Mayweather Monster Mash: Chapter One
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Hello there!
Boolprop set out some rules for a supernatural mash up challenge some time ago, and naturally I started to play it. I love playing supernaturals, and mashing monsters, so I was pretty excited to give it a shot. The challenge is a little different to my previous monster mashings in that it has some extra rules and fiddly bits, which just adds to the chaos!
I'm honestly expecting the challenge to look a little bit like this by the end:
So yeah, I had to give it a go.
I also took on a number of the mini challenges:
Allotment Chic: All food must be grown on the lot - no stocking the fridge with ordered groceries!
Portraiture: A picture of everyone who has lived on the lot.
Before And After: A picture of the black sheep after every creature gained. So you can see the progress, of course!
Heirs And Spares: We need a spare to our black sheep!
Family: Find a spouse, settle down and have three kids.
Strange Friends: We need a bigfoot and a servo. For science.
Wicked: A witch of each alignment.
Hands up if you love a cyclops!!
This is Jack Mayweather, who in addition to being a cyclops, is an abduction-loving Knowledge sim, with the LTW of topping the Adventurer career. We'll see about that.
He is also a Scorpio, with a personality of 6/5/6/5/3. He likes red haired ladies wearing jewellery, but no beards thank you.
And this is his beautiful lawn house!
To be honest, I was expecting more poverty. He’s straight from CAS on a 4x4 lot, which is the traditional legacy size. And yet, he has a little bit of everything he needs!
Aside actual walls, of course. But who really needs those?
And we hit the ground running for that Allotment Chic bonus, because that fridge is cheap and will need stocking really soon!
This productivity was followed up by a puddle dance.
I think it can be said of all challenges that those very first steps are just not that interesting. Things pick up, don't you worry :D
I really do enjoy cyclops sims. I think he's really cute?!
I made him before custom sliders were a thing, and now I'm wondering if I could make even better cyclops genetics with those...an experiment for later on, perhaps.
Anyway, night falls and it's off to the Tacky Flamingo in search of supernaturals and spouses.
I turned a bin sim and a townie into vampires in the desperate hope that I don't have to add a Downtown, but we'll see how that works out. I'm sure it's fine, but I've never actually done it before.
"Hey, you can see my house from here!"
"You live outdoors? Seriously?"
Well, there's no sign of witches or vampires, and Jack's got weak chemistry for every female on the lot, so the Tacky Flamingo is a bit of a bust. That's what we get for trying to party on a week night, right?
So it's off to the bowling alley, because you can meet your soul mate anywhere!
Seriously, there's like three places to hang out in this town. 
If Jack hadn't randomised as straight, we might have been in luck. But oh well.
He grabbed a hamburger and headed home. It just wasn't meant to be this time, I suppose.
Here's his alternative plans for the evening! Pretty sure Knowledge sims prefer this to socialising anyway.
"Hey aliens! *whistling*"
Yeah, I'm not sure that's going to work. 
That is a look of instant regret.
And the aliens arrived only an hour or two after he started signalling them. Good job, aliens!
Have fun, buddy.
Unrelated note: how cool is it that rain makes a pattern on the roof?!
"Woooah, that rock came out of nowhere!"
"Are you driving drunk AGAIN?"
"Psssh no...that juice stuff is just...good!"
"Move over, I'm driving."
"Watch me do a flip!"
"No!"
Jack came back mostly unharmed, but a bit banged up from the UFO. It's not the smoothest ride in the universe.
Bless him, I think he's finally realised he's had an unusual evening.
I love this picture, though. 
"...how am I ever going to get over this?"
Amazingly quickly, actually. Jack immediately rolled the want to get abducted, which would have been useful three hours ago, but whatever. I'm not bitter.
Next time, Jack. 
"Onwards! To the next nosy dude with a telescope!"
"...seriously, let me drive."
Jack spent the following day sleeping off his space shenanigans, tending his plants, and experiencing morning sickness. But he felt surprisingly okay by the evening, so he's off out to the Tacky Flamingo again.
Being broke with a baby on the way means it's time to find a missus with some cash.
Or, you know, find a nice comfy chair to rest in.
"I'm so glad I came out."
One of the vamps walked on the lot, glitched up his fangs, and then left before Jack could greet him.
Only mildly frustrating, but all in good time I suppose.
Jack then discovered a lady he had two bolts for.
Too bad she was in the middle of being robbed.
"Hey, I just noticed you getting robbed..."
Not your best opening line, Jack. She seemed to be into it anyway.
They managed to share a kiss, at least.
Her name is Lilly Do.
"What's this? I had one conversation with you two days ago and I'm not your first choice for spouse?!"
