#felix psyded

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 104 (Chasing Ghosts)

The time after Winterfest was quiet in Brindleton Bay. Heather's clinic was slower with families still out of town, and she spent the extra few hours a day at home with her kids. Tonight, Heather tried to get picky Lavender to eat mashed avocado in her high chair.

Ash tried not to look at the mess she was making as he ate his own dinner, explaining in detail why it was better to get food in her tummy than on the floor. She gazed at him with keen interest as usual.

"Ass-ee!" She babbled her attempt to say 'Ashy' with giggles, followed by a short hiccup.

Conrad, on the other hand, was working long, frustrating hours, and Heather encouraged him to take Gord to Deadgrass Isle to run off steam and clear his head.

"Bring the ambrosia treats," she reminded him.

"Am I supposed to be chasing ghosts out there, or clearing my head?"

"You know I won't be upset if you bring home a new stray."

He chuckled as he walked out the door, heading down to Fisherman's Wharf with Gord, where they caught the small ferry to Deadgrass Isle. It was late and the museum was almost empty. Once again, Conrad saw no sign of the old man, and he walked back to the snow-covered path outside.

Gord jumped, in a playful mood, and Conrad set aside his frustration to bask in the simple joy Gord could find in a broken stick. "Go on, Gord. Get it!" he said, but this time Gord's paws stayed planted in the snow.

The Bernese looked beyond him with a curious woof. Conrad followed Gord's line of sight, making out a glowing green and translucent figure in the distance. Too small to be a human, Gord took off running, and the ghostly pup raced on all fours toward him.

"Wait! Gord, stop!" Conrad called, racing after him. His shoes crunched snow underfoot, but Gord wouldn't heed his call.

Gord and the ghost dog met one another along the tree lined path, hind quarters at the ready, but neither let out so much as a growl. Catching his breath, Conrad finally caught up to them and the ghost dog glanced at him warily.

"Hey there, fella. It's alright. We won't hurt you." Conrad showed his palms. Gord looked on cautiously, but made no move to attack.

Conrad let the ghost dog sniff him, and when he didn't run away, he reached into his pocket. He had an ambrosia treat and some Buttercups, but he remembered something Felix Psyded had said about ghosts and unfinished business. Not all ghosts want to be revived, Felix had told them, so he decided against the ambrosia treat and tore open the package of Buttercups, instead.

The ghost dog howled excitedly as he devoured the all-natural treats, jumping playfully toward Conrad in gratitude. He barked. Three long howls followed by three ruffs. Long, short, short, long again. Almost like Morse code. "Are you trying to tell me something, pup? I'm sorry, I don't know what you're saying."

The ghost dog whimpered, but Conrad's attention was pulled away when his phone rang. He checked the call display and laughed. "Felix! I was just thinking about you, believe it or not."

"Of course you were. I thought you might have missed me, so I thought I'd call to find out how you were doing and let you know I've made quite the breakthrough with your old man at the museum."

"Life's real busy, Felix. The kids are good, work is pretty unforgiving these days, and Gord and I were just talking to a ghost dog."

"Oh, is that all? How's Heather?"

"She's great. The best. You don't know how to communicate with dog spirits, do you?"

"Afraid not. Strictly human ghosts for me. I never liked how ghostly pets could sneak up on a person."

"What have you got on the old man, then?"

"I think your ghost is the old lighthouse keeper who died before the light went out. I remember reading about the mysterious shipwreck when I was a young officer in the Navy."

"What's his name?"

"That's the most interesting part. His name was Ben Gordon."

Conrad shrugged. He was tired. Even Gord and the ghost dog were ready to nap at his feet. "Weird coincidence."

"I don't think it is. I still prefer researching from books, but I pulled up one of those helpful new websites with all those family trees and digital census records. Then I verified my findings with Brindleton Bay's local librarian, Gunther Lynx-Munch. I think Ben Gordon was your great-great-great-great grandfather's brother! A lonely type - old newspaper articles I found on library computers said he lived with his dog and otherwise alone. Never socialized with locals who came ashore to his island to view the old lighthouse. Maybe the reason you can see him and no one else knows what you're talking about is because his message is only for you, a living relative."

"If that's true, why hasn't he shown up to give me his message in years since I first met him? Maybe he's...passed on already."

"Maybe. Or maybe he can see that you're busy."

