manawitchyt

[manawitchyt]

 Hot Tea Legacy 🍵

by lxdice (me)

This is a legacy challenge I created to add some more drama and spice to my game while enjoying the many packs and features it has to offer (that I often forget exist)! Feel free to use mods/cc in your games or play completely vanilla. It’s all up to you! In some generations, I will add some mod suggestions that I think would add to the overall experience of that gen, but it is NOT a must! Feel free to alter certain goals to suit your play style as I want you guys to enjoy the legacy and have fun! I hope you guys are ready for some drama & hot tea! 🍵

This legacy is pack heavy (I couldn’t help myself 😭) so feel free to swap out traits, aspirations and goals to something you can do with the packs you own. Some generations are more wholesome than others. Some are filled with drama! If you want to check things off your list, make a copy of the rules to keep for yourself, then you should be able to edit it! Oh and I want to see your sims!! So tag me on tumblr, youtube or twitter if you decide to play this legacy @lxdice. I want to see all the stories you guys tell! Or use the #hottealegacy ❤️

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[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 6

On the final day of the Quests the early morning air was cold and crisp. Not a single creature was stirring and yet Mortimer and Bella had already headed off in to work. Emily was trying to get ready for the start of her day, but the bed was too warm. The snooze alarm broke through the cozy spell.

Emily rolled out of bed and started her morning routine. She was going to make today the best day of the Cozy Celebrations Quests. Tonight was also the Office Pizza Holiday party. It was going to be hard to keep her mind on the Quest, especially when she couldn't stop thinking about asking Aziz out.

Her house guest were quite the little mess makers. Emily picked up after them the entire time they have been here. Its like she is the maid in thier own personal b&b.

E: thinking I wish I wasn't the babysitter all the time. I don't think Cass and Alex like me very much, but it's almost over.

Alexander, he hated being called Alex, only those he deemed too stupid to fully respect his family name did he tell to call him "Alex". Alexander needed to find another way out of this hell hole his parents left him in. They couldn't careless about his desires to leave. They told him to suck it up.

🎶coffee is the best part of waking up… hmm hmm hmmm… my cup���� All the chores were done, the house was sparkling clean. Emily hasn't seen a dust bunny since she moved in. She is nailing this whole home owner thing! Still feels like she has roommates though, she giggles to herself.

Just as Emily was taking the first sip of her coffee a voice broke through her happy mood.

C: Im totally adding this to Social Bunny Teen Laugh CLICK. You look ridiculous with that on your face. You know its not meant to stay on there that long right?

E: Thanks Cass. How are you this morning?

Thankfully the bored teen walks off to video chat with her friend just as Emily's notifications blow up her phone.

E: Quest 6 started just in time to save me and the first two tasks should be easy to complete before work. I just need to get through one more day with them here. Then I'll be free.

Emily whips out her Grandma Parcel's old carafe, adds a few cups to a serving try, adds the premixed hot chocolate powder to the bottom of the cups and pours boiled water over top. She now can cross the "prepare hot chocolate" task off her list. She tells the kids they can have a mug if they want.

She turns the console into a movie player because she found a few DVDs in the bottom of one of her moving boxes. Turns out it was a home movie of an old Winterfest at Grandma Parcel's. Emily was so little sitting next to the counter watching Grandma bake cookies. It made her tear up. Task 2 done.

Emily still had an hour before she had to leave for work and the kids were in desperate need of some fun. So the next task came at the perfect time. Both kids were excited to kick Emily's butt at Pro bowling multiplayer.

C: You sure you want to play us Em?

E: Oh definitely. I could use the fun.

The game was a nail biter. Alex screamed that it was rigged and that Emily must have hacked his controller somehow. Cass locked in, put her serious face on and tried her best. Emily unleashed her pent up nice girl rage and let these kids have it! No mercy, STRIKE after STRIKE after STRIKE. Its over.

A: Emily, you have earned my respect. You've beat me in fair combat, you may call me Alexander now. I'll beat you next time though, I won't hold back.

E: Uh, ok…Alexander. Thanks for a good game.

C: Holy crap Alex. Quit being such a little dweeb. Dad doesn't even call you Alexander.

A: I know.

The morning whizzed by. The kids went off to school and Emily was only a little late to work. Jasmine's App wanted her to Document the research from this mornings tasks. Emily had been working on trying to reword her submission about the multiplayer game. It's hard to write how you beat little kids.

She wrote a rough draft that minimized the soul crushing defeat she handed the kids. There were plenty of new discoveries to tell Jasmine about. Emily used the work email system to send her message. There was a lot of files to attach so it was taking a bit longer than necessary.

After lunch Emily received her first reward notification while she was swamped with more work. She got so hyper focused on her work that she didn't notice one of her co-workers trying to talk to her.

Not that this particular co-worker minded. He liked to hear his own voice most of the time.

Don was having a one sided conversation for what felt like 10 whole minutes with out a single acknowledgement of his existence from Emily. No woman has ever ignored him this long. He really needed to turn up the smolder.

Emily was continuing to file away. Lost in her own little oblivious world.

It didn't work. His most smoldery smolder didn't crack even a single flirtatious smirk on her face.

D: thinking Emily you beautiful creature, you have no idea how much you drive my me crazy. The only woman who is immune to my to charms.

E: OH! Hi Don. I didn't see you there. How are you doing?

And just like that Quest 6 is over. Emily's new items will be sent to her house.

Emily was a little sad that her time volunteering is over. She had so much fun learning about the different Holiday Traditions. She will let Jasmine know she will definitely volunteer the next time she needs help.

E: Sorry Don, I got in the groove there and didn't hear you. Hope you weren't trying to get my attention too long.

D: No, no. not too long big smile You going to the Party tonight?

E: Yup. You?

D: Im on Set up duty. I could use some help. You in?

E: I guess so.

D: Great, lets hit up the warehouse!

