In the librart bar we find Sissela, who is drinking something. Is she depressed knowing she will not have enough points to stay for long? 198 points is not much. She needs to earn herself some more, or she will have to leave the house.
9 AM - Morning meeting
Quatore is back at the better table end, leading this meeting. He is today's Super Sim.
Today is a regular day, no Sim in Spot, but there will be a goup outing after lunch.
Super Sim Quatore's will pick the 8th and final skill book. I think this is the 3rd book he picks, so he will definitely affect what skills can be read up on here in the house. He wants to observe the skies with a telescope, I don't think there is any skill book covering the subject, but let's see. Wow yes there is! He picks the book "Rocket Science Vol 1: You Want o Be A Rock...", costing the group §75.
Now Ochana meeds to fill in. She is the group's Accountant, and you might recall that last night the common account held only §5.
Ochana informs them that some harvests have been sold from the fridge. There is still some of each kind in store for cooking, but they simply can't make use of 80 mushrooms, or 60 potatoes over night. So, the new common account balance is §414, before spending §75 on the rocket science book.
But Quatore also has a purchase wish! He wants to buy another toy. You might call that the blue toy on the table was previously bought by him. Now he buys toy number 4 (his number), skipping the toy he already got), and Blarffy the bear is their new possession, costing another §75. It's a big toy and has some decorating value, but can adults use it for anything?
Ochana thinks it's waste of money, but she says nothing.
Quatore ranks first all day, and right after the meeting he, as Super Sim, can go outside to dig up something which might add to his score.
Schedule for today:
10 AM Chores & Skills
1 PM Lunch (Chef Fabian will serve something healthy)
2 PM Painter Toby gifting 4 paintings.
4 PM Group outing to the Gym in town.
7 PM No dinner, but Fabian brings lunch leftovers.
8 PM Return to house, free will session
10 PM Painter Toby showing new painting for coomon room.
11 PM Moods & Scores
10 AM Chores & Skills
To most of them this session will be all about chores, which builds skills anyway.
Fiona works hard in the garden. Many new wildrose plants are blooming, and they were moved out of the vegetable garden. They can be harvested, but it won't gain Fiona's score, so she leaves them for decorating the place.
Quatore did clean some floors, but now he wants smething to drink. Otto had a quiet session, and welcomes any bar guest, of course!
Sissela went fishing, but she catches nothing. How can she earn points if not catching one single fish?
Toby has built plenty painting skills, and he is often inspired, too. He is only allowed to sell one work per day, but he can of course paint as many as he likes, after all he pays for the canvas and paint himself.
Now it's time for him to hand over one painting to each of the bedrooms. It's a gift, and not selling the paintings means he will need to sell other paintings in order to cover the cost. And he sure did, but as he can sell maximum one work per day, it's still not a very lucrative business.
Except Fiona and Sissela disagreeing about their painting, and Ona and Ochana thinking it was disappointing that two bedrooms got the exact same motive, most of the 8 were happy to get rid of the dino stencils.
Ona has saved the worst repair task for last. She sits down to repair the huge virtual fun machine. Not quite sure if she is well enough skilled for this task. But she succeeds, and nobody was wounded.
4 PM - Group outing: Gym
Now they all head for the Gym in central Gloomville. There are points to earn/lose:
200 points for being first to use any exercising equipment.
100 points for being first to socialize with anyone non-household member.
100 points for being first to clean up something.
-100 for falling asleep during the stay.
When entering the Gym, Fabian is already very tired. Will he fall asleep and losing 100 points?
Everyone except Toby rush inside to dance. All they care about is the music, how weird at a Gym! But then I notice that all the exercising facilities are busy, there is simply nothing else to do.
Ochana is the first to start exercising (earning 200 points!), and soon the others follow. Otto and Quatore earn themselves 100 points each from starting a group conversation with townie, Selena.
Fabian is still awake, and 7 PM he serves the lunch remainders upstairs. Ona, Fiona and Otto are hungry!
So, at 8 PM the group returned back home. None of them cleaned, and Fabian managed to stay awake just about, but fell asleep outside their door, LOL - great timing, man!
Quatore seems happy that Ona fixed the virrtual fun machine.
10 PM - First common painting
More paintings are up to the wall today, as Toby delivers his first painting to replace a dino stencil in a common room. He needs to deliver one more common painting every 2nd day until all stencils are replaced. He can choose which one, and tonight the new painting goes to the main hall downstairs, over the pink sofa, on the library wall.
