Eagle Valley BaCC Winter 2: DaVinci

Iris Willow was willing to come over and be my inspiration.

We tried out the hot tub.

And the bed.

But then!  Do you know what she did?!  She tried to stand there and give me tips!  I don’t kneed tips, thank you.  She was here for inspiration, not for critiques!

Suffice to say, she was not asked back.  Instead I met with Shelby.  Three bolts!  I knew this would be great inspiration.

But she didn’t want to be my inspiration!  Who doesn’t want to be my muse?!  To be immortalized for all time in my paintings?

I was so upset I just painted.

And painted.  Just weeks before I had been too hot, now I’m far too cold.  And it wasn’t even a masterpiece.

I’d had enough.  I didn’t want any more inspirations.  I just wanted Michelle, so I called her over.

I asked her to move in with me and she agreed.

She brought enough money that we could embellish the inside of the house.  It wasn’t the most tasteful, I do admit, but the pinks and yellows gave me inspiration, especially when we decided to move my easel inside.

Michelle got a *gulp* job.  She wanted to be a Business Tycoon.  We had a couple of stores in our valley now, but surely not enough for a Tycoon.

And I wasn’t feeling well.  I wished my inspiration would come back.  I wanted my Michelle.

I was even losing my figure.  My inspirations wouldn’t like me any more.

Michelle assured me that it simply wasn’t true.  Fat or skinny, she’d still love me and so would the rest of my muses.  Well, she didn’t say that part, but I assumed she meant it.

This was Kobe.  As soon as I saw her, I knew I wanted her.

She was so sweet.  Maybe she could be a different kind of inspiration.

I tried so hard to adopt her but I was so tired.  Kobe meowed until I woke up to make sure I didn’t freeze, but then she left.

Kobe at least got me to paint something different than what I had been doing.

Michelle was not happy with me when I went out to pay the bills.  You’d think she would be proud that I remembered to pay them, but no, she said I was being irresponsible.  I have no idea what she means.  She’s just being mean.

Next: Beauregarde

Stats:

Sims: 19(+1)

Households: 5

SM: 2

Population: 38

Community Lots: 2

Fund: $27,400

Eagle Valley BaCC Winter 2: Willow

Rose and Talin Deppiesse were still very much in love, but had different ideas of what it meant to be self sufficient.

They were very happy that their eldest daughters, Iris Willow and Delphinia Deppiesse,  were more than willing to help take care of  Peony and Poppy.

Although neither of them wanted to be in the birthday pictures.

Peony had darker red hair and green eyes.

While Poppy had the lighter red hair and blue eyes.

The twins very quickly became best friends.

Delphinia had found true love.  Christy Toyonaga turned out to be much better for her than Jill had been for Iris.

It took no time at all before they took their relationship to the next level and a lullaby was heard.

Delphinia and Christy decided they wanted to get married before the baby was born and there was no real room at  the house.

Especially since they weren’t the only ones that had heard a lullaby.

It was still a sad feeling knowing that one of their children was heading off to a home of her own.  Perhaps she’d be able to start the dance studio she wanted and become a world famous ballerina.

Rose decided to give Talin all of the fish she had caught.  She didn’t agree with Talin’s decision, but understood it was what he wished to do.

Talin decided to open a fish stand he called Fish Rodeo.

At first, he tried to run it by himself.  He got it up to level one, but it was difficult.  He had to run the cash register, restock the fish, as long as he had some in his inventory, and sell the fish.  Even though he had a bronze sales badge, the other parts were all new.

He called home and asked for help.  Rose wouldn’t come.  She was still against running a business.  Iris, however, was very willing to come and help.  She saw it as good experience before she started running her own business.

At first, the lack of sunlight was hard on the plantsims.

They didn’t always realize the sunlight was lacking because of the big windows in the store.  Once they realized the problem, they bought sunlamps such as they had at home.

They received a best of the best award and both learned how to dazzle.

When they ran out of product, they went to the pond in the back of the store.

