The Loves - Week 2

Demi's first week is here, Ryker's is here.

This tiny house is currently the home of...

...Demi Love, former NPC Police Officer and now working as a University Guest Lecturer...

...and her "cousin" Ryker Love, former NPC student and currently working as a juggler - juggling his way up the entertainment career, so to speak, with the lifetime want of becoming Prestidigitator.

As for lifetime wants, Demi surprises me by having autonomously switched to becoming a World Class Ballet dancer. She looks for a job in the dance career right away on this Monday morning, but is not lucky.

She is off to work a couple of hours before Ryker, who takes advantage of the beautiful autumn day for some gardening.

When Demi comes home, Ryker is at work, but passers-by Margaret Turner is greeted.

A little later, Ryker and Demi ask Margaret to join them for their tea, and then it is already bed time.

What's that? This is not Ryker, sneaking about the house? No - the outfit is the same, but the intention is not! And it happens just when I am about to move the household to a larger place - it's really too small a house for two Sims.

Fortunately, the game lets me leave the lot and go into neighbourhood view before the burglar can strike. I move Demi and Ryker to this house, not far from their former place. It is another one of those Maxis-made ones where I have - to my knowledge - never played. What is it like inside?

Generous! There are three bedrooms with en-suite shower rooms and toilets, a kitchen and a study as well as a large open-plan living/dining area. A patio at the back looks like it is just waiting for a BBQ. There is not even a telephone in the house, only the cheapest of bathroom and kitchen appliances.

I make the bedroom facing the street Demi's (with the light blue bed) and the one at the back Ryker's. Everything else will be done as needs arise or wants appear.

The welcome committee is here; it consists of Pablo Picaso, Amin Fleig and Abhijeet Turner.

You know that with moving house, the Sim-week starts all over again. On this second Monday of the week, Demi is lucky and lands a position as Interpretive Dancer. The career rewards object is available to her right away, and she uses it for a little while before her car pool arrives.

All that warming up must have done the trick - she is promoted on her very first day and will now work as a tap dancer.

Demi and Ryker both have the next two days off. While Demi's skill profile is very high already, Ryker needs to work on quite a few skills in order to get promoted.

Demi wants new clothes, and so I send the two of them to Belle's Boutique & Tayloring.

After they have done with their shopping and greeting several New Maximilianians, the taxi takes them home again. Demi puts on one of her new outfits right away.

Late in the evening, when Ryker is actually ready for bed, Jill Smith - his three-bolt-lady - rings. It is nice to know she has not forgotten about him, in spite of her lifetime want of having 20 loves!
She asks him to meet her downtown, but he is too tired to go out again, and declines the invitation.

There is not much to say about Wednesday, the second day off this week for both Demi and Ryker. One of the three showers in the house needs repairing, and Demi sees to it.

Somewhat clumsily, Ryker makes use of Demi's ballet room, which has been redecorated to better suit its purpose.

The cheapest possible car is bought on Thursday in order to fulfill a wish of Ryker's.

They could have spent more - Demi is promoted the same evening and gets a nice bonus. She will start to work as a Ballroom Dancer tomorrow; here, she is still in her Tap Dancer's outfit.

Demi knows that dancers do not only need to practice dance moves, but also work on their overall fitness. With that in mind, she begins Friday morning with a round of jogging.

Ryker later joins her at the dining table, where she heartily tucks into her breakfast while Ryker entertains her with talking about how much he misses kissing. He has not seen his love interest all week, but then it was he who declined Jill's invitation to meet downtown earlier this week.

The afternoon sees them both leave for work and return at the same time - Demi with another promotion to Flamenco Master.

This calls for a celebratory dinner, and so out comes the champagne to be enjoyed with salmon.

When Demi isn't physically working on her fitness, she reads about it, as she is doing here on Saturday morning on her own initiative.

For Ryker, an easel has been set up next to the big windows in the dining room, in order for him to work on the creativity skill necessary for his promotion.

Demi's diligence pays off when she returns from work that same night in her Flamenco outfit - with a promotion to World Class Ballet Dancer! She has now achieved what she set out to do, and reached her lifetime want 14 days before Elderhood.

The week with the Loves ends here, because they had two Mondays - no Sunday for them until next time I play them.
Will Ryker see Jill Smith again, or will someone else catch his eye?
What is Demi going to do with herself, now that she has reached her lifetime want?