Thursday, May 29, 2014

Love is a Riddle - Chapter 2

Tom and Liz hit it off right away, and got to know each other over a game of  juice pong.

Then they went out to watch the stars. Everyone say, "Awww!" In one of the screenshots she actually looked a bit frightened but I thought this one was sweeter. =D

He even dreamed of her that night. Could He Who Must Not Be Named actually have a heart? That's not frozen over?

It's his first day of classes and things are not going so well. He was late to his very first one! He was too busy playing with his wand (no, not that one you pervs!) to get out the door in time.

Later he started working on his painting skills. I plan to use the first paintings to decorate his daycare/house and provide a moodlet boost then eventually he can sell the more expensive ones. 

After getting sick of the messy house and stinky roommates Tom tried to Crucio his vampire friend, but the punishment curse turned it into a good luck charm instead! Can't a man be a little bit evil just this once?!

Liz is always throwing parties and inviting Tom but he shows up and she's not even home! Thankfully she was this time so he made his move. 



She accepted his advances! Yay! He took the opportunity to ask her out while he was there and she said yes to that too. =]

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Love is a Riddle - Chapter 1

Hello everyone and welcome to my new Backwards ISBI legacy! Our founder here is Tom Riddle, yes that Tom Riddle! The name randomly came up through the name generator so I just had to use it. I already decided on a direction I wanted to go story wise but I've been able to adapt it slightly to fit an evil dark lord.

You see, things weren't going well for Tom. Harry Potter had defeated him and now he must pay. He is going to live out his own special version of Hell by reincarnating as an old man! In this world he isn't allowed to be evil, on the contrary he has to help people. If he had been helped as a child maybe everything wouldn't have gone so wrong. There are no orphanages in the sims for him to dedicate his life to so instead he will open up his own daycare!

He also has to pay for what he's done to Harry. As an elder he is required to find a wife, have at least two kids, and live long enough to see them enter adulthood. He will not be allowed to leave his children without a parent. He also has to raise them to be decent human beings. Any child who rolls the trait evil will be out of the running for heir.

Tom's traits are: Charismatic, Athletic, Nurturing, Artistic, and Ambitious. His LTW is Renaissance Sim.

Since he doesn't have a bookcase I had him buy an athletic book on his tablet and listen to a podcast on Charisma. I don't want to rely on the tablet too much but he needs to get enough points to jog and to learn charisma by talking to people.

Here are the age setting I'm using for this game. 

I wasn't planning on making him a witch but once the name Tom Riddle popped up it was basically required! Thankfully witches are one of the approved life states since they don't live longer than humans. 

Well hello Mr. Llama Man!

For some reason I had him take the aptitude test even though he only had like two skill points. Obviously no scholarship yet.

Then it's off to the library to get out of the sun and work on his charisma a bit more. 
"In another life I was a dark lord and now my punishment is raising children. You wouldn't be interested, would you?"

More skilling!

All right, enough points to learn to jog! Apparently his house is a loooong way from the library so he got fatigued when he was only like half way there and had to use his broom the rest of the way. It was after midnight by the time he got home and really tired but thankfully didn't pass out.

When he got home he took the aptitude test again and got a partial scholarship! Since he has to start his own daycare he is getting a business degree and will be able to finish it in two terms.

 If I had remembered you left right away after enrolling I would have waited until morning. For some reason I thought you called and then you left the next day.

Poor Tom has to stay in a co-ed dorm with a bunch of muggles! Will one of these lucky ladies be the next Mrs. Riddle?

He was very excited to learn one of his dorm mates was a vampire. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.

After talking to the vamp for a while I had him go and request more funds. This was used to purchase an all-in-one bathroom to save time in the morning.

Upon entered the meet and greet Tommy spotted this lovely lady, Liz Tarry.
She's a rebel, she's a witch, what more could a man ask for? Just because I have to get married and raise vile offspring doesn't mean my woman has to be some goody-two-shoes muggle!

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Speed Simself - Update 2.15

Savannah was hired for another show, this time at a coffee shop.

It's time for Sean's birthday already!

Apparently he's a fan of bots, whatever that means.

Cassandra is an elder now. I think that's the same haircut Mom used to have...

These are Tamsin's two eldest, Jace and Shanta.

After Sean's makeover. This shirt is a hand-me-down from Reggie.

We had a big Snowflake day get together with almost the whole family!

Sean got a new bike.

Elyan got a training dummy. 

And Faye got some more scrap for her workbench.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Speed Simself - Update 2.14

Savannah had her first actual show at the park where she normally performs for tips. She was a hit!

Since he lives just across the street Faye's cousin Reggie (Cassandra's son) likes to come over after school and do his homework.

Video games are my favorite way to get in father/daughter time!

Birthday sparkles! 

I love this look on his face! Elyan picked up the Coward trait.

Of course his first act as a teenager is to scare Ruadhan who has also aged up to teen.


"The tickle monster is gonna get you!"

We got Faye a workbench as an early birthday present since she's eccentric.

Speaking of birthdays...

She inherited the computer whiz trait from Savannah. (A/N: I had a bit of a glitch which caused her not to grow up. She also wouldn't sleep. Seems like an odd thing to be related but they happened at the same time. After trying a bunch of different things I had to go to a backup, enter CAS, save her to bin, make a new family with her as a teenager and an adult, merge the two family, use mastercontrol to make her related and take away the relations of the old Faye, and then kick out the other adult and old Faye. So if you run into this problem that's how you fix it lol!)

We used my parent's inheritance to start our own resort! Right now it's just one tower, a pool, and a lobby with buffet tables in the basement. We plan to reinvest all the profit, at least at first, so it can be a nice source of passive income for our kids.

With the glitch Faye missed her first day of highschool but I was off that day anyway and was able to tutor her.

Elyan got his first job! He's going to be an alien test subject at the science lab.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Speed Simself - Update 2.13

With the help of her walker Faye learned how to walk.

It's weird to think about Ruadhan and Jace being Elyan's niece and nephew rather than cousin since they're so close in age.

It's always nice to have a ghost at your spooky Day party!

 Since she's back on maternity leave Savannah has gone back to painting. I really like this one.

Birthday sparkles! 

Faye picked up the Eccentric trait and a whole lot of cuteness, if you ask me. 

Elyan loved having another child to play with! Now they can pillow fight and play hopscotch and tag and all that other fun kid stuff.

Meanwhile I was working my way up the chess ranks. I've been slacking on that lately but I need to get busy if I want to fulfill my lifetime wish!

Savannah decided on a home birth this time around.

Sean inherited Genius from me and Good from his mother.

Faye and Elyan love to play pretend!

Okay seriously, this is getting ridiculous.

Tamsin had another two kids, a girl named Shanta and this little guy named Harry.

Savannah's turn to age up!

(A/N: Please ignore the random body hair lol.)

Then it was Sean's turn!