#i might do like. powernap -> 2 hours of work -> repeat

[woodfrogs]

i can sleep in until noon tomorrow if necessary. my midterm is due at 9:30 am. i have a performance at 3:15 so i do need a bit more than 3 hours of sleep

[xewohsims2]

The Kirigoe Legacy, pt. 1: We're so glad to have caught up!

So, now that I've finally caught up with my legacy challenge, I feel it's finally time to document it as it happens.

My current heir, Camilla, has finally made it off to college and is living independently of her parents - but with such a huge responsibility on her shoulders of not only carrying on her family name, but also attending a world-renowned university where only the best of the best can get in (and clearly she got in very much off her own back), can she live up to the responsibilities put on her shoulders?

So, we lift off with a wave from the woman herself - proud heir to the Kirigoe name - hello, Camilla!

"Hi!"

And what are you doing today?

"Well, my final exam is coming up very soon after a semester here. It's been the best semester EVER! I've found a secret society of people who all wear these funky uniforms, and they live in a castle, and they've promised they can help me fly through college!" Sounds great, Camilla! I hope you do well in your exam, and I hope you've been studying!

"Yeah... it's kinda hard, living at such a college. I thought college was meant to be fun? But everyone here seems to just want to talk about grades and homework all the time, I don't know where the party spirit is."

The party... spirit. Hmm. Isn't Académie Le Tour extremely prestigious where only the greatest minds can attend and enter? That might mean...

"Yeah, yeah, that's what everyone says. Anyhow, I'm late for work at the campus coffee shop and I've some errands to do. Bye!"

I-- okay.

-10 hours later-

Uh... Camilla? Aren't you supposed to be in a super important final exam tomorrow? You don't want to be late for that, after all--

"Yeah! But it's fine though, I agreed these extra shifts so I could make some more money for party supplies. I could just get Mother or Father to wire me some extra Simoleons, but they'll start asking questions about why I need a little §100 here and another §250 there, and I don't need the line of questioning about why I have so many "books" to buy, if you catch me. Plus, have you even worked on a campus coffee shop!? You get to hear all of the latest gossip on campus! Anyway, it's almost hometime now."

I-- okay. I hope you can get up tomorrow for your big exam - you wouldn't want to be late.

"No chance! It's only 12AM now, and my exam is at 3AM! College students don't need sleep - only coffee!"

I didn't even know a coffee shop stayed open so late... or that universities did Final Exams so early... Well, goodnight, and good luck for your exam!

Uhhh... Camilla? It's 2:45AM. Isn't your exam in 15 minutes?

"zzzzzzzz...."

Hmm, okay.

"Oh, hi! Looks like I took a little powernap whilst waiting for my final exam."

Yeah, ya don't say. You do know it's 4:00AM, right? You're an hour late.

"I-- WHAT!? I better go get ready!"

"Get out of my way! I have an exam I'm late for!" wheezes, "Jeez! I shouldn't have taken that 10 hour shift the day before the finals! But who even sets an exam for 3AM!?"

I'm unsure myself, it seems like a weird time to have a final. Well, good luck, and I hope you get a good grade!

Oh, hi again, Camilla. How did your exam go?

"Terribly - They gave me a D+ and forced me to repeat this semester! Mother and Father did not donate §500,000 to this university only for them to put me onto academic probation straight away! They will hear of this."

Wait, is that your phone?

"Yes, it is. I'm calling my-- ah, Father, hello! Yes, yes I know it's early in the morning. We have a dire situation, Father, and I need your help. This smarmy, smug university has put me on Academic Probation already! ...yes, yes I definitely studied. ...no, I did not throw any parties!? ..You'll speak with them? Excellent, thank you Father! I expect a reversal of this decision before the end of today. ..Yes, love you too, Father. Bye now."

...you never studied, did you, Camilla?

"I... what? No, it's this stuck up college of stuffy academic types. They expect me to study, study, study, when everyone knows college is about fun! Just, please do not tell Mother or Father of this. They would hit the roof if they found out."

Hmmm.

"I'm being serious. They made a sizeable donation to this institution in good faith that I would get a degree and be made for life! But it's okay, I have a plan."

And what would that be?

"You'll see."

-that evening-

"Oh, hi again! This is our Secret Society, the place I told you about before? The one with the uniforms?"

Ah, yes, that one. And what's this you're doing on the PC? Studying, or your term paper, I hope?

"Ahahaha, you're so silly! But no, it's neither of those things. As members of the Secret Society we have... privileged access, shall we say, to the university databases. All it takes is knowing a little bit of code and I'm on my way to an A+ faster than you can say Summa Cum Laude!"

Wait, isn't that hacking? Isn't this not only against college code, but probably also illegal?

