(give 'em a click to get a better look)I had considered keeping Tomas as dead. Blair still could have hooked up with him as a ghost. She could have even have a ghost baby (this happens in Sims, people.) I also could have hoped that the Scientific Community of Riverview would, at some point, offer to resurrect him as well. Ultimately, I just decided on the reset. Why complicate things so soon?
So back to the reset tale... basically this shot of Blair and Tomas painting is pretty much the only thing that is exactly the same. Even Todd's stakeouts are a bit different...
"Dude, remember when I died and Death started talking to you about money?""No, I don't... that never happened... what are you talking about?!"
"It was hilarious!"
Eli gets a hairstyle slightly more like the one he actually had on the show. Doesn't he look thrilled?He may not care but I do. I got increasingly more frustrated with why the hell I chose that Ceaser look in the first place and how Eli just never looked right because of it.
Blair's crayon portrait of a house is shite compared to what will become Tomas' beautiful rustic camping painting. Blair... you've got to step it up.
"Baby, I think you're hot even if you can't paint as well as me."
"In fact, I think you are a STAH!!"
Meanwhile, Todd hangs out with his emotional peers. Actually, he's working on a case but since he comes home from every case having made friends with whomever he's working for or investigating... because of the magic of playing tag... well, emotional peers seems to fit.
"How much for the little boy?"I kid, believe it or not, Todd is bribing this dude to get him to spill on whether or not he stole the mouthwash. Yes, his case is the Case of the Missing Mouthwash. He's still new to the investigation game... gotta crawl before you can walk and all that.
Tomas continues to be artistic. "I wonder what my beloved Blair is doing?"
Making time with your best bud is what.
"Let me rub your shoulders, my angel of sweet desire..."
The park is very romantic at night, isn't it? And this time there's no pesky yeti demonstration across the street. Lessons learned from the tragic fever dream perhaps? Well, for one thing, Blair is going to be keeping up her various relationships so she doesn't wind up with the string of rejections she dealt with before. Not only was she not able to get it on with Eli, she failed to get it on with Tomas, too...Blair is determined to learn from the doomed prophecies of what came before!
Todd's stakeout this time looks like it would actually work. You should see him jump whenever birds fly out of, I'm guessing, the bushes that he's holding.
Eli sends Blair back home and takes the opportunity to schmooze with the Riverviewians. He's in politics. He needs the love of the people to climb that ladder.
Todd celebrates his successful stakeout by playing chess with himself. He's got to do it here because there are no items at home that would help in raising his logic skill level.Is that a poster for Twilight in the background?
Eli pays the price for his long hours of schmoozing. He doesn't quite make it in time and pees himself right outside the bathroom door. He, of course, is mortified. Luckily, no one sees this. Blair's actually in the other room yammering on her cell phone to someone.
Blair focuses on her fashion research.
And keeping her breath minty fresh. The better to lay hot kisses on her men. That, I believe, is Tomas in the background. Have I mentioned that they all sing in the shower? Because they do. Every single one of them. It's adorably hilarious.
I decide to use the funds they've gathered up and buy a stove that does not run 2-1 odds of exploding into a fireball every time it's used. This is the next step up, stove-wise. Welcome to the house, Stove That Hopefully Will Not Kill Anyone!
Blair got the yen to buy this and I decided to go for it and see what it was all about. Basically, it's a yard game and I've come to hate it because these idiots will spend every waking hour on it if they can. The only real fun comes when they accidentally hit themselves on the head with the stick, which is what's about to happen to Tomas in this picture.I let them have their game... for now.
Tomas and Eli were still in the midst of repairing their relationship due to all of the Blair hijinks so the game helped a little with that. There are better ways, though... Still, the game remains.
"I love retro wallpaper so much I'm going to paint it!"
Todd bravely tries out the new stove. I say bravely... it's not like he ever caught on fire. He's the one that always managed to set it on fire but he never actually seemed to get burned.Suspicious, no?
