05-15. Leaving Mysterious Island

I've decided to move the four Mysterious Island households to a larger world. Now that I've resurrected all the ghost ladies and learned the basics of NRaas Story Progression, my experiment on this small island is complete.

But I'm still going to place the families in a modified "Medieval" style land. (See my Côtes d'Ambonnay world story.) I'll also continue to play the households in rotation to practice that method of game play.
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Two more final random screenshots from Mysterious Island:

After the birthday party, the unicorn was still at the Lightkeepers lot.


Jeremy and Sophia now have faithful reputations. Remember, these two were betrayed by their first partners, Charlotte and Chris, who became a new couple themselves. I'm glad things worked out for everyone involved in that fiasco.

05-14. Loch's Toddler Birthday: Part 2

Loch aged up with a little bit of hair, red like his mother's. I took him into Stylist to give him better clothes and another hairstyle.




A blue-eyed redhead.




Loch Loves the Outdoors, so he was happy. He had his teddy bear too--Gene the Genie. ... No Imaginary Friend. Peanut was gone forever!


Everyone shuffled around to eat birthday cake. 


And they all continued to have fun.


Derby and the unicorn played horse games together.


Dexter talked sims into brushing him, feeding him treats, and playing games.


Beowulf was doing the same, but I lost sight of him until the end of the party.


Jacquelin practiced her guitar and stayed away from the crowds.


Sophia served drinks.


And Trevor had a few too many.


Lotta flirted with Daryl. I watched him lean in close at first, but then he gently backed away. He was thinking that Chris would tell on them.


He was right. Chris was watching.


At the end of the day, everyone had enjoyed themselves.




Bradley rowed part of the way home. I have no clue why.


It had been an "awesome" party.


Happy Birthday, Loch!

05-13. Loch's Toddler Birthday: Part 1

Grizelda threw the party and made it casual wear. It was set to start at 12 noon.

I was shocked to see that the first guest was the unicorn! Well, he was a party crasher really. He definitely hadn't been invited! He even put on his "everyday" saddle for the occasion!


And like the gate crasher he was, he promptly went over to the garden where Jeremy was trying to work and ate the the tomato plant.


Daryl tried to swim over from the Bay Watch house and got himself stuck on an underwater ledge. I had to reset him. He showed up later in his swim suit and was labeled as a "rude guest." Actually, he was a gate crasher too. I didn't have enough invitations for everyone, so I had to leave a parent sim at home with the other toddlers.


In fact, we had several party crashers. Dexter Swift, Steven's cat came through the door.


So did a little monkey-poodle looking stray dog.


And later, Derby Wakefield raced in wearing his everyday saddle too!


We had a fire almost immediately! No, not from the cake. Grizelda was cooking grilled cheese sandwiches, but left them on the stove to go socialize.


Eileen was the one who grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out the flames!


A fire fighter appeared, but didn't do anything. Everyone was in the way.


The fire fighter didn't charge a fine, but said we needed to be more careful. Hmm. Thanks for the tip. Eileen did a great job of containing the flames because no damage was done. Amazing!


I caught Bradley surrounded by ladies, trying to use a pick up line on Grizelda. She told him to back off.


Then he went over and started a Rebel-Nerd debate with Jeremy the Lead Nerd. Honestly, Bradley, must you always look for trouble?


Clara found a nice fishing spot. When I switch over to her household again, I wouldn't be surprised if her inventory is filled with fish.


I finally managed to get Grizelda to bring Loch down to blow out candles. Unfortunately, I missed the big moment while supervising sims.


Grizelda took Loch all the way over here by the fishing cove and bulrushes for his aging up. This is the exact spot where she married Trevor!


Paaaarrrtyyyy!


... To be continued ...

05-12. Bay Watch Household

I spent one more day with the Bay Watch family before switching back to the Lightkeepers.

I had Chris read the newspaper. He found the notice of Loch's birth and Grizelda and Trevor's marriage. Then he read this grisly news. I've never had the game kill off a toddler! Brigida had been marked for death all along! I was lucky to be able to bring her back to life--in whatever form.


But she's safe and sound for now.


I sent her into Stylist again for new clothes.


She's learned to walk and talk and is almost potty trained.


I let Chris the Equestrian adopt a horse. The choices were all foals except 2 elders. This is Derby. He's a Clueless elder. I've never had a Clueless pet, so I decided to give him a go. His other traits are Neat and Obedient.








I had all the grownups learning handiness skills so they can upgrade appliances.




At least Daryl, with his Neat trait, makes sure things are clean. He actually gets wishes to clean stuff! Who am I to deny him the joy? 


Clara is an Angler and has been getting wishes to fish, so I put two low-level ocean spawners in the waters of the home lot. Clara's been catching mainly starfish so far.


I placed a Welcome Wildlife garden gnome on this property, hoping the wild horses might show up for a visit.


Then I got an ErrorTrap message about an Imaginary Friend named Peanuts. Never heard of him. It had to be a new IF. I used NRaas to get info on it and found out Peanut was supposed to be Loch's toy (the new Lightkeepers' baby). And it was obviously glitched, so I told NRaas to flush/delete it. Now there is only one IF on the island--Lefay's doll at the castle.



Brigida's voice still echoes like a ghost even though she's human now. I don't know how to fix it. Maybe it'll stop once she becomes a child. But for now, I needed to get back to the Lightkeepers so I could let Trevor and Griselda throw their little son Loch a birthday party.