Saturday, November 28, 2009

Chapter Three: I Has A Strategy

(11/28/09)
Or at least I think I might. After reading Aaroc's post "A Note About Romance... (how to)", I've formulated a strategy. This new strategy is a temporary one because I want her to actually steal husbands away from their wives *evil cackle*.

So, what is the strategy you ask? Best Friend Them. Yes, the BFT strat. After reading all the replies in the thread I discovered that some people have had success in woohoo-ing with best friend sims. This is good. This means that I can have Gunther like I....I mean Sasha wanted. Suck it Cornelia!! HA!

We'll see how this strategy goes in the play session.

(12/5/09)
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I officially greet you with a picture of Anna stalking Beal.

"BEAL! Nom, nom, nom!"

O_o; While you digest the creepiness of that I will update you on the happenings in the Belles' world. So, the Belles almost died. I, like a fool, patched my game. BFBVFS, anyone? Error Code 16, anyone? Yea, that supposed error wasn't supposed to happen with the latest patch. -_- It did. Corrupted the save file. Luckily, I had (at some point unknown to me o_O) made a backup of the Belles. So, after re-installing a few times and adding in the crap ton of stuff I've downloaded, we're back. *kills someone*

And, now you know why it's taken me so long to update. So, we're moving on!



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To celebrate still being alive, and the BFT Strat, Sasha got a new outfit. (We're also testing out the favorite color moodlet boost I read about in Rad's Dayes of Our Lives Legacy) I saw this shirt at the store and I squeeled like the disgruntled fan girl I am.



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Following in the spirit of the BFT strat, we invited someone over who was close to being her best friend: Gunther. A few nice words and applauds of his hard work later and...



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"Hey, Guuuuunther! Can you come help me with someone on the bed please?"

Yea, that's really going to work.

"Just watch."



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O_o; So that actually managed to get him into bed. The option to "try for baby" was there but so was the "confess a secret" (or something like that). It's an interaction I've never seen before so...

"I stole cars to afford this house. I'm going to be a master thief. And, I'm trying to sleep with my boss to get promotions."

Smooth, Sasha, smooth. You could've held back a little bit. At least she didn't drop the ball about-

"I only became best friends with you so that I could smex you up."

-_-



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"That's soo sweet Sasha. I don't know what to say."

"Shhh. You don't have to say anything, Gunther. You don't have to say anything."

Yea...baby #3 is on the way.



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"Okay, thanks for the fun time Gunther, now please get out and never come back. *dials Gobias' number* "

"Oh-okay... I wonder if I should pay her or something..."

ROLF!



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Upon Gobias' arrival, Sasha started rolling up wants to be all romantic with him. She was all "I wanna flirt with Gobias" and I was all, Okay but then you break up with him. And then she was all "I wanna kiss Gobias" and I was all...okay but THEN you break up with him. Yea, this went on for a few sim hours. -_-

Eventually I got my way and she broke up with him! *evil cackle* And to really rub the salt in, she got a want to insult him. HAHA!!



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Then I noticed this guy walking by. Why hello there Morty.

"Hi."

Why the long face?

"No reason."

You've dressed yourself better in this play through. That should make you feel pretty good about yourself.

"...eh."

O_o; You suck, you know that. Now hurry up and grow up so Sasha can have your kid. ....Wait, that's kind creepy. @_@

"Whatever."



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Back in the house (yes, this is the same night), the revolving door of men keeps going. Sasha's wanted to be Beau's girlfriend for some time. After letting him have some fun and romancing him up a bit....



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We have success!

Okay, go finish raising your daughter Sasha. She's going to grow up soon.



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Anna's birthday's tomorrow and I'm definitely looking forward to it. I'm tired of tots. Someone please remind me why I'm doing this challenge again?



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"Ugh! I did...with that?"

Yes, Sasha. Yes you did.

"Oh GAWDS! *vomit*"

You do realize that you're going to have to do him again because you're already preggers with Gunther's kid, right?

"WHAAAAAA~!"

Oh, the life of a WYD sim. Seriously though, she just started making these throwing up motions while thinking of him. I don't understand. She wanted to date him for such a long time....



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And this pic is to remind me to talk about Beal's LTO trait. So, I was wondering if I used a gate, instead of a door, if Beal would still get the LTO moodlet. The answer is yes. Yes, he will get the moodlet, just like he would get it if there was no gate there. Why have the gate then, you ask? Because I'm a freak and like to have the illusion of safety for kids. >_>



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This is to document Sasha's crappy maternity clothes. Nothing more, nothing less. MOVING ON!



