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Completing all lifetime wishes: Street Credible (p. 3)

On a quiet night at home, Zebedee sat with Taylor and read him a book in the living room.

Soon it was Taylor's birthday and the family held a party at home. They invited a bunch of friends from around town and they all gathered as Thalia helped Taylor blow out his candles.

And with one last masterpiece mural on the wall in the living room, Thalia reached her lifetime goal. She had reached level 10 of the Street Art skill and made 7 masterpiece murals. Right before achieving this, she also reached level 8 of the rebel social group due to all her spray painting and gained the Artistic trait!

The End

Now that we have reached the end, let's reflect! I had a lot of fun playing with Thalia. The finish was a bit rocky, since I just switched the save file to a new laptop and not everything was working properly, but I'm glad I was at the end of this save for that and not somewhere in the middle, as I was truly in love with this one.

Buy the cheapest versions possible of anything: I'm pretty sure I stuck to that the entire time, even while furnishing the new rooms for the kids.

Get to level 5 of horse riding: Was achieved very quickly into the game.

Steal at least 10 things, but give them back: I got to 3/10, so sadly didn't work out.

Make at least 3 murals at every travel destination: I only made 3 murals in France, and didn't travel to the other two destinations, sadly.

Better luck next time! I think I was more focused on the farm and family gameplay sometimes to properly do challenge 3 and 4. On to the next one, now! Very excited to start anew.

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Completing all Lifetime Wishes: Street Credible (p. 2)

After a few days of hard work on the farm, Snowflake Day came around and Thalia asked Zebedee to come over again. He helped her out on the farm a little and they made a snowman together, after which Thalia decided to ask him to stay. To move in with her. She hadn't thought he would, but he actually agreed!

City Hall reached out to Thalia and commissioned her for another piece of street art in town, once again for a good price. She accepted the job and got to work in front of the City Hall itself. Once Zebedee got out of work that day, he stayed to watch her until she was finished. He had intended to propose to her, but she was in a bad mood due to something idiotic he said, and chickened out.

After a long, heavy workday for both Zebedee at the station and Thalia on the farm, they watched some television together on the couch and spent some quality time together.

Thalia had gone out into town and once again attempted to do some street art, this time on the side of the salon. The cops were called on her and she was fined another §1,000. She spent the evening up in the barn's attic, where Zebedee came to find her to comfort her.

The couple decided it was time to get out of Appaloose Plains for a while and flew out to Champes Les Sims, France. Upon learning of Thalia's spray painting skills, the owners of the inn they stayed in asked her to make some nice art on their outside walls.

Zebedee had been asked by the station to bring back some common relics to test some stuff with, so he headed into one of the tombs in France and completed it, emerging with a bunch of trinkets that would likely gain them a lot of money.

On their second night, Zebedee and Thalia went camping on a small official campground. Luckily, no one else was around, so after a romantic night, Zebedee went down on one knee and asked Thalia to marry him. She was besides herself, and of course said yes.

Returning home, Thalia and Zebedee were invited to a formal party at Zebedee's boss' home. When they returned home, they chatted about their wedding plans and discovered they didn't really want to invite many people, as neither of them had much close family or friends, and wanted to marry here on the farm. As darkness fell, they stepped out onto the porch and got married in a sweet, private ceremony.

Thalia announced she was pregnant not long after. She decided that, now that her family was growing, it was time to enter her parents' bedroom for the first time in years and clean it out. With Zebedee's help, the walls were repainted and they got some new furniture to make it theirs, then turned their own old room into the baby's room.

As the couple was celebrating Zebedee's birthday with some chocolate cake in the evening, Thalia went into labor. They rushed to the hospital and Thalia gave birth to a baby boy. They named him Glen.

As baby Glen sat in his crib, Thalia decided she would spray paint something new on his wall.

Thalia's birthday came and she aged up into an adult! She celebrated quietly at home with her husband and they set up some new stuff in the yard.

Thalia gave her baby some snuggles before heading off to sleep for the night.

Glen's birthday rolled around quicker than expected and he aged up into a toddler! The family had a small barbecue in the yard.

After they'd put Glen to bed, Maya suddenly felt unwell and passed away in the middle of the living room. Thalia was beside herself when the Grim Reaper appeared to take her old dog away.

Around town, Thalia had heard word that her old high school friend Anne had a toddler the same age as Glen, so she decided to go over to their new house and reintroduce herself to her old friend. Anne was a lot different now than when they used to be teens, but the two got along as they caught up.

With Maya now gone, Bellamy was growing restless, so Thalia took him out to the training grounds for some jumping practice.

Soon enough, Thalia found out she was once again pregnant. She celebrated by spray painting something beautiful on the front path.

Blackwood's birthday came around and he became an elder. As Thalia spent some time with him, sadly unable to take for him a ride due to her pregnancy, he begged for some carrots. For the first time ever, she gave in. Just because it was his birthday.

Just when the family was all outside celebrating Blackwood's birthday, Thalia went into labor. They hadn't anticipated it and couldn't quickly find a babysitter for Glen, so they decided to have a home birth. That night, their second child and son Taylor was born.

Thalia painted a mural on the wall of Taylor's bedroom and it was an absolute masterpiece!

Glen and Taylor's birthdays rolled around and the family went out to the old mill for a little celebratory tea party. They aged up into two cute little boys, but Thalia thought she picked up on some dislike between the two brothers.

Halloween hit and Glen decided to spend his morning digging through his costume chest. He pulled out a dinosaur costume and pranced around his room, pretending to be a t-rex. When his little brother waddled into the room, he crawled out crying in fear. Oops.

That night, Glen got to go trick or treating and got some good candies from the neighbors.

While Glen was out, Thalia decided to re-do the artworks on his bedroom wall. She wanted to create something a little more to Glen's taste, and hoped this new mural would fit the room nicely.

Glen spent some time getting to know the family horse, Blackwood. Thalia had told him to carefully hold his hand out and the horse would come to him, and it worked!

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Completing all Lifetime Wishes: Street Credible (p. 1)

Reach Level 10 of Street Art Skill, create 7 Masterpiece Murals

Here I am again, actually starting this challenge anew. I had already completed 4 lifetime wishes before, but I didn't really give those sims... a story. They were just there to finish their wish and that was all. No story surrounding them. No depth. It was boring. So, I'm trying again!

Meet Thalia Bellamy. Thalia grew up in Appaloosa Plains, living on her parent's farm and taking care of their horse. Once she started high school, horses weren't cool anymore and she went into a bit of a rebellious face: the emo hair, the edgy clothing and hanging with the wrong crowd. Shortly after finishing high school, Thalia's parents died in an unfortunate accident, leaving her all by herself to take care of the farm. She cut out her bad friends and decided to take some responsibility, but secretly she continued her street art, unbeknownst to the rest of the town.

Thalia's traits are Adventurous, Frugal, Equestrian, Good Sense of Humor and Kleptomaniac. Just one goal is a bit boring, so I've decided to (just like MahriRae on YouTube, who has made this challenge quite popular in the community) give my sim some challenges based on their traits. In this case, I have four: 1. Buy the cheapest versions possible of anything, 2. Get to level 5 of horse riding, (DONE) 3. Steal at least 10 things, but give them back, (1/10) 4. Make at least 3 murals at every travel destination.

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Thalia decided it was time to make some new friends. She headed across the road to the Lexington Grounds, where she made some acquaintances with Hailey Shepherd and Gracie Loveland. The sun was shining nicely, and Thalia was getting a bit hot, so she decided to head back home. She found her old family dog, Maya, had fleas and gave her a bath in the tub outside the barn. Her parents had always told her the dog was never allowed in the house if she had flees.

Once Maya was all clean again, Thalia went behind the garage, out of view from the street, and tagged the wall. She used to tag walls and floors all over town with her friends before, but now she needed to be better. She had gotten so many compliments from family friends how well she was doing, she couldn't let them down by letting them see her tag stuff.

After her arm got tired of tagging the wall, Thalia headed inside for some dinner. She missed the smell of her mother's cooking as she entered and made herself a salad bowl. Before bed, Thalia crossed the street again and stole an empty milk crate from the Lexington Grounds. She made sure to give Maya a firm hug before turning off the lights.

Thalia decided it was time to give some attention to her former best friend again. It had once been her dream to take Blackburn into racing competitions once she was old enough to enter, so maybe now she could learn to ride again, as she had definitely unlearned in the past years.