Occasionally, however, things just didn’t go their way.

When it got too bad, they went home and had a date.

Or two.  Shelby Barrett was more than willing to come over and help Iris out.

In fact, Shelby even came by the store a time or two when Iris really needed a pick me up.  Now that’s true love.

Talin and Iris spent many days at the store, until finally, with almost no fish left, they got their 125th star.  The two plantsims had dazzled their hearts out, and it had almost never gone wrong.

With the money they had made, they renovated the house.  Finally, it had siding, and looked like a cabin should look.

The bottom floor was no longer grass, but had actual flooring and wall paper.

There was now a second floor.  The plan was for the girls to decide which of the bedrooms they wanted and the small blue one would be for the new child when he was born.  After all, if he was conceived while Delphinia was still in the house and still pregnant, then there would be only one, right?

Peony was delighted with becoming a child, but Poppy suddenly realized that she didn’t look anything like her parents or older sister.

She decided that she was okay with that as long as her father continued to dance with her.

Peony loved to dance as well.

Since none of the adults needed to eat, it was often up to Poppy and Peony to take care of it for themselves.  Poppy really wanted to make an unburned muffin, but had yet to manage it.

The twins had gotten a new chess table in the free room upstairs, and everyone had traveled up to see it.  It was there that Rose suddenly went into labor.

Another little girl was born.  Amarylis had brown hair and blue eyes.

And was handed off to her father.

So that Aster, with her brown hair and green eyes could take up room in her mother’s arms.

Before she was handed off to Iris.

And red haired, gray eyed Sage, the first boy, was the final child born.

The twins weren’t quite sure what they thought about being upstaged by triplets.

I was happy about it though!

Next DaVinci.

Stats:

Sims: 18 (+3)

Households: 5

SM: 2

Population: 36

Community Lots: 2

Fish Rodeo: lvl 10

Business Tycoon: 1 spot open

Eagle Valley BaCC Winter 2: Hawking

I am Dr. Carl Hawking.  I am currently holding my son Edwin Cameron, while my companion LaShawn Cameron is holding my second gift from the aliens, Galilei Hawking.

My eldest daughter Tesla was my first gift from the aliens.

It’s hard to believe it has been long enough since I was first gifted that Tesla has grown into a teenager.  And I still have not gotten a Nobel prize for my research.

She is much more mature than what I have observed in others her age.

LaShawn continued to work with the children on their skills.

Tesla helped her work on her newest project car.

Unfortunately, the money was a necessity since the government would no longer allow us to ignore the taxes.  $3,400 is far too much.  This observatory is non-profit after all.

Soon enough, LaShawn was showing that she was going to have yet another child.  I do not see why it is necessary.

I, after all, have a much better way to get it done.

Tesla rushed outside to get her first glimpse of the vehicle by which she came to be.  She did, for several days afterwards, have the strangest wish that I not be abducted again.  I do not understand that at all.

The landing is always a bit of a shock.  You would think they would take more care now that my body is in a more fragile condition.

I practiced my acceptance speech in front of a mirror.  Surely, with this third child, even if it was not from a new group of aliens, I would be nominated.

Tesla brought this *boy* home on the school bus.  She assures me she needs more human friends.  I do not approve.

Alien friends are the only type you truly need.

The next day Tesla brought yet another human teen back home with her.  This *Meadow*, at least did not fear where Tesla came from.

Although there were some things she did not need to be talking to my newly aged up daughter about.

And there were certainly things they did not need to be doing!  Tesla informs me that I am a “stick-in-the-mud” and that she truly likes Meadow.  My own feelings don’t seem to matter to her at all.  LaShawn informs me that it is simply part of being a teenager.  That she is testing things out, meeting new people.  I had assumed that an alien child would have more sense.

The girl even snuck back to the house to leave flowers, and then came to ring the doorbell at 1 o’clock in the morning.

If it were not for the fact that I had other things to worry about, my daughter and I would be having a very severe talk.

However, her help was needed too much to alienate her quite that way yet.