He thought back to the night they met. He'd made it clear he was distracted back then, and it's not like he hadn't been distracted since. "Can he see that I'm starting to get a little bit desperate? I really need a case I can solve right about now."

"If whatever he has to say is important enough he's waited over one hundred fifty years to say it, he can wait as long as he needs until he thinks you're ready. Try sending some signals. He might pick up on something."

"Like what?"

"Try talking to him."

Conrad scoffed. He'd always found it impossible to talk to the dead. A ghost standing in front of him could at least talk back, but he could never really say much to his parents' gravestones. Knowing he'd never hear a response made it too hard to try.

Felix sighed. "Or, stay desperate. Up to you."

Conrad stifled a groan, shaking his head at the smug former spectre on the other end of the line. "Thanks for looking into this, Felix. If he ever decides to show himself again, I'll let you know how it goes. How about you? How's living in Britechester these days?"

"Oh, it's exactly as I remember it. The fashion has changed, but the buildings in town look quite the same as they did when I founded the old university. I've scheduled my bar exam for early in the new year. I'm studying every day and watching a lot of Court TV, to tell you the truth. I've seen plenty of contemporary attorneys in action and I know exactly the kind of lawyer I'd like to be."

"Oh yeah, like who?" Conrad wasn't really all that interested in a bunch of lawyers, but Felix loved to talk and he was grateful for a momentary distraction.

"I have so many models to look up to, it's quite a wonderful thing! I've followed the work of prosecutor Aaron York. He's on track to be a fine judge someday and I would consider myself star-struck to ever present in his court, but he worked a recent case defending a young woman from an assault charge. He's a family man and a man of law, right after my own heart. And of course I'm as glued to the Alegria v. Caruso trial as anyone else, even though it's currently in recess! That Antonio Romero, Esquire is simply fantastic! His presence in a courtroom is so powerful. He's like a modern-day Felix Psyded."

"Don't you mean Felix Psyded, Esquire?"

Felix laughed. "I knew I'd get you to say it sooner than later, Sargent."

Conrad rolled his eyes. "Sounds like you're putting in the work, Felix. How are you making money since you won't let Heather and I pay you?"

"Until I take the bar exam I've found steady work as a process server here in town. I have so much to learn from everyone in the building, but one junior lawyer in particular is really something! Unfortunately I embarrassed myself when I overheard her talking about going out to dinner with an Orange. I thought she meant the fruit, but apparently Orange is a name for living sims these days! I'm afraid she thinks I'm a fool. But she's a real spitfire, and she's working the Dulce Alegria trial, too. Antoinette Wolff is her name!"

Conrad perked up at the mention of her. "I think I know her. Or her brother, anyway. Solomon Wolff and I used to be partners back in San Myshuno."

"In that case, maybe you could put in a good word, so she knows I'm not an imbecile. But I should go; I have many more cases to read about before the exam. Let me know when you've seen the old man again, and don't be a stranger."

He hung up with Felix and smiled. Did he actually feel lighter after talking to Felix Psyded? It seemed unbelievable. He glanced back toward the glowing green dog, who had waited patiently with Gord while Conrad took Felix' call.

A thought struck him. The ghost could have been any dog from the pet cemetery beyond the trees, but his bark sounded vaguely familiar, like the dog he swore he heard inside the lighthouse with Heather. "Did you know a man named Ben Gordon, old buddy?"

The dog barked excitedly, feverishly wagging his tail. "Do you know where he is?"

The ghost dog howled, but Conrad couldn't understand. He checked his watch. It was getting late, and he knew he should get back to the mainland. "We've got to head home, but Gord and I will be back. Maybe by then I'll have a better idea what you want."

With a nuzzle against Conrad's hand, the ghost dog seemed to acknowledge his promise. He returned home, greeting Heather in the living room.

"Did you bring home a new stray?" she asked, but her face fell in mock sadness when she saw he'd only brought home one very smelly dog.

"Not tonight. But apparently the old lighthouse keeper was a distant relative of mine, and Felix Psyded said when he thinks I'm ready, he'll find me again to give me his message."

"Maybe he'll think you're ready after you give Gord a bath and have a shower," she teased.

