Take Me to the Moon 4.11: Mortimer's Wake

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All the grown-ups were preparing for the wake, scurrying around, getting dressed, and Desmond was free to be sad without having to talk to anyone.  

Before they brought in the piano, Elise had seen him crying, but she hadn't said anything to him.

Take Me to the Moon 4.10: Once More Unto the Breach

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The day dawned, just like every other day, except someone had knocked over the trash can.  Elise saw the trash piles, presumably from her bedroom, and mischievously decided to play in them right before it was time to go to school.

Mortimer was sent to clean up the trash, hopefully before Elise got too dirty for school.   Unfortunately, the Grim Reaper chose this very moment to come for Mortimer.

Take Me to the Moon 4.9: Please Stand By

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After returning from the Willow Creek Archive with Mortimer, Delaney was not ready to retire.  Declan Hammond had put a recording program on Alexander's computer, and  she was using Alexander's recent hacking to access the greater World Wide Web outside of the Program Files/Origin Games/The Sims 4.  She voraciously started reading about the Goth Family, the Sims games, and the world of Simmers.

Although the extensive and varied Goth family history was fascinating, her main concern was Cacey's whereabouts.  She quickly found Cacey.  With a simple Google search of her name, a Tumblr account came up, with a link to the Wolff Legacy.

Take Me to the Moon 4.8: Living with Legends

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Delaney and Alexander had reached that point in their lives where, to all appearances, they were living the suburban dream:  two beautiful kids, a beautiful home, and climbing steadily in their careers. 

Delaney was using more of her free time to take exploratory trips in the rocket to document her experiences, since she realized she actually had no memory of her flights.

Meanwhile, Alexander was going through his days on auto-pilot, somewhere between despair and defiance.

What is Sims Writers.com?

Sims Writers is a virtual place where you can meet real people who enjoy writing real stories about virtual people and places.  It is a community where it is safe and fun to share ideas and stories, and where egos take a back seat to enjoying the art of writing and the fun of simming.  There are contests, forums for different Sims games, and each member has his or her own blog and wall to update as they wish, at the site.  Come check out the public pages, and see if Sim Writers.com is a community you'd like to join.

Simdale Valley Post Special: Get to Work Feature Review

What I most like to see from an expansion pack, are features that allow me to extend open-ended game play and customize my game, and in light of that, I am pretty excited about the new information from the Sims VIP Preview of Get to Work .  While there are obviously some goal-oriented, game-directed features coming with Get to Work, here are some possibilities that are coming, that I am especially looking forward to:

#1  Expanded Painting and Photography Possibilities!

The new photography skill has some aspects that are going to really expand customization in my homes and sims' lives.  

For example, the new selfie interface on the smart phones, which may also turn those friend selfie interactions into usable pictures, but that is not confirmed that I know of.

Take Me to the Moon 4.7: The More Things Change

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Oasis Springs Community School has just opened

It was the first day of school and everyone was mingling on the sidewalk, waiting for the bell to ring. In spite of his usual reserved attitude in social situations, Ewan Tesla immediately began chatting with his teacher, Ms. Rolle,

 

Take Me to the Moon 4.6: An Old Soul

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(Reader, please humor me as we take an eventful side-trip to the in-laws, the Goth household, and venture further into the Game Aware Sims subplot while there.  Although some of these characters are now revealed to be more game aware, we will return to our regularly scheduled programming with more oblivious sims, next week.)

Alexander, intrigued, followed Mortimer Goth to the roof.

While playing chess, Alexander had described to his dad how he and Delaney had started wondering about whether other places where even "out there" or not.  He told him that even some of their memories, seemed gone.   Cacey's departure from everywhere had opened their eyes.  Now they realized they knew so little. 

Mortimer held up his hand to stop Alexander.  "This discussion warrants a  more epic backdrop.  And better lighting.   To the roof!"