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Yep, it's birthday time. I took this pic because of Sasha's face. I feel like she's fighting back the urge to shove the cake in Anna's face to get the girl to grow up faster. Haha! I lol-ed for a good few minutes because of this. Oh, my over active imagination.



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And after days of trying, Anna finally manages to look cute. Congrats kid.

"Imma be a big girl!"



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"Eeeeh."

ROFL! Oh you poor ugly girl. To the mirror and dresser with you.



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Post make-over, Anna meets up with her dad. She also meets up with the creeper living inside.

I mean, look at her face!



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LOOK AT IT!! She could be the love child of The Penguin and Poison Ivy. Not that Ivy would EVER look at the Penguin in that way. He'd have to come up with an elaborate scheme to get that woman anywhere near his pants...but I digress.



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"Dad, it's my birthday."

"Dad? Wha? Wait, YOU'RE Anna?!"

Nice Adam. Nice.



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To commemorate this special occasion of father realizing he has crappy genes, they played tag. Aww.



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The next day I realized how stupid I've been and I took the kids into town. Why has it taken this long to pick up the little ones and take them into town with Sasha? Well, I would like to thank Rad and her Dayes of Our Lives legacy, AGAIN. If it wasn't for reading about the Dayes I never would've put 2 and 2 together and took a tot to the library to read the children skill books. It takes about a RL minute for a parent to read one of the tot skill books. Soooo much more efficient. Try it folks, you won't regret it.


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While Sasha reads to Beal, Anna goes on the hunt to find more guys for her mom to...become friends with. She meets this guy who looks like he has the potential to make some interesting kids.



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And this guy that I thought was soooo cute! They're playing chess here and he just pulled all these cute faces. *huggles* I want to take you home with me.



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Not to be shown up by her daughter, Sasha patrolled for men too. Too bad she already knows this guy. We need fresh blood, Sasha! FRESH BLOOD!



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He's not fresh blood (he's one of the St. Clairs, Lucus I believe), but he's adorable. =3 Yes, I just wanted to give him screen time because he's soo darn cute.

"Aww, shucks Marq. You're too much."

No, you're too much.

"No, you're too much."



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Yes, yes, everyone stop and stare at the green guy passed out on the sidewalk. -_- Yep, you go ahead and stop chatting up men and stare too Sasha. It's not like there's something else you should be doing.



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So, Sasha's back on track and...who's this? This dreamy clump of pixels? This is Damien St. Claire ladies and gents.

"Umm...why can't I move?"

Shhhh Damien. Don't worry about such things. Just stay where you are and look pretty.



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Yes, I do have problems. Yes, there were more pictures of him than this. Yes, Sasha will be mating with him. And yes, they will probably have hot babies. Yes, babies. *cackle*



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In other news, Beal succeeds where Anna could not. Look at him! He's soo cute. =D



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BWAHAHA! Cute and deadly. Okay, not really deadly but come on! The little man commands the room!




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And here I learn that kids can rub their mom's belly. Yes, I didn't know that. Hopefully, I wasn't the only one who didn't know that.



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Sasha goes into labor while thinking about how nicely decorated her house is,'cause that's what a normal woman would think about at a time like this.



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"Oooh! It's my birthday."

No Sasha.

"Yes! I'm going to be an elder!! No more babies!"

You're not even an adult yet, Sasha.

"Yes!! No! More!"



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"Aww, look at the baby. I shall call you Cleatus."

Cleatus, huh? Sounds like a nice, strong, Greek name.

"That's because it is."

Oh. =D Well then.



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After putting Cleatus (I love this name) down, I wanted Sasha to continue the baby making and attempt the BFT strat again. Xander was having none of it.

"ZOMG!!! The TV's brokes!! What are we going to DO!!?!! I know it's not my tv but...WHY?!!?!"

"So, do you wanna head to the bedroom and 'chat' in bed?"

"How can you think about chatting at a time like THIS!!!"

-_- The screaming continued until he ran from the house saying there was somewhere else he needed to be.



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"Mom never taught me how to walk."

Yes she did.

"Not like she's teaching Beal."

Yes, she did.

"Beal get more attention then me."

.... Why don't you go play chess or something.



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I thought this was confusing but funny. She's freakin out. You'd think it'd be because she has bills and no money to pay them, right? Nope. It's because she got the gold she sent out to get smelted back. Yep. Sasha hates gold.



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Anyways, it's been a day since Sasha was pregnant and that's a day too long. So we invited Beau over to put an end to that. That's right, baby #4 is on the way.



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Then I realized that I wanted Sasha to try out the whole going on vacation thing. >_> She had $7k saved up but then I started decorating Anna's new room because I'm a loser. Now she has $500. So, I figured she could steal something from her ex. It's not like it's going to make matters any worse, right?



