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snailsagere · 2 years ago

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Please read my dni in my bio before interacting

I made another sims 4 legacy challenge, this is different from my usual content so feel free to ignore if this isn't your kind of thing! :3

Anyway welcome to the Halloween legacy challenge! In this challenge you will play through different typical halloween 'monsters' and complete the requirements for each generation!

-Making your sims the different occults is optional, if you'd like you can loosely make a sim based off the occult but not actually make them that specific occult type!

-you can choose which requirements you'll do since I did include some alternatives if you're missing any packs however

-try to complete at least 6 requirements per generation (unless I didn't include enough alternatives and you don't own a pack)

The packs commonly used in the challenge are-

Vampires, island living, werewolves, cottage living, cats and dogs, realm of magic, paranormal and get to work

I used other packs too but these are the ones I'd recommend if you want to get the best experience of this challenge!

👻Ghost👻

You don't remember much about your past but now you're a ghost with a love for haunting music... wait can I smell burning?

Traits-

Loner

Music lover

Gloomy or paranoid (strangerville)

Aspiration-

Musical genius

Career-

Entertainer musician branch

Requirements-

👻become a ghost

👻reach level 10 of any music skill

👻live in a haunted house (paranormal stuff)

👻if you don't have paranormal, live with three ghosts which you cannot control

👻finish the crystals collection

👻your partner must die

👻don't have a good relationship with your kids, you're not around much anymore

👻get the needs no one reward trait

🧟Zombie🧟

...

Traits-

Clumsy

Loner or socially awkward (high school years)

Foodie

Aspiration-

Master chef

Career-

Culinary chef branch

Requirements-

🧟never do well in school and drop out as soon a possible

🧟reach level 10 cooking and gourmet cooking skill

🧟complete experimental food photos collection (dine out)

🧟if you don't have dine out, cook one of each meal throughout your life

🧟only introduce yourselves to others with the rude introduction

🧟go running atleast once a week

🧟never increase your logic and handiness skills past 1

🎈Clown🎈

You followed the same path as your parents you dropped out of school and discovered that you have a passion for making others laugh! No stop crying! I'm funny!

Traits-

Erratic

Goofball

Childish

Aspiration-

Joke star

Career-

Entertainer comedian branch

Requirements-

🎈drop out of school as soon as possible

🎈reach level 10 comedy skill

🎈have a job as a teen

🎈move to a different world once per in game week

🎈befriend the tragic clown

🎈always live in small houses never bigger than one bedroom or always live in tiny houses

🐺Werewolf🐺

You ran away from home to start a new life for yourself, you took whatever money you could and decided to live off the land in moonwood mill

Traits-

Hot-headed

Childish or dog lover (cats and dogs)

Loves outdoors

Aspiration-

Freelance botanist or Friend of the animals (cats and dogs) or Werewolf initiate (werewolves)

Career-

None, you must make money by selling plants from your garden

Requirements-

🐺become a werewolf

🐺'run away' from home as a teenager

🐺have triplets (you can cheat for this)

🐺own atleast one pet dog (cats and dogs)

🐺home school you kids (make your sims kids take 2 days off school per week)

🐺reach level 10 gardening

🐺use the simple living lot trait (cottage living)

🐺if you don't have cottage living use the off-the-grid lot trait

👽Alien👽

You're new to this planet and you want to learn all about it and perhaps explore the rest of space too

Traits-

Genius

Perfectionist

Loner or paranoid (strangerville)

Aspiration-

Nerd brain

Career-

Astronaut or Scientist (get to work)

Requirements-

👽become an alien

👽build a space ship

👽go to sixam (get to work)

👽if you don't have get to work, once you build the spaceship go to space once per week

👽go to university and join a club (discover university)

👽if you don't have discover university join a club (get together)

👽complete the aliens collection

👽go on holiday at least twice

👽reach level 10 in the handiness and rocket science skills

🧹Witch🧹

You've gained lots of knowledge over the years from your parents and now wish to fully use it with you trusty feline companion

Traits-

Genius

Bookworm

Perfectionist or cat lover (cats and dogs)

Aspiration-

The curator or Purveyor of potions (realm of magic)

Career-

Business

Requirements-

🧹become a spellcaster

🧹learn and craft all potion recipes (realm of magic)

🧹if you don't have realm of magic, buy all reward trait potions that cost under 500 points

🧹complete frog collection

🧹own atleast one cat (cats and dogs)

🧹reach level 10 charisma

🧹own and use a voodoo doll atleast five times

🧹own a herb garden

🧚Fairy🧚

You love nature and feel connected to plants and animals and wish to live within nature

Traits-

Goofball

Loves outdoors

Vegetarian

Aspiration-

Freelance botanist or Spellcraft and sorcerery (realm of magic)

Career-

Gardener

Requirements-

🧚become a spellcaster

🧚own a large garden

🧚use the simple living lot trait (cottage living)

🧚use the off the grid lot trait

🧚reach level 10 gardening and herbalism

🧚enter the finchwick fair once a week (cottage living)

🧚own atleast one animal

🌊Mermaid🌊

You love nature, the ocean and mischief, you wish to allure other sims to danger while living a peaceful life in the water

Traits-

Music lover

Romantic

Loves outdoors or Child of the ocean (island living)

Aspiration-

Chief of mischief or Beach life (island living)

Career-

Gardener or Teacher (discover university) or Conservationist (island living)

Requirements-

🌊be a mermaid

🌊move somewhere close to water or sulani

🌊only take baths

🌊reach level 10 singing and mischief skill

🌊complete the seashell collection (island living)

🌊befriend a dolphin (island living)

🌊if you don't have island living own five pet fish instead

🌊kill atleast one sim (your choice how)

🦴Skeleton🦴

You're a bit bonely but you want to meet more sims just like you and try to learn new things

Traits-

Gloomy or Squeamish (outdoor retreat)

Lazy

Loner or Socially awkward (high school years)

Aspiration-

Big happy family or Lord/lady of the knits (nifty knitting) or Jungle explorer (jungle adventure)

Career-

Freelance any or Critic (city living)

Requirements-

🦴go on atleast two holidays to selvadorada (jungle adventure)

🦴befriend a skeleton (jungle adventure or paranormal)

🦴own a cow plant, if it dies you must keep the skeleton and get a new one

🦴own a skeleton fish

🦴complete sugar skull collection

🦴unlock the forever full reward trait

🦇Vampire🦇

You are immortal and you want to be the most successful out the whole rest of your family, afterall you do have forever to do so

Traits-

Ambitious

Snob or Proper (snowy escape)

Materialistic or self absorbed (get famous)

Aspiration-

Mansion baron or Master vampire (vampires)

Career-

Secret agent or Law (discover university)

Requirements-

🦇become a vampire

🦇own a plasma fruit orchard (vampires)

🦇if you don't own vampires own and fruit orchard worth around 10,000 simolions (decorations in the orchard do contribute to the 10,000 simolions)

🦇live in a mansion

🦇reach level 10 in piano or pipe organ skill

🦇have at least 100,000 simolions

🦇have at least one enemy

🦇master the vampire lore skill and complete the vampire skill tree (vampires)

🦇if you don't own vampires unlock the never weary and forever full reward traits

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sim4eventmode · 7 months ago

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51- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel your kitchen [BG]

52- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel your living room [BG]

53- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel all the bedrooms [BG]

54.- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel the bathroom [BG]

55.- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel the living room [BG]

56.- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel the exterior [BG]

57.- Remodel (Replayable): Remodel the whole house! You don't need to roll for an added challenge. Delete every object in the home and create a shell of the house. You cannot erase or add exterior walls, but can manipulate interior walls. Use as much money as you have available to you. [BG]

58.- Add a Room (Replayable): Add an art gallery [BG]

59.- Add a Room (Replayable): Add a garden/greenhouse [BG] and optionally [GH]

60.- Add a Room (Replayable): Add a shed / workshop [BG]

61.- Restyle (Replayable): Give one of your Sims a new outfit! [BG]

62- Age Gap Romance: You will need an elderly sim for this--you can create or pick a family with an elderly sim. If they are married, divorce immediately. You want to find love, but no one in your age cohort seems to be doing it for you. Romance and marry an adult or young adult. [BG]

63- Single, About to Die, but Ready to Mingle: Create an elderly sim with the noncommittal trait. You're not getting any younger! There's no point in marrying--you're on death's doorstep as it is. But you've always been that Sim who's always dating somebody. Choose five Sims of any age group available for dating. You must romance, become their partner, go on at least one date, and then break up with them. You can remain dating the last partner if you wish. [BG]

64.- Adopt a Pet! (Replayable): Adopt a pet of your choosing [Mrow]

65.- House of Death: Pick a household with at least two sims. Ensure the two sims are at least both young adults or older. One sim should maximize writing in order to get the book of life, for which they will write the second sim's name in. Your Non-Writer Sim is haunted by death. No matter what they do, death seems to be around the corner. Kill this sim as many ways as you have access to (base game has 9 deaths, 10 if you're playing an elder). Every time your sim dies, the writer sim brings them back to life with the book of life [BG]

66.- Born Sexy Yesterday: You've been obsessed with space your entire life. Join the scientist career. Your goal is to find an alien to fall in love with and marry, and maybe even get to Sixam! [GTW]

67.- I Am A Normal Human Being Just Like You: Create an alien sim. You've been sent to the Sims planet to see if there are any useful resources, but you've lost track of your mission and have become obsessed with sim food. Max out your cooking and gourmet cooking skill, and complete the chef career track. [GTW]

68.- The Cop and The Criminal: You will need a married set of Sims to complete this. Change their careers so one is a cop and the other is a criminal. Your criminal sim has fallen into a life of crime the same time their partner has decided that policework is the path for them. While at first your criminal believed this to be a waking nightmare, it actually has made your criminal work much easier because no one suspects a cop's spouse. The criminal has told the cop spouse that they're actually a painter (painter, money launderer through the art industry. Is there really a difference?. Reach the top of each careers. The criminal needs to have the painting skill maxed out and some paintings on the wall to help sell the idea that they're a painter. You should also have a suspicious number of very nice paintings/sculptures in your house. [GTW]

69.- Landlord Economy: Pick a new household and save up money to buy an unoccupied house as a rental property. (Or kick a house sim out if none are unoccupied.) Notate the cost of the house when you buy it. Delete everything in the house and remodel it for twice the value, and portion it out so you can rent it to other Sims. (With a shared community space for facilities but separate bedrooms for each renter). Charge the maximum possible for rent. [FR]

70.- Leader of the HOA: You have decided that you are your community's leader! Reach maximum friendship with everyone in your neighborhood. Create a club of everyone in your neighborhood (basically making an HOA) and Max out the groups upgrades. While this is going on, do not influence the Neighborhood Action Plans (NAPS). When you have finished making friends and created your club, begin the repeal process and select NAP Programs that benefit your household above all else. [EL]

71.- Ambition Eats Morality: Find a house with a couple, and have a child. Give this child the ambitious trait. You grew up in a household where you were expected to achieve. Your parents believed that a strict routine would set you up for life. In terms of the child's character value they should have the positive traits of manners, responsibility, and emotional control, but the negative traits of empathy and conflict resolution by the time they reach young adulthood. Give the child a curfew and the parenting should be rather strict. In adulthood, sign them up for university with the end goal of a lawyer career. In young adulthood, being pushed to strive and be better, you are a star student but a terrible friend. You can maintain one positive friendship with this sim, but you tend to make enemies wherever you go because you're willing to step on others in order to get ahead. Go to university to become a lawyer. Once graduated, join the lawyer career and reach the top of the career as fast as possible, and have at least 10 declared enemies. You've reached top success, but it's only when you're crowned the victor in a game your parents made up, you realize what it cost to get here, and you wonder if it had been worth it. [DU]

72.- The Host With The Most: Find, create, or conceive a Cheerful sim. Age them up to Young Adult if necessary. You are just happy to be here, and you love making friends and having social gatherings. You will be hosting several different parties, and it's important that your sim is reasonably skilled enough to pull these parties off by having the correct skill points. Ensure that your house is equipped to host several different kinds of parties. Make 15 close friends. Host and get at least silver on a dinner party, a house party, a spooky party, a dance party, neighborhood potluck, a pool party. Optionally, you can do a family reunion if your sim has enough family to host a family reunion. (And of course, if you do not have a DLC that contains one of these parties, feel free to skip them!) [BG] [Spooky Stuff] [GeTo][GT][FR]

73.- The Lord of Babysitters: Find, create, or conceive a childish sim. They can be a teen or adult for this event. You've always had a knack with children--they find you funny and you find them adorable. Get a job as a babysitter and reach the top of the career. Create a club with at least 5 children sims. Develop the club to its maximum potential, and include children's activities. Build a space in the childish sim's house for their little babysitter's club. [GeTo]

74.- The Klutz on a Mission! Find, create, or conceive a sim with the clumsy trait. You've always been a little clumsy and your entire life you've never let it slow you down. You've been dreaming of the jungle your entire life. Choose/change to the the Jungle Explorer aspiration, which you will complete by the end of the event. Save up 20,000$ for your vacation which you will go on by yourself. Max out your Selvadoradian Culture skill as well as archeology skill. Befriend 5 people in Selvadoradia. Buy a camera and Take 2 photos in each area of the game to great a photo-gallery. These photos should each be unique in some way. Collect each of the rare fruits in the area and one of each artefact. When this and your aspiration is complete, return home. If you have not already, create a public museum lot for you to display your artifacts and photos, or remodel an existing museum to accommodate the wing. [JA]

75.- The Collection's Museum: Create/renovate a public museum with enough wings for each kind of collectable in the Sims, so that it can be put out on display. Include a bookcase for writer Sims to bring their written books into. (If you have encountered an event that's asked you to build this lot, consider this event complete. Draw a new event). [BG]

