#tressia bacc: auster

[morgaine2005]

Tressia BACC: Round 7, Auster

Well this round was a bit of a doozy. Not playing it so much, as my computer decided to pitch multiple hissy fits over the duration. *sigh* But, we move on!

We start with Kerrick’s slight makeover and reintroducing his pooch, Desiree. Kerrick bought Desiree from Gaston last round.

The puppy is because, well, I figured Kerrick would like a dog. The new outfit is because he’s now officially a tavern owner and a merchant.

This tavern, to be precise. It goes along well with Kerrick’s new LTW: Become Master Publican. In order to achieve that, he’s going to have to get this business up to Level 10 while maxing cooking and charisma skill.

(And no, Kerrick isn’t still holding the pupper in the pic ... he’s just ... scratching his armpits ...)

Right across from the docks, the oh-so-creatively named Auster’s Tavern is the place where the menfolk of Tressia gather when they want to kick back and relax with a pint - well away from their womenfolk.

(Yes, I said men. I’m using the Visitor Controller to keep women mostly off the lot.)

Inside, we have a bar and seating area ...

Some food for sale ...

Upstairs, we have an entertainment area with pool, a fireplace with seating, cards, and some music.

There’s also a bedroom for um, “weary travelers” and “people who had a pint too many.”

(After all, females may be banned using the Visitor Controller, but I can always send Jayla around to see what’s happening ...)

Andis is one of the first customers.

“Lissina said if I went to the pub I’d better come back with a meal for the family ... but where is the food?”

Sims.

“If only we were Popularity Sims, Kerrick, one of us might just care about this milestone.”

“Speak for yourself, killjoy. I love making new Best Friends!”

Apparently Kerrick did not have enough cooking points to make Hen Pies. Whoops. The good news is, no stars were lost!

(Also, we’re up to 4 fires now. 2 more and we’ll open up yet another Law Enforcement position!)

But even without that disaster, getting up to 15 stars - my daily goal - is like pulling teeth. Part of the “problem” I think is that this is a venue business, and I always have difficulty getting venue businesses to gain stars as quickly as retail businesses.

Another part of the problem might be strays taking up slots that should be used by customers.

(I have no idea why the NPC cook is there. Seriously none whatsoever.)

But eventually Kerrick does get there, even having made another best friend (Everin) along the way.

That’s it for Day 1 - the rest of it at home was spent cooking up more food to sell. To Day 2!

The first thing Kerrick does is hire this scrawny teenager, Svan Rewibury, to work behind the bar.

“Gee, mister, are you sure I’m even old enough to drink yet, let alone bartend?”

“Kid, it’s the Sim Middle Ages. The drinking age hasn’t even been invented yet!”

Kennoc gets a few more Best Friends to pad out his total, even though I’m pretty sure he’s already up to 10.

Kerrick makes Best Friends with Barran, too. I’m telling you, this guy is a closet Popularity Sim. Once he gets to know someone, he instantly wants to be Friends or Best Friends with them. As soon as he has enough lifetime reward points, I’m making Popularity his secondary.

And speaking of friends ...

“Tarik! Mate, long time no see.”

“Hi, Kerrick. Nice new place you have here.”

“Thanks! Say, why don’t you bring your new buddy - the redhead - around when you have a chance?”

“What?! Oh, um, I--I don’t know if John’s the type for tavern-hopping. We’re both--um--homebodies.”

“I understand. But still, if you ever want to come by, I’m happy to have the two of you. And if you two need some quiet time, there’s a bedroom upstairs. Just putting that out there.”

“... I’m n-not at all s-s-s-sure what you mean.”

“Just that I like to see my friends happy, that’s all - and I don’t judge how they get that way.”

Tarik’s a bit confused, maybe, but we still get the business up to 30 stars (Level 5!) before sending Kerrick home.

Where Desiree grows up into yet another weird-looking dog! Just like her brothers and sisters!

She gets a nice collar but still looks a bit odd.

(By the way, yes, I did redecorate Kerrick’s little cottage/apartment. His sublot ended up corrupting while my computer was pitching its fits, so when I moved him back in, I redecorated.)

“So, what do you say, darling? You, me, a nice time away from this place?”

“Kerrick, I thought you’d never ask.”

They head down to the docks ...

Where they have a nice dinner ...

A little bit of pool playing ...

And some romantic activities.

But no hanky-panky. Not yet, anyway.

And with Kerrick all nice and platinum, we end Day 2 and move to Day 3!

Kerrick! You’re a Jacoban, not a Peteran!

“Hey, when you’re a Romancer like me, you want to make sure you hedge your bets.”

“Kerrick, that’s not the way. The Watcher cares more for your actions than your feelings. As long as you do your best and treat the Sims you meet with kindness and decency, he can forgive your ... minor failings.”

