B'Elanna Beaker - Week 1

This is B'Elanna Beaker's first week back from uni. For her last semester there (and her graduation party), click here. 

This small town house is in New Maximiliania's Bluewater Village quarter. It reminds me of the houses the Caliente Sisters and Don Lothario originally had. Who lives here now?

It is B'Elanna Beaker, Beta Beaker's niece, the half-Alien daughter of her late brother Barry, and Circe and Loki Beaker's granddaughter. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in Art last round and has only just moved in.
Her lifetime want is to have 50 first dates; she left uni with an impressive 35 already under her belt. How will she fare this week?

Buying the house has eaten up almost all of B'Elanna's budget, and she is left with just 3.618 Simoleons. There isn't much there in terms of appliances or furniture, and one of the first things she wishes for is a fridge.
Then, inheritances kick in, and her account is at 4.338 Simoleons. That should tide her over for a while, if she is careful and does not spend too much on furniture and decoration.

NPC bartender Amar Wilkie becomes her 1st date # 36 even before the Welcome Committee arrives.

It consists of Jill Smith and Justin Kim. Townies Ian Graham and Kennedy Kwa are invited to join the group for a batch of Hamburgers; B'Elanna has not met the men before and is always on the look-out for potential 1st dates.
The visit ends with Justin becoming # 37 on her list.

On Tuesday morning, B'Elanna's need for fun is more important than anything else. It is not unusual for a Pleasure Sim to roll the want to juggle bottles, and so I have her do that for a while.

Already yesterday, B'Elanna showed the wish to buy new clothes (I can't blame her). Today, I send her to Amelia's Closet.

After she has made her purchase, she serves Hot Dogs and eats them in the shop's back room with a mix of well known Sims such as Romeo Monty (sitting to her left) and townies, such as Amin Sims, who could be a possible 1st date later on.

But first, she meets and greets Shaun Singles - and finds out that he is her 3-bolt man! There is no date yet, just a chat, but it is enough to know that these two get along fabulously.

Back home, B'Elanna invites townie Kennedy Kwa to become her 1st date # 38.

Jake Holimo, a townie she met while shopping, follows as # 39.

It is Wednesday morning. B'Elanna's modest bedroom is now more or less furnished. The house is so small that I can not even place a bed for two there, and instead of a proper wardrobe, she only has a clothes rack in the corner.

"Whom shall I ask for a 1st date today," she wonders as she goes through her list of male Sims she knows. (The stereo, by the way, was left by one of her recent dates as a gift.)

Shaun Singles, the three-bolt man she met the day before at the clothes shop, is more than happy to come over. Their talking and playing quickly turns into a slow dance with a tender kiss. Pink hearts fly on both sides, and when their date reaches Dream Date status, B'Elanna gently kisses him good-bye for the day.

She still has an LTW to fulfill, and asks Ian Graham over. Unfortunately, just as their - completely platonic! - date begins, Shaun appears with a bouquet of roses. The cheating sign shows it all. Oh dear, B'Elanna, you really messed up this time! Hopefully, Shaun will come round eventually.

Thursday starts with B'Elanna cleaning the bathroom on her own accord. It turns out a dull day, matching her mood after yesterday's jealousy scene with Shaun.

He "happens to" walk by her house in the early afternoon and does not reject her friendly greeting. B'Elanna apologises, and they even have a game of kicky bag, but Shaun leaves without them being able to rekindle their former friendship and closeness.

After an unsuccessful attempt at a 1st date with a townie, B'Elanna is glad to have a friendly guest for dinner in Carolina Capp, who listens when she says how she already has found "The One" to spend the rest of her life with but can not forego her lifetime want just like that.

B'Elanna hopes to get a few more 1st dates under her belt on Friday morning. I can't believe she has never asked Orlando Ottomas, one of her best friends for life, on a date, but his name is not on my notes, so it must be true. She quickly asks him over, and he agrees to have a date. However, he ruins it somewhat by mocking her Alien heritage.

This does not go down well with B'Elanna, and she sends him away after that. I suspect that Orlando did this on purpose, so as not to burden their good friendship with any romantic involvement. And at least, he was her # 43!

Townie Ray Despret becomes # 44. That is only six more dates!

Unfortunately, just as Ray leaves, who should come along but Shaun. It is obvious that Ray has come out of B'Elanna's house, and of course Shaun knows what he was there for.

Still, he accepts her invitation for lunch, and over glasses of bubbly, they become friends again.

"I know you and I are special, but it is so incredibly hard for me to know you date other men," he confesses. B'Elanna assures him that all she does on her dates is talk, tell a joke or two, play kicky bag and maybe a little dancing - but most of the time, she ends each date as soon as possible. Hopefully, Shaun understands.

Saturday morning sees B'Elanna doing some house work. It is also the day she collects enough aspiration points to choose a secondary aspiration. The dice decides on Fortune.

Hobart McAuley is a townie who happens to walk by and is quickly made her 1st date # 45. During the day, she manages to have 1st dates # 45 and 47 as well; one is with another townie and the last one for today is with her old friend Garrett Newson.

One of her many half-siblings, Lance Landgraab, comes visiting (they have the same Alien father). Parvati Patel also comes by, and the three share a relaxing dinner. B'Elanna remarks: "If we ever have a family party with all our half-siblings, we'll need the biggest venue available!"

It is still dark on Sunday morning when Shaun Singles walks past the house. There is no paper to nick (he's been stealing it twice already this week), and he does not kick over the trash can. B'Elanna is still asleep.

She knows she can reach her LTW today, with a little effort. First, she asks her old friend Stephen Riley over. "Of course I'll help you with your LTW," he laughs when she asks him for a "date". He is # 48 on her list.

Then, she unsuccessfully tries to ask many of her male acquaintances over the phone for a date. None of them are her friends, and the answer is always the same: "I don't think so". Getting desperate, B'Elanna enlists the help of the Matchmaker.
Money is tight, though, and she can not afford to spend more than a few hundred Simoleons altogether. As you can tell, the Matchmaker is not impressed.

But B'Elanna does not mind the less than great "quality" of her blind dates - all she needs is two more names on her list of 1st dates. Larry Owens becomes # 49...

...and who but the elusive Kennedy Smith is her last one, # 50!
That's great, because he is the only tourist/townie/NPC I am aware of at the moment who is eligible to become a proper New Maximilianian, having the same surname as a playable family.

As soon as she has ended her 50th 1st date, B'Elanna reaches her LTW. She is now 23 days from Elderhood. This calls for a celebration, and what better way to celebrate than by asking Shaun over? It is also a chance for Shaun to meet Kennedy - maybe they will become friends, and Shaun can be the one to ask him to move to New Max? We'll see!

I had fun playing B'Elanna, but I was sorry to see her mess up the relationship with Shaun. They became friends again, but then she messes up again, by having a date arrive on her lot just as Shaun was once more walking by. The week ended with pink hearts between them, but no friendship. I am sure it will be repaired when I next play either of them.

With the house, I did not do anything except for providing the most necessary furniture. No decoration, no extras. B'Elanna won't stay here for long; she can not even place a double bed in the upstairs rooms.

On my list of her 1st dates, Callum Capp appears twice - and yet, the LTW was fulfilled after the 50th date. I wonder whether it has anything to do with the first date being while they were teens and the second as adults. Or could it have been so much easier by having 50 dates with the same Sim?