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~Bleh!
WOO I GOT NIGHTLIFE. I've got more random Sims 2 stuff backlogged. Rather than doin anythin constructive, I've just been playing Sims 2 a lot. Also, instead of doin, say, an update or somethin, HAVE SOME SIMS 2 SCREENSHOTS.



HA I SAID I'D MAKE THEM. I like this Kaufmann more than my last one.

Oh Dahlia. You can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned.

Much like before, Dahlia's getting along with people rather easily. Kaufmann this time seems a bit more sociable as well. Hurray!

I thought telling her ta study da flamingo would be funny. She ended up doin it fer like, an hour, even when I told her ta cut it out.

DARN IT EDGAR.

Dahlia gets around, weirdly enough. I see her Downtown a lot.

STILL DOING IT. Actually, I went and poked through da menus and found out that's not a stick of butter, but a gold bar. Looks like butter ta me.

I need ta make Harry again. ANYWAY, I began wonderin about kids and such. Since I got aging turned off, I don't see a lot of da life cycle. I also think my kid-aversion from da original Sims is still in high-gear here. Do kids have individual socials? I was curious, so I decided ta rig up a family with more than one kid. Therefore...

Edgar's past! Yes I am sad. Ya know what's weird? Ya can't have an elder take care of kids. I tried ta set Granny Vargas as their parent, but it wouldn't let me. I had ta bump her down frome elder ta adult. I wonder why that is? I guess cause normally elders don't live that long. Pssh. Scri being a toddler and Edgar bein a kid also let me check out some crossgenerational interactions!
Yes, she's got Kame's hair. I wanted her ta look old. Darn age restrictions.


I cheated ta make their house. It's da first and only time I've ever used da motherlode cheat, but I wanted ta see if I could make Edgar's childhood house correctly. I've got a fairly clear picture of it in my head, and this is pretty close to it. Da real one is a bit more cramped and old, dusty. There's also a bunch of items in there that ya can't replicate in Sim terms, but hey. Pretty close.

Kid-Edgar bakes! Snerk.

AND BURNS IT. BWA HA HA. It fits too well.

What amuses me is that Gran showed blatant favoritism for Scri over Edgar. I think it may be because she raised Scri from a toddler, rather than just had him as a kid, but still. All her wants involve playing, telling jokes, or helping Scri with his homework. Fits too well.

They had their housewarming party, and adult Scri and Edgar came by. Which makes this intensely bizarre. Here, adultScri and kidEdgar cross paths. SO WEIRD.

I was curious as ta whether a child could take care of a toddler. Ya know, carry it around all wrong or somethin. Nope. Children can kiss, play, or talk to toddlers, but that's it. They can't let em out or feed em or anythin. Family kiss here.

This makes...three versions of Edgar in Strangetown? I DON'T HAVE AN OBSESSION WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

Edgar actually wants ta be friends with his childself. But he can't invite his kidself anywhere without having to get Gran to come along as well. Again, this all matches in a weird way.

The Zombie (he no longer has any real name) always tends to irritate people. He does tend to drop by on Sims pretty often though. Fer a zombie I guess he gets around.
I want ta see if I can bite the zombie. I'll have to get a vampire to get in contact with him.

I noticed that after the zombie threw a water balloon at Edgar, kidEdgar wanted to do something with the puddle. I assumed that he wanted to clean it up since his neatness is pretty high, but instead he decided to play around in the water. He had a great time doing it too. Another kidonly social! At least, I think it is. I've never seen an adult play in a puddle. Maybe a Sim with low neatness would. I'll check with the zombie. Zombie has no neatness at all.

I dunno what I was doing here (a bad job, apparently) but babyScri ended up passing out. Instead of picking him up or anything, Gran resolved to worry about him instead. It's a cute social. I haven't seen it outside of parents worrying about their children, and that one time Michelle worried about using the stove after setting a fire for the fifth time.


Aww.

I love how kids nap on couches.

I'm assuming Edgar's in the bathroom or something, thus why Gran is not liking him. I hope.


So, still wantin ta check out if there were any other new socials, I checked out what else Edgar could do. When Scri was playing with a toy, Edgar could talk to him. Woohoo, another interaction!

Helping with his homework.

DIE TOY DIE

BabyScri and the xylophone. A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP BORN.

KidEdgar and the piano. I wonder if Edgar took piano lessons? Hmm.

Children sit on books to play chess! Aww.