She was certainly terrified when she first mounted Blackwood, but she put her fear away and went for a short ride along the streets of the town.

In the evening, Thalia had planned to go into town to do some street art, but it started raining shortly after dinner, so she went into the empty bedroom of the house and sprayed a mural onto the blank walls. Her parents would have once killed her had she done this, she imagined.

Maya went to sleep in the bedroom of Thalia's parents, which Thalia hadn't entered since their accident. Maya had gotten the door open and climbed onto the soft bed.

In the morning, Thalia made herself some pancakes. They weren't nearly as good as her mother used to make them, but she relished the strawberries she put on them, just like her mom always would.

Some of the eggs in the chicken coop hatched, and now Thalia had some baby chicks! How adorable!

Thalia headed to the library and spray painted the parking lot with a beautiful thing. Feeling brave, she decided to put her initials on it. Someone recognized the signature and called her up, asking her to make a mural in the parking lot of the cat park for some money. She headed over the next day and spray painted a game onto the pavement.

On her way back home, Thalia ran into her new neighbor, Rodrigo Cortés. He was a chef from Bridgeport, who didn't make it very big in his hometown and decided to move to Appaloose Plains to see if he had any chances of becoming a famous chef here. Upon their meeting, it seemed like sparks flew between them.

Once Rodrigo headed back home, Thalia realized she was all alone on the street. She couldn't help herself, her old self was still somewhere inside her, and she stole the park bench!

Thalia brushed Blackwood and cleaned his hooves before heading out for the day and training with him. They worked on racing a little bit, and Thalia galloped for the first time. She was absolutely terrified, of course.

The next morning her butt was sore from riding, and Maya decided to wake her up with some nuzzles. Thalia felt exhausted, but she didn't mind the sweet dog coming upstairs for some cuddles.

Thalia decided it was time for her and Blackwood to enter a racing competition. She was now level 3 in the riding skill, and Blackwood seemed ready, so she went to the training grounds and had him practice some running, and even jumping for a bit, which he quite enjoyed! Once 5pm hit, they entered a beginners competition and won with a steady pace. Thalia put their bronze trophy up by the kitchen.

From jumping up onto anything she could find in the house, Maya gained the Adventurous trait! Now she was just as Adventurous as Thalia.

Thalia decided it was a nice, sunny day for some spray painting at the festival. Sadly, someone called the police on her and she was arrested! At the station, she had to pay a fine of 1,000 simoleons. Can you believe it?? At least the arresting officer was cute.

The next evening, the officer that had arrested Thalia, Zebedee Devoir, came by the house to check if she was alright. He heard about her from his colleagues after the arrest and noticed how upset she'd look during her arrest, so he decided to visit her. They hit it off, discovering they both had a love for horses!

The next morning, Thalia went to her friend Gracie Loveland's house to spray paint her garage. It was supposed to be a joke, and once Gracie called she intended to come back and clean it up for her immediately, but one of the neighbors called the police and, despite trying to explain, Thalia was once again fined 1,000 simoleons. And she'd had plans to go on holiday soon...

After a morning of deep cleaning the house and the pets, Zebedee asked Thalia out to the Fall Festival. Neither of them dared to go in the haunted house, so they played rock, paper scissors to decide who had to go in. Thalia lost, but Zebedee decided to be brave and come with her anyway.

With the money being low after her two fines, Thalia decided it was time to earn some more money, so she set up a small indoor garden in the spare bedroom to hopefully earn some extra money.

The day before, Thalia had harvested some pumpkins from the festival and decided to carve one into a silly ghost to put out onto the porch for the season.

Maya had been playing with her chew toys so much, she gained the Non-Destructive trait!

Thalia spent some time giving Maya some attention before heading out for the day with Blackwood to enter a competition and train.

Two gnomes, one of a horse and one of a dog, appeared on the farm and Thalia put them in front of the house with the ghost pumpkin.

Thalia decided it was time to get rid of her old drawings and put some more recent art on her wall. She put the drawings in a box under her bed and spent the afternoon spray painting in her room.

That evening, Zebedee asked her out on a date and she agreed. They went to the steakhouse together, but the quality of their meal was horrible. Thalia thought it was embarrassing for the restaurant and they should know, so she sent it back and she was awarded the Bravest Customer of the Year Award. At first, she'd thought it was a joke, until they came out with 500 simoleons as a thank you.

Zebedee came back home with Thalia that evening and they woohooed. The next morning, they made their relationship official and Thalia made some breakfast while Zebedee got to know Maya a little. Unfortunately, Thalia got a bit distracted watching them play and started a fire. Struggling with the fire extinguisher, she was able to put out the flames beforee the firefighters were on their way.

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University Let's Play (p. 5)

It was finally time for Tiffany to visit Lucky Palms. After some pondering and time apart, she decided she did want to come live with Teresa and see if they could work out for the future.

Claire held a bachelorette party at Diamonds & Drinks in town with her friends. Sadly, the place was quite empty, so they headed to the diner where Rachel works for a late dinner and Rachel even let them make their own milkshakes. Exhausted afterwards, they headed home around 1 in the morning and crashed into their beds.

Before the wedding officially started, Cid decided to make a snowman and made it look like the grim reaper! Everyone was quite impressed with his creation.

Claire and Derek got married at the Blossom Church Wedding Venue, under a gorgeous flower arch in front of their closest friends and family. They couldn't stop smiling as they read their vows to each other.

After the ceremony, Claire cut the wedding cake and everyone enjoyed a slice.

Cid played a little song on the piano for everyone to dance to.

Returning home, Claire and Derek retreated to their bedroom. They stayed up, not wanting their precious night to end, for as long as they could, until they inevitably fell asleep, snuggling under the covers, now officially a newlywed couple.

Now that the girls all wanted to settle down with their partners, they decided to sell the house and move into their own homes. Claire and Derek got a beautiful home with a lavish garden space, and they adopted a pup to fill the space! Meet little hyper Dutchess.

To celebrate their first night in their own house, Claire and Derek did some kissing...

Rachel and Cid had moved into the house right next door to Claire and Derek's, and Rachel was absolutely in love with the kitchen it came with. She immediately started cooking once they were settled in.

Claire discovered she was pregnant and immediately went to share the happy news with her husband. Despite the fact that Derek didn't like children much, he was happy to start a family with her.

Claire met up with Rachel at Drinks at Diamondbacks. Rachel was feeling quite unwell, but was nevertheless ecstatic about Claire's good news that she was pregnant!

Arriving home from work, Derek discovered that their chipmunk had passed away during the day!

Claire and Derek held a gift giving party at their house and Rachel showed up with a little baby bump! How cute! Now Rachel and Claire were pregnant at the same time and their kids wouldn't be very far apart in age! Perhaps they could become friends?

In one of Claire's presents was a chess table, and she couldn't have been more excited. It was a beautiful thing that fit perfectly in their yard.

During the exchanging of gifts, Claire went into labor and Derek rushed her to the hospital as Rachel and Teresa made sure everyone left and the house was locked up. Early in the evening, Claire and Derek returned home with their baby girl, Mackenzie Khan.

As Derek went to work, Claire spent her days at home taking care of Mackenzie and their dog, Duchess, as well as her small indoor garden. She loved it so much, and the day that she had to return to work was looming over her head, so she decided to quit her job, at least until her little girl was old enough to stay home alone.

Derek washed little Mackenzie all by himself, and Mackenzie absolutely loved it! She kept on giggling, but when Derek picked her up, she sneezed.

Cid took Rachel out to the art gallery on their last date for a while, since the baby was coming soon. They highly critiqued all the art, then had some dinner at the diner where Rachel works (as it's obviously the place with the best food in town) and then they headed home. Right as they were kissing on the bed, Rachel went into labour!

They decided to have a home birth, and deep into the hours of the night, Elise Storbeck was born. As they were not yet married, they decided that it was best to give the baby Rachel's surname for the time being.

Cid was ecstatic to be a father and played with his little one the second she woke up from her slumber.

Tiffany and Teresa were expecting a little baby as well. They had gone to the hospital and got Tiffany pregnant in a way that the baby would hopefully have both of their DNA. While Teresa was at work, Tiffany visited Claire at home to meet Mackenzie.

That evening, the Khan family celebrated their daughter's first birthday. Mackenzie aged up into a toddler, and she looked a lot like her father.