LaShawn was still doing the bulk of the caring for the children, even though she was heavily pregnant herself.

I was able to sit down with Tesla one night and try to talk about her growing up too soon, but she continued to assure me she knew what she was doing.  I informed her that all she needed to be happy was a telescope and she laughed at me!  She said that if I had wanted a clone of myself, I should have found another way to have children, she wanted to meet new people, to make money so that she no longer lived in an observatory and that hopefully Meadow and herself would get married and open up a business.  She wanted to become a magician!  An Entertainer!  Where did I go wrong?!

Edwin grew into a child while working on his logic skill.

He saw no need to leave the nursery at the time and quickly became best friends with Galilei.

His timing was perfect, since there was no reason to buy a new toddler blanket for the new child.

Marie, named for Marie Curie, famous physicist, had my brown hair and her mother’s brown eyes.  Truthfully, I believe her mother also has brown hair, but dyes it.

Edwin might have brought a friend home from school and the two of them managed to interfere in Tesla’s date.  I, of course, did not promise Edwin extra time with the telescope if he would do so.

Unfortunately, it did not do much good.

Gally was alone in her room when she grew into a child.  She seems shocked that she has a hand just like every one else.

Just hours later, she had a full blooded brother that I named Kepler.

Even Tesla is at least interested enough in her grades to make sure her homework is done.

As the children and I had dinner, I knew that there was a decision that had to be made.  LaShawn was already making noises about having another child while she was still young enough.  However, the house simply was not big enough.  If she had another child, I would not be able to have another alien child, and I knew I had not met every alien that was in the skies around us.  LaShawn only moved in so that Tesla had someone to look after her if I was taken away, but she is now old enough to be trusted to take care of the younger ones.

Next up: Willow

Stats:

Sims: 15 (+2)

Households: 4

SM: 2

Population: 30

Community Lots: 1

Eagle Valley BaCC Fall 1: Beauregarde

My name is Abraham Beauregarde, but everyone calls me Honest Abe.

I came here to Eagle Valley because I saw *potential*!  I saw *possibility*!  Here we could build a big city and I’d be right there on the ground floor!  It was perfect!  I was going to become the richest man in Eagle Valley, just see if I didn’t!  I’d show all those people who thought I couldn’t even run a decent used car lot.

My new neighbors were an interesting mix, and they didn’t seem to get along together, but that doesn’t matter when it comes time to buy now does it?

No one seemed to be ready to buy tvs, but that was okay, no town started with an electronics store.  No, what this community needed was a grocery store.

I just need to get enough money together for it first.

I made a little money that first day, but it wasn’t enough.

The next day I met Rose.  She understood my vision for this town and told me she knew the perfect person for me.

She introduced me to Demi.  Now Demi was the first person I met around here with an actual job.  She ran an artist commune.  Not the most profitable business, but surely something could be worked out if we worked out.

And we were working out just fine.

Then Rose, you know, the one that introduced us, started kissing up my arm!  Right in front of Demi!  I am *Honest* Abe!  I ain’t gonna cheat!  Especially in front of the girl I’m dating.  What kind of person did she think I was?

That night, Demi left me this nice little fountain.  Not something I could use, but it sure sold for a hefty chunk of change.

Add that to the money I got from selling things I dug up and I had enough.

My new business was going to be called Abe’s Grocery.  Yeah, yeah, not the most creative thing ever, but it got the idea across, didn’t it?  When it’s the first store in town, you don’t want to confuse people.

It wasn’t much, but it was mine, and it was only the first.

Dr. Hawking was not pleased.  He seemed to think the lights from the store would interfere with his observatory.  You know, the observatory that was all the way on the other side of the area!  Like I’m going to shut my store down because of that!

I hadn’t actually run a cash register before.  We didn’t have one in our car lot.  It took a while to get used to one.

But sales, oh sales I knew how to do.

My grocery store started gaining a good reputation.  I had no idea there were so many people around here.  This was going even better than I thought.

