#this one is only 10x10 so it was a little small to be painting the flags

[h0neyfreak]

I finished my painting of a boat I saw in Scotland while I was hiking and had Covid (but didn’t know yet) and it was the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s oil paint with oil pastels over top (and drops of oil pastel fixative that hasn’t dried yet but I didnt notice until I light corrected the photo lol)

[ineffablehusbandsbingo]

About

First of all, welcome to the first Ineffable Husbands Bingo and thank you for showing interested in this challenge! Let me not dilly-dally too much in this post and just get to the point here... which is telling you about the Bingo.

‘What is a Bingo?’ Some of you might ask

Simply said, a fandom Bingo is where you will get a Bingo Card (either a ‘surprise’ card or a customized one - more about this later) and it will be your task to fill out as many squares as possible. In the case of this Bingo, some of the squares will be Good Omens-specific so you can make fandom-related content, but there will also be more generalized ones.

How will this Bingo work?

This Bingo will be just for fun really, so there won’t be any prizes. Nor will there be consequences of any kind if you are unable to black out your card before the deadline comes along - you can fill out as many or as few squares as you want. No pressure at all.

The squares are free to be interpreted however you wish, but this is an Ineffable Husbands Bingo - so please, do have your creations relate to Aziraphale/Crowley in one way or another. Whether romantic or platonic doesn’t matter.

You can use any form of art to fill up your squares. Writing of fanfictions, painting, sketching, crafting, picture manipulation... you name it and you can use it.

“All forms of art should be widely celebrated.”

See rules for more information regarding this all, and press ‘keep reading’ to see the entire post.

When will I be able to sign up and receive my card?

The Bingo went live on the 7th of July. See Time Schedule. Starting that date, you are able to sign up for the Bingo using this post.

Either way, on the time line it will say when sign ups will open. When the time line is posted, the date will be final. On that day I will post the links to both the Customized and Surprise Card sign ups. Sign up forms will be available in the form of Google Forms. When you’ve received your card (which shouldn’t take longer than 72 hours at most. If it takes longer, please shoot us a message), you can begin with creating and posting your work.

About the Surprise Cards

With signing up, you will have the option to sign up for a Surprise Card or a Customized Card. The Surprise Cards are pre-made by myself and are always 5x5 (so 25 squares, including a Free Space). In the sign-up form, you will have the option to choose your card; the squares aren’t shown and only the TYPE of squares will be visible for you. E.g. fluff, angst, smut... you get it. Based off that information, you pick your card.

All squares will come from a Google Sheets form where I’ve written them all down. (Will be linked up at the end of this post) So you are more than welcome to take a look at it so you can have an idea of what to expect on your card.

So you simply select the one with the type of squares you want on your card, and you let fate decide the rest.

Unhappy with some of your squares? You can request me to change up to a maximum of 5 squares on your card until the deadline to do so, but you can do this only once. The squares you will receive in their place will be randomized. If you request a change, we expect you to discard the old card and use the new one instead. If you want to change more than 5 squares, you will simply receive a completely new card.

About the Customized Cards

On to the Customized Cards. With this Bingo, you are able to customize a card of your own where you can hand-pick the squares you want on it yourself - especially recommended for those who don’t fully trust me to pick out their card lol

This customized card can be of any size you want. It can be the standard 5x5 card. But you want to challenge yourself some more? Feel free to request a 7x7 card, or a 9x9 one. Or heck, even a 10x10 card! We have over 200 prompts to choose from - see Google Sheets form linked up at the end of this post.

Don’t think you will be able to complete a 5x5 or a larger card? No worries at all. You can even request cards that are as small as 2x2 with only 4 squares on it, for those who are worried about not having much time on their hands but still wanting to participate in the fun of it all.

Every Customized Card will have a Free Space square on it. Except for the 2x2 card because of its size - unless specifically requested to have it on it.

What if I black out my card before the deadline? Can I request a new one?

Yupyup, of course you can! Cards do need to be completely blacked out for you to be able to request a new one though, so keep that in mind.

How can I contact the mods?

The Tumblr inbox is always open and you are more than welcome to reach us there for any questions/concerns you might have.

You will also be able to reach me on this Bingo’s Official Discord Server (an invite will go out soon after the rules & timeline has been posted). You can also join the Discord server if you’re not participating in the Bingo itself.

