01-27. Dark Fantasy: Dreams Come True

After Pamela's party, I sent the family to the Arcane Guild. It was close by and the night was young. There was still time to harvest Alchemy ingredients and work on skills.

Emily began harvesting items outside.

While Gork helped out by picking ingredients indoors.

Gort found the drafting table on his own, and Idora wanted to increase her Logic skill by practicing chess.

Idora loves to dance. She actually looks quite happy when she dances.

Well, she's also happy when she tortures unwitting victims! This time her Chattering Teeth trick worked. Poor Gort!

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The next morning, Gork made pancakes. Cooking is a must skill. I always try to level that up a couple of points right away. Otherwise, the chances of fires increase.

I let Gork do some fishing. He works outside the home in his Criminal career, so he deserves some downtime.

A beautifully colored piranha!

And a few sharks.

Emily was up practicing magic straight out of bed.

Time to get started on her Alchemy career. She made several Elixirs of Bliss and sold them.

Being a Supernatural Fan, Emily was thrilled to visit with Torin at the Guild. She tried flirting with him, but he told her he was already in a committed relationship. Torin and Jillie have never been tempted to flirt outside their vows.

Gort spray-painted a couple of small murals in the Guild.

There aren't any police officers on the Island that I've seen, but Gort still got caught defacing property. He had a Watched moodlet for awhile.

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Back home, Idora received her wish for a fairy house. She also wanted to drink pollen punch inside, so she was granted that as well.

Maybe Idora was a little punch-happy because she immediately came after Gork again with another complaint.

This time she was really ticked off!

Ah well, so much for my hopes of these two making a match. I left them on their own here and checked on Gort and Emily at the Guild. ... But then ...

I saw in Idora's queue that she was Being Smooched! I zoomed back home.

Sure enough, Gork and she were suddenly Romantic Interests!

Gork was moving quickly, acting on the Heat of the Moment.

So I decided to seize the moment as well! I had Gork ask Idora to Go Steady. And she agreed.

Then I changed Gork out of his pajama tunic, and had him pop the big question.

Now Idora and Gork are Engaged!

These two were made for each other.

They consummated their commitment with steam and hearts.

And Gork got to sleep in the master bedroom, side-by-side with Idora.

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What about Gort and Emily? They'd been busy too, but not with romance. Emily wanted to learn the Social Networking skill, so she texted several acquaintances. I looked at Gort's phone, and yes, he had broken it when he'd dropped it at the cemetery. I paid §150 for repairs. He then sent his own friendly texts.

Gort and Emily read texts from each other at the same time, standing face to face! Will these two become a couple, or is Gort too Socially Awkward for that to happen? Only time will tell.

01-26. The Dark Fantasy Family

It was night time when I switched over to the Dark Fantasy household at the castle.

Idora and Gork are the most "socially challenged" of the Dark family. Their combo of traits make them difficult to play well together!

Gork had just gotten home from work at the Criminal Hideout and was talking to Chaos the Black Dragon. Idora walked straight outside and ripped into him over a trivial matter (Diva trait).

But not to worry, Gork seems to like women with lots of fire in their blood!

As a sweet gesture, he snuck up behind her and yelled ... because nothing says, "I want to get to know you better" more than being creepy.

Not sure what prompted Idora to start practicing with a bow and arrow, but my advice to Gork is to watch his back!

Which reminded me, the family needed their Death Flowers for insurance against untimely demise. So I sent Gork to harvest plants in the outdoor garden.

Meanwhile, Idora went to the well to wish for happiness ... and received the blessing. It's temporary, but a nice moodlet to have.

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The next morning, Emily woke up early with a negative moodlet because she's a Night Owl. She also had several Witch magic wishes. I had her cast a Good Luck charm on herself to help her feel better.

Gort was also practicing magic and learned a couple of incantations from Lady Ravendancer Goth's Book o' Spells.

I saw Idora wandering over to pester Emily, and I discovered that the girls disliked each other. Must be rivalry for Matriarchal Madam of the family!

I thought maybe I should intervene and lighten things up between these two. Idora has the Unlucky trait, so I had Emily cast a Good Luck charm on her.

Idora didn't seem to appreciate it much! ... "You're welcome, Idora!"

Then there was the bee episode ... I sent Emily out to tend the bees: smoke, clean, feed them, harvest honey. Emily didn't get very far with the task!

First of all, Idora was on the prowl again. She had wanted to Project the Aura of Soothing, which she was doing, but she also had queued up Chattering Teeth against Emily.

Unfortunately at that moment, Emily was attacked by the bees!

At least Idora's Aura of Soothing helped relieve some of the severity of that! I hadn't seen a bee attack in a long time. I actually have a mod that reduces the chance of it happening.

The attack was brief, so Idora still continued with her Chattering Teeth trick. I didn't stop her because I was going to have Emily retaliate with a bit of Witch meanness in turn!

But a Witch spell wasn't needed. Idora's trick backfired! Served her right!

Ok, girls. Let's try to get along, shall we? How about a game of kicky bag. Express your inner Rebels.

Play fair. And keep it friendly.

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It was time for Gort to get serious about his Painting career.

And his Street Art Lifetime Wish.

I caught Gork down in the basement making Inappropriate forum posts.

He had a wish to get his fortune told, so I sent him to the Gypsy Wagon. The prediction was good, but vague.

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That evening, Pamela threw her own party and the neighbors were invited. Rexel and Marion actually attended together. They were flirting, so I guess their relationship is ok.

Rexel jumped into the hot tub for a short while.

While Marion went upstairs and practiced her violin. She's getting better at it now. So Cute. I'm glad I didn't kill her!

Gort had wanted to learn the guitar skill, so he started a jam session and invited others to join him. Gork asked Idora to slow dance. Even Wiley and Tigette enjoyed the music. Rexel was still in his swimsuit for this screenshot.

Pamela relaxed in the hot tub by herself.

And Vince asked Jillie to dance with him. I'm not sure where Torin was. But the party was nice and there were no bad incidences. Pamela was a good hostess even if she wasn't as gregarious as some of the others.