Sim 66
Sim 66 is a story created around my new, experimental Sims game set in the 1960s. As well as decking out my Sims, both PC and NPC, in groovy gear and in period houses, I'll be playing them as Boomers...
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Sim 66, part 34
https://i.imgur.com/znaOUEo.png
Cue the music!
Music cue 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tc0gLSSU1M
Suzy Kent struggled with the transition from A flat major to B flat major 7th on her guitar. "Dang it, I'm never going to be Joan Baez at this rate!" A few more attempts and she finally got there, albeit with too long a pause between the two chords. At that moment, there was a knock on her door. "Now's a good time as any to take a break" she said, putting her guitar down.
It was Summer Holiday at the door. Of late Summer had become Suzy's best friend: The two shared much in common...a positive outlook on life, both interested in pop music and fashion and they both had non-starter love lives. "Hi, Suzy" said Summer. "I'm not rostered on at the cafeteria until 2 this afternoon and I was wondering if you'd like to hang out for a bit?"
"Absolutely, Summer" replied Suzy. "In fact I was wondering if you'd like to help me on a little project of mine" she added.
"Oh do tell"
"I need to find a teenager...a specific one" said Suzy.
"And why would you want to find them?" said a puzzled Summer.
"Oh it's a lead on that story I'm working on. I need to find a girl called Gillian to interview...the trouble is the school she goes to won't give out any contact details so we have to 'chance' encounter her. Do you know if the teens still hang out at the Bowl-o-Rama in Newcrest?"
"Yep...some things don't change from when we were their age..." replied Summer.
"Which was only a couple of years ago" said Suzy. "So what do you say? We go there, hang out at the lounge for a bit and see if her or any of her friends show up....oh and we might meet a couple of nice guys there as well"
https://i.imgur.com/FLsD2N3.png
I'm sold!
The girls grabbed their bags and caught the bus over to Newcrest and the Bowl-o-Rama...a popular spot that had been around for nearly a decade. There was a bowling alley, a food court, a cinema and a lounge bar all in the one building. It was a very popular hang out with teenagers and the two ladies swapped stories on the bus about their fun times hanging out there and the boys they went out with at the time. Both Suzy and Summer were 20 years old so High School wasn't so long ago for them...but with the fast change of society these days 1964 already seemed like a decade behind 1966.
"So we're here to play detective, have drinks and check out single guys?" asked Summer, when they finally arrived at the leisure complex.
"...in that order" replied Suzy.
https://i.imgur.com/Oec7yHY.png
It's gonna be FAB!
Music cue 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nwoXoCm8k
The girls sat in the upstairs bar, near the huge windows that looked down on the street below.
"So what does this Gillian look like?" asked Summer.
"She's skinny, about 17 years old with long, straight strawberry blonde hair with a straight fringe. A bit of a party animal from what I hear" replied Suzy.
"Sounds like me when I was 17....that wasn't that long ago, have we become old maids already?" said Summer with a sigh.
"I hope not! It's just...well....where are all the decent guys these days?"
"Beats me!" said Summer, taking a swig of her white wine. "I sometimes think of moving to somewhere more lively. Sim City can be such a drag sometimes"
"I've been thinking of the scene in San Francisco, or New York" said Suzy
"...or London" replied Summer.
"London would be soooooooo fab! Carnaby Street! The Marquee Club!" Suzy's eyes lit up at the thought of it.
"Tea with the Queen!" said Summer and the both of them laughed.
"Seriously, if it wasn't for this story I'm working on I'd already be looking to move away from Sim City" said Suzy.
https://i.imgur.com/10AlyAf.png
No way!
"I'm already thinking of those cute British guys!" said Summer.
The two friends continued to talk about work, relationships...or lack thereof...and Suzy's investigative journalism. It certainly was a far cry from fashion journalism, which is what Suzy was originally hired to do.
"Dang, that girl hasn't shown up yet and I need to get to work!" said Summer, finishing off her wine. "Are you OK to stay here or are you going to give up too?"