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Thats the end of Quest 6! I had to skip the second pic in the last set of images due to the limited amount of pictures i could post, I didn't want to make a part 2 just for one picture. This isn't the end of our story i have 2 bonus parts coming next. I have a ware house story and the Pizza party story 💖✨ I'll catch you next time ✨👋

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 5 Part 2

After a quick outfit change she was even more hungry than she was before. This time she was going to be extra vigilant. No more fires in this house!

Luckily her meal kit came with enough ingredients to make the dish more than once. Emily was smart to the kit safely in the fridge earlier.

Emily went through the instructions a second time. Carefully going through each step to make sure she didn't mess anything up. She was determined to make this even better than the first one would have been.

When it was finished it was perfect. It amazingly looked exactly like the reference pic.

She wished she could count her stayover guests as invited guests but i guess that would be cheating. Singing Songs on an instrument will have to wait till she unpacked her violin later.

She decided to invite Tamati, Aziz, and Hilary to come over. They all said they were free to come over tonight.

The guests had arrived and Emily felt a bit shy. She had a little work crush on Aziz (the new guy). She gave them all a small tour of her new house. Tamati and Hilary went to watch tv downstairs and to poor a drink.

Hilary gave her a wink as she vanished down stairs, leaving her all alone with Aziz.

Emily starts adding her favourite bobbles to the tree so she didn't have to look directly at Aziz. Its easier to talk to him if she can't get dazzled by his gorgeous face,

E: Thanks for coming tonight. Its nice to add another face to the group.

A: Thankyou, Its nice to be invited out with you guys.

After an awkward silence or two Aziz decides to head to the basement to mingle with the others. Emily took the opportunity to get her violin out and strum a few bars. Wow, was she was rusty! Jingle bells did not sound right at all. It hurt even her own ears. Thankfully the app didn't care.

Tamati came up to see what all the screeching violin music was about, but by the time he was upstairs Emily was done.

E: Want to listen to my new sound system? Maybe we could have a mini dance party or something.

Tamati didn't look like he was too thrilled, T: I might need another nectar for that.

Emily went down to ask the others if they would like to see it. They of course said sure. She could always count on Hilary to rally the group together.

Emily heads up the stairs then realizes she had forgot to turn on her out door lights. She throws on a coat and runs to turn on the auto-switch.

When she got back in the house Tamati had chosen the music from one of his playlists. Mortimer, Emily and Aziz all started dancing and having a great time.

Tamati really knew how to build a playlist! and No holiday music was on it. This was so much fun. They should do it again some time.

The night got late and they all had to work in the morning so the get together ended on a high note.

As they all got in thier Oobers Emily received a notification about completing the Wreath collection. The other Q5 rewards will be shipped out to her tomorrow, during office hours. Quest 5 is done.

Once the door was locked and all the lights turned out it was time for Emily to go to bed. What a long day.

Tomorrow was another day, with one last quest to begin. She wonders what the final few tasks will be…

She drifts off to sleep. Dreaming about cute firefighters singing Winterfest carols.

Thats the end of Quest 5! thank you all for reading. I'll catch you on the next one! ✨

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 5 Part 1

After work Emily promptly received her Quest 5 tasks. No waiting this time. Thankfully she was starving so she got quickly started on the Hallaca meal kit.

The magazine meal kits have introduced her to so many great recipes and new flavours from around the world. Its the best part of these quests.

Emily had no idea there were so many meals dedicated to the Winterfest holiday season. Her families traditional dry asf turkey and clumpy mashed potatoes don't seem to be all that appealing after tasting other traditional foods. She will have to bring a dish to her parents place for holiday supper.

As the recipe was nearly completed Emily zones out thinking about what all she needs to get done before Winterfest. She needs to clean the bathrooms, decorate the tree, wash the floors, the laundry and don't forget the cookies! The list seems to get longer and longer the more she thinks about it.

Emily starts thinking about what kinds of baking she is going to do once her house guests leave. She doesn't want the kids to eat it all before she can take it to her parents house…

Something smells funny. Like burnt cookies or OMG!

The oven caught on fire! How the hell did that happen?

Emily couldn't remember if a tea towel was too close to the burner or did something splash on the cook top. This day was destined to be a disaster from the start.

The fire alarm screeches loudly throughout the house, making it hard to think.

Panic set in. Emily has no idea if the fire department will get here in time to save the house! She needs to think and think fast.

Bella and Cassandra run into the room,

B: Heavens to Betsy Emily what's all the racket about?

C: Emily!! O M G! Get away from the fire! stop drop and roll or something.

Oh shit, oh shit oh shit!!

The fire has spread to the counter. Engulfing her latest dish in flames. Emily needs to deal with this fire NOW.

She runs to the linen closet to grab the fire extinguisher. Its now or never. If she wants to save her new house she will have to be the one to put it out.

She flicks the safety off, aims, and squeezes the trigger.

Nothing happens!

Bella and Cass panic behind her.

Emily tries again, but this time she squeezes harder. Thankfully the foam bursts from the cannister. It made her feel like the action hero from that one holiday movie from the late 80's.

Channeling her inner superhero helped keep her calm.

The fire is officially out! Emily is so proud of her self! She can't believe she did that. No one got hurt which was the most important part. She didn't even need the fire department to come. They only would have been a sexy distraction.

Alex was livid! How did she manage to put it out herself? He had rigged the oven to overheat and cause the fire. He wanted to go home. If this house was to wrecked to live in then they would have to go somewhere else. Dang it! He would have stay another night. bah plumbob.

Emily had called up her home insurance place and they quickly sent out technicians to replace her burnt stuff. She thought she had a better deductible than what insurance claimed but there was a clause in the contract about causing the fire through cooking new recipes while low skilled in cooking.

The only thing insurance didn't clean up was the floor. They said miraculously it didn't catch fire. It was just sooty and grimy from the replacement. So she was on the hook to clean it. Emily got out her trusty mop and started cleaning with vigor. She wanted that nasty mark on the floor gone asap.

This is the End of Quest 5 Part 1.

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 4

Monday morning had arrived and just as Emily sat down for breakfast, her Event notifications started to go off. Emily has to go into work so hopefully she can complete some of the tasks..

