something else in the park lot in willow creek where it was. He now lives next to the spencer-kim-lewis house This won't affect the story, though.
3. I made Monica some friends! (and I mean literally made her some friends, in CAS lol) Some of the friends I made are sims that I had in my other save, some are premade teen sims, and some are premade sims that have been aged down to teen. Most of them live next to Monica in Willow Creek, and some of them will show up in this chapter.
Now, with those notes...um...noted, let's get to the story.
Monica had spent Sunday playing video games in her room, thinking of her time with Jeb at the dance. https://i.imgur.com/oRDCqYh.png It was Monday Morning when she learned that the Substitute teacher, was apparently not a substitute. Ms. Rita had been replaced, and this new teacher didn't seem to like his job at all. https://i.imgur.com/p5Rx1lb.png There were a few new kids at lunch today. One boy stared at Monica while she ate her hamburger. Actually, he seemed to be staring at the hamburger, rather than Monica. https://i.imgur.com/RmayET6.png A girl sitting beside Monica seemed sad, so Monica tried talking to her. "Hey, are you okay?" asked Monica. https://i.imgur.com/83bNqCg.png "Yeah, I'm okay. I just miss my old school. Me and my family moved to Newcrest from Brindleton Bay recently." (Newcrest is near Willow Creek, in my headcanon) "I just moved here recently myself. I'm Monica." "I'm Summer. It's nice to meet you. My brother Preston and I don't really know anybody around here. Preston goes to a private school in Newcrest. He's studying to be an actor, and the school offers classes that will help him with his future career." "That's cool," said Monica, "I'm not sure what I want to do. I just know I want to do something creative and artistic." "I think I'd like to be a chef one day," said Summer, "I'm pretty good at cooking if I do say so myself." https://i.imgur.com/veMSWyR.png "Maybe we can hang out at my house after school," said Summer. "That'd be great!" said Monica. Sure enough, Monica did hang out at Summer's house after school, and what a huge house it was! https://i.imgur.com/hPwrziM.png Monica and Summer watched "College Cram" a movie about college students. https://i.imgur.com/mgl3xUb.png "Maybe one day, I'll go to a big college like that," said Monica. "I know I'm going to a big college," said Summer, "But my parents want me to study law, instead of cooking. Britechester U offers both, so maybe I can take a few cooking classes at least," said Summer, "By the way, are you hungry?" asked Summer. "A little," said Monica, "But I wouldn't want to be any trouble." "Oh, it wouldn't be any trouble at all," said Summer, "Winston always enjoys cooking. He's the one who taught me to cook." "Who's Winston?" asked Monica. "Oh, he's our butler," said Summer. "You have a butler?!?" asked Monica. "Yeah," said Summer, "My parents stay far too busy to handle everything on their own, so Winston helps out. Trust me, you'll never taste better food. I'll call him over." Summer grabbed a bell sitting on the coffee table and rang it, "Winston, could you please cook a lite meal for our guest? Actually go ahead a prepare a meal for the family as well, please." https://i.imgur.com/nMtidbR.png Monica looked at Summer with a look of confusion. Summer set the bell down on the table, "He prefers we use the bell. He says it's more traditional. I told him we could simply go and tell him, or use the intercom system installed in our house, but he prefers it 'the traditional way'," said Summer.
Winston began working on the meal immediately. https://i.imgur.com/XAFaHnj.png https://i.imgur.com/Oc2FFyt.png "Dinner is served, Ms. Holiday," said Winston, bringing the meal to them. https://i.imgur.com/qZkOl8E.png "Thank you Winston, but we'll have it in the dining room, please," said Summer. "Very well, Ms. Holiday," said Winston, carrying the food down the hall. It truly was the best meal Monica had ever had! https://i.imgur.com/3vekaTB.png "What do you call this dish?" asked Monica. "Lobster thermidor," said Summer.