"I'm staying for the moment...I know it's only a hunch that she'll show up here but if I've guessed correctly she's the type of girl who'll want to be where the action is and with all these other teenagers hanging around..." and she nodded in the direction of all the teens gathering to go see the new, wildly popular French movie "Un Sim Et Une Simme" "...I'm sure she's going to show up soon"
Music cue 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTpCLS6ewo
Summer made her goodbyes and headed off whilst Suzy continued to look out for Gillian. Soon enough, a girl matching her description could be spotted from the upstairs lounge walking towards Bowl-o-Rama.
https://i.imgur.com/qtunWlz.png
You can spot an avid fan of French movies a mile off
Suzy ran downstairs and out of the building in case Gillian walked past it. "Hello there...are you Gillian by any chance?" she called out to the girl. The teenager stopped and turned to look at Suzy.
"I am, who wants to know?" she said.
"Hi, I'm Suzy Kent...I'm a writer for 'Hey, Wow!' magazine"
The girl's eyes widened and her face lit up with excitement. "Hey, Wow!' I love that magazine...I get it every week!" she said, enthusiastically.
"Glad to hear it...anyway I'm doing a story and wondered if I could ask you a few questions?"
"Sure! What about? Fashion? I know ALL about fashion! Pop music? I know EVERYTHING about that as well!"
"It's more personal than that....erm" Suzy felt embarrassed to be asking this girl questions about her personal dating life but she was committed to this story now. "...you know, we cover celebrity news as well; who's dating who, who's been seen in the trendiest sports...you know the thing"
"I do" said Gillian, now standing confidently and less bubbly and gushing. "In fact, I know a well known person about town AND have been on a few dates with him....if you're interested" she said, teasingly.
"Do tell!" said Suzy.
"Well....I mean, I don't want to go telling about this guy unless there was something rewarding in it" Gillian looked shrewdly at Suzy.
"I see...well, what can I help you with?"
"I want to be a model...top of the range stuff, the famous fashion houses....well, you must have contacts there...maybe you could hook me up with some of them. I'm the right height, the right shape and I've got 'the look'. What about it?"
Suzy thought about this; the girl was certainly no shrinking violet....she could see why she would incur the wrath of Geoffrey Landgraab.
https://i.imgur.com/vGBGTeJ.png
A sharp operator
Suzy's day is quite event filled so this is the end of part 1 of her story today....tune in later for what happened next.
https://i.imgur.com/znaOUEo.png
Cue the music!
Music cue 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tc0gLSSU1M
Suzy Kent struggled with the transition from A flat major to B flat major 7th on her guitar. "Dang it, I'm never going to be Joan Baez at this rate!" A few more attempts and she finally got there, albeit with too long a pause between the two chords. At that moment, there was a knock on her door. "Now's a good time as any to take a break" she said, putting her guitar down.
It was Summer Holiday at the door. Of late Summer had become Suzy's best friend: The two shared much in common...a positive outlook on life, both interested in pop music and fashion and they both had non-starter love lives. "Hi, Suzy" said Summer. "I'm not rostered on at the cafeteria until 2 this afternoon and I was wondering if you'd like to hang out for a bit?"
"Absolutely, Summer" replied Suzy. "In fact I was wondering if you'd like to help me on a little project of mine" she added.
"Oh do tell"
"I need to find a teenager...a specific one" said Suzy.
"And why would you want to find them?" said a puzzled Summer.
"Oh it's a lead on that story I'm working on. I need to find a girl called Gillian to interview...the trouble is the school she goes to won't give out any contact details so we have to 'chance' encounter her. Do you know if the teens still hang out at the Bowl-o-Rama in Newcrest?"
"Yep...some things don't change from when we were their age..." replied Summer.
"Which was only a couple of years ago" said Suzy. "So what do you say? We go there, hang out at the lounge for a bit and see if her or any of her friends show up....oh and we might meet a couple of nice guys there as well"
https://i.imgur.com/FLsD2N3.png
I'm sold!
The girls grabbed their bags and caught the bus over to Newcrest and the Bowl-o-Rama...a popular spot that had been around for nearly a decade. There was a bowling alley, a food court, a cinema and a lounge bar all in the one building. It was a very popular hang out with teenagers and the two ladies swapped stories on the bus about their fun times hanging out there and the boys they went out with at the time. Both Suzy and Summer were 20 years old so High School wasn't so long ago for them...but with the fast change of society these days 1964 already seemed like a decade behind 1966.