76.- The Creative Spark: Find, create, or conceive a sim with the creative trait and choose / change to the writer aspiration, which must be completed. Your passion is writing and vacationing. Save up 10,000$ and gain at least writing level 9 to write mysteries Go on as many vacations in as many worlds as you can muster. Buy a laptop to keep in your inventory. For each location you visit, write a mystery book. You're effectively doing research vacations to create a realistic setting for your books. [BG]

77.- Romance is My Middle Name: Create, Conceive, or find a sim with the romantic trait. Love is in the air! At least, you're PRETTY sure it is. Change your romantic preferences to be non-jealous of all aspects. You've always wanted to be a writer, and there's nothing you adore more than a good romance. Raise you writing to be high enough level to write romance books, and create a writing nook with items that make the environment flirty. How do you plan on getting good stories to write romances on? Why, by going on dates of course! While you do not have to ask anyone out (you can if you want) you must reach 50% romance with 5 Sims and go on at least one date with each sim (you do not need to be officially dating any of these sims). After, you can write a book with the narrative of using your date experience as the foundation for your romance novel. [BG]

78.- Sauna Please! (Replayable): Build A sauna in your sim's home [SD]

79.- Bowling Night!: Build a public bowling alley or renovate a public lot to include a bowling alley. [BN]

80.- Galactic Roads, Take Me Home: Create a toddler alien sim and their adult alien parent(s). Your family first came to Simgea (Sim Earth) as ambassadors to make peace and learn about the humans. However, your parents crash landed into distant Strange Town, ruining any equipment they might have had. What's worse? Your parents were stranded and your mother/can-conceive-child-parent was pregnant with you! The town was surprisingly welcoming to your parents. They taught them about the humans world, and helped deliver you. While Strange Town did not have any resources to get back to Sixam, the town helped locate neighborhood close enough to a science laboratory. Giving your parents funds and direction, your parents set off to start a life and maybe one day make it back to Sixam. Settle your alien family in any desert world (it reminds them of Strange Town, they're sticking with what they know). Both the parent Sims should be fairly career oriented but neither can be an astronaut nor a scientist. Your parents are otherwise very loving and protective parents of their alien child (you). Growing up, your young sim should be focused on the sciences. When they reach young adulthood, age up the parents to elderly. Your young adult sim should go to university for sciences to ultimately join the science career. When finally a scientist, they should put all efforts into getting back to Sixam to report to your homeland what had happened, and that their ambassador mission was a success. Strange Town is a ghost town now, but there are plenty more interesting places with nice Sims for the aliens of Sixam visit. [GTW]

81- ABDUCT ME: Every since you were little, you've dreamed of being abducted by aliens. But you're not the kind of sim who's smart enough to make it in the science career (or maybe you are, but you're sure you aren't) By raising your logic to 7, become focused, and and using the search for truth on a telescope to get abducted by aliens. [GTW]

82 - The Mother's Daughter is The Mother's Daughter: (Kidnapping cults tw) You are The Mother's Daughter (The Mother is referencing Strangerville's storyline). Create a sim with a floral aesthetic, and build her a simple home with an elaborate greenhouse. Reach gardening 10, and complete the steps to getting the forbidden fruit to create plant sims. Plant this forbidden fruit to grow a tree and grow it indoors so it's growing all season. Eat this to become a plant sim. When it wears off, eat another fruit. When your sim is a plant sim, it is time to act. Befriend 6 homeless Sims and 1 sim that lives on a lot ( a homeless sim is defined as not currently living on a lot) and ask them to move in with you. Turn these new sims into plant Sims. Narratively, the Daughter is enchanting and kidnapping people to turn them into plant sims. Create a club for your eight Sims, as you have effectively created a plant cult! Make sure each sim in the cult has at least 5 in the wellness skill and access to wellness items--which, alongside gardening, is their main club activity. Now switch households to the family you had taken a sim from (the family of the 1 sim that lives on the lot). Pick a young adult sim or older for this next part. You family member has left suddenly to join the plant cult! You're determined to put a stop to this, but nothing you do can bring your family member back. Move out of your home and into Strangerville by yourself. Quit your job and join the military in vain hope of getting more access to whatever is going on in this town. Change your aspiration to the Strangerville mystery and complete it. The only way to save your friends from The Daughter is to deal with The Mother. When The Mother is dealt with, you can go and ask your family member sim to move back in with you, which they will, as the hold The Daughter had has weakened enough. The rest of the Sims remain with The Daughter, still fully enveloped in this madness. As you play Event Mode, should you ever get invited to join The Plant Cult you must always say yes, travel to the Plant Cult's lot, and eat the fruit to become a plant sim, and take a fruit to grow your own tree on your home lot. Whenever you play Sims in the plant cult, you must always maintain them as plant Sims. The only way to free them from being a plant sim is if another family member/member of the household travels to The Daughter, declares her an enemy, and wins in a fist fight against The Daughter. Only then can they leave the club and stop maintaining themselves as a plant sim. [STV][GeTo]

83- Oh Baby!: For this challenge you need a household of at least one sim capable of getting pregnant, and one sim identified as male. You and your male partner have decided it's time to expand that family, but you're taking a unique twist. You must have a child per each different way to have a child: Woohoo, Science Baby, Adoption, and Abduction! Alien Abductions can only get male Sims pregnant. It is advised to go down the scientist career for the satellite to contact with aliens, and then also have a level 7 in logic, become focused, and use the telescope to search for the truth.[BG], and optionally, [GeTo]

84- Everything is Numbers: Find, create, or conceive a sim with the Genius trait. Sure you could have gone into tech or you could have been a scholar, but instead you've decided that you're going to use your intelligence for the greater good by joining the detective career track. Reach level 5 in the detective career track. Make friends with at least two of your coworkers. At level 5, skip work for 2 days in a row to trigger getting fired. Narratively, you were fired unfairly because one of your coworkers set you up to fail. Pick one of the coworkers you're friends with and declare them your enemy and reach max rivalry with them. Join the criminal career and choose the Oracle branch. The side of good has failed you, so you'll be the evil genius you suppose you were born to be. [GTW]

85- You Cried: Create or conceive a sim with the gloomy trait, and a sibling that will end up as a ghost. Your whole aesthetic is the rainstorm, of darkness and gloom. Build small house on a medium lot or bigger, dedicating much of the space to nature. The house should look like it was renovated from some kind of an abandoned building. You've fully accepted your gloom as a part of you and embrace what beauty you manage to find amidst your sorrows. Though your sibling has passed on, they still haunt the place they died, an abandoned building that everyone seems to have forgotten about. You renovated the place as best as you could, and live comfortably with your sibling. As a gloomy sim, you get boosts to creative skills such as painting or writing. Pick one of these passions to create sad paintings or sad books, maxing out the respective skill. Have the lot challenges spooky and off-the-grid. Befriend 10 ghosts. (Wednesday is Ghost night, so you can meet ghosts at bars on Wednesday nights) [BG]

86- You're being Hysterical!: Conceive a sim with the Goofball trait. Reach maximum mischief before becoming an adult to gain the Authentic Prankster Reward Trait (High School Years). You refuse to be serious, and your parents always said it would be the death of you. And now, it really is. Dare 5 Sims to streak, Become a partner in crime with one sim if possible (to be partners in crime the other sim must also have that high a level in mischief). Clog 5 drains at 5 different households. Get a part time job but play hooky as much as financially possible whilst completing these tasks. When all above is complete, trigger the playful emotional death: death by Hysteria. Click Here To Learn How to Boost Playfulness to trigger death by Hysteria. [BG]

87- Find My Zen? You mean a Zen-Headbutt! >:(: Create or conceive a sim with High Maintenance (there is only one Townie that has this trait). You've always been, as they say, a little dramatic about the little things but have no fear! Surely with a little meditation even you will finally be able to reach your calm! Reach level 10 in wellness. You are then going to purchase a lot to create a spa so that everyone else can reach a level of calm and clarity that you've managed to get. Create a club with wellness activities as the main goal. Have 3 different gatherings at your spa and help people relax and take a load off! [SD][GeTo]

88- The Angriest Decorator: Find, create, or conceive a sim with the Hot-Headed trait. Anger is your brand. From your personal aesthetic to your house everything is red, fire, and hot. And it looks GOOD. Have a 5 in athletics but join the Interior Design career. That's right. You might be all muscle and pure rage but your absolute passion is interior design. You want to bring out the personality of your fellow Sims in the way that they design their houses. Reach the top of the Dream Home Decorator Career. [DHD]

89- THE END IS NEAR! Create or conceive a sim with the paranoid trait. You don't trust ANYONE. The world is going to end and you need to be prepared! If this sim lives with anyone, move them out to live by themselves. Create a underground bunker with a hidden entrance and have Simple Living Lot Trait. You're determined to be a self-made sim who does not want to rely on the outside world as much as possible, growing food and raising animals in order to take care of yourself. Try to keep as much of it underground as possible. [STV]

90- Confidence is Key: Find, Create, or conceive a sim with the Self Assured Trait. You've always known that you were destined for something great in your life. You've always loved dancing. From ballet to hip-hop, you're destined for the stage. Max out the dance skill and successfully perform each type of unique dance that you have access to. [BG] and optionally, [GeTo][FR][JA][HR][HSY]

91- The Gauntlet of Yuck!: Create or conceive a sim with the squeamish personality trait. Much like the unfortunate heroes of Greece, you too must undergo a gauntlet set up by a cruel god named "Player Character." Now, you do not need to do this all at once. You can space them out. Squeamish sims get uncomfortable from a handful of unique experiences, and your goal is to trigger each and every one. - Go to Granite Falls and collect insects - Invite a sim over or to a public lot to go fishing together (narratively, they've invited you out to catch fish and for some reason you could not say no) [OR]

Mount a fish you catch and put it in your house (you should get an uncomfortable moodlet by getting too close)

Clean your house!

Have someone walk in on your squeamish sim

Get in a fight with someone!

Keep a room dirty enough to trigger the "icky surroundings moodlet."

Make nectar

Buy a chime and view it

92- What Manic Actually Means: Find or conceive a sim with the erratic trait (it is better if you do not create a new household for this event) You've been the good one all your life. You got good grades, volunteered, and have generally been seen as a model sim. But now that you're a young adult, you're on a journey of self discovery. You're going, as they say, off the rails as you try to find yourself through self expression and experimentation. Radically change your style of clothes, hair color and style, give them tattoos. Change their aspiration to Renaissance Sim which you will complete by the end of this event. When the aspiration has completed, your sim feels confident in who they are and can settle into a career and a partner if they so choose. [BG]

94- Happy Winterfest: Have a baby with Father Winter while also saving up 60,000$. When this baby becomes a young adult, move them out to an empty lot with $50,000 and built them a Winterfest themed house! As Father Christmas' kid, set up 2-5 new holidays.

95- The Four Seasons: Create 4 Townhouses/Houses on a lot with For Rent with each one inspired by spring, summer, autumn, and winter. [S]

96- Tiny Home: Select a household with at least 1 adult. As you've grown older you've fully embraced the maximalist aesthetic, while everyone else calls it hoarding. Renovate the house with copious amounts of clutter, fully embracing the color and chaos. Produce a child if you do not already have one and raise them to be a young adult. As this child, growing up in this sensory overload of a house has all but driven you crazy. Now that you're a young adult, you're overjoyed at the prospect of moving out. Move out and set up a tiny home, with a clear focus on minimalism. [TL]

97- Friendship is Magic (Replayable): It's a little lonely isn't it? Meet a stranger and reach maximum friendship with them. [BG]

98- I'm Leaving You: (Replayable): Much like your fuse, life is short. Reach 50% rivalry with a partner and then divorce / break up with them. [BG]

99- All by Sim-Self: Create a sim that looks like you! [BG]

100- The Sylvan Glade: Find the Hidden Lot called The Sylvan Glade in Willow Creek. When you get there, use " testingcheats true " and then also, " bb.enablefreebuild " cheat to build something on the Sylvan Glade lot. (You can build whatever you want, but if you want direction, build a gazebo). When you're done building, save and exit the game in order to turn off free build. [BG]

#Sims 4 #The Sims #Sims 4 Event Mode #Event Mode

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jasmineway · 1 year ago

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Jeune et Jolie // 3-30-2024

Fine dining does not always mean you have to be a rich person. I am rich... in friendships, in opportunities, and in appetite for heavy meals that would ground even the most experienced eaters to the chair for days. This being said, our most recent excursion was at a place much more accessible than its flashier neighbor Addison, yet with no reduction in fun or deliciousness.

My friend Sofia has decided she still loves me even when I am no longer... roll credits as Lana swells in the background and thus took me out for a belated birthday celebration at our former namesake (the latter of which shall remain true).

Our day started with a frolic through the Carlsbad flower fields before we made our way a few minutes down to Jeune et Jolie. My stunning dining companion glowed as much as the streets and flowers did, sparkling in dew:

This dining room is not the hooded intimacy of large white-linened tables and acoustic engineering to help carry a conversation in muted tones. Instead, we stepped into a vibrant Wes Anderson kitchen in which ever table was a member of the dining nook partaking in a rapport with the staff and chefs:

While our server had to creatively place a few items once drinks and bread found their way to the landscape, it didn't feel cluttered and I definitely felt like the main character about to embark on a charming yet shenanigan-filled adventure.

(yes, we dressed to match the colorscheme).

Drinks:

While I indulged in a pomegranite-mint conconction as my mocktail for the evening, Sofia's French 75 and later espresso martini were prepared exquisitely and served generous pours without feeling heavy-handed. Both of us were welcomed with bubbly that was light and lovely, but whose name I forgot to ask for.