So Scri eventually grew up into a child, and I could check out other new socials. Here, it turns out that kids don't gossip, they tell secrets. Same basic idea tho, different name.
They also have two new games they can play. There's this handclapping game that had a weird name that i can't remember. Something with Mary. Anyway, it's that game where ya sing that song and clap hands tagether. Ya'll see what I mean in da video. They can also play Cops and Robbers, which is adorable. I'm not sure what else they can interact with just yet. I'll hafta go back and check.

Reading to Edgar. Aww.

Something about this is just too cute.

Fer some reason one part of their house has an issue with roofs and walls. Da roofs are too low or...something. I can't find a way ta fix it. Eventually I just pulled the room entirely. Before I did tho, Scri made a huge mess in there, and weeds ended up sprouting. Gran called Edgar over ta help her clean it up.

So anyway, I decided to go back to the rich!Vargas family. My god, they're so frigging wealthy. It's completely ridiculous. Also I think Edgar was sick. Again.

Scri often spontaeneously argues with Edgar. For no reason. Usually right after that he wants a hug or to play or something. THANKS SCRI.

Scri wanted ta invite Tenna over. So I did. Then he started hitting on her.

GOD WILL NO ONE EVER LET THAT WEDDING PARTY GO JESUS.

Tenna fell for it. I blame Scri entirely for this.

You ho, Scri.

They just have this ridiculous amount of money. I decided to buy some stuff just cause they could afford it. Thus, roof expansion with ridiculously large fountain.

Thinking of art, apparently.

The Execuputter! Nny's reward fer getting so far in the Business career.

Gran came over at some point. She and Scri got along fabulously. Weird.

These are so perfect sometimes. I swear I don't set these up.

So Scri and Nny have had this platonic relationship fer a long time. They're just friends. One day, Scri wanted ta play handheld with another Sim, and Edgar was at work. So since Nny was around, I had them play tagether.

APPARENTLY PLAYING HANDHELD MAKES SIMS FALL IN LOVE. AGH. If I recall, this relationship was broken off without too much fuss when Scri saw Nny and Edgar hug or something. Scri's feelings were hurt a bit, but he got over it.

Mostly by inviting Tenna over and laying the charm on her.

Well, what can ya do.

So far, Devi has no idea. Which is good.

Scri was totally happy to get some action after a while. After he had like...five concurrent relationships on Alix's computer, it was a bit of a shift fer him ta end up on this computer minus all his previous relationships.

The other Edgar is also in Science, so he shows up occasionally. They both get along very well. It's really weird to watch.

I think they're best friends now. If they got into a relationship, would that be cheating? I can't decide.

Mr. Samsa!

I was playin around with da Aspiration rewards. Basically, da things ya can get fer makin yer sims happy. I totally abused the Learning helmet (I have a lot of Knowledge Sims, what can I say), but I never really checked out the others. I decided to give the Social Glasses a try. They look exceptionally retarded. HOWEVER, they're actually rather useful. They bump relationships with other Sims up a ton real fast. I used them with Scri when he had no friends initially to help him get to know people.

I plant the pot and then tend ta ferget about it. I have one successful plant harvested from the whole thing that I put in da bathroom. Otherwise, I just keep fergetting. Here Edgar's actually taking care of them tho.

"Yeah, I'm a glorified janitor. Blah blah blah."
Scri actually wanted to flirt with Gran at one point. That creeped me right out, so I decided not to have him call her ever again until he stops getting those ideas.

I had Edgar tutor Nny on the medicine machine at one point. I thought it'd go well (Edgar's logic is maxed out) but apparently Nny screwed up somewhere, cause it opened up and spat a virus all over Nny. This was different than yer average Simcold, and it lasted a LOT longer. It was nastier too. Anyway, Nny got infected. He then promptly turned around and made out with Edgar, which got him infected right away as well. NICE SURVIVAL SKILLS YOU TWO.
The sickness lasted fer a few days. They were totally miserable and constantly vomiting. I kept trying ta have Edgar make a cure, but fer some reason he didn't have any success. Darn it. It did eventually go away, and thankfully Scri didn't get it too.

Pool table! Scri wants ta hustle pool a lot. I still haven't managed ta get him ta do that. Hmm.

Edgar goes ta write a novel, ends up writing about Nny.



Edgar CAN bake Alaska! :D

Here's a good shot of the zombie's portrait.

This makes me feel all fuzzy. Darn it.

