Cassidy Ottomas is the wife of Paul Ottomas, one of several Ottomas men who have been abducted. She is struggling to raise their young son, living off the earnings from her paintings while trying to find a job. So far she's been keeping her head above water, but for how long?
Olivia Hart is not a very good student, but she's trying to get through Uni because she knows it's what her mom would've wanted her to do. She still has no idea what she'll do after college, but that's still two years away, so she can think about it later.
Happy Simming!
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Smercury 6/29/19
Wolf Long's father was abducted when he was a baby. Later his mother married his stepfather and they had several more children. When his mom left to head up the team on Smercury, his stepfather tried, but Wolf never really felt like he belonged in the family unit. He's convinced that if his dad had never been abducted his life would be much different. To that end, he has become obsessed with researching abductions ever since moving out on his own.
When Jodie (Larson) Hart was abducted her family was left in a bad spot. Not only does her husband Matthew now have to raise three girls on his own, but he has to do it with no major source of income as he's an elder and Jodie was the breadwinner. Luckily they have a bit of savings to live off of, but what happens when it runs out?
Lilly Haggerty has become one of many single parents resulting from abductions. It's been tough, but soon Ezra will be a teen who not only won't require child care, but who can get a job. Lilly likes the sound of that.
As previously mentioned, the aliens seem to hit some families harder than others and this time it was Tommy Ottomas' turn. He was working towards getting onto the rescue team (his husband Hun is already there) but the aliens had other ideas and abducted him. Now their teen daughter Gayle is left on her own wondering if Hun will be able to rescue Tommy and get them both safely home again.
That's all folks! Happy Simming!
When Jodie (Larson) Hart was abducted her family was left in a bad spot. Not only does her husband Matthew now have to raise three girls on his own, but he has to do it with no major source of income as he's an elder and Jodie was the breadwinner. Luckily they have a bit of savings to live off of, but what happens when it runs out?
Lilly Haggerty has become one of many single parents resulting from abductions. It's been tough, but soon Ezra will be a teen who not only won't require child care, but who can get a job. Lilly likes the sound of that.
As previously mentioned, the aliens seem to hit some families harder than others and this time it was Tommy Ottomas' turn. He was working towards getting onto the rescue team (his husband Hun is already there) but the aliens had other ideas and abducted him. Now their teen daughter Gayle is left on her own wondering if Hun will be able to rescue Tommy and get them both safely home again.
That's all folks! Happy Simming!
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Smercury 6/25/19
The Kim family has been hit harder than most by alien abductions. First Robert Kim was taken and Justin moved back home with his mother and eventually got married. In time, Cynthia was also abducted, leaving Justin, his wife Amaya, and their two children. All was calm for a while, but then Justin was taken as well, just after finding out Amaya was pregnant again. Amaya is now raising 4 children on her own, having given birth to twin boys. Which Kim will be next?
Monica (Bratford) Worthington has struggled ever since her husband Frances was abducted when their son was just a baby. She raised James on her own, going through a series of relationships along the way, one of which resulted in another son, who is currently just a child. She is now seeing Julien Cooke, who has had his own experience with abduction. He dated Cynthia Kim after her husband was abducted, but that ended with her being taken as well. No shortage of drama is this household.
And believe it or not, none of the other families I played today have been affected by abduction. They're living the good life! That's it for today. Happy Simming!
Monica (Bratford) Worthington has struggled ever since her husband Frances was abducted when their son was just a baby. She raised James on her own, going through a series of relationships along the way, one of which resulted in another son, who is currently just a child. She is now seeing Julien Cooke, who has had his own experience with abduction. He dated Cynthia Kim after her husband was abducted, but that ended with her being taken as well. No shortage of drama is this household.
And believe it or not, none of the other families I played today have been affected by abduction. They're living the good life! That's it for today. Happy Simming!
Monday, June 24, 2019
Smercury 6/24/19
Marvin Tinker is the second child of Stephen and Wanda and he probably owes his life to the fact his sister Melody was abducted as a teen. He was born to replace the child they lost. Now he's grown, married, and has a daughter. His parents died of old age. Melody has never returned. What would he even say to her if she did?
Gabriella (Newson) Gavigan has had two abductions so far in her family: first, her older brother's wife and unborn child were taken and recently, her younger brother was taken. Gabi's husband Isaiah has been lucky that none of his family has been taken, but his father Nathan is currently part of the rescue team, so he hasn't seen him in a long time.