" *sigh* I am never leaving the townie pool."
It’s kind of a shame he didn’t throw more bolts for Callista here – she’s got one of the new default face templates I installed, and I haven’t bred with any of them yet.
Oh well. Boltage is more important to me.
Oh, real classy, Jack.
The next morning, Jack is feeling really ill again. He spent half the day with his head over the toilet.
And who can blame him, that toilet is gross enough to turn stomachs. 
" *gasp* but how can I afford this??"
Better step up the flirting with Lilly, my friend.
"Lilly! My day was totally boring without you!!"
It really was. I don't think anyone really wants to see screenshots of Jack sleeping and tending the plants.
One dream date on the lawn later, and Lilly is totally in love with Jack.
“So how about it? Come live with me?”
…I think Jack’s the one that needs pampering, what with being pregnant, but whatever works for you guys.
In case you can’t read that, Lilly moved in and brought all of the cash with her. $17,000 in fact!
Lilly Do
Knowledge
Max Seven Skills
5/3/7/3/7 (Pisces)
Black Hair & Cleaning
Stink
So the couple got a house!
It’s a little…square. But it works, for now, so we’ll roll with it.
And morning arrives, with a bump!
Only twenty-four hours to go, and we’ll have our black sheep!
And it was at this point I decided to add another mini-challenge – the Graveyard Smash!
Which involves getting all of the ghost colours. See, I’ve had black sheep sims before, so I thought I’d put in a little bit more of a challenge. We’ll see how long that lasts!
It does, however, involve making friends to kill off.
This new found murder spree – and the severely undecorated and sparsely furnished house – require some more dough.
So we get our heavily pregnant cyclops to dig in the dirt.
Yeah, it really wasn’t long before I had to make him call it quits.
“My tummy hurts!”
Must have been that gone off cereal you ate, right?
“Lilly, look! A little green baby!”
“I can’t look, I’m cleaning.”
Coincidentally, Jack’s desired job showed up in the paper that day. So now, he really has it all – cute green kid, a girlfriend, and the job of his dreams!
Gasp! A social worker!
What could she possibly want??
She's dropping off a kid, of course!
We need a cowplant for all of the ghosts, so the plan is to send Brittany here to uni as soon as possible so she can steal one from the secret society.
And because I had Lilly call them up, and she's not yet married to Jack, Brit doesn't show up as a relation to Jack or Esmerelda. I'm okay with this though - we'll just pretend Brit is Jack's step-daughter or whatever.
She fits right in!
I had been hoping for a slightly neater kid - the house is disgusting - but she's still pretty awesome.
Brittany Do
4/10/4/4/3 (Leo)
It's useful having another set of hands, too!
The fruit and veg from this garden is going to be as bland as anything, I guarantee it.
Time passes quickly, mostly because this bunch is so poor it's hard work keeping them happy.
Let's see what little Esme looks like as a toddler!
Not a cyclops, but definitely adorable!
Esmerelda Mayweather
9/10/7/1/6 (Aries)
Our little black sheep is the cutest thing <3
Jack then nipped downstairs to propose.
I now wish I'd sent them somewhere prettier than their undecorated living room/kitchen/dining room.
She said yes, of course.
And Jack actually fell in love with her whilst he proposed, as I hadn't realised he wasn't quite there yet beforehand.
And then I did a total simmer noob thing, and missed the actual marriage.
You can tell I haven't played a challenge in a while, can't you? Anyway, Lilly Do became Lilly Mayweather.
And she immediately moved in the first sim for our graveyard smash.
I'm pretty sure his name is George. I figured it'd be better not to get attached. I don't really like killing sims, but I do like mini challenges.
George was immediately shown to the guest room. *cough*
It's a good, old fashioned fire box.
"This fire is so passionate, so beautiful...and so hot..."
I'm sorry, George.
SAM, REALLY?
What? A lot of simmers do this kind of thing.
EXACTLY. IT'S SO UNORIGINAL.
Just shh and take George away please.
NAH, OLIVE, IT'S A SIMPLE FIRE DEATH, I'LL BE HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER. I'LL JUST HAVE WHAT YOU'RE HAVING. NO I DON'T MIND. HONESTLY, PICK ANYTHING.
And that, my dear friends, is all I have for this time. Join me again soon for more supernaturals and more Grim Reaper!
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Date: 2017-10-22 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-10-23 07:47 pm (UTC)I have a hard time killing sims, done it a couple times for plot, but it was painful. But when it's not my babies, I can enjoy watching it as a challenge. :P Curious to see how it all goes!
Keep up the good work, Sam! :)