So Scri got his wish a longtime ago on Alix's computer ta be top of da Slacker career. He was happily there fer some time. With da College expansion tho, yer Sims get new lifelong goals that, if fulfilled, will put them in Platinum Mood ferever. Scri's new goal was ta be a Celebrity Chef. Ya know, if Scri ever did have a cooking show or endorsed somethin like that, I don't think I'd buy it.
Anyway, a choice came up where a party was really boring, and Scri had da option of streaking or staging a singalong. Both seemed pretty likely things fer him ta do, but I went fer singalong. Scri jumped around on tables, broke things, got kicked out and was fired. Ouch.
On da positive side, it meant I could start him on da cooking track!

SO GAY, EDGAR.

Tsukiyo wandered inta Scri's sights. There's only one outcome.

Edgar and the other Scri (the one who lives by himself...I'll call him poor!Scri, since he is terribly poor) play pool.

One of Nny's paintings.

PFFHAHAHAHAHA SCRI'S WEARING FLAIR AHAHAHAA.

Darn it Scri.

Tsukiyo's turning out ta be quite the player.

Peasley is a popularity Sim (I didn't know what else ta make him), so he wants ta have as many friends as possible. Scri is among them.

Nny got his final promotion! He's top of the business career now and thus rides a helicopter. Other Sims hate it cause it's so loud. bwahahaha.

And here, Edgar got HIS final promotion to Mad Scientist! That was Edgar's lifelong goal. Therefore, Edgar is the first Sim I have to achieve that goal and reach Platinum mood fer life.

Another time Edgar got a question which I answered right fer once, and he got a research grant fer FIFTY THOUSAND SIMOLEANS.
I swear ta god, this family is just ridiculously wealthy.





Edgar's mad scientist outfit! Neat mechanical hand. It reminds me so much of those old school black and white mad scientists. All Victor Frankenstein and such.


Anyway, the Vargas family seemed well-set. I noticed that I had made the Mario brothers ages ago, but never moved them in anywhere. I also found Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, and that reminded me of how much I frigging love Luigi. So I decided ta build em a house and move em in.

Mario and Luigi got along very well. Mario's a Popularity Sim, and Luigi's a Knowledge Sim. Close enough, I guess.

Amusingly enough, a huge amount of Mario characters already in da neighborhood dropped by ta say hi.

Mario talking about himself! It's so rare fer me ta see Sims do that. I think Popularity Sims do it more than others.

Zell and Mario became best friends. Strangely, it fits. Zell came over at one time and started playing with da fridge. I've never seen a Sim do that before! He just rode da doors and slammed it open and shut and had a grand old time with it. Okay Zell, sure.

Luigi and Toadsworth became friends. I think that makes Luigi Toadsworth's ONLY friend. Fer some reason, he just sets everyone off. No one likes Toadsworth. Ah well, what can ya do.

GO TO WORK EDGAR

Best friends! :D

I dropped in on the Beantoad household fer a bit, but god I hate how their house is laid out. I may move them out, demolish the house, and make a better one. Anyway, Lady Lima tickling Peasley. Aww.

Ahehehe.

Yes, they got along very well, if yer curious. Peasley admiring Luigi here.

::cough::

I CAN'T DENY MY CRAVINGS FOR PXL

:D

Ya know, funny story. I had Peasley and Luigi out on a date when I got the Nightlife Expansion, and Dad walked in right when Luigi's wants were like WOOHOO PEASLEY :D :D :D and I was like OH HI I'M DOING NOTHING. I think he thought Peasley was a chick, since he was facing away from the camera, and he wandered off, altho he did ask me why I had Luigi in the game. I LOVE LUIGI WHAT CAN I SAY.

Red hands!

Aww.

Flirting.

I'M SUCH A SAP

As a special note, Leaping Into Arms is considered a romantic gesture by Sims. If ya've got Sims ya want ta stay platonic STAY AWAY FROM THAT SOCIAL. I found this out da hard way.

YES I TOOK A LOT OF SCREENSHOTS SHUT UP

Hee.

Whispering. This was some flirting thing, I can't remember which one.

A quick peck.

Best friends! :D

Kissing up the arm.

And Luigi takes the initiative!


Anyway, after happily gaying up Luigi something fierce, I ran out and got the Nightlife expansion as soon as possible, because I have an addiction. I wanted ta see all da new stuff available, and so what Sims would be better fer buying random useless stuff than my fabulously rich Vargas Sims? Back to them we go!


Yes, ya can make Garages. I haven't figured out if they have any purpose yet tho. Maybe they're ornamental? They don't park their car in there. Maybe I haven't checked it out enough.

NEW ITEM - Poker Table. Oh ho ho ho.

