What's that human saying - "If it ain't broken, don't fix it?"
Note to self - definitely read and understand more human sayings.
Look, I know, the world kind of ended. Sure, billions died, and the survivors found themselves living in a military dictatorship with corruption endemic through the system, and even organised crime.
My bad?
It was a prank, OK? My brother had just made the President fart on national television. I was just trying to top him, is all.
So I may have cast the spell of summoning and screwed up one of the syllables, so that instead of doughnuts falling from the sky I got the Elder God Nyarlothep instead. I mean, tell me honestly - you never had a day of work where you screwed up?
And yet they call Blythe Natural the bringer of darkness. Or they would, anyway, if they knew that was my name.
I want you to understand though - I am trying to fix it. Unfortunately Nyarlothep suppresses most of my magical abilities, which is kind of a catch-22, but you gotta do the best you can with whatever you still have. Fortunately none of the other fae folk appear to realise it was me - not that there's many of us left. My brother was one of the first ones eaten, but I figure if you hang around the President you gotta take that into account, so that's on him.
Note to self - definitely read and understand more human sayings.
Look, I know, the world kind of ended. Sure, billions died, and the survivors found themselves living in a military dictatorship with corruption endemic through the system, and even organised crime.
My bad?
It was a prank, OK? My brother had just made the President fart on national television. I was just trying to top him, is all.
So I may have cast the spell of summoning and screwed up one of the syllables, so that instead of doughnuts falling from the sky I got the Elder God Nyarlothep instead. I mean, tell me honestly - you never had a day of work where you screwed up?
And yet they call Blythe Natural the bringer of darkness. Or they would, anyway, if they knew that was my name.
I want you to understand though - I am trying to fix it. Unfortunately Nyarlothep suppresses most of my magical abilities, which is kind of a catch-22, but you gotta do the best you can with whatever you still have. Fortunately none of the other fae folk appear to realise it was me - not that there's many of us left. My brother was one of the first ones eaten, but I figure if you hang around the President you gotta take that into account, so that's on him.
Welcome to one of my Sims 3 Apocalypse Challenge blogs. This is for the May 2015 tournament; you can follow the progress on Facebook here and check out the rules here.
This iteration uses Prestige Occult Fairies with a Prestige No-Uni start. Unlike my werewolf and genie apocalypses, there is a genuine need to seed the town here. So first up, I created 5 families of Faeries with one toddler, one child, one teen, one young adult, one adult, and one elder each, all with randomised traits, and placed them around Sunset Valley. I have evicted several human families to make way. That's a total of 30 Sims just to get started - ugh. Fortunately I just completely randomised everything, so it didn't take too long.
I'm using Sunset Valley; my network is 55 Water Lily Lane, 58 Water Lily Lane, and 72 Water Lily Lane; Central Park; the Library; and City Hall. I have the traits Ambitious, Athletic, Schmoozer, Slob, and Workaholic.
From the book shop, I got all the gardening books and all the toddler skill books. This left me with just enough to build a single level basement with bed, toilet, fridge, counter, chess set, radio, desk, computer, driveway, and car - no bookcase to put the books in, so I chucked them all on the floor for now (bookcase will come with first day's wage). That left me with $3. Rolling for the job, I scored a 1 - Military, Medical, or Entertainment. My rule of thumb is that if you roll a 1, 9 times out of 10 you should just take Military without thinking. The tenth time, you should have a think about it, and then take Military anyway. So obviously, Military is where it is at. This is a good start, and I need some luck because lifting with an adult lifespan and then starting a family is quite challenging.
This iteration uses Prestige Occult Fairies with a Prestige No-Uni start. Unlike my werewolf and genie apocalypses, there is a genuine need to seed the town here. So first up, I created 5 families of Faeries with one toddler, one child, one teen, one young adult, one adult, and one elder each, all with randomised traits, and placed them around Sunset Valley. I have evicted several human families to make way. That's a total of 30 Sims just to get started - ugh. Fortunately I just completely randomised everything, so it didn't take too long.
I'm using Sunset Valley; my network is 55 Water Lily Lane, 58 Water Lily Lane, and 72 Water Lily Lane; Central Park; the Library; and City Hall. I have the traits Ambitious, Athletic, Schmoozer, Slob, and Workaholic.
From the book shop, I got all the gardening books and all the toddler skill books. This left me with just enough to build a single level basement with bed, toilet, fridge, counter, chess set, radio, desk, computer, driveway, and car - no bookcase to put the books in, so I chucked them all on the floor for now (bookcase will come with first day's wage). That left me with $3. Rolling for the job, I scored a 1 - Military, Medical, or Entertainment. My rule of thumb is that if you roll a 1, 9 times out of 10 you should just take Military without thinking. The tenth time, you should have a think about it, and then take Military anyway. So obviously, Military is where it is at. This is a good start, and I need some luck because lifting with an adult lifespan and then starting a family is quite challenging.