Conrad took care of their needs while Heather finished helping Ash with his homework, and he tried not to think too much about Felix' advice to talk to the dead. ->

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NOTE: Did I get through the ghost dog arc before the Life & Death pack updated and made this dog a living stray? No. Have I figured out how to turn the dog back into a ghost so I can just give him the ambrosia treats when I have it plotted? Also no. There was no option to simply flip the dog to an occult ghost in CAS like there is for human sims, I looked! The reason I waited is because in the rabbit hole adventures involving the dog, they made several trips to build up their friendship. In addition to everything else they've got going on that makes adopting another dog right now just too much, I was trying to mirror the adventure with storyline.

Any advice for re-ghosting the dog is welcome. I have one idea that involves forcing the dog to unalive with MCCC in a second save to get ghostly shots again, and adopting the living dog Conrad and Gord are now friendly with in the main save when it's time, but not jumping between saves could be better if it's possible! Just a peek behind the magic curtain of 'filming' Sims In Bloom lolol.

[ethicaltreatmentofcowplants]

Elsewhere Cassie and Struan attempt to gain ground with Patchy, Cassie makes a startling discovery - and Struan asks her to maybe… do an activity together -

- so it’s a panicked run from Cassie to a woohoo locale.

As both their permissions have ‘yes’ to woohoo with fellow contestants - and my settings are at ‘moderate’ so that you need a reasonably high relationship with the other sim for woohoo to successfully occur - I accepted it.

Looks like it was a good time?

Delphine wants the basil to know what’s up! And Lilac - maybe it’s best not to joke about being in a simulation to the PARANOID pixel?

Fortunately Jerrod seems to think it’s all in good fun. Far too ridiculous to believe, right? Utter nonsense.

As there’s by now some leftovers in the fridge (and Lilac’s infamous cooler in the corner), we spare Cassie from cooking the evening meal.

Plus it’s time to par - oh gosh, Lilac.

I can’t let you go looking like that. Let’s grab something else from CAS.

For Lilac’s final mandated friendly interaction, she takes a selfie with each sim. Below we have:

Briar (yellow robot) and Jayla (white robot)

Cassie and Struan

Delphine and Jerrod

Our lil witch takes on the keg once more aaand seems to succeed - until she doesn’t. Milk may indeed be the safer option, Cassie.

The party is… weird. Everyone is determined to gather in the kitchen for some reason, so once again the Watcher is forced to sacrifice her screencaps and activate the social club.

I agree, Jerrod. This sucks.

(In my playtesting save, the group had a great time and stayed in the room where all the fun stuff was - I really don’t know what was different for this crew.)

If only you had joined us, Patchy.

Too late, Felix. The party’s over - and that’s assuming it ever truly began.

While everyone else sleeps, Lilac (who has the SELDOM SLEEPY reward trait) sought out reassurance from Patchy that he would be more professional, should this roll ever come around again. And that is where we will leave Household One for this round.

(Note: for this round’s table, I will collate everyone’s scores after the final day of Household Three then send the bottom three home. The households will once again be randomised for the next round. Therefore hypothetically everyone from this group could make it through - or all three eliminated sims could come from here - depending on the rest of the round.)

@changingplumbob @lindyloosims @jonquilyst

@bakersimmer @simstagramsomeone @tipsy-clouds

[igotsnothing]

The Surprise

Simeon: Is everything ok? I came as fast as I could when I got your message.

L.: Come with me: I need to show you something.

Simeon: Wait, why are we headed toward my house?

L.: Sssh...No questions!

Everyone: Surprise!

Simeon: W-What? This IS a surprise! You are all here! Even Felix!

Felix: What's a little necromancy between friends, hm? Happy birthday!

Morgyn: Did you suspect anything?

Simeon: Not at all! I had Grace and Darrel in class all afternoon and they didn't let anything slip!

Felix: Maybe it's because none of us were made privy to the fact there was going to be a party until an hour before it happened!

Grace: Ooo! You should've seen what we accidentally summoned before calling down Felix...It's all good, though! Lucky for us, Darrel took exorcism as an extra curricular!

Darrel: Good night, everyone! Thanks for the party! Happy birthday, old man!

Simeon: Yeah, yeah! Get off my lawn already, you meddling kids!

Morgyn: See you all tomorrow!

Caleb: That was fun! I hadn't danced like that since the 1920s.

Felix: Happy birthday, my friend! Summon me more often--it was good to catch up!

L: Are you mad?...

