If you'll give me your attention I will tell you what I am

1. Welcome back to Ruth’s (un)Officially Wacky Boolprop Challenge! I’m sure you
remember that the last installment was actually a special feature, because of the heir poll,
but do you remember what happened before that?
Oh good! Can you please remind me?
Be that way then. As I recall, not a whole lot happened because everyone was in motive
distress all the time. Baby #3 of this generation was born; his name is Oakapple. The heir
poll was put up at the end of the chapter. The results are in, and the heir is… male.

2. First things first. Almost as soon as I loaded the lot, Valerie went off to get our gnome
back.
(happily) I’m glad my Sims have such a firm grasp of the rules.

3. Buttercup is pretty good at taking care of her own needs, especially Fun. Like mother,
like daughter, no?

4. Actually, she’s pretty good at taking care of other people, too. This raises Fun and Social
for both parties – you can take both meters from deep red to full green in four rounds.

5. Buttercup gets along well with her brother, too. Even though she only has one Nice point,
she will autonomously Play with Old Adam, and Tickle comes up as an option much
more often than Tease.
BUTTERCUP: Do you like the bunny, Adam?
OLD ADAM: Ski!
BUTTERCUP: Ski?
OLD ADAM: Ski! Smorgasbord! Copasetic!
BUTTERCUP: Mom, I don’t think the bunny’s helping. Adam’s talking gibberish.

6. Valerie has taken over education duty again. She taught Old Adam to talk…
VALERIE: Okay, Adam. Let’s try this again. “Car.” Vroom vroom. Say “car.”
OLD ADAM: Horseless carriage!

7. …and did her level best to teach him to walk, although he reached Toddler without
mastering the skill.
Incidentally, you may have noticed that Old Adam is not wearing any full-face makeup.
I’m thinking that perhaps he will have a Wacky old-fashioned look, to go with his name.
Or perhaps that will not be Wacky enough. We shall see.

8. Ryan was insistent that he wanted to be the one to potty train Old Adam, and he did
finally manage it – about three days later than usual, and with much frustration on both
sides. Old Adam preferred to wet his pants, and then he’d throw a tantrum about being
messy.

9. But everyone’s mood improved enough that ordinary household tasks were a real
possibility again.

10. Although not without a little strong language.
RUTH: Stupid frimming framming shower! (smacks showerhead with wrench) Work,
damme! Work!

11. And progress has started up again on the two parts of the Storyteller challenge. Ruth has
enough Creativity points to paint the Official Portrait herself, but that would take time
away from writing the Official Novel. Once the Official Portrait is finished, it will hang
in the garage, near Aren’s urn. Speaking of whom…

12. Aren showed up for the first time on the last day of this rotation. He floated around the
upper levels for a while, looking dejected.

13. But then he found his bed and all was well. He didn’t scare anyone.
Thank goodness! I don’t think anyone could have survived a fright at that point.

14. Although Ryan is officially allowed to be promoted, he hasn’t been thus far. He’s short
several skill points that he hasn’t had the time to earn. Who knows – we may end up
getting the No Promotions bonus this generation after all.

15. Ruth actually felt well enough this go round to go and open the Tacky Flamingo. I’m not
sure why the “under construction” sign is hanging on the ticket machine, since this is a
fully operational Death Star venue.
We only had three customers the first day, but that’s all right – the Tacky Flamingo is
$316 in the green. With any business that has any kind of inventory or employees, I tend
to end up over a thousand simoleans in the red each day the business is open.
Did I mention that I was an art major in college?

16. The business collected three customer loyalty stars and reached Level One. Plus, when
Ruth and Valerie got tired and had to go home, they actually had to throw people out. I’d
say that’s a good start.
By the way, I don’t normally do tours, but if you’d like a tour of the Tacky Flamingo or
the house, just let me know.

17. Of course, there were birthdays too. This is Old Adam, who is in need of a makeover, just
as soon as I can afford one. (The Tacky Flamingo took almost all the family’s money.)
I have a plot in mind for when the kids are a bit older, and it’s almost freaky how much
Old Adam came out looking like the character whose role he will be taking on.
And no, I’m not telling which plot I’m using. I don’t want to spoil the surprise. I’ll drop
little hints beginning in the next chapter, though.

18. Oakapple also needs a makeover. Okay, so theoretically those Happy Holidays romper
suits are Wacky. But I hate them. Really hate them.
Oakapple not only shares his sister’s coloring, he shares her personality. We will see if
the Nice point is a lie in his case.

19. One noticeable difference between the two: Oakapple is more popular with the ladies.
JAN TELLERMAN: Hi there, cutie! Do you like tickles?
OAKAPPLE: (giggles)
JAN TELLERMAN: You do, huh? Well, I can give you lots of tickles now. And if
you’re the heir, you look me up. I know you Legacy boys need to marry NPCs, hmmm?
Three things, Jan. One, this isn’t a Legacy. Two, the heirs in this challenge will be
marrying playables to keep the population of the ‘hood low. And three… Ew. Just – ew.
So ew, in fact, that this is where I’ll leave you.

20. Notes, disclaimers, and other trivia
The title of this chapter is a song from Princess Ida. That is not the plot I will be using in
the immediate future, although I might be able to make it work for a female heir.
I have thoroughly read the rules and the Officially Wacky discussion thread and I have
found out that energizers are, in fact, legal. I didn’t know that. You’d best believe that I
will be using them from now on, so you can expect slightly more interesting chapters in
between now and the start of college. The plots will start up in earnest in college, so
that’s something nice to look forward to.
Until then: Happy Simming!