So, I managed to go a whole day between finishing up my Immortal Dynasty and starting a Legacy.... This is Lorna Doom, our esteemed founder.
Lorna is creative, and she loves the outdoors. She’s also Gloomy, which is this legacy’s exemplar trait (any offspring who rolls the Gloomy trait is automatically the next heir). Her first aspiration is Painter Extraordinaire. I’m going with the gloomier extreme start option, so she’s living in Windenburg and essentially begins with -$200.
To her displeasure, Lorna’s first morning in the world was spent catching frogs.
My test sim lucked out and managed to breed a rare frog on her first attempt; Lorna was much less fortunate. Still, around fifteen frogs later, she finally had her extra $200, which I promptly took away again. The discovery that her morning of catching slimy amphibians wasn’t going to pay off in a brand new bed/fridge/toilet might have depressed some sims. Lorna, however, thrives on gloominess and depression, and focused her efforts on getting hold of some (more) cash. She didn’t fancy any more frog-catching, so she went the old-fashioned route and found herself a job.
She’s become a Critic, and she rushed off to the library to begin her daily task. Once there, the grumpy-looking librarian caught her eye – she even looked rather
happy – and they chatted while she knocked out her required hours of practicing writing.
Daily task done, Lorna invited him out. She seemed a little frustrated at the amount I made her Get to Know and Discuss Interests when she had better things to do, like sleeping. However, Ali Ferhat turned out to be a neat, materialistic bookworm – I like, whatever she thinks
They did the mandatory stargazing thing, and Ali agreed to move in.
His aspiration is, unfortunately, Big Happy Family, so he’ll be waiting a while to complete that one, but he’s great otherwise. He has a couple of points in violin, guitar, piano and comedy, so he’s signed up as an entertainer, with plans to specialise as a musician. He also has mid-level painting skill – all the better for my legacy
For the moment, they’re camping in Myshuno Meadows. It very conveniently has his-n-hers fridges for synchronised quick meals.
And while it’s no Sims 3 fire station and doesn’t have any beds, Lorna embraced the grand old legacy founders’ tradition and got by on naps instead.
It also has an easel and instruments: excellent news for two sims who have to be able to memorialise each other, especially with their jobs and her aspiration.
This is my first time playing the Critic career, so I’m having a lot of fun just playing with City Living while Lorna does her work tasks. Poor Ali has to watch too, since he tends to get dragged to the various lots along with her.
There is no reason for this picture. I just really love Lorna’s Gloomy Face.
They both began to get heartily sick of cereal and yoghurt for every meal, and Ali proved his worth by getting his first cooking skill point grilling fruit at the park. Almost got a smile out of Lorna. Almost.
Lorna met another Gloomy sim, and they discussed melancholy thoughts. She made a new friend out of it,
and confirmed her long-held suspicions about the impending end of the world – what’s not to like about that?
It took a couple of days of hard graft, but finally, the combined income of their first promotions, the meagre sales of Lorna’s first novel, and the profits from their early paintings were scraped together and they bought themselves some basics. Very basic basics, because their Watcher was feeling paranoid about bills, but basics nevertheless.
Lorna frowned, of course, at the thought of leaving her temporary accommodations.
And poor Ali got desperate enough to pull this face. He’ll be a proper Mr Doom before we know it. (He has black hair. It just looks brown, behind the green doesn’t-own-a-shower-yet stink cloud.)
Once he’d been to the gym and showered, Ali took advantage of the lovely produce stand to buy himself a cherry, a blackberry, and a pomegranate, which will save the family hours of standing around waiting for plants to become harvestable. It feels a bit exploitative, but right now I don’t care
So, they have a toilet, beds,
and they’re growing their own food (and future income). Definitely time for a selfie!
Ali: *brag about possessions*
Lorna: ...
And the next morning, I found Lorna proudly surveying her new kingdom in her bunny slippers
I’m not sure we’re off to a
good start, but at least we’ve started....
