@CaterinaI’m happy you like all three couples. I don’t usually choose non-standard skintones but I wanted everyone, including myself, to be able to distinguish the three lineages at a glance. I just hope the green skintone persists. Tamari’s a little nut!
@wfgodotI really love the Dine Out Game Pack for both visiting restaurants with the whole household and creating a restaurant of one’s own. I’ve only own/managed a restaurant once for a tournament challenge, though, so I hope I can do it in a manner that’s both efficient and entertaining. You’re such a compassionate soul—even the kitchen sink gets your sympathy! Candy Behr came with L8 Singing…
Wow, Tamari gained a lot of fans!
@FrancescaFioriThe entire challenge will only have 5-6 heirs per lineage so I hope to give every greenboo and green-themed name. I’ve only played Travis once before in a failed dynasty attempt and didn’t like his build, which is like a slender pear shape, haha. But now that I know he cleans autonomously without being a Neat sim, I’ve become a fan! Oh I never knew that the dresser glitch was fixed! I’ll try it soon in a different file.
Japanese maid cafes and butler cafes typically have little shows, but I can’t recreate them in this café and heaven forbid I won’t be placing a karaoke machine in it.
@NexttoNormalThank you! I wanted to make the café more frilly and foufou inside, but don’t know how. Also, I’m super upset that the menu doesn’t offer omelets so Mori & Crew could pretend it’s omu-rice and draw little cutesie faces on it with ketchup!
@RicalynnThanks for dropping by! I really have no idea whether it’s better to pop out the nooboos right away, but the fastest lineage has the chance to buy that extra lot, perhaps. Who knows?
Yes, the helpers. It’s really hard not to get too carried with building in this challenge. When I think that the overall challenge requires 15 houses and at least 5 restaurants/shops, I’m less inclined to consider the comfort of the entire household.
But it’s good for me to change up my gaming style, so all the feedback is welcome.
@PeregrineTookOf course, you’re familiar with Black Butler, one of my all-time favorite manga/anime! Initially, I’d renamed Shota Mori to Sebastian in honor of our demonic butler, but then switched back to his original name because I feared being too nerdy. Are you familiar with the maid cafes and butler cafes in Japan?
I’m glad you enjoyed the sneaky visit to check out the Benjaminz greenboo.
@AlexThanks for reading and for your observation that a yellow onesie is not always a 100% guarantee. I should have checked the baby’s name in Yuki’s relationship panel . Now I can’t wait to find out the greenboo’s gender.
Niche Nerds in Newcrest: The Sciarri Lineage/Week 1a
Sunday
Selene: When you last saw me, Caleb Vatore and I became engaged then I asked him and his sister Lilith to move in with me.
At the end of my five hours that first day, Watchette built us this two-story house.
We started out with a house while the other households didn’t because obviously vampires can’t tolerate sunlight.
Selene: It’s located on the Optimist’s Outlook lot in eastern Newcrest.
From here, we will take over the rest of this neighborhood then continue expanding.
By the way, I’m a family-oriented genius who loves the outdoors.
Caleb is an ambitious, materialistic foodie, while Lilith is outgoing, creative, and active.
Caleb: What happened to all our furniture from our Forgotten Hollow home?
As I’ve explained to the other founders, I made the mistake of having Selene ask you to move in while on your lot, not hers.
Your original furniture has simply vanished.
Lilith: Selene starts a new club “Sciarri” and invites Yumiko Watanabe to join because they both love the outdoors.
We’re looking for a full-time gardener.
Well, Yumiko, so nice of you to come over. Interesting outfit you’re wearing!
Yumiko: I’m a forest ranger. That’s why I’m stuck with cargo shorts while you get the va-va-voom outfit.
Selene: When I go downstairs, I suddenly hear ominous music and get strange stomach tingles.
It looks kind of like the male pregnancy by alien abduction, except with purple sparklies.
No, no! Don’t leave the living room! The dining area doesn’t have wall and floor coverings yet! Oh, you’ve ruined my screenshots!
Selene: Can we not talk now? I’m transforming into a vampiiiiiirrrrre!
Selene: In a swirl of dark mist, I shift into my dark form! Rawwrrr!
Oh no, you di’int turn into a vampire so you can wear sneakers and a backward baseball cap!!!
*immediately changes up Selene’s dark form
Caleb: Because we always seem to be racing against some invisible clock, Selene and I elope immediately.