Plating and Ambiance:

This is an elegant, yet exceedingly relaxed dining experience. Colorful stoneware rejects bone china for fun, accented pops against courses that were artistic but determinedly fun to both look at and eat. No one spent 14 hours piping cream on a plate, but no one wants them to - the 'chaos' is controlled and delicious with every bite. We had fun with our server, and each other, as the kitchen sounds and loud call outs peppered our meal.

Pre-Course - Oyster Tasting:

I will admit I am not a fan of oysters, and this tasting did not change that opinion. The enjoyer of said seafood reported high marks on the sampler we got, which included a pair of three varieties displayed beautifully.

Course 0: Amuse Bouche

In an absolutely shocking turn we were welcomed with yet another elevated take of a modern childhood snack. I am not sure why the great chefs feel obligated to humble themselves prior to what will certainly be a spectacle of a meal, as if saying "don't worry, we will open with gourmet cheese-it!" would ease the taster into overlooking the overt pretension such meals entail.

I am extra; I understand this dining experience is Not Normal. It is okay to do something over the top and silly for fun, not that this particular gourmet-commoner-food was anything but delicious.

Course 1: Poireau

"leek, caviar, potato, egg yolk"

Longtime readers know my love of potato in any and all forms and this opener was nothing short of delightful and exciting take on what I was cautious would be a salad in disguise.

I cannot overstate the creaminess, which managed to maintain a fluffy texture despite my repeated playing with my plate trying to optimize portions of every tasty component into each forkful. It was delicious all the way through, and just the right opening before the rest of the courses.

Sofia got the Tartare ("veal tartare, radish, white soy, nori") and despite my general avoidance of Land Poke the bite I did have was delicious.

Course 1.5: Bread

The bread ball we were served was not just bread. A far cry from ancient grains carefully nurtured into sourdough by artisanal bakers, the bread course instead hailed from Japan, as a light and fluffy milk bread, coated in Everything-Bagel, and served with herbed butter.

I could have eaten ten of these with no regrets. I was given one. The sole regret was that their future bakery was not yet open for me to take a sleeve home.

Course 2: Saint Jacques

"scallop, king trumpet, green grape, sake, spruce"

I love scallops, and it is easy for one to be too dry or too chewy or too laden in flavorings to showcase the scallop itself. Usually, less is more. Chef Eric laughed at my spirit and delivered this absolutely maximalist modern art piece which somehow melts every ostentatious element beautifully in a way that elevates the sum above its component. This was my favorite part of the meal, and I highly recommend it as the option.

Sofia ordered the Porc ("klingeman farms pork, quince, endive, colatura caramel") which was plated beautifully. As I do not partake I cannot comment beyond its lovely plating.

Course 3: Wagyu

Leaning into indulgence, my host insisted I get the Wagyu, and I am grateful she did. After plate after plate of art and flavor levity, coming in with a rich, surprisingly gamey revelation was a good palette changer before floral desserts.

I will say I would likely select from a regular option next time, and save a wagyu supplement for a place with more on minimalist preparation. It is not a criticism of the steak but more its lack of exceptionalism against the already-standout lineup of third-course selections.

Both of our mains (hers the Poisson, "sea bass, spinach, saffron, vanilla, warm spices") were delicious, and they did not miss on the preparation of the wagyu. Simply, I'm not sure it is worth missing the wheelhouse-regulars for the special treat.

If I walk away from wagyu thinking "that was great, but the fish was spectacular," this is my takeaway.

Course 4: Dessert

We got the Baba Au Rhum ("sorrel, apple, bergamot, olive oil") and Lavande ("yuzu, pistachio, sheep's milk, tangerine") and fully shared both selections which were delightful and delicious. I will say the plating outshined the taste (though both were tasty), as both were so light I was left craving something more, even with the supplemental surprise pistachio madeline. Perhaps that is a zealousness of my own appetite, but I did not personally leave feeling full, so I suggest planning accordingly should this meal be earlier in your evening.

Mystery Item:

In the jazz-club progression of the evening, I have one item I cannot quite remember the details of, so I have included it here with the madeline. I apologize for not taking notes:

Overall Impression:

This was a fun, light, fragrant, floral, color-pop bash of an evening, and I highly recommend it for a special occasion. I think it is appropriately recognized and priced for the experience you get over the 1.5 hour meal. Come braced with a moderate appetite for both food and banter and you'll have a great time! And maybe walk out looking like a Gotye album cover~

#jasmineway #finedining #michelinstar #onestar #jeuneetjolie #foodblog

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missingflame · 5 years ago

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"I may have gotten carried away while practicing around the kitchen, yet again"

"I've come up with different recipes for chocolate milkshake, ...and no decision on which one's best."

#gourmet chef cannot decide #they're all. good which makes it worse #kny open #kny mini

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terzos-kazoo · 3 years ago

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The Papas cooking for their S/O

Under the cut are headcanons of what I think each of the papas would be like if they tried to cook a romantic meal to impress their S/O, as well as what I feel like they would be like in the kitchen in general, their cooking skills etc! This idea just came to me so I decided to make a post about it.

No warnings or anything just pure domestic fluff :)

Primo / Papa Emeritus I

Primo can cook just fine. He’s not like a five star chef or anything but definitely knows his way around the kitchen

He isn’t super passionate about cooking but he does enjoy it, though he often gets frustrated when his attempts don’t go as planned

Nonetheless he’d definitely try to impress you with his cooking, even if he likes the idea of making you a romantic meal more than he likes actually doing it, he promised he’d cook for you and he’s not gonna back down

Definitely the type of person who follows recipes exactly and isn’t very creative with his cooking, especially when he’s nervous or trying to impress someone, he follows the recipe exactly and is afraid to improvise because he doesn’t want it to go wrong.

Very stubborn however and insists on doing everything himself

Since he’s not very innovative, his food can sometimes be a bit bland or underseasoned but still good or edible at least

Tries hard with presentation but fails and gets frustrated when it doesn’t look exactly like it did in the picture, assures you it will taste better than it looks and it usually does

Definitely seeks your approval but when he sees you eating and seeming to enjoy it, he calms down and becomes very proud of himself

Secondo / Papa Emeritus II

This man is an absolute M A S T E R C H E F. Like, I’m talking five star, gourmet, insane in the kitchen, would put Gordon Ramsey to shame

Probably has an entire library full of cookbooks and is working on writing his own. A lot of his recipes are top-secret ones he invented. The ministry uses his recipes a lot for events

Secondo is already passionate about cooking, but now that he actually has someone to impress? Oh, he’s pulling out all the stops

Will make you the most elaborate five-course meal with the most insanely complicated dishes that you’ve never even heard of before and will serve it to you on a silver platter.

This man absolutely spoils you rotten

A master of presentation, his concoctions will look less like food and more like artwork that should be in a museum

Get this man a show on Food Network fr

Is so proud of himself when he watches you eat the meal he cooked for you, taking in every bit of praise even though he KNOWS he slayed

Terzo / Papa Emeritus III

Terzo is definitely very much a romantic at heart, an absolute master of dramatic grand gestures and pulling out all the stops to impress you

However this man cannot cook. Like at all.

He’ll literally burn water and manage to ruin even the most simple dishes

But will this stop him from trying? No. Absolutely not

Terzo will insist on cooking a romantic meal for you, get super into it and pull out all the stops and try to make it perfect but he shouldn’t be allowed in the kitchen because this man has no idea what he’s doing.

He’s too stubborn and prideful to admit that he can’t cook and would rather literally burn the house down trying to do everything himself than ask Primo or Secondo for help so he will continue to fuck it up because he just wants to impress you so bad

The definition of “just wing it”

A sucker for presentation, he may not be able to cook but he can at least somehow manage to make it look pretty, even if it tastes absolutely vile

Will come out of the kitchen and present you with something absolutely inedible, the biggest fucking grin on his face

It tastes absolutely repulsive but you eat it anyway and pretend to like it because he looks so proud of himself and you don’t want to ruin it

You end up throwing up afterwards and he feels really bad about it but you assure him that it’s the thought that counts, and that the fact that he wanted to cook for you is really sweet even if it didn’t go as planned

He promises to never try to cook for you again but let’s be real he probably won’t keep that promise

Copia / Papa Emeritus IV

Like Primo, Copia isn’t a five star chef or anything but he can cook just fine and definitely knows what he’s doing

Unlike with Primo though he definitely gets super into it and probably has the most fun with cooking out of any of the Papas

He’ll sing and dance around the kitchen and definitely is the type who eats some of the ingredients while cooking

When it comes to cooking for you and trying to impress you with a romantic meal he definitely would be super nervous, he’d still pull out all the stops but would be doubting himself the whole time because he just wants to impress you and is terrified of disappointing you

Would either follow the recipe exactly as written or just completely wing it and make up some concoction on the spot, absolutely no in between

His rats definitely help him cook and he feeds them some of the ingredients or will make a separate portion for them (provided whatever he’s cooking or the specific ingredient is safe for rats of course)

Not afraid to ask Secondo for help and in fact probably asks for help way too much, even when he does know what he’s doing because he just gets so nervous and unsure of himself and he wants to impress you so bad

Definitely more of a baker than a chef though, he has the biggest sweet tooth and loves making cookies and cakes and pies

Makes the best cookies tbh

Once he’s served you he would watch you so intently, nervous of what you’re gonna think or say, but when you smile at him and tell him how delicious it is or that he did a good job he just melts

Will definitely try to cook for you again now that he knows you like it

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itsukismoon · 2 years ago

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Event story - Chapter 3 (Grateful days)

>> part 4

Emma sits in the sunlight while eating the food everyone has prepared for her. In the meantime, the Gourmet area is bustling with people and matters to take care of: emergency orders, members of the royal family that want to see Oscar, etc. Emma cannot help but worry, and Kuchen laughs at her, saying that she has an occupational disease (note: as in that she’s addicted to working). Still, though he understand where she’s coming from, for the time being she should just relax and savour the box. Then he leaves, saying he will be back soon and passing the escort baton to Caprice.

Suddenly, Emma hears someone breathing heavily just behind her, and when she turns-

Jin: Master… (TN: he calls her Goshujin-sama lol). I’ve been thinking too much about Master, and now I’m…!

Emma: (Those feverish eyes… oh no, he’s about to go out of control!)

Jin: I’m starving… I’m starving so much I cannot bear it. Please fill me up quickly! (TN: bruh💀) With that food and your existence…!

Adel steps in, yelling at Emma to put the sake in his mouth as he throws her the bottle. (TN: GUYS THE AUDIO OF THIS SCENE IS CRAZY THIS GUY IS JUST WHIMPERING AND MOANING IT’S SO-). When Emma forces the alcohol down his throat, Jin comes back to his senses. Adele approaches him and with a not-so-happy tone asks him if he has the time to sell oil in a place like this. Jin tries defending himself, but to no extent. Adel asks him if just this is the extent of the feelings he’s been holding back. Jin apologises profusely, and though Emma says this scene is very familiar, she’s still no clue of whatever is going on right now.

Adel brushes off her concerns and starts staring at her.

Emma starts panicking internally, wondering if there’s something wrong with her clothes; after all, the ones she’s wearing were designed by her grandma, so maybe they look worn or out of fashion- The moment she starts explaining herself, Adel stops her, telling her her clothes fit just fine. Those colours represent “maturity” and ��confidence”, and now that he’s familiar with her, he admits that they’re good on her.

Adel: We met exactly at the right moment. Though in that sense, maybe you could say it’s Jin’s doing. Anyway, if you’re free, come to the Central hotel later, I’ll be waiting. Let’s go, Jin.

The two of them go on their way, leaving a very confused Emma behind. Suddenly, she hears loud cheers coming from somewhere.

Chell is promoting the meisters’ wine, and Feld scolds him for drinking it himself. All the guests are enjoying the wine, and when they ask Feld if he has any other recommendations, he yells that he has no idea! Oscar simply told him this wine was delicious, that’s all!! Emma approaches, asking if they’ve been helping out the staff. Chell says that after all, this event is done to show their gratitude to the Lady, and… he also gets to drink like this.

Though the place was already crowded, more and more people start showing up. Most of the staff is made of master chefs, meaning that they’re not really used to big crowds such as this. Everyone is busy, and things are also starting to get out of hand, too. Unable to sit still, Emma walks behind one of the stalls and uses the Key to summon Fidel. Together, they quickly prepare numbered tickets to manage the crowd. Things get slightly better, but the wave of people is still overwhelming. As she’s about to dive back in the chaos, other guildkeepers decide to join, too.

The Gourmet area finally regains its composure. Cuit feels sorry that Emma has had to step in to help. Fidel scolds him, claiming that it is outrageous to bother a young lady while claiming to entertain her.

Walter thanks her for saving them, and Emma replies that such a matter can only be dealt with by everyone cooperating together. Someone laughs, and when Emma turns, she finds Kuchen trying to stifle his laughter.

Kuchen: I wasn’t making fun of you. I was just thinking that you’re really you. (TN: wow, modern poetry thank you king👏)

Kuchen: Good work. Thank you.

While saying so, Kuchen pats Emma’s head with his warm hand.

#otome #yume100 #ymkr #mobage #ゆめくろ #joseimuke #yumekuro #yumekuro translations #dream meister and the recollected black fairy #otome games #夢職人と忘れじの黒い妖精

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arminbitchlover · 4 years ago

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reincarnated lovers (3)

armin arlert x f! reader

summary: reader and armin decide to give the start of their relationship a second chance.

word count: 3.7k

content warnings: content warning: mentions of drug use, vaginal and oral sex (F & M receiving), a slight insinuation of overstimulation, fingering, praise, & creampie

“Wow, you have a nice apartment.” Armin opens the door for you, and you gaze at his spacious apartment in awe.

“No need to flatter me.” He slightly chuckles, placing his keys on the small table against the wall.

“Trust me, I would never.” You tease as he grabs your hand and leads you to his kitchen.

