Sims 3 Tales: Wishes, Part 01
July 24th, 2009
Ethyn Regret returned from a night out with his friends Thornton Wolff and Christopher Steel. It was a night that consisted of a movie and drinks at the Bistro so he returned home in high spirits.
But his return was marred by the fact that, once again, the bills had yet to be paid.
Why did he always have to be the responsible one? It wasn't as if Katriss had no money, and she had plenty of free time too. She only worked three days a week as it was.
Ethyn sighed. Sometimes he felt more like a barely tolerated guest in his own house. He was even relegated to sleeping in a bed in the study—not even a proper bedroom. He didn't know what Katriss' problem was. She was the one that cheated on him, not the other way around.
Maybe he should think about moving out soon; however, he loved this house. He had helped pay for half of it after all. He shouldn't let Katriss chase him out of it. But, it would be nice to live somewhere where he didn't receive baleful glares whenever he entered a room. Luckily, Ransom and Inara seemed to like him. That made things a little easier.
Having finished cleaning up the dishes from dinner, Ransom found his thoughts once again turning to a dream he'd had before he had died. He was completely fascinated by the forensic sciences and wanted to become a DNA profiler.
As he played with his daughter, he mulled over how he would break the news to his fiancé. His current job at the mausoleum was boring, but he loved the hours as they allowed him to spend more time with Katriss and Inara. He knew he would have to take up a job in law enforcement if if wished to make his dream a reality. However, not only would he then be working during the day, which he was used to spending with Katriss, he would be working with people who strived everyday to take Katriss down.
After putting Inara down for the night, he soaked in the tub letting the warm water ease his thoughts. He decided to think a bit more before talking to Katriss about his desires. He didn't want to do anything that might put stress on their relationship especially since they were so close to the wedding.
The next morning…
Katriss: "I'm so smart I think I actually scare myself sometimes."
Ransom: "What did you do this time?"
Katriss: "It's my grand plan. It's coming together, my love. I convinced Marty to come over here today. I'm sure the poor man doesn't even remember who I am. But then, how could he? I was wearing a disguise when I robbed him and his wife.
"Anyway, I managed to convince him that Ethyn harbors feeling for him as well. Won't that be a wonderful surprise for Ethyn?"
Ransom: "I just want to say right now that I'm having second thoughts about this whole revenge scheme of yours."
Katriss: "Hmph. It's not like I'm killing anyone. Feelings are the only things that are going to get hurt."
Ransom: "Sometimes that's worse."
Katriss: "Don't be a stick in the mud, dear."
9 Responses to “Sims 3 Tales: Wishes, Part 01”
July 24th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Wow first post again!
Hm… /:I
Seriously this made my day Kara. Just… awesome. And it's great to see Ethyn finally getting some affection of his own, poor guy finally has something to smile about now, :D. I can't wait for the next one! Eeee :o!
By the way, the interactions in TS3 are phenomenal (did I spell that right :x… phenaw…pheniiiimenjdfk). Seriously when I saw Katriss reading to Inara, I was in shock at how realistic that looked!
Just that I'd add that in… 😳
July 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Yes, I agree with you Stephanie. The interactions are so realistic. There are only a handful of things that I dislike about The Sims 3. (One of the major things being that I can't switch from family to family as I please without losing Lifetime Rewards/Points/Whatever/etc.)
July 24th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Oooohh… Inara's a little hacker! Maybe she will take after her mother…
July 24th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
"Your time has come, little one. Prepare yourself for your last day…of toddlerhood! Mwahahaha!"
If my mother said that, I'd probably run screaming xD
This chapter kills me with all the lovely man bods *sigh*.
July 25th, 2009 at 8:18 am
July 27th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Heeheehee, I am going to avoid installing anything custom until I can use my (that's right, I FINALLY got one) new computer. I got a really amazing desktop instead of a laptop, and I am so glad I did. 23" LCD flat screen display, 1 TB hard drive, 8 GB memory, 1 GB Nvidia GeForce 9400 video/graphics card, and a few other nifty things. 🙂
I have a feeling my game will run like a dream as soon as I get my compy up and running.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:46 am
July 28th, 2009 at 8:45 am
HA! I love Katriss lounging on the bed in her swimwear and sunglasses. She is wonderful–I love evil sims!
Some of the TS3 interactions are nice, but most are just bad copy/pasta from TS2. You can tell they did very little to try and fix the animations to route with the more complex TS3 models, especially when eyes roll back into their head for half the duration or their hands are like several inches away from where they should be. 🙁 I know most of the new interactions are the same thing pasted over and over, but I do like the ability to "Thank for cooking" and "announce" things. Makes for good pictures. 😉
I can see you're having the photobucket issue. They are compressing images now, which is bogus. Even Pro accounts are getting hit. I've taken to hosting my photos at wordpress.com. They give you 3gigs or so of space for signing up for a blog. /grumblegrumble lousy photobucket…
July 28th, 2009 at 9:42 am