"So we're here to play detective, have drinks and check out single guys?" asked Summer, when they finally arrived at the leisure complex.
"...in that order" replied Suzy.
https://i.imgur.com/Oec7yHY.png
It's gonna be FAB!
Music cue 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nwoXoCm8k
The girls sat in the upstairs bar, near the huge windows that looked down on the street below.
"So what does this Gillian look like?" asked Summer.
"She's skinny, about 17 years old with long, straight strawberry blonde hair with a straight fringe. A bit of a party animal from what I hear" replied Suzy.
"Sounds like me when I was 17....that wasn't that long ago, have we become old maids already?" said Summer with a sigh.
"I hope not! It's just...well....where are all the decent guys these days?"
"Beats me!" said Summer, taking a swig of her white wine. "I sometimes think of moving to somewhere more lively. Sim City can be such a drag sometimes"
"I've been thinking of the scene in San Francisco, or New York" said Suzy
"...or London" replied Summer.
"London would be soooooooo fab! Carnaby Street! The Marquee Club!" Suzy's eyes lit up at the thought of it.
"Tea with the Queen!" said Summer and the both of them laughed.
"Seriously, if it wasn't for this story I'm working on I'd already be looking to move away from Sim City" said Suzy.
https://i.imgur.com/10AlyAf.png
No way!
"I'm already thinking of those cute British guys!" said Summer.
The two friends continued to talk about work, relationships...or lack thereof...and Suzy's investigative journalism. It certainly was a far cry from fashion journalism, which is what Suzy was originally hired to do.
"Dang, that girl hasn't shown up yet and I need to get to work!" said Summer, finishing off her wine. "Are you OK to stay here or are you going to give up too?"
"I'm staying for the moment...I know it's only a hunch that she'll show up here but if I've guessed correctly she's the type of girl who'll want to be where the action is and with all these other teenagers hanging around..." and she nodded in the direction of all the teens gathering to go see the new, wildly popular French movie "Un Sim Et Une Simme" "...I'm sure she's going to show up soon"
Music cue 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTpCLS6ewo
Summer made her goodbyes and headed off whilst Suzy continued to look out for Gillian. Soon enough, a girl matching her description could be spotted from the upstairs lounge walking towards Bowl-o-Rama.
https://i.imgur.com/qtunWlz.png
You can spot an avid fan of French movies a mile off
Suzy ran downstairs and out of the building in case Gillian walked past it. "Hello there...are you Gillian by any chance?" she called out to the girl. The teenager stopped and turned to look at Suzy.
"I am, who wants to know?" she said.
"Hi, I'm Suzy Kent...I'm a writer for 'Hey, Wow!' magazine"
The girl's eyes widened and her face lit up with excitement. "Hey, Wow!' I love that magazine...I get it every week!" she said, enthusiastically.
"Glad to hear it...anyway I'm doing a story and wondered if I could ask you a few questions?"
"Sure! What about? Fashion? I know ALL about fashion! Pop music? I know EVERYTHING about that as well!"
"It's more personal than that....erm" Suzy felt embarrassed to be asking this girl questions about her personal dating life but she was committed to this story now. "...you know, we cover celebrity news as well; who's dating who, who's been seen in the trendiest sports...you know the thing"
"I do" said Gillian, now standing confidently and less bubbly and gushing. "In fact, I know a well known person about town AND have been on a few dates with him....if you're interested" she said, teasingly.
"Do tell!" said Suzy.
"Well....I mean, I don't want to go telling about this guy unless there was something rewarding in it" Gillian looked shrewdly at Suzy.
"I see...well, what can I help you with?"
"I want to be a model...top of the range stuff, the famous fashion houses....well, you must have contacts there...maybe you could hook me up with some of them. I'm the right height, the right shape and I've got 'the look'. What about it?"
Suzy thought about this; the girl was certainly no shrinking violet....she could see why she would incur the wrath of Geoffrey Landgraab.
https://i.imgur.com/vGBGTeJ.png
A sharp operator
Suzy's day is quite event filled so this is the end of part 1 of her story today....tune in later for what happened next.
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