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ink_sec_sims ([personal profile] ink_sec_sims) wrote2012-02-24 06:44 pm
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Van Dort Family, Monday, Week 2

Okay. So I actually DID THINGS during this update.

I took FIFTY-THREE pictures.

I'm weeding some out, but still, expect this particular sojourn to the Van Dorts to be one of my longest updates.

Ready?

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We start off Week 2 for the Van Dorts with Mayhew playing with Scraps. Because it's cute.

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That is an awfully big toothbrush for such a small head. Don't hurt yourself there, Victor.

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Uh, guys? Maybe it's best you two don't talk about kissing while Nell's son is at the table? (Not that I'm afraid you two will actually have an affair, but it's only polite.)

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What's got you so excited, short stuff?
Victor: Didn't you see the pop-up? It's a snow day!
So it is! My very first one in Sims! Cool!

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Victor and Mayhew celebrate Victor's freedom from school with red hands.

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Nell: You want food? Why should I give you any?
Because if he starves and gets taken away, Victor will be sad. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

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Oh come on, Scraps, Nell is feeding you right now. Stop interrupting Victor and Mayhew's new best-friendship.

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I decide Victor's day off should be spent productively, and have him study Cleaning and Cooking so he'll have a few points in each. Nell, of course, feeds her Gaming hobby.

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Holy crap -- be careful, Scraps! Don't get buried in the snow!

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Since Mayhew had to go to work, I decide William has to as well and send him out on his glorious errand of OPENING HIS SHOP FOR BUSINESS!
. . .He makes a snowman the minute he gets there. *facepalm* My Sims are all space cases.

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But lo, the shop is opened, and our first customer ever, Charlie Tang, arrives to look at fish!

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And fortunately for William, he's quite easy to please. (Then again, I find most of the early customers are.)

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It doesn't take long for the shop to start bustling. Sims here must like their fish.

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While okay on salesmanship, Will isn't much of a cashier. Don't worry, Will, I've got a hack that speeds up getting this badge.

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William: Aren't you cold?
Unpleasable Townie: Screw off! I don't need to dress warm for this weather!
William: Well, can I help you find any--
Unpleasable Townie: GET AWAY FROM ME
Seriously, William kept trying to help her, and she kept waving him off. Screw you, townie.

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But screw the unpleasable townie -- Will's almost completely sold out. And since catching fish is free, he's just made himself a whole bunch of profit.

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He restocks what he can while this townie contemplates buying the last blue catfish. Unfortunately, he can only put up one jumbo largemouth bass -- too bad the pond's fro--

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WTFBBQ a) the pond's fishable and b) you're freezing your ass off trying to steal my fish?! Screw off!

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See, William, what did I tell you? A Bronze Cash Register badge by the time you closed up!

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And since that pond is fishable, let's get cracking and see if you can get more fish to restock with.

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He caught two largemouth bass -- one regular size, one jumbo. Well, we can restock one thing. . .

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WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND BOOTS

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Back at home --
Victor: ACK I AM DYING

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Victor: *expires*
Scraps: ?!?! *sniff, whine*

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Victor: Hehe, got you!
How Sims teach their dogs how to play dead, folks.

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Scraps: Woof arf woof. *translation: ACK I AM DYING*
Victor: *laughing his ass off*
*doing likewise*

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Scraps quickly abandons the dramatics for plain old playing dead, though.
Victor: . . .Scraps? You okay?

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Scraps: Arf!
Victor: *laugh* You got me!

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William: Oh, hey, the dog's dead.
Nell: *does wrist stretches* I'll dig the grave!
Victor: I'm just teaching him a trick, you horrible people.

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Nell: I WILL DESTROY YOU BATHTUB
I suppose this is my fault -- VICTOR'S the only one with any Mechanical points. Ought to fix that.

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Victor: A secret room!
Mark it well, for I hope for you to use it when you're a teen. If all goes according to plan, any -- SHIT SAID THE ARC WOODS OF DOOM

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Mayhew: Hey! Everyone come out and praise the new Junior Executive!
Good for you, Mayhew!

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No time to stop and celebrate, though -- all must be ready for the arrival of the Headmaster! William's wanted to get Victor into private school for a while now, and I figured I might as well try today. Please welcome Headmaster --
ZEESHAN TRIMBLE??

Seriously. Zeeshan. Is -- is that a name? Or just a good word score on Scrabble?

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William: In our base canon, my son married a ghost bride!
A) It was a corpse bride, technically, and B) probably not the best thing to tell the guy who runs the school you're trying to get your son into.

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Nell: We should have violins to go with our broiled steak! Nothing like violins at the dinner table!

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Think Zeeshan misheard you there, Nell. On the other hand, you pick up a good 43 points for the food. You've also got ten points in Schmooze -- maybe a tour will bring you over the point total?

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Zeeshan: This kitchen is lovely, Mrs. Van Dort!
Good start. . . .

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But he's less taken by the ballroom.
Zeeshan: Meh.
Nell: *to herself* Oh, what could anyone named Zeeshan know about dancing?

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He approves very strongly of both the living room and the playroom, however. Result?

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A score of 99/90, Victor's acceptance into private school, and William's first time in platinum mood in ages.

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To celebrate, William and Nell blow some cash on a bubble blower. (What, they both wanted one, and I figured, what the hell.)

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More studying! Because that's what I do with my Sims!

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Well, that and have them clean filthy pet beds. Though Scraps probably likes it stinky.

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And we end on Scraps getting Play Dead down pat.
Victor: Now I can give you awkward commands when we meet in the afterlife!
Indeed.


Whew! I seriously didn't expect that update to be that long. Pretty obvious which house is my favorite in this lot, isn't it? Then again, they've got a community lot business to take care of, so. . . Anyway, I'll see you most likely next week with the Liddells! Stuff is happening there too, but we'll see how many pictures we get out of pregnant Lorina.

[identity profile] gruglysims.livejournal.com 2012-09-13 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't worry, Will, I've got a hack that speeds up getting this badge."

I was waiting to see if you did. It's one of the only hacks I don't consider cheating, because screw that badge forever.

"Scraps: Woof arf woof. *translation: ACK I AM DYING*"

Brilliant.

"William: Oh, hey, the dog's dead."

Even more brilliant.

Ha, plans. I make plans too. And the Sims promptly unmake them.

So, fifty pics, eh? That sure is long...

-closes his next update folder with almost three hundred pics in it-

I envy you...
Edited 2012-09-13 03:59 (UTC)

[identity profile] ink-sec-sims.livejournal.com 2012-09-13 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell me about it! I couldn't believe that they made earning it that slow. Hacks are necessary to play this game right.

*snork* Glad you liked those.

It's probably better just to go by the seat of your pants. *insert horrible Lucas-themed joke here*

Yes, but your households do so much more than mine! Have zombie apocalypses, for one.

[identity profile] gruglysims.livejournal.com 2012-09-15 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Your households persist. I no sooner move Sims in together than they all die horribly or cheat on each other or become serial killers or whatever. There's something to be said for following a story that isn't schizophrenic.

[identity profile] ink-sec-sims.livejournal.com 2012-09-18 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL -- this is true. I'm the tortoise and you're the hare, so to speak?

[identity profile] gruglysims.livejournal.com 2012-09-19 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Shit. The tortoise wins.

[identity profile] ink-sec-sims.livejournal.com 2012-09-19 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL -- I think this implies more that I'll be on week 3 by the time you're on year 2015. (In your journal, that is -- I know you're probably already past that in your actual playing.)