Round 3 - Lucas McCloud

After moving out of his brother's compound halfway through the season, Lucas McCloud moved into a nice red house across the street from his twin brother.

Said red house is slightly bigger than his brother's, and that it for a pretty good reason. :) You might see that already if you pay close attention to the layout...

But before said reason is revealed, let's move Lucas in first.

It's not too far from the community lot street, which is also nice. Time to start playing!

The first thing done is to grab the phone and invite Ben over for some couple bonding. :) 

"Uh, sure Ben. The more the merrier I guess."

"Okidoki. I'll bring my friend along then."

Let's hope it's not Debby, or else things could turn incredibly awkward in here XD

Luckily said friend turns out to be Diane White, including her favourite fur coat.

First things first - We got Ben to move in, and with his money stash we got enough money to develop another business!

Yup, that crush on Debby is still there. And Ben's lifetime wish also matches Lucas'. This is gonna be difficult, in order to have both of them work in Architecture in the same time we need to have 20 lots in town.

... I just realised I fecked up with printscreening Ben's skill panel. Out of my head I recall Ben having some points in pretty much all skills, but he's scoring especially well in Creativity. Poor Diane, she'd kill to have the job Ben now has to quit. :o 

"... Who the fuck are you, why are you calling us and what do you want?

"Ben, think of your language my dear."

At that moment Fabio walks by, and Ben greets him.

"Hi, I'm Ben and I was executed in second on The Mole."

"I'm Fabio, I got executed second too. Pleasure to meet you."

While Ben and Diane are watching Trauma Center, Lucas finished his painting and just sold it.

Ooh, a wolf! Wolves are always cool when they visit. 

And when wolves show up...

"Ooh, ees zat un loup moi sees?"

"Oh, hey Artie. Feel free to come in please."

"Ooh, zis ees toi new 'ome, Lucas?"

Soon later Ben discovers his affinity for games during a game of Red Hands with Artie.

It doesn't take long for the two of them to end up as friends.

As the day goes by, Ethan calls in and has a chat with Ben, as Lucas chats a bit with Fabio.

"Psst, Linda, I wonder if you have ever heard that Ethan often burns his cooking? You might want to practise yourself instead."

"Oh.. I better whip out my Cooking Mama games then."

It doesn't take long for Ben and Ethan to become friends through the phone.

Soon after, Debby and Aiden walk by. Lucas lets them in.

And then, as Lucas is cleaning up the kitchen a bit, Debby starts flirting... with AIDEN out of all people. 

Ben is furious and trying to find a way to rip her brains out à la apotheosis.

"How could you! You thought I have no feelings, du versaute Hündin?!"

"Ah- Ai- Ah- Ooh- Ah-!

"Moi ees leeving pour zis drama."

"Stay away from me, Debby Downer!"

"Great... I guess my life expectancy has just been shortened with 5 years with my brains clutched like that."

*WAH WAAAH*

"And you too Aiden, I thought you were my friend?!"

"Buh- buh-- Ah rejected her flurts. Dat's nawt fair!"

That's true Ben, and BTW you're with Lucas now too.

"Benjamin Schiffer, your behaviour deserves a poke in your chest, even though it may cause permanent damage to my finger bone."

"Ouch!"

In the meanwhile, Roxy is demanding that Lucas leaves the bathroom at once because she want to use the toilet... while Lucas himself was in there first taking a shower. Ooof!

After being shooed out anyway, Lucas offered Ben a consolation hug after the scene he's been through.

And Lucas now also rolls the red In Love hearts for Ben. ❤

While Lucas goes to cook something, Ben is confused on whether to smile at his BF or cry...

Aww, poor Ben. :o 

After all that Ben decides to take a shower to calm himself down a bit. Artie then walks in on him...

"Hem hem, moi vould like to usé ze toilette s'il vous plait?"

"Not now Artie, can't you see I'm taking a shower?"

Lucas has cooked some hamburgers in the meanwhile, and the two lovebirds join the meal together on the same couch. Look at the detail of the couch cushions denting as the boys sit on it.

Meanwhile the guests are having fun in the house. If my eyes don't deceive me I see Artie and Linda having a pillow fight, don't ask me where they grabbed the pillows from, and Diane, Debby and Aiden playing a game of kicky bag. Something seems to be missing here though...

... That's better. Lights, camera, action!

And looky there, some walkbys! Let's go and greet them!

... Ben, how the heck did you get stuck in there? I think I want to start a business with you but first we need to ask the rest for their skills to scout for potential employees.

