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"Oh goodness, is it me?" the blonde asked in surprise, before giving her best, brightest smile. "Alright then!"

"Well, the Watcher actually told me that my legacy is what inspired her to do this whole thing, and that's why she came to me first! It was very sweet of her. My name is Barbie Roberts, and obviously my legacy is the Barbie Legacy Challenge. I'm Housewife Barbie! My traits are family-oriented, good, and over-achiever. My aspiration is Successful Lineage, because while I'm very happy to be a traditional housewife, I want my children to know they can aim higher, and be whatever they want to be. I suppose in this scenario I will mostly just be trying to help everyone unlock things by maxing skills? Oh, I do hope we can all be great friends. You all seem like such interesting sims, even if we don't all agree on the same things. I know we can all agree on one thing: this is going to be an adventure."

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"Yo," Oscar said, giving everyone a half-hearted wave once it was his turn.

"I'm Oscar Mayes, and no that is not Oscar Meyer, don't you fudging dare call me a hot dog. I'm a teenager like Ikari over there, and I'm the founder of the Sour Legacy. Technically generation 0, so am I like, a pre-founder? I dunno. Whatever I am, I'm gloomy and a music lover, and I'll be self-assured when I age up. My aspiration is Musical Genius. I dropped out of high school because I'm going to become a pop star, though honestly with only us 8 here, not sure how that's gonna work. Guess I'll be the biggest pop sensation by default. Geez, that's depressing... I hope more people get here quick, I want to be famous for my skills, not because I'm literally the only thing to listen to."

Once he was done talking, Oscar turned to the last sim in the circle. "Looks like you're up."

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"Alright..." the next sim in the circle sighed softly, her gaze drifting to the sky above her.

"My name is Lunete Rinne, and I'm the founder of a Joy of Life Challenge. My dream is to open up my own bakery. Life just isn't worth living without baked goods, frankly. I'm a foodie, outgoing, and high maintenance. My aspiration is Appliance Wiz. I'm not sure whether I actually want to own a bakery building, or just have a stall to sell my goods at. Either way, I'm going to be working hard to unlock townies for that very reason. I mean, since we'll be sharing money until some of us move out it's not like any of you will be able to purchase anything from me, is it? Let's see, is there anything else about me, um... I'm straight, don't want kids in the foreseeable future, and I'm more than a little frustrated that there's no spa in this Watcher forsaken world."

Lunete heaved a deep sigh, before motioning at the sim to her left. "Next."

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"Nice to meet you all," the blond man spoke up, nodding at Snowdrop, before looking around at everyone else.

"The name's Bentley Rae, and I'm a Whimsy Stories Legacy founder. Like Amos, I love the outdoors, but I also am a freegan and creative. My aspiration is to be a Master Maker, so I'll probably be building a lot of our furniture, if we can ever afford a fabricator. If you want to know more about me, I'm an orphan, never had parents. I've been bounced around since I was little, and been homeless since I aged up into a Young Adult. So this lawn living situation is nothing new for me. Off-the-grid is practically my middle name. I'll probably be spending most of my time with Amos in the garden, or working on creative things with Snowdrop. Other than that... nothing really to know about me. Who's next?"

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"Don't worry, Amos, I can understand why Hibiscus and I might look strange to you. And I'm glad you will get to live life the way you want to, now." The raw berry smiled warmly at Amos, before glancing around at the rest of the group.

"I can understand your pain, too. You see, I'm a Berry Pastel Rainbowcy founder. I know most, if not all of you won't know what that is, but basically it means that I have had my own share of parent troubles. I was a sickly child, and my parents became very over protective, and wouldn't allow me to leave the house. At all. I did get better, eventually, but the damage was done, so I was just about to run away when the Watcher came to ask me if I wanted to join her new project. Anyway, I'm creative, an art lover, and a perfectionist, and my aspiration is Big Happy Family. I will be mostly focusing on making us money by selling my art, and so I will probably help with unlocking the museum. I look forward to actually having my art on display when the time comes! As for anything else, um.. my favorite colors are pink and purple, I can't wait to be a mom, and I'm a lesbian. Oh no, I almost forgot! My name is Snowdrop Mist. How could I forget to actually tell you my name, how ridiculous..."