You immediately take notice of how modern and simplistic his home is. The color palette throughout his apartment is cool tones, mostly consisting of white and gray. It somewhat makes you feel like you're in a museum rather than someone’s house. He doesn't have any pictures of family or friends on his wall, not even a frame of him and Eren.

“How do you feel about pancakes?” He crouches down to the bottom cabinet and pulls out a baby blue griddle.

“That actually sounds amazing right now.” You place your stomach in your hand, realizing how queasy you feel with only alcohol in your stomach.

“Could you get the pancake mix from the pantry, please?” He smiles at you while grabbing the oil from the upper shelf and placing it on the counter.

You open the door and instantly spot a never-ending pile of ramen neatly stacked on the floor. Adorable. Your eyes shift to the box of pancake mix on the middle shelf that's surrounded by other dessert mixes and grab it. You walk over to Armin, who already took out the ingredients with a bowl, measuring cups, and a spoon that's nicely arranged next to the griddle.

“I’m letting you know right now, I am not a gourmet chef so you cannot complain about the results,” He playfully warns you as he opens up the pancake mix.

“Armin, we’re making box pancakes. Not even from scratch.” You laugh, pulling out the plastic bag from the box, and cutting it open.

“You don’t have to make me feel bad about it.” He fakes a pout as he starts to pour the oil into the measuring cup.

You try to give him a serious look, but immediately break out into a smile when he makes eye contact with you. He hands you the ingredients while you incorporate everything into the bowl, enjoying the presence of one another.

As you pour the batter on the griddle, Armin starts asking you random questions from your dream job as a kid to your biggest fears in life. While it was somewhat arbitrary, you thought how cute he looked while he listened to absolutely every single word that came from your lips. Occasionally, while you're busy flipping pancakes and answering his questions, he gets a quick glimpse at your slightly parted lips, but you never seem to notice.

"You're a really interesting person, you know." He leans back against the counter, watching you place your dinner onto the plates.

"I doubt that very much." You argue while taking the plates to his dinner table.

"Well, I think otherwise, and you still haven't thanked me for making dinner for our date." He rolls his eyes but quickly breaks character, seeing the confused look on your face.

"Huh, so it wasn't you that was just sitting on your ass and questioning me as if I was at a job interview?" You joke with him, taking the seat that's across from him.

"I have no recollection of such." He smirks as he walks over to the refrigerator and grabs two water bottles.

"Thank you." You takes the water bottle out of his hand, taking notice of how pretty his hands looked around your beverage.

He smiles and sits down, eyeing what he thought to be the best-looking pancakes he's ever seen.

"Well, enough about me, I want to get to know you now." You make eye contact, holding it a bit longer than needed before looking down and cutting up your meal, not wanting to make yourself look weird.

"Ask away." He opens his water and takes a quick sip.

"How were you like as a kid?" You begin eating your pancakes, waiting for Armin to answer.

"I was and still am a quiet kid. I've always minded my own business, so I didn't have many friends growing up. I only had Eren and Mikasa and we only met because they defended me when they saw some older kids messing with me." You look up at him, only to be met with a neutral face.

"I'm sorry about that, Armin." You break eye contact, worried that you may have just ruined his night by making him reminiscent.

"Don't apologize, I stopped thinking about those assholes a long time ago." He gives you a reassuring smile as he continues to eat his food.

"I'm happy to hear that." You take a swig from your water bottle, thinking of the next question to ask him. "What's your favorite memory? Whether it be from last week or years ago." You lighten the mood, immediately noticing Armin break out into a huge grin.

"There was this one time during senior year in high school with Eren and Mikasa and we smoked weed but for Eren, it was his first time. So, I guess to like 'impress'," He starts giggling as he does air quotes, "me and Mikasa, he decided to take a long ass hit and it completely backfired on him. When he first breathed out, he started coughing but tried holding it back, but he just started hacking nonstop, and every time he tried drinking water, he would just spit it back up." He throws his head back, cracking up while finishing his story.

"So, you enjoy watching other people suffer?" You smile, not aware of how contagious his laugh is.

"Yeah, I guess." He keeps laughing as his eyes start to tear up.

"It just makes it so much funnier than I was already somewhat high, and everything just gets a billion times more amusing than what it really is." He chuckles before looking back into your eyes, taking in the beauty that'sin front of him.

"Damn, I wish I was there to see it." You snicker, thinking about how Eren embarrassed himself even though you feel a bit guilty thinking it was funny in the first place.

"Well, we frequently have sessions so you should definitely join us if you'd like." He finishes up his dinner and takes his plate to the sink.

"I'll think about it." You quickly eat the last of your pancakes and feel your phone vibrate in your pocket.

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roomie <3

Today 12:12 AM

where tf are u

i've literally been gone for the

past hour

with armin right ;)

uhhh

omg i need to stop texting you and

sleepover while you're at it :)

we'll see (;

have fun and use protection

love you

oh god

love u too

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"Is everything alright?" Armin looks at you concerned, noticing your eyes widening at your screen.

"Huh? Oh yes, uh it was just Sasha." You put your phone back in your pocket, not wanting to give Armin any ideas.

Your heartbeat quicken as you face Armin, Sasha's message ingrained in your head. You doubt anything would happen tonight, it's barely your second date, but it was something to think about. As soon as your mind starts wandering into more inappropriate thoughts, you're interrupted by Armin's voice.

"Do you need me to take you back to your dorm?" He starts making his way to the door, not letting you respond.

"No, I can stay." You clear your throat; he stops in his tracks, having a bit of excitement by your answer.

"Oh okay, well is there anything you want to do?"

He stares into your eyes, feeling the tiny spark that wants to ignite. You feel your face start to heat up, trying to muster up anything to continue your night with Armin.

"Can I ask you one more question?"

"Of course." He feels his chest tighten, the electricity between you grow stronger as the silence stretches out.

What the hell do you want to ask him? You have little to no idea what you wanted to face him with. While you have to admit, everything about him at this very moment is so fucking perfect and you don't mind trying something, you wouldn't dare pressure him into anything. You continue bouncing with thoughts and kept convincing yourself that a little persuasion wouldn't hurt him and besides, it would be a shame if nothing fun went down.

"Is it okay if I kiss you?" You stay in your seat, worried that you may have broken a boundary that Armin had no intention of crossing. Your chest gets knotted up as you feel embarrassment rush over your body, regret started to quickly sink in.

His eyes widen and feels his heartbeat in his throat, indulging at the thought of doing so much more than just a kiss. He starts walking towards you, not aware that he didn't answer your question, rather just pulls you out of your seat and snakes his arms around your waist.

"Is uh- this okay?" His face turns into a bright pink, feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness.

"Yes." You wrap your arms around his neck, not wasting a second longer.

You meet your lips with him, a soft whimper comes from his throat as you pull him closer. Your lips move in sync as if you had already done this a million times before. You bring one of your hands to his hair, slightly gripping it to try and get another noise out of him. You feel him pour all of his desire for you into that one kiss.

"Fuck." He mumbles under his breath, moving his hands to your ass, slightly squeezing it. Before you can take it any further, he pulls away from your kiss, grabs your hand, and takes you to his bedroom.

"Are you fine with this?" He has a concerned look on his face, making sure what he felt was a mutual feeling.

"Mhm." You nod your head, and he collides his lips with yours, drawing you in for a more heated kiss.

You part your lips, allowing his tongue to slip through, and you feel your body thrill with electricity. Everything just feels so natural between the two of you, there's no second-guessing or hesitation; it all felt right.

You both slowly started making your way to his bed, not breaking away your kiss as he lowered you onto it when the back of your knees is met with the edge. His hands traveled lower and made their way under your shirt and his cold fingertips are met with your warm soft stomach while pulling your shirt over your head. You slightly gasped when he came into contact with your skin, but this doesn't stop him from going any further. He took his lips to your neck, softly sucking and biting along your collarbone, letting his hot tongue glide over each spot he marked.

"Shit-" You choke and slightly arch your back, thinking to yourself how you've never felt this kind of delectation from someone before.

You grab his chin and pull him back to your lips and push his wrist down to your clothed core. He lightly presses against you, causing a jolt in your thighs while you moaned into his mouth. You feel a slight grin form on his face as he continues to tease you and felt you grind against his middle finger.

"You sound so pretty," He whispers into your ear.

You feel the arousal pooling low in your stomach, feeling him slowly dip under your panties and started massaging circles on your clit. You felt your legs start to slightly tremble and your back arched even more than before as the heat from his body filled you with a wave of delight.

"Armin." You grip your hands against his shoulder, becoming desperate for things to start escalating.

"Say my name again," He commands as he lifts his head and stares into your eyes, full of lust and desire.

"Armin, give me more, please," You whine, feeling your walls fluttered around nothing.

"Anything for you." He makes his way down your body, leaving a trail of peppered kisses from your neck to your pelvis.

He pulls off your panties, leaving you in only your bra, admiring what was inches away from his face. You could almost feel his gaze travel all over your body. You look down and make eye contact with him, watching him lower his face into you. You grasp the bedsheet and your eyes rolled back as his tongue lightly flicks against your clit. You buck your hips against him, growing incredibly impatient and he knows it.

"C'mon, please," You whimper, moving your hands to his head, and clutching his golden hair.

He grips the sides of your thighs and begins devouring you, his tongue becoming completely coated with your slick arousal. You feel his nose bump against your clit and causes your vision to swim while tugging on his locks from the bliss Armin created. You suddenly feel one of his fingers slip into you effortlessly, causing your mind to go blank while he curls it to hit the perfect spot.

"More," You cry out, grinding on his face as you felt your orgasm start to build up.

Without any hesitation, he slips another finger into you, widening your legs even more, making you start to see stars. It all starts to become too much for you, the stimulation starts to overload all over your drenched center. His tongue vigorously presses against your clit and fingers hitting your sweet spot, making everything feel so delirious.

"Sh-shit, Armin I'm close." You dig your nails into his scalp, throwing your head back, trying to hold off as long as possible to make it last a little longer.

"Let me hear you." He pull away for a second before enveloping himself back into you, making sure you feel nothing but pleasure.

That's all it takes to put you over the edge, and you reach your climax while moaning out his name. Your body becomes filled with a riptide of euphoria as you lose yourself in all the sensations. You can't believe the way he makes you feel; every little thing he does to you makes you feel so weak and submissive to him. Your legs are trembling, and he doesn't waste any time and begins to start kissing your inner thighs while gently rubbing your clit to help soothe you from your high.

"God, you're so beautiful," He breaths out while making his way back up your body and to your chest while unclipping your undergarment with a single hand.

"Y-You make me feel so fucking good." Your hands moves across his shoulder blades as he starts kissing your breasts, using his index finger and thumb to stimulate your nipples.

His other hand travels over your curves, feeling as if he needs to memorize every single feature of your body. You feel ecstasy relish over you, breathing heavily as Armin's lust for you takes over his mind. You can't ask for more than this right now, having someone do everything they could to make you feel nothing but absolute pleasure and you want to return the favor.

You slide up from under him, sitting up against the pillow, and flip him to the bottom.

"Wha-" You cut him off with a rough kiss, moving your hands to the bottom of his long sleeve, tugging at it.

You pull away and allow him to take off his shirt, admiring his pale, milky body. You can't believe the sight in front of you, he looks so fucking beautiful. You meet with his eyes and notice embarrassment rush over his face. You lean down and give him a gentle but passionate kiss.

"You're so handsome," You whisper his ear before you nibble on his earlobe, causing his thighs to slightly jolt.

You begin kissing down to his jawline, somewhat pressing your tongue against it while your hand softly traces his abs. You feel his stomach muscles contract under touch while his arms loosely wrap around your waist, delicately sliding his palms across your back. It doesn't take long for you to make your way down his body while you make sure to leave a hickey or two on his chest before meeting his bulge.

"You d-don't have to." He starts sitting up, but you place your hand on his chest to stop him.

"Let me make you feel good." You plead, pulling off his pants and boxers to reveal his hard cock that was seeping of pre-cum, just for you.

You run your hands on his thighs before bringing one up to the base of his dick. You look back at Armin, who seemingly has his head back while his face is flushed into a soft red. You glob spit on his dick before pumping your hand slowly, making sure that he feels every little sensation you're making. He lets out a shaky exhale, trying his hardest not to release with only a single touch.

You smirk to yourself feeling him pulse in your palm before moving it back down to the base and swiping your tongue on his tip.

"O-Oh." He moans out, moving one of his hands to your head.

You start humming very quietly, bobbing your head up and down with the slight pressure of Armin's palm. He groans, feeling his face heat up with everything you're doing to him.

As seconds passed, Armin's pressure on the back of your head only becomes more forceful, making you gag a bit and cause tears to form as he starts throat fucking you. It doesn't take long to begin to feel him twitch in the back of your throat, but before he could release himself, you pull away, looking up and seeing a shocked look on his face.

"I'm sorry, did I take too far?" He starts sliding up against his headboard, thinking he made you uncomfortable.

"No! Not at all... I just want to do something more." You hesitate with your words.

All you want at this very moment is to make sure Armin felt nothing but pleasure from you. Your heart starts thumping sporadically, loving the idea of riding him till he couldn't take it anymore.

"Y-Yeah, of course," He stutters as he quickly pulls out a condom from the drawer in his nightstand.

You think to yourself how cute he lookes getting flustered and excited with the thought of you topping him. You watch him slightly stumble while taking the condom out of its packaging before rolling it on himself. He looks back at you, a smirk on his face as he grasps your waist and pulls you onto his dick.

You align yourself with him before lowering yourself, watching his head fall back. His eyes become filled with desire as you bite your lip from his cock stretching you out.

"Shit.." He groans as you take all of him in, feeling your walls become adjusted to his cock.

