Round Sixteen - Webb-Ainsworth
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kayleigh83
Last Round - ROS had Elijah being grumpy and picking fights. Callum was stepping out on the marriage again but Hollie didn't care at all, so I think they officially have an open marriage. Leah had her first kiss with Miles Park. Scout passed away :( Elijah aged up to an adult, and he tried getting a date through the matchmaker but they seemed more suited to being friends than lovers. Callum got assaulted by several past and present girlfriends while on an outing downtown. At the end of the round, Hollie aged up to an elder, and Elijah moved out to his own apartment!
Who's Who in the Zoo?
Founder Geneva Crosby married townie Daniel Ainsworth, and together they had one daughter, Hollie. She got together with Callum and in the midst of their rollercoaster relationship, they also had one daughter, Leah (her red hair is from grandma Geneva). Despite this family tree looking small, they do have a large extended family. Geneva's brother Drew Crosby had four children by two wives - so Oliver, Connor, Melena and Louise are all Hollie's first cousins, and therefore all of their kids (Luca, Paolo, Sloane, and Felix) are some degree of cousins of Leah as well.
For the ROS this round, the task was to resurrect old friendships. Looking at Hollie's info, Chester was her friend with the lowest relationship score, so it's going to be him she tries to reconnect with!
Waking up slow.
Leah was straight outside to clean up a mess left by a dog!
This guy wandered by out of nowhere... it's summer sir?
Stomps on the roaches (before I made him spray instead) and immediately gets the flu....
Dressing for the day (must get use out of this elaborate walk in closet I built).
Callum is trying to recover on the couch in his pajamas meanwhile!
Leah came to the salon with Hollie to practice her skills!
Looking suspicious...
Justified!
The salon is always busy!
Not every makeover can be a winner though.
In fact today it was mostly fails...
Zachary walked out bald :|
Jamie made it out ok though!
But not Gabriel...
Or Whitney...
Or Theo. YIKES. This is a massacre.
Treating herself to a new cell phone to decompress after what must have been a stressful day.
Callum is still quite sick :(
Saying hello to Meatball!
Not sure who was annoying her so much here!
A little dip in the pool!
She hasn't enjoyed her music hobby too much of late, the keyboard had just been collecting dust!
Hollie hardly ever gets her turn to enjoy her romance aspiration (compared to Callum anyways) so this time it was her turn! In case you forgot, at this point her and Callum have decided on basically an open relationship. They're both serial romancers so I think that's the best choice for a pair like that.
She invited Nathaniel out and they went to Club Gerbit.
He was appreciative of her right off the hop!
A bit of karaoke duet time!
Back home, still trying to sleep off this flu!
Elijah's room was vacated since he moved out last round, and I wasn't sure at first what to do with it. But then I had a great idea - a ballet studio! Leah shares the music & dance hobby with her mom, so I think ballet is gonna be her thing.
Meatball sharing the bed!
Local popularity aspiration girlie spends all day on the phone with her friends.
Damn it! I was trying to keep them away from each other, I lose track of them for one second, a quick hand hold, and BAM.
Look at what you did Callum...
Bed rest for both now!
Might as well flirt then since you're both ill.
Since her parents were both sick I didn't want to do anything elaborate or invite anybody over to spread it around, so Leah's birthday happened without fanfare!
Here's our lovely lady! Sims so often look just like one parent or the other (for the most part) but I think Leah really did get a good blend.
We did have two birthdays this round in fact - I figured one cake between the three of them would be plenty.
Handsome Callum as an elder!
Leah got out of the house (and away from all the germs) for a night on the town!
Not fully skilled at this.
Treating herself to a nice dinner on the rooftop patio.
Chatted with Sabrina Perry too.
Still miserable over here!
Leah continues to spend a lot of spare time on her ballet skills!
Family breakfast.
The time has come for Hollie to pass on the salon to Leah!
She's off to her first day as the new owner of A Little Off the Top!
Yay!
Well... they can't all be winners.
Thank GOD.
Starla got real lucky with her timing!
Jay did not.
Marco's beautiful hair :( :( :(
I got Gabriel back into her chair hoping to fix the baldness from last time, only to somehow end up with this... awful toupee I guess?
Thankfully she was at least able to correct Whitney's hair!
Excellent!
Even more excellent! Full disclosure, I got really sick of them being sick for so long despite doing nothing but rest for days on end, so the Watcher bestowed them with a cure :) :)
Callum celebrates with giving a little financial advice on the internet. Is Callum a crypto bro? I fear it's possible...
Also finally able to get outside and enjoy his hobbies!
Hollie tried out the new ballet room too! In this room the radio is always tuned to classical which feels correct. I never use that station because it always looks so wrong when they do their goofy dances to it, but for ballet, it's just right!
Breakfast on the patio.
And a quick trip to the grocery store!
Callum is really making up for all the lost time while he was sick - it's a beautiful summer, gotta enjoy it!
I tried to have Hollie call Chester, her old friend from the beginning of the round, but he was unavailable. So instead...
She went on a date with Gabriel! I think their relationship had just lost its friendship status recently. And she also did want to go on a date with someone again, and Gabriel is another Sim whose serial romancer ways I've not really let take up much space in his life lately.
Awkwardly uhhh... Gabriel's wife Paloma was also there. Watching them...
What do you think he told her they were doing? Maybe he thought his hair was a disguise....
They moved their date along to the brewery since it was getting weird to have Paloma staring a hole into the side of their heads.
Pelted by hail on her way to the cab to head home!
Callum enjoyed a little night float.
These two I think would really ummm... enjoy being together after they'd had a date with someone else. If you catch my meaning.
Money on her mind! I don't think I mentioned, but when she aged up to adult she got the Fortune (hard worker) secondary aspiration. Her primary is Popularity (friend of the world). I am looking at my notes now and I think I may have forgotten to give her a fifth trait though!
Time to work then!
Marie is horrified to watch what's happening to her mother in law Tessa.
Not to worry, this makeover panned out!
Ah dear...
Starla has been lucky twice this round.
Marie should have feared more for herself!
Stopping for a bite to eat on the way home from work.
The usual crowd of townies hovering while you try to eat. You'd think she was famous!
Today's height mod glitch!
Much taller than she remembered.
Well look what we have here!
Hollie and Callum enjoyed a summer afternoon outside again.
I genuinely don't remember why or how townie Nancy here showed up, but her and Hollie had a lovely chat anyways.
Everyone was still spending as much time as possible on the patio through the evening.
Leah knows exactly what she wants to wish for...
MONEY!
More money!
A little PDA from Callum and Hollie is how we'll finish out this round!
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Date: 2024-02-02 09:41 am (UTC)I’m happy for Hollie that she has more time for her romance aspiration now that Leah‘s all grown up.
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Date: 2024-02-03 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-02-02 01:15 pm (UTC)Well, at least this open marriage thing seems to work for Hollie and Callum!
These makeover fails are always hilarious 😂
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Date: 2024-02-03 10:12 pm (UTC)I also can't believe how bad everyone still is at makeovers XD They've had the same stylist staff forever too, you'd think they would be better by now at least? But this way is funnier.
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Date: 2024-02-03 06:49 pm (UTC)Love your updates
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Date: 2024-02-03 10:17 pm (UTC)