Chapter 8.8

Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter of the madlads!

Today is a really cool day for me because 1) I found out yesterday where I will work next and 2) it’s my birthday and 3) I’m almost done with my thesis 😎

Anyway, back to the Brennans. So what happened in the last chapter? Lots of birthdays, most of all: Mycroft and Jim are kids now and John is a toddler. And skilling. Nothing else but skilling… I hope the chapters aren’t too boring by now.

Let’s begin!

Kinsley: All this candle making… I smell like wax. I dream about candles. When will this nightmare be over?

Well, she still has to get to level 10 and then her aspiration (Master Maker) will be done.

Kinsley: And then I’ll be free?

No.

Aspiration completed! *woot*

And on to another skill now. I have no idea if Kinsley (or any of the other sims in this house) should get a new aspiration as it’s super clear by now that I won’t complete them all in time. So they focus on skills instead.

There’s a realistic chance I’ll max all skills.

And yes, Kinsley starts cross stitching! It’s so annoying that you have to buy a new hoop every single time… You should see her inventory now 😀

Jim, what the…?

Jim: I’m cooking with my father!

You what?

Jim: Did I effing stutter?

:O

So with Cottage Living, the kids can now help cooking. How helpful this is… I don’t know.

Especially as the grilled toast right next to Jim is the dish he is helping to make 😀

Charlie: My son was so useless cooking with me!

Don’t take it out on this poor fluffy thing!

Seriously, it seems like Charlie punches the unicorn more than before.

Mabel: Honey, I don’t care what anyone says. You gave your best to make something to eat and that’s what matters.

Mycroft: Are we surprised he even failed to prepare a simple dish like grilled cheese?

You can’t see it but it’s winter, first day of it. So it’s COLD.

But Kinsley wants to do cross stiching on the edge of the pool.

Season says NO.

At some point I realized that cross stitching is prefered to be done by the pool.

Kinsley: You have time to play?

Charlie: One of our kids asked to play dolls so here I am.

Kinsley: I can see no kid…

Because I cancelled the kid’s action! 😈

I should have cancelled this instead.

TRAITOR!!!

Jim: Huh?

A bit of background here:
1) Jim has the social butterfly aspiration
2) Kaori smashed Mark’s heart! We hate her.

AGAIN?!

Get. Inside. NOW!

Kinsley: Ouchy my finger!

All your body will hurt in a few seconds when you’ll turn blue again -.-

And inside I find this…

Sherlock is reading with his finger!!

Sherlock: What? NO! There was something on the page and I…

I’ve been watching you for some sim minutes, you read with your finger!

So much to smart Mr. Sherlock 😀

Ah yes, the good old skill reading…

The skills I want to get to level 9 soon are: snowboarding, skiing and rock climbing.

Charlie is level 9 snowboarding so he’s free (for now).

Adrian is close to level 9 of rock climbing and Kinsley just started skiing…

The plan is to get them to level 9, visit Mount Komorebi once and max the skills in one go.

This also means, that Kinsley has to abandon cross stitching … and freezing to death.

When the house is so dirty you have to do a warm-up before you start cleaning 😀

Adrian: Who broke the laptop?

Mycroft: Moriarty of course.

Adrian: … who?

Charlie: That’s what the boys call Jim, no idea why.

Care to find out maybe?

Someone invited the heartbreaker again…

Jim you TRAITOR!

Adrian is so sick his hair turned red again 😀

Adrian: Is this the end?

No, by far not. You’re a merman, you’ll survive us all.

Uh… I totally forgot there’s a toddler in the house.

John: See? That’s why I’m running away!

Ok, Charlie! Your son is…

Uh…

Mabel: See, you don’t need to wear outdoor clothes when it’s cold. Just warm up at the fireplace.

Charlie: Warm up at the fireplace, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.

Hey Charlie, are you… are you hot? 😉

Charlie: …

Charlie shows no reaction to him being on fire…

Adrian is the only one who helps.

Mabel just walks away as if it’s none of her business that her youngest child is burning to death.

Mycroft couldn’t care less either.

And Kinsley? She’s still weighing out if she should really safe her husband 😀

But in the end she helps Adrian! Love will find a way 🙂

Kinsley: Try finding a hot spouse as a single mother of four!

Uh… Won’t find anyone hotter than Charlie 😀

Kinsley: Charles, are you ok?

Charlie: I want to punch the fluffy unicorn!!

Adrian: As long as you don’t cut a hole in it and…

Alright! Let’s move on!

Adrian: That’s what young people do nowadays, don’t they?

Uh, I don’t think so…

He looks confident here, or should look confident…

Looks more like he’s in pain.

Adrian: He looks like he’s in pain. Literally her words. And now I have to sit on a chair all day again and read about a skill I could learn by doing? Pathetic…

Kinsley: Aaaand I’m done.

Nope. There’s a whole line of reading the skill book for you 🙂

Also, look at what they are wearing. Outdoor clothes.

WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER TO BUY AND USE THIS THING THEN?!

I hope you can see it but the place he’s at might give it away…

Charlie: Ouchy my finger!

Yes, he picked up cross stitching.

I moved all the hoops form Kinsley’s to his inventory. And you can’t move them all at once -.-

Ok, now go back inside and don’t die.

Ah, he’s a good boy and listens to me.

He looks so at piece with himself.

But then, he still punches the unicorn daily…

Mycroft: Is this atttention I’m getting here?

Yes, you completed your aspiration.

Mabel: John looks so happy here but I’m going to break my back. I can feel it.

Why does it look like John jumps on Mabel and she’s about to catch him?

UH…

Mabel: I’m surprised my back doesn’t hurt. More than usually.

John: Uhm. Grandma?