Not a bad way ta make some money. Every Sim drops 100 and plays. I'm not sure what determines yer skill at da game, as most of da time it seems pretty random. Sims'll play with the chips, look thoughtful, look at their cards. IT'S AWESOME.

and of course, it's a Sim magnet. Whenever they get a spare moment, they're always playing Poker.

Nny usually does pretty well.

Scri and Nny fairly cleaned Edgar out fer this game.

Tho he did win one hand or two. They play Texas Hold 'Em, and they flip and burn cards and everything. It's so cool.

New social! Primp.

So I bought them da most ridiculously expensive car cause it was a drop in da pond fer them. I noticed that one of da paint jobs was totally Speed Racer, and I had to have it.

There are a ton of new socials fer interactin with other Sims, and one of da biggest ones is Ask. There ya can have yer Sim ask other Sims what their turn ons and turn offs are, what they want and fear (VERY useful), what their sign is, what their job is, what they're skilled at, how much money they have, and if they like your Sim or not (phrased "Do you like what you see?" which makes me giggle.) Here, Scri asks Tsukiyo if she likes what she sees. By the cloud of hearts around his picture, the answer is yes.
Sims have chemistry now, portrayed by little lightning bolts in portrait pictures. Scri and Tsukiyo had good chemistry, but Scri had even better chemistry with Tenna. Not sure why that is. They can also have bad chemistry and such, but that wasn't a problem here.

What's Tsukiyo's turn on?

Scri likes her back. Hurray! As far as I can tell, all preexisting relationships in da game when ya update have mild chemistry. Thank goodness, if they suddenly had bad chemistry that would suck.

They brought back Slow Dance! :D I missed that social from Hot Date. Ya can do it anywhere too, which is convenient if yer not near a stereo. Once yer slow dancing, ya can do three different things. Head on Shoulder...

Lowering your hands...

And smooching.

That guy just stood there and watched. Okay buddy, whatever.

New item! A photobooth! Ya can take goofy, normal, or romantic pictures in there. Ya can also, of course, woohoo there. Fun stuff - ya can buy this and put it in yer house proper. So ya can public woohoo anytime! I think. I haven't exactly tested it. Nny is afraid of having his picture taken with Edgar for some reason. D:

After ya get yer pictures taken, yer Sim can keep em with em and stuff. Yer Sims have an inventory now, which is interesting and has its uses. Ya can put anythin in there, and I mean anythin. I haven't found anythin I can't pick up yet at home.

MOST PUBLIC WOOHOO EVER. Frigging million people came ta cheer them on.

Tsukiyo had a great time on their date, so she dropped by later ta give Scri some flowers. They can also give yer Sims other things, like one time a successful date gave Scri a nice fountain. I'm not sure what a horrible date gives you. I'm tempted ta try it out.

They love this car.

If yer Sim is turned on by another Sim, they'll randomely think abuot that Sim with a cloud of hearts around their bubble. Edgar and Nny have good chemistry. :D

There are a LOT of lots Downtown, and even places where ya can move yer Sims in. They're real hardware intensive tho, and they make this computer lag sometimes. Still, they've got fun stuff there. Here's a ton of Sims all interacting at once.

Bad chemistry! It looks like Dowasure is one Sim that Scri won't ensnare.

New item - DJ booth! One thing I love about Nightlife is that it has these remixes of da original music. Like da Build a Family or Neighborhood Screens have these awesome remixes that play sometimes. I love that stuff. Anyway, da DJ booth lets ya SPIN SOME PHAT BEETZ. When ya click on it it goes "Be the DJ!" which amuses me. I think it's da exclamation point.

Ya can do lots of stuff with a car. Ya can Take it fer a Spin, ya can listen ta music, turn da lights on and off, go ta work, or just goof around in there with other Sims. If ya got someone else in da car, ya can kiss, make out, and woohoo. Kissing is sweet. Make Out and Woohoo fog up the windows.

Like so!

Karaoke machine! Hee hee. Whenever Sims sing on it, I'm reminded of that one bit in Family Guy where Peter was like "LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY! DAN DAAAN" horribly offkey. I'm not sure what influences yer Sim's skill at this. Tsukiyo took ta it pretty well. Nny actually feared singing Karaoke.

