Broke in Bridgeport: A Townie Decadynasty, Graveyard, please

[PeregrineTook]

Wow, your girls keep falling for elderly Sims! That Scooby-Doo dog, lol.  Glad you can continue without that glitchy Op.

Yeah, not sure what it is.  Ellavine hit it off with one guy who was an adult, but he was an elder by the next day (of course, he was also homeless, so not a spouse option anyway).  I loved when the Scooby dog just randomly wandered into her stakeout!

Congratulations to Gianelle? I think 

Yeah, she's happy.  I had just been trying to build her relationships with co-workers and she popped the wish to kiss Daisy.  Interestingly, I don't think Gianelle has gone all hearts and head over heels for anybody.  Ever.  Including Daisy.

[PeregrineTook]

I've heard rumors of Bridgeport being rather an issue with running properly.  At this point (being only on the first generation), I'm having an issue that the game will run for a few Simhours and then crash.  Is this a common issue with Bridgeport?

[Magz from Oz]

I've heard rumors of Bridgeport being rather an issue with running properly.  At this point (being only on the first generation), I'm having an issue that the game will run for a few Simhours and then crash.  Is this a common issue with Bridgeport?

Not for me Pippin.  I've run Bridgeport for a whole Sim year without any difficulty.  I think it depends on your graphics card and settings.

I really feel for you when crashing happens.    Hope this doesn't stop you writing this wonderful story.   

[PeregrineTook]

Not for me Pippin.  I've run Bridgeport for a whole Sim year without any difficulty.  I think it depends on your graphics card and settings.

I really feel for you when crashing happens.    Hope this doesn't stop you writing this wonderful story.

As slowly and badly as my game is running (and as crash crazy as Bridgeport has gotten for me), I may have to look at doing a factory reset or something.

[Trip]

Yeah, try a factory reset first.

At least you can move towns in the Decadynasty, albeit just twice. It's usually not a great idea to move so soon, but if you must, you must.

[PeregrineTook]

Yeah, try a factory reset first.

At least you can move towns in the Decadynasty, albeit just twice. It's usually not a great idea to move so soon, but if you must, you must.

I used a tutorial from the technical support thread an did the "factory reset in 1/4 of the time" ad it seems to be running fantastically now.  Of course, it took all my CC away, but if that's the cot for a functional and fast game, I'll happily pay that cost!

[Trip]

It sucks, but you can try re-introducing some if you feel safe doing it.

[PeregrineTook]

Pippin:  And so, things continue to progress positively at the Maloney household as Ellavine works on her career,



Ellavine:  (thinking)  I'm totally invisible right now.  I should so teach ninja classes!
Pippin:  and she keeps working on logic, her supermax,



Vlad:  Think you have enough pictures of yourself here?
Ellavine:  It's my shrine of awesomeness, now make your move!
Pippin:  and of course, she grieves.



Ellavine:  Devin was so young!  How could I lose him so soon?
Pippin:  Well, maybe because he was already really, really old when you met him...?
Ellavine:  That's not how sensitive works, Pippin!
Pippin:  You're right.  I'm sorry.  However, you must admit, you do have this odd habit of falling for really old guys.
Ellavine:  Well, in the immortal word of Stevie Nicks, "I'm getting older too."
Pippin:  Speaking of...







Pippin:  And our young ladies have become...well...ladies.  Without the young.  With the age up, some of the wardrobes were adjusted slightly.



Pippin:  Ellavine!  You have a face!
Ellavine:  Umm, yeah.  I keep it on the frontside of my head.
Polly:  I think what Pippin meant was that your face is really lovely and you should really consider wearing your hair so it doesn't cover your face.
Pippin:  Yes, that.  We haven't seen your face since you became a teen!
Ellavine:  Eh, I'll think about it.
Pippin:  Yeah, you should really...hey!  What are you doing, Gianelle?!?!



Gianelle:  Well, I have decided that I want to be Shadowcat from the X-Men when I grow up, so I'm practicing phasing through the refrigerator.
Pippin:  Of course you are.
Polly:  Ummm, you guys might want to look away for a moment.



Pippin:  Polly!  But we haven't even finished your lifetime wish yet.  I thought we had more time.
Polly:  My real wish is to redeem the Maloney name.  As long as we do that, I'll be happy.



