A Twitch of a Tale (Nine Lives Dynasty) 4.1: Fourth Life in CloverOrion: Here’s your breakfast, Nova. Come and get it!
Nova: Com…ing…so…tired…nap…first
Orion: Family! There is something wrong with Nova.
Spot: Should we be worried?
Orion: Yes. In fact I think my current status is worried.
Simba: That’s right, boys, study just like these girls.
Spot: This is good.
Orion: This pleases you, father Simba.
Fasa: You’re doing it to improve yourself, boys, not just to please your father. Education gives you more options in life.
Simba: Yes, of course. I’m making you do this for your own benefit. It just happens to meet my purposes too. Now if I can just stick these sensors on your lovely smooth heads, we’ll really find out how you tick.
Fancy-Fancy: C’est incroyable!
Choo-Choo: You can say that again!
Fancy-Fancy: C’est incroyable!
Simba: There, and if I just tweak the input in this electrode…how do you feel, Orion?
Orion: I am delirious with joy. I…I…I
Simba: Let me adjust it somewhat. I don’t want to lose you…yet.
Orion: Oh father, it is good to hear you say that.
Nova: I’m a bit hazy over the next few days…
Choo-Choo: I just can’t believe she’s brown bread.
Felicia: We all knew she was old but it’s such a shock.
Simba: I’m sadder that I expected. How interesting.
Spot: Let me empathize with you, father. I’m sure it will help.
Simba: Oo…oh! Get out of my head and never do that again!
Spot: Sorry father. I feel my lack of worth.
Choo-Choo: Hey cousins, you’d better change your boats. Some of these jokers would turn you in for a deep sea diver.
Spot: You think we can’t trust our fellow students?
Fancy-Fancy: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Spot: We were all in the same class for the morning and all went to the careers presentation in the afternoon.
Orion: Choo-Choo got her Highflier award and then promptly graduated early.
Spot: Fancy-Fancy needs to hold on to her A for a bit longer before she qualifies.
Orion: She really wants to sneak out but no-one has invited her to anything so she cannot.
Simba: Finally, I have reached to top of my career. Those last results really sealed my worth to the department.
Simba: What do you mean, you’ve graduated early? How can I do the comparison results properly if we don’t keep the other parameters equal?
Fasa: It’s only a few days early, Simba. It’s their birthday on Saturday anyway!
Simba: They could have taken potions of youth to extend the data period.
Choo-Choo: Not on your Nelly!
Fasa: Our children are not experimental subjects, brother!
Simba: The boys are not real children. They are aliens and we must study them. You saw what Spot did to me yesterday!
Fasa: He was only trying to help.
Simba: He nearly killed me!
Simba: I’m going to the lab to upgrade the wormhole generator. As soon as it’s done, I’m taking the aliens back to their home.
Fancy-Fancy: Tu dois partir avec nos cousins.
Choo-Choo: I’ve earwigged. I’ll age up now while he’s busy. We’ll be safer with QPRs than here. Will you be alright?
Fancy-Fancy: Oui, avec nos parents. Bon anniversaire.
Spot : Father ? What is this place?
Simba: This is your home.
Orion: Our home is with you. With our family
Simba: We are not your family. You are aliens. You will live here now.
Spot: We do not have worth?
Simba: Not any more. I have sufficient data and need to make way for other subjects.
Orion: I see. We have been mistaken. We will return to collect our mementos.
Simba: If you must but they’re just irrelevant bits of tat.
Spot: They have worth to us.
Choo-Choo: I don’t know if I can do this Mum. I really want to be a good parent to the boys but I don’t have a scooby, really.
Felicia: Just read that book, while I unpack your stuff here. It’s a good idea to keep the wreck above ground. It’s less obvious. There’s plenty of room down here.
Choo-Choo: Do you think uncle Simba will look for them?
Felicia: He’s scared of them to be honest so no, I don’t think so. Probably best if they stay in disguise just in case.
Choo-Choo: Too right! He’s never paid attention to their human forms.
Choo-Choo: I’ve got the boys off to school and now it’s time to chill in the Winter sun. Ah – this parenting lark is lemon squeezy.
Nova: I wake up in a strange floral place but the most important thing is that it is warm!
Nova: Wait! Don’t show that photo! I can’t help that I’m a kitten again. Simba is not here. Fasa, Felicia and Fancy-Fancy all visit regularly. Is it a coincidence that their names all start with F? I don’t think so. My fourth life in a warm place. Life can’t get much better.
Nova: The Toms are using their human form so the Cockney Princess throws a Kava Party. The Cold Beard comes and she seems pleased to see him although all her socially encounters are awkward. I find it hard to tell if he is a suitable mate for her. His age is indeterminate.