Dates have a meter that tell ya how well yer doing. So do Outings, or at least, a real outing. Ya can have a "Just for fun" outing that isn't scored. While I've gotten high ratings fer Dates, I haven't been able ta do a good outing yet. One reason is that sometimes yer Sims will randomely get invited on Outings by Sims they know. When this happens, da group chosen ta go is picked by the inviting Sim, not you. So in Scri's case here, the Outing he was invited on happened to have both his current girlfriends, and one of his girlfriend's girlfriend. What this resulted in, of course, was Devi and Tenna kissing, oblivious, and Scri having his heart broken, which promptly ruined the entire outing for everyone. Not happy with this, I loaded. NO AFFAIR FOR ME THANK YOU.

Dance floor at a terribly gothy nightclub.

They're so frigging rich I put a bowling lane on top of their house for no reason.

Scri's got a good collection of these roses going on.


The Electrosphere is fun. It works up Body, but it'll throw you off eventually. It's fun to watch Sims goof around on it though.

OFF THE SPHERE

Scri and Peasley become BEST FRIENDS. Asking a Sim ANY question other than about their interests counts as flirting, I've found. WHAT'S SO FLIRTY ABOUT ASKING WHAT A SIMS JOB IS I ASK YOU

Asked what Peasley's fear was, and apparently he was afraid Scri would die. Okay.

"Do you like what you see?" "NO!"
Peasley escapes!


This was great. Edgar came home totally exhausted, but also hungry. I told him to eat, than sleep. Instead, Edgar did both. Nny looks quite scandalized. He got a minus for it too. Hee.

Thankfully, Gekkani is a teenager so Scri can't seduce him. However, he did gossip to Gekkani that Nny and Edgar just recently WooHooed. What the heck, Scri.




Okay, I admit it. I'm fascinated by the Poker. The cards really change and everything! It's neat!

BrownhairEdgar does not find RichScri attractive. Snerk.

Aha! I found a vampire! It was remarkably easy ta tell this lady was a vampire fer a number of reasons. She always walked like this, fer one. She had red eyes and pale skin, dressed very oldschool, and her name was Contessa something or other. Also, her portrait file had her all hissing and stuff.

Hey ladyyatexel isn't that yer hair thingy? :D

I had Scri take Tenna out ta dinner. There's a bunch of new socials fer when yer Sims are sitting together. Toast fer one.

Caressing hands...

Blowing kisses!

Inevitably, Scri ran into himself. Amusingly enough, they got along. You know where this is going. They're both giant whores.

Of course he likes what he sees.

Masturbation? I'll leave that question ta da philosophers.

My, that was fast.

ASDHGDHSAEETGGBDH

Charming one another.

And hitting on one another.

Tenna liked da date with Scri so much, she gave him an Electrosphere. Sweet!

I wanted ta try fer a good outing, so I organized a very small group fer Edgar, of poorEdgar and poorScri. Only poorScri could come.
You know where this is going.
This is also where I found out that asking Sims questions is equal to DRY HUMPING THEM DARN IT.
poorScri likes fit Sims. snerk.

Hehehe, I fergot that poorScri's job was a Criminal.

THIS WAS A COMPLETE ACCIDENT.

Scri's a...Capricorn? Is that what that is?

Edgar asked Scri what he wanted, and he wanted ta call his other self. Thank you Scri.

THEY DON'T HAVE CHEMISTRY ajgkgh.

Apparently, it doesn't matter to Edgar here. Darn it. He had been so monogamous.

Scri looks entirely too happy about this.

Heh. KAUFMANN DOES NOT APPROVE.

More poker. cough.

Darn it.

While Scri and Edgar were out on their Outing-turned-Date, Kame and Toadsworth apparently decided to become bitter enemies. Not sure why. They had a fight which Kame won. Hehehe.

"What do you fear?"
"Being married to YOU!"

This cracks me up.

Edgar's cooking is maxed out. I had him make Crepe Suzette, cause I was curious. It also gets set on fire!

Always between them. Snerk.

So I had managed ta get Scri and Nny's relationship back on track after their previous affair. So, I noticed that among some of da new socials (feed a bite is adorable), there were some new play options. Ya can Throw Food, or Steal a Bite from someone else's plate. I thought it'd be funny if Scri threw food at Nny. APPARENTLY THIS IS ALSO CONSIDERED FLIRTING. GOD SGASGAEDGHJD.

Scriabin congratulates Edgar for cheating on Nny. With himself. This is too good.

I knew this would happen da minute I made two Scris. It was something that could not be fought.

This reminds me of those weird FFVII doujin where Seph is having sex with himself fer no reason.

Scri and the vamplady! They didn't get along too well, if I recall.

While Scri and Scri were on their date, Cyrus and Michelle apparently exchanged words and got into a fight. They got into TWO fights during the date, and I think declared each other the most bitter enemies. Okay, sure. I made a note at this point ta go back and check on them eventually.