Monica stayed at the Holidays' house for a long time. She enjoyed swimming in the pool... https://i.imgur.com/6vLLof0.png ...and eating the hamburgers that Mr. Holiday had made. https://i.imgur.com/WyK5VMA.png When she came back inside the house, she ran into Preston, Summer's brother. They stared at each other awkwardly for a few moments before Monica ran back outside to swim some more. https://i.imgur.com/il5BOgD.png
Monica woke up later than usual Thursday morning. The reason: it was harvestfest. No school today! https://i.imgur.com/81NUoka.png Monica walked out of her bedroom and grabbed the box of decorations from behind the sofa. She began looking through the box for the Harvestfest decorations. Just then, Monica's mom came downstairs, "what are you doing, Monica?" she asked. "Getting the decorations! We have to decorate, Mom!" Monica said excitedly. "This early? It's 7am!" said Mrs. Sharpe, rubbing her eyes, "okay, we'll put the decorations up, but after that we'll go upstairs and cook some breakfast." "okay," said Monica. https://i.imgur.com/w5fEO9J.png It wasn't long before Monica and her mom had the house decorated. https://i.imgur.com/YI4EpJo.png Later, Monica and her Mom cooked a turkey dinner together. https://i.imgur.com/QVJf4bd.png It was delicious! https://i.imgur.com/gtwHvYn.png
Part 3: The Harvestfest Festival, and more new friends
After they finished eating, Monica and her mom decided to go to the Willow Creek Harvestfest Festival. Most of her classmates were at the festival, along with some other teens she didn't know. Monica talked with Kaori for a while. Kaori told her that her grandma had recently passed away, and that she was here with her grandpa, as Harvestfest was always her grandma's favorite time of year. https://i.imgur.com/9Zw3wP7.png Monica tried to cheer her up, and Kaori seemed to feel a little better. https://i.imgur.com/6P2e6CU.png Just then, a boy ran up to her, "Hey you! You gotta come see this!" https://i.imgur.com/kmxq4p9.png "See what?" said Monica. "Come on, there's a girl over there playing her guitar! She sounds like a professional! My name's Don. Don Lothario, by the way." https://i.imgur.com/mElevZR.png "Nice to meet you, Don," said Monica. They walked over to the other side of the festival, where a crowd had gathered. https://i.imgur.com/S1QrFuW.png This girl did play like a professional, just as Don had said. After she finished playing she handed the guitar back to a man who was standing nearby, "Thanks for letting me borrow your guitar, Mr. Lothario," she said. "Oh, it was no problem at all! I am always glad to see young people interested in learning. I think in this case, you might even be able to teach me a few things...maybe," said Mr. Lothario, whom Monica assumed to be Don's dad. "Give me a few moments, and I'll show everyone what a real guitar player can do!" Mr. Lothario said, jokingly, "Seriously, though, playing any instrument takes practice. It has took me many years to learn. Keep practicing, and you'll be a rockstar in no time." Don walked up the the girl and said, "Hey, you really impressed my dad, you know. He's a great guitar player, and to impress him says a lot. You've got talent. https://i.imgur.com/pvUNVay.png Monica walked over and said, "You know, he's right. You're really good!" The girl introduced herself as Marlee. She said she wanted to become a famous rockstar one day. https://i.imgur.com/dSb2rqT.png Later, everyone gathered around the stage to watch Mr. Lothario's guitar performance. https://i.imgur.com/ayg4OI8.png After the performance, Monica talked with Bailey Ethington from her class for a while about school. She learned that Bailey wanted to be a painter, but not just a painter. She wanted to learn every artistic skill there was, from woodworking, to fabrication, to painting! https://i.imgur.com/YubdaEa.png She also talked to Jeb for a while, but he didn't have much to say. Monica thought maybe he just felt shy because of all the people around. https://i.imgur.com/GOwBQSt.png The Harvestfest Festival was soon over, and everyone started to go home. It had been a pretty great Harvestfest today. https://i.imgur.com/1OLkfLV.png
That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. As always, comments, questions, and thoughts are always welcome.
Author's Notes (Read last, there are spoilers)
The Holidays have a butler? Yes, but Winston is officially a part of the household now, rather than just a butler. For some reason, I've always imagined Summer and her family are very wealthy. As for that moment between Monica and Preston, I actually ended up having to use the "reset sim" cheat on her. She and Preston stood there for a long time, just awkwardly staring at each other, as if they wanted to speak, but were too shy. Could there be something between them? If so, what about Jeb?
As for Monica's friends, they're all in a club together so I can invite them all to hang out. In reality, no one showed up to the Harvestfest Festival (Maybe I should just say Harvestfest, instead of Harvestfest Festival. Anyways, If it weren't for inviting the club over, Monica and her mom would have been the only sims there. I've been having trouble getting sims to show up at certain places. I thought maybe it was due to Monica living in Copperdale. That's part of the reason why I moved her to Willow Creek, but it seems that my save just needs time to populate enough sims.
Now, I know everyone is probably wondering: "Where was Wolfgang Munch during Harvestfest?" I honestly have no idea. What I do know, is that he is not a part of the club. He was probably somewhere being mean to someone or causing trouble, as he often does.
Yes, that is a teenage version of the Don Lothario in this chapter, and yes, that is his dad. He also has a mom, but she didn't show up to the festival. In fact, I also made a club for all the parents, but most of them didn't show up. (unfortunately, I couldn't get a picture for the scene where Marlee and Mr. Lothario were talking, since he kept running off to be near some other sims every time Marlee tried to talk to him.) In this picture, you can see Marlee's dad.
As for why Jeb didn't say much, I'm not sure. He and Monica talked for a moment, then ran off in opposite directions. I tried to get them to do things together, but Jeb wouldn't. He wouldn't ride the ferris wheel with her, and he wouldn't sit next to her during the performance. I hope their relationship works out, because Jeb seems to be avoiding Monica. :o
I don't know why Ms. Rita was replaced. I believe someone else on the forum mentioned this happened in their game recently as well. I saw Ms. Rita walking around Willow Creek earlier today, so she's still in the game, she's just not the teacher any more. The new teacher always seems to be angry or tense for some reason. I think he needs to find a new job :| )
Credit to Chuey4 on the Gallery for Don Lothario's Parents, who I aged down.
Credit to esperjester on the Gallery for their Sims 2 Don Lothario, who I also aged down.
Credit to RoxxySims on the Gallery for their "Small Town Fall Festival" lot, which I edited for the story.
Credit to MagoSagazzu on the Gallery for their "Spencer House" Lot, used for Summer's house.
And Credit to Winston the butler (who I created), for the great food Monica and Summer ate. (I pressed the wrong button, so he actually sold the first batch, and had to make more lol)
Edit: I accidently said Harvestfest was the day after Monica went to Summer's house. Harvestfest was actually Thursday. (Not sure how I got that mixed up.) I've corrected the mistake now.
Edit 2: I also mistakenly said Monica spent Saturday playing video games. The dance was Saturday, so she would've played video games on Sunday. I've fixed that mistake too.
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