Simeon: About which part? Over the surprise party?...Or the fact that it isn't even my birthday?

L: Details! You work too hard. Sometimes you have to slow down and enjoy life a little!

Simeon, gently: I'm not mad. I had a really good time. You are right: I should slow down a bit or I'll miss the forest for the trees. Thanks for this, L.

L: You are most welcome! And don't worry: I'll help you clean up.

Simeon, chuckling : Ha! It's the least you can do, Ms. Sage of Mischief!

[inkk7]

It’s the night of the juice kegger. The UBrite Bunch are gathered inside to talk before the party starts.

Orchid: Alright gang, game plan time. We’re going to host the best juice kegger Britechester has ever seen, okay? What are we gonna do?

Felix, Arianna, & Rae: Mingle!

Orchid: That’s right! I invited over as many sims as we know plus the entirety of Eta Theta Epsilon, the sorority, so we have a lot of ground to cover. Don’t forget to drink and party though, this is supposed to be fun! Whatever will amuse you most, do it!

Rae: *Jokingly* Aye aye captain.

Orchid: Hey, don’t sass me, Park. We have a lot of sims to woo and a limited amount of time. The juice is filled, the music is blaring, let’s get to it!

As the guests begin to arrive, Orchid hears a screech.

Voice: Oh my MOD! Are you Orchid Posey?

Orchid turns around to see a beautiful young woman.

Voice: Hi! I’m Serenity, we went to grade school together in Newcrest!

Orchid suddenly recognizes the woman.

Orchid: Oh my mod! Hi!

The two hug and exchange greetings.

Orchid: Okay, let me change really quick and then we can catch up! Meet me by the juice keg!

Serenity: Will do!

Orchid quickly changes into her partywear and goes outside to meet Serenity. However, the old schoolmate isn’t alone. Orchid promptly grabs a drink from the top of the juice keg and greets the stranger and Serenity.

Orchid: Hello again Serenity! And…I don’t believe we’ve met?

Stranger: No I don’t think we have, I’m Kaitlyn Rubio, she/they pronouns, I’m on Rae’s e-sports team.

Orchid: Oh! Nice to meet you! I’m Orchid Posey, I use she/her pronouns, I’m one of your hosts for tonight.

Serenity: And I’m Serenity Khan, also she/her pronouns.

Kaitlyn: Nice. So, do you two know each other?

Orchid: Yeah, actually. We went to grade school together before I moved away to Sulani for high school. My dad got a job opportunity as a Conservationalist and he couldn’t pass it up. We actually came out here to catch up.

Kaitlyn: Oh, so is it a best friends separated by distance thing or a star-crossed lovers separated by distance thing?

Serenity: Hehe, I don’t know…Orchid?

Orchid: *blushes furiously* Umm I’ll have to think about it…

Kaitlyn: I think that’s my cue to head inside.

Kaitlyn leaves the two blushing girls outside.

Serenity: *ahem* So…what happened to you after you left Newcrest? We were too young to keep in good contact after your move, I only know that you were struggling with making friends and then our communication kinda fell off.

Orchid: Yeah, I’m sorry about that.

Serenity: No need to be sorry, it was only natural that the distance end our communication. So what happened?

Orchid: Well, high school was rough in the beginning. I didn’t make any friends at first as you heard, but eventually I met Rae and Arianna. I don’t remember who I met first but we all instantly became attached at the hip. They both seemed to understand me which I hadn’t felt since I had met you. It was really nice to have friends that were empathetic toward my struggles with autism and the other usual teenage struggles.

Serenity: That does sound really nice! I’m glad you had them in your life. For me, I made other friends but none of them were very close to me. That is until university, I joined a sorority and now I have four very dear friends!

Orchid: Wait, sorority? Are you a member of Eta Theta Epsilon?

Serenity: Yeah!

Orchid: So that’s how we were reunited! I invited the sorority because I heard they made parties interesting, I didn’t know you had joined!

Serenity: Well we do make parties interesting, but I didn’t know reunions were a part of that. Do you want to try a more classic way of making a party enjoyable?

Orchid: Sure! What is it?

Serenity suddenly wraps her arms around Orchids waist, hoisting her up into the air. Orchid starts giggling like crazy.

Orchid: What are you doing?! Put me down!

Serenity: HAHAHA, give me a second, let me flip you sideways, rest your hands on the keg!