I dunno why Denka's watching. Okay Denka, sure.

So I assumed that maybe, if I made Scri and Nny fight, I could make the hearts go away. I planned on this, but Nny was tired and went ta sleep, and Scri came back exhausted. I told him ta go ta bed, fergetting that their room was connected. Scri saw Nny in Edgar's arms and flipped out.
Sims take thing MUCH more personally now, I've found. While before, if yer Sim caught their love cheating, they'd take a hit to the two other Sims pushin em to -20 territory. Now, Scri hated Nny and Edgar with a furious intensity and they got bumped to -100. -100. Not only that, Scri became furious with both of them. This is indicated by their portrait files being indicated fer Scri with a red glow, and them being da only thing that Scri can think about. He thinks about them now (especially Nny) with burning thoughtbubbles of hate. Wow, Sims hold a grudge now.
ON a related portrait note, I noticed that at one point, Scri had a blue portrait fer Gekkani. I'm not sure what that means.

Here's Scri hating on Nny. He does this a lot now. I'm trying to repair the relationship, but it's pretty ugly. Edgar and Nny of course have no idea that Scri hates them both so much. Scri actually fergave Edgar much faster than he fergave Nny. Edgar's only at like...-20, while so far, Nny's still at -70. Eesh.

Darn it Scri, get over it.

This chick literally just walked by the house, and Scri made her fall in love with him. Thanks a lot, Scri.


Anyway, I decided ta check on my M-2's and see if I could fix Cyrus and Michelle's relationship. Away!

The gypsy lady is a new service. Ya can call her ta set up a blind date fer yer Sim, or have her hook ya up with some love potions. If ya need it, she also sells Vampricilin D, which will cure vampirism, fer very cheap prices.

Toadsworth and Kame are enemies now and hate each other. I have no idea how this happened. However, now Toadsworth randomely comes by the house and steals the newspaper. Not just reads it, STEALS IT.

Aha, another vampire! This time, I was determined ta see what vampires were like, and Kame was my victim. I had her chat up the vampire, who was named Count Skylar. That is the least threatening name ever.
Also THE SUN? Nice work Kame. Amusingly enough, Kame and the vampire hit it off right away.

There, ya can see da vampire's portrait. Hee.

The old lady from Hot Date is back! Mrs. Crumplebottom. I've only seen her once, which is sad. Fer some reason she amuses me entirely too much. I tried ta have my Sims talk ta her, but she just lectures them instead in this hilarious squeaky voice. Hee. Here Kame worries that the lady is gonna see her chat with the vampire.

There she is!

I think its her voice that cracks me up. So far, I've just had her lecture my sims. I wanna have some Sims make out in front of her and see her beat them with her purse.

I dunno what Gabriella did here to make her angry. She was just having a drink, lady!

Speaking of which, Michelle and Gabriella's relationship was quite happy. Hehe. Who doesn't enjoy a little leeesbian erotica every now and then? ::end Something Awful voice impression::

Cyrus: CHAIR
Me: Okay.
Cyrus: CHAIR. >O
Me: ::sigh::

Kame and Denka have become best friends. That's so messed up.

NO WAIT THIS IS WORSE

The seeds fer Kame's eventual vampism were planted. Now I just had to wait and get the vampire to bite her.

It is HARD to make Sims stop fighting. Michelle and Cyrus will get close sometimes, stop being enemies, and once they even stopped being furious at each other, but then one of them will randomely poke or yell at the other, and at that point it's right back to -100 furious again. DARN IT.

Cyrus has like...no friends. It's sad. He's friends with Kame at least.

Best friends! Still no bite.

Surely he'll bite her now!

...now!

.......now!

...now?

Darn it, even a WooHoo and no bite! Here, the vampire stalks out after. Nice work there, vamp.

VAMPIRES ARE SO ROMANTIC

Chinese food! :D

Cyrus floating. Heh.

Oh, the vampire wants to do something? Let's see...be bitten? ALRIGHT!

And thus did Kame join the ranks of the undead.
Ya know, I'm not too fond of Vampires really. I think they're kinda lame. But da Sims 2 vampires act like old black and white horror movie vampires. They're goofy. I like that.

Also Kame's new portrait was pretty awesome looking.