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University Let's Play (p. 4)

The stadium asked any employees if they were willing to give lessons in Martial Arts to the residents of Lucky Palms. The town had been getting many requests since a number of break-ins in town. None of the employees knew any martial arts, but Teresa was willing to go and learn, so her employers sent her on a 3-day retreat to China to practice martial arts at the Academy, and learn enough to be able to teach the town.

Teresa was insanely happily when she reached her first belt. Her trainer showed her a classic pose to do for a picture she could send home to her friends.

On her second day, Teresa spent her morning by heading into town and buying some souvenirs for her friends. She bought a recipe book for Stir-Fry for Rachel and a novel for Claire.

At the Academy, one of the students offered to teach Teresa a famous Chinese song: The Love of Xing Lo. The pronunciation of the words was a bit tough for her at first, but eventually she got the hang of it.

The old man from that taught her a song called and asked if Teresa would like to spar with one of his friends. Of course she said yes and headed over to the man's home. Despite her awesome new skill, she was no match for him and lost 2-0.

Back training at the Academy on her final day, Teresa accidentally got hit in the phase by the training piece.

Once it was time to head back home to Lucky Palms, Teresa had gone through four different belts and gotten quite the hang of this whole Martial Arts thing. She certainly felt ready to start teaching the people of Lucky Palms!

The squirrel that Teresa had found at university had gotten a nice spot in their home and, as it slept peacefully, Rachel gave it some new food for the morning.

The girls headed out to the Summer Festival and Teresa was so damn good at skating, she dared to skate backwards! And she didn't even fall!

Rachel and Cid participated in the Hot Dog Eating Contest. Neither of them won, sadly, but at least didn't need to have dinner anymore once they got home.

Rachel convinced Teresa, Claire and Cid to join her in a water balloon fight. Claire hit Cid straight in the face, and luckily he could laugh it off.

Despite being full from the pile of hot dogs he ate not too long ago, Cid enjoyed a snow cone. Of course he made a blue one...

Back home, Teresa pulled out the presents she had for Rachel and Claire. They were delighted with their thoughtful gifts and couldn't wait to dig into their new books.

Before work, Teresa decided to do some push ups and reached level 10 of the Athletic skill! Wow! Now she could arrive to work not only with a Martial Arts skill, but also as a master of the Athletic skill. That might just be a gigantic raise for Teresa already.

A tiny little baby gnome appeared in the backyard. Could the university gnomes have had a little baby????

Claire got promoted to Trauma Surgeon and returned home in an awesome new uniform. Feeling brave, she invited over the lowest ranked chess opponent, Mariana Matlapin, in the hopes to climb the ladder and become the highest ranked chess player of Lucky Palms. Sadly, Claire lost and joined the ladder at the very, very bottom.

Claire went out to the library and suddenly heard a woman yelling for help. She was feeling extremely nauseous and was in pain, so Claire whipped out her medical equipment from her bag and was able to help the woman, giving her a pill to quiet the pain.

Teresa won her first game of the season on the Lucky Palms team and celebrated by having a little meditation session at home.

Derek finally arrived in Lucky Palms and Claire couldn't be happier to see him. He pulled her into a hug and spun around to kiss her in a dip. It was so romantic, Claire swooned about it for the rest of the day.

Claire and Derek went on a date on the town: first, they went fishing at the beach, but once it started raining they decided to check out the new Performing Arts studio that had opened in town. They tried out a quick ballet class, and they quite enjoyed it.

Claire had to head off to work at the hospital, so Derek tried out her fancy computer to write on. Like Cid, he also had a dream of becoming a star writer. When he was looking for jobs in the town that would allow him to write, the computer malfunctioned! He had no idea what he had done wrong, but decided to take matters into his own hands and fix it up before Claire got home.

In the morning, while Claire slept in after a long work night, Derek decided to make her some waffles. Sadly, he horribly burnt them.

Cid and Rachel headed out to check out the wishing well in the center of town. Rachel decided to wish for happiness, but nothing happened.

Cid had gathered some pumpkins from the fall festival and Rachel and he carved them together to put in front of their door. Rachel made a silly little face, and Cid a ghost.

For some reason, Cid decided to kick over one of the graduation gnomes. And in front of his baby, even!

After a fun day at the festival with everyone, Derek decided to take Claire to a small park at the edge of town. It was a church, which had recently been converted into a wedding venue. He explained that this was the place he wanted to marry her and dropped down on one knee. Of course, Claire said she wanted to marry him too.

Meanwhile, Rachel, Teresa and Cid headed to Yolanda Shaw's costume party and Rachel and Teresa decided on a couple's costume. Cid wasn't too happy about it, and had to take this picture of them in his hotdog costume.

Derek noticed a statue of a crying angel behind the church. He took a good look at it and thought it was beautiful.

A repo-woman checking out the park on her way home from work suddenly started feeling ill. She called out for help and Claire rushed over to help her. She did some quick tests, and called an ambulance for the woman.

The graduation gnomes had another gnome baby! How cute!!!

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University Let's Play (p. 3)

When Rachel got home in the late evening, she found Tammy Parker sleeping in her bed. She got out her megaphone and decided to wake the girl up rudely, forgetting for a moment that Claire was sleeping in the same room. Miraculously, Claire did not wake up.

Rachel seemed a bit down in the morning, so Claire decided to cheer her up with some wise words.

To feel better, Rachel decided to change her bedsheets. Instead, the bed folded in on her and she sat defeated at the edge, thinking about the mess that was her head currently.

Claire completely bodged an experiment in the science lab and got this green stench all over her. It smelled disgusting.

Claire convinced Teresa and Rachel to come play a racing game with her and the awkward tension between her best friends quickly disappeared, just as Claire had hoped.

Teresa was feeling a bit down about the whole thing, though, and decided to relieve some stress by working out in the middle of the night. She wasn't in love with Rachel, but somehow she couldn't stop thinking about her.

Rachel dyed her bright red hair in the middle of the night and woke up to bake some strawberry pancakes on the dirty ass stove for her friends to enjoy.

Tiffany asked Teresa to teach her some athletics, so Teresa got her on the bench press and worked her to the bone.

Derek came by and he and Claire played a short game of pool. He definitely won... one way or another.

After some back and forth texting and keeping in touch since their last meeting, Rachel ran into Cid again. She showed off the awesome Gizmo she had in her bag and Cid was ecstatic to try it out. They spent all afternoon until Rachel's next class chatting in the damp grass and reacquainting with one another.

Teresa bought a football and asked Tiffany to play some catch with her in the yard. Tiffany was not too great at it, but she learned.

After class, Rachel had the urge to make some wall murals and, knowing how incredibly bad it would be for her if she got caught doing it on any of the lecture halls, headed to the coffee house to spray some art on their walls.

Claire spent her time in between classes playing arcade games in the Union building. She and the guy next to her took their games incrediblt seriously.

Rachel made some quick drinks at the bar at the Union building. There wasn't any alcohol behind the bar, but luckily she had some in her backpack and secretly poored it in. She didn't offer any to the other students. That would just be wrong.

Despite the pouring rain, Claire enjoyed sometime at the Mind Melting machine, which she liked to call it. She was able to mind meld with everyone in the quad!

Tiffany and Teresa had been hanging out a lot lately, but Teresa was still caught by surprise when Tiffany asked her to kiss her. Of course, Teresa wouldn't say no to such a request.

At another party at the Frat house, Rachel pulled out her megaphone and held a speech about how love and relationships were all fake and horrible and that it was just a scam. She was apparently still deep in her feelings about the whole Richard thing, and then Teresa too...

Teresa convinced some of her roommates to play juice pong with her outside, as she needed to score some points with her fellow jocks. She got quite good, but she still had a lot more practice to go.

Rachel ran into Cid again and they started flirting a little bit, but when Rachel tried to take it a bit further, Cid turned her down once again. He was clearly into her, so what was the problem?? She knew that Cid was a bit of a loner, and thought maybe he was afraid not to be alone anymore..?

Before Rachel could ask him about it, though, her roommate Kriss Theed suddenly died. The girl hadn't eaten in days and simply collapsed on the quad.

After their final exams of the fourth term, Teresa took Tiffany out to the fields for a picnic breakfast. They played some catch and then it was suddenly time to head to the graduation ceremony!

All three girls graduated with A's: a perfect GPA, which was Claire's lifetime wish! Now, she had no idea what was in store for her, but her mind had been wandering towards a potential career in medicine?

Before it was time to head back home to Lucky Palms, the girls had a tiny dance party in their dorms. Once the truck rolled in front, their roommates waved them away and Teresa gave Tiffany a quick goodbye kiss.