Orchid places her hands on the sides of the juice keg, with Serenity moving her hands to Orchid’s legs.

Serenity: Okay, now grab the nozzle and let ‘er rip!

The two successfully perform a keg-stand. Serenity gently lets Orchid down.

Orchid: Hehehe, that was so fun! I think I need to sit down now though, I’m feeling juiced.

Serenity: Okay! Let’s head inside!

[sims-4-townie-bracket]

[grimsimblr]

Felix Psyded visited and got into a fight with Guidry. Guidry scared Felix after to get revenge for beating him up.

[simblr-diary]

[simvanie]

7 Sins Legacy - generation 5 (gluttony)

Gulshan and his staff were prepping everything for the restaurant before opening that day, until Gulshan heard someone repeatedly knocking on the front door. He decided to check who so desperately wanted to speak to him before opening hours.

Gulshan: Hello, oh- come in, don't mind the pig- Felix: I do mind the pig Mister Prasad, because that's exactly why I'm here. Felix Psyded is the name- I'm here on behalf of the restaurant inspection. We have gotten a complaint about a free-roaming pig in your restaurant.

Gulshan: You- What? From who? I have never gotten a complaint about Lord Hamlet. Everybody loves him! Felix: Not the person who made the complaint, sir. Gulshan: This is ridiculous! What could a mini pig possibly do for someone to file a complaint?

Felix: We don't allow live animals to be kept, housed, permitted to enter into, or remain in any food service establishments. With a few exceptions for service animals of course- Plus, a pig is not hygienic, especially in a restaurant.

Gulshan: Clearly you know nothing about pigs. Pigs are actually very clean animals- And if that isn't enough, I give him a bath every two weeks!

Felix: You're ordered to get rid of the pig, sir. Otherwise I'll have to call someone to confiscate him. Gulshan: You can't just take him away like that! He is my-

Temperance: MY pig. I heard you want the pig to be removed from the restaurant, is that right? Felix: Yes indeed, Miss...

Temperance: Temperance. Well, Lord Hamlet is my pig because... Gulshan let me adopt him yesterday! I thought Lord Hamlet would like spending the day here after his first night at my home- But don't worry, I won't bring him to work again!

Felix: I see... Is this true, Mister Prasad? Gulshan: Yes... uh- Yes!

Gulshan: And of course you can't just take away this lovely woman's dear pet pig. I don't think you have any right to do that, especially after she said to not bring him to the restaurant again-

-I think there is no reason anymore for you to be here. Now, if you don't mind, we still have a lot of work to do before the the restaurant opens, and currently you're just wasting our time...

Felix: Don't think that you'll get away with it that easily- The pig better be gone the next time I come by. You have a nice day... Mister Prasad.

[zx-ta]

BRITECHESTER -University of Britechester:

“ This university is the oldest in Britechester, founded by the famous Felix Psyded, who was well known for his enthusiasm for learning and humorously large books. As the years have passed the University of Britechester has established itself as an esteemed institute of classical education. “

Darby’s Den 30x20 x  UBrite Commons

Drake & Wyvern Halls  30x 20 and 30x20 because I used the same lot twice x University Housing

Darkwing House 30x 20 x Residential

Full credits to the builders on my Britechester map

[deuceysims]

Helene has come so far, it's finally time for her to fulfill her goal, and bring the dead back to life...or something like that. What was her goal, even?

Weren't they trying to counter ambrosia?

Who cares, time to find some ghosts.

Joe comes around with gifts and an offer--he'd like to move in with Helene! Too bad that she's more of a lone wolf type. She rejects his offer.

He didn't like that...

Oh well, time to throw a party and forget about this new, weird tension. Morgyn shows up and has a heart to heart with Joe where Helene can hear.

"I don't know why she wouldn't want to live together--we've been dating so long."

"So long? Hasn't it only been a couple of weeks? Of course she still wants her space." Morgyn is quite the voice of reason.

In fact, it's pretty attractive to hear someone more on her wavelength.

The party is a great success, and Helene is learning many new things about herself. One of which being that she doesn't want to be with Joe anymore.

"We need to talk."

"I just don't think we're right for each other. I know you love me, but I have other(worldly) commitments that come first."

"Helene, I knew you'd gone way too far with this Grim Reaper business. Are you even human anymore?"