Gavin Newson has never been the same since his pregnant wife was abducted shortly after their marriage. He knows that if his wife and child are still alive, that child would be grown by now, and he's missed his/her entire childhood. He's given up on the possibility that they'll ever come home and consequently he's been dating someone, but he's not sure he wants to make it into anything serious. It's just not the same.
Olivia (Ottomas) Garth and her twin brother Paul's lives have always run in parallel. They both married about the same time and they each have a young child. Now, however, their paths have split because of Paul's abduction. Olivia is a twinless twin and she doesn't know if that will ever change. Given that their father Peter was abducted years ago and never returned, she doesn't have much hope.
The Ottomas family has been affected by abductions in many ways. David had to take on a lot more responsibility when his father was abducted and now that all the kids are grown, he continues to act as the patriarch of the family, trying to hold them all together. It's no easy feat, especially considering Sharla's husband was abducted, Tommy's husband is working with the rescue team on Smercury, Tommy himself is training to join the mission, and their youngest brother Paul was also abducted, leaving behind a wife and small son.
That's all for now. Happy simming!
Gabriella (Newson) Gavigan has had two abductions so far in her family: first, her older brother's wife and unborn child were taken and recently, her younger brother was taken. Gabi's husband Isaiah has been lucky that none of his family has been taken, but his father Nathan is currently part of the rescue team, so he hasn't seen him in a long time.
Gavin Newson has never been the same since his pregnant wife was abducted shortly after their marriage. He knows that if his wife and child are still alive, that child would be grown by now, and he's missed his/her entire childhood. He's given up on the possibility that they'll ever come home and consequently he's been dating someone, but he's not sure he wants to make it into anything serious. It's just not the same.
Olivia (Ottomas) Garth and her twin brother Paul's lives have always run in parallel. They both married about the same time and they each have a young child. Now, however, their paths have split because of Paul's abduction. Olivia is a twinless twin and she doesn't know if that will ever change. Given that their father Peter was abducted years ago and never returned, she doesn't have much hope.
The Ottomas family has been affected by abductions in many ways. David had to take on a lot more responsibility when his father was abducted and now that all the kids are grown, he continues to act as the patriarch of the family, trying to hold them all together. It's no easy feat, especially considering Sharla's husband was abducted, Tommy's husband is working with the rescue team on Smercury, Tommy himself is training to join the mission, and their youngest brother Paul was also abducted, leaving behind a wife and small son.
That's all for now. Happy simming!
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Smercury 6/22/19
Sharla (Ottomas) Lee spent a long time looking for Mr. Right, but as soon as she found him and married him, he was abducted. Since then, she's been somewhat of a recluse, living off her painting/pottery income and rarely venturing out. It should also be noted that her youngest brother Paul was abducted shortly after her husband. Sharla and Paul were never particularly close, but now they probably never will be.
Charles Wheeler first met his now wife when she was a single mom to an infant son whose father had been abducted. The two soon fell in love and got married, having four more children together. However, not long after the youngest child was born, Willow was selected for the rescue team. She has a personal motivation, given her oldest son's father is somewhere on the alien planet, but also wants to reunite as many families as possible. Noble as her intentions are, it's made things difficult for Charles, who is left to run the household alone. Luckily the older kids are a great help with the younger ones, particularly since Charles works nights.
Garrett Newson was living a pretty quiet life with his wife and daughter until this round when he was abducted. He has no idea what life will be like for him now and his family has no idea when, or if, he'll return.
Ginger Newson and Tina Traveller have a large brood of adopted children. They've both also been touched by abduction, with both Tina's parents having been abducted and Ginger's younger brother Garrett recently being taken as well. They both try to hold out hope that their family members will be returned, but Tina's parents have been gone so long, she's not even sure if they're alive.
Raven Rai, the daughter of Jasmine Rai and Gunnar Roque, was affected by her father's abduction in a roundabout way. She was never close with him when her parents were together, broke, and cheating on each other, so she probably wasn't heartbroken when they split up and he was subsequently abducted. However, the events that followed did impact her life. Her mother met and married a man named Clarence Phillippine and they had not one, but two sets of twins in a short period of time. The family moved and went from being broke in a tiny trailer to having slightly more money in a slightly bigger house with four more people in it. Now that she's grown, she lives with her boyfriend in a fairly large house, though it's sparsely furnished due to their current lack of funds, but Raven's used to that.
That's all for now. Happy Simming!
Charles Wheeler first met his now wife when she was a single mom to an infant son whose father had been abducted. The two soon fell in love and got married, having four more children together. However, not long after the youngest child was born, Willow was selected for the rescue team. She has a personal motivation, given her oldest son's father is somewhere on the alien planet, but also wants to reunite as many families as possible. Noble as her intentions are, it's made things difficult for Charles, who is left to run the household alone. Luckily the older kids are a great help with the younger ones, particularly since Charles works nights.
