Uglacy Challenge

Kaebrianl looked to have a good chunk of days left, but, of course, you never know with her. While much trouble has been taken to get her into platinum, her grandson Michaiah has the opposite problem–he needs to feel a little more down in the dumps before he can swill some elixir and reduce his super-extended Tedious Teenhood. When his fears aren’t anything particularly forthcoming, it’s decided that Norman will use the SimVac to suck away Michaiah’s aspiration points. I suppose having Kaebrianl do it would have been more efficient, but it seemed a little too cruel for a grandmotherly goodbye. The trick works, and Norman gets into a superfluous platinum mood while Michaiah approaches the brink of despair. He’s promptly sent to guzzle elixir until he has but three tedious teen days left.
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Michaiah ages into a teen who, while ugly, was just not as ugly as God was hoping for. A quick makeover helps that along, however, and now he looks like someone I wouldn’t let into my home.

Following in the family habit, he rolls a Romance aspiration, though I don’t know what self-respecting Sim would want to suck face with any Pugsley since Kaebrianl. Speaking of which, Norman has been cultivating a thing on the side with the maid, Lucy, while Sandy has been pursuing Daniel Pleasant for some extracurriculars of her own, but neither has gotten to sleep around nearly as much as they’d like. Maybe during that home stretch of elderhood.
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Turning the family of three remaining Pugsleys into a family of four was no small feat. In an attempt to speed up Norman’s Tedious Teenhoodâ„¢, he went to have a sip of elixir in low green with three days left before his birthday. And it gave him three more days. He tried again. He got three more days. He tried again. He got three more days. He kept going, trying to at least undo the extra time, until he had regenerated his entire teenhood and was back to 15 days. After something like three tanks of elixir, he finally got back down to just three days and left it at that. Meanwhile, Juan and Kaebrianl aged naturally into elders in the green, which would have been the low green if they didn’t autonomously flirt with each other right before six, and actually look fairly distinguished. I think it helps that they’re both at maximum fitness, so they’re not quite as saggy.

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Kaebrianl had invited over the dashing Juan McCullough to watch her transition into an early adulthood, and sparks flew. Juan is a Knowledge Sim who came with full charisma as well as 7 creativity, 6 logic, 4 cleaning and 1 body, not to mention a wardrobe containing every possible NPC uniform, a thousand stuffy business suits, and several sets of sweats. Choosing the solitary example of “middle ground” to be found in the dresser, Juan selected a polo and beige pants as his outfit. A 6/6/5/8/2 who, in that weird NPC body-snatcher kind of way, apparently started life as a 5/3/7/3/7, Juan is the only NPC I’ve seen with more than 25 total personality points. Upon his arrival in the household, Juan had met a total of TWO Sims, Kaebrianl and Aackrod. What a man about town. Kaebrianl and Juan wasted no time (nor decorum) getting engaged and then married by themselves in the den so that they could get down to the business of conceiving an heir. In the meantime, angels swooped down from the heavens and added another floor to their house.
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Kaebrianl was determined to overcome her shyness and be a successful Popularity Sim. She wanted to meet some new faces, so she idly started calling services on the phone to see if anyone interesting popped up. Repair? Nah, too old. Maid? Nope, a woman. Bartender? Nope, dull-looking female. But, she rolled up the want to have a party. Of course, she wasn’t actually friends with anyone, but she threw the party anyway, since her parents had already invited over their friends Sandy and Goopy. Then, as an afterthought, she bought a bar for the den and phoned the bartending service. This time, it was as if angels sang and a ray of light beamed through the phone–Juan the Bartender was on call!

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Kaebrianl sailed through toddlerhood on a couple bottles of Smart Milk and grew into a child. Melissa and Aackrod’s work schedules necessitated hiring a nanny for a day, which turned out much better than usual–since Kaebrianl didn’t actually need any attention, Kendal the nanny spent her time cleaning the house and left the family a turkey dinner at the end of her shift. (!) Kaebrianl is a cheerful Sim who loves to clean, usually amuses herself, and gave me the “oh goody!” look when I sent her to work out for body points. Why, oh, why did she have to be part of the Uglacy? Really a waste.
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