Yet another scenario gameplay thread
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New leaves in the wind - The Tanaka cousins
Aimi and Yukio are “that cousin” to each other. They will go to great lengths explaining that they got their surname from different ancestors. It’s a common name, after all. But that doesn’t change the fact that they are on the same family tree and on occasion are expected to share the same continent.
Aimi and Yukio have arrived early at the extended family’s vacation home in Yukimatsu for the New Year’s celebrations. It’s awkward, but they are confident that the rest of the Tanakas will join them soon, resulting in other sims to interact with and being able avoid each other. Too bad a snowstorm is coming, that will prevent all travel from and to Yukimatsu...
The Tanakas’ scenario is Survive the Holidays. It starts them out as enemies with a festering grudge and can result in them either becoming friends or enemies with benefits. The scenario is also bugged. Before they haven’t solved it, the sims cannot go through a loading screen. That’s why the snowstorm backstory (and the game was kind enough to send me an actual one without the need to cheat it in).
So what drove the Tanaka cousins apart ever since their toddler days?
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Is it the fact that Yukio is a cat person, but Aimi a dog person? That they both like turquoise, but she calls it blue, while calls it green? Her preferring the ski over the snowboard, and him exactly the other way around? Or that she could listen to traditional music and zen music for hours, while he immerses himself in Tween and S-Pop, exactly the music the other cannot stand?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a94db264c9f7ef2aa7b58c3452a73c40/48c4927a0ad95d16-19/s540x810/468d26145ed088adf83c1ebdbb1bb08739fb4aad.png
Yes to all, and the fact that both have an outgoing trait (Bro respectively Self assured) worsens the situation, because they just won’t give each other a break. They actively seek the other out to pester them.
It’s not as if the Tanakas didn’t have anything at all in common. Sadly the thing they do have in common is their bad luck (Clumsy trait):
https://64.media.tumblr.com/4fa66d1b6e7e37da33f2df0c2139193f/eedc7c04740bbd2f-a9/s540x810/d14c1b8e22580ff81f86aace1680aebd22f9f36d.png
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New Year’s Eve and the Tanakas are still at each other’s throats.
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It started out harmless, by Aimi deciding to fulfill the Spa Tradition I put by doing yoga, while Yukio retreated to the bathroom to take a mud bath.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b763784af1de3f424635d77e0e96fe96/5f7f4fd848a9eca5-f1/s540x810/ab86e07f43e0ae27918c97135055a023ca750df7.png
But then she found the mochi and obliterated them all.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/5072c0dc4c2183434296a14e4cbb7b5b/5f7f4fd848a9eca5-55/s540x810/009f9c6e61179afa6655d06d783ba3f8a2a6eb47.png
Aimi: “Yeah, sorry, I thought it was a group serving! Only after I grabbed a share did I realize it was a single and by then it was too late.”
True story, by the way. Also, according to the game they both had a wonderful holiday, because they checked all the goals. But the true test will come tomorrow, when they are supposed to visit a shrine together for good fortune in the new year.
Aimi and Yukio are “that cousin” to each other. They will go to great lengths explaining that they got their surname from different ancestors. It’s a common name, after all. But that doesn’t change the fact that they are on the same family tree and on occasion are expected to share the same continent.
Aimi and Yukio have arrived early at the extended family’s vacation home in Yukimatsu for the New Year’s celebrations. It’s awkward, but they are confident that the rest of the Tanakas will join them soon, resulting in other sims to interact with and being able avoid each other. Too bad a snowstorm is coming, that will prevent all travel from and to Yukimatsu...
The Tanakas’ scenario is Survive the Holidays. It starts them out as enemies with a festering grudge and can result in them either becoming friends or enemies with benefits. The scenario is also bugged. Before they haven’t solved it, the sims cannot go through a loading screen. That’s why the snowstorm backstory (and the game was kind enough to send me an actual one without the need to cheat it in).
So what drove the Tanaka cousins apart ever since their toddler days?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/db77347a800750a5a47591a65ea60ebb/48c4927a0ad95d16-02/s540x810/d12c88c0fdd1e4aea7560d51e86cd2734618be9c.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c91d37c3095b97a23b8ecc249fa0c8c7/48c4927a0ad95d16-5c/s540x810/2d841aaa7d0b57828c8142aadbfdd1c74e7c9eca.png
Is it the fact that Yukio is a cat person, but Aimi a dog person? That they both like turquoise, but she calls it blue, while calls it green? Her preferring the ski over the snowboard, and him exactly the other way around? Or that she could listen to traditional music and zen music for hours, while he immerses himself in Tween and S-Pop, exactly the music the other cannot stand?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a94db264c9f7ef2aa7b58c3452a73c40/48c4927a0ad95d16-19/s540x810/468d26145ed088adf83c1ebdbb1bb08739fb4aad.png
Yes to all, and the fact that both have an outgoing trait (Bro respectively Self assured) worsens the situation, because they just won’t give each other a break. They actively seek the other out to pester them.
It’s not as if the Tanakas didn’t have anything at all in common. Sadly the thing they do have in common is their bad luck (Clumsy trait):
https://64.media.tumblr.com/4fa66d1b6e7e37da33f2df0c2139193f/eedc7c04740bbd2f-a9/s540x810/d14c1b8e22580ff81f86aace1680aebd22f9f36d.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e54673709019268554a1c76a99c5a1b/eedc7c04740bbd2f-9f/s540x810/3c81f13bddcf369de30b80dfe098f5152b194d75.png
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New Year’s Eve and the Tanakas are still at each other’s throats.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/cdba5bd2ba6097fcba696cbbcd104783/5f7f4fd848a9eca5-66/s540x810/4fea5d2d3f9f5cb3402763e05c89c53aa813a19a.png
It started out harmless, by Aimi deciding to fulfill the Spa Tradition I put by doing yoga, while Yukio retreated to the bathroom to take a mud bath.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b763784af1de3f424635d77e0e96fe96/5f7f4fd848a9eca5-f1/s540x810/ab86e07f43e0ae27918c97135055a023ca750df7.png
But then she found the mochi and obliterated them all.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/5072c0dc4c2183434296a14e4cbb7b5b/5f7f4fd848a9eca5-55/s540x810/009f9c6e61179afa6655d06d783ba3f8a2a6eb47.png
Aimi: “Yeah, sorry, I thought it was a group serving! Only after I grabbed a share did I realize it was a single and by then it was too late.”
True story, by the way. Also, according to the game they both had a wonderful holiday, because they checked all the goals. But the true test will come tomorrow, when they are supposed to visit a shrine together for good fortune in the new year.
