Hey all! Sorry for the extended lack of updates, getting sick + holidays + new games + family stuff + ect ect ect... yeah. Add onto that a couple glitches and a crash that lost me 5 hours of work, and you come out with what amounts to about 3 weeks of no game play. But, we're back! So yeah, enjoy.
Chapter Fifteen
Well hey there Ken! What are you... um... down to?Ken: Hey Watcher! I'm watching the sunrise, want to join me?
Mm. Looks nice. You've got the right idea on how to start a day kid.Ken: Speaking of starting, I need to get to school.
Vicky: Well looks like it's your turn dear. Looking forward to being middle-aged?
Nick: I suppose I better be, there's no turning back now. Speaking of birthdays, how was Shayla's?
Vicky: Oh, it was just me and her really. She's always been a bit of a loner, like me.
Nick: Why don't you invite her over? I'm sure Richard's looking forward to seeing her. Besides, it's time to get started.
Richard: Since when can you dance?
Nick: Didn't you hear? It's part of Evil Mastermind 101. You have to drive a sleek car, look the part, and know how to dance.
Ken: Dad looked up a bunch of videos on it last week and he's been dancing in his office all day instead of working.
Richard: Hah! Is that true Nicolas?
Nick: I would never do that, and you have no proof.
Ken: Actually, mom totally hacked into your video cameras. She said she saved all the videos to "The Cloud" so the whole world could enjoy it.
Richard: Oh my god, I have to see th... is that Shayla? I'll be uh... I'll... have fun guys.
There you are. You guys know there's a party going on outside right?Richard: We'll join the others for dinner. Shayla was feeling a little tense around everyone, so we decided to come in here for a while.
And that's the birthday party all wrapped up. Well done Nick, another step closer to immortality.
Oh hey Ali! Glad you made it.Ali: Good to see you Watcher.
Shayla: Hey Watcher? Sorry to be a bother, but... too much social activity for me today. Is there something else I can do?
Hm... Why don't you go play with Ken? He's kind of in the same boat, I think you'll get along great.
Feeling better?Shayla: Much! This dollhouse is amazing by the way, where did you guys find it?
Oh, at... actually I have no idea where that came from. Maybe you can ask Vicky, I feel like she's the one that picked it out. One of the Christmas gifts anyways.
Looks like you all are getting along alright. Kind of amusing that all the loners decided to get together and chat.Vicky: Just because we don't enjoy being social all the time doesn't mean we don't like spending time with friends. Just not too much time is all.
When you finish that homework go straight to bed, it's like 2 AM already. Man your fathers work schedule sucks.Ken: *Yawn* No arguments here Watcher.
Congratulations guys!Richard: Thanks Watcher. We're looking forward to a kid of our own soon.
Oh, is Shayla pregnant already?Shayla: No, but we'll be trying in the future.
I look forward to meeting the new nooboo. On another note... Feel like changing up your clothes and hair? It's a little weird how much you look like Vicky.Shayla: Oh, that sounds fun! Like dress-up! I want longer hair though.
Third serving, right?Kell: Seems about right. Seems like I needed this one a lot faster.
Hm, I haven't really been keeping track, but it does seem like you had less time this time around. Maybe I'll keep an eye on it from now on.
The Knethen Family bids you adieu. Until next time, safe travels and godspeed to you all.Post-Story Story
Man it's been a while since I made a chapter. It's nice getting back into the swing of it, but it also feels like I'm missing something. I had a lot of trouble lining up the story to the pictures this time, or just making enough story in general. Maybe it's just because of how long its been.
So Shayla finally has a new look! I had to do it, I kept thinking that she was Vicky. I like Shayla's personality. I've been letting her do her own thing for the most part, and she's definitely a tea lover. No one else in my Dynasty even looks at that thing, and she's using it pretty much every 4 hours. She gets along with Ken really well too, which is good.
I want to apologize again for how long of a break I took... Life has been pretty hectic, and I've been wrestling with a couple glitches. Then, right when I finally had time and enough interest to play, I got about 5 hours in and my game crashed and wiped out a good days work. While not a *HUGE* blow, it was enough to kill my interest in the game another week. Well, the good news I suppose is that the new patch came out in the interim and might have fixed some of those glitches.
What else... The make toast requirement almost lost me the gold on the party. I'd forgotten how to do it yet again, so I had to stop the whole game while I looked it up. By the time I got the requirement I was close to running out of time... but that seems to happen on a lot of my parties. But still, done is done and I'm happy.
Nick's doing pretty well for requirements in general. He's got his 2 Aspirations done, he's at level 8 of his career (and having issues advancing, so hopefully that will resolve itself eventually...), He has 2 of his 3 skills maxed, and 3 of his 5 parties. He needs 3 more trait rewards but he's sitting on 14k points, so really I just need to decide which ones to buy. I'm waiting till he hits Elder for the 6 friends, and I haven't started on the museum pieces yet. The whims I've had done for a while now, that ones pretty easy.
Can't think of anything else, so that wraps this up neatly. Hope to have another chapter out soon!
