Saturday, January 15, 2011

Chapter 19: Kindred Ears

"Yes," Jazz coughs out between telling Sacha his favorite food is cheese-steak, "it's Patricia's."


He hopes Jan Simovitch didn't overhear, but she's standing right there.

Patricia denied her pregnancy to even her best friends, but Demetria Caspian had no qualms gossiping about her housemate's problem. When Bobby Sargeant brought home a new baby girl, Sacha put two and two together, and called Jazz over on her lunch break to confirm her suspicions.

Sacha didn't expect Jazz to show up with the baby, but it seems Bobby is working.


The baby's presence kind of ruins their date later that night, too.


Sacha could cook with her eyes closed. She stays up late at night trying new recipes, and tastes all of her dishes to make sure the quality is perfect. But for the first time in her life, her own cooking does not satisfy the gnawing hunger. Sacha is forced to eat plasma fruit.

Gardening, necessary for perfect food, has also become a pain. Sacha works in the evenings so has a lot of time to garden during the day, but her new intolerance for sunlight keeps her inside. So for the most part, Randy still handles the gardening.

He's the only one who knows how to plant cheese, eggs, burgers and steaks.

Sacha is doing well at work. Most of her coworkers seem to like her, though the head chef once dared her to balance plates on her head. And then there was the time the pastry chef and saucier got into a fight and it was up to Sacha to break them up... ...she got a raise for that one. Also, ketchup everywhere.


A burglar appears and steals a book from the table, then panics.


Sacha panics too, but Leona just shakes her head and taps her foot.


Plop. Fainted again.


A policeman arrives to fight the thief. Randy scratches his head, forgetting why he's even up.

The burglar defeats the policeman and gets away.

"What if he'd taken the Tiberium?"


The military might've been annoyed. Also, the diamond Fiona found as a child is becomming a family keepsake. Maybe it shouldn't be kept on the table by the door.



Feeling as though her vampire powers have taken away more than they've given, Sacha decides to see what fun her psychic senses can bring to the table.


The subject: Lori Grisby.


Sacha doesn't think the Grisby twins are as ugly as people say. Marlene is more plain than anything. And what's so bad about Lori's ears? Sacha doesn't have any room to judge anyone's ears.

A psychic probe reveals that Little Loner Lori is insane. Moreso than Halen. Also, Marlene and Lori are her uncle Dimitri's secret daughters. Sacha just can't believe it! Twin cousins, EVERYWHERE. And one in each set is unhinged.


Sacha vehemently denies that she makes funny faces when she's lost in thought.


The cousins discuss fine cuisine, Sacha's favorite topic, but Lori is soon distracted by the light post. It's clearly plotting something.


Lori reveals she's here on a secret mission from a brave toaster to obtain General Leonardo DiCaprio's briefcase. If Sacha sees it, she'd better not open it. It contains a doomsday weapon crafted by Judge Judy.


Leona wants to know when she can expect grandchildren.
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Etc.: Jazz reaches young adult next entry.

Some people may dislike the big ears because they clip strangely through hairstyles, but I was happy to see the Grisby main trait survive. Yvette and Walter never had a second kid in my game, and Laurel only had the twins before she died. Lori already had a bunch of love interests at this point so luckily I didn't have to falsely engineer children for her. I'd actually forgotten about Dimitri and Laurel's little fling until Sacha ran into Lori outside the Bistro.

Sacha's plate-balancing antics and fight-breaking-up were real pop-up events, where I had to choose what she would do. In both cases, I chose correctly and she got a raise. Go me.

The Bistro is a great place for sims to work if you want them to leave work and immediately start socializing without needing your direction. There's always someone hanging out at the Bistro.

As it turns out, it's also good for vampires, since it's 8-9 PM when they get off work.

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