So anyway, first thing I decided to do was become a politician and overthrow this military dictatorship. I was just sort of handing out fliers, when a couple of uniformed bozos grabbed me and made it clear that they didn't like "Underground Resistance." I told them I didn't like any grunge bands, but they didn't seem to think that was funny - I was informed that a brief tour in the military would squash the rebel out of me.
Which means I found myself cleaning latrines, with a strict housing budget that basically amounted to "build yourself a scary underground cave". Bogus, am I right?
My new best friend that called himself "Power Tool Corporal" (or something like that - I was kind of spaced out during the whole induction speech) gave us all implants that yell at us to "drop and give me 20!" every 5 minutes, or so it seemed. Huh. They still have functional tech of some kind then - just not for us plebs. Good to know. I make some buddies, and learn that good old Power Tool isn't so bad after all. You got to be careful making friends with humans though - sometimes it seems like they only live a few days. One of my buddies didn't even show for work the day after induction.
I got promoted pretty quickly, possibly because I kept disposing of excess latrine "overflow" under the general's bed until he got the hint. It seemed like only a couple of days passed before I was officially an "Ugh" (or something like that), and winning their little military olympics (hey, if they don't want me flying to win the high jump, they should put that in the rules).
A little while later I had some nerd in a white coat approach me and say that they were impressed with me. His eyes never left my chest the whole time - creep - and I spurned him the way I would spurn a rabid dog.
Which means I found myself cleaning latrines, with a strict housing budget that basically amounted to "build yourself a scary underground cave". Bogus, am I right?
My new best friend that called himself "Power Tool Corporal" (or something like that - I was kind of spaced out during the whole induction speech) gave us all implants that yell at us to "drop and give me 20!" every 5 minutes, or so it seemed. Huh. They still have functional tech of some kind then - just not for us plebs. Good to know. I make some buddies, and learn that good old Power Tool isn't so bad after all. You got to be careful making friends with humans though - sometimes it seems like they only live a few days. One of my buddies didn't even show for work the day after induction.
I got promoted pretty quickly, possibly because I kept disposing of excess latrine "overflow" under the general's bed until he got the hint. It seemed like only a couple of days passed before I was officially an "Ugh" (or something like that), and winning their little military olympics (hey, if they don't want me flying to win the high jump, they should put that in the rules).
A little while later I had some nerd in a white coat approach me and say that they were impressed with me. His eyes never left my chest the whole time - creep - and I spurned him the way I would spurn a rabid dog.
The other good thing about Military is that it uses Athletic, so I'm getting use out of my traits. Handiness might prove tricky to get to required levels; once I get the bookcase I will get a free Handiness 1 book, so that's the first 3 levels, but after that tinkering with the toilet is going to be the main source.
Of course, she spends the rest of Sunday working out and playing chess, gaining a point of Athletic and Logic in the process.
First day of work, I get the Stay Late opportunity (which is allowed, since it occurs directly after work), so I switched from Work Hard to Meet Fellow Soldiers (no point getting a relationship boost if there aren't any targets, and the performance bar was filling up anyway). One of the tricky parts of this challenge will be that with short human lifespans a lot of humans will die, so her friends list is likely to be a constantly evolving document. I don't have a mirror yet, but I decided to get one with Monday's pay check and save the bookcase until Tuesday, so I can get a point of Charisma. The day ends with a promotion to Mess Hall Server, buying a mirror, and giving all my money away to charitable causes (like "the mob boss's 2nd diamond studded swimming pool").
On Tuesday, I got the Military Athletics opportunity - which is ALSO allowed, since you can do it directly after work AT work. So she got promoted to Grunt and then got a bit of a boost towards the next day as well. With this much luck I'm about due some major disaster.
With little sleep, she was dead tired on Wednesday, but the opportunity plus the Handiness point (that I got from the book that arrived with my new bookcase) + Work Hard was enough to secure yet another promotion to Squad Leader. I got an opportunity to switch to Science 3 that I decided instantly not to take.
Of course, she spends the rest of Sunday working out and playing chess, gaining a point of Athletic and Logic in the process.
First day of work, I get the Stay Late opportunity (which is allowed, since it occurs directly after work), so I switched from Work Hard to Meet Fellow Soldiers (no point getting a relationship boost if there aren't any targets, and the performance bar was filling up anyway). One of the tricky parts of this challenge will be that with short human lifespans a lot of humans will die, so her friends list is likely to be a constantly evolving document. I don't have a mirror yet, but I decided to get one with Monday's pay check and save the bookcase until Tuesday, so I can get a point of Charisma. The day ends with a promotion to Mess Hall Server, buying a mirror, and giving all my money away to charitable causes (like "the mob boss's 2nd diamond studded swimming pool").