Garrett Newson was living a pretty quiet life with his wife and daughter until this round when he was abducted. He has no idea what life will be like for him now and his family has no idea when, or if, he'll return.
Ginger Newson and Tina Traveller have a large brood of adopted children. They've both also been touched by abduction, with both Tina's parents having been abducted and Ginger's younger brother Garrett recently being taken as well. They both try to hold out hope that their family members will be returned, but Tina's parents have been gone so long, she's not even sure if they're alive.
Raven Rai, the daughter of Jasmine Rai and Gunnar Roque, was affected by her father's abduction in a roundabout way. She was never close with him when her parents were together, broke, and cheating on each other, so she probably wasn't heartbroken when they split up and he was subsequently abducted. However, the events that followed did impact her life. Her mother met and married a man named Clarence Phillippine and they had not one, but two sets of twins in a short period of time. The family moved and went from being broke in a tiny trailer to having slightly more money in a slightly bigger house with four more people in it. Now that she's grown, she lives with her boyfriend in a fairly large house, though it's sparsely furnished due to their current lack of funds, but Raven's used to that.
That's all for now. Happy Simming!
Friday, June 21, 2019
Smercury 6/21/19
I've decided updates will only be on Bluewater residents who have lost someone via abduction or who have family members working on the rescue team. This way Smercury continues to be a bit mysterious and we don't waste time updating on people who are just going about their business with no real concerns about aliens - yet. To that end, today's update will be on the Gavigan family originally from the bin - Nathan, Mary, and Isaiah.
The family has grown a bit since I started playing them. In total the Gavigans now have 10 children. Nathan was selected to join the rescue mission just after meeting #10. He's been on Smercury for a while now, leaving Mary at home to deal with the kids on her own. At the time Nathan left, the four oldest kids had already left home, either for Uni or just out on their own, but the other six were still at home. As of this round, the fifth child has left for college, bringing Mary to five kids ranging in age from toddler to teen. Since both Nathan and Mary are elders and Nathan is not the most senior member of the team (despite being the oldest member) there is a strong possibility that one of both of them might die without ever being reunited. It's a sad, but heroic, story of sacrifice. Here's hoping some rescues start happening and some new people get trained to replace Nathan soon.
That's all for now. Happy Simming!
The family has grown a bit since I started playing them. In total the Gavigans now have 10 children. Nathan was selected to join the rescue mission just after meeting #10. He's been on Smercury for a while now, leaving Mary at home to deal with the kids on her own. At the time Nathan left, the four oldest kids had already left home, either for Uni or just out on their own, but the other six were still at home. As of this round, the fifth child has left for college, bringing Mary to five kids ranging in age from toddler to teen. Since both Nathan and Mary are elders and Nathan is not the most senior member of the team (despite being the oldest member) there is a strong possibility that one of both of them might die without ever being reunited. It's a sad, but heroic, story of sacrifice. Here's hoping some rescues start happening and some new people get trained to replace Nathan soon.
That's all for now. Happy Simming!
Friday, June 7, 2019
Smercury 6/7/19
Smercury is a challenge that was inspired by another challenge called 1,2,3...Blast Off that I saw on the Sims 2 Exchange ages ago. That challenge was a single household challenge with sims living on a "rocket ship" and exploring an alien planet. So credit goes to whoever created that challenge, because it got me thinking: what if sims didn't get returned home after being abducted? And that's how Smercury was born.
So it basically works like this: I have a main 'hood that is Smercury with a Bluewater Village attached, as well as a Uni for each. Whenever a sim is abducted from Bluewater, they are actually moved there, where they become workers in robot factories. The males, of course, are compelled to give birth to as many alien babies as possible to continue the alien species. The alien culture is reminiscent of a beehive: matriarchal, with a queen and male drones. Children and teens live communally in a "boarding school" and are cared for by Servos (which are made by the sims living in the Workers' Compounds.)
As you can imagine, having sims taken physically creates a bit of chaos and drama on the "home world" of Bluewater Village. Couples get separated, children lose parents, friends go missing. Consequently, new relationships form eventually, causing all sorts of blended families. Here's the twist though: the sims of Bluewater don't just sit back and let the aliens wreak havoc on their lives. They train sims in various careers to join the rescue mission crew that is secretly camped out on Smercury to observe, research, and ultimately rescue as many sims as possible. What happens when a husband returns home from captivity on Smercury only to find that his wife has moved on with someone else? Or when an old woman returns to find her siblings dead and her children grown? Or when someone has children on Smercury and brings them "home" for the first time? So many possibilities! Not to mention that the members of the rescue team also have to be separated from their families for long periods of time which could cause problems as well.