We also have a gmail account where we can be reached. No spamming please. It’s ineffablehusbandsbingo@gmail.com

How can I keep on track with everything Bingo-related so I won’t miss important announcements?

Keep an eye out for the ‘#mod announcement’ & ‘#ineffable husbands bingo’ tags. Feel free to stalk them to your hearts content. All announcements and other important things will be tagged with those two tags. You can also turn on the notifications for this blog.

It will also help to be in the Discord server. All announcements will be posted there as well.

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If you wish to see the prompts for the squares I’ve written down, take a look at this little Doc. All squares I’ve taken for the Surprise Cards come from there, and if you have a square idea for a Customized Card and don’t see it on the list... don’t worry about it! You are free to request it either way and I will probably put it on for you without any issues :)

If you are unable to view the sheet with the squares for whatever reason, please do let me know so I can help you out.

As always, the inbox and asks are always open.

And feel free to reblog.

~Trickster

[anotherleosims3]

Ultimate Sim Challenge

Ultimate Sim Challenge, by anotherleo

Pre-requisites

Do not use mods.

Have installed the following expansion/packs: Supernatural, Into the Future, Late Night, Ambitions, World Adventures. Generations is optional.

Use any stuff collections that you want. I used Diesel and High End Loft.

Optional Start, for who have the Generations:

Create a YA/A Sim and a Toddler. The Toddler will be your Ultimate Sim, so raise up until YA and split from your parent make your own path.

Alternatively, you can start with a couple that decides to have a child, or even a single parent decided to have a kid. That’s on you.

This is cool to have some backgrounds skills, driver license, some trophies from high school, some relationships… But won’t change that much the game below.

Starting Rules

Do not use cheats.

Create a sim, regardless gender. The Sim needs to be YA/Adult.

You cannot start the challenge with a supernatural Sim. You can’t change your Sim into a supernatural being throughout the challenge unless its specified to.

During the challenge, you can’t have more than one sim in the active family.

Choose any LTW.

Choose any traits.

Since Into the Future make life much more easier, you cannot acquire this furniture itens to your house unless its specified to. You can’t learn how to make plumbots either.

Do not travel unless you’re specified to.

It’s up to you to play with story progression and aging system.

Do not forget to save your game very often.

Observations

This is sort of huge. Just to be explicit about it.

Remaking Sunset Valley

I recommend this: to choose Sunset Valley, then modify to fulfill your needs and desires.

If you want, create new characters to put in your neighborhood. You can even delete the original ones of the city: it’s yours, after all.

You can also use the Create a World tool to make your own world! :)

The Residential Lot

Edit your city to have a 10x10 lot. Put your Ultimate Sim to live there. This small little place will be yours throught the challenge, you will have opportunity to change the lot sometimes.

You can build up and down as you wish.

You can furniture the place as you want.

Storytelling

Make a lot of screenshots telling the life of your Sim!

Celebrate the end of every phase by doing a party with your Sim!

Would be cool if you’re able to keep a storytelling blog of your gameplay.

Can you keep track of how many days in game took to finish every Phase below?

First Phase - Starting Life Celebration.

During the first week in game, your character can’t have any job.

You need to make at least one party everyday.

Focus on your social life and the Charisma skill.

Bonus: don’t get a bad Reputation on your romantic life.

Bonus: acquire level of Celebrity.

Second Phase - The Career

After the first week, choose a job for your Sim and pursue it until reach the top. It can’t be a profession or autonomous. This is your first career!

You can focus on any skill during this period.

Bonus: woohoo in every place you’re able to. Remember to not add any other Sim to your active family.

Bonus: max out the skills of your career.

Third Phase - Direction Change

Make sure to have 4 max out skills -- this is more than needed for the Renaissance Sim LTW.

Turn your life upside down and change your job to the opposite direction: if you’re a cop, now you’re going to be a criminal. This is your second career.

Reach the top of your new career.

Bonus: acquire a total of 15 relationships, one at time and not at the same time.

Fourth Phase - The Profession

You want more action in your life? Quit your job and get a profession. I do not recommend to play Architecture right now.

Be aware of bugs in some professions.

Reach at least the level 5 of the profession before quitting. You can max out if you want, too.

