Lost Legacies Gameplay Thread (Ending March 16)

Farrah let Arthur sleep in, and while she was in her garden, she saw her friend Marina Corsair walking by. The conversation was going great until she mentioned the Thebe family, at which point Marina did what she so often does: making cryptic comments and disappearing.

Farrah played a little chess in the game room, then went upstairs to their office to do a little research about Cordelia. By this time, Arthur was awake, practicing his writing. Farrah suggested that they visit his old neighborhood, Willow Creek, and specifically visit Magnolia Blossom Park.

Once there, they encountered Marina, who was sitting at one of the chess tables. Just then, Farrah's phone reminded her that it was time for work, and she rushed off. Arthur apologized to Marina on Farrah's behalf, and suggested that he could play a game with Marina, even if he wasn't as good a chess player as Farrah.

Marina tried everything to distract Arthur, including some pretty blatant flirting. Arthur, still thinking of Farrah, hardly noticed. When Arthur won the game, Marina again made cryptic comments and stormed off.

 Since Arthur was in Willow Creek, he decided to drop by to visit his family (sister Gladys, holding baby brother Richard; mother Genevieve, holding toddler sister Kenya; and niece Charity). While there, he saw something interesting on the TV news channel. He quickly called Marina on the phone. Hmm... He'd have to look into this. He quickly said his goodbyes and went to the Municipal Muses Museum.

At the museum, he didn't see anything unusual about any of the paintings, and realized that Marina had been distracting him from the real secret. Downstairs, he examined the bust of Princess Cordelia. Sure enough... He quickly called Marina again. Her gloating led him to the benches outside the museum.

Sure enough, Marina had already used the hidden code from the statue, and there was nothing left to find at the benches. Arthur hadn't gotten much writing done today, but he felt oddly satisfied at his progress unwinding the mystery. Besides, Farrah would be home from work soon, and he could tell her all about his day... after he placed the fourth key in the display table.

It is good that they have completed this week’s tasks and have 4 keys 🙂 They are great photos of your sim wearing the new reward eye patch!  The new stained glass windows reward is very nice. The swatches are lovely.
It wasn’t so good that Marina climbed up into the treehouse to try to find the family! The kids are sweet ❤️ It is a lovely photo of the couple enjoying playing chess outdoors in preparation of trying to beat Marina. Marina looks quite annoyed as she storms off after being beaten! 

My original post was removed. I don't know why, so I'm just going to share screenshots and hope they go through. Sorry. 

I love how detailed your replies are! They are always a pleasure to read. Thank you! 

It was great reading about how Charles is going as he does the challenge 🙂It wasn’t so good that the Royal Envoy came to watch the him whilst the family was enjoying family time out at the skating rink! He was surprised that he beat her at chess! It was good that Candice has studied Princess Cordelia at the University course and  could fill him more about details of her life. It would have been very cold for him searching the bench in the Wintery blizzard weather ❄️
Congratulations also to Candice on her promotion and happy birthday to Sandy! 🎂

Charles is also in on the hunt, but this time bested. 

He was happy when he found the hidden code, but then looks quite disappointed to find the empty box when searching the bench  🙁

It was great that the Royal Envoy arrived wearing a style influencer trend that Noelle had made! 🙂It was nice that he played the chess match with his friend to prepare for the match against the Royal Envoy, and also talked to his cousin about Princess Cordelia. It was great that the event led  him to enjoy spending time with them at the same time as doing the tasks. Congratulations to him winning the chess match against the envoy! 🙂

Part 2

Gideon headed down to the museum by himself, and he spent some time looking at the paintings the museum had, and he found...that they were nice paintings, nothing more. However, since he's here, he might as well do a bit more searching. 

He decided to investigate the Cordelia's statue that the museum had, if something was hidden here, it probably would be around it. He made sure the coast was clear, and checked out the statue, and he found a hidden code on the bottom of the statue! 

Gideon called the Envoy, who was not surprised to learn about the code at all, turned out she already knew about it and she used it! 

He went outside, and checked the benches nearby, and he found a box, and he used the code on the box and opened it it. And it was empty. The Envoy had indeed already found and took the contents. Talk about being one step behind...

The envoy showing up nice and fashionable in an style influencer trend that Noelle (Gideon's mom) made

The Envoy appeared in Gideon's neighborhood, and before Gideon went out and asked about the Thebe family,  instead of giving him information, the Envoy told Gideon that he won a chess match against her, she'll give information about Cordelia Thebe and said she'll be at the park waiting. She then left. 
But the Envoy watched a chess match? This news excited Gideon, he enjoyed chess, and though he was quite decent at it. (Logic skill 7)

While Gideon was chatting with the Envoy, he friend Adonis called, wanting to come over, so he did, and while he was over, Gideon played chess against him, sharping his skills, getting ready to face the Envoy in a chess match.

Afterwards, (after getting his homework done) he went to his room, and drove into some online research about Cordelia, finding out she had an interest in paintings and was rumored to have stolen a treasure! 

Gideon headed over to his cousin, Abby's house,  hoping that she knew something about Cordelia.  They had a nice conversation, where Abby shared, "You know, despite being part of the royal family, Princess Cordelia was secretly a pirate. She lead double life sailing the seas, seeking hidden treasures, and is rumored to have stolen a vast fortune!"  The more Gideon hears about Cordelia, the more he likes, she sounds like she pretty amazing. 

Gideon headed to the park, and played a chess game against the Envoy, and he won the game. The Envoy seemed irritated by the loss, and said, "Fine, you win! How are you always one step ahead? this is getting frustrating!" They left. 
Gideon watched the Envoy storm off, wondering what the Envoy's game was, why did she think he was one step ahead? He didn't feel that way at all.

Well, he finished the game more or less at a good time, he had to head off to his manual laborer part time job.

After work, and after got some sleep and a bite to eat, he watched the news, where he found about "new paintings from the Thebe family being showcased at the Municipal Muses Museum" Interesting, and what a strange coincidence. Unless maybe it wasn't? Does the Envoy know about this? 

Gideon pulled out his phone, 

and gave the Envoy a call, the Envoy answered and said, "Oh, hi! you know you should really check out Municipal Muses. There's so much to see and do there!" Gideon put his phone away, that call told him nothing, not really. Sure, the Envoy thought he should check out the museum, but it still could just be a coincidence; however, it couldn't hurt to go down to the Municipal Muses Museum.