“As much as I’d like to be comforted by that, the voice in my head that sounds a lot like Shepherdess Alayne says that won’t fly ... any chance I can ask you to pray for me, Brother? Just in case?”

“You don’t even have to ask.”

It’s not as hard for Kerrick to get his 15 stars and bring the business up to Level 6. But he is running out of options for food to sell. (This establishment is doing “greasy, manly tavern food” - basically all meat-based dishes that don’t necessarily take a lot of cooking skill to prepare.) Then I remember that a) the grill has a few unique meals and b) I have a hack that allows for indoor grilling.

So now Kerrick is selling Snack Bread - Ham, Hamburgers, Farmer’s Bread with Ham and Fried Egg, Sausages and Potato Salad, Pork Chops, Snack Bread - Sausage, Hen Pie, Chili Con Carne, Roast Pork, and Hot Dogs.

Or as I prefer to think of them, sausage-inna-bun. The kind C.M.O.T. Dibbler would sell.

“HEY! I HEARD that!”

... Yours are better than his, Kerrick, I promise. At least less likely to kill you immediately.

I give Kerrick a similar setup at home (with a slightly different grill) and discover a few more meals. So when he heads back to his tavern next round, he can sell Sausage Not-Inna-Bun as well.

“Next round?!?”

Tomorrow’s Sunday.

“Oh. Right.”

Kerrick also gets max enthusiasm for Cuisine - woot!

And that’s it for Day 3!

Day 4 starts with a bit of light gardening. Since Kerrick cooks a lot at home, he goes through food something fierce. Might as well harvest the plants that he has available.

And when he’s got some food, he finds Shola.

“Gone to church yet, darling?”

“Not yet, why?”

“I’m heading out now. Care to join me?”

“... Are you sure we can behave ourselves? I wouldn’t want to get on Shepherdess Alayne’s bad side just after she came to down.”

“Shola! Do you doubt me?”

(Naturally, five seconds after Kerrick asks her on the date, he comes down with a cold. I’m not surprised - everyone on that lot is coughing up a storm - but I ignore it, for now at least.)

They head off to the chapel (where they do not get married, hold your horses).

And they do behave themselves! Sort of.

Mostly by limiting their PDA to the street.

It’s not technically in the church, after all.

They even manage to make it inside to pray.

“Kerrick, I think you’re supposed to be turning your thoughts to heaven ... not staring at my chest.”

“What makes you think I can’t do both at the same time?”

But eventually Shola joins him, and, well, we get this cute pic.

And that’s it for Kerrick’s round! The rest of it was spent with him sleeping off his cold (which morphed into the flu as soon as he got home). Still, he was cured by the end of the round, which is all that matters.

Anyway! Thanks for reading - and happy Simming!

[morgaine2005]

Tressia BACC: Round 7, Githuan

Fun fact: There are 20 households in Tressia. Jayla Githuan is the tenth I’m playing this round. Which means we’re halfway through!

“And here I thought I didn’t do anything by halves.”

Well, you don’t, Jayla, so don’t worry about that.

We start off with her getting a call ... from Shepherdess Alayne. Apparently the good Shepherdess just wants a chat. You know, girl talk.

... Jayla wants to be Best Friends with her. I’m totally locking that want. I don’t care how little sense it makes.

But there’s no rest for the wicked, and soon Jayla is off to Auster’s Tavern, because Kerrick is the only business owner in town who truly wouldn’t mind Jayla plying her trade at his fine establishment.

“Are you kidding me? Watcher, this is an establishment for men. Jayla’s going to be the biggest draw I have - even bigger than the food, and I’m a damn good cook!”

Well said, Kerrick.

I send Jayla up to play cards by herself while I wait for potential custom to come in.

At first, the pickings are slim. Two teens, a monk, and a happily married man. No, thank you.

But now we’re talking! Two potential Romancers to choose from! Gillon Rheane over to the left is one of the new townies I created this round, while Tirwyn Rikkes we’ve met before ... many times.

Jayla starts with Gillon, because a) his gender preferences haven’t been set yet and b) he makes up his mind and pays the bandatron first. But at first, things don’t go too well. Gillon, you are not supposed to be looking bored out of your skull when a lady of the night is propositioning you.

But he warms up to her quickly enough, talking about work of all things.

He even gives her a networking perk - the warehouse discount. Score!

And it’s not long before Jayla is charming her way to exactly where she wants to be. (Three bolts! Woot!)

Out of curiosity, I have her ask him what he does for a living. Like Carlyn, he too is a High Constable.

“Really? ... You certainly don’t dress like it, sir.”

A little bit of kissing ...

And we have ourselves a crush!

Jayla gets one of her own when she pulls him in for a slow dance.

*sigh* Don’t you just love with when both Sims have a want for something ... but because their relationship isn’t high enough yet, they reject the action when the other one tries it?

I just love that.

