#TPR: dreamer household

[ennysimmer]

The Dreamer household. Summer, rotation 1. Part 2: The heatwave

It started with Dirk losing his job over a stupid mistake he made. Without his salary, the bills quickly began piling up again. It got even worse when the heat wave struck Pleasantview. Darren had never experienced anything like it before. He didn't even have the energy to paint.

One night, when the heat was particularly bad, Darren and Dirk dozed off on the floor in Darren's bedroom. When Darren finally regained consciousness, almost a day later, Dirk had died from heatstroke.

Darren never really recovered after Dirk's death. For a while, he was ready to give up everything he had worked for. What was the point, anyway? But there was still something in him that forced him to continue on. He took out a loan so that he finally could pay the fee for registering his art gallery as a home business.

On the first day of fall, he was ready to start living his dream, but Darren felt no joy about his achievement. He felt nothing at all.

I made the very wise decision (or not...) to make things harder for myself when playing the Dreamer household. I usually sell some of the furniture and let Darren sell a few paintings to the void, and then they're set. This time, I decided I wouldn't let Darren sell anything until he had started a home business, which comes with a fee he didn't have the money to pay. This obviously turned out to be a challenge. If Dirk hadn't lost his job and the heat wave hadn't been this crazy, I think they would have made it, eventually. But the game had other plans. I was really close to restarting the game. It was so soon after Brandi's death, too T___T

A short summary of what happened in the Dreamer round: - Darren reached level 8 in painting - Darren started dating Florence Delarosa - Dirk got a part-time job and later got fired - The repo man visited them twice because of their unpaid bills - Dirk died T_T - Darren took out a loan to pay the fee to start a home business

[ennysimmer]

The Dreamer household. Summer, rotation 1. Part 1: Darren's dream

When Darren Dreamer's wife tragically passed away, he was left to raise their son alone.

He had dreamed about quitting his job in the business career for years. He wanted to focus on his passion in life, painting, but he wasn't sure he could while being a single parent. Eventually, he decided to try anyway. He had already lost the love of his life, he didn't want to give up on his dream, too. Unfortunately, his career as an artist didn't go as well as he had hoped.

Years later, the Dreamers barely had enough money to pay the bills, let alone invest in a cooling system to get them through the looming heat wave. Still, Darren wouldn't give up on his dream of becoming a renowned artist. He had already invested too much time and money in rebuilding their living room into an art gallery. He couldn't give up now. All he needed was to find the money to pay one last fee to start a home business, then everything would be fine. At least, that was what he told himself.

His son Dirk wasn't as optimistic as his father. He got a part-time job at the Goth Science Lab to help pay the bills.

For a while, things started looking up for the Dreamers. Thanks to Dirk's efforts at work, they were able to pay off most of the bills. Darren also started dating again. He met the lovely Florence Delarosa, a knowledge sim with a passion for creating, much like himself.

Darren was convinced his life was finally turning around, but sadly, it only got worse from there.