"What are you with this "studying" and "code" nonsense? All it takes is a little--- Ah, plumbbobs!!! I've triggered one of the security alerts. Better log out before I---"

Wait, can I hear sirens?

"Ms. Kirigoe?" the intimidating-looking officer enquired.

"Yes, it's me. What is it, officer?"

"I'm Officer Kauker of SimCity Constabulary. We have received a trigger from this location for a security alert on the college database. Are you aware that this has made our forces privy to every move you've made on that computer for the past five hours?"

"I- what, no!? That wasn't-- I mean, why!? Aren't you invading my privacy by watching my every move on my computer!?"

"Ms. Kirigoe, please. Those PCs are college property, first of all. Second of all, you are not to touch the college database again. This is punishable by a fine to the tune of §450, and a reset of your college grades. Do not do this again, lest there be a more severe punishment.. such as you being expelled from this institution."

"I-- fine. Here's the penalty money. It won't happen again, officer."

Camilla waited for Officer Kauker to leave.

"What a fun-sponge that officer was. That was my entire days' wages down at the coffee shop, too! Oh, well. I guess I need to be more careful next time."

Yeah, or you could just not hack the database in future?

"Or not get caught."

-The next day-

"Oh, hi Camilla. Say, who's this?"

"Hi Orlando! It's the narrator of this legacy. Say hi! Narrator, this is Orlando, my roommate and one of the smartest kids on his major. They say he was sooooo smart, that he made it here on scholarship!"

Hi, Orlando.

"Hi, narrator! Say, Camilla, what are you doing?" asked Orlando

"Hm? Oh, this! See, I downloaded a firewall program. And a VPN. And a few other things. With this now I'm sure to get a good grade this semester without being caught! I'm on academic probation, you see, and I need to pass or--" answered Camilla

"Why do you not just... study like the rest of us? We can help! We usually have a research group going on, all majors welcome, every week at the libr--"

Camilla interrupted enthusiastically, "Pfffft. That's for amateurs. I don't have the time for study groups! Check this out. All I need to do is click here, type a little code here, aaaaand... bingo! I now have a passing grade for this semester. Easy as pie!"

"I... see. Well, I have a term paper to finish, and then I have class in a few hours. So I guess I'll see you later?"

Poor Orlando sounded like he'd given up with his advice, for now. Perhaps next time he may get through to Camilla?

Will she pass this semester of college and be able to live out her dreams of a party lifestyle, or will she have to dial back on the house parties?

[siren-virus]

There's some stuff that has been going around in my head regarding Luckuboy!AU, so I'll just dump everything here and see how you might adapt/change/evolve some of these ideas, or don't use any of them since that's perfectly valid too and it's your au, not mine :3 anyways, this is a long idea that can be divided, so I'll do just that and make a paragraph for each sub-idea.

1) Ben's daily schedule: Ben most likely has a morning schedule in the coffee shop, and as such he would get to work early, now idk how they work, but I imagine Ben's day to day life would go something like this: Ben's alarm goes off at 7:00, he wakes up and leaves bed at 7:15, breakfast and shower before arriving at work at 8:00 (do shops open at 8:00? 8:30? idk :V), keep working until 16:00 with lunchtime tucked in the middle, hang out with friends/relax/naps until 20:00, start his own vigilante work until 2:00, where he goes to sleep and repeats. If his patrol is slow then he would go home earlier to sleep more, if it's hectic and he doesn't get enough sleep, then the afternoon/evening would be used in powernaps.

2) Ben the info brooker, I imagine that Ben would eventually get to know a lot, and I mean A LOT, of information about everyone and everything important that's going on in Undertown (which, considering the situation of Earth and the Plumbers, is probably the only alien world center, would be everything), and when he hears of someone having some kind of trouble, he gives them a nudge in a certain direction for them. Eventually word gets out that there's a new information brooker in town that has scarily accurate info, he works at a coffee shop and you better give him a big tip if you don't want some of your info to get out fast (how real this info is nobody knows, and since Ben hasn't heard of it he can't correct them)

2.5) One day Argit appears and asks for a coffee under a different name, when it's ready Ben calls for him (he used a fake name) and writes with an alcohol marker on the cup "Argit", scaring the hell out of him. "How did you know?" "I'd be shitty at what I do if I couldn't recognize you *wink*", then he tells him that as long as they do nothing dangerous near him he won't tattle him and Kevin to the Plumbers, or worse, Gwen. "Don't you dare" says Argit aghast, "Try me bitch" answers Ben grinning, almost double daring him into doing something dangerous only so he can call his cousin and set up a date

