The Survival Experiment

The first thing they all do is take selfies. Ones that are worth more than $5 simoleons will be sold on Plopsy. There are only 2 photos by Fabian that actually meet these criteria. Oh gosh! They all have uncomfortable moodlets. lol

Madelyn, the Spellcaster, works on her Practical Magic enough to get the Scrubaroo and Repairio spells. Yes! Now it's time to fix some of those charred items. They were fortunate to get a bed on their first dumpster dive.

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Cole gets to work on repairing some plumbing issues. Only items that work off-the-grid will be used on the lot, although for some reason, even items that are not deemed off-the-grid work. Might be a glitch. Even though they found a sink dumpster diving, I put that into their household inventory. What I found is that if there is a sink, they "clean" any dirty dishes instead of throwing them out in the dumpster. So, we want more dumpster goods, so the sink, too, goes into the household inventory. I also found that if you have a bonfire on the lot, sims will throw any garbage in there, instead of the dumpsters.

Gary plants the seeds from the seed packets. Sierra forms a Club and recruits other sims to join her in fishing and catching frogs. The activities will change as they need to do things. The club runs until midnight.

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And sometimes the Repairio spell backfires. And they have their first fire!

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The coffeepot that Fabian got as a job reward also works on the lot, and they generate more garbage and dumpster dive some more. And they get a computer, which Cole fixes. He has programming skills, so he hacks the Llamacorn Listserve and the Lothario Trust Fund. He also makes 2 plug-ins. With the simoleons he earned, Gary was able to buy a pack of summer seeds. A cross-stitch kit is purchased and Claire finishes the first hoop and lists it on Plopsy.

Gary fixes a tub, then scavenges for parts and throws the rest in the dumpster.

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At the end of the day, there is no stove or fridge yet. Plenty of fish are caught, but they can't roast fish over the fire. They need a grill to do that. For now, the fish are used by Gary for fertilizer for the plants. So they all roast marshmallows instead. Funds at the end of the day: $87 simoleons.

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And sims autonomously use the "pee" bush to get some shut-eye.

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