Also known as the "Cassius, This Is Your Mother, Why Haven't You Called?" Bachelor Challenge. Cassius Marius, Professor Butters' Romance Sim son from Ten Caesars, is forced into the Hot Tubs Of Misery.

2. ! Welcome back to the "Cassius, this is your mother--why haven't you called?" Bachelor Challenge.
This is day two of our competition, being hosted by the creator of the bachelor in question,
Cassius Marius, Blite27, the author of the Ten Caesars Legacy.

3. ! Ben: I have a gate.
! Yes, you do, and many many other nice things as well. I put your simself in a basic house but
deleted all the ikky builder's model stuff and put in some nice things, plus a bookcase, a telescope
(because your simself asked for it) and a good computer to write legacies on.
! It doesn't make sense to write lengthy explanations at the top of every chapter, but all is
explained in Chapter 1.

4. ! At the end of the first day (which ends at noon in a Bachelor Challenge,) it was ET go home. Yes,
Ephemeral Toast and Cassius Marius had a spectacular lack of interest in each other, perhaps
because he is a skanky Scorpio Romance Sim and a grouch to boot. Candi, as you can see,
seemed to envy ET, but I was relieved because I fear her wrath. Things happen in her Apocalypso
A Go Go that aren't so nice.
! So now it's time for the race to the hot tubs--whoever gets in first with Cassius, er, "wins."
!

5. ! Candi: I want to thank you specially for the dorky vintage swimsuit and also for showing how my
Simself packed it on in about 24 hours.
! Candi is the author (among other things) of a much more famous Bachelor Challenge with a
much more famous Bachelor, Gage Uglacy. The swimsuits are a Squeaky Clean touch--everybody
in vintage swimwear, except for Renee, because I forgot. As for the bulk, I've never seen it happen
so fast before either. Maybe it's her strategy for avoiding Cassius.
! Cassius: Ma, you are sucking all the fun out of a Bachelor Challenge, and I mean with a Shop-
Vac.

6. ! Second in the tub, Marina (aka Smoothiequeen87--Fitzhugh Legacy) and De (aka Fireflower).
And some more vintage swimwear.

7. ! Here's a closeup on De. For a late entrant, she certainly seems to be doing well.

8. ! See that? That is Cassius making friends with her--his first friend in the house. At this point, he'd
really like to be best friends with her and friends with Candi and Orikes, and we all know what
that means to a Romance Sim. There's never such a thing as "just friends," only "friends with
benefits." I, of course, intend to foil him, as such behavior is not Squeaky Clean.
! Note Purple Bunny (Piratical Legacy) strolling slowly to the tub in the background. She also
knocked Orikes out by stopping her to tell her a dirty joke, so Orikes missed her chance. I'm
assuming she meant it kindly.

9. ! Renee: There isn't going to be any cheating in this competition, is there?
! No, there isn’t. I am going to work overtime to give you all a fair chance, except…well, that later.
Right now it's supposed to be the segment where Cassius "chats" to everyone, only he's getting
tired and that means he's even grouchier than usual. Which is saying something.

10. ! Cassius: So, Orikes, I've got to chat to you now about meeting new people, but I'm gonna hate it
while I do it.
! Remember, this is a girl he wants to be friends with.

11. ! Cassius: So De, yeah, I hate the weather. Wanna make something out of it?
! And this is supposedly his friend.

12. ! Curiously, his conversation with Marina--on sports, of all things--goes well. That's Mt. Vesuvius
on the wallpaper back there, and he's getting grouchy enough by now to blow.

13. ! No, Marina, that is Cassius' bed. Are you trying to tell us something? Anyway, I'm going to wake
you up now and put you back to bed in the girl's dorm. None of that stuff in my Legacy and there
isn't gonna be any of it here.

14. ! So, Purple Bunny, I gotta chat to you about something. How about chatting about packing
yourself up and sending yourself home?

15. ! Unless, of course, you’re interested in a little smootchy-face.

16. ! Purple Bunny: I can’t help myself. There’s just something curiously compelling about his lousy
attitude.