Oh, not everything was perfect, mostly thanks to that stupid cash register, and trying to run it all by myself.

I even met someone else with impeccable style.

I used this contraption to keep me going.  I was not going to leave until I absolutely had to.

I even got the hang of that cash register.  By the time I left my store was a level 5, I had a silver sales badge, a bronze cash register and restocking badge.

Today the store!  Tomorrow the town! Next year… the world!  Just kidding.

(blah.  Abe had such a strong voice in my head and it didn’t come through at all)

Stats:

Sims: 13

Households: 4

SM: 2

Population: 26

Community Lots: 1

Abe’s Grocery lvl 5

Jobs: None (I’m using the level 10 for a business slot, even though this rule set says lvl 5)

Eagle Valley BaCC Fall 1: DaVinci

Of course you know who I am!  I’m Talia DaVinci of course!  And I learned something new today!

I learned that if you spend enough time painting outside, you can get really, really hot.  I didn’t even know my skin would burn!  I made sure to come in and get water more often after that.

I could have gone inside to paint of course, but I would have missed a new source of inspiration!

I mean, Jill’s not quite as good an inspiration as Michelle, but no one says you have to have only one source of inspiration.

I asked Jill on a date, and she was quite happy to do so.

*sighs happily* This is what inspiration is all about.

Though this doesn’t hurt, I must admit.

As soon as I was full of inspiration, I headed out to my easel.  Jill didn’t mind being a muse for me.  I’m not sure what she thought of the picture her inspiration brought out in me, but she was good about it.

It was a masterpiece!

She must not have minded the picture too much since she brought over this hot tub for me that night.

Of course I had to call her over to thank her!  It was only polite.

And of course, while she was here, she might as well model for another picture.

I really should have asked Jill to join me in the hot tub she brought.  However, Michelle was still my favorite muse.

And I decided I’d rather break it in with her.

Michelle was a muse to an entirely different type of painting.

I don’t think I’ve painted anything but masterpieces since getting together with Michelle.  I really want her to live with me… but I don’t think I can have only one muse.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

New house, Beauregarde, coming up next.

Stats:

Sims: 12

Households: 3

SM: 1

Pop: 12

Jobs: None

Community Lots: None

Eagle Valley BaCC Fall 1: Willow

Welcome back!

The family decided that those leafy clothes were just not working out, so we put on our normal clothes.  Iris, of course, had never worn anything but the leafy dress but seemed to like the shirt, pants and boots we had found for her.  Talin and I put back on the clothes we used to wear.

Delphinia would make her own decision when she grew up.  Meanwhile she played with her bunny head and sang with her daddy.

The garden was much easier to deal with now that the ladybugs took care of the bugs and we figured out a way to irrigate it.  Of course, we no longer needed to eat, so we were going to sell most of this.

I decided it was time to ask Talin to marry me.  I wasn’t truly worried but at the same time I was a bit apprehensive.  Talin had taken to living here so well, but his help wasn’t as needed as it had been before.  What if he felt useless?

Talin told me I was being ridiculous.  He wanted to learn everything there was to learn.  Now that he was a plant sim he had more time to study and fish, another of his favorite activities.  He had everything he needed, except perhaps…

Well, I was certainly okay with that!  I was a family sim after all!  And although I loved both Iris and Delphinia, I couldn’t deny that I wanted some children that would grow up the normal way and be babies and children and teens, children that I could teach to walk and talk and do their homework.

We decided to invite all of our friends and neighbors to our wedding and rented seating and a wedding arch.  I suppose we shouldn’t have been surprised that Dr. Hawking spent the entire time dancing with his daughter, Tesla.  At least he wasn’t arguing with anyone.  I was happy to see he was a good father and I knew he had a green toddler at home.  I wondered if that was what our children would look like?

Oh dear!  Oh dear!  Talin and I had decided that we would both be Willows.  He admitted that Deppiesse was not the greatest last name, and besides, Delphinia could carry on the name.  However, when we had our ceremony, the Clerk of the Court filled out the marriage license incorrectly and we didn’t notice, so now I’m Rose Deppiesse.