Bonus: put some building types from Late Night in your city.

If you don’t have it yet, be friend with at least 20 Sims -- equals the Super Popular LTW.

Fifth Phase - Three is a Charm

Choose a new career. Reach the top. This is your third career, and should be the third career related LTW you get -- unless you’re in the Education, that don’t have related big dreams about, what a shame TS3…

If you don’t have it yet, reach Level 5 of Celebrity.

If you don’t have it yet, reach the max level of Mixology or Alchemy.

If you don’t have it yet, have at least 10 past b/g.friend relationships -- equals the Heartbreaker LTW.

Sixth Phase - Good Life

You’re already a good creature, aren’t you? Take a time to design your house with the most expensive things you find, if have not already did that.

If you make the above objective right, you’ll “Have Household Net Worth of 100,000 Simoleons”, which means you achieve the Living in the Lap of Luxury LTW.

If you make the Fifth Phase okay, now you should be able to complete the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous LTW, fulfilling the requisites “Reach Celebrity Star Level 5 and Be Worth at Least 100,000 Simoleons”.

And well, take your time to be the best Angler the world have seem. Be autonomous and reach at least the level 7 before quitting. You can max out if you want, too.

“Have at Least 13 Different Species of Perfect Fish in Fishbowls” -- completing the Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium LTW.

Bonus: why don’t you throw some parties in your house? Are you a good enough anfitrian?

Seventh Phase - Faerie Wishes

With a lot of fishs, you can have a pretty good garden, too. Change your life to be a Gardener, even re-design your house if you have to.

If you still don’t, max out the Gardening skill.

Plant until fulfill “Plant and Grow 8 Different Species of Perfect Plant”, to complete The Perfect Garden LTW.

If you still don’t, “Have 50,000 Simoleons in Household Funds”, fulfilling the Swimming in Cash LTW.

If you have Alchemy, you can make a potion to change youself into a Fairy right now. You should not buy the potion, only make it on your own.

As a fairy, you can Make 100 Plants Grow Using Bloom, fulffiling the LTW Greener Gardens.

In the moment you finalize this phase, took a potion to get back into a normal Sim.

If you have Supernatural expansion, well… Don’t let the zombies eat your plants!

Eight Phase - Goos Taste

Now let’s get to the kitchen. Choose the Chef career, if you’re already didn’t reach the top of it. If you did, choose any other full time job to be your fourth career. Get to the top, baby!

Now you’re a Jack of All Trades -- past over the requisits of Reach level 5 in four different careers of the LTW.

Reach max of Culinary Skill.

Learn every single recipe from the bookstore -- past over the The Culinary Librarian LTW requisites.

Now travel the world to get the foreigns recipes or learn from some other way. You can only make one trip to Shang Simla, one to Champ Les Sims, and one to Al Simhara. Enjoy while you there -- the Phases with travel will come later.

Bonus: get the fishs and the plants of the foreigns!

Bonus: take photos of exotic locations!

Bonus: buy foreign items!

Nineth Phase - Suit of Business

Now you’re decided to make some business. Choose a new career: Politics or Comercial. If you’re already made both, choose Athlete or Military. This will be your fifth career, and make it to the top.

Buy at least five lots of rabbit holes.

During this phase, you can be a Vampire. You can choose if you want to be a child from other creature of night, or if you want to turn yourself using a selfmade potion.

While a vampire, you can fulfill “Drink from 20 Sims and Turn 5 Sims into Vampires” to get Turn the Town LTW.

By the end of the phase, took a potion to get back into a normal Sim.

If you still don’t, “WooHoo in 5 Different Places with 5 Different Sims”, now its the time -- equals the Master Romancer LTW.

Now you can have a servant… err, I mean, a mordome.

Tenth Phase - Mark of Success

If you don’t have it yet, learn the four instruments skills to the max! This gives you the One Sim Band LTW.

If you don’t have it yet, get the top of the Musical career. If you already did that, choose Movie career. This will be your sixth career so far.

Buy a Bar lot. If you already made the Mixology skill to the top, then you fulfilled the Master Mixologist LTW.

Eleventh Phase - Cult Aspirations

Now your Sim is into the artistic and cultural vibe… Be autonomous in painting or sculpture, or do both. Be at least level 5 before quitting, but you can max out, too.