The rewards look really nice too. She can't wait to get her feet into new slippers and play with the console.

On her lunch break Emily got a chance to work on her tasks. She needed to do some research on Holiday traditions so she clicked on Simggle and found a lot of information. Should she keep it to local traditions or branch out to other places? This might eat up her entire lunch break.

Emily decides to keep her search within the Willowcreek & Newcrest areas for the time being. There was enough information to make a really great essay for Jasmine's team to read through. They might even run it as an article in the magazine if she writes it well enough. Wouldn't that be something!

Emily double checks her spelling and grammar. Don't need to submit a subpar submission. She makes it as helpful as can be. She loves being helpful! It definitely could lead to a promotion. Especially if Jasmine notices her attention to detail in the reports. One last scan then she can hit SEND.

E: and… submit! I totally aced this task!

Emily mentally pats herself on the back for this well written and extremely educational response.

E: This is totally going to go into the magazine. My mom is going go nuts stealing the rest of the families copies. Dad is going to hang it on the wall.

E: Ok now what? Does the submission take longer at the office than it does on my phone? I should have emailed to myself then added it to the phone. Now I have to wait.

Her stomach suddenly makes a loud hungry grumble. She had forgotten to grab her lunch out of the fridge and now lunch is over.

She got back to work for a few hours. Slowly getting more hangry as the day moved on. She wanted to snap at her chatty coworkers buy the cute new guy was talking so its ok. Eventually her phone jingled. The pop up indicated they received her submission. The first reward was sent off to her house.

Thankfully its now coffee time. Emily dashes to the coffee shop.

E: Can I get a dark roast double double? and do you still have everything bagels left?

Cashier: Umm, let me check. No sorry, we sold out of bagels at lunch. Just the coffee then?

E: (Just my luck ) Yeah just the coffee please.

Emily's back was stiff from sitting at her desk most of the day. She really should put in a ticket to get a new chair or maybe a standing desk. Maybe she should join the office yoga classes once a month next year.

The barista finished up her coffee and set it on the counter.

Emily took a sip of the coffee. At least the coffee was good. Better than the stuff she could make in her breakroom upstairs. She was still hungry though, she has a real craving for a everything bagel. Guess thats why she doesn't work though lunch normally. Lets hope the rest of her day goes better.

Emily moved her little coffee break back upstairs to the break room. She notices the new guy, Aziz Nadir, sitting on the couch and decides to ask him what he thinks about all the holiday songs the company has blasting on the radio speakers.

A: Some of them are repeated way too much, its nauseating.

Emily was walking back to her desk and noticed her other cohorts were visiting and decided to also ask them about the holiday music. Hilary & Tamati are her work besties.

H: The music is ok i guess nothing wrong with it. I just hum along while I type

Tamati just looks cranky. His sneer was loud.

E: What about you Tamati?

T: It sucks. I hate winter holiday music. The moment it starts my skin starts to crawl. It should be outlawed as a form psychological torture. I just turn on my earbuds and drown it out with my favourite Spop music.

E: I'll add this under anonymous, kay? Just incase.

Emily worked passed regular office hours. Someone had added a few extra little files to her desk while she was gone for lunch. All of them with a note stating they needed to be transcribed before tomorrow mornings meeting.

The last think on her quest to do list was Listen to holiday music.

After finishing her work and a few energy drinks Emily makes her way to the front doors to leave.The cleaning crew left one of the spearkers on, so she stood there and enjoyed the holiday music.

Its didn't take long for her phone to also hear it and complete the quest for her. Quest 4 was complete.

And That's the End of this one. Thankyou all for Reading along! I'll catch you on the next one ✨

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 3 Part 2

Its been a while since she has made cookies. The last time was when she was little and stayed at her grandma's house for Winterfest. The whole house was filled with family. So many cousins to play with, but She loved spending time with grandma in the kitchen. Grandma had to be a level 10 cook.

Nothing could beat Grandma Parcel's Winterfest Cookies! They were delicious. Emily inherited her recipe book after she passed away. It's one of her most prized possessions. Maybe one day Emily will be just as good as her. Then it will feel like her spirit is there cooking in the kitchen with her.

Emily inspects the dough for eggshells, she doesn't want anything gross in her cookies. Eggshells are definitely worse than too much salt. It passes the test and they are ready for the oven.

The warm smell of cookies fills the kitchen. Thinking to herself,

E: Now this is true holiday magic. Mmmm ✨

They didn't get burnt, and they all came out beautifully. Its a Winterfest miracle!

She has to taste tests a warm and gooey cookie from off the plate. They taste just like Grandma's. Grandma would be so proud that she made her first batch of cookies in her new home. She can't wait to share them.

While her guests have a taste of fresh homemade cookies. Emily takes the opportunity to sneak off and try on her new coat. There wasn't a yellow swatch but the black one looks really cute on her. It will be nice and warm during the cold snap they are forecasted to get next week.

The night has progressed and the kids have gotten bored so they are fighting like cats and dogs. Emily escapes to the basement to check another item off the list. A bar kit was delivered earlier and it had all the ingredients to create a traditional "Coquito" and a few other bottles for later.

The drink kit came with a little "history of the drink" card. She is really looking forward to trying this one out. Emily has had eggnog before but didn't like the idea of raw eggs in it. This one is egg free so it makes it much easier to make at home. Emily is turning into quite the Mixologist!

Emily follows the recipe to a T. Add Ice to shaker cup, add a pour from the premixed bottle of Coquito nectar, Shake not stir. Pour into a chilled, festive rimmed glass and serve. Voilà! a fancy festive drink to get her through the of the loudest part of the stay over.

Emily swirls the drink for some reason and takes a sip, E: MMMMM That's smooth. That drink is definitely going to be a staple for the holidays this year. Its so good. I'll make sure to highly recommend this one when I head to the office on Monday and they better serve it at the office Pizza party.