Claire got a chess table and set it up in the backyard to work on her Logic skill. Now that she was a medical intern at the local hospital, she really needed to catch up on her skills.

Rachel dyed her hair back to her natural color upon returning home and decided to spray paint a mural onto her own bedroom wall. What better place than that? Maybe she should ask her friends if she could make some on the outside walls in the backyard and on the balcony...

On her first day at the hospital, Claire was tasked with vaccinating folk at the park. She did a great job, vaccinating 12 out of 13 people who'd signed up. One of the men decided the wait was too long for him and left.

Rachel invited Cid over to visit and took him all around Lucky Palms to discover the town. He told her all about being back home and how much he'd missed it. Rachel decided it was time to tell him what she truly felt for him, and that she was willing to fight for him, if only he'd let her. He confessed he quite liked her, too, but had always been afraid to be alone and thus would rather be alone to avoid the heartbreak, but when she promised not to break his heart, he believed her, and they started an official relationship.

Cid's lifetime wish was to be a famous writer, and Rachel vowed to help him fulfill his wish. He complained about not being taken seriously by publishers, so Rachel gave him a makeover that hopefully would make him look more mature. It was quite strange for him to be back on his natural hair color, but he liked it.

Rachel attended a party at her boss' house and made some new friends, one of which was Darby Butterfield, who, just like her boyfriend Cid, loved to write, but she wrote classical music.

At university, the girls had found two gnomes and taken them home with me. They placed them together in the backyard, but at night they started moving around!

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University Let's Play (p. 2)

Rachel decided to introduce herself to their new rebel roommate by shoving a megaphone in her face. Luckily, Jennifer found it hilarious.

Claire made an empanada out of some lettuce with the science station. It was absolutely delicious and the best meal she'd ever made.

When the science lab was deserted, Rachel snuck in and tagged the floor. She nevr got caught.

Teresa had called Bethany a bunch of times now, but she just hadn't been interested in coming over for a few days now. Carey, one of the Sorority roommates, noticed Teresa's somber mood and they got to chatting, which led to... more than just friends.

Feeling that she was done with Bethany and wanted to try something out with Carey, Teresa finally set up a meeting with Bethany and asked her if they could end whatever it was they had and simply be friends. Bethany was quite upset, as she was still madly in love with Teresa, but she hadn't communicated her feelings and eventually accepted that they had to part ways.

Claire messed with the huge computers and was able to connect to a Hive Mind, which allowed her to learn a skill much quicker, so she rushed to the science lab and got to work.

For a school project, Claire needed to perform an ink blot test on someone. She'd already done one as a joke on both her best friends, so she asked Derek. He invited her over to his university house and did a very good job at the test. After it was over, he started flirting and one thing led to another...

It was the day before their final exams of the term, but Derek managed to convince Claire to stay the night anyway.

At a party that same evening, this time Rachel was dared to make out with a random sim and she chose highly acclaimed rebel Jeffrey Dean.

After her makeout session with Jeffrey, Rachel ran into Richard outside. All juiced up, she leapt into his arm and gave him a kiss, confessing to her love for him. They had a woohoo in the shower and were promptly kicked out of the Fraternity house. Richard then took Rachel home and made sure she got to bed safely and that her alarm clock was on and she wouldn't sleep through her exams.

There was a party again the following evening to celebrate their exams being over. Rachel once again ran into Richard, who approached her and told her he felt just as much for her as she had confessed to feel for him the previous night. Then he officially asked her to be his girlfriend, and of course Rachel couldn't be happier.

The next morning, the girls got their report cards and all three finished the terms with an A grade!

Outside in the yard, Teresa found a squirrel. She caught it and made sure it safely got back home to Lucky Palms with them.

Teresa convinced Rachel to let her train her on the treadmill. Rachel wasn't too excited, but she fought through it. Her legs felt very sore afterwards.

During the break, the girls moved into a row of houses together in their hometown of Lucky Palms. Claire spent a lot of money on a cool new gaming setup.

Heading back to university, Derek came to visit the girls' new university house, where he used to stay previously. Sadly, Derek was unable to stay in the house due to a problem with a fellow roommate, who also had to leave the house.

Over the break, Rachel died her hair purple. She set up an easel in her and Teresa's new room quickly and started painting.

The girls attended the welcome event at the Union Building and Teresa decided to play some pool with Richard Randall, Rachel's boyfriend. She won fair and square, though Richard was a bit of a sore loser.

Rachel wandered into the lab and asked if she could use the strange goggles on the table. Claire explained how they worked and told her to go ahead. Rachel was transported into a fantasy world and she was ecstatic.

At the first party of the third term, Teresa ran into Tiffany Angles, one of her new university roommates, who looked a lot different from before. They got to chatting and Teresa asked her to dance, which Tiffany gladly obliged.

Claire and Derek had taken some cute pictures in the photobooth at the Union building, and Claire loved them so much that she hung them on her wall.

In between classes, Rachel and Claire had a snowball fight. Claire was a lot more agile than Rachel had expected and she was barely able to hit her.

In a drunken mood, Claire convinced Teresa to let her mind meld with her, but Claire already knew basically everything about her best friend, so it was absolutely no use.

Claire sat in an empty classroom during her tuesday morning class at 8 am. It was quite sad for the professor, who refused to dismiss class because only one student had shown up. Claire was miserable, too. The professor kept looking right at her.

When Richard showed up to the dorms in the evening, Rachel was furious at him. She'd heard that, over the break, he had cheated on her with Kyle Heilman! How dare he?! She broke up with him right then and there and sent him away.

Her professor had given Claire some special rocks to analyze as a reward for her hard work. She put the gorgeous gem on the table at home and got to work.

Teresa had given a Juice Kegger party, but Claire pulled Derek straight up to her bedroom instead.

Teresa had made a move on Tiffany, but was turned down, and Rachel was lonely and single, leading to Teresa and Rachel jokingly flirting with one another and accidentally taking it seriously. They were all alone on the couch in the hallway and started making out, which led to Rachel dragging Teresa down to their bedroom. When they woke up beside each other the next morning, they had a quickie in the shower before wishing each other luck for their exams, which they both passed with flying colors, despite the thought of how this development would affect their friend group.

On Claire's advice, Rachel and Teresa decided to go on a date to see what they felt for each other. They had a great time bowling, but more so as friends than girlfriends.

Teresa brought up the awkward conversation, and luckily Rachel was in agreement. They weren't in love, and didn't feel any true romantic feelings for one another. Rachel was still heartbroken over Richard, and Teresa, as much as she had imagined herself in the past with Rachel, couldn't see them together now.

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Build Showcase: Lucky Palms Apartments

I built a row of houses for my University LP sims to live in once they graduate, so here it is!

The best I could do without all my cute cc. Need to get those back asap <3

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University LP (p. 1)

Due to a lack of inspiration for all of my other saves, I decided to have a fresh start: deleted all my CC and saves and started downloading and creating everything new.

So, meet Claire Sworth, Rachel Storbeck and Teresa Summers (left to right). These three girls were always placed in groups together in school, since their names are right next to each other on the list in alphabetical order. Though entirely different, they became best friends and now they're off to university together!

Claire Sworth is a studious woman, who loves books and the world of science. She's, of course, enrolled in the Science & Medicine course. She dreams of one day being a famed scientist... and writing her own fiction novel.

Rachel Storbeck is rebellious and knows exactly what good art is. She's always loved bright colors and living her life however she likes it. She's enrolled into the Fine Arts course and has no clue what her future brings. She'll see.

And Teresa Summers is the most athletic girl in school, at least she used to be. Now there is a bunch of other athletes in her Phys. Ed classes and she's gonna have to work hard to keep up.

As soon as Rachel got her art kit, she made a lovely ground mural right in front of the Sorority house.

Claire was delighted to finally have some real science equipment to work with for once.

At the first party of the term, Teresa got dared to go dumpster diving, and, not wanting the others to think she was a loser, she accepted. They headed down to the supermarket and Teresa dove into the dumpster out back. It was disgusting.

Instead of heading to bed, Rachel decided to do some sketching while the rest of the house slept off Ashley's party, which no one outside of their own sorority attended.

Personally, I think Rachel looks adorable with her green backpack.

Claire had her first class in the Student Union building, and almost everyone but her was fast asleep as the professor spoke. Claire herself was a bit lost on the material too.