Blair comes running in when she awakens to the smell of fresh pancakes. (This is seriously the only thing Todd cooks at this point. Pancakes pancakes all the time.)
Apparently, Blair couldn't wait two seconds for Todd to finish his pancakes. She went with the waffles in the fridge. And, as that fridge is the cheapest one there is, that means that leftovers tend to wind up tasting like fridge. Not good.
When Todd and Eli take off for their respective jobs, Blair takes the opportunity to hit on her delectable artist. "Want to get. it. on?"
That would be a "Hells yes!"
They make with the whoopee. So Tomas not only got the first kiss but the first woo-hoo with Blair. Well, there are benefits from being home all hours and not working for City Hall or...
...digging through people's garbage cans.
Blair puts the minimal effort into her job but it's enough to earn her weekly stipend. Really, Eli and Todd are the only ones bringing in regular pay. Both of them are steadily climbing the ladder, too. Tomas, for his part, is selling every painting he makes. Blair wanders into work, gives a lousy makeover and collects money.At least she takes the job of pleasing her men seriously.
So, yeah, this happens. Todd was swimming at the community pool and the screen went a little wonky on me. When trying to fix it, I got the stakeout option and this happened. That's Todd pulling a Jesus and walking on water... he's got ripples around his shoulders... and his handy bushes out. Yeah, he's blending in...
Although I do wonder about Riverviewians as they do not seem to think that the guy hiding behind fake pushes in a community pool house standing on water is anything to be unnerved by.
Eli decides to start a career in writing. It exhausts him. His writing skill is still at the 'hunt and peck' level so it makes telling a tale particularly harrowing. Hopefully he'll improve.
Tomas' next painting... a sultry woman who does not seem to be Blair. Gasp! Tomas! You cad!! How dare your thoughts wander to the one who is juggling you with two other guys!
Blair goes back to work and puts a bit more effort into it. None of her style makeovers seem to be roaring successes but she gets credit and money for all of them so she keeps on trucking.
This could easily be a thousand pictures. They spend all their time out here flinging wooden sticks at wooden bunnies before flinging them at the wooden king. The only upside to it is that I'm certain I can find them if I've lost track of them at the house.
They do like to socialize in the bathroom. Maybe it's because the kitchen has a tendency to catch on fire and they'd prefer to be around as many water sources as possible.
Blair comes up with some steampunk styles aimed at children. She's more successful at this than she is at the actual makeover stuff.
But it works! She gets a promotion and a cute new outfit! "Check me out, bitches! You wish you could look as good as me!"
Some of these assholes are just impossible to please, though. I think she looks cute. Mags, unfortunately, started weeping when she saw herself. I'm beginning to get why Blair hardens her heart to these jerks.
Leftover waffles for dinner! The entire household has a deep abiding fear of the kitchen. Except for Todd... who probably made the waffles.
"If it weren't for you, we'd starve!"Blair's happy someone is willing to cook for them. I think it's still ironic that Eli's the natural cook and cannot be bothered to turn on the stove.
Todd goes back to the pool to get his next gig. What the hell is going on at the pool?!
I sent Eli to work after a lousy night's sleep and then had him go right to a speaking engagement that came up while he was at work. Basically, I pushed him to the brink. I don't know how his speech went but the second he came out of the building he passed out on the sidewalk.Eli's had a bad run of things between wetting himself and passing out in the middle of town. Hopefully things get better for him but this would not be the time to tempt fate...
Like this...Holy crap! Here is where I get officially nervous. Wets himself, passes out on the street and then tries his luck in the kitchen? Never have I been so thankful that I upgraded the stove. I needn't have worried though, he's making a salad.
Todd and Blair opted for the leftover pancakes all the same.
This conversation perplexes me. Todd may or may not be talking about crime and Blair's response is about the weather.
Eli looks as perplexed as me.At any rate, I sent the poor guy to bed. He needed it badly.
And that's where we leave off until next time... and boy do things get going next time around!
