A Twist In The Tail – 1.2: Out Of The Frying PanBill: You stay there and Troll some people until you get up at least one level!
Fagin (meekly): Yes, Mr Sykes.
Bill: Mr Sykes was my father. You can call me Bill.
Fagin: “Was” your father?
Bill: No questions – work!
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Fagin: And that’s how everyone is going to get blood poisoning from sitting on park benches!
Thomas Watson: Thank you for telling me. I’ll never sit on another one.
Fagin: I’ll just see if this pouffe over here will fit in my bag…
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Bill: I’ll get you next time! Don’t talk back to me! Wait – you’re the punch bag. Where did that bear go? Oh no! Not the voices again!
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Fagin: Thank you for bringing this yucky fruit cake – we needed a doorstop.
Penny: I was trying to be neighbourly. We were worried when we saw that Bill had brought a young girl back – you are only a teen, aren’t you? It’s not an appropriate place for you to be.
Fagin: Bill’s never touched me! Not like that! He’s nothing like my step-father! And this place is better than sleeping rough. I’ve got a proper bed and everything!
Penny: It’s just – everything’s black in here. And I can’t believe that Bill took the rug off where the previous tenant died.
Bill: I took it off because whatever rug gets put there starts to smell, you nosy old bag!
Penny: Well really!
Fagin: Is it true that the previous tenant was growing illegal plants and making funky brownies? And that he was killed in a turf war with Malcolm Landgraab?
Penny: That’s just an urban legend.
Bill: A brownie factory would explain the rat problem, or are they coming from your apartment. After all, someone must have ratted the last guy out!
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Bill: This hacking competition is a walk-over! I can just hack the save files. Blast it! They’ve got safety catches everywhere! *@*@*!
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Bill: Oh Penny – nice outfit! Am I pleased to see you or is this a Veggie Dog I’m holding?
Penny: Unbelievable! I hate you!
Bill: Wait! Why? Who was that? Where am I?
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Fagin: Don’t look now Bill but you need to fix that rubbish PC again.
Bill: But I’m in the middle of setting up a money scam.
Fagin: If you got a better PC, it wouldn’t break down so often.
Bill: If you “found” one for me, that would be even better!
Fagin: Next outing! After my Fast Food job.
Bill: Why are you bothering with that school project? Just sell it!
Fagin: We’ll get the same for it made up and this way the school won’t be contacting you about my grades.
Bill: Good point. No authorities sniffing round here, thank you very much!
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Bill: I spent good money on this chess board, you could at least come and challenge me!
Fagin: Yes, Bill. Of course, Bill. Anything you say, Bill.
Bill: What’s wrong with you?
Fagin: You’ve brought your baseball bat home…
Bill: It’s not for you, foolish girl! It’s in case that nosy neighbour comes round. I’ve got to hold on to that bag of cash for a bit and she’s a rat, no matter what she says.
Fagin: She told me that you’d hit on her.
Bill: Ha! Like that’s a believable story!
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Fagin: Yay! Level 10 in Mischief!
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Fagin: Mum always said I was a Problem Child so I’ve just made it official.
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Fagin: I’ll just troll some more folk. Better crack a window too. All that yucky food we’ve been making is giving me gas! Better out than in! (Sings )“Beans are good for the soul and the heart. Beans are good but they make you ….”
Bill: I’m off to work but I made you a cake…
Fagin: He’s all heart!
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Fagin: Hmmm – Insensitive, Bad Manners but Responsible – that’s me alright!
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Big Dream Progress – Year 1, Week 2 (Spring)
Bill Sykes – Dark Side Lord in progress
Traits - Evil & Erratic plus Self-Assured
Aspirations – Chief of Mischief, Public Enemy 3/4
Career - Criminal level 5
Skills – Mischief 10
Satisfaction Rewards – Observant
Other #1 – 0/6 good friends Evil or Erratic
Other #2 – Win 6/66 fights
Other #3 – complete 36/666 whims
Traits - Hot-Headed & Kleptomaniac plus Outgoing
Aspirations - Chief of Mischief, Renaissance Sim 0/4
Career: Own retail store, work there for at least 0/25 hours, 0/? Retail perks
Achievements – Problem Child
Skills – Charisma 2, Mischief
Satisfaction Rewards – Shameless
Other 0/3 Gold Parties (Incognito, Lampoon, or Keg)
In order for Founder Fagin to achieve Problem Child, she had to enter this Dynasty as a teen. With Swiping as a club rule, she and Bill have been on many “outings” to community lots. They can’t act as a thieving club at NPC houses but Fagin can swipe herself at them.
She’s very dedicated to her swiping – always swiping something each school day and work shift. Getting to 15 items was child’s play! Selling the dirty dishes won’t be an option and I seem to remember that selling books doesn’t work. She can read them for her Renaissance Aspiration. Everything she has swiped and that is sellable has been placed in her lock-up – a tiny plain building in Newcrest.
Bills “other” task of completing 66 whims was responsible for his “bold pick-up line” on Penny Pizzazz, despite them being declared enemies. His self-assurance made him want to and who am I to deny the guy a shot? Actually, I’m a bit terrified of him. I modelled his looks a bit on Oliver Reed who played Bill Sykes in the film of the musical Oliver. Fagin is clearly not modelled on any of the male actors who have played Fagin but just a randomly generated SIM from CAS.
I added a Mean Vibe to Needs TLC for the lot traits. It makes getting Bill angry really easy. I’m not sure how long it will be before they’ll need to relocate…