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After we were invited inside, I looked around and found THIS in Gobias' bedroom. What on earth does he need that many mirrors for? To remind him that he's balding? To hammer in how old he's gotten? What?!



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Creeped out by Gobias' house I have Sasha steal something and then get the heck out of there. Unfortunately, she was caught in the act. Fortunately, Gobias is stupid and didn't care. O_o;



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Sasha's stealing spree continued up the street. After stealing another statue she autonomously kicked over the guy's trash can. O_o;

"Stupid jerk has a POOL! Why can't I have a POOL! I like to swim too! UGH!"



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Yea, maybe it's a good thing I'm sending her on vacation. Yep, she's going right now! And yes, hiring a babysitter does work for going on vacation, which I think is funny.



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And yes, the taxi will pick you up. =)


So, this is where I leave you. I hope you enjoyed the read. This time around seemed more serious than I'm used to. Anyways, another update will come soon!

Thanks for reading,
~Marq

Table of Contents

0. Introduction
1. Operation Man Hunt
2. Needs Strategy Pt 1
2. Needs Strategy Pt 1
3. I Has Strategy

Chapter Two: Needs Strategy Pt 2...

Welcome back! When we last left off Sasha was in labor...

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"WHAT ARE YOU DOING! ZOMG!! Stop YELLING! I'm trying to watch TV! Claire's pissed at Marissa for stealing her boyfriend who was actually cheating on both of them with Duke! Do you have ANY idea of what this MEANS?"

"...Are you high or something?"

I just love the face she's making! LMAO!



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And baby Beal is born. I don't know if Beal is a real name or not, it just came out. Apparently it's not a real word according to Firefox's auto-spell check. I like it though. Try it out. Beeaaal. Beal.

Anyways, he's Artistic and Loves the Outdoors (which I forgot until just now. His crib should be outside! CURSES!)



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Speaking of outside, here's a non-preplanned segue. (really it's not, honest!)

The garden's coming along smashingly well! Sasha had planted some special seeds awhile back and here's the fruit (pun intended) of her labors: money tree (1), life plants (2). Sweetness!



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Started re-vamping the house. I made the living area too small. =/ I realized it too late though because Sasha's back to being poor. Guess she'll have to go steal some more cars. Grand Theft Auto FTW!



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Meet Jared Frio (aka Stupid Side Burns, aka SSB). SSB will, hopefully be contributing to the cause. Sasha is FAR behind in the cranking out of babies plan. The guys she meets keep getting hitched! For once Story Progression wants to start working. UGH! -_-



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Lobasta also makes an appearance today. Sasha's been chatting with him on the phone for a few days. They're already friends so I figured why not see if we can take this to the next level.



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Then HE showed up. BLARGH!! It's bad enough that you won't let us have your genes, now you interfering with the acquisition of other genes! Go away!

"No, there's something you should know."

That you have commitment issues. I already know that! Now leave!



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He wouldn't leave so Sasha called a taxi.

Notice the red "sparkles" around Sasha. Yea, I tried the 'Eye Candy' reward. It's stupid and annoying. Red sparkles surround your sim and other sims SOMETIMES get the 'eye candy' moodlet which lasts for 10/15 sim minutes! I'm. Very. Annoyed.

Well, now I know to test these things out before using them. I'm also left wondering if the 'Attraction' reward does something similar to this animation wise.



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After taking care of the needy toddler needs.

"Hi, baby girl! Mommy missed you! *snuggle/tickle/toss*"

"Mama, sparkles! OooOOoOOOoOoOooo!"

Yea, ooo.



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And after dragging Lobasta from Beal.

"He's just sooo darn cute!!!"



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We got down to business.

"So, love, are you engaged or anything."

"Actually, yes, yes I am and I'm put off by you asking me that question so now I'm going to act like a prude."

*throws a chair* I just made you! How are you engaged already! WTF! *crosses another name off the list* This is getting ridiculous! In TS2 it was easy to get a married sim to cheat, a little too easy. In TS3 I'm failing miserably. *sob*
Marq = Fail




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Screw him, toddlers need to learn their skills anyways. I feel soo weird not having the kid learn her skills within the first three days of toddlerdom. It makes me feel icky!



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CREEPY TODDLER MONTAGE!!

So, I've come to the conclusion that Anna is very freakin creepy. The animations that make the tots look soo cute make her look like a possessed doll. O_o; I keep finding myself saying "It's all for you Anna! It's all for you!". Well, sans the jumping. But she does get a lot of attention and toys. O_o;



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Back on the gene scene, Sasha ran into Beau St. Claire. He's one of three brothers I had made for a different sim in a different game. The brothers were put into France because the sims in France are OOGLAY!



