Sims 3: Zodiac Challenge - Chapter 1, The Rat

Since my last update, I've been looking over the list for what upcoming generations will need (remember, I'm basing my challenge on this and this), and it's led me to rethink what Haven's life goal would be.  I was thinking Leader of the Free World, but, on reflection, I prefer that for Dragon (which, incidentally, is my own year).  Plus, the Ox's motivations are about finding love and distinguishing herself from her family, and less about her own ambition.  For those reasons, I've decided that Haven's goal will actually be to become a 'Jack of All Trades', and rise to at least level 5 in four careers (and 6 in one).  I also want to build her a home based on Green Gables (or, rather, based on this), because I've been watching Anne with an E this week, and it seems like a nice cosy little family home.  I realise that the house is literally there for downloading, but I enjoy the building process.  Plus, I kind of want to put it on a hill, if I can.  In other news, I'm writing this post bit-by-bit as I play, not in hindsight like with others.  So if the tone is different, that's why.


Gift-giving day has passed, which, in the Sims, means that spring is coming.  Jake hosted a big family party.  Rosie turned up in her swimsuit (because she's insane), and Silas finally got to meet the rest of Haven's family!  His face says he has concerns.  Serena asked her boss/sister-in-law for a raise, but the promotion option didn't come up - maybe it won't for the final level?  Daryl - the eldest cousin - has married Elizabeth, the girlfriend who made-out with Jasper, after she got pregnant.  I considered having someone persuade them to break-up, but I think I'll just let it play out instead.

After the party, Rosie immediately went home and married her girlfriend, Lindsey.  None of the family had met her yet, so Jake went off to judge her suitability.  Lindsey moved in with Rosie and Jasper, so she was now a lot easier to find.  Lindsey was at work, so Jake spent a bit of time catching up with his only son, who is still wearing his graduation robes.  Jasper appears to be complaining about living with Rosie.

I realised that, since Lindsey is now family, I can view her traits on the family tree, so I didn't actually need to go over and meet her.  Still, Jake is already there, so might as well.  Lindsey is excitable (like Serena), a genius (like Jake), a computer whiz, and dislikes children and the outdoors.  Generally, she's pretty suitable for Rosie and thus now has the family blessing.  I did want to edit her style a bit, but I realised that the cropped look she has is actually the only natural hair look for black women-sims, which seems a bit limiting.  Jake her a pregnancy book as a gift, since he was carrying it around in his inventory anyway, and Serena had a new want to be a grandmother, ever since her eldest daughter got married.  Oh, and trivia; Jake spent his childhood reading that book over and over from cover to cover, for no apparent reason.  He just liked it, I guess.  Or maybe it was just that we were too poor to buy new ones for him.


Serena finally got her promotion to the top of the music career!  And on her one-year anniversary of working there, too!   Just in time - she ages up tomorrow.  Speaking of aging up, Libby has 4 days to go and Haven has 14, which is very odd, since they're twins.  I know that, at one point, all of Haven's lifetime happiness rewards disappeared, so I'll assume it's Haven that's wrong and age them both up in a few days.  That's exciting!  Plus, I know I moved Silas in only a few days before Haven grew from child to teen, so there shouldn't be two weeks between them.



Because of the age gap, I messed about with the woohooer mod to allow Silas and Haven to carry on dating, despite one being a young adult and the other being a teen.  A side-effect of this is that Libby can now also interact romantically with adults, and she's decided that she really, really, likes Squall Leonheart.   Squall Leonheart, one of her dad's old friends.  She went to school with his and Selphie's four kids, and he's also in a relationship with Silas' foster-mom, Mendy (the random adult I put in his house so he was allowed to exist as a teen).  Still, the heart wants what it wants, and I am HERE for the drama.  So I let them risky-woohoo...and now Libby is pregnant.  As a teenager.  To a man 7 days younger than her father.  Still, at least Serena will get the grandchild she wants!   I'm not sure how that will affect their birthday - can pregnant sims age up?  If not, I guess I'll have to wait until the baby's born before they age into young adults.  I'd rather not, because I want to observe this baby as a background NPC, not one of my playable characters, which means I need to age Haven up and move her out.