Grim:  Polly Maloney, the candle of your life has burned down to...hey!  Is that a hopscotch board?!?!?



Pippin:  And so, our beloved founder went on to that great Simbin in the sky while the household grieved and Grim hung out for an extra several hours playing hopscotch.



Rafael:  What am I going to do without my Polly?
Pippin:  We'll get through this together, Raf.  Just keep supporting the girls.  And making sure you have enough friends to meet the decadynasty requirements. 
Rafael:  But I'm old and either MAtty or I are the ones who were supposed to provide the tombstone.
Pippin:  ...



Pippin:  That's the way, Purnella.  Make friends with the nice paparazzo.  Wait, what are you doing over there, Ellavine?  And by "there," I mean in Jett Atkins' house.



Ellavine:  One of my mom's last wishes was that I wear my hair out of my face.
Pippin:  You're sure that's not just a mid-life crisis wish to dye or cut your hair?
Ellavine:  Oh, it may have been that, too.  Speaking of, I think I need to adjust my formal wear.



Jett:  Hi, beautiful.
Ellavine:  Hey, handsome.
Pippin:  Yeah, he's handsome in that Nightmare on Elm Street sort of way, I suppose.  Anyway, the household's favorite hopscotch player let them know Daisy Swizzle would be passing soon, so Gianelle got in some time with her favorite girl.



Pippin:  But she had already left for work when this happened.



Pippin:  Grim has brought some change to our household, but perhaps helped them focus in a bit more as well.  Maybe that would explain why Ellavine was actually flirting with an age appropriate fellow.



Pippin:  Reuben Custard.  Son of Uncle Matty and Caroline Custard. 
Ellavine:  I'm just using his flirty trait to my advantage while I question him for an investigation.
Pippin:  But...but...he's okay-looking.  And he has a house!
Ellavine:  He's rather young for me.  What am I, a cougar?
Pippin:  He's almost the same age as you!
Ellavine:  Well...he's not that distinguished.
Pippin:  (Sigh) Don't worry, Polly.  We'll make this work somehow...

[Magz from Oz]

RIP Polly, you were a good founder.  Ellavine continues to astonish.  Cougar indeed! 

[Malley]

Grim:  Polly Maloney, the candle of your life has burned down to...hey!  Is that a hopscotch board?!?!?

Awesome 

[Nettlejuice]

Aw, not Polly  I love Ellavine's shrine to herself and her face, we need to see more of it. I laughed more than I should at Gianelle as Kitty and Jett as Freddy 

[PeregrineTook]

RIP Polly, you were a good founder.  Ellavine continues to astonish.  Cougar indeed! 

Yeah, Polly was fantastic and was a glorious support Sim in her own decadynasty.  I always had her hovering in the 10-15 friends region, just didn't quite get her up to 20 for the LTW.
Ellavine the cougar  :=)

Awesome 

Grim loves hopscotch.  Who knew?

Aw, not Polly  I love Ellavine's shrine to herself and her face, we need to see more of it. I laughed more than I should at Gianelle as Kitty and Jett as Freddy 

Ellavine's face will be much more present as we move forward.
Sims just lends itself to pop culture references for some reason.

As a footnote, Polly had gotten a magic lamp and used her wishes to gain fortune so Matty and Rafael (after changing his LTW) would both have their LTW's met by living in the lap of luxury.  The plan was that one of them would provide the tombstone.  Didn't really notice quite how old Polly had gotten as I was more focused on the many glitch cases Ellavine has gotten.  Poor Polly.

[notjustabook]

Aaw, that's too bad. And so soon, too (well, sort of). Goodbye, Polly...

[PeregrineTook]

Aaw, that's too bad. And so soon, too (well, sort of). Goodbye, Polly...

Sort of soon, yeah.  I've been trying not to do my usual thing where I use way too many updates for each generation, so it does feel soon in that regard.  She was into her 90's, so she had a good-length Simlife.

[PeregrineTook]

Chapter 1.6 The Watchers

Pippin:  Polly had passed beyond, but she still came around to care for and nurture the family.



Polly:  Get out of my seat, lazy!
Pippin:  And she was there to protect the family from zombies.
Zombie Reuben Custard:  Raaaa...Brains....



