Blaine Attempts to Create a Protege

After a long hard slog of sing a grams, Sophie headed back home to see solace with the chickies. She used to find comfort with Pat. But, with their relationship still teetering on the edge, she found these gold coloured fluff balls soothing .. and adorable. S0NNY patiently waited his/her (I still haven't established a gender for this Plumbot, maybe a male?) turn.

Blaine, in the meantime, rolled a Wish to create a Plumbot of his very own. He'd managed to achieve some basic knowledge on Nanites and Trait Chips. So I put him to work.

And LO! He created .... BL4IN3.

Blaine: Now, remember B2 (his nickname for BL4IN3), you are still a basic model and very fragile indeed.
B4: What's ... 'fragile'
JINXIE: Oh, please...
Blaine: JINXIE, be nice.
JINXIE: I don't have to babysit this thing do I?
Blaine: Not all the time.
JINXIE: Well, I should hope not.

 Unfortunately, by the time Blaine had ... unsuccessfully ... debriefed B4 about how to behave in the house, it was time to go to work. (oh how I have missed the Firefighter Career) This time, he had his work cut out, as a medium sized earthquake hit the town, causing mayhem and damage all over the place.

He would have managed quite well, had he not spent half the night talking to B4 and answering that Plumbot's inane questions. And so his energy levels were quite depleted as he dealt with emergency after emergency.

Thank goodness for Sophie's quick thinking. Whilst heading back home from yet another sing a gram, she spotted a house still ablaze, with Blaine shorted out in the driveway, she popped in and put out the flames. (he seems to be doing that a lot - shorting out)

Blaine realised that he wasn't getting any younger and longed to retire. In fact, it was one of his Wishes (that I'd locked a long time ago). But he still hadn't achieved his LTW. So, unfortunately, he'll have to keep plugging ahead until he has managed to rescue ... 30? 50? Sims? I can't remember. I know he's not far off that target.

Back home, B4 was proving to be quite the opposite of a protege. He wandered around the house, wondering at plenty of things....

.... and having suicidal thoughts about taking a dip in the pool!!!

NOOOO!!! B4, you can't just do that, you'll fry! Hasn't Blaine told you that already?

Also, his memory chip must be malfunctioning because I found him standing right in front of one of the regeneration stations, complaining that his battery was going flat.

Blaine? What have you done? What sort of creature have you created?

Pat Disapproves of the Combo Bathroom

Despite Hespa gaining no qualifications during her life as an imaginary friend/doll. She actually GRADUATED!

Oh and get this .... not one single Sim made any derogatory remark about this 'strange new blue haired creature' in their midst. The Fae Council must be loosening the rules or something. Either that, or they're so used to this 'odd' little family that they've chosen to turn a blind eye - within reason.

Prior to the graduation, everyone was excited. Blaine looked slightly baffled.

Sophie, stuck in her 'sneak' mode, looked as though she'd gotten dressed in the dark in an outfit that I can seriously say W.T.F.????

The sun had broken through the clouds as they all waited for transportation to take them all to the Civic Centre.

For once, Sophie had absolutely nothing in her thought bubble as they gathered outside.

After the proverbial flinging of the mortar board and degree, Nessa approached Hespa and gave her a gift. I can't remember what it was, but Hespa was suitably delighted.

In the meantime, a merman was eyeing Shannon up and down and making all the correct noises of approval. Although I am baffled at his appearance because Dragon Valley is land locked as far as I'm aware.

Maybe there's a secret opening/tunnel that leads from one of the lakes to the open water?

Back home, Pat has decided that he/she does not like the Combo Bathroom in the basement.

Pat: I hate it. It's in my way.

No it's not. It's been there for years. *sigh* some folks are hard to please.

S0NNY EM, has found a brand new pastime.

Looking after the chickies in the chicken coop. I decided that they should be a little more self sufficient and placed the coop in their expansive garden. Rather than fruitlessly pursuing Blaine for affection, S0NNY can channel his/her love into these cute little things instead!

Back On Track

I just checked out the date of the last post and discovered that it was way back in September. Right around about the release of Sims 4. But, I've had my 'play' of 4. Started getting bored with it because I feel I wasn't progressing. More like being 'guided along' in game with no discernible variations that made that game challenging. And so I have returned.

And I never realised just how much I've missed Sims 3!

Really.

There have been some interesting developments during my gameplay so stay tuned for more updates!

In the meantime, as you've probably noticed, I've been creating a brand new banner.