You don't move for a second, savoring how it feels with him inside of you; feeling connected with one another. But once you begin to move, it's impossible to stop.

You start off slow and sensual, feeling him hit your cervix that caused a delightful pain in you. You bend down to his face leaving kisses all over across his jaw as you slowly move against him. You don't want this to end, everything feels so right.

"You feel amazing." He drags out his words, sliding his hands up and down the sides of your body.

You pick your head back up, speeding up from his praise.

"I hope I make you feel so fucking good," You cry out, feeling him start to hit all the right spots that you didn't even know were there.

Before your legs could start to burn, you feel his hands form a good grip on you before he starts thrusting forward, at this point making himself fuck you instead.

"A-Armin!' You yelp, feeling overloaded from the overwhelming pressure that begins to build up inside you.

He starts controlling the rhythm, taking all the power you thought you had over him. You grip his shoulders, leaving crescent-shaped markings from his strokes becoming harder and deeper.

He admires the way your tits bounce every time he thrusts into you, wanting to see it happen over and over again. He loves seeing your head falls back as your eyes roll to the back of your head, starting to lose control of yourself from everything he's doing to you. He worships the idea that he's the one making you feel this good.

"I'm about to.." You close your eyes, letting yourself surrender and submerge into the wave of pleasure.

"Fuck, me too." His eyes darken, picking up the pace as your grip on him began to loosen.

You feel your stomach swoop from his words.

"C-Can I cum inside you? He groans, feeling himself twitch in you, worried that he might release himself too soon.

"Please." You unravel yourself onto him, your walls flutter against him and your arousal drips out of you.

"Armin!" You cry out his name one last time, the sensation becoming too much that it was almost painful.

The feeling of bliss and ecstasy take over as you feel his cum gush into you while moaning out your name. You ride him out a little longer, helping him come back down from his high before lying next to him.

You both exchange lazy kisses with one another, savoring each other's warmth for as long as possible.

"Thank you for an amazing second first date." You smile, resting your head against his chest while he softly caresses your jaw.

"You deserve nothing but the best." He kisses your forehead before pulling you closer to him.

At this moment, you fee nothing but happiness; you know from then on that Armin is the person that you're going to spend the rest of your life with. You just can't believe that it took you nineteen years to find your soulmate, but luckily, you'll be spending the rest of your lives together in pure bliss.

a/n: armin does ask reader permission to cum inside her even though he has a condom on because he wanted to make sure she was completely comfortable with it :)

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The Sopranos’ Funniest Moments

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The Sopranos’ genius was in telling structured stories with well-established themes, while still aping life in all its dirty, disorganised, contradictory, open-ended glory. The show wasn’t a drama, or a comedy, or a tragedy, or a farce. It was all of them. It was none of them. It was life.

Creator David Chase and his crack team of writers never lost sight of the essential truth that no matter how cruel, harrowing or horrid life becomes, it’s always laced through with laughs: oftentimes the laughter and the horror rise in tandem.

Here, then, are some of The Sopranos’ funniest moments, most of them enmeshed with the macabre, the monstrous and the melancholy.

South of the Border

S1, E9 ‘Boca’

In the machismo-drenched world of the mafia, even going down on your girlfriend is seen as a sign of sexual weakness, and quite possibly – in the non-PC words of Uncle Junior himself – ‘a sign that you’re a fanouk.’

Apparently, ‘they’ think ‘if you’ll suck p***y, you’ll suck anything.’

Whoever ‘they’ are.

News of Uncle Junior’s oral talents reaches Tony from a gossip chain, the final link in which is Carmella. Tony’s reaction, and the way in which he baits Uncle Junior with the intel on the golf course (culminating in Tony singing ‘South of the Border, down Mexico way’) is equal parts childish to hilarious – but funniest of all is how this schoolboy teasing serves as the pre-cursor to a Mafia war.

As Tony later tells Carmella: ‘Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.’

Guess Whose Back?

S1, E10 ‘A Hit is a Hit’

Christopher sets Adrianna up in a recording studio to help realise her dream of becoming a music mogul. Things don’t go well. Her new band – the woeful Visiting Day – is ready to walk after a long and soul-sapping session during which they’ve produced nothing of worth. Christopher wastes no time taking up the mantle of manager to convince them that the show must go on. It’s fair to say that being motivational doesn’t come naturally to Christopher. Or, rather, it does, it’s just that his methods of motivation are rather more violent than most. First, Christopher throws the ex-addict lead singer a bag of crystal meth and orders him to take it. When that doesn’t work, he takes the only reasonable course of action left open to him and smashes a guitar over the man’s back.

There’s No Place Like Home

S2,E4 ‘Commendatori’

Paulie is incredibly excited to be visiting the motherland, and arrives full of romantic notions about Italy. All of these are systematically stamped out, mostly by Paulie himself, of whom an Italian gangster remarks at dinner, after Paulie requests tomato ketchup for his spaghetti: ‘And you thought the Germans were classless pieces of shit.’

Paulie’s beatific little smile as he drinks in the squalor of New Jersey on the ride home from the airport is pitch perfect.

It’s the Jaaaccckkeett!

S2,E8 ‘Full Leather Jacket’

From the moment Richie Aprile is released from prison he’s on a collision course with Tony. In classic Sopranos’ style, though, the torch paper isn’t lit by Richie shacking up with Tony’s sister, or paralysing their mutual friend Beansie, but by the fall-out from a spurned jacket. Not just any jacket, though: ‘the’ jacket; the one Richie took off Rocco di Meo after an adolescent scrap.

‘Cocksucker had the toughest reputation in Essex County, but he never came back after I got through with him,’ Richie tells Tony, as he gifts him the infamous garment.

‘He later died of Alzheimer’s,’ adds Junior.

The look on Tony’s face as he tries to look grateful for ‘the jacket’ is almost as funny as the look Richie later wears in Carmella’s kitchen when he notices the sainted jacket hanging from the shoulders of the maid’s husband.

I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

S2, E9 ‘From Where to Eternity’

When Christopher briefly dies on the operating table after an assassination attempt, he returns from the brink of death with visions and dispatches from the afterlife. Paulie takes these reports to heart, divining in them a supernatural threat. Not only does Christopher tell Paulie that the souls of his many victims still follow him everywhere he goes, he also brings back an oblique warning: ‘Three o’clock’.

This cryptic curse has Paulie slamming bolt upright in his bed each night with a scream on his lips. First he visits Tony, who tries to lead Paulie back to sanity.

‘You eat steak?’ Tony asks.

‘What the fuck you talkin’ about?’

‘If you were in India, you would go to hell for that.’

‘I’m not in India,’ says Paulie. ‘What do I give a fuck?’

‘That’s what I’m trying to tell you. None of this shit means a goddamn thing.’

Unconvinced, Paulie visits a spiritualist psychic, who ‘confirms’ that Paulie is being stalked by ghosts. ‘That’s satanic black magic!’ rails a terrified Paulie, ‘Sick shit’, before hurling a chair at the ‘ghosts’ and screaming ‘Fuckin’ qu***s!’ at them. Finally, he visits his priest to tell him he’s cutting off his donations to the church on the grounds that he should’ve been protected from hauntings. I defy you not to chuckle at the baleful glare Paulie gives the Virgin Mary on his way out of the church.

A Very Un-woke Wake

S3, E2 ‘Proshai , Livushka’

Livia Soprano – Tony’s murderously manipulative mother – proved just as divisive in death as she was in life, her demise precipitating a wake that was as awkward and corrosive for the characters experiencing it as it was rich and funny for us schmucks at home.

Tony never wanted any of Janice’s ‘California Bullshit’ at the gathering he and Carmella hosted at their home (or ‘that house, up on that hill’, as Livia would have called it). Janice being Janice, though, vetoes her brother’s ruling. She asks each of the assembled guests to share a thought, a memory of their mother, which – given that Livia was a sharp-tongued, anti-social harridan – doesn’t produce heart-warming results. No wonder the unknown man descending the stairs in the background behind them all decides to about-turn and get the hell out of there.

‘She never minced words,’ says Hesch, trying his hardest to accentuate the positive, ‘Between… brain and mouth… there was no interlocutor.’

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Christopher’s rambling, drug-fuelled, ad lib on the nature of existence, rebirth and doppelgangers is a treat, the sort of new-age snash David Brent might have conjured up while fully sober. The silence doesn’t last for long, though, not least because Carmella has spent the duration of the tense memorial knocking back booze like a cooze-hound on Spring Break, and is ready to unleash hell.

Merry Stressmas

S3, E10 ‘…To Save Us All from Satan’s Power’

In the absence of Big Pussy Bonpensiero – taken on a long boat-ride to oblivion – the amply proportioned Bobby Baccala is the natural choice to become the new Satriales’ Santa. Except he doesn’t want to do it. He’s too shy.

‘The fucking boss of this family told you you’re gonna be Santa Claus,’ Paulie tells Bobby menacingly. ‘You’re Santa Claus. So shut the fuck up about it!’

The surly and reluctant Bobby proves a lacklustre substitute, an observation that’s articulated perfectly by Paulie when he says, ‘Fuckin’ ho hum if you ask me.’

It’s not just Bobby’s mafia colleagues that like to drop the F-bomb at Xmas. Even a little boy, unimpressed by Bobby’s schtick, issues a heart-felt: ‘Fuck you, Santa.’

God bless us. Every one.

Two Assholes Lost in the Woods

S3, E11 ‘Pine Barrens’

The Pine Barrens was the episode that cleaved most closely to all-out comedy, pitting hot-headed anti-survivalists Christopher and Paulie against a runaway Russian they’d failed to kill. The darkly comic shit-show unfolded in the unforgiving, snow-filled foliage of the eponymous Pine Barrens, where Tony and Bobby were eventually summoned to rescue the hapless pair.

It’s hard to pick a comedy highlight from this episode, as it’s chock-full of them, but highlights include Tony losing it at the sight of Bobby Baccala’s hunting attire (if James Gandolfini’s laughter seems particularly genuine here, try googling some behind-the-scenes facts – you won’t be disappointed); Chris and Paulie noshing down on sauce sachets like they were a gourmet meal, and the following misunderstanding between Paulie, Chris and Tony thanks to poor mobile reception:

Tony: (garbled, on phone) It’s a bad connection, so I’m gonna talk fast. The guy you’re looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed.

Paulie: Get the fuck outta here.

Tony: Yeah, nice, huh? He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy’s some kind of Russian green beret. This guy cannot come back to tell this story. You understand?

[line breaks]

Paulie: (to Christopher) You’re not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator.

Chris: His house looked like shit.

You Talkin’ To Me?

S4, E6 ‘Everybody Hurts’

Artie Bucco, Tony’s boyhood best pal, is a regular, hard-working chef. Even so, he’s frequently seduced by the luxurious criminal lifestyle he sees lapping around the fringes of his wonder-bread world. When a business deal to promote ‘the new French vodka’ goes awry and Artie finds himself $50k out of pocket to a swindling huckster he decides to channel his inner Mafioso and get his money back the Soprano way. Unfortunately, his inner Mafioso is no more ferocious than that possessed by any average member of the show’s audience – as much as proximity to Tony might convince us otherwise – and he gets the crap kicked out of him. Before that, though, his little Taxi Driver moment in the mirror, complete with mid-life crisis ear-ring and mobster posturing (‘Fucking shoes you’re wearing. What are they? Designer?’) is at once endearing, pathetic and very, very funny.

The mirror is no accident. He’s looking at us, looking at him, looking at ourselves.

Telephone Tough Guy

S4, E9 ‘Whoever Did This’

While Ralph Cifaretto is probably most widely remembered as a sort-of gangster Loki – a mirth-wracked trickster with a penchant for mayhem – most of his misdeeds were so loathsome that even the wider mafia disapproved: cheating on his grieving partner, beating a young pregnant girl to death, burning a horse alive (come on, of course that was him). Still, he did make us laugh, though, didn’t he?

No more so than when he pranked Paulie’s dopey-yet-adorable old mother in her nursing home (‘It’s a retirement community!’), announcing himself as Detective Mike Hunt, Beaver Falls, from the Pennsylvania police department. Not only did Ralph claim that Paulie had been caught pleasuring a cub scout in a public bathroom, but also that a small rodent had been discovered in Paulie’s rectal passage. ‘A gerbil, ma’am’.

Ralph laughed his head off.

Tony later removed it.

A Truth Injection

S4, E10 ‘The Strong, Silent Type’

Drug interventions are worthy and solemn rituals – they certainly aren’t supposed to be funny – but there’s something delicious about a room full of self-involved sociopaths with no impulse control and an insatiable appetite for pleasure assembling to pass judgement on Christopher essentially for having no impulse control and an insatiable appetite for pleasure. Christopher is at least self-aware enough to lobby this back in the faces of his supposed rescuers, pointing out that Silvio likes to sample his sex-workers; that Paulie’s hot-head almost dragged the Newark family into war with the Russian mob, and that Tony’s epicurean compulsions will probably kill him more quickly than Christopher’s drugs.

From the moment a bewildered Christopher emerges from his bedroom to find both families – blood and work – camped out in his living room, the laughs just keep coming, all the way through to the (inevitable) explosion of violence at the scene’s climax.

Christopher instantly recognises the host of the intervention, Dominic Paladino, as ‘the guy who broke into Stew Leonards that time and stole all those pork loins.’

‘Yes,’ replies a sheepish Dominic. ‘But… that’s not why I’m here today.’

Especial mirth-based mentions must go to Silvio and Paulie (the latter’s reaction to Christopher’s narcotic-related manhood problems is priceless), and their refusal to play along with the ‘care-frontation’.

‘When I came to open up one morning, there you were with your head half in the toilet. Your hair was in the toilet water. Disgusting,’ says Silvio, reading awkwardly from what is possibly the most unnecessary aide de memoire ever written.