If you don’t have it yet, max out Painting skill.

If you don’t have it yet, max out Sculpture skill.

Decorate your house with your own artistic works.

Buy the Museum of Art, redecorate with your own pieces.

Twelveth Phase - Nerd Aspect

What books can do for a person? Be an autonomous writer!

If you don’t have it yet, max out the writing skill.

Write at least one book of each available type, enough to make $ 4.000 of profit per week, fulfilling the Professional Author LTW.

Buy the Library.

Thirteenth Phase - Outside

Time to get out of the house! Open up the collection book and go hunt down some gems and butterflies!* During this phase you can be a werewolf. You can be turned by someone or by your own selfmade potion. By this way, you can complete “Convert 5 Sims to Werewolves and Find 40,000 Simoleons Worth of Objects While Hunting With Pack”, fulfilling the Leader of the Pack LTW.

You can only make one trip to Shang Simla, one to Champ Les Sims, and one to Al Simhara to collect the local items.

By the end of the phase, turn yourself human again.

Fourteenth Phase - Master of Strategy

Choose your seventh career and max out.

If you still don’t, max out the Logic skill.

If you still don’t, “Become a Grand Master in Chess”, and enjoy the Chess Legend LTW by the end of this phase.

Fifthteenth Phase - Science or Magic?

Too much Logic made you see a whole new world. Choose Investigation or Ghost Hunter profession and max out.

If you still don’t, max ou the Inventing skill -- if you did right the Eleventh Phase, now you’re completed Descendant of da Vinci LTW.

If you still don’t, reach out the top of Medical career.

Sixteenth Phase - French Vibe

Go travel to Champs Les Sims and learn what is necessary to become a hardcore Nectar Maker autonomous!

Acquire the maximum Visa for Champs Les Sims. This is a first step for Seasoned Traveler.

Fulfill this: “Have a Current Collection of Nectar Bottles Worth 10,000 Simoleons and Have at least 50 Bottles of Nectar in your Nectar Cellar”, so you’ll be honored with the Bottomless Nectar Cellar LTW.

If you fully explore 6 tombs in Champs Les Sims, will be your first step of the Great Explorer.

If you still don’t, took 10 photos and hang in your home lot. This is the first step of the World-Class Gallery.

Seventeenth Phase

Go travel to Shang Simla…

Eighteenth Phase

Go travel to Al Simhara

[bendasprint]

The Journey

Working on the Creative Sprint this month has been a challenging but rewarding  experience. I started with little direction and I was pretty confused on what I was hoping to gain from the experience, but in the end I learned a new skill that will be worthwhile and I plan on perusing in the future.

In the beginning, I was extremely lost. My elevator pitch was vague and I wasn’t sure how to weave together the prompts, my pitch, and my skills in a way that was worthwhile. The first couple of posts for my sprints were unimpressive. I was doing simple sketchbook drawings that were pretty uncreative. Part of this hesitant mood to my work was the nervousness I felt about posting work I wasn’t confident in online. Normally my online presence is highly manicured, and moving out of that mindframe was difficult for me.

On the fourth day, I was fed up with doing the same boring work everyday, and I decided to brush the dust off my old tablet and do some digital work. I used to work in photoshop all the time in highschool, but since I came to VCU I rediscovered my love for traditional art, and sort of left my computer by the wayside. I had been seeing lots of really cool pixel art works online and I had seen a few of my peers I admire try it, so I decide to dip my toe into it.

The first pixel art I created was a little rough, and I had some trouble with saving the file and getting it to look right on Instagram, but the most important part was it was the first Creative Sprint Project I enjoyed doing. I was genuinely excited to show off what I had done. I did a few more traditional posts, and then started doing mostly pixel art. Over this month I did lots of research on the best ways to create pixel art and the different styles. I began enjoying the challenges and prompts and interpreting them into pixel work instead of seeing it as just homework.

When I started I thought that the less pixels I had the easier and faster it would be to crank out a piece. However, some of the most simple works in my collection actually took me the longest amount of time to create. My smallest works were 10X10 pixels, giving me only 100 pixels on the screen to work with. I spent so much time deciding exactly what pixel would be what color, and it’s a great exercise to think about color and form, simplifying objects but still retaining the recognition of what the item actually was. My biggest pieces were 100X100 pixels, and I would always feel relieved and excited when I worked on a canvas that was bigger than an inch. This project really changed my sense of scale, and I feel like I learned the challenges of working small, and just because something looks easy or simple it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t created with a designer’s eye.

