The Christmas Challenge
A short (4 sim weeks) challenge written by Aislynne. The objective is to save your town’s Christmas Fair by completing a series of thematically related tasks. You can find the rules and original st...
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Breakfast now?
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https://64.media.tumblr.com/7dcd645dff6a00f96c32240b19159f2a/a82c8c5a8ae89430-87/s1280x1920/e88a7291a9b41b8537e565644c420502de7cfbc4.png
There was no Tentacled Delight for breakfast. There was no breakfast at all. That was the price for the weeklong sleepover, Peggy had to think of a way of keeping everyone fed and in good spirits. In fact, she should have thought of something yesterday already.
On a tight schedule, she panicked and hired a catering service.
It seems to be Hugo Villareal’s, because the employee sent over turned out to be Emily Villareal, the family nanny.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/93191dae71f2812a78fd86f92010d73a/a82c8c5a8ae89430-8d/s540x810/3cc1c664cf533d8f6f84d33fe30ff1c26c9a07d0.pnj
Emily definitely knew what children want to eat: She prepared red bean pancakes, cheese cracker trees and sandwiches.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/07bc38642ce27b1491b2fa09776f5ad7/a82c8c5a8ae89430-0d/s540x810/b99aefb98697b0ea630d278651e5bd211ea88135.pnj
Emily...? Emily?!
You won’t do something stupid, like burning the kitchen down, no?
I call this series of screenshots “Telling the catering lady what we want to eat”. The timestamps reveal that Daniel produced those speech bubbles one after the other:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/352aae96dbd9211a9a00e779798de5a2/5872f96a417763cc-e8/s1280x1920/d16cef4c99e8cfa12291847c90e824dfd6fd3ad8.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/588bf84f508aa9df906cce2ae4172d8b/5872f96a417763cc-a6/s1280x1920/3d14d5b81f6c1ae82f0aef3a523a166245be3baf.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/baa67ae4f5d96580369cd40239310113/5872f96a417763cc-22/s1280x1920/b65964089218b52c10caaa3088f6725cf65f4c0e.png
The first two are apparently about Gavin’s dietary restrictions:
Daniel: “My husband likes everything a common fruitbat likes, too, but what he really needs is blood, preferably of sentients. In a pinch frog and fish will do.”
Peggy: “The blender is in the kitchen, but you need Vampire Lore to get it right. I’m learning that right now!”
Daniel: “Just leave the froggy business to us and focus on feeding the kids, Miss Villareal. Banana pudding, maybe?”
I guess that seals the deal of bananas being Daniel’s favorite human food (although it is a bit racist, like him saying “Human food? Oh, right, the big apes. Bananas, of course!”).
This was heart-breaking:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/5413401eebb9b91f9a7a9e5b9565701d/03a8ec78897b7d48-d4/s1280x1920/1f4835ba34e6f0f151714ae61669e6638818cd3e.png
When Emily cooked (ironically fish in banana leaf, matching the previous conversation), Daniel autonomously came over to watch. This was his task, normally! The man knew that he was contributing in other ways, he was working a full time job, after all, but even so he felt useless.
After watching for a while, Daniel called himself stupid for his thoughts. Making a contribution was in no way a requirement for being part of a family. But the knot in his stomach wouldn’t go away even after this realization, so what was the real problem here? As so often, when his android brain and human socialization failed him, Daniel’s werewolf instincts came to the rescue. Today they told him:
You’re not feeling useless. It’s much worse. You’re feeling LEFT OUT.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/11d86015e4c4a4fc306f9c689529faf2/03a8ec78897b7d48-d0/s540x810/6ff243cff86503de78f1e9572a6fa5979706bc29.pnj
That’s not how you ensure the optimal temperature for the sauce, Emily...
Peggy instantly replaced the stove with a new one instead of scrolling through her phone for the repair service number. Same for the toilets (twice) and the shower. Her lack of Home Ec awareness takes quite a toll on the household funds.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/6734ef9682acb8fac34c4bab3e7a2e8e/03a8ec78897b7d48-a0/s540x810/34b84e63eb547b43f2ceef6e2c14806c2751d626.pnj
The only, even if only momentarily, solace was to let out a long, mournful howl.