Hmm, problem solved. Thank goodness the bathroom is free. I think we might want to find someone with Charisma or Cooking skills.

Ironically, Diane lacks good cooking skills. She does have good Mechanical, Logic, Creative and Cleaning skills though. She also apparently works as a surgeon. At least she's still working with knifes. :o 

...

Yikes.

To prevent more people from getting stuck in that corner I decided to add a nice little table to fill up the space.

Next scouting - Danny (especially since Maya was being very secretive). He's a Science teacher and quite good at Cleaning and Creativity. Nope, won't work.

After shooing out the guests, our boys clean up the place a little...

And then they get some nice lovey-dovey time together. :3

Some kissing...

... cuddling...

... making out...

... and stuff that Diane wouldn't even dare utter. :3

And then the afterglow. Awwww.

And as the night passes by, the two boys even start cuddling. :3

The next morning Lucas got up earlier. :) 

Being a Knowledge Sim, the first thing he's gotta do after his morning shower is skilling.

And soon Ben's up too, hitting the showers as Lucas earns a Mechanical skill point.

Ben is a little less lucky though - he burns the omelettes for breakfast.

The two lovebirds then enjoy burned omelettes while both clad in only a towel. At least they're not necked.

And then it's time for Ben to buy a restaurant, in memory of his old job.

Time to travel to Schiffer Bratwurst, to honour his German ancestry.

Pretty neat place so far, got enough space to help out all the potential guests, yet still compact enough to not have to walk around a lot.

Ben starts off convincing the guests to have a bite, while Lucas mans the host podium. Though it's not very useful that Aiden, out of all people, is in there.

Thanks to Linda, we earn our first gold star!

And not soon after, we earn our second gold star, thanks to Artie.

Some time passes, as customers come and leave, when suddenly Ethan and Linda seem to visit as a couple! It appears she'd rather dine out, than eat Ethan's cooking. Does that mean she puts more trust in Diane's rumours over Ethan's cuisine? :o

Ethan also likes it here though, and he earns us the third star we need to reach level 1! Yay for the 1.000 Simoleon cash prize!

Lucas, you clutz! XD Poor Aiden's now covered in food XD

Oh feck - Aiden's not happy. :c

At least we improve his experience after this incident, so we earn his star back. :)

Not soon after both boys are exhausted, so we head back home.

Just after Lucas has crawled into his bed, Brandon calls for a friendly neighbour chat. Pfft, bad timing XD

After catching some much-needed Z's, Ben starts skilling on some Logic points.

"Ugh, such a mess. These people should know how to clean up after themselves, I tell you."

Oh. Someone must've knocked over the trash can. :c DEBBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not soon after Lucas joins Ben in the battle of wits.

After a bit, Lucas decides to hit the showers, while Ben cooks breakfast because both of them are staying up far too late XD

And when the clock hits 5 they hit the hay. As I turn off the sound out of habit, (I've been traumatised by Sims 1 burglar stings, you know), a popup appears informing y'all I have Expeditie Robinson Season 1 paused in the background.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

It's the Leader of the Pack! I should try and have someone make friends with it! 🐺

Once they got their motives upped a bit after waking up again...

... It's time to go to the restaurant! Where the reporter comes to try this place out! I better impress her!

Doing fine so far. :)

Annnd it goes down again. :c

Eventually she just leaves without giving me any reviews. That shucks. Though Lucas did earn the Bronze Sales Badge during the day. :) 

The day goes by and I didn't reach level 2. :c Lets hope I can reach level 5 next playthrough though, the Culinary career will be unlocked then, and then I can give Ben a job in there. And if Ben maxes that career, he'll unlock it for everyone.

Once they got home Lucas received a call from his brother, while Ben tries some more cooking. Pretty useful, Ben needs to max his Cooking skill in order to reach the top of the Culinary career.

Also, I peeked into his inventory and it appears Ben somehow has a video game console in it. I'm sure they will enjoy it. :D

I noticed Linda walking by. Time to say hello to her.

After that the boys crawl into their bed again. Linda decided to leave soon after too, probably rather baffled and confused.

When the afternoon is ending, both of them wake up. Ben takes a shower, while Lucas tries to cook some mac 'n cheese, a longtime want of him.

After eating and Lucas having a shower too, they hug together. All together now: Awwww.

"Towel strip chess makes me horny."

"Hmm, maybe later tonight silly Ben. I'm trying to focus."

After a while Lucas calls it quits and goes painting instead.