I played with lots of different styles for my prompts. Some of my works experiment with opacities and blends of color, while others are simple defined pixels with no blending. I created character designs, paintings, landscapes, portraits, and simple icons. There is such a range of styles for pixel art, and many that I didn’t get the chance to explore in this short month. There are somepieces I think could have been stronger, but part of the Creative Sprint process is learning to be comfortable with one’s imperfections, and the further I got the more brave I felt trying things that I wasn’t sure about, and taking risks even if they didn’t look the way I wanted in the end.

To be perfectly honest, I was pretty obtuse about doing Creative Sprint in the beginning. I didn’t think doing this type of work would benefit me, and I was uninspired and uncreative. Once I started to challenge myself, I started having a lot of fun. I was telling people around me about the project and sharing what I learned about creating pixel art with friends and classmates. I had people giving me ideas and suggestions and cheering me on. Overall, I’m extremely happy with the work I created and I have come out of this month with a new skill I didn’t possess beforehand. When talking to potential clients, I can now add pixel art creation to my list of skills and passions, which I think makes me a much more unique artist. At first I categorized myself as a basic illustrator with no real direction, but now I have a skill and style that not every artist has and I feel it will really set me apart in the long run. I don’t think this month is going to be last time I create pixel art, and I can’t wait to improve my skill further and keep sharing it with others.

[pikapalsfanfiction]

Bye Bye Burger

The girls modem to Acme Crimenet after school.

“Vi that is a great gnome costume!” Greg says.

Vi sighs and says “I’m dressed as a Keebler Elf.”

“You must have some cookies to bake in a tree.” Greg jokes. “Where is your costume Winnie?” Greg asks. 

“I don’t do dress up days for homecoming. Vi has to dress up she is the sophomore class president; to boost school morale and all that. For homecoming week we have a different theme to dress up as each day all week. It all leads up to the big pep rally on Friday where we have to dress up as the school mascot the Fighting Nixon or in class colors. Ours is green. Today was food mascot day.” Winnie explains.

“I even drew a map to Isabelle’s house for other sophomores to help build the homecoming float.” Vi says as she holds up the map.  

Greg takes the map and looks at it with a confused look on his face. “I don’t understand this. Do you know about cartography Vi?”

“What is cartography?” Vi asks.

“It is the study of maps.” Greg says “Come on Vi, I’ll help you draw a better map.”

Winnie tires to sneak out of the door to Greg’s office. “Winnie, you too.” Greg says.

Winnie walks back towards them dejected shuffling her feet. 

The next day the girls modem to ACME Crimenet after school.

“Baked potato day?” Greg asks.

Winnie giggles “No, it was foil day.” She crosses her arms. “I think it’s a stupid theme day and it is a waste of foil. She says.

“Winnie what happened to the sleeve on your Sleuth jacket?” Greg asks.

“Jan and I went to the In n Out yesterday after I left ACME Crimenet. I got some ketchup on the sleeve.” She holds up her arm and points to the stain. “Greg we need your help with something.” Winnie says

“We need help building our homecoming float.” Vi pleads

“I can help for a little while.” Greg says.

They modem to Isabelle’s house. Vi knocks on the door. Isabelle answers she greets Vi and Winnie she sees Greg and asks “Who is that?”

“That’s Greg he’s here to help us build the float.” Winnie says.

“Does he work at the school?” Isabelle asks.

“No.” Vi says.

“He looks familiar.” Isabelle says as she looks at Greg. 

Greg starts to say “I was the host of...” Isabelle interrupts “Wait here!”

Isabelle runs back into the house and comes back with a box of cereal. She hands the box to Greg and says, “Hold this box of cereal, and say ‘Now with 30% more sugar!’”.

“Now with 30% more sugar!” Greg says.

“I know who you are. You are the guy from the cereal commercial.” Isabelle says.

As Winnie overhears that conversation between Isabelle and Greg she is trying not to laugh.

Later Greg tells Vi he has to leave.

“Thanks for the help!” Vi says as she waves to Greg.

