Things Blair Gets Up To On Her Own
Blair is in the Stylist profession. Her Lifetime Wish is to be a Fashion Phenomenon which is basically the pinnacle of her particular profession. So it's no surprise that a lot of Blair's solo interaction is working to that end.
Her work involves soliciting customers using her SimPad portfolio.
Apparently, this guy thinks her work is a joke. Sure enough, he totally rejected her when she offered to give him a style makeover. Well screw you, long-haired dude in the crazy outfit!However, not everyone rejects Blair. After all, she's reached the third rung on the style ladder and you can absolutely tell due to her green snakeskin jacket. This lady, who clearly likes the saturated colors, took Blair up on her offer.
This chick comes to the salon and plays her guitar a lot so Blair went for a more eye-catching look.
And it was received with great enthusiasm. Go Blair! A successful makeover for your portfolio!Time to troll for more business.
Hey Grandpa, you look like you could use some help!
Blair gives him a 'dapper old man at the country club' kind of look. Come on, he's adorable. He'll be the hit of the nursing home.Time for more prey...
Oh, this bitch...
She wept upon seeing herself in fabulous new clothes. Even the game said that she was too picky. Quit your crying and get out of here!!It's never a good idea to piss off a stylist. There are options where one can purposely give bad makeovers.
I'm sad to admit that this wasn't on purpose. You know, it's one thing when a client doesn't like what Blair gives them... it's quite another when things go so horribly awry. Believe it or not, this was supposed to be a new swimsuit.When they miss, they miss big.
Back at home, Tomas' lifetime want (more on that later) required a sculpting station.
Blair decided to help herself. She is an artistic sort, after all, and tried her hand at it. If I recall, she carved a pudgy dude in a diaper. But she did manage to get a skill point in sculpting.To celebrate, she set the stove on fire.
The upside to this is that no one came flying in to freak out. I'm thinking they were either asleep or elsewhere. Like out of the house elsewhere. And Blair, being the brave woman of awesome that she is, put the fire out herself.The downside is that those idiotic firemen showed up, remember, the firemen who show up when the place is on fire and people are burning and say they can't do anything about it, after Blair put the fire out and fined her for calling in a false alarm.
Screw you, Fire Department!
The other thing that Blair does for work is research fashion styles which is basically drawing on the drafting table. The good thing is that it helps develop her artistic skill (which is almost on par with Tomas') but the bad thing is she can't sell any of the sketches she does so either they go in her portfolio or into the Mysterious Inventory.
Everyone has inventory... presumably in their pockets but who knows really? As an example, at some point through the game (both seen and yet unseen) Todd has had three Mysterious Mr. Gnomes in his pants, Tomas a scooter, and Eli a space rock the size of a car. Compared to that, the idea of Blair carrying around some rolled up artwork isn't as shocking.
Some of her designs...
Menswear.
And stylings for the House of De Ville.After working her butt off accordingly, Blair rewards herself...
By drinking.Things Eli Gets Up To On HIs Own
Not much, unfortunately. The thing with Eli is that his job is the only one out of the four that involves him disappearing for long periods of time where he isn't available to do anything. He's just... at work. Todd, Blair and Tomas all have professions that keep them at my mercy almost constantly.
So I get Eli in the off hours where he's usually stressed out and trying to either sleep, eat or relax.
Although there is this... Elijah has the Frugal trait which means he wants to save money and this is, so far, my favorite effect of that. As you can see, he's thinking about not spending money... what he's doing is clapping the lights off in a room no one is occupying.Don't you just love him?
He cooks! But again, without the stove. He's making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which, as he's a Natural Cook, means they are likely to be the most amazing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ever! You know what I discovered recently? Natural Cooks don't set the stove on fire when they cook.How much unnecessary strife and damage could have been avoided, Eli, if you had just used the damn stove!?!?
Eli made City Council! He gets to wear a blazer and a tie and go out into Riverview, like this community garden, and schmooze the shit out the citizens.
Why? To get campaign contributions, of course! That's what politicians do!To be honest, I'm not sure that politics is where I want Eli to stay... more on that in another update...
Ah yes, the hot tub. I will say this... despite it turning the entire household into a bunch of horny nudists, it has drawn them away from that stinking lawn game. Plus, all four of them can enjoy the hot tub at the same time and if they purchase a small stereo there's a spot for it so they can listen to music while they chat and unwind.All in all, I'd say that the hot tub is a win.
Even if they do all skinny dip in it, which is what Eli is doing in this shot.