...I checked and Libby shouldn't automatically age until the baby is born.  I might try to have them both age up anyway.  I'll save first.  Their birthday should be Love Day. Haven went out for breakfast with Silas, and Libby invited Squall over.  He did not respond well to her romantic advances, so they argued and he ran away.  Her pregnancy popped at some point during this and her body disappeared, because EA did not create maternity wear for teenagers.  I've got no option to tell anyone about the pregnancy, presumably, again, because of the teen thing.  Rosie has invited us all to a party, so maybe we'll go to that and Haven and Libby can age up there.  At the party, I also got a picture of Lindsey with her new hair!  I assume she is thinking about Rosie.

I aged Haven up, and then saved because she had stupid hair and my game has a tendency to crash when I enter CAS or outfit planning.  Unfortunately, it was only after that that I learned I can't age Libby up, even though the option is there.  It auto-cancels.  Oh well; Haven will have a baby at some point, and that will even them out.  I can always invite Libby over for the young-adult to adult birthday and make sure they're the same age then.

After the party, Haven went over to Silas' place and proposed.  They'd just got the 'Faithful' moodlet, and it seemed time.  He said yes!  Cue telling her parents, trying on her mother's wedding dress and arranging a bachelorette party for later that evening, before heading off to her graduation.  Libby left the graduation early, because Squall called and invited her out on a date.  Bold move.  He then didn't bother to turn up, so Libby went for lunch and a massage at the spa.

Libby was late for Haven's bachelorette party.  She'll also graduate later than Haven and missed prom, which makes sense for the teen pregnancy storyline (Haven also missed prom, because she aged up the day before).  I invited all of Haven's aunts, sisters, and adult female cousins (of which there is only one, Barbara).  I've never had a sim bachelorette party before!  Haven asked her dad to make a speech before he went off to bed, and then they ordered pizza.  I am not a big fan of Haven's bachelorette hair, but the game wouldn't let me change it.  A stripper showed up, and Libby was really into him.  They woohooed in the shower and then Libby went into labour.  Jake was awake by then, so he took her to hospital, just like he ended up taking one of his sisters a few (sim) years ago.  Meanwhile, Serena was passed out on the floor, along with her niece and sister in law.

Squall came home from the hospital with Libby and the baby - a girl, Skye, who is brave and good like her father (I didn't get a choice, the game chose) - and Jake argued with him until he ran away.  I aged Libby up into an adult at this point, while the row was going on.  Meanwhile, Haven called Silas and asked him to meet her at the church.  I like to think the conversation went something like "Babe, I have got to get out of this house!  Libby not only slept with dad's friend and had his baby, she was late to my bachelorette party and woohooed with the stripper when she did show up!  And then she went in labour!  She does not like anyone else having any kind of attention whatsoever!  Babe, let's just get married and move out, just you and me.  I know you're not happy with Mendy [his foster-mom] and it's not like we could invite her and Libby to a party together, what with Squall being Mendy's boyfriend and Libby's baby daddy.  Let's just do it now!"

Anyway, he said yes, and they had a little private ceremony, in the church where her parent's married, in their normal clothes.  It was sweet!  I'll be moving Haven and Silas out immediately, to the adorable little house that I've bought for them - I'll just need to liquidate some of our belongings, so they can afford the 13,200 upfront cost.  Theoretically, I could sell Haven's bedroom stuff, but I have an idea that Skye will end up living there, unless she and Libby move in with the stripper (who, as a NPC, doesn't actually have a home).  Did I mention that his name is Robin Banks?  I could also wait until Monday (it's now Friday), when all the properties they own will have cash to be collected, but I don't want to.   Haven and Silas want to start their future as soon as possible.  

In other news, Libby popped a wish to get married - to anyone - after Skye was born and she aged up, and Serena and Jake both had a wish to have 5 grandchildren.  I don't know if that's going to happen, because Jasper is bad at relationships (even when his sister isn't ruining them), and Rosie's wife dislikes children, but maybe Libby will step up even more.  Haven will have fewer children - 4 and 5 have been a lot - and I don't think I'll start on that until she and Silas are both into proper adulthood, rather than young adulthood and/or until they get a wish for a child.