The painting is named "Tree of love". Those attending seem to like it!
11 PM - Moods & Scores
Finding the greenest plumbob is always exciting. You might think it doesn't matters a lot, but actually it does. The greenest becomes Super Sim for one day, meaning there are a few benefits that can easily turn into points.With some luck, a Super Sim can add as much as 300-400 points. The highest score on day 20 will decide the winner, so the green plumbob is quite important to the Sims by Numbers contestants.
Tonight there is only one green plumbob, Fiona! She might grab 200 points from the Loser.
- Congratulations, Fiona! What's on your mind?
- Nothing. I was sad a moment ago. Happy to be tomorrow's Super Sim, though!
- You and your roommate Sissela disagreed about the new painting in your room?
- Of course we did! We never agree on anything.
There is also just one red plumbob, Sissela! The quarreling rivals at opposite table ends tomorrow? Oh no! Sissela only has 198 points, and if she fails at completing the midnight challenge within 60 minutes, needing to hand over 200 points to Super Sim, Sissela will not have enough points and will have to leave the house!
Sissela's number is 6, and today is day number 8, so she will do midnight challenge number 6+8=14 within 60 minutes! Because there are just 9 alternative challenges, she will pick challenge number 14-9=5.
5. Walk outside and make someone laugh.
Well, it could have been worse. If Sissela is about as lucky as Fiona the other night, she should be able to tell a joke to some stranger passing by. The question is if anyone will be passing by...
Sissela for sure feels unlucky. The street is very quiet. Then se sees a guy crossing over there, and Sissela breaks the rule little by calling him over. It's already 12:25 PM, hardly enough time to complete the challenge!
His name is Ryder Scholl, Sissela introduces herself, then she tells him a joke. But Ryder Scholl does not laugh! He didn't find the joke funny!
Sissela hands over 200 points to her roommate and rival, Fiona. She has now -2 points, and will probably be kicked out of the house at the morning meeting tomorrow. By Fiona, who will be Super Sim and leading the meeting!
Sissela doesn't want to give Fiona the joy of seeing her leave the house like that. So she sees a blooming Snapdragon near the street, and decides to harvest it - all she needs is 3 points! It might be a bit against the rules...
She did it! At the meeting tomorrow she will tell them - oh, see what I got in my inventory! Snapdragon seeds!
Summing it up - day 8
Sim in Spot: none
New chore: none
Super Sim: Quatore
Loser: Fiona
Relations:
Not much changed.
Skills:
Toby: 17 total (Painting 6, Violin 2, Comedy 2, Video gaming 1, Charisma 1, Mischief 1, Cooking 1, Logic 1, Fitness 1, Gardening 1)
Ochana: 13 total (Charisma 3, Comedy 2, Logic 2, Video gaming 1, Fitness 1, Gardening 1, Cooking 1, Mischief 1, Fitness 1)
Fabian: 12 total (Gardening 4, Cooking 3, Video gaming 2, Mischief 1, Comedy 1, Charisma 1)
Otto: 10 total (Video gaming 2, Charisma 2, Mischief 1, Cooking 1, Comedy 1, Piano 1, Mixology 1, Fitness 1)
Ona: 13 total (Handiness 4, Fitness 3, Comedy 1, Logic 1, Cooking 1, Video gaming 1, Gardening 1, Charisma 1)
Fiona: 10 total (Gardening 3, Mischief 1, Logic 1, Cooking 1, Video gaming 1, Comedy 1, Charisma 1, Fitness 1)
Quatore: 12 total (Video gaming 3, Cooking 2, Logic 2, Fitness 1, Fishing 1, Comedy 1, Charisma 1, Gardening 1)
Sissela: 11 total (Video gaming 2, Mischief 2, Fishing 1, Logic 1, Handiness 1, Comedy 1, Fitness 1, Cooking 1, Gardening 1)
Standing score and chores:
Ochana: 1865 points, Accountant
Quatore: 1630 points, Cleaner
Toby: 1513 points, Painter
Fiona: 1504 points, Gardener
Ona: 1380 points, Repairman
Fabian: 823 points, Chef
Otto: 540 points, Party Fixer
Sissela: -2 points, Angler
Common account: §332
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