Things Todd Gets Up To On His Own
This is even less impressive than Eli's because Todd's investigations are so well documented and his stakeouts tend to look pretty much the same.
Like so.Todd is also a Computer Whiz (hey, at one time on the show he very much was this... that has been forgotten) and he will find any excuse to be on that damn thing. He plays computer games, he chats online... yes, I'd say a significant amount of his friends are made in chatrooms. Between chatrooms and tag, Todd is a friend making machine.
The household is not a wealthy one as of yet and so they can really only afford the cheap computer. The amount of abuse it takes from Todd results in this.At the moment, no one has a Handiness Skill that I would trust to fix it. (It would result in electrocution.) A repairman is dispatched to fix the thing... happily, no fires break out this time.
But Todd is not one to let a little thing like possible death get in his way. He's not trying to fix the computer here... he's trying to overclock it. Sometimes this works, sometimes not...Things Tomas Gets Up To On HIs Own
Tomas' Lifetime Want is to be a Descendant of Da Vinci which means he wants to max out his skills in Painting, Sculpting and Inventing. That's a lot of creativity going on. He's got the right kind of traits to help with that being both Artistic and Eccentric but it's going to be a lot of work.
Out of necessity, Tomas is also developing skills in Handiness. The upside to this is that he can get so good at fixing certain things that they stop breaking. In all honesty, I'm hoping to get Todd to develop this, too. Between them, they'll make sure no stove catches fire again! No sink or shower will burst its pipes and the toilet will never back up again!
The sculpting station allows Tomas to level his sculpting. Hell, it allowed him to learn it which is something he's been jonesing to do for some time. This is his first sculpture and the same one Blair did for her first as well.I'm sure at some point one or both may create something worthy of putting in the yard but for right now? He sells it for about $20.
This is where Tomas really shines.
I love this painting. So far, it's the only one they've kept. I prefer to think of it as some magnificent rendering of his beloved Blair.
This one is definitely not of Blair.
This one could be... in a Roy Lichtenstein kind of way. (Google it if you must. Knowing your important artists is a good thing.)
Now this was an interesting development. It's one thing to skinny dip in your backyard but this went beyond that. Everyone was in the house, accounted for, and Tomas was nowhere to be found. He was here... skinny dipping in the community pool in the middle of the night.That hot tub has had a profound effect on the Cramer Harem.
Things They Get Up To Together
The bed situation in a poly-amorous household such as this gets complicated.
The thing is, Sims like structure and if they sleep somewhere more than once they start to feel a certain ownership towards it and that's where they tend to go to on their own when they get tired.It's really helpful when you have kids and want to keep them from jumping in the big bed because it's "better." But, for me, it's kind of ruining the concept of constant bed-hopping. I like the idea of Bedtime Lottery and, instead, they're getting habitual. Why should Todd get all the snuggling at night? Don't Tomas and Eli deserve some, too?
So they have to get creative to get some quality time. I experimented with the town some and put an Exclusive Lounge in to see how that would fly. The premade one was huge and after one use I got rid of it and figured I'd either look for others online or make one myself.Still, Blair and Eli got dressed up and made some use of it.
Particularly the elevator... I kind of love this ultra smooth move that Eli's putting on Blair.
It works!
And the doors open again to find them re-adjusting their clothes. Awesome!!The other thing with a poly-amorous house is keeping up the relationships. Blair's in love with three guys and they are each in love with her. Not only that, they are all best friends with each other. If those relationships fail, then the bed situation gets even more complicated because Sims won't share beds with someone they don't like... even in a platonic manner... even if they're drop dead tired. They'd rather pass out on the floor than share a mattress with a mere acquaintance.
So relationships must be maintained...
Romantically...
And friendly-like...Oh yes, the table and chairs... well, they've all been working hard and brought some money in so I thought that dolling up their dining area...
...and adding a bookshelf because those are handy for skill building would be a good thing.
The kitchen got a makeover, too. Nice huh?Unfortunately, things went wrong and the game itself got corrupted. As a result, I've had to kill this game and restart, playing up to about the same spot, which I have. I sent all four of them to China for a trip and that's how it all went wrong. I brought them back and tried to move them into a new house to see if that would help.
It didn't.
So this is really the only shot at the new kitchen you get. They are in the same house but a few things are different... not too many things, though. So in the next update, you'll see them in the same house with only slightly different furnishings.
I do plan on moving them to larger digs as soon as they can afford it. With all the stuff going on, they need a lot more room to grown than they've got. I'm thinking a bigger lot and maybe building a house from scratch...
We'll see.
Until next time!