I think my love for the Sims 2 vampire was clinched when the vampire wanted to do something to Michelle. I checked it out.
It was "be blehed!!"
And I was like "Bleh? What is this?"
Sure enough, the vampire went up right to Michelle and made the classic old 20's horror movie vampire "BLEH!" at her. IT WAS AWESOME. Michelle shuddered and the vampire went off, satisfied. I went and checked with Kame, and yes, you can Bleh!! people. I love that it has two exclamation points. It's under Irritate. HEE.

So Kame's relationship with the vampire was at 100 or so. They woohooed. Then he bit her. AFter they went home, the vampire promptly went over to Cyrus, who had a relationship with the vampire of maybe 12, and bit him. DARN IT.

Right after he turned into a vampire, Michelle came and slapped him. I dunno if those two things are related.

After Kame became a vampire, Michelle and Gabriella couldn't get enough of her. They found her extremely hot. Also, their wants at that point changed to "Be a Vampire" or "Michelle becomes a vampire" and such. Their fears turned to "Kame gets cured of vampirism" and "be cured of vampirism" and such. Kame herself also feared being cured, and she often wants to bite people. You CAN bite other Sims! :D However, a Sim can reject a bite. I haven't had that happen yet, but Kame fears it. She also feared Cyrus being cured.
Cyrus, on the other hand, wanted to be cured of vampirism. He also wanted Kame cured. Everyone else in da house tho loved Kame being a vampire. And Kame loves being a vampire.
The description fer da memory is hilarious. It's like "Now I must dwell with the creatures of the night! Bleh Bleh!"
I just love the Bleh. That sells it for me.

Vamps hate sunlight, of course, and when da sun rises, they IMMEDIATELY stop whatever they're doing and cower like this. AFter that, ya can control em. But even in a house with no windows, their needs go down. Ya need ta have em sleep durin the day.
HOWEVER.
I foolishly thought this meant that Kame and Cyrus couldn't work anymore, and quit their jobs. Some trial and error later, I found that yes, vampires can work day jobs. The thing is, you have to have them sleep until right when the carpool comes and have them be at peak happiness and such.This isn't hard, since their needs don't go down at night or when they're in da coffin. Da run ta da car can do some damage ta their needs, but usually when they're in da car yer safe. Da car goes off ta work, and their needs go down just like normal. If they come home at night, awesome. If not, run them ta their coffins real quick, and heal the damage when night comes down. This way I've managed ta get the vampires some goodpaying jobs. Awesome.

Hee hee. Yes, when a vampire sleeps in their coffin, they cross their arms like this.

Fun stuff - you can dare other sims to peek at a sleeping vampire, or peek at yourself. I had Gab do it first, then had her dare Mich to do it.

Michelle peeked and shuddered afterwards, and Gabriella was satisfied.

They reeeeally like vampires. Or Kame. One of those. Maybe both.

Tsukiyo dropped by, so I had Gabriella dare her to peek too, this time with Cyrus' coffin.

Tsukiyo lifts the lid...

Cyrus apparently did not appreciate being peeked at. He popped up and BLEHed and Tsukiyo screamed like a girl.

"grumble grumble #$^#ing morons grumble grumble"

Gabriella was satisfied either way, I guess. Whether or not the vamp popped out.

Man, Tsukiyo is just the hot thing around this town.

Normal Sims can sleep in coffins too, but there's no flames burning in that case. And it doesn't protect em like vampires, and people can't peek at them either.

Fun trivia - I had Kame out on her date with the vampire, and they were at a graveyard or something. I noticed that when I clicked on a grave, not only could Kame mourn there, but she could move the grave around or put it in her inventory. Knowing that with three Knowledge Sims (Cyrus has been converted to a Pleasure Seeking Sim, a new aspiration for Nightlife) ghosts would be a precious commodity, I grabbed the tombstone. Put it on the lot, and voila! Instaghost! Very convenient. I can also pick up the tombstone and put it back in Kame's inventory when I'm done with it or just tired of the ghost whining all the time.

Kame wanted ta see a ghost. Michelle, however, at da time did not. Heh. She did not appreciate it. Kame did tho.

Kame here congratulates Michelle for making enemies with Cyrus. AGAIN.

Kame reeeeeally wanted ta bite a Sim. But I didn't want her bite ta be rejected. I'm not sure how high yer relationship with another Sim has ta be ta be able ta bite them successfully. I mean, the vampire bit Cyrus when he barely knew him, and later on bit Michelle when I KNOW they had 0 or maybe 5. Either way, I didn't wanna risk it. I had Kame call up her best friend at da time, Bella Goth. Hahaha, Bella. Bet you regret leaving Pleasantville now, or whatever that boring default city is called.

I like that vampires mesmerize a Sim before biting.

