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Day 22 - outing with Rebecca
The day starts lazily for all the contestants. Joe makes pancakes for everyone, and he and Gemma flirt a bit. Then Katrina calls Joe to ask if she should ask out Duane Talla. Aside from how incredibly rude that is to ask someone you were trying to date on a dating show, I'm pretty sure Duane Talla was Judith Ward's husband. Did she die??
Joe goes for a swim while Priscilla is already in the pool. He swims over to chat with her, and she kicks water at him, lowering their friendship bar. I’m no relationship expert, but I don’t think repeatedly antagonizing the guy you were in love with a week ago is the best way to win him over!
Rebecca takes a nap, which is great because her outing today is to the Festival of Lights! Get some good shuteye, don’t want to have an energy failure in the hot tub like SOME people!
After a pretty uneventful day, Joe and Rebecca head to the festival. Rebecca decides to cloudgaze and Joe does pushups. When Joe joins Rebecca in cloudgazing, Rebecca gets up and walks around. Joe notices everyone wearing traditional clothing, and discovers where to purchase it.
After Rebecca finishes changing, she gets a call – her great-great-grand-second-once-removed-cousin’s friend’s grandpa has passed away and left her money! Naturally suspicious, she asks what the conditions are for her to accept this vast fortune left to her by her father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate or whatever. She’s all for it if the conditions are to spend one night in a haunted house. “I mean we already live in one, right?” The mystery caller says a confusing word salad that results in Rebecca getting a small sum of money without something super wacky like having to get married in 7 days or something.
Joe and Rebecca make a wish together on the tree. “What did you wish for?” Rebecca asks. Joe tells her, “If I tell you, it won’t come true!”
https://i.imgur.com/Toq9p05.png
Guess who neglected to change their shoes into something appropriate for the occasion!
Rebecca asks Joe if he wants to cozy up by the bonfire. “Would you think it was lame if I said that was my wish?” asks Joe. They kiss. And then Rebecca immediately left to do a firedance! Says Joe: “I could never. I’m awkward, I’m clumsy, and with a paper bag on my head I feel like it’s especially unsafe.”
Rebecca and Joe dance by the fire. Joe feels inspired and tries to fire dance, and lights his sleeve on fire. "See, I knew it was a bad idea!"
Wolfgang Munch decides Joe and Rebecca really need to hear his opinions on air travel and computers – more like Elon Munch, am I right? Rebecca talks about babies and sunsets before autonomously kissing Joe.
They cozy up by the bonfire one more time and then chat with Wolfgang some more. Rebecca talks about grilled cheese seductively, and then finds out Wolfgang is mean. Rebecca found out she hates pranks and malicious social interactions thanks to Devon – although logically, most people hate those things – so her budding friendship with Wolfgang goes down the toilet.
Joe is so into the outing that he completely misses that the day changed. There was supposed to be an elimination at the end of day 22, but I guess it can wait! Pretty fair to guess that Rebecca's safe once again, anyway!
https://i.imgur.com/6qfnKrj.png
https://i.imgur.com/dNq1VZo.png
meta note: I'd never gone to the festival of light before in the game, I thought it was a Star Wars thing lmao
Day 23
Since the other girls didn't get nearly as long for THEIR outings, to be fair we sadly must rip Joe and Rebecca from their falling in love montage and send them home. After all, it's elimination time!
Let's have a post-outing check-in:
Joe says, "Cozying up by the bonfire wasn’t really my wish, but, well… I have a better feeling now about my actual wish coming true than I would have a few months ago. This was a really nice outing."
Rebecca says, "Well, there’s nothing really to it. I’m in love. I don’t know what I’ll do if Joe ends up picking someone else at the end of the show. I feel like we’re soulmates, you know?”
Great! Now how's everyone feeling about the looming elimination?
Priscilla: “I know we’ve had our ups and downs, but I feel like the ups ultimately outweigh the downs. I find Joe Very Attractive now, and I just know that he’ll keep me as part of the final 3. I was the first to flirt with him, after all. He can’t forget that!”
Gemma: “I’m feeling pretty good about this elimination. We’ve got good compatibility; our romance bar is at a good spot. I’m sure once he takes that bag off I’ll find him attractive.”
Devon: “I’m not fussed either way. We had a good run at romance, it’s just not there. I’ll probably be furious if Rebecca ends up winning this whole thing, but the romance between me and Joe was never really there. So, oh well.”
Rebecca: “Feeling pretty good about my chances of staying in the house. Pretty much just wondering if he’ll boot Devon or Priscilla tonight.”
And Joe, how do you feel? “These eliminations get harder and easier at the same time. I know who I want to stay in the house but I don’t know who to eliminate. It’s pretty much the same problem as last time – do I get rid of Devon, who I’ve had basically no romantic interaction with and who hates Rebecca? Or do I get rid of Priscilla, who can’t seem to decide if she wants to kick me or kiss me? I just don’t know.” Better make up your mind soon, Joe!