Polly:  Speaking of brains, my Ellavine's quite the clever young lady and quite a catch.  You're single, right?
Zombie Reuben Custard:  Urngh...Uhhh...yeah...
Pippin:  And she was there to watch over other family relationships.



Gianelle:  Hey there, tall, clear, and ghostly.
Ghost Daisy:  Hello, sweetie.
Rafael:  It's so sweet that your ghost beloved came back to spend time with you.
Polly:  Fine!  I get the hint!
Pippin:  But even when the ghost of Polly was not watching after them, the family could count on the caring eyes of the paparazzi.



Papparazzo:  I can see the headlines now, Ellavine Maloney and her canine cutie!
Ellavine:  Eww, he's like, practically my age!  Don't be disgusting!
Pippin:  And sometimes, it was the people whose lives Ellavine was disrupting who would keep an eye on her.



Janette:  Umm...are you breaking into our mailbox?
Ellavine:  Am I...umm...what?  No...of course not.  There's a hinge that's...not...hinging...so I was...rehinging it...
Pippin:  But someone else was keeping an eye on Matty.



Matty:  Uh oh...



Matty:  Please don't take me!
Grim:  No worries, I got a hopscotch board!  We can play for all eternity!
Matty:  Umm...still please don't take me?
Grim:  Party pooper.
Pippin:  But Matty did cross over to the other side...



Pippin:  and in so doing, he fulfilled a requirement.
Squirrel:  Finally!  Maybe now that wolf girl will stop coming over here and chasing me!
Pippin:  Oh, and speaking of relationships...



Pippin:  Purnella met someone she rather fancied while making sure we had NPC friends for the household.
Purnella:  Hi, you're cute.  Wanna have a baby?
Pippin:  Well, that escalated quickly.



Purnella:  Very quickly!
Pippin:  So, that's different, but this is pretty much the same.



Ellavine:  Alright, Frosty, are you gonna tell me what you know about the Mystery Prankster, or do I need to rough you up some more?
Pippin:  Unfortunately, Ellavine's been having lots of trouble leveling up as an investigator as her cases keep glitching.
Ellavine:  What's "glitching?"
Pippin:  Oh...ummm...that's just...magic...Watcher talk...for...not working...the right way...



Ellavine:  What?  Oh, I stopped paying attention once you started rambling and decided to stomp some loser at chess.
Elspeth:  Hey!  I'm that loser!
Ellavine:  Yeah you are.



Pippin:  And speaking of Ellavine's wonderful charm, the family purchased Marina Field (renaming it Maloney Field) and set up a place for Ellavine to marry someone.  Probably someone really, really old.
Ellavine:  You mean "distinguished."
Pippin:  I mean "old."  And they also purchased Steve's Business and Restaurant Complex and Replaced Steve's name with Maloney.



Pippin:  Raf has gone a little over the edge as he's the only elder left in the household.
Rafael:  I don't feel a day over 100!



Pippin:  Ummm...going on a date with Matty's widowed girlfriend?  Gotta agree with the paparazzo on this one.  Boo, Raf.  Boo!  So, anyway, things had to move quickly if we were going to accomplish all the goals.  Ellavine moved into tutoring mode.



Pippin:  And Purnella gave birth to Gigi.



Pippin:  And the elevator glitched and no one could go into or come out of the house.



Pippin:  So Ellavine, Raf, and Gianelle moved into the fire station



Pippin:  where they were watched over by zombies and paparazzi.



Pippin:  And the firemen were happy to keep and eye on Ellavine as well. 



Ellavine:  Shush, Pippin!  I'm finding astral bodies!
Pippin:  Speaking of bodies...you...uh...you aren't covering yours...



Pippin:  Gigi becomes a child.



Pippin:  A sweet, adorable, bald child.



Pippin:  Uh oh...



Pippin:  So, the Maloney name is splattered across two properties, they made lots of friends, and lots of good things happened.  However, Ellavine did not manage to max out her glitchy job.  Also, we spent so much time working on the glitchy job that she didn't have enough time to finish each supermax area for logic.
It has been fun working on this, but for the fourth time, I've failed at a decadynasty.  Sigh.