Once she was finished, Snowdrop shook her head, before turning to look at the sim to her left. "Your turn!"

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All eyes turned towards the man in suspenders, and he glanced around at all of them. "Oh, is it me? Ah... it is me. Well, then..." he seemed to be bracing himself, before hugging his knees and looking to the sky to steel his nerves.

"I was actually unaware that I was supposed to be a legacy founder until the Watcher came to. I think those in my situation are generally unaware of the fourth wall, so this whole situation is a huge shock to me. My name is Amos Overstreet, and I was supposed to found a Decades Challenge. I was not given a set personality, because my legacy is more... free form, I suppose? But I am a genius, I love the outdoors, and I'm a loner. My aspiration is Freelance Botanist. I just prefer to be alone in nature. Everything about this situation scares me, because... I'm used to the 1890s. And this is very much not that. I also don't understand how there are women in pants, and a man can openly admit to liking other men without anyone batting an eye, and there are people who are unnatural colors. I'm sorry, I don't mean that in an insulting way, but to me, pink and white are not colors that sims come in. But... don't be mistaken, I don't hate this situation. My family were well off, and forcing me into marriage with a woman I didn't love. I was going to have to take over the family business, as well, but now I can dedicate my time to farming, the way I've always wanted."

When he finally looked down, he saw all eyes on him, and his loner trait kicked in. His cheeks flushed, and he turned to the person on his left. "E-Enough about me, please tell us about yourself now."

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"Honestly, this is the stupidest fudging thing I've ever even heard of. What is this, elementary school? A friendship circle or something? What a load of shiitake." She stayed silent a moment, hoping they'd just accept it was stupid and move on. Unfortunately for her, everyone kept staring at her. "Ughhhh, fine! Whatever. I'm Ikari Karma. My mom was a red berry and my dad was a regular sim. My legacy is the RainbowSin Challenge, and yeah that means I'm a teenager. Big fudging deal. I'm hot-headed and mean, and when I age up I'll be evil. My aspiration is Public Enemy, and you can bet that I'm completing it. I'm just not a good person, so sorry Mr. Goodie-Goodie mayor, we're gonna hate each other. I'm going to be working to unlock electricity since I'm supposed to max handiness, and the criminal career since I'm supposed to top that too. I'm not going to be friends with any of you. Okay, who's next? I'm tired of talking."

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"My name is Hibiscus Aster, and I was supposed to be the founder of the Sweetest Berry Legacy. My generation was strawberry, so that's why I'm a pink berry. I'm outgoing, cheerful, and good, and my aspiration is to be friend of the world. I'm supposed to be a politician in the charity organizer branch, which... is perfect for the mayor role in the Build a City Challenge. Anything else, uh... my favorite color is black, I really like carnival music, I think pranks are hilarious, and I'm gay but I've never had a boyfriend."

After taking a deep breath, Hibiscus then turned to the girl on his left. "Your turn."

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"Okay, gather around everyone! It's time to have our first, uh... town meeting! I guess!" Hibiscus called everyone over, and smiled when they actually did as he asked. He knew what he was doing, but he hadn't had a lot of practice being the leader of... well.. anything. He never had the option to do student government.

"So, you all know the basics of why we're here. What all has the Watcher told you?" Hibiscus asked.

Some of them spoke up, but the ones that didn't nodded to confirm what the others were saying. Basically, they all knew about as much as he did; they were there to found a save game together, as a Build a City Challenge. They were all supposed to have been a legacy founder of some kind, but then the Watcher sent them to do each of their separate legacies... here instead.

"We're all on the same page, then. The Watcher told me that much, too, but she told me that since I was supposed to be a politician in my legacy, I'm the mayor. It wasn't exactly a democracy, though, so, uh. All in favor of following the watcher's plan, raise your hand?"

Everyone except Hibiscus raised their hand. The blond man sitting across from Hibi grinned, and shrugged. "I don't know about any of these others, but I know I'm not fit to lead, so who am I to disagree with the Watcher?"

"Okay, thanks. Now... I feel like we should actually get to know each other, so starting with me, let's introduce ourselves. We'll say our names, what our legacies were supposed to be, and anything else relevant. As I said, I'll go first.."

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Slowly, Hibiscus went around introducing himself to the last of the sims, giving them a quick hello, and kind of gauging how they were reacting to the situation. The three that had grouped up to talk seemed to be adjusting the best, with the teenage Oscar being next best.