The bite itself is pretty quick and silly too, with accompanying wolf howl/bat noises.

Here's where they make da change ta a vampire, and this is usually where da comp lags a bit while it changes their wants and fears and portrait.

Bella the vampire! Heh. They bleh eachother right after. So far, it's always been a positive experience after being bitten. Probably not if you reject the bite. Hmm.
Bella's my first townie to get bitten. Bwaha. I'm setting my sights on biting one of the major Strangetown townies, the ones that actually live in houses.

CLIPPING ERROR WHEE HA.

Yes, vampires have no reflection. I checked.

I am such a doofus for little details like this.

Cyrus' new portrait makes him look rather menacing/sulky. It fits him, amusingly enough. It's not as overwhelmingly vampy as some of da others.

So. I want to bite someone in the town itself. Who to bite? Cyrus, as mentioned before, knows absolutely no one, and Kame doesn't know someone in a house. However, Cyrus has spyed on Vidcund before with da telescope. Now that Sims are more temperamental, whenever Vidcund comes ta push someone around, it's right to -100. Now, Vidcund bugs me, and I thought it'd be amusing to turn him into a vampire. That way, there's no way anyone could spy on him anymore, cause he'd only be awake at night! Sucker. Also, maybe he'd bite his brothers. It's no horrifically terrible death like Funkmeister inflicted (hehehehe) but heck, it gets another vampire and a townie one at that.

I had Cyrus ask Vidcund if he liked what he saw (I was curious) and Vidcund shrugged and mentioned cologne. First time any Sim has ever done that for me. Yer weird, Vidcund.

Michelle's career reward! A chocolate making machine. This actually makes some good money selling chocolates.

Now, Kame wanted to invite her vampire boyfriend over. No problem. Vampire stalks around, does stuff, then abruptly BITES MICHELLE. I swear ta god he didn't know her. Maybe only grand vampires can bite random Sims. Anyway, he bites her. I'm totally unprepared for this. Also, Michelle's new portrait is extremely, extremely stupid looking. It's the ultimate :B for vampires. She looks hideous. Everyone almost dies as I scramble to get coffins for everybody and get everyone to work on time.
Eventually, her hideous portrait inspired me enough to get her cured, despite the fact that absolutely no one in the house, including Michelle herself, wanted her to be cured. Gabriella actually wanted to become a vampire more than ever. But DARN IT. NOT YET.
Vampricilin-D is actually very cheap. Ya can buy it in bulk too at very good prices. That means that vampirism isn't that serious a thing to deal with. Ya can fix it no problem, and even influence others to get cured. This is good, that means that ya can experiment with yer Sims being vampires without too many repercussions.

Even tho everyone took an aspiration hit when Michelle drank the potion, I think Gabriella was pleased. First thing she did when Michelle was back to normal was make out with her. HURRAY.

And lastly, videos! As usual. We have a few this time.
Those Darn Kids involves a bunch of random kid stuff. Splashing in puddles, playing cops and robbers, playing that hand clapping game, jumping on the bed, playing with toys, learning to talk, being groomed. 2:08, 5.43 megs.
Wacky Teens has joint handheld gaming, teens admiring each other, posing in front of a mirror, getting an A-Plus, and Zell playing with the fridge. 1:17, 3.15 megs.
New Stuff has an aspiration changer, woohoo in a car, poker, the electrosphere, dancing (general and this goofy new one called the Smustle), wolf whistles, Denka stuffing his face for no real reason, falling asleep in food, bein a dj, and Mrs. Crumplebottom yelling at Kame. 3:15, 8.48 megs.
omgtehdramas Cyrus and Michelle fighting, Michelle and Gabriella woohooing (twice), Kame and Toadsworth fighting, Michelle making chocolates, Nny and Edgar woohooing (twice), Scriabin and Nny getting into a sissy slapfight, Edgar lecturing Nny, and the zombie walking around. 3:56, 10.2 megs.
Scri is a Whore has Scriabin being a whore, basically. Woohoos Tsukiyo twice, Tenna once. Slowdancing is also involved. 1:27, 3.64 megs.
And Bleh!! has the vampire hissing, stalking around, Kame and the vampire woohooing twice (and you can definitely have babies with vampires), Kame being bitten, Kame getting burnt by the sun, Cyrus getting bitten, Cyrus blehing Michelle, Cyrus and Kame blehing eachother, Cyrus turning into a bat, and Gabriella peeking in Kame's coffin. 2:08, 5.43 megs.

I LOVE THIS GAME.