Joe and Rebecca have drinks... somehow... and chat. Devon sits alone at the Llama table, with only a Fine moodlet, doing no action. Priscilla and Gemma chatted at the chess table before Priscilla got up to shower. “Gotta look my best for the elimination tonight, right?
Rebecca is the only one interacting with Joe, so clearly nobody is super worried. Joe attempts to kiss Rebecca, but she heads upstairs for a nap before he has the chance. Joe decides to go for a nap as well, since they both got back at like 4 am.
This anti-environmentalist trespasses, and Devon rips him a new one.
Rebecca and Joe flirt while Joe is on an endurance run, and Katrina calls to say she’s in love with Duane Talla. “Well I guess she CAN be bothered to romance people!”
Devon starts insulting this trespasser, Fetu Kalawai’a, after Joe learns that Fetu is evil. A few insults, ordering him to clean, and a solid shove result in Fetu starting a fight with Devon. She wins THIS fight, and is very proud of herself not only for winning, but for finishing step one of the Public Enemy aspiration as she is now disliked by 2 sims.
Fetu seems to respect Devon and starts making friendly conversation with her. Could this be an "enemies to lovers" romance blooming?
Priscilla gets some flirting done at the kitchen islands, bringing her/Joe’s romance bar back into the pink rather than the red. “See what I mean? I never know with her," Joe shrugs.
In the end, Joe opts to eliminate… Devon! “Well, it’s supposed to be a dating show, after all. It would feel kind of scummy if I had someone with no romantic interest in me at all in the final three, right? Kind of like I was stacking the deck? And I’m told that with how Priscilla is, leaving her in the house for the final decision if she’s not The One should make for good ratings. Seems kind of mean to me, but whatever.”
So we say farewell to Devon. “Yeah, like I said, wasn’t really unexpected. I just need a criminal kingpin to marry instead!”
So with that, only the finale remains. Sure seems like a foregone conclusion as to who will win, but who knows? We've already had plenty of unexpected happenings so far. On day 1 I had Sienna pegged as one of the final 3, and look how that worked out! You just never know.
Next time: Skiing, snowboarding, and maybe smooching? It's a 3-day Mt. Komorebi excursion before the finale! And you won't want to miss THAT or the epilogue!
The day starts lazily for all the contestants. Joe makes pancakes for everyone, and he and Gemma flirt a bit. Then Katrina calls Joe to ask if she should ask out Duane Talla. Aside from how incredibly rude that is to ask someone you were trying to date on a dating show, I'm pretty sure Duane Talla was Judith Ward's husband. Did she die??
Joe goes for a swim while Priscilla is already in the pool. He swims over to chat with her, and she kicks water at him, lowering their friendship bar. I’m no relationship expert, but I don’t think repeatedly antagonizing the guy you were in love with a week ago is the best way to win him over!
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/gOAy7FY.png
Rebecca takes a nap, which is great because her outing today is to the Festival of Lights! Get some good shuteye, don’t want to have an energy failure in the hot tub like SOME people!
After a pretty uneventful day, Joe and Rebecca head to the festival. Rebecca decides to cloudgaze and Joe does pushups. When Joe joins Rebecca in cloudgazing, Rebecca gets up and walks around. Joe notices everyone wearing traditional clothing, and discovers where to purchase it.
After Rebecca finishes changing, she gets a call – her great-great-grand-second-once-removed-cousin’s friend’s grandpa has passed away and left her money! Naturally suspicious, she asks what the conditions are for her to accept this vast fortune left to her by her father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate or whatever. She’s all for it if the conditions are to spend one night in a haunted house. “I mean we already live in one, right?” The mystery caller says a confusing word salad that results in Rebecca getting a small sum of money without something super wacky like having to get married in 7 days or something.
Joe and Rebecca make a wish together on the tree. “What did you wish for?” Rebecca asks. Joe tells her, “If I tell you, it won’t come true!”
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/CEefXmS.png
https://i.imgur.com/Toq9p05.png
Guess who neglected to change their shoes into something appropriate for the occasion!
Rebecca asks Joe if he wants to cozy up by the bonfire. “Would you think it was lame if I said that was my wish?” asks Joe. They kiss. And then Rebecca immediately left to do a firedance! Says Joe: “I could never. I’m awkward, I’m clumsy, and with a paper bag on my head I feel like it’s especially unsafe.”
Rebecca and Joe dance by the fire. Joe feels inspired and tries to fire dance, and lights his sleeve on fire. "See, I knew it was a bad idea!"
