A Twist In The Tale – 2.5: A Budget Wedding
Dodger: So what about it, Mum?
Fagin: I don’t know…it’s quite isolated.
Dodger: Thorne says it’s the perfect place to live, surrounded by people like us.
Fagin: But I’m not famous. Will the rest of us fit in?
Dodger: Think of the views, Mum. You’ll love it!
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Hampton Mansion (downloaded unfurnished from gallery) on the Del Sol Hills
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Rohan: Thanks for getting your mum to downgrade it from being a celebrity house. I felt embarrassed all the time.
Charley: You shouldn’t have – Dodger’s our celebrity and I’m getting a higher profile now.
Rohan: I still can’t get used to us having a butler.
Charley: He’s just like one of the family. Hey Hawthorne, that doesn’t need cleaning now. Maybe a cup of tea would be nice?
Rohan: A member of the family who sleeps in the attic!
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Fagin: Are you happy, Hawthorne?
Hawthorne: Of course, Madam.
Fagin: What do you like to do when you’re not butlering?
Hawthorne: I do like the great outdoors, Madam, and I’m known as a bit of a Dance Machine.
Fagin: I do like dancing. Would it be too odd if we danced together?
Hawthorne: Not at all, Madam.
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Fagin: Oh Noah, you do remind me of Dodger when he was little. You’re growing so fast
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Noah: Read me another, Granny
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Rohan: I can’t believe Noah’s a child already. We’re not even married yet – you do still want to get married, don’t you?
Charley: Of course. It’s just the move and my new job, there never seems to be time.
Rohan: I’m not a fan of this décor but it’ll do for now.
Charley: There’s loads of room here…room for another baby?
Rohan: Oh yes! Let’s!
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Dodger: And if we all pull together, we can change the world! Yeah!
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Rohan: I really don’t think he should jump up and down like that in just a towel
Rahul: I remember when he was a Rising Star. He’s really going places now.
Rohan: I hear you’re married to Nancy, Charley’s big sister.
Rahul: Yes, we’ve got a little toddler, Dorothy. Looks nothing like me…
Rohan: Gotta go! I’ve just had a birth alert from Charley!
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Hawthorne: How can I help you, Madam?
Fagin: You do so much. Thank you for seeing to baby Amy.
Hawthorne: If I’m not speaking out of turn, Madam, you seem a little low.
Fagin: I’ve just been feeling a bit lonely, lately.
Hawthorne: Surely not, Madam.
Fagin: Do you think I look like a grandmother?
Hawthorne: Madam is still in her prime.
Fagin: You flatter me, Hawthorne.
Hawthorne: Oh no, Madam. You’re a very attractive woman.
Fagin: Convince me!
Hawthorne: Of course, Madam.
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Rohan: I’m so glad we came to the Romance Festival. It’s perfect. Look there’s a Wedding Arch here. Let’s get married right here, right now! No unnecessary expense.
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Charley: You cheapskate! You’re always pinching pennies and I’ve had enough of it. To be honest, you’re being ridiculous when we’ve got so much money! I will not get married to you just because it’s convenient and you can save a buck!
Rohan: I can’t believe you’d say that about me. You know what my principles are, what they’ve always been!
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Rohan: I don’t understand. You said you wanted to get married.
Charley: Can’t you see that focusing on saving money is not what a girl wants to hear?
Rohan: It’s just I grew up with very little money and your family’s money isn’t my money. I can’t afford a big fancy wedding on what I bring in from the produce.
Charley: You silly man. The groom doesn’t have to pay for everything. It’s me that wants a full-on celebration so our family money can pay for it. Besides, those 2 money trees that Toby left bring in loads every day.
Rohan: I’ve never really thought of those as mine.
Charley: You weed and water them so…
Rohan: Actually, Noah’s started helping with that.
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Charley: Where do we go from here?
Rohan: Things seem to have cooled off between us – we need to work on that.
Charley: Let’s drink some Festival tea and check with the Guru.
Rohan: Really? I’ve heard she just says the same thing to everyone.
Charley: Let’s see.
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Charley: Oh – you were right. Tall dark stranger is such a cliché.
Rohan: Never mind. We can do this. Let’s get home before the tea wears off.
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Big Dream Progress – Year 2, Week 21 (Summer)Fagin (Gen 1) – Mischief Maker in progress
🗸 Traits - Hot-Headed & Kleptomaniac plus Outgoing
🗸 Aspirations - Chief of Mischief, Renaissance Sim
Career: Own 🗸 retail store, 🗸 work there for at least 25/25 hours, 7/20 Retail perks
🗸 Achievements – Problem Child
🗸 Skills – Charisma 10, Mischief 10
🗸 Satisfaction Rewards – Shameless
🗸 Other 3/3 Gold Parties (Incognito, Lampoon, or Keg)
Artful
Dodger (Gen 2) - Superstar in progress
🗸 Toddler: Imagination, Communication
🗸 Child: Artistic Prodigy; Social Butterfly; 🗸B in school
🗸 Drama: 4 accolade
🗸 Character Traits: Emotional Control
🗸 Teen: 🗸 Get a B; 🗸 3 times 1 hour telling jokes at community lots
Aspirations: 🗸 Joke Star 4, World Famous Celebrity 3
🗸 Career: Comedian 10
🗸 Skills: Acting 10, Charisma 10, Comedy 10
🗸 Satisfaction Rewards: 🗸Carefree, 🗸Always Welcome
Other: Star Treatment Perk; Global Superstar 3/5; 🗸 Proper Celebrity BFF (Monks); 2/3 good friends who are B-Listers or more (Thorne Bailey & Octavia Moon)
(Gen 2) – Internet Celeb in progress
🗸Traits: Geek
🗸 Toddler: Movement, Thinking, Communication
🗸 Child: Rambunctious Scamp 3; Social Butterfly 3
🗸 Drama Club: 4 accolade
🗸 Character Traits: Emotional Control
🗸 Teen: B in school, over 300 social media followers
Aspirations: Computer Whiz 4; World-Famous Celebrity 1
Career: Internet Personality (Social Media) 2
🗸 Skills: Charisma 10, Comedy 10, Video Gaming 10
🗸 Satisfaction Rewards: 🗸Night Owl, 🗸Entrepreneurial, 🗸 Independent
🗸 Other: 🗸 Drama Degree; 🗸 leave someone at the altar
Elderberry (Gen 2 spouse) – Garden Guru in progress
Move-In Collection or degree
Aspiration: Freelance Botanist 3
Career - alt: 4/9 unique plants from grafting
Achievements: 🗸 Splice of Life; Harvested Interest (29/50)
Skills: Gardening 10; 2 of Flower Arranging, Herbalism, Logic 9, Handiness 7
🗸 Satisfaction Rewards: Super Green Thumb
Other: Grow 0/6 perfect plants
(Gen 3 child) - ?
🗸 Toddler: Max Thinking
Child: Whiz Kid 2
🗸 Scouts: Young Scientist
Character Traits: Responsible
(Gen 3 Toddler) - ?
L-R Noah, Dodger, Charley with Amy, Fagin, Rohan
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NotesOnce again, the whole family had to introduce themselves to Amy when she became a toddler. It’s so bizarre but quite cute.
I hadn’t planned to have Charley’s Dream requirement of “Leave someone at the altar” at the Romance Festival but Rohan’s Freegan nature played right into it. Their pink love bar went right down afterwards to the point that they couldn’t have fun in bed but the tea’s effect lasted long enough for them to woo each other back to a strong affection.