Rachel admired the statue out on the University Quad. She found it absolutely gorgeous and astounding that such small humans could built such a huge statue. Maybe one day she'd like to try it too?

Claire did some studying in the living room, reading the course book front to back.

At a bonfire party at one of the other university houses, Teresa met Ashley Corono and was quite impressed with her beauty and athleticisim.

Shortly after Teresa got home from the party, the Sorority got burgled. The burglar decided to go for a dive in their pool and the police were still unable to catch them... The Sorority was now a tv and computer shorter.

Teresa and Rachel ran into each other after class and had a quick little chat before Rachel ran to her next class and Teresa ran to her bed to catch up on some sleep.

Claire was very excited to try out the big machine in the middle of campus. She posed for a little picture, which a fellow student took with a drone.

Rachel was organizing a protest and handed out some flyers during class. Her classmates seemed mildly interested.

Rachel's protest was a great success, though! Many students showed up to protest against handcuffs and the quad was a loud screaming match of megaphones, with Rachel leading the chant and riling the crowd.

At the protest, having a little picnic, Teresa met Bethany Salisbury. They got to chatting and really hit it off. To continue their night together, Teresa invited Bethany to a party that evening.

Teresa did a kegstand with Bethany's help and later they shared a sweet kiss. After, they snuck into one of the bathrooms and had a woohoo in the shower.

In the late evening, Cid Serverus called and asked Rachel out on a date. She happily obliged and they watched the stars. Rachel's tummy was rumbling, so Cid took her to SimBurger and they enjoyed a nice meal together. Afterwards, she tried to kiss him, but he wasn't interested and turned her down. A bit disappointed, Rachel headed home in the late hours of the night.

Before her class, Claire decided to go fishing for once and she caught a few minnows!

Rachel and Claire played a match of rock, paper, scissors as they waited for Teresa to finally get out of bed that Saturday morning.

The girls went bowling and invited Bethany out along with them.

Rachel went flying after the ball and fell down onto the bowling alley! No matter the amount of pins she hit, she still got a Foul on the scoreboard. Claire definitely wasn't laughing...

After the bowling alley, Claire decided to check out the comic book store. Once it got dark, she walked home and ran into Derek Khan, who offered to walk her home. They had a nice chat and were certainly attracted to one another.

Hannah Germanotta decided to wake Claire up with a microphone in the early hours of the morning. Claire was quite upset and ran to the opposite bedroom, where Rachel and Teresa slept.

Rachel had climbed in the ranks of the Rebels and was now more respected than Hannah, and she wouldn't stand for anyone messing with her best friends. She tore into Hannah and got her dismissed from the Sorority.

At the coffee house, Claire ran into Derek, who now had a cute new hairstyle. She stumbled over her words though, and accidentally offended Derek, which caused him to leave.

At a party at the Fraternity house, Rachel was dared to woohoo with another sim. She made out with Miles Forthright, but he wasn't interested in a quicky afterwards.

So she walked up to the first guy she could find and asked if he was interested in a woohoo in the basement shower. Brian Petersen here accepted.

Cutie Teresa heading to her first class of the second semestre.

Rachel did some painting before class. Sadly, her skills were still not too great. She was better at murals.

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Lockwood Lepacy (p. 13)

Clementine asked her little brother Lucius to play chess with her. He hesitantly accepted, and even though Clementine plays more often than he does, easily won their match.

Joel built some sandcastles in the standbox in the yard! He was extremely proud of his ceation.

Celeste talked it over with Stella for a while and they decided to adopt a dog from the shelter, which Celeste has wanted ever since she was young. They adopted little puppy Snowball and the whole family fell in love with her instantly.

At night, the family roasted some marshmallows around their fire pit while Snowball bounced around them.

One of the kids put dye in the downstairs shower and Stella's hair got dyed this... awful yellow. Which one of these kids did this???

Celeste played some tug of war with Snowball before work.

Now, what reason could Stella and Celeste have for heading up into the treehouse at night???

The leaves had fallen from the trees and the maid had made a pile in the front yard. As she returned from school, Clementine took the opportunity to play around with it.

The twins aged up into teenagers and the first thing Joel did was sign up for the Sports club. Joel got the Nurturing trait, and Lucius the Ambitious trait.

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Lockwood Lepacy (p. 12)

Celeste spent some time chatting with Joel.

Markus and Clementine did their homework together and Markus was very annoyed.

Sebastian grew up into an adult and graduated high school with honors. He gained the Kleptomaniac trait.

After Sebastian's graduation ceremony, Clementine went playing on the swing in front of the house, still in her beautiful formal dress.

The family decided it was time to move out of the city and chose Appaloosa Plains as their next destination. Before leaving, Celeste visited her sister to say goodbye.

In the new house, Lucius got his own room to do his little science experiments. His goal was to make his imaginary friend real!

Out in the backyard, next to the pond, a chessboard was set up for Clementine to practice for hourse in the sun.

Celeste and Stella enjoyed the first night in their new house with a steamy make-out session on their expensive new bed!

Markus' birthday came quick and he turned into a Frugal teen!

He didn't have to go to school just yet, so he grabbed the bass (that he was now finally big enough for) and started practicing.

After school had ended, Markus went into town to meet some fellow teens to invite to his awesome party, because his moms were away on a sudden vacation!

Joel's imaginary friend Jelly Bean was pestering him, so he asked it to leave him alone. Jelly Bean wasn't too happy with it, but accepted it nonetheless.

With their moms out of the house, Clementine and Joel decided to dress up and play pretend.

Markus didn't know that many people yet, but Maisy Miller and Benni Hennesey showed up to his party and they had a blast.

Markus and Benni took a liking to each other and headed outside to watch the stars, after which they shared a brief kiss!

Back from vacation and with the kids in school, Celeste enjoyed a quiet day with a self-made cocktail and a book in her new in home-libary.

Joel and Clementine threw a slumber party for their school friends together and Joel decided to tell them some scary ghosts stories! That didn't face little Dorothy Button at all, even though it might look like it a little bit.

Clementine stayed downstairs with Cornell Riffin and they had a pillow fight, which Clem definitely won.

The kids went to sleep at 9pm. Joel looked adorable in his little sleeping bag in the hallway <3

In the morning before school, Markus was bored and decided he could make some cocktails, just like his mom. He broke a few bottles.

With the kids at school, Celeste and Stella enjoyed the hot tub.

To celebrate Clementine's birthday, the family held a small barbecue.

Markus invited Benni over and asked her to be his girlfriend. Of course, she said yes.

Stella had sadly missed the barbecue, but she read Clementine a story before bed.

The next day, Clementine aged up into a teen and got the Angler trait.

Joel decided to play a little prank on his older brother and called him over to the treehouse. When he finally got Markus to wait under the window, he dumbed a bucket of water on him! Did this mean war?

Joel had an award ceremony for his scouting and the entire family came to attend him receiving his final badge.

To celebrate, the family went to the Summer Festival and the kids competed against each other in the hot dog eating contest, which Joel won!

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Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium

Have at Least 13 Different Species of Perfect Fish in Fishbowls

I feel like I have not been very fair to my previous sims in giving them an actual, well... life. So, here we meet Summer Rankine, who, this time, does not have all the traits that will help her out in this adventure. No, no, I only gave her two. Her traits are Socially Awkward, Loves the Outdoors, Handy, Lucky and Angler. Now, I've also decided to have a little backstory for every sim I introduce, so here we have Summer, who has moved into the beautiful town of Hidden Springs for some quiet alone time. She's been bullied all her life, and she was done living in a town where she was unappreciated, so she left to a place where being different was nothing strange.

Summer moved into a handmade one-storage cottage that sits directly next to a small pond, where she immediately started fishing once she arrived. As she should. Sadly, she was not skilled enough to catch these fish and had to move to a pond a little but further up the mountain.

To make some friends in town, Summer went to the tavern. There weren't many sims there, so she had a drink and headed back home.

Near the pond, Summer found a snake. She caught and got it a pretty little aquarium to live in.

Summer found it only fitting to head to the summer festival. Even on Leisure Day, it was quite empty, so Summer gathered some flowers, had some onion rings and went home.

At home, she set up her own little garden. For now, she only grew tomatoes and salad.

Summer caught her first Perfect Goldfish and put it in the big aquarium in her home. Soon enough, she got it it's own, smaller fishbowl right in front of the television.

Summer bought some books to learn more about fishing and what bait to use. She read them in the park near the pond.