So far, no sims have actually been rescued, though the team is in place and working towards that goal. The alien race is growing by leaps and bounds and there are many broken families in Bluewater who are just trying to survive. Some families have been hit harder than others. The Kim family alone has lost Robert, Cynthia, and Justin, leaving only Justin's wife and children on the home planet. Gavin Newson's wife was abducted shortly after their wedding and gave birth to their daughter on Smercury. Melody Tinker was abducted as a teen and has no idea that she has a brother back home.
The ultimate goal here is to create a fully functioning alien society that has no need for abduction to continue their species. I have no idea if this is actually possible without cheats, given that all aliens born of abduction are siblings and all their children are therefore cousins, but we'll see how it goes. I am using all the premades in Bluewater, plus all the bin families and the students who come with La Fiesta Tech. In addition, there are the townies/dormies who marry in and I have teens grow their townie friends up with them when they go to Uni, so the town is always expanding despite the abductions. LFT is being used as the alien university, while I've created a custom Uni for the Bluewater folks. And in case you're wondering about Stella Terrano, she's the Queen of Smercury. As the only CAS alien in the 'hood she can have children with the alien offspring that get born on Smercury and I think that will be helpful in getting children who are far enough apart in relation to marry each other and eventually produce "pure" aliens.
In any event, we'll see how all this goes. Not sure what my update process will be here. I've played a few rounds already to get back into the swing of things. I may want to update household by household or I may just update when interesting things happen. We'll see. That's all for now. Happy Simming!
So it basically works like this: I have a main 'hood that is Smercury with a Bluewater Village attached, as well as a Uni for each. Whenever a sim is abducted from Bluewater, they are actually moved there, where they become workers in robot factories. The males, of course, are compelled to give birth to as many alien babies as possible to continue the alien species. The alien culture is reminiscent of a beehive: matriarchal, with a queen and male drones. Children and teens live communally in a "boarding school" and are cared for by Servos (which are made by the sims living in the Workers' Compounds.)
As you can imagine, having sims taken physically creates a bit of chaos and drama on the "home world" of Bluewater Village. Couples get separated, children lose parents, friends go missing. Consequently, new relationships form eventually, causing all sorts of blended families. Here's the twist though: the sims of Bluewater don't just sit back and let the aliens wreak havoc on their lives. They train sims in various careers to join the rescue mission crew that is secretly camped out on Smercury to observe, research, and ultimately rescue as many sims as possible. What happens when a husband returns home from captivity on Smercury only to find that his wife has moved on with someone else? Or when an old woman returns to find her siblings dead and her children grown? Or when someone has children on Smercury and brings them "home" for the first time? So many possibilities! Not to mention that the members of the rescue team also have to be separated from their families for long periods of time which could cause problems as well.
So far, no sims have actually been rescued, though the team is in place and working towards that goal. The alien race is growing by leaps and bounds and there are many broken families in Bluewater who are just trying to survive. Some families have been hit harder than others. The Kim family alone has lost Robert, Cynthia, and Justin, leaving only Justin's wife and children on the home planet. Gavin Newson's wife was abducted shortly after their wedding and gave birth to their daughter on Smercury. Melody Tinker was abducted as a teen and has no idea that she has a brother back home.
The ultimate goal here is to create a fully functioning alien society that has no need for abduction to continue their species. I have no idea if this is actually possible without cheats, given that all aliens born of abduction are siblings and all their children are therefore cousins, but we'll see how it goes. I am using all the premades in Bluewater, plus all the bin families and the students who come with La Fiesta Tech. In addition, there are the townies/dormies who marry in and I have teens grow their townie friends up with them when they go to Uni, so the town is always expanding despite the abductions. LFT is being used as the alien university, while I've created a custom Uni for the Bluewater folks. And in case you're wondering about Stella Terrano, she's the Queen of Smercury. As the only CAS alien in the 'hood she can have children with the alien offspring that get born on Smercury and I think that will be helpful in getting children who are far enough apart in relation to marry each other and eventually produce "pure" aliens.
In any event, we'll see how all this goes. Not sure what my update process will be here. I've played a few rounds already to get back into the swing of things. I may want to update household by household or I may just update when interesting things happen. We'll see. That's all for now. Happy Simming!
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