Selene: I already value you more than my life, Caleb darling. What need do we have of a wedding?
Lilith: Yumiko agrees to move in. Turns out she has L5 Gardening and L8 Fishing. How perfect!
Watchette builds a basement floor and transfers all the planters here, though Yumiko isn’t a vampire (now).
Yumiko: I start with seeds from the seed packets, just to get the garden started.
Lilith seems like a nice enough lady and the house is eerily appealing. I think I’ll enjoy living here.
Yumiko’s a treasure! The garden’s been moved downstairs so it can be worked both day and night.
Meanwhile, Lilith moves on to the next potential victim, erm, roomie.
Lilith: So, Diego, how do you like life in San Myshuno? Have you ever considered moving to the ‘burbz?
Diego: Well, I do love this whole Victorian thing you’ve got going on here, Lilith.
You have me intrigued, to be sure!
Llama of Death: Please, please, move in, Diego! Our watcher covered every wall and floor of the first floor just for you!
Diego: Did I just hear a high-pitched screechy voice behind me? Nah….
Selene: Yay, eating for two! I’ll go into labour around 7 am on Wednesday.
As long as I give birth at home, I won’t miss work!
As the three bloodlines’ watcher, I’m unsure of the wisdom of having nooboos so early, but we’re trying to get heirs out the door ASAP, right?
Lilith: Diego agrees to move in, of course. How could he resist my friendly charm?
Once he and his numerous belongings get settled, we extend the house on the south side to make room for his bedroom.
We also add a veranda on the second floor so Diego can paint.
Diego: I paint?
*coughs (he does now)
Lilith: I call unfair! Why does Diego get his own fab room, while I share a bare room with Yumiko?
Diego: Well, that’s because I’m so very awesome, my dear. It should be obvious.
Yumiko: Practically speaking, the house needs another bath, two showers, and two more toilets!
Yumiko: Thanks for coming with me to Magnolia Promenade, Diego.
Did you realize those three were vampires before you moved in?
Diego: Yeah, Lilith’s elongated canine teeth were a dead giveaway, but I moved in anyway. What’s your story, Yumiko?
Yumiko: I was bored with my work as a forest ranger at Granite Falls.
Diego: I feel overdressed for the occasion, but fishing is oddly entertaining! And I’ve caught two copies of that Encyclopedia Vampirica, a voodoo doll, and two dragonfruit.
Bet you thought I was just a pretty face, right?
Yumiko: Honestly? You completely surprise me, Diego! And I caught a cowberry!
Diego: Well, I was initially put off by your cargo shorts, but you’re all right.
Yumiko: Selene needs to learn to graft and maintain her own garden, I hear. But I’m going to start a cash-crop garden separate from hers.
Selene: I’ve come to Granite Falls to pick herbs because I need to level Gardening as quickly as possible.
Diego: I thought I was slumming by moving to Newcrest.
But playing horseshoes in Granite Falls, dear readers? I’ve hit a new low…
Selene: Caleb and Lilith both have that Vampiric Run power which looks so cool. I’m so envious and can’t wait to be able to do that myself!
Okay, folks, I got what I came for. Let’s head home!
Monday
Selene: Today is my first day at work in the Scientist career. Everything goes well and I arrive home to get promoted to Level 2.
I’m surprised to see Liberty Lee at the Science Lab, since she was unemployed and helping out at Shota’s café just two days ago.
Tuesday
Selene: This morning before work, I reach Level 8 Vampire Lore.
I'll buy the required seeds for my garden for planting when I return from work.
Hey, Diego! What are you two up to in your boudoir?
Diego: Pretty obvious, don’t you think? Yumiko has the Romantic trait and has me feeling all flirty.
You want me to have Yumiko change out of that towel?
Diego: No, actually, I find it an improvement over those cargo shorts. *shudders
She’s actually quite the diamond in the rough, you know. When will you give her a makeover?
You want a makeover, Diego? I’ll give you both makeovers.
Diego: I told you she had potential! And, and, what have you done to me!?
Yumiko: Um, the next time we’re in CAS, could I have a pair of pants with a higher waistband?
Wednesday
Selene: I don't go into labor at 7 am as I expect. But since I’m so close to my next promotion, I leave for work at 10 am anyway.
And when I go into labor at 6 pm, I stay for my entire shift which ends an hour later.
Returning home, I earn my Level 3 promotion then head straight for the baby’s room.
Meet our firstborn son and second-generation heir, Massimo Sciarri!
