#I am of the opinion that it is Unfair that vampire dark forms count as a 'costume'

[victorluvsalice]

*waggles hand* Sort of. . .the weather certainly didn’t improve, with thunderstorms continuing to rage with only small breaks. And the rest of the morning was rather up and down for the group:

-->Victor started off his day by tending his greenhouse, which, uh, you can see was in a bit of a state this episode. XD Yeah, I was trying to rearrange it so I had plants grouped together logically, and enough room for everything I was having him grow, and it wasn’t working out great. Though I did hit upon the idea of moving the flower-arranging bench and the juice fizzer out of the barn and into the greenhouse, as it felt logical for them to be in there, close to the produce. Next update is in fact a “build mode” update, and you’ll see how I eventually got it all to work!

-->Breakfast was nice, with Victor getting some breakfast scramble and Smiler a drink from Alice -- and accidentally fulfilling the “wear costume” tradition for the holiday in the process, because vampire dark forms count for that! (And yes, that is their “dark form” fitness outfit.) Remembering something I wanted to test, I quickly had Alice change into her werewolf form --

-->No tick on the tradition. Boo. >( But at least I get a chance to show off Alice’s upgraded werewolf look! After her bath, the singing from the lightning strike still hadn’t come off, so I had Alice use the mirror, and figured it was the perfect opportunity to paint her fur up some more! I kept it relatively simple with some Cheshire-ish bands around her arms and legs, and an extra couple of stripes going down the back of her head (based off a little Cheshire toy I have). A little annoyed that, thanks to the way Sims stand, I couldn’t get the arm bands to go all the way around, but it still looks better than what she had before!

-->Anyway, back outside to follow Smiler to their second attempt at making this robot -- and we had a fox in the henhouse! Local fox Harley got in, fought the chickens, and made off with an egg, the little bastard. >( I gotta get some fox alarms. Or an evil chicken.

-->Also, Smiler’s attempt to keep working on their robot ended with them being zapped all to hell again. *sigh* I think they may have actually picked up the Fear of Death AGAIN from this, which -- honestly, can’t blame them? This damn bench seems to have it out for them.

-->Well, since technology failed them, why not have everyone gather in the study for some fun creative times? Alice did some wolfy painting; Smiler jammed on their guitar; and Victor FINALLY finished up the “Whimsical Tune” that has been sitting in his inventory for AGES. I called it “Wonderland Smiles” because there wasn’t enough room for “Smile Always Wonderland.” That’s another thing I want fixed, the fact that it takes so long to write a song when it takes relatively little time to write a book. . .

-->As that was going on, I saw Harley lurking around again, so once Alice had finished her painting, I sent her outside to scare the fox off. Not gonna tangle with a werewolf, that’s for sure! Also had her smash up some creepy hands that had sprouted up nearby while she was at it.

-->And we end this part of the update with Smiler raiding the decorations box to decorate the outside of the house for Halloween! How did that turn out?