And that was not just heartbreaking, but deal breaking. Emily left the house.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/7dcd645dff6a00f96c32240b19159f2a/a82c8c5a8ae89430-87/s1280x1920/e88a7291a9b41b8537e565644c420502de7cfbc4.png
There was no Tentacled Delight for breakfast. There was no breakfast at all. That was the price for the weeklong sleepover, Peggy had to think of a way of keeping everyone fed and in good spirits. In fact, she should have thought of something yesterday already.
On a tight schedule, she panicked and hired a catering service.
It seems to be Hugo Villareal’s, because the employee sent over turned out to be Emily Villareal, the family nanny.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/93191dae71f2812a78fd86f92010d73a/a82c8c5a8ae89430-8d/s540x810/3cc1c664cf533d8f6f84d33fe30ff1c26c9a07d0.pnj
Emily definitely knew what children want to eat: She prepared red bean pancakes, cheese cracker trees and sandwiches.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/07bc38642ce27b1491b2fa09776f5ad7/a82c8c5a8ae89430-0d/s540x810/b99aefb98697b0ea630d278651e5bd211ea88135.pnj
Emily...? Emily?!
You won’t do something stupid, like burning the kitchen down, no?
I call this series of screenshots “Telling the catering lady what we want to eat”. The timestamps reveal that Daniel produced those speech bubbles one after the other:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/352aae96dbd9211a9a00e779798de5a2/5872f96a417763cc-e8/s1280x1920/d16cef4c99e8cfa12291847c90e824dfd6fd3ad8.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/588bf84f508aa9df906cce2ae4172d8b/5872f96a417763cc-a6/s1280x1920/3d14d5b81f6c1ae82f0aef3a523a166245be3baf.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/baa67ae4f5d96580369cd40239310113/5872f96a417763cc-22/s1280x1920/b65964089218b52c10caaa3088f6725cf65f4c0e.png
The first two are apparently about Gavin’s dietary restrictions:
Daniel: “My husband likes everything a common fruitbat likes, too, but what he really needs is blood, preferably of sentients. In a pinch frog and fish will do.”
Peggy: “The blender is in the kitchen, but you need Vampire Lore to get it right. I’m learning that right now!”
Daniel: “Just leave the froggy business to us and focus on feeding the kids, Miss Villareal. Banana pudding, maybe?”
I guess that seals the deal of bananas being Daniel’s favorite human food (although it is a bit racist, like him saying “Human food? Oh, right, the big apes. Bananas, of course!”).
This was heart-breaking:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/5413401eebb9b91f9a7a9e5b9565701d/03a8ec78897b7d48-d4/s1280x1920/1f4835ba34e6f0f151714ae61669e6638818cd3e.png
When Emily cooked (ironically fish in banana leaf, matching the previous conversation), Daniel autonomously came over to watch. This was his task, normally! The man knew that he was contributing in other ways, he was working a full time job, after all, but even so he felt useless.
After watching for a while, Daniel called himself stupid for his thoughts. Making a contribution was in no way a requirement for being part of a family. But the knot in his stomach wouldn’t go away even after this realization, so what was the real problem here? As so often, when his android brain and human socialization failed him, Daniel’s werewolf instincts came to the rescue. Today they told him:
You’re not feeling useless. It’s much worse. You’re feeling LEFT OUT.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/11d86015e4c4a4fc306f9c689529faf2/03a8ec78897b7d48-d0/s540x810/6ff243cff86503de78f1e9572a6fa5979706bc29.pnj
That’s not how you ensure the optimal temperature for the sauce, Emily...
Peggy instantly replaced the stove with a new one instead of scrolling through her phone for the repair service number. Same for the toilets (twice) and the shower. Her lack of Home Ec awareness takes quite a toll on the household funds.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/6734ef9682acb8fac34c4bab3e7a2e8e/03a8ec78897b7d48-a0/s540x810/34b84e63eb547b43f2ceef6e2c14806c2751d626.pnj
The only, even if only momentarily, solace was to let out a long, mournful howl.
And that was not just heartbreaking, but deal breaking. Emily left the house.
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