Summer is a handy sim, and, finally, the first appliance of the house broke, allowing her to fix it and gain the handiness skill easily. Right after, she used the toilet, which then broke, too.

By this point Summer had gathered a Perfect Rainbow Trout and Toad as well. Sadly, the rainbow trout died and she scooped it out of the aquarium. Later that day, she luckily found another perfect trout to put back in the aquarium.

The cold hit Hidden Springs and Summer moved to a bigger body of water that wouldn't freeze for another few days. Here she found her first Perfect Alley Catfish, raising her total to 4 out of 13 perfect species of fish in her aquarium.

Summer went out to Mick Master's Karaoke and took a liking to the proprietor, Marcela Jimenez. Marcela wasn't too impressed by Summer.

As it was pouring rain, Summer decided to go fishing at the spot by the lake right across the street. She found a bunch of new fish here and found three more perfect fish of a different species, making her total 7 out of 13 in just one day!

The rain stopped and Summer headed into town. She ran into Emmet Preston, who started up a conversation, wishing to know more about the new girl in town. He became her first real friend in town.

Winter hit and Summer decided it was time to hang up some festive lights. Of course, she chose the color green.

The snow didn't hold Summer back from fishing, especially because the view of the mountains from here was astonishing.

It was quite cold outside and Summer couldn't take being out there all day, so she went inside every now and then and worked on her handiness skill. The poor appliances in her home also needed a bit of an upgrade...

Summer hadn't spoken to anyone in a few days, except for a few texts messages exchanged with Emmet. She played with her pet snake Amara for a little bit, but it didn't satisfy her social needs.

Summer went out to the fishing spot across the street for the fourth day in a row and finally caught her thirteenth perfect fish: a swordfish. Elated, she went home and put it in the fishbowl.

And that was that! Summer was such a cutie, and I'm kind of sad that suddenly it all went so fast. I would've loved to see her get to know the townies a bit more and fall in love. We'll have to save it for another time.

Love only!

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The Golden Union

Ambition: Peacemaker

Quest: Ominous Tides Hero: Lady Oriana A wreckage appeared on the beach of The Golden Union, and a shipwrecked sailor was found. Lady Oriana went to meet the sailor, who told her of his crew. They sailed out to find the crew, and found them all floating dead in the water in the midst of their shipwreck. Suddenly, an enemy ship appeared and attacked, so the royal fleet quickly made its way home. Lady Oriana sent word to her scouts from Tredony and Aarbyville, and they reported the two kingdoms seemed on the brink of war.

Quest: Hungry Hungry Hamfast Hero: Lady Oriana Lady Oriana got word a protest and went to see what was going on. A woman by the name of Hamfast told her the village was in dire need of food, better water and was overrun by rats. Lady Oriana decided she could fix those problems herself. She made the village food, got them better water and killed the rats. The villagers were delighted with her efforts.

Quest: The Incident Hero: Lady Oriana The Golden Union held a summit per the request of the Tredonian and Aarbyvillian emissaries. Lady Oriana presented them with amazing food, entertainment and a show of strength. Once Guild Lord Demetrius Landgraabe and Dread Captain Clarisa Darktide arrived to the castle, they presented one another with a peaceful gift. To thank their host, Lady Oriana, they presented her with gifts as well; an interrogation chair and a Sunset Macaw parrot, respectively. After these gifts were presented at the town square, they returned to the reception hall and found everyone inside knocked out, with the Tredonian heir and daughter of the Aarbyvillian captain nowhere to be seen.

Quest: Wag the Dog Heroes: Lady Oriana the Great, Bloodletter Trystan Lady Oriana discovered her royal advisor was in a romantic relationship with the Tredonian princess. If anyone else found out, it would be a huge scandal. To distract the kingdom, Lady Oriana conspired with Bloodletter Trystan to fool the townspeople into thinking there was a mysterious illness to worry about. Bloodletter Trystan met with a group of Yacothian actors travelling through town and asked them to pretend to be the sick villagers. The group leader Florence didn't want to do so without payment, so instead Trystan challenged them by implying they weren't good enough anyway, which led to the group agreeing to help. The town seemed to believe the lie, but there was one woman who did not. Lady Oriana threatened her to keep quiet or be sent to the stocks. The woman wouldn't bow down to threats, and was promptly sent to the stocks. In the meantime, Lady Oriana flirted up Merchant Prince Laurence of Tredony and they began courting! Bloodletter Trystan told the townspeople the sick had been cured, and the Tredonian princess and the royal advisor were asked to keep a bigger distance from one another.

Quest: Turncoats Hero: Sir Antonius Guild Lord Demetrius Landgraabe requested to meet with Sir Antonius to discuss the pirates. He proposed a plan to convert some of the doubting pirates to the Guild’s side to thin their numbers, and in return he would give Antonius the Watcher’s Blade. Antonius accepted and headed to the docks to find some pirates. He slapped them, spit in their faces and absolutely got his ass beat. As they left, they promised they’d be back… with friends. Antonius wasn’t intimidated and headed to the forest entrance to take his turn guarding it. He went to the Pit then to wait for the pirates and asked if he could convince them to switch sides. Of course, they said not a chance, so he executed one of them and had the other walk the plank to be fed to the pit beast. Then he tricked the Red Fleet Captain to convert to the Guild’s side. Two more pirates showed up and he sent them to starve in the stocks, and threw tomatoes at them to get the last laugh too. He decided to write a scandalous letter about the Black Fleet Captain, claiming that he was courting her! After writing it, he waved it in her face and she declared to no longer be a pirate to keep it from getting out. Two last pirate lackeys showed up and refused to convert like the two captains had, so Antonius executed them as well. He fought with the last pirate captain that followed and as the guy was knocked out, tattooed the merchant logo on his arm, with some rainbows. The captain would be laughed out of the pirate’s brigade and switched sides. Antonius had done it: he converted all three pirate captains and killed their unwilling crew members. Sign up or die ;)

Quest: The Betrayal Hero: Lady Oriana the Great The Guild Consortium were transporting a prisoner, Blacksail Korbin Ravenscar, to the Golden Union for safekeeping. Lady Oriana the Great met the Tredonians at the stocks and her guards secured the prisoner. She went back to the castle, tended to her subjects and had a good night’s sleep. In the morning, she went to check on the prisoner and the guards handed her a note that fell from his pants leg, stating that he would offer more money to be released than the Tredonians. Realizing an alliance with the pirates would be more beneficial than one with the Tredonians, Lady Oriana ordered the Blacksail to be released. He invited her to accompany him to Aarbyville and forge an alliance. They returned with reinforcements and Lady Oriana sent a letter to the Tredonian Admiral to get him back to The Golden Union. The next morning, Lady Oriana made sure her boyfriend, Prince Laurence of Tredony, was next on the list to be thrown into the pit. If she was aligning herself with the pirates, she couldn’t be courting with a Tredonian royal! Plus, that Blacksail was a lot more handsome. Lady Oriana picked up the Tredonian Guildsmen at the forest and led them back to the stocks. As they released the Blacksail, the pirates attacked the Guildsmen while Prince Laurence was thrown into the pit. Lady Oriana took all the money and belongings the Admiral had on him. After the fighting was over, Lady Oriana and the Blacksail shook hands to officially commemorate their alliance.

Quest: Pit Beast Must Diet Heroes: Bloodletter Trystan, Shepherdess Alina Bloodletter Trystan received a letter from the Executioner that the pit beast, Griselda, as the Executioner called her (but to us she is just the pit beast), had a sickness after eating the many war prisoners that had been sent to the Golden Union. Shepherdess Alina heard word of this as well and offered to help the physician to cure this strange illness. Trystan asked her to feed the beast as he researched the pit beast, and she concluded that it might be a digestion problem. Trystan researched the topic and discovered that feeding Griselda both Tredonian and pirate meat was causing an allergic reaction! He went to speak to the queen and together they decided that Griselda would only be fed Tredonian meat from now on. To relieve Griselda’s pain, Trystan made her a potion. He was a bit too afraid to give it to the pit beast himself, so gave Alina that special task. To heal Griselda fully, she needed to stop eating Tredonian meat temporarily, too. Trystan assured the queen they could execute prisoners with poison in the meantime, which she was ecstatic about. Alina made sure the beast ate her potion, Trystan poisoned a prisoner and Lady Oriana was still happy.

