In this episode, Scarlet makes a mess* in the office.
*It was necessary, and you forgive her. Because you're sweet. And how do we know if making a mess is objectively wrong? Why is the sky blue? Why is the fridge cold? How will we ever know. Some questions aren't answerable.
So she's still detecting. She been on the cusp of level 4 for ages, and finally free from the tutorial, she can finally do the interrogation and get promoted. This is a very big effort just for a flipping gate at the basketball court. But here we are. And Ariadne is skilling up so fast that her development is in no way stunted by me not being on the home lot managing her.
Seriously though, hug your kids or they'll be psychopaths. They might be anyway. But hey, at least you tried right? Sometimes the tangents in this thread are very exciting. I have no idea what Fun we'll have until I write it.
There's Scarlet making a mess. What a picture. Incidentally, she has 42 traits at the moment. No need reducing / need eliminating traits, I'm totally with Carl on that. Watch the SuperSim videos!
And with her promotion, we have a fully enclosed basketball court. Gates to match the fence. Awesome.
I've just noticed as I write this up that the piano is still there. I did move it to storage, don't worry. If you don't have a tendency to worry, then I needn't have said anything. Right. And we don't want this to become awkward. So. Yeah. Okay.
We have the final gen 3 kid of the dynasty as a toddler.
So she has her dad's colouring at any rate. Hmm.
On days when mum had solved enough cases and didn't need my hand-holding to get promoted, dad stays home with Ariadne to tutor her.
And when she's asleep, Dennis makes garden pots for money trees. I'm not sure if I'll use them. The wedding paraphernalia is gone, fountains are there, more climbing rose arches. The money tree row was shortened by two tiles. It sticks out too much in the picture above.
"Is that a skating rink?" you ask.
Why yes. It
is a skating rink. It's been in the family inventory gathering dust since they moved in. I was idly wondering what might fit there. And instead of it gathering dust, and getting no value from it, it might as well be used.
"But... it's not winter any more. It's spring."
I am aware. And I'm clearly not even remotely bothered. But then, you knew that. As an aside, if you google "QI What Was The First Ice Rink Made From?" you can learn a fun fact.
I did not know that.
Scarlet found time to go to the Magic Realm because I need her to copypasto the money trees. Dennis actually brought a potion of immortality and potion of rejuvenation with him in his inventory. So for the purpose of making Ariadne an immortal upon her YA birthday, copypasto is all we actually need.
Her welcoming committee includes gasping sages and Dina Caliente. Also... that's our Ava Landgraab.
A symmetrical duel for artifacts.
I don't roleplay this much. Scarlet has no magic outfit. Jeans and shirt is fine. I'm also too cheap to buy her a wand. She can win one! (Not this time though. She won a mop.) Does anyone know if a rare wand actually improves dueling?
With Ariadne already level 5 in all skills after 2 days, Scarlet is carrying on with Detecting. Those boots gave it away. Never mind the APB checklist.
So, did you do it? (She did it. Obviously I'm not going to arrest the wrong sim just for laughs.)
Apparently he had it coming; he only had himself to blame. And if you had been there, if you had heard it, I bet that you would have done the same.
Friday, week 18. Spice festival.
Each new household seems to forget the unlocks of other households. This is fine, because it gives one a reason to keep going to the festivals. Scarlet is Curry Champion. Dennis isn't. Scarlet has had Chopstick Savvy for a while, but getting Spice Hound is -- was -- proving more difficult. She has it now. I'd like Dennis to pick up those traits. At home he's wearing the curry champion t-shirt his wife won. For motivation.
That evening, with Scarlet sufficiently tired, she finally dozed off to complete Beach Life. When a paparazzo arrived, I had to take a picture and I can't decide which is best, so here's two!
From yet another angle I could get the reflection of the moon in the pool.
*Edited to add: Note that somehow her shirt changes between pictures, while paused. I hope Scarlet really can stop time while she changes outside, because the paparazzo clearly got a picture.
With Scarlet's promotion to Sargeant she unlocked some decor items I've never ever used. So... I'll use them.
She's level 6, and I'll persevere to the end. There's a really nice computer and desk to be unlocked in the detective career, and I always wish I had it, but never want the hassle of actually doing the career. Where would the desk go in a Tiny House? In the fullness of time Ariadne will move out, and I'll put it there.
For now, the immediate goal is Scarlet leveling up magic.
That's easily one of my favourite magic pictures. It's so full of movement and expression.
That final picture is just before 6pm Sunday, so we could head off to the Starlight Awards next episode. Ariadne should age up as well. That could be interesting.
