"Hauk150;c-18026211" wrote:
Nice stories and characters, looks very good! :)
Thank you, Hauk150! We have a lot of interesting Sims hanging out in our Gallery, and it's fun to create stories around them. Besides the members of the Ross family, who will certainly remain central figures in our tale, Z and I have no idea who will emerge. I'm writing the story almost as we play it; right now, it's Saturday afternoon in our game and I'll soon be writing about events that took place on Thursday. At some point, the desire to play the game will outrun my desire to write, so we'll probably have a clearer sense of where things may lead. Right now, the game is clearly driving the narrative. We're glad you stopped by. Please keep following!
"SweetieWright_84;c-18026222" wrote:
I feel kind of bad for Cameron. He seems overwhelmed with his new house and a bit homesick. Maybe a party with all of his Willow Creek friends and family would make the house feel more like home?
You picked up on the same mood Z and I did. I'm glad I was able to convey it in my post!
Right now, Cameron seems torn between two solutions to his problem. He can double down on life in Brindleton Bay, which will undoubtedly mean pulling back from some of the people and places that he loves in Willow Creek. Or, he can continue to ground himself in Willow Creek and make a very gradual transition to an independent life in Brindleton Bay.
Again, we've been letting the game steer the story along. Cam's emotional state has often been Bored and Sad when he's at home. He'll wake up Energized, so he's been exercising a lot. Being around his family takes him to Fine and, often, to Happy. When he goes to Willow Creek, he'll stay in the Happy zone much of the time. That's where Z and I get the idea that he's not adjusting to life on his own too well yet.
We are aware of Cameron being Flirty only once. We were controlling other members of the Ross family, giving them the musical abilities we decided must run in the family. (It won't spoil things too much to reveal that every one of the Rosses begin our story with some talent for Singing.) When we returned to Cam, he was binging on some Romance Channel.
Z was intrigued by this turn of events. "Ooooh! He's Flirty! Let him go find someone special!" Z has already decided Cameron must not be allowed to live his life alone.
"Are you sure, Z?" I replied. "Imagine Cameron's kids asking him how he met his spouse. He'd tell them 'I was watching something romantic on TV, so I started prowling around...and next thing we knew...' Is that what you want?"
"Come to think of it...ummm...no."
