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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The next day:
Spoiler
https://64.media.tumblr.com/bcda6acf944df216118d83d480acf350/52e4c15a014e2bf5-7c/s1280x1920/6b70cee3c491e4e52ea8511febe77b9a933e6456.png
The day after he very nearly drowned in his son’s swimming pool, Jim Reed called Daniel and Gavin with an invitation to the Romance Festival that was still in town. The complication: Apparently Dorothy wasn’t invited.
Daniel: “Gavin…? Did you accidently wipe your father’s memory when you refreshed him yesterday? He seems to think he’s single!”
Jim: “What? No, I didn’t forget Dori! Yesterday just got me to think that maybe I’m missing out when I don’t check other mothers’ daughters! Please, cover me in this!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1217bb3dc367d37509b8a33c6af68b17/52e4c15a014e2bf5-1e/s500x750/9d8813c6aea92e837f939b7c405fc25082f29dfa.png
And so they went. It has to be said that Jim was the most faithful cheater ever. He talked to the Romance Guru for a while, and afterwards alternated between browsing the vendor stalls and dancing.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/36c864e7a5b67f191df02efe2ff99a21/52e4c15a014e2bf5-52/s500x750/3f2f600d9d5c6fc5dc0492b267b2673038c21d06.png
Jim doesn’t even have “Faithful”, he has “Romantic”! But he has has only ever loved Dorothy and they are a couple since High School.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/ceb3b4b2618d25d6e0d8aca757eb8c9c/7086177140866f64-97/s1280x1920/fda9ac71f13af3b483cfd090de75f9f122b4128b.png
Daniel: “Mistletoe, Gavin. People used to hang it from the ceiling of their homes. Well, I lost my home when Caro tossed me out, but then I found a new one. Only this new home wasn’t a place, but with you. That’s why carrying mistletoe to go isn’t silly. I simply hang it where my home is, and that’s wherever you are.”
Gavin: “For my part I love our physical home, but I’d leave it and take you wherever you want to go in a heartbeat. Whatever you want - I’ll make it happen!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1cca3e8e6da65b2a5dd1e4fb51e67143/7086177140866f64-5a/s500x750/5fea81e61bd47de32d7a0f8b19ac58bf81d8fd3a.png
Love is… still doing the romantic dialogue <3
(It doesn’t have to be particularly good romantic dialogue.)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/e60fac23f085636264d84d2b2265b367/35f8f1f59ad748a1-1f/s1280x1920/a4777a3512f3408b15dafeb44b39a59c003b5eac.png
Summer: “Oh, Gavin, you here?”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c2daa37c249774d1f9884490409cb458/35f8f1f59ad748a1-20/s1280x1920/513629cafd824023a4b6883ebbd60ac12fdaa879.png
Daniel: ROAR!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/7ceb02f93708f80e1a63a74052dacbaf/35f8f1f59ad748a1-d8/s1280x1920/07dbc78bab6ace63ba7be6e61f1b02a1d9c040e3.png
Explanation: When this save was new, the game assigned Gavin a random love interest while I was playing other households. It was Summer Holiday and apparently after twelve years she still hasn’t gotten over the “breakup” (that wasn’t a real breakup, because there never was a relationship). Gavin simply turned around and walked away after Summer scattered the blossoms, but Daniel made sure the message was understood.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/bcda6acf944df216118d83d480acf350/52e4c15a014e2bf5-7c/s1280x1920/6b70cee3c491e4e52ea8511febe77b9a933e6456.png
The day after he very nearly drowned in his son’s swimming pool, Jim Reed called Daniel and Gavin with an invitation to the Romance Festival that was still in town. The complication: Apparently Dorothy wasn’t invited.
Daniel: “Gavin…? Did you accidently wipe your father’s memory when you refreshed him yesterday? He seems to think he’s single!”
Jim: “What? No, I didn’t forget Dori! Yesterday just got me to think that maybe I’m missing out when I don’t check other mothers’ daughters! Please, cover me in this!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1217bb3dc367d37509b8a33c6af68b17/52e4c15a014e2bf5-1e/s500x750/9d8813c6aea92e837f939b7c405fc25082f29dfa.png
And so they went. It has to be said that Jim was the most faithful cheater ever. He talked to the Romance Guru for a while, and afterwards alternated between browsing the vendor stalls and dancing.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/36c864e7a5b67f191df02efe2ff99a21/52e4c15a014e2bf5-52/s500x750/3f2f600d9d5c6fc5dc0492b267b2673038c21d06.png
Jim doesn’t even have “Faithful”, he has “Romantic”! But he has has only ever loved Dorothy and they are a couple since High School.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/ceb3b4b2618d25d6e0d8aca757eb8c9c/7086177140866f64-97/s1280x1920/fda9ac71f13af3b483cfd090de75f9f122b4128b.png
Daniel: “Mistletoe, Gavin. People used to hang it from the ceiling of their homes. Well, I lost my home when Caro tossed me out, but then I found a new one. Only this new home wasn’t a place, but with you. That’s why carrying mistletoe to go isn’t silly. I simply hang it where my home is, and that’s wherever you are.”
Gavin: “For my part I love our physical home, but I’d leave it and take you wherever you want to go in a heartbeat. Whatever you want - I’ll make it happen!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1cca3e8e6da65b2a5dd1e4fb51e67143/7086177140866f64-5a/s500x750/5fea81e61bd47de32d7a0f8b19ac58bf81d8fd3a.png
Love is… still doing the romantic dialogue <3
(It doesn’t have to be particularly good romantic dialogue.)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/e60fac23f085636264d84d2b2265b367/35f8f1f59ad748a1-1f/s1280x1920/a4777a3512f3408b15dafeb44b39a59c003b5eac.png
Summer: “Oh, Gavin, you here?”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c2daa37c249774d1f9884490409cb458/35f8f1f59ad748a1-20/s1280x1920/513629cafd824023a4b6883ebbd60ac12fdaa879.png
Daniel: ROAR!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/7ceb02f93708f80e1a63a74052dacbaf/35f8f1f59ad748a1-d8/s1280x1920/07dbc78bab6ace63ba7be6e61f1b02a1d9c040e3.png
Explanation: When this save was new, the game assigned Gavin a random love interest while I was playing other households. It was Summer Holiday and apparently after twelve years she still hasn’t gotten over the “breakup” (that wasn’t a real breakup, because there never was a relationship). Gavin simply turned around and walked away after Summer scattered the blossoms, but Daniel made sure the message was understood.
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