Now that the nectar has mellowed her out Emily feels like she can tackle the last item. "Watch Tv Together"

This one might be hard. Emily better put on a comedy show everyone will watch. Alex and Mortimer might be her only hope of completing this task. Bella is busy on her phone and Cass isn't interested.

Emily enters all the important information into her phone. She submits the images she took of the cookies, She raves about the Coquito kit and finally adds in what holiday tv show they all watched together. The Reward popped up on her screen and the package will be delivered tomorrow. Quest 3 DONE!

Emily wished everyone a goodnight. She has work in the morning so she has to call it a night. She made sure they had enough pillows and blankets before running off to her room. Emily quickly does her nightly routine and then crawls into bed. Before long she has fallen to sleep.

And this is the End of this one! I'll be taking the 24,25,26th off of my story for obvious reasons. Hope you all have a fabulous Holiday Season!

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 3 Part 1

Emily made it home just as the Goths were walking across the street with thier suitcases. She is glad they don't have any horses or crazy amount of Cats or Dogs. Just two children that she hasn't met yet. Good thing she has a few spare bedrooms to fit them all in.

Everyone quickly piled into the house. It was nice to see that the shipping company threw down the new outdoor rug for her before everyone showed up. So nice to be able to stomp the snow off of your feet before coming into the house. Saves her having to clean up a big puddle in the landing.

The rug she chose for the indoor landing was so pretty! The Winterfest trees could be used the entire winter season instead only during the holiday. There were lots of different seasonal Holiday swatches to choose from, but this one Emily thought was the nicest.

Emily gives her back a bit of a stretch. Too many near slips while walking home from the park made her back sore.

E: I have the first two bedrooms in the hall are for guests. You can throw your bags in there. Sorry kids, you will have to share a bed and you might have to sleep on the blowup bed.

After all the Bedrooms were chosen, Introductions were in order.

B: Emily this is my oldest, Cassandra. E: Hi Cassandra. Hope you enjoy your stay! I've got a ping pong table in the basement and a cute little hamster that could use some more attention. C: Hi. Thanks. You got Wi-Fi?

E: I do! I made sure to install the fast internet Lot Trait. C: Thats so Sigma. Cassandra walks away.

E:???…

The Goth's son came around the hallway corner, A: Don't worry thats a good thing. E: Oh. Good, I was so confused for a second there. Thanks for the interpretation. Im Emily. Welcome to my home.

A: Im Alexander, but you can call me Alex.. Our house is getting fumigated for termites again. My parents like to stay up late playing Blickblock. Do you have a gaming mat? Emily is overwhelmed with information, E: Uh no. Sorry no blickblock here. (thank the watcher) I've got a computer though.

A: My mom said you liked her fruitcake, which is strange. Are you sure you did? You don't seem like the type that would. Alex squints his eyes at her. Trying to understand how someone like her passed the fruitcake test. E: I loved the cake it was really good! Those extra bits were so fancy. shiver

Emily narrowly avoided disaster by realizing she had leftover Brigadeiro to bribe him with. Can't talk when your mouth is full of holiday treats right?

Hopefully he will forget about the fruitcake by the time he is finished. Maybe his sister will take him downstairs to play on the computer.

Emily makes sure to welcome her adult guests after they get settled in.

B: Thankyou so much for having us on such short notice.

E: Its no problem, its the neighborly thing to do. You and Mortimer were so helpful with my work assignment, its the least I could do. So Welcome to my home!

Just like that, Emily gets another notification on her phone. Another Quest has started. This one seems like it will be all about family gatherings. Well, she doesn't have family close so the Goths will have to fill in for her. How does Jasmine know she has guests over? Are there hidden cameras in my house!?

Emily heads to the kitchen to welcome Mortimer,

E: Hope everything is to your liking.

M: Oh it is darling. Im glad we will have the opportunity to talk more. I did enjoy our conversation last time we spoke.

E: hoping it wasn't the mistletoe conversation I'd love to hear more about your book later.

One of the first things on her quest to do list is to "Cook some Chocolate Chip Cookies". Strange it says cook instead of bake, but oh well. Must have something to do with menu placement.

Emily loves cookies so she decides to make a family double sized portion to share with her guests.

Im going to stop this part here. Quest 3 has more images than the blog post will allow . The rest of the story will be in Part 2

[manawitchyt]

A Cozy Celebration

Quest 2

The night was cold and clear. A delicate snow drifted down from the sky. The light up hedges were covered in so much snow you couldn't see the lights. The snow pal stood watch over Emily's home while she slept peacefully in her bed. It was finally the weekend and she could sleep in.

Of course Emily couldn't sleep in past 6 even if she wanted too. Work had created an internal schedule that she had to keep. The coffee maker had warm coffee waiting for her. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled the air. The house was blissfully quiet. It was a perfect lazy Saturday morning.

Her phone, that was sitting on the table, dingled with a notification. Of course it was a winterfesty ringtone. The kind that gets stuck in your head.

🎶Jingle bells, Jingle bells.... Emily hums along until she realizes what it means.

E: Come on!!! Doesn't Jasmine know its the weekend? I can't even write this up as overtime! Not that im getting paid anyway. Grumble Oh well.

Emily decides to take a few moments for herself. She'll drink her coffee and enjoy this moment of quiet bliss before she starts her day. She doesn't need to jump to it every time Jasmine's App rings. She should be able to do self care things too. She wouldn't be much help if she got in the Red.

The first thing she does after getting dressed for the day is to toss out that watcher awful fruitcake. She gets a disgusted shiver thinking about it. The fruitcake makes a satisfying thunk when it hits the bottom of the garbage can. She washes away the last bits of tastebud trauma from her plates.

Finally she feels as if she can handle looking at the tasks the new quest has given her. It doesn't look too hard. It's pretty much the same things as last time. The meal is a all in one kit, so that should be quick to do. Other task has her going out and chitty chatting with the locals again.

Emily walked down to the local park. The sun isn't even up and there are people just sitting around just waiting to be asked a couple of questions. She might actually get this task done faster than anticipated. She takes aim at a lady sitting alone at a picnic table.

