02-13. Just for Fun

Some outtakes. All in fun!

Police Lady: Oh Ken, you naughty boy! Give me back my handcuffs!

Police Lady: Hands up, the lot of ya, and no one gets hurt!

David (bragging about his gaming skills): Those newbs won't ever forget ToadMan2Gud!

Hector: Ditch the toad, sweet cheeks, and come home with a real man!

Hector: And there's more from where these came from, baby. I can keep this up all night!
(Hector gave Samantha 4 bouquets just while I was watching!)

David: I saw you trying to steal my flies! Keep your bug-grabbing hands to yourself, fairy!

Rebel Lady: I tell you, these warty mutants are a menace to society! All toads must go! All toads must go!

02-12. Where Were We?

Meanwhile, having been distracted by the Morgans of Roaring Heights again, I have collected several random screenshots of the Elliot Nest family.

Elliot is married to Anabel, a mermaid. Anabel has achieved her Lifetime Wish to be Super Popular. Since she is Irresistible, it didn't take long.

Anabel manages a 5-star resort called The Siren's Retreat. It's within swimming distance of the Nests' home. The resort is very successful and brings in a lot of simoleons.

Elliot is level 10 in law enforcement and has achieved his Lifetime Wish of being an International Super Spy. He's Athletic and Good.

Sono is an unlikely member of the family, but is a great asset. He was created in the future and brought back to Roaring Heights. He contributes in many ways, including working outside the home and developing his own Bot Building talents.

Merit is a toddler mermaid. He has learned many of his skills, but still needs a few more before he can age up.

He and his mother are very close. Anabel loves to take him swimming in the ocean.

Elliot needed to improve his reporting for work, so he dug up some background on a neighbor. Not his favorite part of the job!

He wrote up a report after sorting through garbage. It seems in Roaring Heights there's always something a little shady going on!

Anabel spends most of her time in the family pool. Like Elliot, her Athletic skill is also at level 10.

Sono takes care of most repair work and helps with babysitting too.

Merit has already learned to walk.

Elliot had an opportunity to learn Martial Arts, so I bought a practice dummy and a set of board breaking bricks.

It didn't take long for Merit to learn all he could on the xylophone. And his father quickly reached level 1 in Sim Fu.

Then Elliot earned his level 2 belt in record time.

The Nests are Eternally Faithful and have a solid relationship. They've had adventures together and even experienced some danger, but it only strengthened their bond. Elliot is Brave and Anabel is Adventurous.

The family gets a lot of off-season trick-or-treaters.

Anabel has an opportunity to be friends with Shirley Templeton. She's still working on that.

Merit is a happy little boy, but Elliot has a wish to have another baby with Anabel.

Giving his wife an acupuncture massage might not be the best way of going about that though! (This was his autonomous choice.)

I haven't decided about a new baby yet, but the wish is locked in.

Still, Anabel and Elliot did manage to find some time together--even if Sono was studying Bot Building on their bedroom balcony!

The last time I checked on Elliot, I found him meditating with a candle in the bathroom. What better place to relax and get in touch with life?

02-11. A Second Chance for David

I opened my Roaring Heights game to see if David Morgan would make any progress in asking a sim to give him a toad-cure kiss. After spying on him for a few hours, I realized he wasn't going to ask anyone. Maybe townies don't autonomously do that. I don't know.

So, I had a choice: leave him to his fate, cure him with a cheat, or get one of my active sims to toad-kiss him. There was no way Elliot or Anabel would even give David the time of day right now! Not at this point. But maybe their Friendly plumbot Sono wouldn't mind helping a sorrowful toad.

This is David in all his toadified glory! It was in the middle of the night, but as usual, he had visitors.

Samantha Cassat is talking to the officer, who is only a service sim. The man in white is Hector Thebe.

David and Samantha's daughter Melody was upstairs in the playpen.

I don't know about other people's games, but in mine, David's two youngest daughters (by different women) have the same traits. The Genius trait was inherited from their father.

Hector wanted to take a selfie of himself with his toadified friend. He probably wanted to share it with his buddies on base. Hector is a Flight Officer in the Military.

David was still grieving the loss of his marriage.

"I weep for you. I deeply sympathize!"

Another visitor showed up, but David would not be consoled! His remorse was too personal.

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It was soon time for David to head to his business office at SimCo Synergy.  He's Ambitious and a Workaholic. No way would he miss work.

Sono found him later at the Roaring Heights Plaza and greeted him plumbot style.

Sono came from the future, so he can speak through holograms. The little girl in the background is David and Donna's daughter Carolyn. Maybe she was trying to get her dad's attention, but I didn't see them talking.

Sono visited with David until the sun went down. They became Friends, but I never saw an option offering to toad-kiss David, and David never asked. Whether that was because Sono was a bot rather than a regular sim, I'm not sure. BTW, the interaction is Friendly, not Romantic.

Sono: I'm going to try to help you, David. I sense you have regrets for your past actions. The humanitarian view is that everyone deserves a second chance, and I respect the ways of Humans.

David: I am most grateful, my friend! What do I need to do?

Now, Sono spends a lot of time at the consignment and elixir shops making trait chips and trading goods for the family. He happened to have a Cure Elixir on hand. I didn't know whether it would help, but I had Sono use it.

Sono: This mixture's curative power should work on toads. Just hold very still, David. It will only take a second.

Sono watched as David transformed back into his former likeness.

Let's hope he's learned his lesson and builds a better future for himself and all his family.

Back home, David welcomed yet another visitor, a teen girl this time. David is Mr Popularity!

Upstairs, Samantha had already gone to bed, and exhausted, David soon followed suit. But Melody was still awake and trying to get her mother's attention.

All her toys were downstairs, so using my sims' resources, I bought her a few things for upstairs as well.

She's just a little townie girl, but it makes me feel better thinking she's not neglected.

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I did a quick check on Donna's situation. It was night, so everyone was in bed or heading there.

Shirley Templeton and Olivier Harbucks. Donna Morgan is asleep in the bed.

The Morgans' teen son Joseph and daughter Carolyn in the background.

Donna and David's youngest daughter Evelyn, who is about the same age as David and Samantha's daughter.

The family dog, Sheba.