Leave it to Paulie to lay the smackdown on this particular brand of ‘California bullshit’: ‘I don’t write nothing down,’ he says, ‘so I’ll keep this short and sweet. You’re weak. You’re out of control. And you’re becoming an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.’

Drugs are bad. Mmmkay?

Dead Good Food

S5, E7 ‘In Camelot’

When Junior realises he can get respite from his house arrest through attending family funerals he starts to exaggerate and exploit ever more spurious links to get him out of the house for a few hours. While all around him are wracked with grief, his is the only face with a smile on it, enjoying the change of scenery, enjoying the food, wondering why everyone has to be so maudlin.

In a darkly funny scene he happily extols the virtues of the spread while attending the wake of a teenage boy. ‘Chicken’s nice and spicy, huh?’ he beams at a fellow mourner.

A Grave Error

S5, E9 ‘Unidentified Black Males’

When Tony agrees to pick up the tab for the headstone of a New York soldier who was slain, unbeknownst to him, by his own cousin, his men manage to add insult to injury.

We see the headstone. At the graveside. During the funeral service. And it says:

Peeps.

‘Peeps?’ spits Tony. ‘It’s a fuckin’ nickname! His family name is Pepperelli!’

Silvio hunkers down into full middle-management mode. ‘They’re gonna re-do it. Fuckin’ J.C. He’s dyslexic.’

‘What’s that got to do with it?’ asks an incredulous Tony.

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You could fill a book with The Sopranos’ funniest moments – Paulie’s rant about shoelaces, Bobby B botching a publicity shooting, Silvio’s poker-table tantrum, Little Carmine’s malapropisms, to name but a handful – so by necessity we’ve had to leave a lot out. What are some of yours?

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mirage-babey · 5 years ago

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Bruh could u give me Elliott/Renee cooking hcs

it pains me to say but Wraith cannot cook worth shit

She just does not care. she’s just eating for nutrients tbh

which i mean same but like. damn sis u live like this

homegirl will have a basic ass smoothie as call it a day. she loves canned goods.

Mirage, on the other hand, is a gourmet king

he learned to cook to support his mother, and then that skill was honed because good food makes people happy

he’s horrified by her eating habits

so first things first he forces her to sit down and eat his favourite porkchops because how are you living like this?? where’s the flavour???

okay she’ll admit that his cooking is like lowkey *chefs kiss*

this admission is all he needs to decide to teach her how to cook

simple stuff for the most part because she still prioritises effiency, but he’s still so proud when she aces a recipe

so is she tbh, and that little smile on her face totally isnt Elliott’s main motivation here what who would suggest something like that

OKAY so his mother is super important to him, and mans is super nervous when she and Wraith first meet

it’s akward but it’s fine so yknow

but a few more tiny meetings between them, reinforced by the soft spot her son so obviously had for the voidwalker, and mama Witt starts prompting her son to do something with Wraith

it’s only now, with his undeniable devotion to Renée and his mother smiling at him, that he decides to teach her his favourite porkchop recipe

it’s a family recipe afterall - it should be saved for people you love

#vaguely missed the prompt im sorry i got carried away with this idea 👉👈🥺#apex legends #mirage #wraith #my post #miraith #ask

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peopleofmechonis · 5 years ago

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Cook offs and food

I’ve gotten around to doing the cook off quests between Hoko and Talonyth in Colony 6, and while the whole theme is hilarious, it does give me a nice excuse to share some food-related observations.

As a food-lover, I definitely need to ponder on food stuff. Can you blame me?

It’s a long post, so I’ll be placing a ‘’Keep Reading’’ to prevent cluttering your dash. Hope you enjoy!

There are restaurants in game. I just dig that concept so much. Restaurants existing alongside gourmet connoisseurs (though that Nopon one is rather questionable), it means creative and/or quality food is considered important on the Bionis, rather than only a necessity for survival.

I like the idea that the restaurants, at least the Homs ones, are these open kiosk-like things. Gives off street food vibes, and I can just imagine walking down the streets and smell the wonders that’s simmering here and there.

It’s also interesting to consider what kind of influence the different races have on their own cuisine, despite sharing the same titan and many monsters of the same kind appearing everywhere.

From what I gather of all the food-related sidequests, whether an NPC was simply hungry or wanted to treat another NPC, it seems all three races are omnivorous. Admittedly, I still have a hard time imagining Nopon eating meat... but they have the teeth for it after all.

Nene’s dialogue in Future Connected implies Nopon like to eat flowers and Pollen alongside utilizing it for other purposes. So I’d figure Nopon cuisine might be similar to cuisines that utilize saffron and other flower-related herbs? Using parts or even whole flowers in cooking isn’t really popular among us humans, but I like the idea Nopon do utilize this. Not only for taste, but aesthetic as well. A lot of Nopon don’t seem to discriminate on ingredients either, and eat a lot, even the less likely parts of wildlife. There’s a Nopon who decided spicy and sour bug juices were interesting and decided it’s expanding the palate. With that... I think they might be adventurous in trying things out and see if it’s OK. The Nopon chef in C6 did have a poor reputation initially, and only after you help him, he seems to get more popular. Likely after implementing Homs/High Entia tastes in his recipes, not too unsimilar to what immigrants do when they set up a restaurant in a foreign country in our world.

They also have huge appetites, so large portions and quickly-made snacks are probably popular among them. I remember a lot of Nopon commenting on buying snacks around the shopping levels of Frontier Village. They could have multiple mealtimes or consider these integral to their culture.

As for the Homs, I get the impression it’s not too different from our own cuisines, with a twist here and there. The Homs live in a rather exotic world after all. Giorgio in Colony 9, for example, is famous for his curry that contains Dance Apples. His assistant Jackson, if you go the Chef route, also seems to be experimenting a lot with seafood. I find also very lovely how a grandmotherly figure (Marcia) requests you to deliver some biscuits to her grandson. It’s a nice touch of familiarity in such a strange world. Homs cuisines might also be regional. Colony 9 is right above a massive lake, and as shown with Jackson and the comments of other NPC’s, fish is a staple on the C9 menu. From Piranhax to smaller fish we never get to see.

Colony 6 on the other had doesn’t have as much water. Closest is Kasharpa Falls and it’s fairly small compared to the lake in C9. There is Raguel Lake, however, so I doubt fish is uncommon here either, and fishermen probably take longer to return with hauls. It’s not a short walk between C6 and the lake.

Inbetween hauls, they likely feed off of other wildlife. Hox seem common in the area, as well as Crabbles in the mines. There is trade with C9 and an influx of Nopon Merchants passing by, where they probably get their other ingredients from. Rebuilding Colony 6 heads towards a multicultural society with ties to many different places, causing it to become like many larger cities in our world, with foods and recipes from all over the titan. Said multicultural society probably continues postgame in Colony 9 after the Bionis gets rekt. Who knows what the Post-Titan world has to offer?

On the other hand, it is the High Entia I cannot place a finger on. We learn a lot about their traits and the unfortunate Telethia thing, but beyond that, little is known about their culture. Apparently Talonyth makes great food, and requests improved utensils to cook even better, once he decides to enlist your help to counter Hoko.

One of these is called Nature’s Stove, which I suspect might be akin to those clay ovens and other clay-based utensils that give off a distinct taste. I mean... I can’t fathom what kind of other cooking utensil is found in a frickin’ jungle of all places.

Don’t get me started on this ‘’Sky Stage Pan’’. My best guess is a stone bowl or whatever. Maybe a large Armu scale? There’s the Violent Adante stomping around there after all.

Also, High Entia live secluded from the other races, so I don’t think these ‘’natural’’ tools are a staple in their cuisine. Talonyth probably came up on it after doing some research after Hoko did his ‘’Cook Off Counterattack’’. Being rivals with a Nopon might have gotten him interested in other ways of cooking. He did comment on the restaurant scene being stale when he was still in Alcamoth.

So far I can tell about these winged folks is that they seem to value cooking techniques, skill and tool-quality a lot. I’m sort of imagining these Michelin-star restaurant stuff as their average food... tiny portions, highly elaborate set ups and stuff.

Or maybe like the Sushi and Tapas corners? Sit down, order small portions till you’re full, trying out as many different things as possible and move on? I can imagine the High Entia seeing mealtime as an opportunity to build connections, and as an event rather than a simple moment to stuff your face. Possibly, it’s more common to eat out rather than eat at home, or hire cooks. While some might say I’m overthinking stuff, I simply like looking into videogame worlds and figure out what their ‘’mundane’’ stuff are like, even if it’s just food or cooking.

It’s food for thought after all.

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kumoriyami-xiuzhen · 6 years ago

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Hakuoki SSL Kazama Cross Short Story “Food” Translation + note at bottom

the Japanese chapter name for this apparently translates to ‘meal’ (so says google mtl) but i’m just going to refer to these cross short stories as “food” because of the Eng on the chapter visual below.

also i have decided that at the end of every month imma go and actually edit my postings so that i can go and remove all those ‘to be edit tags’.... will also remove some side/personal notes for some things then as well... and may add char tags to some things though i dislike the idea of tagging every character that appears in a drama...

Enjoy... also I like prawn flavoured instant noodles.

Hakuoki SSL Cross Short Story: Kazama Chikage x Food

Translation by KumoriYami

Kazama: Tell me, Amagiri. What are "cup noodles"?

Amagiri: ....Ha?

Amagiri: I believe cup noodles are cup noodles. Have you not eaten them (before)?

Kazama: Of course I know of them. Only (I) haven't eaten them (before).

Amagiri: Why are you suddenly bringing this up today then?

Kazama: People in class were saying that a delicious flavour of cup noodle was released recently.

Kazama: And apparently my wife was very happy after eating it.

Kazama: This time the husband must take the initiative to understand his wife's interests.

Amagiri:.....No matter the reason, this may be a good opportunity for Kazama-sama to broaden his horizons since he is a bit biased. This is a very joyous/happy matter.

Kazama: So Amagiri, buy a cup noodle for me!

Amagiri: .....Understood. Please wait a moment.

(After a while)

Kazama: Ha, (so) this is cup noodles.

Amagiri: Yes. This is an extremely novel/original recipe that requires pouring hot water into it that can be eaten within a few minutes.

Kazama: Taste.... is a bit salty. The ingredients in the soup are too small to offer any nutritional value. [食用 translates to edible... but changed to nutritional for more word sense....though i can’t figure out what to replace small with right now. think of something later]

Kazama: However, the taste of commoners is not bad. Although it cannot satisfy this gourmet[alt: this one's palette].... (but [removed this]) I am very interested (in this). Amagiri.

[The first part of the sentence before "Amagiri" roughly translates to "Although this can't satisfy this uncle/this one who is a foodie... but," so I changed it.]

Amagiri: Yes. Then....

Kazama: Speak to the chef at home. Have them give me a cup noodle every three days.

Amagiri:.....Ha? Are you serious?

Amagiri: I think having/making a three-star chef make cup noodles is a bit insulting/disgraceful...

-fini-

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Well...i don’t intend to ever do this much stuff at once ever again lol... but I had a shitty week (sleeping-wise) and spent that time doing things that didn’t really help... like translating lol. Anyway, I’m not entirely sure how many SSL non-drama cd things I’m going to translate [btw: currently looking for someone to translate about 2 lines of dialogue that are missing from student general assembly track 3 translation that i found that are spoken in the background] though if I did it would only be from the cross or daily stories for the game since I can’t really find route translations nor care to look for them... also I honestly don’t have the much interest in the routes aside from Saito’s, Yamazaki’s and Kazama’s given the summaries I’ve read online [well it’s more that I’m happy with what other people have already put together to read]. still looking for a Chinese translation of reimeiroku’s serizawa’s route (the 6th chp in particular since it’s when ibuki encounters kazama and chizuru on their way to ezo, and the epilogue [?] where i think he ends up with that cg.... though i did find a video and translations for when kazama and chizuru are talking in her home and she leans onto his back)... unfortunately some of the yuugiroku 2 vids i found used vnr translations... so iuno if i’ll bother with that.. or reimeiroku kozue’s route as it also used vnr since i don’t really want to translate mtl + human translated stuff with the help of the same methods.

Also holy shit I can’t believe I spent about 45 min extracting text from a 14 min Hakuoki drama only to spend 50 minutes double checking that that was converted properly into text via an image to text extractor then going over that to ensure it was accurate... and I’m going to be spending an even longer amount of time to translate said shit. T_T im such a masochist for hakuoki stuff. iuno if that’s a good thing or a bad thing lol.....

*sigh*

btw does anyone have Adobe after-effects (or another program that can do falling snow visuals/white balls falling like snow similar to the hakuoki games) and/or can recommend a free video editor that can allow for inserting timed text as animations? I found the audio for the Hakuoki Stories of the Shinsengumi bonus character stories (I’ve only listened to the Saito one “warm first snow” and the Kazama one with Amagiri and Shiranui) and kinda really want clean videos of them with english text for my own enjoyment... I’m thinking I can probably get something free to add text onto a video and don’t really care if said text isn’t animated or not, but I’d really like the animated snow effect on the saito one...

gnight technically morning now.

#Hakuoki #Hakuouki #Hakuoki Game Translation #Hakuoki SSL Cross Story Translation #Hakuoki SSL #Kazama Chikage #Amagiri Kyuuju

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platonicone · 6 years ago

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Devotion - Story of the Oracle and her Shield

Chapter 9 - Entanglement (noria)

Is love the pinnacle of human emotions? I wonder…

The Day Before Departure

Once Lunafreya calmed down, they took their obligatory selfie at that wonderful site before venturing on to meet all the town folks. Everyone greeted them enthusiastically. They said their final goodbyes to them. Some people thanked them, some hugged them, and some even gave them gifts.