Even with that little hiccup, our guests had fun dancing.

I had to rush to the toilet in the middle of the party, only to find I wasn’t the only one currently in the family way.  Perhaps this would give LaShawn and myself something in common.  I’d like to be friends with our neighbors if possible.  It was unlikely I’d ever truly be friends with Dr. Carl. (He refused to be called anything that didn’t have Dr. in front of it.  He’s so stuck up.)

I don’t believe that Jill will become a member of the family.  She kept rejecting every time Iris tried to flirt with her.  A few people were saying that she had been seen coming out of our newest neighbor, Talia’s, house late at night.  Honestly, I don’t think Iris was too heartbroken.

Even though all we had was a radio and a serving of toaster pastries, it was a good party.

Later that night, Delphinia grew up.  I love our girls pointed ears, but I have no idea where they came from.

I started showing soon after.  That’s Delphinia behind me.  That outfit was all we could find for her.  She doesn’t mind.  She says she wants to become a world famous dancer.  I’m not quite sure how we’re going to make that happen for her.  We already know Iris’ dream of being Mayor just isn’t possible because we don’t live in a city, but dance?

Iris wanted to learn to fish and was quite happy to debate flowers versus bombs with a drop by.

Iris was like me, the first thing she ever pulled from the pond was a boot.

She had heard about the robber that we had had who stole my boot and gave me hers to mount on the wall.

Delphinia, meanwhile wanted to learn to be creative and thought art would be a good way to start.  The flower station belongs to Iris, and she’s working hard on learning to make new flower arrangements.

Delphinia also took up yoga to keep her body limber.  She and Iris learned much faster than either Talin or I did.

My second bump came quite quickly.  I couldn’t wait to hold my baby in my arms.

Christy came by.  She and Delphinia got on very well.  I was a little worried though, considering how Jill had treated Iris, so I decided to stay nearby.

I suppose I didn’t need to get in the middle of their kicky bag game, but they didn’t seem to mind, and at least it wasn’t too strenuous.  It was good that Christy enjoyed the same physical things that Delphinia enjoyed.

I felt the need to go into the bathroom when I felt my labor beginning.  I really have no idea why, there wasn’t a lot of room in there.

This red haired, blue eyed little girl was given to her daddy.

So that I had room in my arms for this red haired green eyed little girl.  We named them Peony and Poppy.

Like their older sisters, all of our girls were exceptional.  I couldn’t wait to see what they would grow up to be.  I wonder if I ever told Talin I wanted 10 kids?

See you at the DaVinci’s!

Stats:

Sims: 12

Households: 3

Sim Multiplier: 1

Population: 12

Jobs?  None (one ruleset said a LE space would be open after 1 burglary, another said 3, I’ll go for the harder)

Eagle Valley BaCC Fall 1: Hawking

I am Dr. Carl Hawking, world famous astronomer.

I live at my observatory with my daughter Tesla and LaShawn.    It is LaShawn’s job to take care of Tesla while I am busy with my telescope, and yet she cannot even help with a child’s homework?

LaShawn believes that our brief time upon the couch has created a child in a more normal way than Tesla was created.

Normal is boring.

I had believed, when the aliens removed me from my telescope again, that they were going to ask about Tesla.  However, this was an entirely different group of aliens.

They were every bit as rude about dropping me off as the first.

LaShawn took much worse to being pregnant than I did.  She took no care with herself at all.

She had bought an old clunker of a car, determined to fix it up and sell it off so that we would have some money.

I do not understand what else she thinks we need that would require her to put both herself, and Tesla in danger of those flying sparks.

And helping Tesla with her flying practice might have been a good deed, and a normal part of her duties normally, but she is far too likely to fall.  You would never see me having such a disregard for my own health while I was pregnant.

Which I was.