Kerrick: “Look, Jayla, there’s a back room with a bed in it for a reason ... you don’t have to seduce your men right in front of the stairs.”

They take the hint.

And we have ourselves a dream date!

When Jayla gets home, Alvar Halle, another of the new townies (the one Brother Cernin brought home from work), walks by. Jayla is quite interested in him even before he has his gender preferences set, and no wonder - he’s a Pleasure Sim.

Two dates in one day might be overkill, but we can definitely get those gender preferences set.

He’s the ABBOT?!?! Are you kidding me? No. Just no.

I use the Sim Blender to get him into the Adventurer career track because this is just ridiculous.

And before Day 1 is officially over, Gillon drops by with a 12th Century Song Dynasty Sculpted Vase!

*kaching*

I knew all those dream dates would come in handy.

On Day 2, I decide to have Jayla hang out at home. She’ll just date any appropriate walkbies who happen to show up.

Hello, appropriate walkby! (AKA Eustace Stelling.)

They have two bolts, so Eustace is more than happy when Jayla invites him to come inside and get to know her a little better.

(Which means I’m a bit surprised when I find out he’s a Family Sim.)

(He also works as a Burglar, for those keeping track at home.)

“Now hold on, Miss Githuan! What kind of a Sim do you take me for? You think I’m going to let a girl I just met sweet talk me into Watcher-knows-what kind of sin?”

“... Watcher, can you explain this to me?”

Nope. The logic fail here is beyond the ken of Sim or Watcher.

But a little dancing and Eustace is all smiles again.

Jayla soon has pink hearts flying ...

So she’s determined to make him swoon.

And Eustace is quite happy to comply.

Very happy indeed.

And that’s it for Day 2! (I mean, Jayla does go to work and stuff, but no promotion so no pictures.)

Day 3, we’re back at Auster’s Tavern. (I really do need to come up with a better name for that.)

Where Jayla makes the acquaintance of one Warin Degil. Now, he’s a Knowledge Sim, so I’m not sure how this flirting is going to go ...

But I shouldn’t worry. He has 2 bolts for Jayla, and that’s plenty!

He even gives her a networking perk - a “free sample” in the form of a flatscreen TV! Woot!

“I’m hoping you can teach me a bit about romance. As a Knowledge Sim, I’m quite curious about it.”

“Sweetheart, if you’re going to be handing out magic boxes worth $8,000, I’ll invent new romance for you.”

And Jayla is true to her word.

(She also finds out that Warin is the Shire Reeve. This is getting ridiculous.)

We move things inside for flirting ...

Pink hearts ...

Kissing ...

More pink hearts (and some dancing) ...

And a SMOOCH! Ladies and gentlemen, the smooch has landed!

Unfortunately (?), the makeout here is as far as they get. After multiple route fails trying to get into bed, Warin bails on the date while it’s still at Great Date level (and they have hours to go).

Still, Jayla got a flatscreen TV out of it. And she’s not counting woohoos. So I’m not too disappointed.

Before Jayla leaves, the sets the gender preferences of Perdan Vinus here. Three bolts! But we don’t pursue it.

Which is probably a good thing, because as soon as Jayla gets home, I get a notification that she has the flu. I send her to bed and have her call in sick to work.

She does quite a bit of hacking and coughing, but by morning she’s all better.

The morning of Day 4 is Sunday. Jayla doesn’t head to church right away, studying up on that last bit of Physiology first. (Can’t hurt, since the flu is going around my hood something fierce.)

Edelle steals the newspaper, seeming awfully happy for someone who just saved someone else a trip to the recycle bin.

Then, it’s off to church for Jayla.

“Jayla, really, do you think that the ... tawdry thing you pursue with multiple men is really love?”

“Shepherdess, considering you’re not supposed to be getting either woohoo or love ... who are you to judge?”

“Ha! Good one. But if you weren’t my best friend, I’d never let you get away with saying that.”

“Good thing I am your best friend, then.”

(Only in Tressia, folks. Only in Tressia.)

Back home, Jayla gets another walkby ... Syndin Thellis. Coincidentally, the last new townie adult male I made this round. He’s a Fortune Sim, so let’s see where we stand on chemistry ...

Three bolts! Woohoo!

“That comes later, Watcher. I have to butter him up first.”

Right. Yes. Of course.

This one is Marshal of the Realm.

“You know, if I were the marrying kind, I wouldn’t know which one of these gents to grab.”

Hear hear. (I’m probably going to have to make them all employees soon, because this is getting ridiculous.)

We’re able to get things moving between these two fairly quickly.

Very quickly indeed.

Successful smooch!

AND a lower hands!

It’s no wonder that they end up here very quickly.

And Jayla ends the round in post-coital bliss.

“No baby chimes, either.”

True! (I swear I haven’t done anything. She has the same pregnancy stats as Edelle ... but apparently much better luck.)

And that’s it for me. Thanks for reading, and happy Simming!