Nova: The Toms are friendly with 2 girls, Stacey with blue eyes and freckles and Hana with brown eyes and light brown fur. No mating has been attempted. Things are simpler for cats, especially kittens.
Nova: After the party, the Cockney Princess agrees to bond with the Cold Beard. It seems to make her happy.
Nova: She immediately goes off to explore space and gets the final space rock. Considering there are only 4 in the collection, Simba went on a lot of explorations to get only 3. I’m glad we’re over that. Space travel is very dangerous for my companions.
Nova: Saturday evening and the Toms meet the French Princess at the school Prom. The Cockney Princess is too old now of course. The Principal, as she hands Orion his crown, lets him know that she has just given birth to Simba’s child. Orion does not know what to say.
Status: Week 16; Winter; Year 4Cat: Nova; Female German Rex; Life 4; Kitten; Prowler, Curious, Fluffy
ProgressRequirements:
Used
• Adoption requirement - Founder had level 9 Veterinarian;
• 1st resurrection - 900 Achievement Points
• 2nd resurrection - 900k Simoleans
• 9 unique adult aspirations
Available
• 9 Good Friends within household
• 9 each A’s/part-time jobs/scouting badges
• Spend 24+ consecutive hours in 9/9 different worlds (Oasis Springs, Mt Komorebi, San Myshuno, Granite Falls, Evergreen Harbour, Willow Creek, Copperdale, Britechester, Sulani)
In Progress
• 3.6k/9k Simstagram followers
• Cure your pet of 7/9 illnesses (Frozen Mange, Overheated Sniffer, 2 Squirrel Bites, 1 unidentified – cured by Wellness treat, Sizzlepaw, Winterfest Fever)
Museum Items (Bargain Bend, Willow Creek):
Complete
• feathers sculpture (12/12 feathers)
• 9 unique mounted fish;
• 9 unique frogs
• 9 pet treats made by a household member (Joy/Simba)
• 9 animal sculptures all made by Don
• 9 unique level 9 career rewards
• 9 perfect nip plants
• 9 photos of cat in each of the 9 different worlds from requirement
Remaining
• 4/9 paintings (1st Life – elder, 2nd life – adult, 3rd life - kitten)
Generation 1
Founder: Joy Leonine; Deceased; achieved adoption requirement
Spouse: Don Lothario; Deceased; part-time jobs completed - 5
Helper: Dina Caliente; Deceased; aspirations achieved – Master Mixologist
Generation 2
TC: 2 As in school
Benny: 2 As in school
Simba Leonine: 2 As in school; Aspirations achieved – Nerd Brain, Leader of the Pack, Fabulously Wealthy, City Native, Curator; Collection completed - feathers
Complete Bonus collections: Snow Globes; City Posters; Frogs; My Sims Trophies
Fasa Leonine: 2 As in school; Aspirations achieved - Angling Ace, Freelance Botanist, Renaissance Sim, Friend of the World, Painter Extraordinaire; Detective retired
Complete Bonus collections: Postcards
Felicia Bheeda: Aspirations achieved – Outdoor Enthusiast
Generation 3
Fancy-Fancy Leonine: 2 As
Generation 3
Choo-Choo Leonine: Young Adult; Good, Socially Awkward, Family Oriented; 2 As; Aspirations achieved – Goal Oriented
Bonus Collections: Space Rocks
Orion Leonine: Alien Teen; Music Lover, Active; 2 As
Spot Leonine: Alien Teen; Bookworm, Loves Outdoors; 2 As
L-to-R: Spot, Choo-Choo holding Nova, Orion
NotesChoo-Choo’s Goal Oriented aspiration is the first teen aspiration that I’ve ever achieved. My Sims usually take up the offers to graduate early which makes the teen aspirations hard if not impossible to achieve.
Farewell to Simba and Fasa who both worked so hard in this dynasty to complete many of the requirements. I loved playing them but Simba went to the dark side and Fasa to the boring side. It was time to move on but a quick look at Simba’s progeny!
I am very open to suggestions for Gen 4.
• Choo-Choo has the possibility of producing a Father Winter baby. I don’t want to move him in though.
• Orion (hat) has lighter human eyes.
• Spot is the one with pointed alien ears and I believe his hair is also red under that dye job.
• Hana is still a teen – Geek, Glutton.
• Stacie is a Young Adult – Ambitious, Green Fiend, Glutton.
• Neither of the boys have flirted with either and they have equally good friendships with them.
I haven’t got any particular storyline in mind but we’re only staying in Sulani until it’s cleaned up.
Cockney Rhyming Slang
• Boat – boat race – face
• Deep sea diver – fiver (money)
• Earwigged – twigged – understood
• QPRs – Queen's Park Rangers (football team) – strangers
• Scooby – Scooby Doo – clue
• Nelly – Nelly Duff – puff (breath) – life
• Lemon Squeezy - Eazy