Tesla was extremely interested in the child I carried within me.  She, of course, knew that that was how she came to be.  Perhaps she was hoping for another with purple skin like hers?

LaShawn continued to work on the car all through her pregnancy.

Until the time came for her to give birth.

We decided to name the boy Edwin.  LaShawn completely refused to accept my choice of name, Hubble, but did allow us to use his first name.  I see no reason she should have had a problem with naming him after the scientist that one of the greatest telescopes ever built was named after.

I did my share of taking care of Edwin during the day while my telescope was not in use.  No one can say I am not a good father.

LaShawn, on the other hand went right back to work on that car of hers.

Meanwhile Tesla had learned everything she could learn about Mechanical things.

I suppose the money from the car was helpful.  The addition of a large nursery, where all of the toys and babies could be stored did clear up space in the dining room.

And of course, the child I myself gave birth to would need some room.

LaShawn had nothing to do with the birth of this child, so she had nothing to do with naming her.  My original plan was to name the child Galileo, but she turned out to be another girl.  Therefore I named her Galilei, Galileo’s last name and a more feminine version of the name.

LaShawn was friends with our neighbor Rose Willow who was *also* green.  I had not thought anything of it when she turned up green, because the only aliens I had met at the time were the same purple Tesla was.

However, when she went straight to Gally and picked her up, I did have to wonder.   Gally’s other birth parent did not have hair, so I admit to being a little worried that she would grow up into leaves.  My children were *aliens* not *plants*.

Tesla continued to practice her flying.  I suppose if LaShawn’s hobby is for the benefit of the children, I can put up with it.

It seemed like no time at all before it was time for Edwin’s first birthday.  I, of course, was the one to bring him to the cake.  I was not sure how well he would do transitioning, since he did not have his sister’s ability to fly.

He did quite well.  I should not be surprised, after all, he is also my child, and while LaShawn is not my intellectual equal, she is not a dullard by any means.  (As if I would allow such a person around my children)

I went back to my telescope, assured LaShawn could handle the rest of the night and no longer fatigued by my own pregnancy.

She not only could handle such things as potty training, but she actually wished to do so.  Perhaps I need to rethink my stance on her intelligence.

LaShawn was still working on her newest car when it was time for Gally to grow up.

Like her sister, she was covered with sparkles I could not capture.

Tesla met her siblings at the play table, although why they were drawing instead of playing with blocks, I do not know.  Gally loves blocks as much as Tesla does, while Edwin prefers his logic toy.  Perhaps he will follow me into science.  Of course, he does not have my name…

LaShawn felt the need to draw me down onto the couch once more and give the new toddlers a lesson in anatomy.  Thinking more on it, I’m not entirely sure such knowledge is necessary at this stage in their development, especially for Edwin who is fully human.  She informed me afterword that she heard a lullaby once again.

Fall for the Willows next!

LaShawn is a family sim.  Yet never once has she rolled a want to get engaged or married.  To have a baby, yes, but not to marry him.  Mind you, I don’t think I’d want to marry him either.  He’s a knowledge sim with a want to be Education Minister (not likely).  She’s a family sim with a want to marry off 6 children.  Normally that would be a doable want, but since so many of the kids in the family are not hers (and I don’t have the bigger family size hack), it might not be possible.  He, after all, wants to be abducted 5 times and is more likely to get that want.  After all, the multi PT hack has 4 different aliens.

Stats

Sims: 10 (+2)

Sim Multiplier: 1

Population: 10

Eagle Valley BaCC Summer 1: DaVinci

My name is Talia DaVinci.

I was *born* to create art!  It’s even in my name!  Sure, Leonardo invented stuff and stuff, but who really cares about that?  Think of the art!  My purpose in life is to make things pretty.  I moved out here to Eagle Valley to get more inspiration for my art.

My parents were quite happy to give me enough money to buy this cute little house.  They said something about getting me away from the “bad influences” in my life.  What bad influences?  Carly and Megan and Tina and Louise and Shaniqua and… well, you get the picture.  They were just friends.  Friends who *inspired* me!

