Near a beautiful seaside home in Brindleton Bay, a Watcher is weighing her options.Elsa: Yeah, I really need to decide which unfortunate harpy gets stuck with my loser.
Elsa: I know! I'll go from one to the next letting them give me their sales pitch. That makes good sense, right, narrator?
Umm, I guess.... Elsa: Great! Guess we should start at my house.
Clara: I think we'd be a great choice!
Elsa:
Mom! Loser Sofie is supposed to give the sales pitch.
Clara: Sofie is a cheerful music-lover and has that muser trait, and I mean, your father is in that gardening club...
Elsa: But doesn't actually have gardening skill.
Clara: So we're the obvious choice. I mean, look at how beautiful my baby is!
Elsa: You're right, I
am rather attractive, but that's not really the point. Well, on to the next house.
Sofie: I think she meant I'm the beautiful baby?
Elsa: To the Villareal house!
Luna: Hi, I'm Luna...
Dad! I can't believe you'd walk through here in your bum attire while I'm trying to do this interview thingy. It's bad enough we have to do it in the kitchen where Herbert is making so much noise.
Hugo: Name's Hugo, sis. You've known me your whole life. Should totally know my name by now.
Luna: Anyway, I'd make a great founder's wife because I'm so pretty and I have excellent people skills...
Hugo: (shakes his head)
Luna: and my family is flat-out loaded, so I come along with a
lot of money. I'll
be the trophy wife. I'm not even afraid to admit it. I mean, how could you
not choose me, you know? Yeah, you know!
Hugo: And not that she bothered thinking of mentioning her traits, but she's a gregarious romantic who's childish.
Luna: I sure am! That makes me that much more fun to be around.
Hugo: Or a glorified toddler, but whatever.
Elsa: Aaaaaand moving on.
Luna: Wait...I don't...I don't think that was a compliment…?
Elsa: Here's Chaya who Balthasar thought was so wonderful. Hmmm, a self-assured, neat perfectionist who's a quick learner. Wow, pinky was right about you. Pretty fantastic! Pretty
and fantastic!
Chaya: Umm, that's sweet and all, but this is my husband, Winston, and we're rather happy together, thank you.
Winston: That's sweet, darling, now send the strange little child away (heads toward the house).
Chaya: Still, a dynasty...I mean...no. I'm married and such. Huh, to think, me, a dynasty spouse. Craziness.
Elsa: I'll take that as a strong maybe! Hmm, and the blue haired husband could make an excellent pollinator once he's her ex!
Chaya: Sorry, what?
Elsa: Nothing! Moving along!
Elsa: Speaking of married ladies, this is Nancy Landgraab. She is
not an option. She took my hamburger and she will pay. Oh yes, she...will...PAY!
Nancy: You know I can hear you, right?
Elsa: And that's why you don't get to be dynasty spouse! (stomps away)
Nancy: ...what now?
Elsa: So, pinky met the girl with the awesome name and the check-in gal at the burger joint and they happen to live in the same random household in Newcrest with some loser who has the same last name as them.
Alina (redhead): Yep, yet none of use are related. Anyway, I'm a clumsy, jealous, cat-lover who just wants a nice, quiet home. You know, because of my domestic trait.
Elsa (but not the Watcher version of Elsa): Ooo, I'm also domestic! Yep. Totally love the home. In fact, my neat trait means that I clean the home really well and I'm cheerful while I do it. And a vegetarian, but that didn't really fit in with the whole home theme I had going.
Alina: Speaking of themes, what's the deal with your hat?
Elsa (but not the Watcher version of Elsa): Safari so good!
Alina: (facepalm)
Elsa: Anyway, there was another lovely lady in Newcrest...
Elsa: Jamie Sadler, a jealous, kleptomaniac collector. Not a collector
of kleptomaniacs, but a collector who
is a kleptomaniac.
Jamie: Ummm, hi? Why are you here?
Elsa: To see if you get to be the spouse for the dynasty founder, of course!
Jamie: Umm, I didn't ask for this. Grandma, did you set this up?
Jamie's Grandma: Nope, but my level 9 cooking skill sure looks awesome for a dynasty helper, just sayin'.
Jamie's Cousin: Yep, and I have awesome blue hair and am already a step removed so in another generation or so my descendants could totally be dynasty spouse options.
Jamie: Umm, gross. K, I'm just gonna go do my homework now.
Jamie's Grandma: Jamie's such a good girl...when she's not stealing things.
Jamie:
Grandma!Elsa: Hmm, sounds like she's going the Luna route and being considered by association with a good cook. Noted. Moving on...
Elsa: It's Jolene! The waitress who mentioned how I'm super cute!
Jolene: Umm, hi. Does your mom know you're out here on your own?
Elsa: Silly Jolene, I'm a Watcher! I can totally go places on my own.
Jolene: ...why are all interactions with you so weird? I'm just gonna go make some fruit salad.
Elsa: That's because she's a vegetarian! In fact, almost all the ingredients for her fruit salad are vegetables! So, you're materialistic, unflirty, and a quick learner. Well, you'll quickly learn that pinky is bad at flirting, but the money you bring in as a single will be increased with needing more helpers, so that's more stuff to feed your materialistic nature!
Jolene: Are you judging OOWWW!!! I just cut my finger because you distracted me!
Elsa: Oh, gotta go! See ya!
