Apocalypse

1. The Iron
Apocalypse
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2. Welcome back to the Iron Apocalypse where everything is going perfectly fine for the Irons family.
*sink breaks*
Cassandra: Damnit.

3. Paul: She’s reading my diary.
Cassandra: I’m really not, dad.
As you can see, the apocalypse brings out the best in everyone.

4. Grim: So it begins.
I was literally on another floor of the house when Andrea disappeared. Turns out she starved to death.

5. Because of the Paranormal restriction, I can’t move her grave, but I can certainly move around the one-tile
objects so everyone isn’t stuck upstairs.

6. As you can tell, the reactions are… sad. This death through me for a tailspin because Paul is going to be an
elder in a day while Cassandra is still going to be a child. I wish I have been able to unlock Culinary first
now.
Cassandra: I’m going to starve.
If this gets published, you clearly won’t.

7. Cassandra: Then how are you going to work around this?

8. Paul: We just have to ration until you’re old enough to make food on your own for both of us.
Cassandra: I get a free meal at school, right?

9. At least you unlocked Education so her free meal can continue throughout adolescence.
Paul: Can you screw off and let me enjoy my last few moments with my daughter?

10. Less than 24 hours until hell breaks loose.

11. Cassandra: Bet you wish you did an ISBI challenge instead.
Honestly? Yeah.

12. Paul: I pooped myself.
Cassandra: Somebody please just kill me now.

13. Well, this is just lovely.
Andrea: Come join me on the other side, Paul!

14. Andrea: Well, aren’t you clever using the endtables to hide food.
I refuse to be victimized by this challenge lmao.

15. Well, at least the generated townies look nice.
Townie Girl: This house smells like pee pee.

16. At least Paul is keeping out of trouble.
Paul: Is anyone there? Hello?.... My daughter never calls.
She lives upstairs.

17. Cassandra: Do you think we’re going to get an award for being the worst apocalypse ever?
Paul: Who are you again?
Cassandra: I’ll take that as a yes.

18. Gotta keep the rations safe since I can’t have them in the inventory.

19. Cassandra: I hate my life. I better unlock something practical, like medicine.
Hopefully it turns up first in the newspaper.

20. After what seemed like an eternity, Cassandra became a teenager and can now be entirely independent at
home. She rolled romance and wants to be a Rock God. She likes charismatic sims with full-face makeup
and doesn’t like mechanical sims.
Cassandra: I had no say in any of these features.

21. Now that she had full agency, Cassandra was able to take care of a few things around the house that were
building up.
Cassandra: Jeez… we almost had a repo man come and steal our shit.

22. Social Bunny: Well, this looks entirely familiar.

23. Cassandra: I really am the best thing that ever happened to this challenge.
Honestly? Right now she’s a fairly god-tier sim in my arsenal.

24. Cassandra: Nice.

25. Kinda wish I went with the helmet thing for the aspiration reward because it would take up less space and
she could skill really quickly.
Cassandra: Just be glad I’m like my dad this way.

26. Piss off- I’m not going to cheat!

27. Paul: Happy little snowman…
Stop it, I think you’re breaking a rule.
Paul: I don’t feel so good…

28. Cassandra: WHAT. THE. SHIT?
So, both my founder and his wife died before their only kid reached adulthood. Talk about an apocalypse.

29. Wait, where’s Andrea?
Did her grave get smashed?
WOOHOO- I mean, oh no…

30. So this is what the household looks like grave-wise. For the record, the stereo is in Cassandra’s inventory
because they all kept dancing and I don’t need it for the body skill anymore.
Cassandra: Was that really necessary right now?

31. Cassandra is now totally alone.

32. Just like when it was only her dad, this challenge got surprisingly easier to play.

33. Cassandra: Easier? I can’t even take a proper shower!

34. Since all the family friends went with Paul and Andrea’s deaths, Cassandra has to start getting to know the
local townies.
Townie in Blue: Does anyone else feel weird that we’re all huddled in a teenage girl’s house?