On Tuesday, I got the Military Athletics opportunity - which is ALSO allowed, since you can do it directly after work AT work. So she got promoted to Grunt and then got a bit of a boost towards the next day as well. With this much luck I'm about due some major disaster.
With little sleep, she was dead tired on Wednesday, but the opportunity plus the Handiness point (that I got from the book that arrived with my new bookcase) + Work Hard was enough to secure yet another promotion to Squad Leader. I got an opportunity to switch to Science 3 that I decided instantly not to take.
White coats don't work with my complexion anyway. I make this uniform look hot.
Before too long at all they had me using my flying abilities to deliver care packages. Well, I thought they were care packages. I mean, I'm no scientist, but do care packages typically annihilate buildings when you drop them? Must remember to look that up.
Soon, they were calling me "Wingwoman", which is a pretty stupid super hero name. I wanted "Hawk Woman" myself, but apparently there was some sort of copyright issue - I mean, you can destroy 99% of the population, but lawyers are still going to bite you in the butt. Can't really blame them in my case - it's such a cute butt.
Wasn't too impressed with the builders though. You get rationed for building supplies, right, and even though I had a bunch of money they wouldn't let me build everything I wanted. Lady needs a hot tub, but apparently can't be had at any price, even with the threats. Kind of really brings the apocalypse home, you know? I mean, sure, lots of people dying and blah blah, but who is standing up and demanding hot tubs? Just me, looks like.
They made me a fighter pilot, partly because apparently the ability to fix clogged toilets puts you on the fast track. It might have been Power Tool looking out for me - good old Erin Kennedy. She would have made a pretty decent fairy.
Before too long at all they had me using my flying abilities to deliver care packages. Well, I thought they were care packages. I mean, I'm no scientist, but do care packages typically annihilate buildings when you drop them? Must remember to look that up.
Soon, they were calling me "Wingwoman", which is a pretty stupid super hero name. I wanted "Hawk Woman" myself, but apparently there was some sort of copyright issue - I mean, you can destroy 99% of the population, but lawyers are still going to bite you in the butt. Can't really blame them in my case - it's such a cute butt.
Wasn't too impressed with the builders though. You get rationed for building supplies, right, and even though I had a bunch of money they wouldn't let me build everything I wanted. Lady needs a hot tub, but apparently can't be had at any price, even with the threats. Kind of really brings the apocalypse home, you know? I mean, sure, lots of people dying and blah blah, but who is standing up and demanding hot tubs? Just me, looks like.
They made me a fighter pilot, partly because apparently the ability to fix clogged toilets puts you on the fast track. It might have been Power Tool looking out for me - good old Erin Kennedy. She would have made a pretty decent fairy.
Thursday is a day off. I'm already Friends or better with all my work mates (Best Friends with the boss), so my Athletics 2 is the most glaring thing to work on first. She does have to spend quite a lot of time sleeping, but in a couple of stints I get her to Athletics 4 and Handiness 2. She goes to work quite tired again, but the weekend was coming up so that seemed OK. The performance bar still got filled, so she ended up promoted to Flight Officer.
At the end of the week, she has Athletics 6, Handiness 4, and Logic 2 (playing chess to refuel fun on the zombie day). She's a bit tired and extremely lonely (a full weekend skilling will do that), but raring to go back to work on the Monday. A promotion to Wingwoman follows. I must say, Schmoozer - which I'm trying out at the suggestion of Sarah J Davis - is proving to be quite handy in making friends. I got started on the second level of the basement and then cleared the cash.
With promotion to Fighter Pilot, we start to run into some of the military issues. Blythe has never not been promoted on the same day. It is currently Thursday, and she has 15 days to go before becoming an Elder. That means she has 13 days left, maximum, to hit the top of the career. Assuming she gets promoted on Friday and again on Monday, and then finally on Wednesday, that's a minimum of another 6 days. Which should be fine, but she really can't afford to miss any promotions.
At the end of the week, she has Athletics 6, Handiness 4, and Logic 2 (playing chess to refuel fun on the zombie day). She's a bit tired and extremely lonely (a full weekend skilling will do that), but raring to go back to work on the Monday. A promotion to Wingwoman follows. I must say, Schmoozer - which I'm trying out at the suggestion of Sarah J Davis - is proving to be quite handy in making friends. I got started on the second level of the basement and then cleared the cash.
