The Banwell SimTech Dynasty Week 2: InfantasiesPreviously at Banwell Camp: Our Founders Chad and Hill settled on the Villareal estate and started making babies. Chad started hunter-gathering and Hill started Singing. Infant Cherry arrived and another baby was on the way. The adults got very hairy and everyone got very smelly.Era: No Tech
Family L-to-R: Chad holding Cherry, Hill
Villareal Estate, Windslar, Windenburg
Bracing Breezes, Childs Play, Romantic, Off-Grid, Wild Foxes
Life was hard in the Banwell Cave. Hill aged Infant Cherry up into an Angelic Toddler and then went straight to bed. As with the previous pregnancy, she was uncomfortable and nauseous most of the time. Cherry watched her Da modify her Infant bed so that she could sleep in it.
It was very difficult to get anyone anything less than stinky. Playing in the little pool helped but not much. It was fun though, especially with the strange bird that was always there.
Early Tuesday morning, Cherry’s baby brother was born. She couldn’t decide if she was most upset about that or scared of the storm he brought with him. He was named Thunder which some might say was auspicious of something but we’ll not worry about that.
Despite not being pleased to have Thunder arrive, Cherry entertained him with her dancing and singing. Did he like it? No-one knows. But he didn’t cry while she did it.
When Thunder aged up to a Wiggly Infant, Cherry decided enough was enough and took matters into her own hands. Resenting the attention lavished unnecessarily (in her opinion) on her noisy brother and becoming uncomfortably smelly, she took off the little wrap that she wore and went wandering. Her parents, I’m sorry to say, did not notice and so Cherry’s manners were not corrected.
This fox, Two-Paw, does not like Hill singing to it. Which is a shame because she is getting better. She wasn’t concentrating on her Singing much until she realised that her growing Cooking skill is currently irrelevant despite the fact that it was feeding the family! Chad has maxed his Fishing which was a great cause for celebration and more singing.
Cherry wanted more of her Ma’s attention but Thunder was awake. Whilst he didn’t like being held, he did want company. Hill told Cherry to follow her to the firepit and she would chat with her while she was cooking.
Fortunately Cherry took a while getting up the steps because her Ma got burned while lighting the fire. Thunder, in the backpack didn’t get burned. Cherry thinks she’s glad about that.
I’m sorry to say that someone called the Repo Man appeared on Thursday. It was thought that they might not so Chad had ignored the strange white stuff in the post on the corner of their camp. As it happens, frog breeding and digging have provided a small nest egg to buy a new (long drop) toilet and a firepit. How could he take the firepit? He rubbed his hands as he did it! Sadly Chad had been in an exhausted sleep and did not rouse to fight the Repo Man.
Chad was cross that he hadn’t lived up to his name’s meaning “protector” for his little family so he jogged it off with Thunder on his back. Thunder seemed to love the jogging and Chad maxed his Fitness. We are all very happy again. Chad does tell jokes when he’s happy but he gets dangerously Playful and so he doesn’t do it too often.
With no way of choosing when to age-up anyone other than Nooboos and Infants, Cherry aged up to a Creative Child just after Thunder aged-up to a Toddler. Upstaged by her brother one more time, Cherry was sad that no-one seemed to notice. But her Ma gave her a frog and apologized smoothly and that seemed to make everything OK.
Cherry relished her new responsibilities. She gathered water, dug for fossils and she could even roast fish she started catching if someone else lit the fire for her.
Letting Cherry take on some of their responsibilities, Chad and Hill found time for some extra-curricular activities…
Era: No Tech
Family L-to-R: Cherry, Chad holding Thunder, Hill
Villareal Estate, Windslar, Windenburg
Bracing Breezes, Childs Play, Romantic, Off-Grid, Wild Foxes
Founders:
Hill: Creative, Family-Oriented, Foodie +Loves Outdoors; Young Adult (8 days to Adult)
Charisma 8, Parenting 8, Singing 6
Chad: Loves Outdoors, Romantic, Self-Assured +Family-Oriented; Young Adult (0 days to Adult)
Charisma 2, Comedy 5, Fishing 10 (day 11), Fitness 10 (day 13), Parenting 6
Gen 2:
Cherry:
SunnyAngelic Creative Child (5 days to Teen)
Thunder:
WigglyInquisitive Toddler (1 day to Child)
NotesI was hopeful to get into the Low Tech Era in this Sim week, following the success of others, but I hadn’t factored in the demanding Infant stage. They achieved a lot of Social Milestones but their parents just don’t have the time or energy to do much Tummy Time. Toys and the playmat aren’t available so Fine Motor Skills aren’t developing either. Having back-to-back babies to delay Hill’s aging just isn’t practical!
Cooking is not a relevant skill for the No Tech Era. It’s possible that feasting on fruit wasn’t a problem previously but now, if they eat too much, they get stomach ache. Roasting fish builds Cooking skill and I’ll have to start Chad cooking instead of Hill to avoid her maxing it before they go into the next era.
Thunder looked very like Cherry did as an Infant and his default Toddler hairstyle was just right.
Cherry’s default hairstyles have needed changing each time. She looked lovely as a toddler with a headscarf and had a pinned back ‘fro as a child. Still, she can still work her unkempt styles.