As a form of revenge for his earlier stunt, Lunafreya took Squall to meet one person he hated more than Dr. K, the hotel clerk. Lunafreya spends extra time there which particularly annoyed Squall. After a while he couldn’t take it anymore, so he grabbed her by her hand and dragged her out of the hotel.

Once their meet-and-greet session was done, they finally went to the most famous restaurant in Lestallum. Squall had a table reserved for them. The place was dimly lit with few candles on their table providing yellow glow to the surroundings.

Once they were seated, the waiter greeted them cheerily and handed them the menu. He served them water while as they both browsed the menu. The waiter stepped away to give them some time to decide what they want.

“Shall we start it off with a soup? How about the one which I used to get for you daily?” Squall asked. He loved this soup.

“Umm Squall,” she started hesitantly.

“Yes?” he said, without looking up from the menu.

“I have a confession to make,” she said in a low voice.

He immediately put down the menu. One thing he knew was that nothing good ever came after, ‘I have a confession to make.’

“It’s about this soup. I really, really,” she took extra-long pause before continuing, “hate it.”

“What?” he said, slowly blinking, wanting to make sure he heard right. ‘How can someone possibly hate this godly soup?’

“I really hate this soup,” she said, covering her face with her hands as she rested her elbows on the table. “It’s just that you brought it every day with so much care and love that I did not have the heart to say no to it.”

“Idiot,” he said with a facepalm. “You should have told me sooner. I would have brought something else instead.”

“I didn’t want to be ungrateful for what you did. I didn’t want to hurt your feeling even in the slightest, so I just pretended to like it.”

“You silly girl,” he said, shaking his head. “On the battlefield, rather than the strength of your enemies, trust in your allies is more important. If you can’t trust me even for such a simple thing, how can we trust each other with our lives?”

“No, it's not about lack of trust, it’s the opposite. It’s about preserving the feeling of care. If you care enough for me to go out of your way to get me something, the least I can do in response is to accept it wholeheartedly. I’d rather have a soup I don’t like for the rest of my life than to make you feel bad about doing something you had no obligation to do, to begin with. The reason I am sharing my dislikes with you is that I feel comfortable sharing it with you now. I am not afraid anymore to show you who I am and how I feel.”

“I am glad you trust me.”

“Squall, I want you to trust me too. You often retract in your shell and don’t voice your concern and feelings. I may be an Oracle, but I can’t read your mind. You have to let me know your feeling else I won’t understand.”

“It’s hard,” was all he had to say in response.

“What is?” she had to probe further.

“Opening up like that is hard for me. I used to be very reserved --” before he could continue any further, she busted out in uncontrollable laughter.

“Used to? What are you talking about? You still are very reserved,” she chided.

“I mean more reserve than I currently am. It took a lot of effort from lots of friends to make me this outspoken. So, this is as good as it gets,” he said, setting her expectation straight.

“You really are a work in progress,” she said, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

“Aren’t we all?” he replied quietly.

“Touché.”

They finally ordered their appetizer and main course, and now their eternal wait for food to come out started. She noticed Squall’s neckless, with a lion-like creature, reflected the light from the small flame. She was always curious to know more about it and she figured this was as an opportune time as any to learn more about it.

“What is that lion-like creature on your pendent and that ring you always wear?” she asked. “Now that I think about it, it is even etched on your gunblade.”

“Oh, this?” he said, picking up the dangling pendent on his neckless. “This is Griever. It is the ultimate Guardian Force or Astral as you would call it. Its form is derived from the lion for its strength and pride. Its name is derived from the word grieve, which is to feel great sorrow. The more sorrow Griever feels the stronger it gets.”

“An Astral who feeds on sorrow, it sounds like the god of death from legends Lady Gentiana told me about,” she recalled.

“I like Griever because it teaches me that the more pain I can handle, the stronger I will become.”

“You do have a very interesting take on things. I wonder what goes inside your head sometimes.”

“Trust me, you don’t want to find out,” he said, shaking his head.

The waiter came back to deliver their drinks, which interrupted their flow of conversation.

They silently watched the flames of the candle dancing with the gentle wind. The amber glow from the flames provided ethereal glow to their faces. Their eyes spoke more to each other than their words ever could. At this moment they did not want to think about the future or the past; all they wanted was to live out this moment for as long as they could. If there were a shooting star right now, the only wish they would make would be to hold on to this moment forever.

“Squall, can I ask you a question?” she said, breaking their silence.

“Sure,” he replied promptly.

“Do you like me more now or when I was in a coma?” she said, playing with a strand of her hair.

“What kind of question is that?” he said, leaning on the table.

“Just answer me, honestly,” she said, leaning in as well.

“Awake,” was his one-word answer.

“Then how come you used to talk to me a lot more when I was asleep, then you talk to me now,” she said with a devilish smile.

His eyes widened when he heard that. It was supposed to be his eternal secret. “How? How did you know about that?”

“Squall, I have another confession to make,” she said very slowly, pausing after each word.

He gulped in anticipation of what was about to come out.

“When you used to talk to me, I used to hear it, sometimes,” she admitted, trying her best not to break into a smile.

It was as if someone had drained all the color from Squall’s face. Squall narrowed his eyes and took a fork in his hand, “That’s it. I have to kill you now. You know too much about me.”

She busted out in laughter upon seeing his reaction. Squall just looked away in embarrassment as he recalled everything he had said to her while she was asleep.

Thankfully, for Squall, the appetizers came just in time to prevent any further discussion on this topic. Neither of them said anything as they ate their spring rolls. While Squall avoided any eye contact, she would frequently steal a glance at him and smile cheekily, clearly having a good time at his expense.

Once they were done with their appetizer, there was nothing to do other than wait for the main course to arrive. Lunafreya used this opportunity to snap a selfie commemorating their last dinner in Lestallum.

She looked at the photo she had taken and showed it to Squall.

“Nice photo, Lunafreya,” he appreciated her photography skills, especially because it was taken in a low light setting.

“Thank you,” she accepted the compliment with a small bow of the head. “By the way, you don’t need to call me Lunafreya. You can just call me Luna like my friends and family does.”

“Oh, so I got upgraded from a stranger to friends and family? Nice. Thanks, Luna,” he said with a half-smile.

“You need to smile often. Didn’t anyone teach you how to smile properly? This is how you smile,” she said and proceeded to show a very photogenic smile.

Squall tried to mimic it and it just looked weird.

“No, not like that,” she said with a chuckle. “Do it like this,” she said, showing off her thousand waltz smile.

Squall tried again and somehow ended looking even weirder. She quickly grabbed his phone from the table and snapped his picture before releasing laughter she found so hard to hold back.

“That’s not nice.” He folded his hands like a child and looked away.

“I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to laugh at you but, you looked so funny making that face,” she said in the middle of her laughs. Even though he wanted to stay mad at her, but he simply couldn’t. Seeing her laugh always melts away his anger.

“How come you can smile so naturally,” he wondered aloud.

“Your smile is a reflection of your heart. It should come from within, you cannot force it,” she said sincerely.

“For me, you know what comes from within? Anger and rage,” he said, admitting his flaw.

“We are so opposite,” she said with a sigh while putting her head on the table in resignation.

Their much-awaited main course finally arrived. The chef certainly went above and beyond with the gourmet food.

She took one spoon of it and immediately reacted, “This is so good.”

“It sure is,” he agreed.

Midway through their dinner, a mischievous thought plagued her mind. She dropped her knife and fork in her plated and addressed Squall, “Can you do something for me, please?”

“Sure, what it is,” he said almost absentmindedly.

She looked at her watch and continued, “The princess demands her subject to feed her right now else I will not eat.” She even pushed her plate away for added dramatic effect.

He almost choked on his food when he heard that. He quickly swallowed his food and said in a low voice, “Are you out of your mind. You want me to do that in front of everyone.”

“Yes!” she exclaimed, “that was two seconds. Now I am tied with Dr. K.”

“Seriously?” he said, dropping his utensils in his plate. “Even on a dat—dinner you are playing this silly game?” He corrected himself as he almost used the wrong word.

She winked playfully. “You have no idea how much fun it is.”

‘Well, then, two can play this game. I’d better come up with something.’

Luna had barely eaten half of what was on her plate. He often wondered how this girl survived eating so little. Squall, on the other hand, had devoured it all. He was still getting used to this new vegan diet, which he had to adopt thanks to Luna.

As their dinner was nearing the end, Squall initiated a conversation. “Hey Luna, I have a confession to make.”

“Oh-oh, that can’t be good,” she said, paying close attention to him now.

“When you were asleep, one day Dr. K told me to kiss you. She said princesses often wake up when they are kissed. So, I,” he did not finish is his sentence intentionally to build up the tension.

“You did not,” she said with fury in her eyes and pointing a fork at him threateningly.

Squall just calmly kept eating, ignoring her.

“Finish the sentence, Squall,” she demanded, now equipped with a butter knife in the other hand.

“So, I did it,” he said with a casual shrug. “And it was so much fun,” he added for an extra sting.

“No way,” she said, shooting lasers through her eyes. “You--- you,” words escaped her mind not letting her formulate anything coherent.

This time it was Squall’s turn to laugh. It was a natural laughter of pure innocence, which melted her anger. Eventually, she too smiled.

Squall looked straight into her eyes and asked, “Would you have hated me had I kissed you?”

“I... I...” somehow Squall kept finding ways to make her speechless today. Just the thought of him kissing her made her instantly blush.

“1.5 seconds,” he proclaimed.

“What?” she asked, still blushing.

“You went from pale to blush in 1.5 seconds. I win,” he declared emphatically.

“You are so dead,” she said threateningly.

She was so angry that she wanted to throw something at him, anything. He was lucky that the waiter just arrived in time to take their plates. She made a mental note to get back at Squall for this one.

“I am going to miss this place,” Squall said suddenly bringing up a topic that Luna was trying to avoid throughout the day.

“Yes, I have lots of fond memories of this place. My time here is something I will always cherish. This town and its people will always be close to my heart.”

Suddenly, a strong wind gushed blowing out candles in the entire restaurant. Squall had quickly reacted to cup the flame with his right hand, preventing the wind from directly reaching it. Luna placed her right hand opposite of Squall’s, and cupped the flame from the other end. Their conjoined hands encased and protected the flame from all sides.

The blustery wind ran around unhinged making a whistling noise. Few strands of her hair, which were not pinned properly, decided to breakaway and dance with the wind, fluttering across her face. Squall's unruly brown hair joined in as well, as it swayed freely in the wind. Even in the midst of this strong wind, one small flame still survived, courtesy of the two hands gently protecting it.

“A candle must burn and melt so it can provide light to those around it. Such is the life of an Oracle. Like a candle, she too must sacrifice herself so the world can find a flicker of light in the ocean of darkness.” She shared her innermost pain.

Even though the street was full of people, at this moment it was only them and their small flickering flame. It was easy to get drowned in the surrounding noise, but at this moment all they could hear were each other’s heartbeat. The wind died down and the flame no longer needed their protection, yet they sat there without moving looking at each other, knowing fully well of what each of their fates entails. She was to be with a king and he was a traveler who would have to leave soon.

The waiter came to disrupting their blissful moment. He picked up the remaining items from the table and left, once again leaving them alone. Neither of them said much as they both struggled with their internal conflicts. They both knew that they should live in the present and not worry about the future, but that was easier said than done. How can you live in the present when you know your future is doomed? Yet they tried.

After paying their bill and giving tips, they left the restaurant only to be greeted by more people. Once in public, their masks quickly came back on. One chooses to hide behind a mask of impassiveness, while other choose to hide behind a smile.

After meeting Holly and her crew, they made one final stop. They stood outside an ice-cream shop.

“Oh no, I am so full,” she said, placing her hands on her stomach.

“We can’t leave without eating ice-cream,” he said, examining the flavors on the menu.

“I can’t eat anymore, my stomach will explode if I eat anything else,” she whined, still clutching her stomach.

“Yes, you can,” not sure if he encouraged her or gave an order.

“Nooooooooooo,” she said, trying to be dramatic.

“Okay, fine, if you don’t eat, I won’t eat it either,” he said, folding his arms across his chest.

“Hey, that’s not fair. That’s emotional blackmailing,” she complained.

“Call it whatever you want. We are leaving if you don’t want to eat,” he said, clearly enjoying this situation.

“Okay, fine. You win. But I’ll only take a kid’s scoop,” she resigned. She was certain that she saw a gleeful smile on Squall’s face for a fraction of a second.

“Which flavor?” he asked.

“Let me see.” She got closer to look at all the available options. “What are you getting?”

“Vanilla.”

She responded with a facepalm, “Seriously, Squall?”

He chuckled at her reaction. “Nah, I am going to get Coconut flavor.”

“Good choice. I’ll get that too,” she decided.

“No, get something else so we can try another flavor,” he suggested.

“That is a very valid point,” she said, as she continued to scan the menu. “Okay, I’ll get cookies and cream.”

“Do you want any topping on it? I am thinking about having a chocolate chip on mine,” he said.

“No, I’ll just take the regular.”

Squall grabbed two cones and carefully made his way to the fountain outside of Leville hotel where Luna waited for him.

“Here is your ice-cream, princess,” he said, handing over her cone. He knew she hated when he called her princess.

“Thank you, my butler,” she playfully fired back. Squall just rolled his eyes in response, knowing fully well that he lost that one.

The sound of the fountain seemed to drown out all the city noise. Tiny water droplets bounced around playfully causing ripples in the water. Faint light around the fountain gave a colorful glow to the bouncing water. The mist in the air near the fountain was cool and soothing. They sat on the ledge of the fountain enjoying their ice-cream and their time together.

“You were right, this is so good,” she said, savoring her ice-cream.

“Mine is good too. Here try it,” he said, giving her a spoon he had gotten from the shop. She took a spoonful of ice-cream from him. “Wow, I never imagined coconut plus chocolate would taste this good.”