"This is what I mean... you just don't get it."

With Joe given the boot, Helene finally has the space to get on with her real goal, making (and using) ambrosia. Now all she needs is a ghost to test it out.

She finds Felix Psyded hanging out at the local Ghost Night. This one will do nicely! She always did get along with academic types.

Finally, the moment of truth.

He takes the ambrosia and--

It's worked!

Helene has defied death itself and brought a ghost back to life. Now all that's left is to figure out how to live a normal life after doing something like this.

Maybe she can find her new normal somewhere else. Ciudad Enamorada has served her well, it's time to move along.

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[thecelestiallegacies]

The University of Britechester was founded by the famous Felix Psyded who was well known for his enthusiasm for learning and comically large books. As the years passed the University of Britechester has established itself as an esteemed institute of classical learning.

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 88 (Bringing Home a Ghost)

After Ghost Night ended at the Salty Paw, Heather, Conrad, and their new friend Felix Psyded left Fisherman's Wharf and returned to their home on Sable Square. Heather entered first, finding Hazel on the sofa watching TV. "Hey, how were the kids tonight?"

"They were great! Ashy said you guys usually read him two bedtime stories but he fell asleep after the first one, and Lava hasn't woken up since I put her to bed. I got to watch Moonlight Massacre after all! How was your night?"

"It was nice! We went looking for a man we didn't find, but we met someone else while we were there..."

Conrad walked inside the front door as Felix floated in behind him. Heather stood, and Hazel looked up from her phone in quiet awe. "Felix Psyded, Esquire. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, miss."

"Hazel Moody-Nesbitt," she replied. "Heather's cooler younger sister. You're, like, really a ghost!"

"Since 1915." He warmly tipped his bowler hat. "May I say, you're stunning like your sister."

"You may say! But I'm married."

"Of course the lovely Nesbitt women would all be spoken for. Though I hope your husband is friendlier than Sargent Gordon."

Hazel laughed. "My wife is sweet, but Conrad's great! Are you the one guy in the world he doesn't get along with?"

Heather sighed, sliding over to make room for Conrad on the sofa. "They got off on the wrong foot."

"Well, why'd you bring him home? I know you love strays, but I didn't think that meant sims who've been dead for over a century!"

"They've promised me a plate of ambrosia in exchange for my services."

Hazel gaped. "When you guys said you were doing this challenge I just thought it was, like, a team building exercise. I didn't think you were really going to resurrect anybody!"

Heather shrugged. "Well, why shouldn't we? We went through all that to learn how to do it, so we might as well help someone with unfinished business while we're at it."

"So is that it, then? No one dies, they just get to live again with ambrosia?"

"Not everyone's unfinished business is to live again. Some die so old, with bodies so used and broken, living again isn't worth it. Even some of the younger ones. Everyone is different and fascinating in their own way, which is why I took to studying ghosts and their stories in the first place."

"He's going to help us figure out if Conrad met a ghost out on Deadgrass Isle."

Hazel grinned as Conrad stood to shoo one of their chickens back outside. "You're fighting crime by day and paranormal activity by night? Holly was right, Conrad. You're basically a superhero."

He blushed, and Felix turned a dour look in his direction. Ending the tense conversation in the living room, Hazel left to return home.

Heather and Conrad left Felix on the sofa and headed to bed. But before they'd changed into pajamas, she blurted her question with concern. "What's going on with you? I've never seen you snappier with anyone than you were tonight with Felix. Like I brought home two ghosts tonight instead of one."

"He was kind of acting like a dick."

Heather nodded. "And you met him there. That's not like you. Is it George Brindleton again?"

"No, George has been quiet. He and his wife spend a lot of the winter in Sulani every year." He could see Heather found this insufficient and kept talking. "I'm just dealing with a lot. I know I wasn't really myself tonight. There's this one case I can't crack and it's making me a little crazy."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"I do, but I can't say much about it."

"I know. Confidential. But I want to give you whatever you need to be able to keep your work life at work, and not take the stress home. Not even for me and the kids, because you're so good to us. That's not the issue. I'm worried about you, and I want you to talk to me. The night we got engaged, you promised you would always tell me how you're feeling."

Joining her on the bed, he held her hand against his chest. "When I've finally solved the case, I'll tell you everything. I promise."

She grinned. "Not every gory detail, I hope."