Elsa: Jade Rosa looks way better when she isn't morphed into Dominic Frye's body.
Jade: Yeah, that was pretty awkward. Anyway, I'm neat, outgoing, ambitious, and business-savvy. Not only that, but I was also the ancestor of the beloved Ericka Took from the first Took dynasty!
Elsa: Umm, that's a different timeline and you're not supposed to break the fourth wall. That's only for Watcher usage or occasional comedic bits.
Jade: Oh, sorry. Oh! Another good thing about choosing me, if you need pollinators, I bring a couple nice-lookin' fellas along!
Eva: And me too!
Jade: Yeah, if we need an in-house potential spouse, Eva's got it!
Eva: Ooo, can it be Paolo's baby?
Paolo: What now?
Elsa: And the sudden awkward turn is my cue to leave!
Jade: Why is awkwardness my legacy so far in this dynasty?
Elsa: Well, since we were mentioning Dominic earlier, let's look at the Fyres harpies.
Moira: Oh, I don't know how you'll choose between my gorgeous little angels!
Siobhan: Oh, mom, you're making me blush!
Morgan: You're making me gag.
Moira: Darling Siobhan over here is an ambitious, self-assured, gregarious, insider
and already a young adult, so those grandbabies could happen right away, if you know what I'm saying.
Siobhan:
MOM!!!Moira: But our cute little rebel over here is good, outgoing, and gregarious, and even though she's a teen, she's
so worth waiting for!
Morgan: Umm, ew!
Dominic: And she looks so much like her gorgeous mama!
Moira: Ooo, keep talking like that and we might have a third option on the way.
Morgan: So gross. I just can't even with you guys right now.
Siobhan: You guys are so
embarrassing!Elsa: Huh, Jade has definitely been out-awkwarded. Moving right along...
Elsa: Candy Behr.
Candy: Yep! That's me! Fantastic spouse material and totally should have been picked for the first Took dynasty.
Elsa: Stop knowing about that, people!
Candy: Anyway, I'm an outgoing, cheerful, gregarious music-lover and I'm super excited about the prospect of my kid sis getting to move into a dynasty house.
Yuki: You realize my descendant actually
was part of the first Took dynasty?
Elsa: Stop. Knowing. About. That! Seriously, people!
Candy: Anyway, I think Balthasar is such a cutie and I just know our babies will be
beautiful!
Yuki: Yeah, and I guess I can be the slave labor.
Elsa: "Helper." We prefer the term "helper" for our slave labor. It's Watcher-speak for "person we shackle to a job to ensure that the dynasty founders are successful and get all the glory and credit."
Yuki: Yeah, that makes it sound so much better or whatever.
Candy: That's the spirit, Yukes!
Yuki: Please stop caling me that.
Elsa: Next up...
Elsa: Miko Ojo.
Miko: Hey, Elsa! I think I can sum up my biggest benefit as potential dynasty spouse in two words: purple hair. I mean, it's all about genetics, right? Gotta make sure the dynasty line is the coolest looking, and let's face it, I'm gorgeous and have the best hair out of all your options.
Elsa: And you're so humble too.
Miko: Excellent use of sarcasm! You see, as a good, neat, alluring geek, I get to hear and use sarcasm in a ton and a half of social scenarios, and if there's one thing Balthasar is particularly bad at, it's social scenarios.
Elsa: This is true.
Miko: But wait, there's still more! Act now, and you not only get this eye candy to drape across the arm of your up-and-coming actor, but we'll also throw in, absolutely free, these two chumps as slave labor!
Darling: Who you callin' a chump?
Miko: And Akira back there is pretty hunky, so he'd make a great choice as a pollinator.
Akira: I mean, she's not wrong...
Darling: Traitor.
Elsa: And our final option...
Elsa: celebrity fitness trainer Kayla Flemming.
Kayla: Oh my goodness! You're the adorable little angel that was sleeping on the couch last night when I met that cute dork!
Elsa: Yep, and you might be lucky enough to be that cute dork's wife.
Kayla: Say what now?
Elsa: Yeah, you love the outdoors, you're an active foodie and you have a high metabolism. None of that really seems to scream "excellent wife," but let's face it, you're really pretty and already famous, so he'd get instant fame cred just by association.
Kayla: Well, you've got some of that right, but let's get one thing straight, he'd be the one who'd be lucky enough to be with
me and not the other way around.
Elsa: That's fair. I'm putting you down as a definite maybe. (walks away)
Kayla: Wait, what did I just sign up for?
And so, with her list compiled, her questions answered, and a long list of strong maybe's, Watcher Elsa heads off to make her decision. It will not be an easy one as she must weigh the pros and cons of each choice, determine the balance of what will make for a harmonious household, and above all, decide what will lead to dynasty success.
Elsa: Let's see...eenie meenie miney moe…
...oh...*As a footnote, the updates have been coming fast a furious so far, but it's going to slow down for a bit for two reasons. One, I'm simply curious which options will develop a following as I, quite honestly, haven't made up my mind on spouse choice yet, and the second reason is so I can use the non-game file I've created with a Sim in the acting career since I've never completed it before (just played around with the first few career levels) so I can make sure Balthasar is set up for success. Feel free to add in any tips about the acting career if you'd like, and of course, let me know which spouse options you like and why! And of course, thanks for reading :=)