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"Good heavens, what is that woman wearing.. her legs are exposed! What are these people wearing... where have I gone?! What kind of a place is this.." a man in suspenders was muttering to himself in horror as he looked on at the larger group of sims. Hibiscus raised his eyebrows in curiosity.

"Are you alright?" Hibi asked as he approached, glancing over the man's shoulder at the raw berry he saw standing just off to the side, looking as skittish as a wild bunny. He would need to speak to her next.

The spooked man jerked and then turned to look at him, his eyes widening to the size of saucers, before giving Hibiscus a once over.. then a twice over... and a thrice over. "G-good sir, you are pink!" the man squeaked.

"I am. As I told the boy Oscar, I'm from a save where this is normal. And so is that girl over there," he said, pointing over the other man's shoulder towards the raw berry. Evidently, the man had already seen her, because he just shook his head, refusing to look at the pure white berry girl behind him. Hibiscus had a feeling this man was going to be a bit more difficult than some of the others.

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As Hibiscus started to approach the largest group of sims he could see, figuring it was best to go for them first and then everyone else, he was interrupted as one of the singular sims stepped in front of him.

"Hey dude," the boy spoke up. From what Hibi could tell, he was a teenager. What was the Watcher doing picking a teenager to found a world? "What's your deal? Did you lose a battle with a fabricator, or are you just... really into pink?"

"Uh," Hibi paused, then gave the other sim a polite smile that he didn't feel. "I was born this way. I'm a pink berry. My name is Hibiscus, it's nice to meet you...?"

"Oscar. What's a pink berry? I mean, I know strawberries are pink, and raspberries, but you're a person." said Oscar. To his credit, he looked genuinely curious, rather than malicious.

"It's a type of person. I'll explain more once we're all together, but the Watcher took us all from vastly different save files, and where I'm from, you're the one that would look very strange and out of place. Now, can you follow me? The Watcher told me I'm going to be the mayor of this new place, so I'm going to get everyone together to... uh, talk about our new situation."

Oscar gave Hibi a nod of acknowledgement, and went to follow the pink man as he went to talk to more of the sims that were chosen for this project.

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"What in the actual... did that actually just happen?" Hibiscus asked himself the moment he came to after his strange dream involving the Watcher. His first instinct was to belief he'd just had some sort of... food inspired late night dream. He probably shouldn't have had a whole sandwich right before bed, but he'd been hungry!

But that didn't explain why he woke up... standing... in the middle of an empty field.

"That really happened, and everything I told you was the truth. The other founders of this save file are behind you. Now, go take charge like the leader you are," he heard in his head, and nearly fell on his butt, startled at... having a voice in his head.

"Uh, alright then," he muttered softly, before turning to look over his shoulder. There were 7 other people, just like the Watcher had told him. "Here I go, I guess."

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The Watcher was a very lazy woman.

"I resent that."

Shush. You're just an avatar of me, you have no right to protest.

As I was saying. She had many plans, but she knew that if she did them all, she would quickly become overwhelmed and abandon her sim children. Legacy challenge rulesets were her kryptonite; she wanted to do them all, but she couldn't spend all of her time keeping an eye on the sims under her care.

So she had an idea. She also loved Build a City Challenges, and previously she had done one where neglected founders, spares, and sims from people's libraries got a second chance at life. So why not one where brand new legacy founders could found an entire save file together? They would follow their respective legacies, while also following the rules for a BACC.

And so she sent her avatar to approach each of her chosen beginning founders to tell them what was in store for them, before spiriting them away to a brand new, empty save file.

"Why me?" asked Hibiscus Aster, the final sim the Avatar of the Watcher approached.

"Because I know you will be a perfect mayor, Hibiscus. You already are destined to be a politician according to your legacy, and so you are the perfect one to lead the others. I gave them each an explanation before sending them to their new home, but I will not be able to be in direct contact with them. You are the only one I will be able to contact from here on." said the Watcher.

Hibiscus looked hesitant, but eventually he nodded slowly. "Alright.. I'll do my best." And with that, he faded away, sent along to join the others.

"Next time, make me less glowy. You can't even see me properly in the screenshots."

Yeah, yeah, I will.