3) The coffee made in the shop is delicious, caters to every species needs, alergies, likes and dislikes, and everyone agrees that the place is the best of the best in the whole world for these reasons and more; thus the shop has been a tentative neutral zone for years, however the lack of "people" (idk what word to use that captures everyone, human or alien) that knows how to fight there has severly dampened the opportunity of it becoming one. Cue Ben beggining to work there, in the beggining it's nothing special, he's just a human who makes good coffee and is surprisingly charming, come a few weeks and months and everyone starts noticing how he's the infamous information brooker that has been the talk of Undertown, thus gathering a bit more attention. Eventually someone (Plumber, civilian, villain, whatever you choose) is more rude to him than needed and tries to get some info from him, even if it's by force... Ben decks him, like, he kicks their ass, defenestrates them, break a chair on them and hands them unconcious to the closest Plumber, bleeding and all while still being intact himself. Everyone glares in awe at the show of badassery and oficially the coffee shop becomes the new true neutral zone, where everyone can get coffee, exchange information and form unlikely friendships. Whenever someone tries to mess with the shop, if Ben isn't present, is busy or it's too much for him, everyone else, Plumber, villain and civilian joins him in defending the shop and getting rid of the nuisancess that mess with the shop.

4) With all the info that Ben gets both as a barista and as a vigilante, one would think that he would give everything out as long as you paid the prize, but surprisingly he has a strong code that he never breaks. If he EVER learns that a piece of information he has with himself is considered confidential, then he'll never speak about it with anyone, no matter how much they offer to pay him. He can't answer for the ones who talks about this info in the shop without saying in any moment that the info is supposed to be confidential, he can't read minds, but everyone catches on fast on this, and some say the keyword when talking in the coffee shop. However many still forget about it once in a while, since the calm atmosphere of the shop is too powerful and slip up often happen. Still Ben can't be blamed, how is he supposed to know if some piece of info is confidential if no one ever says it is? Again, he's not a mindreader nor a telepath.

5) Any info on his vigilante persona he never gives out, however it's not because of not wanting to give out any of that info, but rather because another part of his code is "If I haven't heard people talk about something, then I don't know information about it. All my info is second hand, so unless someone else already knows about it, I won't know about it". That can come in very handy considering the surprisingly little info there is about his vigilante persona out there, despite how famous he kinda is. This more often than not drives Jimmy mad.

Love brainstorms, hate the alien.

1) Most cafes open at 7am from my knowledge, 9am if you're in a sleepy town, so it'd be more like a 6am wake up, optional breakfast- (who eats breakfast these days?), straight to the cafe around 7ish to help with cleaning and setting up for the day.

This cafe is more of a 24/7 place. With 24/7 breakfast! (don't you hate it when places stop doing breakfast at a certain hour?)

Apart from that love what ya got there.

As for the vigilante side, he starts whenever is easiest, it's all dependent if things are hectic or not. Sun goes down roughly 7PM (pretty late I know, but where I live (during summer at least), sun won't go down til 9PM). Sometimes he finishes at 2AM, sometimes a few minutes before work (Incoming animatic!)

2) Love everything about that too! I'd like to think Ben has no idea about it at first, he just notices some days the tip jar is fuller than others. He chocks it up to his charming personality. But eventually he catches on.

Another thing to add, at some point if people wanted to get info from Ben they'd order a "whipped caramel latte with icing sugar, honey, and salt" (gross) Ben has no idea of this, but the weird amount of customers ordering that and asking for intel, kinda makes him think about it.

2.5) This!! good shit right here! Except, you can't call a customer a bitch, trust me... Karen's and Kevin's exist in all shapes, sizes and forms. So Ben uses the kill them with kindness, customer service attitude.

Additionally, sometimes Kevin, although rarely, comes by, hovers around the counter. He'll order a coffee and glare at Ben until, he gets his attention.

"You staring at me for a reason?"

"I need to know about Gwen 10."

Of course, at this Ben would grin devilishly and respond with, "Oh, you wanna take her on date? She loves sappy romance movies, she's also a nerd, so get her a math book instead of flowers."

That always shuts Kevin up, makes him leave most occasions.

3) Everything about this is just!!! Love it. Wouldn't change a thing.

4) Yes yes!!Sometimes, a customer will demand classified info (those that aren't initiated to how the cafe works). When Ben refuses to squawk this can lead to some shouting from a customer sometimes, which leads to a coworker, or a regular shoeing the nasty customer away. Ben can hold his own against most people, as a human, but sometimes they're just a little too big or a little too tough to be able to defend himself against.

5) I like that a lot too.

I also like to think that sometimes, if Ben wants to mess with someone, especially Jimmy. He'll slip a piece of information out that no one else knows.

"I heard from a plumber, that the vigilante guy likes smoothies- specifically [insert favourite smoothie flavour of the week]"

Cue Jimmy buying several of that smoothie to try and lure Luckyboy (still haven't thought of a namee!!!) out. It works, and Ben gets free smoothies almost every week.

This could backfire immensely though.

Woo, sorry about the delay there, been working a few shifts. Work is kicking my ass as usual...