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/CmjOyN3.png
Wolfgang Munch decides Joe and Rebecca really need to hear his opinions on air travel and computers – more like Elon Munch, am I right? Rebecca talks about babies and sunsets before autonomously kissing Joe.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/2NgpiMy.png
They cozy up by the bonfire one more time and then chat with Wolfgang some more. Rebecca talks about grilled cheese seductively, and then finds out Wolfgang is mean. Rebecca found out she hates pranks and malicious social interactions thanks to Devon – although logically, most people hate those things – so her budding friendship with Wolfgang goes down the toilet.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/oGAZOed.png
Joe is so into the outing that he completely misses that the day changed. There was supposed to be an elimination at the end of day 22, but I guess it can wait! Pretty fair to guess that Rebecca's safe once again, anyway!
https://i.imgur.com/6qfnKrj.png
https://i.imgur.com/dNq1VZo.png
meta note: I'd never gone to the festival of light before in the game, I thought it was a Star Wars thing lmao
Day 23
Since the other girls didn't get nearly as long for THEIR outings, to be fair we sadly must rip Joe and Rebecca from their falling in love montage and send them home. After all, it's elimination time!
Let's have a post-outing check-in:
Joe says, "Cozying up by the bonfire wasn’t really my wish, but, well… I have a better feeling now about my actual wish coming true than I would have a few months ago. This was a really nice outing."
Rebecca says, "Well, there’s nothing really to it. I’m in love. I don’t know what I’ll do if Joe ends up picking someone else at the end of the show. I feel like we’re soulmates, you know?”
Great! Now how's everyone feeling about the looming elimination?
Priscilla: “I know we’ve had our ups and downs, but I feel like the ups ultimately outweigh the downs. I find Joe Very Attractive now, and I just know that he’ll keep me as part of the final 3. I was the first to flirt with him, after all. He can’t forget that!”
Gemma: “I’m feeling pretty good about this elimination. We’ve got good compatibility; our romance bar is at a good spot. I’m sure once he takes that bag off I’ll find him attractive.”
Devon: “I’m not fussed either way. We had a good run at romance, it’s just not there. I’ll probably be furious if Rebecca ends up winning this whole thing, but the romance between me and Joe was never really there. So, oh well.”
Rebecca: “Feeling pretty good about my chances of staying in the house. Pretty much just wondering if he’ll boot Devon or Priscilla tonight.”
And Joe, how do you feel? “These eliminations get harder and easier at the same time. I know who I want to stay in the house but I don’t know who to eliminate. It’s pretty much the same problem as last time – do I get rid of Devon, who I’ve had basically no romantic interaction with and who hates Rebecca? Or do I get rid of Priscilla, who can’t seem to decide if she wants to kick me or kiss me? I just don’t know.” Better make up your mind soon, Joe!
Joe and Rebecca have drinks... somehow... and chat. Devon sits alone at the Llama table, with only a Fine moodlet, doing no action. Priscilla and Gemma chatted at the chess table before Priscilla got up to shower. “Gotta look my best for the elimination tonight, right?
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/TBaGsoe.png
Rebecca is the only one interacting with Joe, so clearly nobody is super worried. Joe attempts to kiss Rebecca, but she heads upstairs for a nap before he has the chance. Joe decides to go for a nap as well, since they both got back at like 4 am.
This anti-environmentalist trespasses, and Devon rips him a new one.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/mTewIb6.png
Rebecca and Joe flirt while Joe is on an endurance run, and Katrina calls to say she’s in love with Duane Talla. “Well I guess she CAN be bothered to romance people!”
Devon starts insulting this trespasser, Fetu Kalawai’a, after Joe learns that Fetu is evil. A few insults, ordering him to clean, and a solid shove result in Fetu starting a fight with Devon. She wins THIS fight, and is very proud of herself not only for winning, but for finishing step one of the Public Enemy aspiration as she is now disliked by 2 sims.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/JlU96TS.png
Fetu seems to respect Devon and starts making friendly conversation with her. Could this be an "enemies to lovers" romance blooming?
Priscilla gets some flirting done at the kitchen islands, bringing her/Joe’s romance bar back into the pink rather than the red. “See what I mean? I never know with her," Joe shrugs.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/i3nd6Nt.png
In the end, Joe opts to eliminate… Devon! “Well, it’s supposed to be a dating show, after all. It would feel kind of scummy if I had someone with no romantic interest in me at all in the final three, right? Kind of like I was stacking the deck? And I’m told that with how Priscilla is, leaving her in the house for the final decision if she’s not The One should make for good ratings. Seems kind of mean to me, but whatever.”
So we say farewell to Devon. “Yeah, like I said, wasn’t really unexpected. I just need a criminal kingpin to marry instead!”
So with that, only the finale remains. Sure seems like a foregone conclusion as to who will win, but who knows? We've already had plenty of unexpected happenings so far. On day 1 I had Sienna pegged as one of the final 3, and look how that worked out! You just never know.
Next time: Skiing, snowboarding, and maybe smooching? It's a 3-day Mt. Komorebi excursion before the finale! And you won't want to miss THAT or the epilogue!