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And this is Ian Bowler. I think he looks cute. Something about his facial features screams "GET IN THOSE GENES" in my head. Maybe it's the fact that he has groomed eyebrows. Maybe it's because his nose isn't taking over the Multiverse. Whatever it is, I want those genes!



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Sasha, however, was having none of that. Instead she wanted a wall lamp. -_- Curse you woman!! You need to suck less.

"Hush! This is all part of the plan."

Plan? What plan?



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"To steal this car."

Yep, she's still car swiping. However, I'm being very stupid when it comes to GTA. I keep forgetting that she can steal crap so she goes days on end without money (she gets around $200 from work but I can't stop buying things) and then I smack myself and send her out to steal something.

From what I've seen the stuff gets replaced by the owners in a few days so it's not like everyone in town's carless. Heck, she's doing the town a favor! She requiring people to use cabs. She's supporting the economy! Eh? Eh??

Yea...it's wrong. Don't try this at home kids!



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Because I can't take it anymore, Beal's growing up. I threw him a birthday/gene recon party to make it official. Sasha looks like she's going to flip out.

"Everyone brought someone with them! All of them! There are people everywhere! My beautiful house!"

Your house?! Think about the future babies! If all these guys have dates then how are you supposed to get this train back on track!? I still haven't found a way to get married guys to cheat. Heck, I can't even get guys with girlfriends to cheat!

"Aaaahhhh!"
Aaaaahhhh!



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Beal, you look like an ape.

"Quiet human! Let me run my experiments in peace!"

No! You are an ape!! *has flashbacks of Planet of the Apes* THEY BLEW IT UP! THEY BLEW IT UP!! LOL! (Yes, that was really going through my head. It 'tis a strange place in there, my head that is)



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This is to P&L and Xander! Freakin n00b! Who goes into work with their sleep bar less then 3/4 full. Idiot! *cackle*

This reminds me though. After work one day Sasha got an opportunity saying that learning martial arts would greatly help her work performance.

I was like: sweet! She's going to go to China and the job's going to pay for it.

The game was like: Don't be stupid. We're just going to write the opportunity so it reads like you're getting a free trip to China so that you can try out all the new stuff in WA but...your paying for the trip yourself.

-_- Well I was planning on having her go to all of the countries at some point. I've been wondering if hiring the babysitter would work for going on vacation or not. Hmm...... $75 for 6 days of being kid free. I think that's more than worth it.



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To fund this trip, you guessed it, Sasha stole a car. I was thinking about letting her keep this one since it's one of the fastest in the game, but I figured the money was more important.



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I thought this was too funny to pass up. She sneezed! I didn't even know they could sneeze but that's what she did. Haha! Too funny! I was going to get a pic of her actually sneezing but then the doorbell rang and I was too slow. =(



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This made my night.

"I don't think you'll fit through the door."

"Awww... *mope*"




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Not to worry he fit. I was really excited that he agreed to come over! I want his genes! So, following the natural progression Sasha asked if he was single.

"So, you seeing anybody?"

"Yea, and I'm not looking to jump off the deep end yet."

O.M.F.G. You know who he's dating. A freakin ELDER! OMG!

*strangles someone* ....Okay, I feel better now. Ship him off and bring in the next one.



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The next one being Beal. Same routine. I wasn't expecting much. I'd pretty much accepted that all the men in town were hooking up.



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Then this happened! HE'S SINGLE!! I couldn't believe it. He's single! So, they started the flirting thing.

"Beal, you're as smexy as a Ryan Simolds."

"You, *yawn*, really think *yawn* so?"

...He didn't stay at the house long. However, it wasn't because he was tired. While they were making googly eyes, Sasha lost a friend. I was confused. Who was she no longer friends with. It took me four more interactions to realize who it was.



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No, not the handiwoman, who I was hoping was a handiman!

"Bite me."

You wish I would!



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...this is just to draw out the suspense. Haha!

Also to show you that while taking these pics I realized I didn't like the wallpaper. I couldn't decide on what to do with it. I spent ~20 min trying different patterns, paint, etc. Still don't like it.




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Yep, Beal. While his sister didn't care what her mother did, he, for some reason, cares that his mom is cheating on his loser dad.

"Dada's no losa!"

Yea... Sasha will break up with him and see if that alleviates the problem.



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In the mean time, gardening! We've got four life fruit plants growing: harvest (2), seedling (2). I was excited to see what they look like, even though she doesn't need to eat one. I'm kinda...disappointed. I was expecting something that looked like a peach, not a pear with a halo. O_o;

Anyways, that's all that I've got for now. As always, thanks for reading!

HS,
~Marq