E:thinking This is perfect!

E: Hi! Im Emily. How's your morning going? M: Uh, hi. Im Moira Fyres. Im doing good, are you new around here? E: Yeah actually I just moved in down the road. I was hoping you could answer a few questions. M: Oh, I don't know. Im really busy right now. Maybe another time? Moira looked around guiltily.

Just like that Moira jumps up and walks away. Thinking to herself, E: Well that's disappointing. I thought I had this task halfway completed. Maybe i should jump right into my spiel and ask my question before they can tell me NO.

Emily tries a few lines in her head. Discarding the Cringy ones.

She comes up with a non-cringy spiel just as her bladder screams at her. The coffee has kicked in and she needs to run for the restrooms on the far side of the park. She knew she would never make it home before disaster strikes, so the nasty outhouse style toilets will have to do. Desperate times!

Once she was done with her panicked poop her phone got this weird ringtone and the screen turned a funny shade of black. In her panic she answers the phone call. It was the strangest call of her life. The caller had the most soothing voice she has ever heard. It was so tempting to say OK.

Ok now what was she doing agian? Oh right! She needed to ask the first person to walk by her work a few questions. She scans the park hoping to see some one who might not bite her head off before she can open her mouth. thinking E: There is a couple ov- nevermind they are making out like teenagers.

She spotted a well dressed woman standing by the bike rack. Emily quickly walks over just incase the woman tries to bolt, E: Excuse me!? Do you have a moment to spare? The woman looks up from staring at the bikes. It almost seemed like she was contemplating stealing one before she was interrupted.

Lady: Yeah I think i can spare a few moments for you, but make it quick. E: Thankyou! Im Emily. I work for the Sim Shopping Network. I wanted to have a nice chat about Holiday Traditions. This Lady had a wonderful holiday tradition that dealt with seasonal holiday music.

Emily types the woman's answer into the comment section but it asks for a name to go with it. She had forgot to get her name, that was dumb of her. E: And what is your name, if you don't mind me asking? N: Nancy. Landgraab. Landgraab has two A's at the end. E: Ok, thankyou so much! the name clicks

Emily was in the presence of greatness! THE Nancy Landgraab! Ms.Landgraab. Her boss's boss.

E: Ms. Landgraab, I didn't recognize you! Im so sorry that I bothered you. Im sure you are on your day off and didn't want to be bothered.

Nancy smiles. She loves when she flusters the low level employees.

Emily is stuck in her own personal hell. Jasmine might actually shit a yule log when she reads the report.

Nancy has started a one sided conversation with her, but Emily is too shocked to answer her.

An Elderly man comes up with his phone and taps Emily on the shoulder. Snapping her out of her thoughts.

N: …and I thought to myself, what would those hard working sims want most for a bonus this year, a Pizza Party! …

The Elderly Man whispers to Emily,

EM: I thought you could use some saving.

Another woman runs up,

L: DAD! there you are. I've been looking all over the park for you.

A faint police siren could be heard on the crisp morning breeze. Nancy looks around nervously,

N: Well I better be off. Tell Jasmine and Bella I say hi next time you see them ok? Bye Emily.

Nancy speed walks away before Emily can answer her.

Emily takes the opportunity to ask the Elderly Gentleman her question. He also said he had fond memories of Winter Holiday Music.

Elder: When my kids were young they would sing along with the lively songs.

As Emily added his response to her app, the pop up told her she had earned another reward.

She looked up the reward section and it looks like she will be recieving a new winter jacket.

E: I wonder if it comes in Yellow?

She also saw she was very close to getting a holiday themed rug. These rewards were coming at the perfect time. She needed a new coat and a fancy new rug for her door.

Another notification pops up on her phone. A very serious sounding email from her lawyer with an attachment. Its a letter from some long lost family member that she didn't remember. It was a Simoleon-transfer for 4k! Heck yeah she wants free money! The new mortgage won't pay itself.

The weather turned chilly so Emily took the bus to the library downtown. Jasmine sent another task her way after she finished the previous set.

She needed to Document the Research. Its always good to back up her data collection to a thumb drive so she can take it to work and file it.

She hit save and boom a pop up. How does this app always know when she has completed a task like this?! That's a question she knows she will never get the answer to, but todays quest have been completed and all the reward packages will be delivered to her house by the time she gets home tonight.

Emily leaves the Library and grabs a coffee for the walk home.

Her phone dingles one more time. It's Bella, her next door neighbor. Her whole family needs a place to stay for a few days. Emily not wanting to ruin a budding friendship texts her back OK. The rest of her weekend is going to be loud.

And this is the end of Quest 2! Thankyou all for reading.

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A Cozy Celebration

Quest 1 continued,

Story will continue after the cut

The delivery driver pulled up just as Emily finished shoveling the last little bit of snow from her porch. She signs for the packages and her app checks off the items from the list. Today's quests have all been completed! If only shoveling was that easy. Time for Emily head into the house to warmup.

Emily looks at the wreath with a pout. They delivered the wrong colour swatch. They must have run out of the other colour or they could have messed up the order. She can always swap it when she heads into the office next time. She will just grin and bare it for now. Its a free gift after all.

Emily stares and admires her new possession. The delivery company was still setting up her new set of light up hedge decorations. It turned too cold for her to supervise the installation process. So she will have a nice surprise waiting for her tomorrow.

Jasmine sent a nice automated message through the app when all the tasks were completed. Now Emily needs to wait for the start of the next Quest.

This is the end of Quest 1! Thankyou for reading this really long post.

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A Cozy Celeration

Quest 1

Story Starts after the cut

As it turned out the Office had to be evacuated while the firefighters danced, I mean put out, the waffle maker fire. So everyone were told to work from home for the rest of the day. Once Emily got into her comfy clothes she opened the app Jasmine downloaded for her.

The first task would mean Emily would have to go outside and talk to her new neighbours, so she skipped it. Instead, she focused on the Japchae recipe, appreciating the ease of having all the ingredients packaged together. Maybe she should get a meal subscription service as a Winterfest gift.