On Wednesday, the girls modem to Acme Crimenet after school.

“That’s a very cute farmer costume.” Greg laughs as he holds up Vi’s braided pigtail. “You even made tools out of cardboard.” Greg says as he plays with her cardboard pitchfork. “Where is your farmer costume?” Greg asks.

“I didn’t dress up today.” Winnie says.

“Do I need to come help build your float today?” Greg asks.

“No, those maps you help me design really helped more people come to Isabelle’s house to build the float.”

“Have you picked a song to play on the float?” Winnie asks.

“We should play ‘Sing Sing Sing’ on the float.” Vi says.

“No, that is a swing song! You should play some early rock.” Winnie argues.

“Girls stop arguing. Modem to Cleveland and settle this at the Rock and Roll museum.” Greg says.

The girls return. “Did you find a song for the float?” Greg asks.

“She did but she won’t tell me.” Winnie says.

“Please come to my office for a briefing.” Chief says.

Greg and the girls enter Chief’s office.

“Eartha Brute stole the historic In n Out location in Baldwin Park, California. She ate there and ordered a 10x10 because that was the highest she can count. The burger was so good she stole the whole restaurant and all the other locations around the Western US. Girls help retrieve the burgled burgers.” Chief says.

They go back into Greg’s office. “Looks like we are getting a clue from an Acme Bovine agent” Greg says as a cow appears on the monitor.

“Moo, to you gumshoes! I heard Eartha was in the state with the most dairy cows per square mile. Get her faster than you can say ‘How now brown cow’. I got some cud to chew.”

“Let’s go to Wisconsin.” Vi says.  

The girls modem to Wisconsin. 

“The cow could not help Eartha left when we got there.” Vi says. “Winnie where did you get that cheese hat?”

“I could paint it green for the pep rally. It could be my moldy cheese hat!”

Vi rolls her eyes at Winnie.

The girls modem back to Acme Crimenet. “I have to go help with the float.” Vi says and modems to Isabelle’s house.

The next day at school the homecoming costume theme is decades. Vi is dressed as a 1950s girl. She sees Winnie in first period and says “I can’t believe you even bothered to dress up this week.”

“It seemed like an easy costume to make I had all this stuff at home and I found a way to incorporate my sleuth jacket into the costume.” Winnie says. “Are you going to have to wear this on the float?” Winnie asks.

Vi nods. “Where did you get that hat? It looks like Greg’s hat. Did you take his hat?” Vi asks

“I did not!” Winnie huffs.

“Let me see it.” Vi snatches the hat off Winnie’s head. “It says ‘property of Greg’ inside it.”

“No, I borrowed it for my costume. Greg has a lot of hats he won’t notice it’s missing.”

Meanwhile at ACME Crimenet “Chief are you sure you have not seen my tan fedora? It’s missing.” Greg asks.

Later Winnie is walking to her art class and she sees a group of three people. She thinks to herself. “Oh great it's the Frannies! Richard Nixon High’s resident poser punk rockers.”

“Hi Frannie, Frannie, and Jorge.” Winnie says with a sigh.

“Nice costume Winnie!” Frannie V. says stifling her laugh.

“We’re only joking! Rock on!” Frannie V. headbangs at Winnie. Jorge does jazz hands.

As the three of them walk away, Frannie C. says loud enough for Winnie to hear “What a stupid looking costume!”

After school the girls modem to Acme Crimenet.

“Any leads on the case?” Winnie asks.

“There is my hat I’ve been looking all over the office for it!” Greg says as he plucks the fedora off Winnie’s head. “Winnie what happened to your sleeves? They are all dirty.” Greg asks.

“Jan and I ate hamburgers in the school cafeteria today. I got a little catsup on the sleeves.” Winnie giggles.

Greg sniffs and asks “What is that smell?

“It’s Winnie. She smells so bad she could be Top Grunge’s girlfriend.” Vi says.

“Winnie you have to be careful if Chief smells you the Acme Freshness Inspectors will come after you and Chief will take your sleuth jacket. Remember what happened to my tie? Why don’t I get it dry cleaned for you?” Greg says.

