The One That Got AwayBeth may not have been there to cheer but as soon as Deborah aged up she rolled a series of wishes to see her doing well at school. Tutoring and helping with homework were also a way for mother and daughter to spend time together – their interests were very different.
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Soon after, Debs was offered her first unique school opportunity – to try working at the business office. Since this was her intended career, it seemed like a very good idea.
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It didn't go well. She came out exhausted and badly stressed. She was turning out to be a long way from the busy bee I'd envisaged when I was naming her: pretty much the definition of laid back. The only thing she really got excited about was fishing. I should have called her Delphine instead
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Debs had met Damon and Charlotte's son, Gerard, at school but he wasn't exactly looking like ideal spouse material (a loner, loser and unlucky, poor kid). His younger sibling had lovely traits but was a girl, unfortunately. Errol and Fatima's first child was also a girl, so they'd tried again before Errol moved out. I knew that their second child was a boy but he was so much younger than Debs that they'd not run into each other. As her next birthday approached, I sent her round to the Sekemotos' old house to meet the Keatons, and especially the youngest member of the family.
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Jack had decent traits and they became friends. Maybe this could work out, despite the age gap.
Doug and Beth threw a party for Debs' YA birthday.
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That's Doug's sister Diana in the yellow stripy top, making her last appearance in the story
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. The two Landgraab offspring, Sarah and Gerard, are half-hidden in the background.
Debs grew up into an attractive, decidedly non-cloney young woman (and another pyromaniac, incidentally). Her last trait was planned to be workaholic but it just didn't suit her character. She became lucky instead.
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Nevertheless, she ran over to Doo Peas to join the business career (there wasn't really any choice).
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She progressed slowly through the levels, regularly just missing promotions (reminding me very much of Great-Great-Grandpa Dashiell). At least the fishing was going well:
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She completed her perfect aquarium and maxed the skill on consecutive days, less than halfway through young adulthood.
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And she stayed in touch with the Keatons.
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At the age of 100, Beth was working out to the stereo as usual when she started to float and sparkle.
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Doug had started out a day older than his wife but had had his life extended a little to help with the collecting. Grim came for him a few days later – but didn't take him.
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I'd forgotten I'd given him a deathflower
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. Oh well. Beth had already provided a medium tombstone; they didn't really need Doug's large one. And it would avoid a second lot of mourning moodlets.
Unexpectedly, Jack asked Deborah out on a date. Wasn't he still a teenager?
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Yes, he was. It was a bit of an odd date, since they were limited to friendly interactions (in which case, how could he ask her out in the first place?) Still, it kept their friendship topped up.
Debs finally seemed to get the hang of business, helped by being able to hold meetings in what should have been fishing time. And Jack became a young adult. Things were coming together nicely.
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There was even a perfectly timed break-in. I thought lucky Sims didn't get burgled. On the other hand, nothing was actually stolen and getting two NPC friends without trying
is pretty lucky.
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Shortly before her birthday, Deborah Steel became a power broker and all-round successful businesswoman.
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She wasn't exactly thrilled (notice the lack of big numbers over her head? That wasn't me missing the moment.)
At least it meant she could return to what really mattered: spending every spare moment by a pond or on the beach. On the morning of her adult birthday, she caught her 350th fish and supermaxed.
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Debs and Jack were out on a date to celebrate finishing every requirement but one when that last one hit her in a cloud of sparkles.
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They got married under the arch in the park the following morning.
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The final set of Sunset Valley wedding guests: assorted cloney friends, plus Gerard Landgraab (the bald bloke in the fancy grey suit and girly shoes), his sister Sarah (in the pink top and white trousers) and, next to her (and in an identical top), the groom's sister Julia. Damon Alvi, attending his second Steel wedding, is the one in the tux standing at the end of the row, and Doug, in his smartest uniform and with his hair grown out for the occasion (or, you know, because that military cap comes with that hairstyle), is sitting in the second row.
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For the first (and almost certainly only) time, a former heir was able to hug his successor goodbye as she set out on the next stage of their journey.
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A literal journey, in this case. After a brief stop at the Keatons' house, Deborah, Jack and Julia piled into a taxi and set off for a new town.
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Generation 7 Home: Cosmopolitan Lofts, 260 Sunnyside Boulevard, Sunset Valley
Heir: Deborah
Traits: loves the outdoors, friendly, ambitious, angler, lucky
Lifetime wish: Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium
Parents: Douglas and Beth (née Goth) Steel
Heir on honour roll at both elementary and high school.
Household NPC friends:- Grim Reaper
- Melonie Samuels (burglar)
- Lindsey Nair (policeman)
- Dana Murphy (postwoman)
- Suzette Deppiesse (papergirl)
- Stephen Solis (pizza delivery)
- Eric Estrada (repairman)
- Paula Phelan (firefighter)
- Kisha Berg (maid)
- Olivia Lehman (adoption worker)
Household best friends:- Jack Keaton
- Sarah Landgraab
- Casie Parrish
- Staci Hannon
- Alana Hartley
- Tamra Suarez
- Jamie Francis
- Lucas Davidson
- Leah Trimble
- Junior Slater
Doug's old colleague Rachelle Reyes nearly lived long enough to qualify as a household best friend for the second time – she died only two days before the move.
Unique maxed career: business
Unique supermaxed skill: fishing
Unique opportunities (Black Ops) completed by heir: - Work/School Learning Project
- Say Hello to My Little Fish
- Merging Towards Overtime
- Making Coffee the Executive Way
- Inflate Away
- Fishing for Suits
- Making Nice with the Newsies
- Funny Looking Fish
- Lobsters in Demand!
- Political Influence
Building: Doo Peas Corporate Towers
Fully-upgraded property: Old Pier Beach
Heir adult? Yes
Tombstone (medium): Ruth Steel
Set of items of unique type: metals (nine plutonium and one palladium – very similar to the collection I didn't use last time).
Total value: §22501
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