This will be the first meal she makes in her new home! Emily isn't a very skilled cook, but as long as she remembers how to boil water she should be fine. Her last home was way too small for even a hotplate so she always ordered from Zoomers. It got embarrassing when they knew her from her order.

How did she not know how easy cooking could be!? This is wonderful, but Emily doesn't know if she should embrace this new found skill. She has mini conversation with herself and decides Yes she should start liking cooking. Maybe her grilled cheese will get the grown up glow up!

Just as the Japchae was finished and plated she heard a knock at the door. A muffled "Welcome to the Neighbourhood!" could be heard at the front door.

E: Oh no! not the famous Willow Creek Welcome Wagon! I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. I wonder which of my neighbours drew the short stick.

Mortimer: How the hell did we end up being the ones chosen for this task, my darling? Bella: You know she works for Jasmine, right? She called in a favour and I couldn't refuse, sweetheart. Just grin and bare it for a few hours. Then you can get back to your office and continue writing your book.

Emily Answers the door as cheerful as can be. You don't want to tick off the Neighbourhood Association, you never know what kinds of stories they will spread or if they will send the N.A.P consultants to fine her for some strange made up infraction. Its almost as bad as living in an HOA community.

E: Hello! Thankyou for stopping by. Mortimer was the closest to the door so of course Emily assumed he was the one to schmooze. Mortimer didn't mind, finally someone paid attention to him first and not his beautiful and powerfully connected wife. M: It's our pleasure deary.

Bella feels slightly annoyed by being ignored but won't hold a grudge. The true challenge lies with the fruitcake. It's always been about the fruitcake. No one realizes it's the gateway to the infamous inner circle. The fruitcake has power to make or break you, thanks to an ancient family recipe.

Mortimer and Emily are having a pleasant and animated conversation but this get together needs wrap up soon. Bella has other things to take care of.

B: You have a very charming home Emily. Do you have a place for me to set this down? E: Yes! of course. please come in.

Quietly M: Was that a tone of jealousy I heard? B: No! of course not. It was just getting a bit chilly standing out side listening to you prattle on about your book. Mortimer smirked, enjoying the thrill of making her feel a bit envious for a change. What a nice visit this will be.

Bella set the fruitcake on the table and relaxed on the sofa. E: Sorry for the mess; I rarely receive unexpected guests. In fact, I hardly have any. M: That's truly unfortunate dear. Help yourself to a piece of cake. Bella baked it just for you from an old family recipe. Hope you enjoy.

Emily takes a slice. She has never had fruitcake before. It doesn't look gross and it smells very sweet. She walks around the island counter. Mortimer was standing in the way of a chair and she didn't want to some how be rude and as him to move out of the way. She isn't used to hosting any sort.

Emily updates the app to show she's finished making Japchae. The next thing she needs to do is chat with the two sims in her home about their holiday traditions. No going out into the cold neighbourhood for her! She hopes to wrap up these quests up before bedtime. She eats a large fork full of cake.

Oh watcher! What did I just put in my mouth. oh no, oh no, oh no. chew. swallow. Don't let them know it tastes like an entire salt shaker was dumped to the batter. Maybe its supposed to taste like this?? Don't be Rude! Just smile.

E: This is lovely *gag* you mentioned It's a family recipe?

Leaving the rest of the dish at the table, Emily sits on the couch next to Bella.

B: Did you enjoy the cake? Trying not to shiver in disgust, E: Y-yes, very delicious. Very, um, well seasoned. B: Thats so nice to hear. Your boss, Jasmine said the same thing when I gave her a loaf last Winterfest.

Emily had passed the secret test. Bella could now pursue a proper friendship. B: You know we became fast friends just like I think we will Emily. E: I hope we can too little smile. Do you mind if I ask you both a question? B: Oh please ask away. E: Do you have any special holiday traditions?

B: Retro video gaming has been a tradition since high school.Glancing past Emily at Morty, Besides having mistletoe everywhere, wink right, darling? She subtly reminded Emily that Morty was hers, hinting not to flirt. Ok, there was some jealousy.

The thought of them kissing made Emily queasy.

E: A retro game tradition sounds so much fun! What's your favorite game? B: Definitely Blickblock. The kids aren't fans of watching us play, though. grins It's a bit too interactive for them. E: I bet that's quite the experience. awkward laugh B: It is. It leaves me breathless every time.

M: I can't forget about the mistle toe you little minx. Seductive Wink Mortimer is having a wonderful time seeing Bella traverse through these jealous waves. He may need to find a special place to hide… His dirty thoughts were interrupted by a question. E: What about you Mr. Goth?

Mortimer echoed Bella's earlier comment. His mind wandered back to high school. He pictured showing Bella how to play Blickblock and how she laughed when he wrapped his arms around her. Clearing his throat Coming back to reality,

M: Call me Mortimer. We’re practically friends.

With a huskier voice and staring straight at Bella, M: Well Darling, I think it's time we head home. Don't you think? eyebrow wiggles Bella could always count on Morty to end awkward gatherings if she slightly hinted at anything romantic. She will make him forget all about young Emily Parcel.

As quick as a flash they were out the door and headed home. Emily was relieved to finally see her uncomfortable visitors leave so she could enter the carefully revised feedback. Suddenly a new task appeared. Cloud watching or star gazing, in this chilly weather? Perhaps she could give it a shot.

Emily didn't waste any time. She bundled her self up and went to lay outside in the snow. It didn't take long before her phone jingled. It must have GPS tracking. It knew she was laying down! The Shipping team was headed over with her very first set of gifts. She just had to hit confirm to claim.

aking herself back to her front porch before she freezes to the ground. She looks down the street,

E: Is that them already!? Wow they are efficient. I better clean up some of this snow that piled up. I don't need them slipping on my sidewalk and hurting themselves.

*Story will continue in the next post* this is a big one! LOL

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A Cozy Celebration Story

All Stories have to start somewhere...

Story Starts after the Cut.