With promotion to Fighter Pilot, we start to run into some of the military issues. Blythe has never not been promoted on the same day. It is currently Thursday, and she has 15 days to go before becoming an Elder. That means she has 13 days left, maximum, to hit the top of the career. Assuming she gets promoted on Friday and again on Monday, and then finally on Wednesday, that's a minimum of another 6 days. Which should be fine, but she really can't afford to miss any promotions.
I won the body building contest, kicking the butts of all the guys that don't even lift. I am just so hot and terrific it's really hard to be humble some times, you know? I'm not sure if it was directly related, but suddenly I was a squadron leader. It is weird flying alongside dudes in planes, and wondering if they're checking out my butt. What am I thinking? Of course they're checking out my butt. They're only human.
At least partly on the basis of my cute butt, I reckon, I got quickly promoted to Top Gun, and they started talking about a space program. Put me in charge of that, and let's see how many changes I can make. I really started furiously fixing the toilet, because I reckon that's a handy skill on a spaceship.
At least partly on the basis of my cute butt, I reckon, I got quickly promoted to Top Gun, and they started talking about a space program. Put me in charge of that, and let's see how many changes I can make. I really started furiously fixing the toilet, because I reckon that's a handy skill on a spaceship.
Athletics currently 7, should be able to keep that up no problem now. And indeed I do not miss the Friday promotion, so now she's a Squadron Leader. End of week 2, she has Athletics 9, Charisma 1, Handiness 6, and Logic 2. Promotion to Top Gun followed.
Unfortunately, it wasn't looking good for Wednesday. Because I was a bit tired, with only Athletics 9 and Handiness 7, I was going to just miss - and then the King of the Hill opportunity appeared to save me! Truly this has been a very fortunate start to the challenge. The extra time alone was sufficient to get me the promotion to Astronaut - Hopelessness and Military were both lifted.
Unfortunately, it wasn't looking good for Wednesday. Because I was a bit tired, with only Athletics 9 and Handiness 7, I was going to just miss - and then the King of the Hill opportunity appeared to save me! Truly this has been a very fortunate start to the challenge. The extra time alone was sufficient to get me the promotion to Astronaut - Hopelessness and Military were both lifted.
And it appears that the uppities that run things agreed, because it seemed like only a couple of days later I was in the space programme. There was a massive cheer - way more than I thought I'd get. It's like all these poor dudes and dudettes were really sad, and I've kind of just given them a little hope.
Which is awesome because hope can power some pretty cool tricks.
I guess now I'd better find another fairy and make with the horizontal tango. I've seen wrinkles - wrinkles! - and I'm supposed to live for centuries. I guess maybe I really screwed up worse than I thought. Clearly can't be trusted to fix it myself, right? So get a bunch of kiddies to fix it for me - win win, for me at least.
Which is awesome because hope can power some pretty cool tricks.
I guess now I'd better find another fairy and make with the horizontal tango. I've seen wrinkles - wrinkles! - and I'm supposed to live for centuries. I guess maybe I really screwed up worse than I thought. Clearly can't be trusted to fix it myself, right? So get a bunch of kiddies to fix it for me - win win, for me at least.
So the lift comes on Week 3, Day 4. The bad news is I don't even know any fairies, but that's a solvable problem. A good night's sleep takes me to the point where I have 8 days until becoming an elder - plenty of time to have one pregnancy, and hopefully two or even three. The next day is spent meeting a few fairies, including two Young Adult males. One is in Medical (Bed Pan Cleaner) and the other in Music (Band Manager). Tricky. I decide to go for the Music one, and get him to lift Symphonic.
A little convincing gets him to dump his current paramour. (Kind of a shame, she's a fairy too - must repair that relationship).
A little convincing gets him to dump his current paramour. (Kind of a shame, she's a fairy too - must repair that relationship).
Turns out the manager of one of my favourite bands was single. Well, he was after I told him what his wife did behind his back - I had to call in a few favours to plant the evidence, but it was totally worth it. Badda-bing, badda-boom and we're hitched.
A little more convincing and they're married. Hassan has Guitar 4 as his only skill. He's Adventurous, Equestrian, Couch Potato, Hydrophobic, and a Virtuoso. While he had a guitar in his inventory, I had to sell it - but that was no problem, I just bought him another one with my one object per day. He has only 3 days until becoming an adult - but I should be able to work with that.
As it turns out his ex-wife is his boss, but fortunately the fact that he's not - quite - friends with her yet is allowed, since he's just joined the family.
As it turns out his ex-wife is his boss, but fortunately the fact that he's not - quite - friends with her yet is allowed, since he's just joined the family.
Yowza! I mean, Hassan is a little chubby for my tastes, but I'll soon get him working out with me.
Pregnancy achieved. She has 7 days till she's an elder, so I'll be trying for at least two more pregnancies.
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