Ben tries to cook up some mac 'n cheese too - and fails miserably. :o Again.

He did try again for some berry pie though - which went better, as Lucas studies some Mechanical skill. I believe Lucas now has the skills to make it to level 7 of the Architecture career, always a good idea to plan ahead for his LTW. Now to make enough families and businesses to make it to 10 lots total, which unlocks the first spot.

Before the two go to bed, things get a little more heated between them.

And eventually all activity goes straight to the bedroom.

As they sleep through the early sunrise, the first snowflakes start to take shape in the Winter air, which is our signal for this round to end and to move on to the next family.

With all that, it's time for a new CAS Sim to make it to town. But who should it be? I'll leave that up to you.
You can nominate your preferences on the Interactive Reality Game Show Thread. The only rule is - the Sim should be from a creator whose Sims are not featured in La Stique-en-Ardenne yet.

(already represented Simmers are:
M13Vulpecula, HayloHusky, Paco1200, Tigerblu11, YJB19299, Kittymeow, WinteryGarnet, Turner, x_MG_x, Smarties100, Kaliko103, Mojot89, Alleenmens and Ninjakid150.)

I'm also considering to have some of the service Sims that already showed up replaced by Reality Show Sims.

STATISTIQUES

SIM STATS

Playable Sims: 5

Graves: 0

Sim Multiplier: 2

Population: 10

(Playable Sims + Graves * SM = Population)

Households: 3
Available CAS Sims: 2 out of 4

NEIGHBOURHOOD STATS

Business districts: 0

Downtown: 0

Universities: 0

University fund: §0

LOT STATS
Occupied residential lots: 3

Community lots: 4

- Sim owned: 4

- City owned: 0

DISASTER STATS

Fires: 0 (every 3 unlocks Law Enforcement spot***)

Electrocutions: 0 (every 3 equals Science spot) 

Burglaries: 0 (every 3 unlocks Law Enforcement spot)

***Only the following fires count:

- House fires

- Repair failure fires

- BBQ fires

- Business fires caused by controllable Sim

JOB STATS

Adventurer: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked with museum worth 250.000, career unlocked when career is topped)

Artist: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked at level 5 art gallery, unlocked for Sims with 10 creativity and 10 sold masterpieces, Uni degree)

Architecture: 0 spots 

(1 spot unlocked per 10 buildings and per new subhood (uni, dt, business)
(buildings: 5)

Athletic: locked 

(unlocked with a sports themed community lot worth 250.000)

Business: 0 spots 

(spot unlocked at every level 10 business, career unlocked when topped)

Culinary: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked per level 5 restaurant, unlocked with career topped)

Crime: 0 spots 

(1 spot unlocked at 100 pop, additional spots opened with career topped)

Dancing: locked

(spot unlocked at level 5 dance business, career unlocked at level 10)

Education: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked per 250 pop, always available for Sims with a Uni degree)

Entertainment: 0 spots

(unlocked for Sims who grew up into adulthood with max Charisma)

Gamer: 1 spot (Stique Family)

(unlocked for Sims who own the expensive pc, gaming console, pinball machine & arcade machine)

Intelligence: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked per criminal, military or science career topped)

Journalism: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked per 1000 pop, 1 spot unlocked per topped criminal, law enforcement, or showbusiness career

Law: 0 spots

(unlocked for Sims with a Uni degree)

Law Enforcement: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked when 1) pop reaches 500;     2) per 3 fires;     3) per 3 burglaries)

Medicine: 0 spots

(first spot at 1.000 pop, additional spots per 5.000 pop, unlocked when there's a university. Until topped all woohoo = try for baby)

Military: locked

(unlocked with military base community lot)

  

Music: locked

(unlocked when there's a community lot with a stage and 3 musical instruments)

Natural Science: 0 spots

(1 spot per level 5 flower or landscaping business, unlocked for Sims with a gold gardening badge)

Oceanography: locked

(open for Sims with a gold fishing badge, unlocked when career topped)

Paranormal: 0 spots

(1 spot unlocked per 5 human graves on community graveyard lots, more spots per 10 additional human graves)

Politics: locked

(unlocked at 1000 pop, only 1 mayor allowed)

Science: 0 spots

(unlocked for Sims who aged up into adults with max logic, 1 spot per 3 electrocutions, unlocked when Sim graduates from uni)

Showbusiness: 0 spots

(1 spot per Sim who tops entertainment or slacker careers)

Slacker: 1 spot

(1 spot unlocked per club community lot, unlocked when downtown is unlocked)