A very important meeting is taking place in a board room in Landgraab Corp. head office.

Alika: I think another event would be a great idea.

Mele: We need to be able to push the items that really resonate with our test audience.

Jasmine- Looking at the latest data analytics, it could work.

Mele: As you can see from our curated infographics that our target audience really enjoyed getting the free gifts. I'd suggest we start curating Winter Holiday themed items, but which ones?

Jasmine: Do we have a volunteer to test them all out?…Anyone?

You can hear crickets chirp in the distance

No one wanted to volunteer. All the usual excuses were made, "I've got children heading to prom", "My Cat has a mayoral election I need to attend" and of course the most popular, "I can't my in laws are coming for a sleepover" excuse.

Jasmine: Hello down there, did I just hear you volunteer??

Emily Parcel snapped out of her hyper focus.

Emily: Wait what?!?

She was just crunching numbers and calculating the projected reticulating spleens for the incoming shipments. Not really paying attention to the meeting at all.

Jasmine: Thank you so much for volunteering for this job Emma Package.

E: Its actually Emily Mrs. Holiday.

J: oh I know (Wink) Just checking to see if you were paying attention. You and I can talk about your volunteer job after the meeting. Can you show the rest of the group what you were working on?

E: Yes ma'am and thankyou for the opportunity to share today.

Emily walked to her presentation board. She had stayed up all night working on it. All the while fighting the urge to whip out her glue stick and glitter to give it a bit of flare, but then realizing no one but her would appreciate the effort.

She began her possible career advancing presentation.

As the presentation was coming to an end,

E: In conclusion the sdx machanics…

J: Thankyou, we will leave it for now. It is near Lunch hour and I see a few of us are starting to turn Orange. Anything important we have missed can be discussed next week. Emily, remember to stay and talk with me more.

Emily takes a seat next to Jasmine. She has a sneaking suspicion that she was volun-told for this assignment.

J: Emily, I see here on your corporate SB profile that you don't get out much and that you just moved into a new home?

Oh crap, they are looking at all my cat memes,

E: Yes ma'am I did.

J: Do you have any objections to being placed in this fully volunteer position? Do you have any prior engagements that could interfere with the assignment?

E: No objections Ma'am, im happy to help in any way I can. I just don't know what I've actually volunteered for, I hope I don't need to T-pose.

J: The easiest way to answer your questions is to look at the slideshow the creative marketing team has created for you to get started. It won't require a takeover of your entire life but you will need to get out of the house to see what the public thinks of this new event.

E: …OK

J: As you can see we will be rolling out a few timed deliveries so you won't get overwhelmed. The first package you will receive will be a new wreath and some lights for the hedges…or is that Hedges with lights? I will clarify with shipping before it rolls out.

E: Uh, what's the catch?

J: Well you see we need you to quality test a few things that we will showcase in our Winterfest gift guide that goes out to all the subscription members. You will be testing a few special curated recipes, winter activities and just general Winterfest fun. You will have a good time, trust me!

E: I don't know, this seems like a lot of pressure to put on me. What if I forget to write something down or how to do a certain activity?

J: We've got you covered! The marketing department also created an App that will help keep things running smoothly and efficiently. Here, let me show you.

J: Ok, just let me download it on to your phone.

E: Oh! yeah no for sure. It's no problem…(under her breathe) just take my phone why don't ya.

J: What was that? OH! its finished downloading! Eeee look at that UI. isn't it gorgeous? I helped the design team with the look.

E: Wow, I can tell you helped.

The UI was indeed streamlined and looks to be extremely helpful. Little Jasmine Holiday's were plastered everywhere.

E: Whoa, Marketing thought of everything didn't they?

J: They were rewarded with a big pizza party and a note from Ms.Landgraab herself! I'll turn notifications on for you, OK? okay good.

J: This tab right here will tell you which tasks need to be completed. Once completed tap here. If the task needs you to enter a review or consumer response it will give you a pop up. Once they are complete, shipping will deliver a gift review package for you to keep. This tab will show your progress.

J: What do you think? Pretty cool huh? If this works out the way I think it will, we will have the best fiscal quarter yet.

E: Even I could manage this…can I really keep all the products?

J: YES! Thats your compensation. Think of it as your Holiday bonus this year! Aren't you lucky!?

J: Well, I gotta run. I smell someone burning a Cured Fish waffle in the Waffle maker again! Someone needs to put out the fire! …I really should sell that thing.

Looking back at Emily …You should be all set. I expect those reports on my desk asap. I'd suggest having your lunch at your desk today, Dag Dag.

Emily wasn't too happy to hear she was going to be the corporate guinea pig.

E thinking to herself: The stuff better be worth the hassle. Maybe I could sell most of it on Plopsy, Trendi or have a good ol' yard sale if its a bunch of things i don't need. I need to get my Winterfest bonus somehow.

This is the end of todays Queue! Hope you all enjoyed the beginning of A Cozy Celebration Story. Thank you all for reading! I appreciate it so much 🥰✨ I will have Quest 1 Queued up on Bluesky tomorrow starting at 9am CST and after its finished I will post the complete story update here on my blog. Queue didn't get set up. My cold kicked my butt. I'll get it all set to go for next week instead.

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Cozy Celebrations Story

Story Post Day!!! Welcome dear Sims Story Readers to my Cozy Celebrations Story. I won't be creating a feed for it but i will be uploading to Tumblr after todays posts are done. Let me intro duce you to my main cast. *note: all Cast images are from Sims Wiki. I didn't take headshots 😬😅

First up, Jasmine Holiday.

Jasmine Holiday is the CMO (chief marketing officer) of "Sim Home Shopping" Marketing Strategies. A division of Landgraab Corp. a subdivision of Landgraab Business Group.

Most importantly, Emily Parcel - Our Holiday Event "Volunteer". She will be our main character for this story. I thought her name was fitting for getting Holiday's gifts 🤭. And this is the Cast, no one else really needs an introduction.

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This is so classy, I love it!

Hello hello!

Here is the Arold's Shop set !