35. She also has to ensure they become best friends to secure them as BFFs long-term.
Paul: BOO!

36. Cassandra: I’m going to die!
Oh, no you aren’t. Stop being a whiner. You’re just going to endure a very long depression thanks to total
isolation. Very 2020 COIVD chic.

37. I continued to slug along day by day. Cassandra eventually reached a point where she was getting
aspiration points for studying the charisma skill, which got her platinum close to her adult birthday.

38. Which enabled me to give her a boost with the aspiration reward.

39. Soon she started to look for jobs as a head start for adulthood, but nothing was biting.
Cassandra: We have enough savings that the criminal career is meaningless.

40. She also got food poisoning.
Cassandra: Again, I hate my life.

41. For some extra aspiration points going into adulthood, I had her seduce a townie she brought home from
school (thank you education lift).

42. Finally. Time to start getting that third career done.
Cassandra: All I have available is journalism.
Shit.

43. Journalism it is, then.
Cassandra: I really don’t want to deal with these useless jobs.
If you find medicine or culinary, you will switch immediately.

44. Since it’ll be a while until she finds a husband, I decide it’s time to befriend the local wolf population
starting with Balin.
Balin: Arf.
Balin will be our first career pet.

45. I already hate him.

46. Cassandra: Criminal again?
Those newspapers really are telling you something.

47. Cassandra: Come on, you mangy mutt- say something.
Balin: *growls*

48. Cassandra: Shit!
Fired from journalism over a chance card. And I had such great luck when Paul and Andrea were alive.

49. Cassandra: Medicine career is open.
THANK FUCK!
This is a sign the challenge isn’t over yet!

50. Speaking of signs, a male townie walked by once Cassandra came home from her first shift and they hit it
off. Hurry- move his ass in!

51. This is Warren Gauthier. A knowledge sim who wants to be a Game Designer. He’s in the Military as an
Astronaut. He likes Fitness and Black hair but not Custom Hair. Pisces (5/3/7/3/7).
Good. Easy lift in a couple days.

52. A Romance/Knowledge pairing. Doesn’t always work, but at least it’s something.
Cassandra: Get me pregnant ASAP so I actually have time to raise the kid.

53. Balin has a job in Pet Show Biz, which he seems to be doing well in.
Warren: Balin, if you learn how to roll over, we can move you out so you won’t starve to death. How does
that sound?

54. Cassandra: Thank god we have the car.

55. Warren: Do you think it’s fair the dog gets to eat the entire plate while we only get one sandwich each?

56. Military is unlocked! I can now move sims out (and teenage sims will be able to go to college when
combined with education).

57. As much as it doesn’t appear that way, the house is currently total hell. Everyone sleeps in shifts; I have to
keep the career rewards in Cassandra’s inventory when Balin is home so he doesn’t destroy them;
everyone is dirty.

58. Also generation three is here. This is Timothy Irons. Sagittarius (2/3/7/9/7).

59. Since Cassandra still has to work, Warren has to quit his job.

60. At least I can give him a treat since he isn’t getting a free meal anytime soon.

61. Cassandra: Parenthood sucks! How did mine get through it.
Warren: I will assume barely.

62. And Pet Show Biz is unlocked! Children and teenagers can now be taught how to do homework and skill
on objects that don’t raise fun.

63. Cassandra: Want a free wolf?
Deon: I am obligated to do whatever you want.

64. Cassandra: So am I not unlocking Medicine soon or what?
You’ll just have to wait.

65. So here are the stats so far:
Lifts: Hopelessness & Education (Paul), Adventure (Andrea), Military (Warren), Pet Show Biz (Balin)
In Progress: Medicine (Cassandra)
Still Needed: Culinary, Athletic, Business, Science, Politics, Law Enforcement, Criminal, Slacker, Artist, Paranormal,
Natural Science, Show Business, Security Pet, Service Pet, Law, Journalism, Gamer, Music, Architecture, Dance,
Entertainment, Intelligence, Oceanography