Quest: A Rash of Rudeness Hero: Shepherdess Alina During Shepherdess Alina’s sermons, the peasants were being extremely rowdy and rude. She told them off, but they wouldn’t listen, so she spit in one of their faces and told them all to leave the church. She decided one of them should be made an example and prayed to the Watcher. With the Watcher’s help, she cursed one of the peasants. After letting the Watcher’s wrath settle on the churchgoers minds, Alina held another sermon and told the peasants exactly what was up. After her sermon, Alina demanded an apology from the peasants, which they fearfully gave.

Quest: Under Siege Hero: Surgeon Trystan There was some commotion at the judgement zone, and Surgeon Trystan heard someone yelling about the Tredonian army having been spotted just over the horizon. He went to the palace to speak to Lady Oriana, who told him her advisor had lost it after hearing this news. Trystan spoke to the advisor and told him to get ahold of himself while Lady Oriana went off to protect her kingdom from the incoming army. The advisor tasked Trystan with gathering the off-duty guards while he himself drank some bloody moss mary from the cask. As Lady Oriana and her guards fought, Trystan did everything he could to provide them help. He wrote to the allied pirates from Aarbyville and asked them for aid. They sent a recipe for boom-dust that could aid them in battle. Trystan discovered a spy that got into the kingdom’s walls and beat the guy up once he got into his home. The guy laid on the clinic’s floor for days. Trystan went to check on the stand in the forest and was told they were coming through the caves. Trystan got the (untested) boom-dust and placed it inside the cave. Inside the cave, he stumbled upon a terrifying spider creature, but he got the boom-dust turned on and ran out of the cave, emerging singed as it blew up. He returned to the forest to find The Golden Union had won the fight. Their kingdom was safe again… for now.

Quest: Secrets and Successions Hero: Troubadour Maggie Troubadour Maggie heard that the Tredonian and Aarbyvillian heirs were still missing and decided to gossip and find out what happened to them. This led her to many places in the kingdom: she found a torn cloth from Tredonian silk in the forest and a ring with the Tredonian crest in the sea. She presented this evidence to the merchants, who admitted to orchestrating the attack on the summit. On her way out of the village, a child asked Maggie to take an injured parrot she found to the doctor. Through the merchants, Maggie figured out this parrot belonged to Misty Darktide and after it healed, had it take the cloth's scent and lead her to where the two heirs, Misty and Dacian, were camped in the forest with the stolen spyglass and compass. They were not too happy to be found, but glad to give Maggie the items to be rid of them, and hopefully no longer be hunted down by their parents for them. Maggie decided to hand over the special items to her queen and tell the country who had been behind the summit attack.

Quest: A Pirate's Life for Me Hero: Sister Beth The pirates had heard of Sister Beth and sought to recruit her to become on of them. Beth was interested, but needed to complete two tests to be able to join. Her first task was to deliver the perfect one-liner insult, so she sought help from a true jokester before the insult competition with one of the pirates. After practicing with the Trickster, she won the insult competition easily and made the poor pirate cry. Her second task was to endure speaking to Buzz Killington, the most boring sim of all the lands. After putting some waxy barnacles from one of the ships in her ears, she was able to endure a (very one-sided) conversation, since she couldn’t hear the guy! For her last task, she needed to do something to prove her worth as a pirate. Beth got a Reaper costume from the village and scared a few townspeople into converting to piracy. One of those was Troubadour Maggie, who was not afraid at all and happily accepted piracy. The pirates were very pleased with her accomplishments and Sister Beth officially became Beth the Pirate.

Quest: The Great Purge Hero: Lady Oriana the Great Lady Oriana the Great heard of much commotion in her kingdom: people were speaking ill of her and doubting her rule. She went to visit these individuals and had them all executed, whether by her own sword or tricked into committing a crime. Even her royal advisor wasn't doing his job properly, and that threatened her kingdom even more. Lady Oriana orchestrated his death perfectly. Eventually, she had purged The Golden Union of the people threatening its power. Her power.

Quest: End the War (Gut the Guild) Heroes: Lady Oriana the Great, Journeyman Smither Jude It was finally time for The Golden Union and Aarbyville to win the war. Lady Oriana and the Pirate Tribunal met in the Golden Union and sailed out together to kidnap Admiral Horus Mandrake. They interrogated the Admiral and got from him a broken map with the location of an island that could only be found using the spyglass and compass. They found on this island a treasure chest. Lady Oriana took a blue bottle out of it and ordered the crew to take the rest of it on board. During their travel back, a storm hit them and they lost all of the treasure, except the bottle on Lady Oriana’s person. As they returned, the kingdom started preparing for the final assault on Tredony. After training the people and gathering supplies, their army headed to the Tredonian capital and took it with ease, winning the war. The Guild Lord followed them back to the Golden Union and challenged Lady Oriana to a duel. She fought valiantly and won the fight, killing the Guild Lord. Now peace was official and the pirates thanked the Golden Union by renovating their town square.

Now, quite sadly, the last quest here would not end. I have scoured the internet and discovered this is a common problem, and that the solution is to have your secondary hero put their guard uniform back on. Since my secondary hero here was the Blacksmith, he does not have a guard uniform and so I do not seem to be able to find a solution. Now, that quest would have ended at the Platinum rank, so eventually I had 3 platinum quests, 7 gold ones and 10 at silver level.

COMPLETED: Silver Level The Golden Union got involved in a war, allied with the pirates and its many heroes did their absolute best to defeat Tredony. Some became pirates, others worked against them, but in the end there was victory. On The Golden Union's end, not the game's, sadly.

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Lockwood Lepacy (p. 11)

When the building seemed quiet, Celeste and Stella decided to have a little woohoo in the elevator.

Juno was asked to go dancing at The Grind for a few hours to get more crowds over. She started in a completely empty place. Embarrassing.

Stella became pregnant!

Leaving The Grind, Juno was recognized and asked to sign an autograph by a fan.

Stella and Celeste went to the Fall Festival and braved the apple bobbing contest. Sadly, neither of them won.

Soon enough, baby Markus was born with the Neurotic and Virtuoso traits.

It was Celeste's birthday, and with the newborn baby, they decided to celebrate quietly at home. Together, the women ate some delicious birthday cake. Juno gifted Celeste a beautiful, hot-pink sweater.

After Juno had left the house, Celeste and Stella decided it was time for some birthday woohoo.

Baby Markus grew up into a toddler and had the same blonde hair and facial features as his mother Stella!

Juno went over to Matthew Hamming's house and offered to turn him into a vampire, so they could be together forever. After some hesitation, Matthew allowed himself to be turned and Juno bit into his neck. Now to wait for his transformation...

This time, Celeste was the one to get pregnant to grow the family. They found their city apartment to grow a little small, so they moved to a four bedroom house just outside the city. Not ready to leave her sister just yet, Juno moved with them and took the downstairs bedroom. Shortly after the move, Celeste went into labor and a healthy baby girl was born. They named her Clementine and she got the traits Loves the Outdoors and Genius.

Now that they lived in a bigger house, Stella had a small basement room built where her son, Sebastian, could stay for the time being. Seeing the gorgeously large kitchen, he immediately started on his newest hobby: cooking! A few days later, he headed off to boarding school.

To help out, Juno took care of little Markus and helped teach home to walk for a moment!

Juno was asked out on a date by Franklin Spencer. She was very thirsty when she arrived and had a sip from the guy's wrist.

Clementine aged up into a toddler and Stella took her outside for a little joyride.

Celeste got pregnant again and her belly was bigger than ever before! Stella had a listen and could hear the baby moving around.

To celebrate Stella's birthday, she and Celeste went out to Juno's bar. On the way in, Celeste got stuck between the elevator doors.

The bar was entirely empty for the day, so Celeste and Stella had a quiet game of darts. After they were done playing, they headed out to the restaurant for a romantic dinner.

On the way to the restaurant, Celeste went into labor and they sped to the hospital instead. Baby boys Joel and Lucius were born that night. Joel got the Easily Impressed and Slob traits, while Lucius got the Loner and Neurotic traits.

The next morning it was Markus' birthday and he grew up into a child. He looked like the spitting image of his mother.

Clementine had the most fun playing with all her toys inside the toy box.

The twins grew up into toddlers and were both gifted a doll, which they both fell in love with. Lucius loved singing to Boinky.

Stella and Celeste were quick to teach the twins how to walk and talk. Stella laughed as Lucius fell back on his butt while trying to stand up.

Clementine convinced her youngest brother to play with her dollhouse, and they had a blast.

Markus bonded with his brother by playing peek-a-boo. Lucius absolutely loved this game!