Squall tried the cookies and cream from her and it was just as good. Just as she was about to eat her ice-cream a huge tremor shook the place. Since the awakening of Titan, the tremors had been a frequent occurrence. She leaned forward, trying to balance herself, all the while holding her ice-cream cone carefully not to drop it. She ended up with ice-cream on her nose for her troubles.

Without missing a beat, Squall grabbed his phone and took a perfect picture. He could barely contain his laughter.

“Hey, delete that picture,” she urged.

“Nope,” he said, as he put away his phone in his pocket.

“Not fair,” she complained, stomping her legs like a child. He ignored her plea and continued to eat his ice-cream.

As retaliation of taking that picture, she dipped her hand in the water and splashed Squall with it.

He instinctively turned away to protect himself.

“How dare you?” he dipped his hand in the water for revenge. Just as he was about to splash her, she screamed, “Stop.”

“I have ice-cream in my hand. Let me finish it first,” she pleaded.

“Fine, I’ll get back to you later,” he said, narrowing his eyes threateningly.

He extended his hand towards her face and she closed her eyes tightly not sure what he was about to do. He gently wiped off the ice-cream from her nose.

They were peacefully eating ice-cream when she randomly said, “Squall.” She said his name absentmindedly barely above a whisper but he still heard it.

“Yes,” he responded.

“Squall,” she said again, this time a bit louder than before.

“What?” he asked.

“Squall,” she said again, this time stretching his name to an extent that it felt like slow motion.

“I am listening,” he said, getting slightly annoyed.

“I just realized that it’s not easy to say your name. It doesn't roll off the tongue easily. I don’t like it,” she said, shaking her head.

“But that’s my name,” he said with a shrug.

“Besides, Squall and Luna do not even sound right,” she said, waving her hand.

Squall did not know how to respond to that. He slowly blinked, trying to wrap his head around what she was getting at.

“Hmm, I have an idea. How about I call you Leon from now on?” she suggested gleefully.

“Leon?” he asked, tilting his head.

“Yes, Leon,” she said with a sweetness which would make even ice-cream feel sour. “Leon and Luna, see, it has a nice ring to it,” she said with a smile.

“Leon and Luna?” he trailed off.

“Can I please call you Leon?” she said, folding her hand with her ice-cream cone in between.

“Fine, call me whatever you want,” he said with a facepalm. Secretly he liked Leon too.

“Yes!” she rejoiced and happily went back to finishing her ice-cream.

Once they were done eating Leon suggested, “Shall we go back now.”

“Yes, it’s about time,” she agreed.

“But before we go, there is just one last thing I need to do,” he said.

“What is it?”

“Just close your eyes for a second,” he requested.

“Why?” she asked, narrowing her eyes.

“Just do it. Please,” he urged.

“Okay, fine,” she said, closing her eyes. For the next few seconds, nothing happened. Suddenly a big splash of water drenched her. She slowly opened her eyes and there was fury in it.

“Oh-oh,” he realized that she was mad now.

She dipped both her hands in the water and started splashing Leon. Not the one to back down, he returned the favor. For the next few minutes, they fought like kids, until both of them were completely drenched. Their friendship had evolved into something neither of them had the courage to admit.

They eventually made their way back to their quarters. After dropping her off to their room, Squall loaded all the luggage in the car they will take tomorrow. It was very late by the time he came back.

In a world filled with war, peaceful days like this were an oddity. Little did they know that this was simply the calm before the storm.

Author's notes

This is my favorite chapter of the story so far. I had so much fun writing it. What should we call this couple? Squnafreya? Leona? idk. What do you guys think?

Sorry, no Easter eggs in this chapter.

Things get serious now. Someone is going to die in next chapter. Any guess who?

If you enjoyed this chapter, at least say 'hi' in the comments below. Please :)

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vytraveldiary2 · 6 years ago

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New Zealand Day 2 - Mount Cook National Park

November in New Zealand is considered spring and a shoulder season for tourism. Although the weather can be nice on some days, spring weather can still be unpredictable and prone to rain. We found ourselves slightly regretting scheduling our trip during this time when we woke up today and saw that it would be yet another rainy and cloudy day. There goes the plans to watch the sunrise over Lake Tekapo! Instead, we waited out the rain while making a delicious breakfast featuring a delicious venison sausage that was recommended to us by one of the Pak N' Save. It was packed of flavor and not greasy at all. We had a fun time observing what our hostelmates were preparing for breakfast; usually people in hostels cook very simple meals but this group of people were more like gourmet chefs. One guy was making a yummy soup with beef, enoki, and many vegetables. Another guy was cooking rice and making a delicious smelling ground beef dish cooked in peanut oil and sliced ginger. Such a motivated group of travelers!

By the time we packed up our bags, there was partial sunlight so we excitedly loaded the car and headed out to the lake. There was a cool looking swing activity at the playground by Foursquare grocery store that we had spotted the night before that we wanted to try. It required pulling the swing up to a platform, and then jumping on the swing and then enjoying the ride with views of the lake on our left. (Kind of like ziplining but with a rope with an attached seat). Wheeeeee! It was a lot of fun and such a cool addition to the playground. We then wandered to the lake edge, where we saw some pretty lupins (a beautiful weed that can be found throughout New Zealand, and what this lake is known for). We were lucky to see a few in bloom, since peak bloom doesn't start until end of November/December. We saw a ton of tourists at the Church of the Good Shepphard across from the pedestrian bridge at the lake. This church is the most photographed chuch in New Zealand, but we decided to skip it. Satisied that we got to see the lake in partial sunlight, we hopped into the car and made our way to the next destination, Mount Cook National Park.

The drive to Mount Cook consists of driving alongside another beautiful blue lake, Lake Pukaki. This lake is even bigger than Lake Tekapo and probaby would have been really breathtaking in the sunlight. We stopped by the Lake Pukaki viewing point, which had a little tiny visitor center where we purchased some sashimi, which was enjoyed as a car picnic with rainy lake views. The salmon was very fresh and also at a great price too!

Our drive took us past the lake and into the mountain ranges, where we saw mountain peaks enclosed by clouds and fog, giving us a very mysterious vibe. We tried to imagine what it would look like on a clear day, with sunlight glistening on the snow covered mountain peaks, although it was still beautiful in a forebodding way. We made a quick pit stop at our hostel, and then headed out to do the Hooker Valley Hike.

Hooker Valley Hike is the most popular hike in the area, and it was easy to see why. It offered incredible views of mountain ranges, the surrounding valley, and included river crossings on beautifully built suspension bridges. "Hike" was a misnomer, as we quickly discovered. It was more like an easy stroll through the 6.8 miles of very paved pathways. The views were very magical even on a cloudy and rainy day, and we were rewarded with a beautiful view of Hooker Lake surrounded by snow capped mountains at the end of the hike. Although extremely windy and rainy at the lake, we still enjoyed our customary sandwich picnic before headed back on the return journey. It was definitely one of the most pretty hikes that we had ever been on, and we cannot even imagine what it would look like on a beautiful sunny day.

Soaked from the rain, we warmed up and dried off for a bit at the hostel before heading out to see the Tasman Glacier and Tasman Lake. We climbed the steps up to the Tasman Glacier Viewpoint, which allowed us to glimpse the Blue Lakes, which is not blue but rather green. It used to be fed by glacial waters, giving it a blue appearance. As the glaciers melted and became less plentiful, it allowed algae to populate the lake, giving it a green color instead. We reached the viewpoint, and coud hardly see any glaciers since they have mostly all melted away. It was quite sad to see. However, we did enjoy the view of the lake from the viewpoint. We then headed back down the steps and took another path to go up to the lake front, where we saw a view boat rentals carryinig crowds of tourists on tours of the lake.

Cold and wet once again, we decided to retire to the hostel for the night. The hostel was a very crowded but cozy, and we were very lucky to have a place to stay for the night considering how limited accomodations were in Mount Cook (especially affordable ones with kitchens). We had a fancy dinner consisting of soy glazed steak, potatoes, and asparagus with a glass of peach and passionfruit cider on the side. It felt so good to be warm and dry and enjoying the food that we cooked ourselves. We didn't win for the most impressive dinner though, as there was a family next to us eating a very mouth watering chinese feast. We went to bed, satisfied that we were able to check off everything on our itinerary despite the weather (apart from stargazing, which would have been amazing as well in Mount Cook National Park, which was also part of the dark sky reserve).

#newzealand2019

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solarmoonsims · 6 years ago

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The Sims 4 Zodiac Challenge

Basically, I’ve been really interested in Horoscopes recently, so I thought, why not bring this love into the sims? There are other Zodiac challenges out there and this one is specifically inspired by this website. All of the descriptions come from this website. Some of the rules are the same but I decided to bend most of them to fit my gameplay style (I know that kinda defeats the purpose of a challenge). This challenge is not intended to offend anyone and is purely for fun. Now, I present to you my Sims 4 Zodiac Challenge!

Basic Rules

- Your founder and heir are allowed to look however you would like them to but they have to follow the traits and aspirations listed below their sign.

- You are allowed to use money cheats or freerealestate for your first house but no more after that

- Mods are allowed

- CC is allowed

- If you do not complete a goal for one of the generations, you lose

- Most importantly, have fun

Generation 1: Aquarius

“Aquarius-born are shy and quiet , but on the other hand they can be eccentric and energetic. However, in both cases, they are deep thinkers and highly intellectual people who love helping others. They are able to see without prejudice, on both sides, which makes them people who can easily solve problems”

Traits: Creative, Genius, Self-assured

Aspiration: Leader of the Pack

Career: Politician

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Politician career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Wellness skill

- Go to a yoga class every Sunday

- Have 3 kids and get married as an adult

- Have at least 4 friends

Generation 2: Pisces

“Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back.”

Traits: Cheerful, Childish, Art Lover

Aspiration: Soulmate

Career: Painter

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Painter career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Painting skill

- Get married before you have kids

- Own a dog and a cat

Generation 3: Aries

“As the first sign in the zodiac, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings.”

Traits: Hot-Headed, Ambitious, Active

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief

Career: Secret Agent

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Secret Agent career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Fitness skill

- Get into a fight with 5 different sims

- Be enemies with your sibling(s) until you are a young adult

Generation 4: Taurus

“Practical and well-grounded, Taurus is the sign that harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world and physical pleasures. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.”

Traits: Geek, Unflirty, Materialistic

Aspiration: Mansion Baron

Career: Scientist

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Scientist career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Logic skill

- Get married as an adult

- Have only 1 child

Generation 5: Gemini

“Expressive and quick-witted, Gemini represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.”

Traits: Noncommittal, Dance Machine, Insider

Aspiration: Party Animal

Career: None

Goals:

- Complete your aspiration

- Start a Social Media Blog

- Become rich off of your inheritance

- Go to the club every Friday

- Cheat on your partner and have an unexpected baby

- Live in the city

Generation 6: Cancer

“Deeply intuitive and sentimental, Cancer can be one of the most challenging zodiac signs to get to know. They are very emotional and sensitive, and care deeply about matters of the family and their home. Cancer is sympathetic and attached to people they keep close. Those born with their Sun in Cancer are very loyal and able to empathize with other people's pain and suffering.”

Traits: Gloomy, Jealous, Family-Oriented

Aspiration: Super Parent

Career: Veterinarian

Goals:

- Run a successful Veterinary Clinic until you quit

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Baking skill

- Go through an emo phase as a teen

- Quit your job once you marry your spouse

- Back your kid’s lunch everyday before school

- Have family movie night every Saturday

- Have 1 child with an A in school

Generation 7: Leo

“People born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause.”

Traits: Self-Absorbed, Materialistic, Romantic

Aspiration: Master Actor

Career: Actor/Actress

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Acting career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Acting skill

- Reach level 10 of the Charisma skill

- Become famous and live in Del Sol Valley

- Spoil your kids with your money

- Never get married and have kids with multiple people

Generation 8: Virgo

“Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance and their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.”

Traits: Bookworm, Perfectionist, Vegetarian

Aspiration: Best Selling Author

Career: Writer

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Writer career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Writing skill

- Have a home library

- Complete a collection

- Have an argument with your spouse and break up then (your choice if they get back together)

- Have 2 children

Generation 9: Libra

“People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful and fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for Libra-born, and with their victorious mentality and cooperation, they cannot stand to be alone. The Libra is an Air sign, with expressed intellect and a keen mind. They can be inspired by good books, insurmountable discussions and interesting people.”

Traits: Outgoing, Cheerful, Goofball

Aspiration: Big Happy Family

Career: Social Media

Goals:

- Complete level 10 of the Social Media career

- Complete your aspiration

- Be best friends with your spouse

- Marry your high-school sweetheart

- Volunteer with your family every weekend

- Take lots of pictures of your family and life

Generation 10: Scorpio

“Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness.”

Traits: Ambitious, Genius, Good

Aspiration: Master Chef

Career: Detective

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Detective career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Cooking career

- Reach level 10 of the Gourmet Cooking career

- Get a divorce

- Get remarried as an elder

- Have 3 kids

Generation 11: Sagittarius

“Curious and energetic, Sagittarius is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life.”

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Noncommittal, Active

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Career: None

Goals:

- Complete your aspiration

- Go to Granite Falls once a season

- Sleep outside once a week to “embrace the outdoors”

- Live in 3 different worlds before settling down

- Go to every festival

- Make money freelancing

- Master the Comedy skill

Generation 12: Capricorn

“Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way.”

Traits: Ambitious, Snob, Mean

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Tech Guru

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Tech Guru career

- Complete your aspiration

- Have no kids

- Master Logic skill

- Have at least level 5 in 3 other skills

- Live in an expensive house by the time your an adult

- Surround yourself only with other snobby people

- Buy an expensive item every Wednesday

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