2. When last we met, Cyd Roseland had moved
from the Sim Bin into Bernie Mac, lost his dog,
married Brandi LeTourneau, had twins and a
surprise third child, and clawed his way not-
quite to the top of the criminal career ladder.
Brandi earned a lot of money. The family went
on vacation, and finally got the kids into private
school… and then the twins left for college, along
with a selection of townie children aged to teen
in the local orphanage.
3. Joining our friends in college…
The Roseland twins— heir
Athos and sister Aramisa—
arrived without mishap in
seriously hideous clothing.
Pleasure-loving Aramisa
took a portion of their
scholarship money and
remedied the situation
immediately. She also
bought a little something
else for the dorm they’re
sharing with the three
orphan townies, Marsha,
Chandler, and Nery.
4. Having gotten several
scholarships a piece, there
wasn’t a rush to skill in
college; instead, Athos and
Aramisa applied themselves
to getting to know their
fellow students… who
appear to be really fond of
the bowl cut.
5. Bowl cuts… and other
things. Dude, eyes up.
Aramisa might be a pleasure
sim, but even she has her
limits.
6. Aramisa is working on getting to
date number ten for her current
LTW. She’s more firmly straight
than I’d prefer— fifty first dates is
hard enough without halving the
pool of candidates. She likes Goopy
a lot, enough to have me start
plotting for a sophomore re-roll.
Marsha, in the background, is
contemplating a thing with Komei
Tellerman.
College is supposed to be a meet
market, right? That’s what my
grandmother implied if I remember
correctly, although I don’t recall my
experience being quite like this.
7. End of the first year, and
everyone stands around
congratulating each other,
talking about their next
term papers and what not…
except Aramisa. She really
isn’t into the whole college
experience, at all.
8. Although the pancakes are
good. This girl loves her
pancakes, at home and in
Three Lakes.
9. There’s a bit of a love triangle
between the three orphans.
Marsha and Chandler have two-
bolt chemistry, and Nery also likes
to autonomously flirt with Marsha.
She’s also into Komei— but I don’t
really like them together.
Chandler and Aramisa,
meanwhile, also have two bolts,
and Nery and Aramisa have two
bolts (although they also have
seriously negative relationship
points from that teenage incident
at the mall). So far we’ve avoided
anything too complicated, but I
can’t watch all of them at every
moment.
10. So, Marsha and Chandler
get engaged. They’re a cute
couple, and hopefully a little
commitment will go a long
way. Right?
11. And Nery heads out to the
student union. Somehow I
get the impression that
Jasmine isn’t too impressed
by his pick-up technique.
Poor Nery. He’s sort of
inept in an adorable way.
12. Towards the end of their
second year, a limo pulls up
in the middle of the night…
13. And Athos finds himself
cornered in the bathroom
by a blonde doing the
chicken dance.
15. Athos now has the coveted
llama patch. Unfortunately,
he’s no closer to finding a
lady love, much less one
that’s legacy legal. At this
point, I’d settle for a single
bolt— after all, his parents
only had the one bolt at
first.
16. Let’s leave the kids to their…
uh… coursework, I guess,
and check back in with the
Roselands.
21. Success! Gretel wants to be
a Mad Scientist when she
grows up, and she wants to
earn scholarships for college
right now. She’s very
mellow.
22. Brandi, meanwhile, is
writing her third novel.
They’ve all done well so far,
but not spectacularly well.
On the other hand, from the
looks of her life bar, she’s
going to have a fair amount
of time to perfect her
technique.
23. Cyd, on the other hand,
doesn’t have too much
longer for this world. He
does finally makes it to
Criminal Mastermind, and
heads off to work in his very
pointy costume.
Does anyone else think he
looks like he’s product-
testing a new speed-
swimming bathing suit?
24. Back at university…
The uni crowd just has a few more
semesters left, and they all buckle
down to make sure they’ve got the
skills and grades to make the most
of their slog time in college.
Some re-rolls were taken after
sophomore year, and Athos
became a knowledge-oriented sim
with a goal of Education Minister,
which necessitated a major
change. Aramisa switched to
having her twin’s former
aspiration and LTW… I find 20
besties only slightly less annoying
than 50 1st dates. Sigh.
25. Gretel takes to visiting the
house, even though none of
the residents will be there
when she gets there. If I’d
been thinking clearly I
would have spaced them out
so someone could be a
placeholder, but that’s the
sort of thing I’ve forgotten
about since the last time I
played University. That and
the sheer amount of time
Sims spend getting their
higher education.
26. This is how I play most of
college— I just can’t take
checking in more than once
or twice a day, so it’s
autonomous high-speed
most of the time. Start the
semester with a push to get
the skills in, make sure they
call their special friends once
a semester, and with very
little micro-managing, they
max out their class bars. At
this point, we’re all just
going through the motions.
27. Of course, there’s a reason
NOT to play that way.
Dammit, you two! Marsha’s
at class, and the two of you
are actually in her bed.
Aramisa, I’m disappointed in
you.
Chandler, watch your back. I
may not remember everything
about this game, but I’m
pretty sure I still know how to
tombstone a Death by Flies
for your sorry, cheating self.
29. It’s the end Senior year, and
which means making sure
all the kids are
appropriately matched up.
Nery finally found his very
own lady-love that isn’t
taken— one Rose
Thomason. She turns out to
be a downtownie, not a
dormie, like I’d originally
thought, and she and Nery
have three bolts of
chemistry.
30. Our heir has finally found
his legacy-legal sweetheart.
Thanks to the gypsy’s crystal
ball, Ivy Copur and Athos
found each other in his third
year at Uni, and have been
dating ever since… Ivy
doesn’t know it yet, but
tonight’s the night!
31.
32. Aramisa’s most successful
blind date— even more than
Goopy— was this young
man… but neither of us are
completely sold on him as a
life-long companion. So
Aramisa gets ready to
graduate without being
engaged.
34. And he and Rose settle
down in Bernie Mac… with a
little help from the Bank of
Motherlode.
35. Chandler and Marsha are
next. She’s still none the
wiser about Chandler’s little
indiscretion senior year.
Buddy, I’ve got my eye on
you.
36. And the twins complete
their studies, leaving
Mac U in horrible
outfits similar to those
they arrived in. Join us
next time, back in
Bernie Mac, for what
will hopefully be the
arrival of generation
three!