"Do I ever? I don't want to think about the case tonight. I don't want to think about the ghost in our living room. All I want to focus on the rest of the night is you."

They made love before Heather fell asleep in Conrad's arms, (at least temporarily) satisfied by their conversation. ->

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NOTE: I debated whether or not to bring Felix Psyded and his lore into this generation because there's a university generation much, much later in this challenge, but Felix was the first ghost that showed up to Ghost Night, sat right next to them and was immediately enamoured with Heather. So my mind spun with a bunch of possibilities for him and I went for it, even though he's mentioned in urban legends for UBrite students and those obviously won't be canon to my timeline anymore.

The In Bloom challenge doesn't have anything related to Felix in the challenge rules, even in the university generation, and Reaper Rewards didn't even require use of the ambrosia Heather made. But I wasn't going to do all that and not fully finish what they started. They're not really the type to lure sims into a cowplant just to test whether ambrosia works, no one in my save needed to die and be brought back, and I have a plan now for Felix! @pixeldistractions mentioned a possible prequel flashback and I'll never say never, but setting up an early-20th Century photo save will take a while if I do it, so no promises. I am invested in him getting a happy ending to his second life, however!

[looloolooweez-sims]

Cassandra Goth seems bored by her new ghost acquaintance, Felix Psyded.

[best-sim-tournament]

Okay I used a generator to generate the round one pairs. There are currently 100 competitors (comment on my other post if there’s any you’d like to see)

Voting will start tomorrow at 3pm EST/ 12pm PT/ 7pm GMT

The pairs for round one are as follows, I’ll cross out names as they get eliminated (propaganda for your favs is allowed, especially if they’re an underdog):

Olive Specter VS Lola Curious

Alexander Goth VS Mele Kahananui

Travis Scott VS Brant Hecking

Buck Grunt VS Bus Driver

Octavia Moon VS Chip the Dancer

Molly Prescott VS J Huntington III

Sidney Price VS Eliza Pancakes

Vidcund Curious VS Mortimer Goth

Bella Goth VS Brent Hecking

Thorne Bailey VS Tragic Clown

Dina Caliente VS Nervous Subject

Angela Pleasant VS Therapist/Sim Shrink

Burglar VS Grim Reaper (why pit two bad b’s against each other 😔)

Pascal Curious VS Temperance

Caleb Vatore VS Bob Newbie

Nina Caliente VS Mayor Whiskers

Social Bunny VS Ash Harjo

Summer Holiday VS Goopy Gilscarbo

Alex Moyer VS Knox Greenburg

Lilith Pleasant VS Nancy Landgraab

Agnes Crumplebottom VS Don Lothario (JUICY)

Hermit VS Morgyn Ember

Johnny Smith VS Stella Terrano

Betty Newbie VS Orange Bailey Moon

Malcolm Landgraab VS Brandi Broke

Servo VS Pollination Technician 7

Hermia Capp VS Bonehilda

Lazlo Curious VS Kent Capp

Kevin Puri VS Hula Zombies

Tank Grunt VS Felix Psyded

Katrina Caliente VS Ophelia Nigmos

Cassandra Goth VS Jill Smith

MarySue Pleasant VS Kaylynn Langarak

Genie VS Daniel Pleasant

If you don’t see some of your favs here, don’t fret! This is only Round One!!! The winners of these brackets will go up against more characters!!!

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Felix is sitting at the counter of #2 Honeydew Fields, soaking in all the activity from the party. A stranger approaches and takes the seat beside Felix.

Stranger: How are you feeling, man? You’re looking a little overwhelmed…

Felix: Oh! Uh…quite alright…just not used to such, uh, spirited people. Pardon me, who might you be?

Stranger: Arnav Parikh, at your service.

Aranv makes a strange hand gesture.

Felix: Uh…*attempts to gesture back*...to you too?

Arnav: Ah, I see.

Felix: Did I, did I do something wrong?

Arnav: Not at all. Excuse me, there’s someone I need to find.

Felix: *is confused by modern-day people*

[dustinbroke]

I was so excited because I thought EA purposefully made it so that ghosts showed up in their solid form in CAS with the Supernatural patch, but apparently they did it on accident and now they’re ghosts in CAS again which makes it such a pain in the butt to take pictures. I sure appreciated it when we had it though. This is Felix, the ghost of Britechester.