Mar 26, 2018

01-20. The Barker Family

Before leaving the World Travelers for other game play, I wanted to rotate to the other three households for a brief time. I needed to give them all death flowers, multi-tabs, and a few other things to keep them happy. I also wanted to increase some of their basic skills, such as Charisma and Cooking.

Torin got a wish to transform into a werewolf, so I spent a little time with him being wolfish while Jillie interacted with the dogs, which was the theme of her wishes. Both she and Torin are Dog Lovers.
I sent Torin out into the winter night to hunt solo.
He loped across the island ...
... and almost bumped into Emily as she was running home from wherever she'd been!
Torin found a bloodstone during his hunt. I also had him pick up a few more rock ores that were sitting around the Guild. He then used the gem machine to cut them into shapes that would sell for more money. He's self-employed as a Collector and was able to reach level 2 that night.
Torin had a wish to eat raw meat. Werewolves!
He also wanted to learn the Athletic skill and managed to reach level 3 while on the weight bench.
Meanwhile Jillie was working on her Cooking skill. She's a Natural Cook. She also practiced her speech in front of a mirror to increase her Charisma.
I also had her perform a few Magician tricks. She's level 2 in her career. But she went outside for this and got cold.
I told her to warm up in the steam sauna. She was also tired, and the steam helped rest her too.
After she put away leftovers, I sent Jillie on to bed.
The dogs kept themselves busy. Jillie had spent a lot of time with them, but they also played alone.
Jillie took Shira outside to rub the little dog's belly--in the snow! You can barely see Shira!
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The next day, Marion came over for a visit. Since Jillie was occupied harvesting death flowers, Torin played chess with Marion and gained 3 levels of Logic while doing it.
Then, by chance, it was a full moon and Torin automatically transformed into a werewolf again.
I got a notice that Torin had received a party invitation from Marion while she was still visiting. So I sent her, Torin and Jillie over to the Drake-St Claire home. They took the freezing water route! But because Marion hadn't been at home, the party canceled out.
I worried about the sims getting too cold swimming in frigid water, but when Torin and Jillie got back home, I saw they had Polar Bear Club moodlets that increased their moods by 15%!
I decided Torin would eat his next meal fully cooked.
But I forgot how transformed werewolves eat sit-down meals.
Take it easy, Torin! No one's going to steal your food!
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I got a message saying that Idora was late for work. I found her standing outside the castle doing fairy magic--and wearing an odd career outfit, typical of what the game generates.
I discovered the cemetery lot was crowded with wild horses and wondered if they'd gotten in the way of the Gypsy Wagon door. If it's not one thing, it's another!
I also happened to see the unicorn with the wild horses later that night.
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While playing Rexel and Marion, I had tried to figure out how to get rid of the ghost fog that still clouded the Barker lot from Rexel's last ghost hunting session. His work time had run out before he could finish that job.

So after switching to the Barkers, I turned on buydebug to get death flower plants and noticed fog emitters. They were everywhere! I had to search the house, the bushes, the land and even the water to find and delete them all. I also needed to change the color for all the lights back to normal instead of the yellow-tinted glow.