Clementine's birthday came around and she aged up into a child. She got the Friendly trait. For her birthday, she wished to learn fishing, so Celeste took her and Markus out to the beach for a little fishing lesson.

Sebastian spent some time playing with his little brother when his moms were busy.

Clementine got a fish bowl and placed one of the anchovy's she caught in the bowl. She named the fish Tamera and they immediately became best friends.

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Lockwood Lepacy (p. 10)

Juno wrote a sweet love letter to Matthew Hamming on a night off. She hopped he absolutely loved it.

After waking up, Juno enjoyed some nice plasma juice for breakfast.

While moonlighting at the Brightmore, Celeste met 1-star celebrity Stella Striker, the wife of famous athlete Richie Striker. They hit it off and exchanged numbers. As friends, of course.

Celeste had been noticing something was up with her sister and decided to make her come clean. Juno confessed she had been turned into a vampire, and Celeste wasn't very happy about it.

Stella called to invite Celeste out to the Spring Festival. She wanted to become the Spring's Dancing Queen, but was too afraid to give it a shot all by herself. After dancing their butts off, Stella took Celeste out for dinner. They were giving a meal of horrible quality and sent it back to the kitchen. The restaurant manager recognized them, as Celeste was now slightly famous too due to her actress sister, and they got a huge discount on their meal.

William Fangmann came over to the apartment and Juno decided to invite him inside. They had some fun together, after which Juno went to do her own thing, not really caring what William was going to do.

Celeste had some shrimp cocktail at the bar and pulled out her eating sticks, just like her grandfather always did. May the Chinese custom pass down to many generations!

Juno was invited to William Fangmann's party and ran into Matthew Hamming. She started making out with the guy, and even woohoo'ed with him in the shower! William didn't suspect a thing.

Celeste met up with her girlfriend Raquel at the park to discuss some issues. Raquel wasn't very keen on listening and decided to leave. As she left, Celeste decided to just text her they were breaking up.

To feel better, Stella invited her out and they decided to go to the butterfly plantsoon. Stella had broken up with her husband, Richie, as she had lost feelings for him a while ago. They had a nice night watching the butterflies, and even shared a kiss.

Realizing she might be playing a dangerous game with all these vampires and celebrity relationships, Juno decided to head to the gym and do some strength workouts.

To promote one of the studio's new movies, now Personal Assistant Juno was sent out to hand out some flyers at the Banzai Lounge. It was a sunny day and Juno was burning up a little, so she grabbed her sister's colorful umbrella from the car.

Stella came over to the apartment and she and Celeste became girlfriends!

Juno decided to take up her old hobby of painting, feeling some peace in reliving the old days.

Celeste received some beautiful flowers in her favorite color from Stella. What a sweet thought!

The girls went out to the vampire bar together and looked awesome.

Celeste got a chance to moonlight and made her sister a Plasma Punch. Juno pretended to love it, and spit out her drink as soon as Celeste turned around.

The next night, the girls went to a different bar and blew some bubbles.

Juno went skinny dipping in the hot tub and Celeste thought it was hilarious to steal her clothes.

Richie Striker joined Juno in the hot tub and she tried to make a move on him. He laughed out loud, but eventually consented to a kiss.

But Richie didn't want to make out with her, so Juno left the hot tub embarrassed, only to find her clothes missing.

Celeste and Stella headed to the Summer Festival and the food truck happened to be right there, so Celeste enjoyed a sweet taco.

Celeste went down to Eugi's and tried out the bar once again. She liked the dive bar very much and decided she would be its owner before the night was over. She headed to city hall to buy the property and succeeded! Back home, Celeste renamed the bar to Juno's.

Celeste was just about to call Stella when she came by the apartment. Celeste took her out for a picnic in the park for dinner.

After their picnic, Celeste drove them to the lookout point and proposed to Stella. She said yes!

Wow! Juno is famous enough to ride around in a limo now.

Celeste and Stella got married at Juno's with their closest friends and family in attendance.

They cut their delicious cake and enjoyed it with everyone.

A paparazzi got into the wedding venue and Juno was bit thirsty, so she decided to drink from the woman. Let that teach her a lesson! Sadly, Juno was publicly disgraced for it later.

Once everyone had left the venue, and it was just the newlyweds, Stella showed Celeste her piano skills.

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Lockwood Lepacy (p. 9)

Lindsey and Celeste's birthday was on the same day and they celebrated at home with the family. Lindsey started a midlife crisis, and Celeste gained the Good Sense of Humor trait.

Shortly after her birthday, Lindsey and Jamie left town and moved to Isla Paradiso to live their mermaid lives peacefully.

Celeste went jumping on the trampoline to release some energy before bed.

Apparently, the evil gnome in the yard has killed the other two gnomes that were out there with him. Poor, poor gnomies.

Skyler took Celeste for her first driving lesson, and she was such a quick learner, she got her permit that same day!

Skyler bonded with his youngest daughter and asked her to help him build a snowman. They went out in the backyard and made a cute little classic snowman.

Celeste begged her parents for a bar to practice making drinks, and her parents relented as a celebration of her driver's license. They got her a small bar for her room, as long as she promised not to make any alcoholic drinks.

After school, cousin Ares asked Celeste to come over to his house. They hung out and did their homework together until Celeste had to head home for dinner.

Juno and Jade's birthday hit and the family celebrated in the early morning. Juno grew up into a teen and gained the Star Quality trait. Jade became an elder and quickly died her hair her original color to avoid looking gray.

The family went out to the winter festival to celebrate two birthdays and Juno decided to make a snow angel. Instead, she fell face first into the snow and just... went with it. Her face was a bit cold afterwards.

Skyler got back on his board and enjoyed some nostalgic snowboarding.

Juno found a fire pit and little a fire to get warm again.

Celeste asked her dad for some snowboarding tips and took on the ramp. She was a natural!

The whole family warmed up around the fire pit and made some marshmallows before heading out to dinner at the Bistro.

During the night, a burglar once again came to the Lockwood house. Celeste went outside to fight them, and lost. Luckily, the police arrived and arrested the burglar before they had a chance to steal anything.

It was a snow day, but the girls went over to the school to hang out on the playground. When they headed home, Skyler suggested he teach Juno how to drive and she, too, got her license on her first day!

The family decided it was time for a change and moved to Bridgeport. They moved into a large apartment on the edge of the city centre. There was finally space for Celeste to start practicing her mixology skill on a professional bar.

Skyler took Juno to tour the movie set and they ate at Hogan's Deepfried Diner afterwards. Returning home, Juno felt like an absolute star.

A few days passed and both Juno and Celeste's birthdays rolled around. They both became young adults,

Celeste got accepted to moonlight at Waylon's Haunt. She did an awesome job and earned 26 simoleons.

The next night, the sisters headed out to another dive bar where Celeste could moonlight. Juno invited the guy she met the night before, William Fangmann, who she was madly in love with ever since. And, he was a vampire. On her way in, though, she got stuck in the elevator.

Once she got close enough to William, Juno asked him to turn her into a vampire, too. He declined, stating he was shy and didn't like a crowd to watch. So, she took William back to her and her sister's apartment and he agreed to turn her.

After a few days of feeling like she was dying, Juno finally turned into a vampire after returning from a night out and she felt more alive than ever!

One of her co-workers at the film studio was superstar Matthew Hamming, who invited Juno out on a date. They headed to the karaoke bar together, and now that Juno was friends with him, she became a celebrity and the people of Bridgeport started noticing her. Juno decided to invite Matthew back to her apartment and asked to drink some blood from his neck. He accepted.

Celeste had resorted to online dating and met Raquel Rake, a transgender woman who grew up in Bridgeport. Raquel invited Celeste to a party the day after, and Celeste made her move. She then stayed the night at Raqel's place after the party ended.

The next morning, Celeste asked Raquel to go steady and made her a nice peanut butter and jelly breakfast.

After their breakfast, Raquel and Celeste danced to the music that was still blaring from the speakers since the night before.

Juno went to the store and bought herself a bunch of plasma fruit. She immediately enjoyed one outside the store.

Celeste wasn't admitted into the bar, so she bribed the bouncer with one hundred simoleons. He accepted her bribe. They all do.

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Ren and Brit from Girls Who Lie Together

Aanschouw... Ren and Brit from the book I'm currently reading, Girls Who Lie Together by Jessa Russo. I have definitely not yet finished it, but I am certainly enjoying it.