It has a lot of doors and windows possibilities, and a few items to decorate the street around! Also, it comes with 3 new wallpapers - updated for direct x11 - and a new decal for the showcases!

The main theme is furniture store, but it comes with a lot of colors so you can create any kind of shop!

I hope you will like it abd have fun building with it!

Thank you so much for your patience 💚

You can find the items by searching for AROLD’S SHOP or Pierisim in game.

Some items share the same textures so make sure to have the packages finishing by "texture" in your mod folder :)

All base game compatible.

Unmerged and merged version available.

Public release 10th of January

DOWNLOAD

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It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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I don't care if you build, gameplay, story tell, create custom content -- or all of the above. If you're over the age of 30 -- reblog!

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NSB: The Prequel

Chapter 8

Story starts after the cut

In a secluded section of Black Spire Outpost a deal is being made.

HIM: I need you to tell her again. Make sure she knows im not kidding.

Henchmen: ok boss.

H: You think you can handle that?

Hm: I think so. Who are we talking about again?

This henchmen isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is useful for more unsavory missions.

H: Are you kidding me? She is Blue, has tentacles for hair, you've been sent to talk with her before.

Hm: OH! the one that you have been walking around all sulky about for the last month?

H: I have NOT been sulking.

Hm: Then why is your face all scrunchy and lip pouty constantly?

H: Can you just do your job?!

Hm: Fine. How would you like me to convince her to see you? She didn't seem to thrilled with the last person I sent.

H: They obviously weren't intimidating enough to get my message across. You will have to take charge this time and do it yourself.

They discuss exactly how they will get Anunux to do what HE wants. HE is desperate to see her to work out their unfinished business any way possible.

H: You may use excessive force to bring her in.

Hm: By excessive force do you mean...

H: Yes! Just bring her to me! She has tried my patience for far too long.

Hm: Hear you loud and clear boss! By any means necessary, gotchya. * You can almost hear the wheels turning in their head*

UH um...well...ANY ANY Means? What if I just accidently maim her a little bit? Is that still ok?

HE looks up from his comm device, H: What were you babbling about? Do I need to find a different Scoundrel to do this job? Hm: No sir, never mind sir. I'll get the job done right away! H: I've given the order now, GO!! The Henchmen scrambles away as fast as he can.

This is just a short one! Thanks for reading Chapter 8!

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NSB: The Prequel

Chapter 7

Story starts after the cut

Anunux leaves the Cantina and heads to Doc#7 to grab something to eat and ponders her thoughts. A: I can't believe Hondo would treat me like that. I guess i learned the hard way not to trust a Scoundrel. Mmm this is delicious! wow, so good. Varp, it even smells good.

After eating Anunux seems to be in a better mood. She heads home to grab the lightsaber she had hid under her mattress. It wasn't the best place to hide it but she had no other choice. She didn't want to be stopped by the roaming First Order troopers and be caught with it.

She didn't get stopped on her way, thank the Jedi. She stuffed as much of her stuff as she could into the satchel on her hip. Now she needs to find HIM and deal with that mess before her ship leaves without her.

She looks all over this SithKriffin outpost and she can't find a single hint of HIM.

A:What the Frack, he is usually right over here. I swear if he makes me miss my Ship, He can go Shutta it up with Hondo instead of me! That Spit better show him self soon!

The search continues.

On the way back to her place, she sees a familiar face in the crowd.

A:MOM! what are you doing here?

M: I was just going to leave you a note. I wanted to apologize. I got really scared and upset and it wasn't fair to you how I reacted to your news.

Anunux and her Mother talked for a good long while. They worked out how they would talk to each other once she got to her new world.

M: You better leave me a few messages while on route. I won't get them for a bit due to the Hyperspeed delivery system. Wiping away a tear, You better send me a voice message THE moment you land on the new world.

Her mom then gave her great advice on how to enjoy her time off planet, and how to update her translator if it stopped working and a million things that mothers have to say when thier children are leaving them.

A: How did you and Dad manage to make friends on a new planet? M: It was hard at first, but once we were given our disguises it was much easier to blend in and be accepted into the new surroundings and cultures. Its hard being a Sixam in this part of the galaxy.

A: What about me? I didn't have a disguise growing up. I didn't find it very hard to be accepted.

M: You look almost like a young Twi'lek. People just assumed you had a tenticle malformation and never mentioned it, thank the stars! We didn't want or need too many questions asked.

A: WAIT a minute! You let people believe I was a Twi'lek? Oh My Stars MOM! You have no idea the kinds of Sleemos I had to fend off. I just thought they were creeps, now you are telling me its because they thought I was... I'm not even going to say it.

M: It was our only option!! Little Sixums can't control thier disguises. You would have ended up looking like our neighbour who got stuck as a Loth-cat.

M: And besides there is nothing wrong with being a Twi'lek. They are a honorable ancient race.

A: Yup, a not well respected one on this world mom. So how can I disguise myself on this new world? Its so primitive it hasn't been claimed by the Empire yet.

M: The council wont be happy but ill show you...

Anunux's mother shows her how to properly disguise herself. It's a lot harder than Anunux realizes. The shifting is not a skill that comes easy to her, But she tries her best.

A: Ok maybe if you don't look at me *makes a weird scrunched up face* There, how's this?

M: AHHHH!!! What the Frell is was that. Did you even try?

A: *laughing* Well with that kind of reaction I guess I didn't disguise myself. Did I at least change colour? You turned Pale Blue! *Laughing even harder*

They laugh like old times. They both know they will miss each other so much.

M: I'll miss you my little Nux. I will love you until the stars go dark and the Universe stops spinning.

A: Mom I'm not dying, I'm just going on an adventure. We will see each other again I'm sure of it!

A: When you retire you can come out and live with me.

M: That would be lovely place to retire. I've got to rush back to twin falls outpost. Vi is waiting for an update on some geo samples I picked up.

A: I love you too Mom.

Im leaving it on a sad bit, sorry. Thanks for reading my NSB:TP ch. 7 thread.