You would think that if they were going to buy me a house they’d give me enough money to furnish it.  Ah well, it’s no big deal.  After all, it’s what’s on the outside that counts!  Function has no place getting in the way of the pretty.

I think Mommy and Dad thought there wouldn’t be any cute girls around.  They were wrong.  I’ve already got people leaving me gifts and giving me compliments.   I suppose I can take a few minutes away from my painting.  After all, I might need some more inspiration.  And nothing inspires me more than cute girls.

I don’t know that this guy is worth leaving my picture for, but he does live right next door, so I suppose I should be polite.  *sigh*

Oh!  I know that sound!  Someone is hearting me!  I love it when someone hearts me!  It means I’m more likely to be inspired!

Oh yeah, inspiration, here I come!  When we met it was like getting hit by a lightning bolt! Zap! Zap! Zap! Three lightning bolts even!

My first picture on my new land.  I think I’ll call her Michelle, after the gorgeous redhead that came over earlier.  I made sure to get her number before she left.

She was delighted to come over for a date.

And we did have quite a bit of fun.  She inspired me so much I immediately felt the need to get out of bed and go paint.  I hope she understands.  I am an artist!  If she’s going to be my muse, she needs to realize that art comes first.

This person could not appreciate true art!  He will not be invited back.

I did, sometimes, let the landscape inspire me.  The river?  Um… well… and the trees?  They’re um… they’re over at the Willow place, right across the street of course!

The next time I invited Michelle over was more for me than my art.  I’d never had just one muse before, but I’d never had someone I appreciated as much as I did Michelle.

She was not just a lover, but a friend as well.

I might even be falling in love instead of just lust.

Do you have any idea what true love will do to my art?!?  It makes me glow!  And it will bring me true masterpieces!  I just know it will!

See you in the fall!

Talia is a Fortune/Romance sim with a want to be the Law (not happening).  Her first date with Michelle, who she does have three bolts with, they ACR woohooed, but the whole time her wants panel was masterpiece, money, top arts and crafts.  Not a single want for Michelle after pillowfighting her.

I actually expected Talia to be a bit more ditzy, but she turned out just to be a little obsessed.

Stats:

Sims: 8

Households: 3

Sim Multiplier: 1

Population: 8

See you back at Hawking’s place for the fall!

Eagle Valley Summer 1: Willow

This is Rose Willow.

This is Rose Willow killing bugs, bugs and even more bugs!  Yet they still keep coming!

While killing bugs in the middle of the night, the can of bug spray exploded.

Once she finished coughing, she noticed that something was different.

Living off the land had a whole different meaning for her now.

Upset and confused, what would Talin think of her now? Rose found herself shaking her head, wishing for someone she could talk to.

When she looked up, there was a toddler plantsim just like her.  She named her Iris.

With Iris to care for now, she knew she had to get it together.  There were tomatoes to harvest, cucumber plants to weed

and of course, bugs to kill.  You would have thought that giant explosion of bug spray would have killed them all.

The next morning, she hesitantly called up Talin.  What if he didn’t like her new form?

It didn’t seem to be a problem.

Overcome, she laid one on him before asking him to move in.  She would build him a house and they could share it at night and work on the farm all day.

She started harvesting oranges from the tree she had just talked into health.  She didn’t notice

Talin using the bug spray.  She went over to stop him.

It was too late.

Talin took being turned into a plantsim with the same equanimity he had taken *her* becoming a plantsim and went right back to work.

Iris didn’t seem to care one way or the other.

Rose and Talin realized they were still people and could do almost everything a person could do, but no longer needed to sleep or eat.  They also realized they no longer really needed the house that they’d built when he moved in.

The two plantsims came up with a system.  They would talk to the plant until it was thriving, then sell the mouthwatering fruit.  They no longer needed to eat it themselves after all.

They would use the money to buy lady bug houses to take care of the bugs.