“I can’t take it off. It’s my sleuth jacket! I’m wearing it to the pep rally tomorrow! I got busted last year because my shirt was the wrong shade of green. Mrs. Hess had it in for me! And the sleeves on this jacket are a mint color. I don’t care! I’m a sleuth! This is my sleuth jacket.” Winnie says. “Wait! I have to clean out the pockets. Let’s see Airheads, a Pokémon doodle, a bag of chocolate Flips, Acme Crimenet badge, my Keroppi wallet, my leave a message wallet, my secret sender, pencorder, Carmen watch…”

“Where’d you’d get those last things from?” Greg interrupts.

“Chief gave them to me from Acme Surplus Consolation Prize Net.” Winnie says. She continues emptying out the pockets “a hair tie, hair clips, hog whistle, a cookie…” a small pile of all the things she took out of the pockets accumulates at their feet.

“Girls oh girls!” Scott calls out to them. 

They shuffle through all the things that were in Winnie’s pockets to get out the door. They come out to the alley. “What is the word on the street? Vi asks. 

“The word on the street is ‘suteki’. It means “steak” in this East Asian country. They are famous for their Kobe beef from the Hyogo Prefecture.

“Kobe, that sounds like Japan.” Winnie says.  

The girls modem to Japan.

Back at Acme Crimenet “What did you do with the jacket?” Barry asks.

“I threw it out and I got her a new one she won’t even notice the difference.” Greg says.

“I can’t solve a crime without my sleuth jacket! I feel naked. She wraps her arms around herself. Is it cold here in Hyogo or is it just me?”

“You’re being paranoid. We have to look for the In n Outs.” Vi says.

They return to Acme Crimenet.

“We didn’t find anything in Hyogo” Vi says.

Greg holds up the new jacket. “Thanks to Acme Dry Cleaning Net your sleuth jacket is now clean.”

“Thanks Greg!” Winnie says. She puts on the jacket and she stuffs all the things she took out of the pockets back into the new jacket.

“Look out Mrs. Hess. I am so going to wear this to the pep rally tomorrow!” Winnie says.

The next evening at the homecoming football game Winnie is there watching the game in her sleuth jacket.

Winnie jumps out of the stands and talks to Vi who is waiting by the sophomore class float. She whispers something into Vi’s ear.

“I have to check on the decorations for the dance… in the gym.” Vi says hesitantly.

The girls modem to Acme Crimenet.

“Do you think we can make it back in time?” Vi asks

“It’s still the first quarter.” Winnie reassures Vi.

Plastic Diver Guy’s music plays.

“That can only mean one of two things either your school pool is being drained for vandalism again or it’s time for Plastic Diver Guy” Greg says.

“He lives a life of danger, our underwater ranger, the one and only plastic diver guy!” Rockapella sings.

“You have a clue for us PDG?” Greg asks.

“Eartha was spotted on this island nation that exports the most beef in the world. She tried to trade an In n Out for a Hungry Jacks. It’s the ominous music again.” Plastic Diver Guy says.

He is injured by various flavors of small school sized milk cartons falling into the tank.

“The one and only Plastic Diver Guy!” Rockapella sings

“Did she go to Australia?” Vi asks.

“Let’s try there.” Winnie says.

The girls modem to Australia.

“We need to look for anything that looks out of place here.” Winnie says.

“Like that?” Vi questions as she points to an In n Out.

“Of course they look out of place they don’t have In n Outs here!” Winnie says.

Winnie enters one of the In n Outs. She picks up a potato and throws it at Eartha.

“Why did you throw a potato at her?” Vi asks.

“My love for fresh ingredients?” Winnie says. 

Eartha chases after Winnie. Vi gets a bunch of catsup packets and throws them on the floor. “Winnie watch your step!” Winnie jumps over the catsup packets, but Eartha’s weight smashes them open and she slips on the catsup. The girls arrest Eartha.

“Girls you retrieved all the stolen In N Out locations and the food. Good work” Chief says.

“My jacket has catsup stains all over it!” Winnie says.

“You earned these stains.” Greg says.

The girls return to the homecoming game.

Somebody asks Winnie what happened to her jacket.

“A mishap with some catsup at the snack bar?” Winnie says sheepishly.

The sophomore float goes around the track. The float is a 1950s diner theme with a jukebox and “Rock Around the Clock” playing over the sound system on the float.

Vi and the others on the float are throwing candy. Winnie gets hit in the forehead with a gummi hamburger.