17. ! More chatting—to Renee, this time—and Cassius is even more tired.
! Cassius: Yeah, blah blah blah, meet new people…

18. ! Cassius: And smootchy-face. Sue me.
! He hasn’t yet thrown a grapefruit in anyone’s face like James Cagney, but maybe that’s just
because I don’t have grapefruit in my game.

19. ! Cassius: Dang it, Ma, I'm sick of talking to beautiful simselves! I wanna go to bed, for cryin' out
loud!
! And you call yourself a Romance Sim. You've got one more, Mr. Personality, and you'd better be
nice to her.

20. ! As you can see, Cassius decides not to bother talking about sports and travel and gets right down
to cases with Candi.

21. ! Candi: Well, yes. There is much in the subject of smootchy-face, as you say, though I've managed
to avoid it with Gage.

22. ! You'll notice--
! 1) her vintage swimsuit zips up the back
! 2) he has learned how to fake interest in what a woman is saying

23. ! The first of many, many plumbing woes. A communal shower saves space and trouble, but the
things are chunks of junk and keep breaking down. Ironically, because although the Romans may
have been imperialistic warlords, there's nobody who faults their plumbing.
! OK, first person awake calls the plumber, doesn't have to be Cassius. He's asleep.

24. ! Purple Bunny draws the short straw.
! Purple Bunny: What on earth is this thing I'm wearing?
! Vintage 1920s underwear? Heavy on the girdle element, utilitarian stockings because no panty
hose exists, and naturally it's pink? Squeaky Clean? Believe it or not?

25. ! But she doesn't seem to mind too badly. I haven't been paying too much attention to anyone's
actual wants--it's way too much trouble--but from here on out I start trying to boost everybody a
little. This is very easy with Pleasure Sims like Purple Bunny and much, much harder with our
Family Sims, Candi and especially Renee, and our Knowledge Sim, Marina.

26. ! Cassius, aren't you pleased? You get to try to flirt with all the ladies once before noon.
! Cassius: I'm tired and grumpy. This better be worth it.
! Honestly, he is a horrible grouch. And sadly, he probably gets it from my Simself. From here on
out, I have to be extra careful that nobody catches anybody else, as I hate what happens when
Sims catch Sims cheating.

27. ! Especially with this Sim, who is not going to be happy if she rounds a corner and sees Cassius
flirting with somebody, as it's already happened to her in the Gage Bachelor Challenge.

28. ! Candi seems to be cool with a suggestion.

29. ! Marina is not only cool with it, but Cassius decides he has a crush on her. We're working against
the clock here, as noon is getting perilously close.

30. ! And De eats up the flirting with a spoon. Romance Sim? He's skanky? He's grouchy? He's
hideous?
De: He's dreamy!

31. ! In fact, I think she may be getting a little bent out of shape by the whole competition.

32. ! It's technically a few minutes after noon now, but it's only right to give Purple Bunny a full, fair
chance.
! No point though. She shoots him down.
! At this point, I checked to see how much Cassius liked everybody, and it was actually a draw
between Purple Bunny and Renee. But she likes him much, much less than Renee--34 points to
Renee's 86--so she is the one who will be moving out.

33. ! Oh, sure, Purple Bunny, heart fart over him now, when you know you're safe!
! Cassius: Ma, get that woman back here!
! Nope. She, ahem, "lost" fair and square. You should have been more charming, perhaps?

34. ! Marina: Oh, man, first Ephemeral Toast, now Purple Bunny. Am I never going to have any luck?
! End of this round: De, still ahead of the pack at 110 points. He has a crush on her and two bolts.
For now. Surprisingly close is Marina, with 103 points. He also has a crush on her, and the
chemistry is neutral. Candi is at 74 points with negative chemistry and Orikes at 71 with one bolt,
and Renee hangs in there for another day at 65 points.

35. ! Stay tuned for Day Three, as our plumbing woes become worse.
! Cassius: Dad is nuts, but plumbing’s the one thing Romans know how to do. Most Romans, if you get me.
Heh-heh.