And a blocks table for Iris and Delphinia, Talin’s plantbaby daughter.  Talin did admit he should have thought better of her name, since he and Rose were not married yet, his daughter was Delphinia Deppiesse, which was quite a mouthful.

In no time at all, it seemed Iris was grown up.

and finding a love of her own.

(point of interest… it is impossible to tell from pictures which plantsim is which.  Well, except for pictures like that, since Iris is the only one who would be kissing Jill (autonomously through ACR, only one lightning bolt, not going to last)I need to figure out someway to tell them apart besides when they’re wearing underwear)

Things I haven’t said:  Rose and Talin aren’t married or even engaged yet.  I’m hoping he’ll roll the want, she’s had it locked for a while.  Rose is a family sim with a LTW to reach her golden anniversary (doable).  Talin is a knowledge sim with a LTW of maxing his skills (doable).  Iris is a Popularity/Fortune with a job LTW, don’t remember which one, but not doable right now.  She will not be the Willow heir, because she’s only about 6 days younger than her mother.  Delphinia Deppiesse will also be moving out when she grows up and they have a business and be starting a Deppiesse family.  The kids were basically left to themselves, although they were bathed a couple of times, given smart milk and taught their nursery rhymes.

Stats

Sims: 7 (+3)

Sim Multiplier: 1

Population: 7

Eagle Valley Summer 1: Hawking

I am Dr. Carl Hawking, and this is my daughter Tesla.  Just last season she was gifted to me by the aliens.  I believe I will prove my worthiness if I can bring her up into an exceptional individual.

Tesla was quite interested in logic and I was more than interested in helping her build this necessary and important skill.

I taught her to speak.  Dr. Carl were her first words.

That night, as I searched the heavens for new stars or the return of the aliens, I suddenly had a thought.  What if they took me away again?  Although she would be fine for the few hours I would be gone, would Social Sim Services feel the same way?  Or would they try to remove her from my household?

The next day I interviewed several applicants.  I needed someone to actually move in so they would be there if I was taken unexpectedly in the middle of the night.

I watched how they interacted with Tesla.

I asked about finances.

I believed it unlikely that someone would choose to move in to the observatory as it was, but I did not have the money to renovate at this point.

This one, LaShawn Cameron, seemed most likely, so I gave her several additional tests, such as this strength test.  She should certainly have no trouble carrying Tesla around if it became necessary.

I felt it best whoever moved in felt something for me that they could transfer to my daughter.  Once LaShawn informed me she loved me or perhaps the roaches, I’m honestly not sure which, I invited her to move in.

With the money she brought with her, we were able to enclose the bottom two floors of the observatory.

The bottommost floor contained a kitchen, bathroom and small study area.  It also had an area for Tesla and her toys near the refrigerator.

The second floor, we were not able to furnish except for one bed in the main bedroom.

Not that it was truly necessary.

The couch worked quite well for physical endeavors and allowed Tesla to learn some things about human anatomy.

Secure in the knowledge that Tesla would be taken care of if I was removed from the property, I headed back to my beloved telescope.

Soon, it was time for Tesla to turn into a more tolerable person who could get her own milk.

She grew up into a human shirt.  I appreciated the irony.

Tesla’s block table got moved up into the area that is supposed to be her room, but it turned out to be rather small.  She could either have the block table in there, or a bed.

She chose the block table and slept in the hammock on the front porch.

LaShawn wishes us to have dinner together every night.  I gave into her this night, but if this is to continue, it must be before it gets dark out.

Tesla wished to see where she came from, and gave evidence of her alien abilities as she stood on empty air in order to see out of the telescope.

With Tesla’s toddler toys out of the way, there was room for this desk and a laptop.  I finally am able to write reports on the things I have observed.  It also gives me something to do when it is too light to use my telescope.

LaShawn changed her hair and informed me that she had heard a lullaby last time we were on this couch.  I have no idea what her auditory hallucinations have to do with me.

See you at the Willows!

Stats:

Sims: 4 (+1)

Sim Multiplier: 1

Population: 4